WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH MORRIS

(Steel/Dangerfield/Plain)

From LP “Punk Rock Menopause”

Sally’s in the kitchen mixing up the chilli con yeah
Harry’s in the sitting room
Splashing out the Blue Nun yeah
Barry’s got Moroccan red
From his lab technician friend
And Leonard Cohen's singing Suzanne on a blue dansette
 
Harry married Natilie, now they have a family, yeah
Ricky’s sitting pretty doing something in the city oh yeah
Johnny went to college out west
And now he’s got a steady job, yes
Something he can’t talk about
Working for the government, yeah
 
What’s the matter with, what’s the matter with Morris?
He’s not the same since he left school
What’s the matter with, what’s the matter with Morris?
He don’t look too cool
 
Tim went back to school again,
Now he practice medicine, yeah
Kelly's on the eco scene now he writes for magazines, yeah
Morris got dumped by Pru
And now he never leaves his room
Mamma don’t like it, Papa don’t like it too
 
What’s the matter with, what’s the matter with Morris?
He’s not the same since he left school
What’s the matter with, what’s the matter with Morris?
He don’t look too cool