All That Before Songtext
von Van der Graaf Generator

I don′t know if I'm cracking up
Or just getting careless
Is this room quite airless?
Just a minute, listen
Did you hear that knock on the door?

I′m going to have to write things down
Before I forget them
I can't find my glasses
I don't know where I left them
So I can′t expect to get much out of vision this far...
Or did I say all that before?
Oh, stop me if you′ve heard this one
Before I get started

I can't find my mobile
And I didn′t charge it
It's a phantom target
If I call myself I′ll only get my voicemail once more

I wish that I could pin things down
Before they escape me


I can't find my car keys
And it seems that lately
I have trouble even fitting them into the front door...
Or did I say all that before?
Oh, stop me if I′m banging on
Trying to grab your attention
I forgot to mention

I can't find my glasses
But I think I bent them
When I dropped them as I scrabbled for my phone on the bar

It seems I can't, I can′t remember
I can′t remember what I'm doing
It seems I can′t, I can't remember
I can′t remember what I'm doing

Oh, what a flash!
That foolish grin
That seemed so winning
When I came in
I′m beginning to see

That everything we've been
Is going to be forgotten

It's not a joke
Or did I say that all before I spoke?
It′s not a joke
Or did I say all that before I spoke?


I can′t find myself
What I'm looking for
And I′ve lost the thread
Of what I said before