It's a pleasure, a pleasure to be useful Surprising how long it took me to see… A pleasure to be dutiful Only the question remains…how may I be? Whether in the realm of friendship Where I'm good for a laugh and frequently liquid Or be it the forge of industry I am the deadline, I'm the one you want to stick with As long as there's a need For as long as there's a purpose I'm filling it As long there's a call to heed I'll heed it, and be your useful idiot I've all my life been a usеful idiot Surprising just how far one can get Suppressing dеsire and courting denial And spiralling deep into rage and regret It's one thing being useful And another being an idiot Like whiskey and cola, coming together It's a wonderful whole other thing that you get As long as there's a need For as long as there's a purpose I'm filling it As long there's a call to heed I'll heed it and be your useful idiot