Paul Heaton
Half-Hearted Get (Is Second Best)
[Intro]

[Refrain]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah

[Verse 1]
I've only got one real fan
She is not woman, she is not man
She's got her own coat of arms and her tartan and her own clan

Her clan surpasses beauty
Always love and never duty
A beauty that feels so alien to this land

[Verse 2]
These feelings should be censored, they should be banned
But when you put a porn star in these hands
I'm the 6 month old with the keys to his own pram

You've got this straight to play the fool
Miss out nursery, miss out school
And gave the bullet train option to this old abandoned tram
[Refrain]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah

[Verse 3]
How'd you make so special look like dross?
How'd you make expensive look budget cost?
If it's power to the workers, then you are the boss

You make bluebells look like moss
Gave a second coat to gloss
And made Lennon's little Ono look like doss

Prostitution was not legal
You'd make cheap sex look so regal
Make the hottest little joint in town look like frost

[Refrain]
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah

[Chorus 1]
(Ah, ah, ah, ah) The famous, they get stalkers, they get pests
(Ah, ah) But I'd rather get a bullet right through my chest
(Ah) All that Lennon could imagine was not you, was just a fraction
(Ah) And all half-hearted get is second best
All half-hearted get is second best (I've only got one real fan)

[Chorus 2]
(She is not woman, she is not man) The famous, they get stalkers, they get pests
But I'd rather get a bullet right through my chest
(Man) All that Lennon could imagine was not you, was just a fraction
(She is not man) And all half-hearted get is second best

All half-hearted get is second best
(Ah, ah) All half-hearted get is second best
(Ah) All half-hearted get is second best
(I've only got one real fan) All half-hearted get is second best

[Outro]
(She is not woman, she is not man) All half-hearted get is second best
All half-hearted get is second best
(Man) All half-hearted get is second best
(She is not man) All half-hearted get is second best

All half-hearted get is second best
(Ah, ah, ah, ah) All half-hearted get is second best
(Ah, ah, ah, ah) All half-hearted get is second best
(Ah, ah, ah, ah)

(Ah)