When you're just a stone's throw fromwhere you started And you're going nowhere And everything you had that was solid has melted into air When you worked your fingers down To the bone but didn't get your fair share I'll be there In there like swimwear I'm going nowhere When you feel like you're letting down your friends And you failed your family When you're a hedgehog who can't help Pricking all the people that you meet When the ravens leave the tower and You're cowering for fear in the city I'll be there In there like swimwear I'm going nowhere The empires may fall and the seas may rise But I'll be at your side by and by I'm like an armchair I'm going nowhere When you took your umbrella in the rain But you still got soaked When you worked a 62-hour week But you ended up broke And when the world that you thought made sense Turned out to be a joke I'll be there In there like swimwear I'm going nowhere When you made your best plans But somehow they just didn't work 'Cause you were counting on your countrymen And women not to go berserk And the future's falling in and all That's left is a hollow kind of herd I'll be there In there like swimwear I'm going nowhere Our youth and my beauty may slip away But I can try and make you happy every day I'm like your grey hair I'm going nowhere Now the tune may falter and the words may slide But here's hoping that the sentiment survives I'm like your record player I'm like an armchair I'm going nowhere