He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
We'll stumble through the yard
We'll stumble through the yard
We'll stumble through the APT
We'll stumble through the yard
Force fields explorer racing home the ancient star
Yellow mixed with golden hue
Scan the graveyard dead there be
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
We'll stumble through the yard
We'll stumble through the yard
We'll stumble through the APT
We'll stumble through the yard
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
It was round about midnight, hipster town, imagine going for a walk
Things get around to taking place, it's not a waste of time
The rich got a little poorer
Things get around to taking place if they're going to happen at all
Don't need that jazz, don't need that stuff
It was round about midnight, hipster town
It was round about midnight, hipster town
Force fields explorer racing home the ancient star
Yellow mixed with golden hue
Scan the graveyard dead there be
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
We'll stumble through the yard
We'll stumble through the APT
We'll stumble through the yard
Force fields explorer racing home the ancient star
Yellow mixed with golden hue
Scan the graveyard dead there be
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
We'll stumble through the yard
We'll stumble through the yard
We'll stumble through the APT
We'll stumble through the yard
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
It was round about midnight, hipster town, imagine going for a walk
Things get around to taking place, it's not a waste of time
The rich got a little poorer
Things get around to taking place if they're going to happen at all
Don't need that jazz, don't need that stuff
It was round about midnight, hipster town
It was round about midnight, hipster town
Force fields explorer racing home the ancient star
Yellow mixed with golden hue
Scan the graveyard dead there be
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
Ball and chain, ball and chain
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