The Kinks - Definite Maybe lyrics
[The Kinks - Definite Maybe lyrics]
Got a letter through the post
That says I don't exist
Apparently the new computer thinks
I won't be missed we need more facts
Perhaps you would find out and forward them
There's no proof or trace or date
Or place or where or when
Central Information's got no news today
(no news today)
Is there a change in my position?
No decision, no decision
All I ever get is a definite maybe
Head office thinks I'm dead
But, I'm not even ill how do I get attention
Tell me who I have to kill
Is there a change in my condition? Not today
The answer comes with repetition
No decision, no decision
'Round and 'round the circle goes
Stood in line but the counter was closed
And when I ask who is responsible
Nobody knows, "Try one of those"
All I want is a yes or a no
(All he wants is a yes or a no)
But all I ever get is a definite maybe
Tried to make my life a misery
But they don't want to know
They don't want to know
They don't want to know
And all I ever get is a definite maybe
No decision, no decision
Surely there must be a way
To open all the doors
And wade through all the
Petty bureaucratic little laws
Frustration everywhere I turn
I just get more and more
Everyone's got problems and they've
Heard all mine before
Oh, I'm tired of making endless calls
(Somebody help this poor man)
Banging my head against the wall
I walk along an endless corridor
Then I knock on the door, then I realize
That I've been there before
No one here can hear my case
So all I ever get is a definite maybe
When they say, "no news today
Get back in the queue, "
What can I do? What can I do? What can I do?
No decision, no decision no decision
All I ever get (no decision) is a definite
Maybe (no decision)
That says I don't exist
Apparently the new computer thinks
I won't be missed we need more facts
Perhaps you would find out and forward them
There's no proof or trace or date
Or place or where or when
Central Information's got no news today
(no news today)
Is there a change in my position?
No decision, no decision
All I ever get is a definite maybe
Head office thinks I'm dead
But, I'm not even ill how do I get attention
Tell me who I have to kill
Is there a change in my condition? Not today
The answer comes with repetition
No decision, no decision
'Round and 'round the circle goes
Stood in line but the counter was closed
And when I ask who is responsible
Nobody knows, "Try one of those"
All I want is a yes or a no
(All he wants is a yes or a no)
But all I ever get is a definite maybe
Tried to make my life a misery
But they don't want to know
They don't want to know
They don't want to know
And all I ever get is a definite maybe
No decision, no decision
Surely there must be a way
To open all the doors
And wade through all the
Petty bureaucratic little laws
Frustration everywhere I turn
I just get more and more
Everyone's got problems and they've
Heard all mine before
Oh, I'm tired of making endless calls
(Somebody help this poor man)
Banging my head against the wall
I walk along an endless corridor
Then I knock on the door, then I realize
That I've been there before
No one here can hear my case
So all I ever get is a definite maybe
When they say, "no news today
Get back in the queue, "
What can I do? What can I do? What can I do?
No decision, no decision no decision
All I ever get (no decision) is a definite
Maybe (no decision)