Released: May 10, 1993
Songwriter: Dave Rowntree Alex James Graham Coxon Damon Albarn
Producer: Stephen Street
[Verse 1]
Colin Zeal knows the value of mass appeal
He's a pedestrian walker, he's a civil talker
He's an affable man with a plausible plan
Keeps his eye on the news, keeps his future in hand
And then he
[Chorus]
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
[Verse 2]
While sitting in traffic, Colin thinks in automatic
He's an immaculate dresser, he's your common aggressor
Colin's the modern retard with a love of bombast
Keeps his eye on the news, doesn't dwell on the past
And then he
[Chorus]
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
And then he
[Instrumental break]
[Chorus]
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
[Outro]
Well, he's a modern retard, he's terminal lard
He's an affable man with a carotene tan
'Cause Colin Zeal's ill, Colin Zeal's ill, Colin Zeal's ill
He's Colin Zeal and he knows
Colin Zeal knows the value of mass appeal
He's a pedestrian walker, he's a civil talker
He's an affable man with a plausible plan
Keeps his eye on the news, keeps his future in hand
And then he
[Chorus]
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
[Verse 2]
While sitting in traffic, Colin thinks in automatic
He's an immaculate dresser, he's your common aggressor
Colin's the modern retard with a love of bombast
Keeps his eye on the news, doesn't dwell on the past
And then he
[Chorus]
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
And then he
[Instrumental break]
[Chorus]
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
Looks at his watch, he's on time yet again
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
He's pleased with himself, he's pleased with himself
He's so pleased with himself, ah-ha
[Outro]
Well, he's a modern retard, he's terminal lard
He's an affable man with a carotene tan
'Cause Colin Zeal's ill, Colin Zeal's ill, Colin Zeal's ill
He's Colin Zeal and he knows
Modern Life Is Rubbish [Special Edition]
- For Tomorrow
- Turn It Up
- Popscene
- Resigned
- Young and Lovely
- Into Another
- Commercial Break
- Bone Bag
- Let’s All Go Down the Strand
- Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Made for Two)
- I’m Fine
- Intermission
- Beachcoma
- My Ark
- Garden Central
- For Tomorrow (Visit to Primrose Hill Extended)
- Coping
- Villa Rosie
- Miss America
- Advert
- Mace
- Badgeman Brown
- Hanging Over
- Peach
- When the Cows Come Home
- Maggie May
- Es Schmecht
- Colin Zeal
- Pressure on Julian
- Star Shaped
- Blue Jeans
- Chemical World
- Sunday Sunday
- Oily Water
- Chemical World (Reworked)
- Song 2
- Girls & Boys
- Parklife
- Beetlebum
- Coffee & TV
- Tender
- Country House
- Ghost Ship
- The Universal
- Charmless Man
- My Terracotta Heart
- To the End
- No Distance Left to Run
- Sweet Song
- For Tomorrow
- Out of Time
- End of a Century
- Ice Cream Man
- Lonesome Street
- Ong Ong
- You’re So Great
- This Is a Low
- Sing
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