Were we the Kinnock factor   Am I talking private sector   Do I think I'm Shaun William Ryder   Or my former friend whose now undercover   He's gone and I'm no deserter   Perhaps I'm hard all the same      Today a poet who can't play guitar   Tomorrow Steve Ovett has injured his calf   Next year the world's greatest politician   Yesterday the boy who once had a mission      I don't want to be   A prologue to history   A prologue to history      So I water my plants with Avian   A brand new Dyson that is decadent   Read my papers and the business section   Checkout the tessas and the pensions   Call my friends and they're alright   So I pray for the safety of the night      Today a poet who can't play guitar   Tomorrow Steve Ovett has injured his calf   Next year the world's greatest politician   Yesterday the boy who once had a mission      I don't want to be   A prologue to history   A prologue to history      Remember ethnic cleansing in the highlands   No one says a thing in the middle of Engerland   I'm bruised fruit but still taste so nice   But if you look at me you better look twice   I'm talking rubbish to cover up the cracks   An empty vessel who can't make contact      Today a poet who can't play guitar   Tomorrow Phil Bennett's playing outside half   Next year the world's greatest politician   Yesterday the boy who once had a mission      I don't want to be   A prologue to history   A prologue to history   A prologue to history   A prologue