Half-Way There Songtext
von Slapp Happy

He′s only halfway there
He's only halfway there

To me my fortune was enough for me
That I should rather be
Lying lonely in the houses
That stand along the riverside
Wearing nothing but the ruby
Bequeathed to me by him when he died

He′s only halfway there
He's only halfway there

First time I turned and ran away from him
I could not begin
To feel the feelings that I felt he felt then
If he hadn't disappeared in spring that year
I′d have gone back home again

He′s only halfway there
He's only halfway there


One look at his visage will tell you so
There′s nothing to know
If there's black and white printed on his brow
He has told me why, when, where
But he never told me how

He′s only halfway there
He's only halfway there

A large cortege of mourners all agreed
That it was really he
Huddled in a blanket
Chewing on a ballpoint pen
They stood him hard up against the wall
And set him off again
Round the karmic wheel, big deal
No, you can′t get me that way
I read between the lines of the notice in The Times
And this is what they say

He's only halfway there
He's only halfway there