Did they think I'd have to choose Did they think I'd wear brown shoes Did they think that I'd ever have to read about this in the news You gonna have a go Well, I don't want to know I just thought that I should try and say, hello, to those Who'd never exist without being generic You have to impress our Bovine public You'd never exist if you wasn't generic You have to impress our Bovine public I'll never forget how all this begun And I will never regret a thing I have done But you would never exist without us So maybe, I do not have the time, fair weather friends of mine A year's a long time, be doing nothing with your life I heard you felt alert Well, I'm hoping that it hurt 'Cos you played too much silent grammar To be ground into the dirt by those Who'd never exist without being generic You'll have to impress our Bovine public You'd never exist if you wasn't generic You'll have to impress our Bovine public I'll never forget how all this begun And I will never regret a thing I have done But you would never exist without us So maybe, I do Well, you say nothing So, you'll always mean nothing to me And if what you say means nothing Then what you say will always mean nothing to me, ooh Did they think I have the time, fair weather friends of mine A year's a long time, be doing nothing with your life I heard you felt alert Well, I'm hoping that it hurt 'Cos you played too much silent grammar To be ground into the dirt by those Who'd never exist without being generic You have to impress our Bovine public You'd never exist if you wasn't generic You'll have to impress our Bovine public I'll never forget how all this begun And I will never regret the one thing I've done But you would never exist without us So maybe, I do