Here today, gone this afternoon   Another tune, we almost remember   What's the story? Sex and drugs again   Business as usual, the clock's already ticking      La, la la la, la, la la la, la, la la la, la      When he was young, staring at the TV   He watched the fun happenin' to other people   Now, they scream as they run after him   Like a dream, like Elvis and The Beatles      A three minute song is all he wrote   He only did it for a joke   They played him on the radio   From Tokyo to Timbuktu      A three minute boy, ain't that somethin'?   They named their children after him   The good times rolled beneath his feet   He skipped along the one-way street      She's a pretty girl, she don't know how it started   She made a movie, he almost remembered   She measured up, they moved into a basement   "We're so in love", they giggled to the nation      La, la la la, la, la la la, la, la la la, la      Three minute millionaire they said   The numbers rattled 'round his head   They spun him three times round the globe   She waited patiently at home      And all the pretty girls wanted him   In places that he'd never been   Too much love will do you in   Forgive, forgive, forgive, forgive      Three minute kid is here again   Surrounded by three minute friends   He found someone to understand   To shock the world and hold his hand      No religion, no restraint   No direction, no complaints   No future and no way out   No time now to think about it      All the money's gone   He don't know what they spent it on   Girlfriends gone off with the jag   She gone back to her mum and dad      He's curled up on the studio floor   He just can't do it anymore   The flashgun went off without warning   He'll read about it tomorrow morning      She's goin' out with someone new   In this week at number two