Accident of Birth Video (MV)

It's just an accident of birth
That put you where you are today
And though there's very little worth
In anything you do or say
They will hang on every nuance
And they laugh at every line
But there's no persuading people
That their adulation's just a waste of time

Well your umpteen great grandmother
Was a mistress of the King
Though they hushed it up
The way they always try to
And the outcome of that sordid
Little extra-mural fling
Was the misbegotten line that ran right by you.
It ran right by you

It's just an accident of birth
That put you where you are today
And though there's very little worth
In anything you do or say
They will hang on every nuance
And they laugh at every line
But there's no persuading people
That their adulation's just a waste of time

Well you like to play the clown
As if that somehow justifies
Your long list of verbal gaffes and indiscretions
But I'm here to tell you now
'Cos you don't seem to realise
That you've badly judged the role of first impressions
Of first impressions

They will hang on every nuance
And they laugh at every line
But there's no persuading people
That their adulation's just a waste of time

But you've no idea how ordinary people live and die
They don't feature in your insular agenda
But just in case you should forget
Well they're the ones who toil and sweat
To enable you to live your life of splendour
Your life of splendour

It's just an accident of birth
That put you where you are today
And there is nothing on this Earth
It seems will make you go away
Why can no one see the truth
Behind the mask you like to wear
When it seems that there's no limit
To the depths of our despair
At the way they idolise you
It is really such a crime
'Cos there's no persuading people
That their adulation's just a waste of time
It's just a waste of time
It really is a crime
It's just a waste of time