98, it’s not too late to get rid of Jack Daw on my shoulder   You and I, we forget to be young, we refuse to grow older      Everything’s nasty today   Everything’s twisted in some way      What a time for a while all the parts of the world seem connected   12 o’clock, primal scream of the boats fill me up as expected      Another snow-white New Year’s day   Everyone’s nasty in some way      Oh God, the telephone, this good old friend who says hi   Have you come to bring me back the joy you have, boy?   It’s time to take a step into the dark   Jack and Johnny, still prepared to beat the future   Romantically, we’re just supposed to start…      … another snow-white New Year’s Day    Leads me astray      Everyone’s nasty today   We’re all plain horny in some way      Half a word and, I can’t tell   What you’re saying, I can see your smile… disarmingly      These fragments of your speech sound more like music   You kindly speak the truth with half a word   I think I have a friend with perfect timing   Lonesomely I was about to start…      … another snow-white New Year’s Day    Leads me astray