Something less than brilliant Luckily they're grading on the curve A life thought most resilient sabotaged by chronic lack of nerve Lack of nerve You should know better than to bet the farm on one suggested horse It's all out of your hands, so take your seat and watch it run its course Run its course Baby it's Pogues weather again, it blows in from the west And I'm afraid that I'm not man enough to take the test To face it down, determination's fled From Pogues weather again Communication's on the blink I fear I've let you down The guns, the sex, the kitchen sink Pack it all, get out of town Out of town The drum from Panama It's beautiful, but always drops the beat And you could bang your fingers raw announcing our retreat Our retreat Baby it's Pogues weather again, I should buy some warmer clothes Cause I'm afraid I'm not the man, the man you think you know I'm scared and running, scared and running from the cold It's summer in the book I'm reading It's summer in Siam But that's not where you are and that's not where I am I'm scared and running, I'm scared and running Let me lie my face down in the warmer sand It's Pogues weather again, it's bitter and cruel It's Pogues weather again, I'm still a failure to you baby It's Pogues weather again