Little girl trapped in the other world Never had a chance to see how the true men live She's got teenage games But her mind's lost in other names Never had a chance to see what she may have to give But there's going to be a shake up real soon And she runs to the window, 'cos there's death in the street Takes a snapshot, makes the image complete Pulls down the shutter and pauses to secrete her fear And it's fatigue Nothing but fatigue When you're tired of the world Tired of the plague. Tired of the people from Sweden Who came to see your film And later on, after the guests have gone She pauses and fades away in her sedan chair She doesn't really know how things are going to go She just assumes her usual policy of laissez-faire But there's going to be trouble real soon And she runs to the window, a revolver in her hand The tune isn't familiar, so she shoots all the band In a desperate attempt to make some sort of stand in her dress And it's fatigue Nothing but fatigue When you're bore by the sun Bored by the moon And the children from the Welsh mining village Couldn't go away too soon So remember times when your alarm clock chimes And thought and actuality sunbathe as one I really hope that you wake for you and your rich uncles sake Because if you don't wake pretty soon you'd better run Because they're going to come and chase you real soon And when the collapse comes as it certainly will And Frank's still in the office, June's still on the pill They'll all hold hands and wait for the killer to arrive And it's fatigue Nothing but fatigue When your life's on the line You can't assemble it right The shift seems much more than eight hours Your perspective is your plight When you're too scared to get up, you can't make it to the door And your adolescent paper boy is tired of posing on your floor When you're too bored to go out You're too rich to even think And the glass of wine's become vintage And the caviar, it stinks When Cinderella's gone home and Snow White's turned mean Rip van Winkle has split to find a livelier scene