Careering Dont Ask Me by Peter Hammill Lyrics

[Chorus 1]
I don't know, can't you see?
I'm just passing through, fast as you –
Don't ask me

[Verse 1]
Careering out of control
Disappearing down the black hole
Careering – the white man's soul
Stands stark naked in the floodlight glare
Stands stark raving on the strap
I've had the feeling that I've been there
But I can't quite believe it

[Chorus 1]
I don't know, can't you see?
I'm just passing through, fast as you
So don't ask me (Don't ask me)

[Verse 2]
Careering, simply day to day
Engineering everything I say
Careering for the work and the pay (For the work and the pay)
I'm just a passenger passing through
I'm just an average chap (We are normal)
If I said I hadn't got a clue
Well, there'd still come the questions
[Chorus 2]
I don't know, can't you see?
I'm just another case of wasted space
So don't ask me (Don't ask me)
(Don't ask me)
No, don't ask me
(Don't ask me)
No, don't ask me
(Don't ask me...)

[Verse 3]
Careering, my apprenticeship
No nearer than my pension slip;
Careering down the Cresta Run
I screw it up just like anyone;
Careering – pointless anyway
To do it just for the work and the pay (For the work and the pay)

[Instrumental]

[Chorus 3]
Look here:
I don't know, can't you see?
I'm so near the end, get it straight, friend –
Don't ask me
Don't ask me
Just don't ask
Don't ask me