Written by Kirsty MacColl.

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In a play, I saw all of us stay, in a play
The scenes by the bike sheds, the scenes upon the bus
Waiting to be acted out by every one of us
I like to feel that I am the narrator
But I could be the leading lady later in a play
He let her wash and dry up in a play
Then she implored the sky up there to come down

Bad dreams
Bad dreams

I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back
I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back

I dreamed I was standing in Croydon again
With my life on the line being chased by some men
My affection’s just a token
And the rewind switch is broken

And if I sold my soul again you’d have to tie me down
I couldn’t go through that again a second time around

Bad dreams
Bad dreams

I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back
I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back

I get all upset and you wonder what for
Well I don’t want to die in a nuclear war
And I want to cry out but I can’t even speak
My brain’s been left on the dole queue for weeks

It costs an arm and a leg to get a foot in your door these days
It costs an arm and a leg to get a foot in your door these days

Bad dreams
Bad dreams

I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back
I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back
I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back
I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back
I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back
I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back

I wake up and I go to bed, I watch a movie just to lose my head
(I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back )
(I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back )
(I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back )

(instrumental break)

(I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back )
(I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back )

(fade)

(I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back )
(I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back )
(I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back )
(I don’t mind going nowhere just as long as it’s not back )

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Part of the ‘Real’ album.  Released for the first time on the box set See That Girl.

Thanks to Craig for deciphering the lyrics properly :o)