I was high on a molatov of cocktails   I was low on a hundred things   I was wrong to put my money where my mouth was   I was right about the whales and the dolphins   Whales and dolphins whales and dolphins yeah   And I don’t mind preserving time at all      I was blue about the people in the power   I was green that’s my excuse   I was yellow when they said to fight the reds   ’cos I knew I’d be beaten black and blue   Black and blue battered and bruised yeah      Hold the line just give it some time then call      Cor what I like and what I hate about perseverance   Ooh what I’d give and what I’d take for perseverance      I was round and about in the area   I was square in my suit and tie   I was lost in the bermuda triangle   It all went pear shaped twisted and twined   Twisted and twined twisted and twined yeah      And I don’t mind preserving time at all   Hold the line just give it some time then call      Cor what I like and what I hate about perseverance   Ooh what I’d give and what I’d take for perseverance      I was lost on the road to nowhere   I was a guest on a runaway train   I was happy ’cos I knew I was innocent   They were glad to let me take the blame   Taking the blame taking the blame taking the blame   It’s always the same ’cos      I what I like and what I hate about perseverance   Ooh what I’d give and what I’d take for perseverance   I haven’t time I haven’t space for perseverance   ’cos I swap and change just when I like to keep up appearance