Well just today I was forced to say  I'm going on a permanent holiday  I'll drop what I'm doing, it's okay,  I'm going on a permanent holiday    Well I left a note saying I'll be gone for a long time,  Yeah a long, long time  It's gonna take a lot to bring me back now  I won't spend another day in this heart-attack city  It's messed up here and everything's money  Those well-heeled boys that think they're so funny  I left a note saying I'll be gone    Well just today I was forced to say I'm going on a permanent holiday  I'll drop what I'm doing, it's okay, I'm going on a permanent holiday    Well I told them all I wasn't coming back for a long time,  yeah a long, long time  Well everything's fad and as for the fame  well everything's got it's 15 minutes  I've no idea where it all went bad  But I guess you can't tell until you get down in it  I told them all I wasn't coming back    Well maybe I'll go to France or maybe Spain  Cause the work that they do here is the kind that numbs my brain  I need to get away and I'm never coming back 'cause my mind just  turned off and my body's out of whack  Va - Ca - Tion!    Well just today I was forced to say I'm going on a permanent holiday  I'll drop what I'm doing, it's okay, I'm going on a permanent holiday    Just today I was forced to say I'm going on a permanent holiday  I'll drop what I'm doing, it's okay, I'm going on a permanent holiday  Well I left a note saying I'll be gone for a long time