Me and the major could become close friends cause we. Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me. Me and the major could become close friends cause we. Get on the same train and he wants to talk. But there is too much history too much biography between us. Me and the major don’t see eye to eye on a. Number of things he’ll take a guy like me and then. Me and the major don’t see eye to eye on a. Number of things he’ll take a guy like me. And put him in the army. Cause the queen’s own army makes a man of you. But he doesn’t understand and he doesn’t try. He knows there’s something missing and he knows it’s you and i. We’re the younger generation we grew up fast. All the others did drugs. They’re taking it out on us. They’re taking it out on us. Me and the major are from different worlds but if. I get stuck in the lift it’s always with a toff. Me and the major are from different worlds but if. I get stuck in the lift it’s always with a man. Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born. I think the major’s going quite insane he goes. Along the pavement and comes back again oh yeah. I think the major’s going quite insane he goes. Along the pavement and comes back again. Like he is on parade and he is on parade. At least he thinks so. Now he is swapping his tent for a sheltered home. He doesn’t have a family he is living alone. He remembers all the punks and the hippies too. And he remembers roxy music in seventy-two. He doesn’t understand and he doesn’t try. He knows there’s something missing and he knows it’s you and i. We’re the younger generation we grew up fast. All the others did drugs. They’re taking it out on us. They’re taking it out on us. They’re taking it out on us. I want a dance I want a drink of whisky so i. Forget the major and go up the town. Because the snow is falling