The Boss Bossa Nova

Loud noises from the road

They don't scare me anymore

But I miss the white corridors

At the place where we lived before

And in our very best get-up

We stepped down into the world

This city's soul was still up for grabs

For those who'd fly across town in a taxi cab

To fly across town in a taxi cab

To fly across town in a taxi cab

These days I'm in the bubble

I'm living what they call a quiet life

I do no more than what's expected of me

And I hope I will suffice

So take another soft pillow

Take your pill and drift away

This really is a good life, on the whole

And who am I to crave so much more?

It really makes no sense at all

I wasn't always

I wasn't always this way

I wasn't always

I wasn't always this way

I was always on the outside

Trying to weazle my way in

But I was always meant to make my home

Outside of everything

You, when you were new

Nothing would taste as good as you

When you were new

I thought it would be a breakthrough

How could it ever go wrong?

A new experience is long overdue

It was the heady high I always aimed for

And all I told you then was true

That I could hide myself in you

Out of love or laziness

Now, if nothing else then that's what I'm gonna do

I take another soft pillow

I take my pill and then I drift away

To wake brain dead at the break of day

I used to have so much to say

It seems I've said it all

I wasn't always

I wasn't always this way

I wasn't always

I wasn't always this way

I wasn't always

I wasn't always this way

I wasn't always, always this way

I wasn't always, always this way

No!