Expectations

Belle And Sebastian

Monday morning wake up knowing that you've got to go to school


Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue


Do you went to work in Debenham's, because that's what they expect


Start in Lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor





And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start


For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art


Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange


Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay





In the queue for lunch they take the piss, you've got no appetite


And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight


So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk


While your cleaning up the mess the teacher's looking up your skirt





You've been used, you're confused


Write a song, I'll sing along


Are you calm? Settle down


Soon you will know that you are sane


You're on top of the world again





Monday morning wake up knowing that you've got to go to school


Mum said she had little choice when she was young, so why should you?


Do you went to work in C&A, 'cause that's what they expect


Move to Ladieswear and take a feel off Joe the Storeman





Tell Veronica the secrets of the boy you never kissed


She's got everything to gain 'cause she's a fat girl with a lisp


She sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs


'Cause you can't afford a blazer and you're always wearing clogs





At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room


Heed of English gets you, asks you, "What the Hell do you think you're doing?"


"Do you think you're better then the other kids? Well get outside."


You've got permission, but you've got to make the bastard think he's right