Human Racing - Nik Kershaw

Closing in on empty spaces

Winners laugh too soon

A paper world with paper faces

Beneath a paper moon

Well, there’s a man, a real pace setter

Coming after me

And after him there’s someone better

And after him there’s me

Well, he’ll offer you a cigarette

He’ll offer you a light

Oh but he hasn’t finished with you yet

On another long knife night

So look behind you

There’s the man you’re chasing

Look behind you

Let’s go human racing

Human racing

Oh let’s go racing now

Open arms and open purses

Open season’s here

Well, they fill your head

With clever verses

And then they disappear

Silent vows in secret places

They’ll get you somehow

'Cause you never win

With the human races

So who’s the loser now?

Look behind you

There’s the man you’re chasing

Look behind you

Let’s go human racing

Human racing

Let’s go racing now

Oh

Around and around we go

Human racing now, oh

After me, after him

Around and around we go

Who’s the loser

Let’s go racing now