XTC - The Mayor Of Simpleton Lyrics
Never been near a university,
Never took a paper or a learned degree,
And some of your friends think that's stupid of me,
But it's nothing that I care about.
And of mathematics well I want none,
And I may be the Mayor of Simpleton,
But I know one thing,
And that's I love you.
When their logic grows cold and all thinking gets done,
You'll be warm in the arms of the Mayor of Simpleton.
I can't have been there when brains were handed round
(please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton),
Or get past the cover of your books profound,
And some of your friends thinks it's really unsound,
That you're ever seen talking to me.
Well I don't know how to write a big hit song,
And all crossword puzzles well I just shun,
And I may be the Mayor of Simpleton,
But I know one thing,
And that's I love you.
I'm not proud of the fact that I never learned much,
Just feel I should say,
what you get is all real,
I can't put on an act,
It takes brains to do that anyway. (And anyway...)
And I can't unravel riddles, problems and puns,
How the home computer has me on the run,
And I may be the Mayor of Simpleton,
But I know one thing,
And that's I love you (I love you).
If depth of feeling is a currency,
(please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton),
Then I'm the man who grew the money tree,
(no Chain of Office and no hope of getting one).
Some of your friends are too brainy to see,
That they're paupers and that's how they'll stay.
Well I don't know how many pounds make up a ton,
Of all the Nobel prizes that I've never won,
And I may be the Mayor of Simpleton,
But I know one thing,
And that's I love you.
When all logic grows cold and all thinking gets done,
You'll be warm in the arms of the Mayor of Simpleton.
You'll be warm in the arms of the Mayor of Simpleton.
You'll be warm in the arms of the Mayor.
(Please be upstanding for the Mayor of Simpleton.)
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XTC The Mayor Of Simpleton Comments
LOVE XTC!!!
カジヒデキ版もいいですね!
どっちも好きです^_^
This song sucks
In agreement with all you that say this is a great song.
I would advise all new musicians to study XTC.......however most would give up music in defeat
Making plans for nigel was their ONLY decent song.. the rest were shite.
tragically overlooked band. partridge-moulding, true heirs to lennon-mccartney
Better tune-smiths than the Beatles, period.
This video is older than 90% of the fortnite population
INCREDIBLE Vocal Harmonies!!!..... no autotune here!
Great song from a wonderful album.
Andy Partridge’s American cousin is Bob Mould..
Well this is the shittest song ive ever heard
Proof you can be pop and talented at the same time.
love this song, brings back memories.
Women have such lovely shapes, don't they?
Esa línea de bajo es una fiesta. Gracias Rick Beato por traerme hasta acá!
This could've been a Bare Naked Ladies song easily
Great chord progressions in this. Superb songwriting.
Who's here because of Rick Beato lol. Love his channel.
Me. I guess I missed this band the first time around.
Aye. I remember this one from when it came out though.
It's neat to hear isolated tracks, but then you want to hear it all together.
I am. I've never heard this song
Oooh yeah!
Never listened to this before, but I was brought here by Rick Beato's "What Makes This Song Great?" episode 76. Bands who block Rick's analyses of their tunes are idiots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TntNxv8wFR4&feature=em-uploademail
Rick Beato sent me here
The bass line in this is brilliant!
Love the outro..pure class
Here because Rick Beato!
Me too. When Rick recommends something you listen.
We have invaded.
You know it
it's not too late ;)
Me too !!!
What is up with Youtube? Why don't they put the posted dates for vids anymore?
simple(ΦωΦ)
Why dis like the friends song?
Deep in the weeds of pure math when this song was released.
They got Tara King for the video!
This video would have been better without all the credits. 😮
the dukes of stratosphere.
Colin's bass line...WOOF! :)
Love this song, Love the goofy homage a "The Avengers" !💜💜💜
The Caroline Lucas song
Sticking my neck out here, but I think this is the most clever pop song ever written. They couldn't sell records, but that's obviously a testament to the shortcomings of the average listening audience not to the immense talent of the band. I love XTC
Chuck E. Weiss nothing good ever comes of becoming popular. I would rather they forever remain musics best kept secret
Is this the actual music video?
love the mini ping pong match
I agree.
Great feel good, toe tappin tune!
https://youtu.be/aFardsxHKi0?t=21
This song is hype...can anyone explain the video's meaning? (For I am simplet0n)
Someone should remix this video with video footage of Trump
Great song. Retarded video.
Laura Heywood I remember 1989
My favourite song. Punto. Basta.
始まり方がスピッツ へー 途中これあれの元ネタなんだね「ミニスカート」の
I feel like this could be the TV theme to a show called 'The Mayor of Simpleton' 😂
I remember this track when it was first released in early 1989 - Here in the UK, one of the breakfast television shows had a slot where it played the latest releases and this was one of them.
They hadn't had a hit since 1984 and this should have done a bit better but I guess music moves on - certainly for the worse these days.
The Purge - The Mayor of simpleton hall. 1969 also from swindon...coincedence?
This song plays at my job all the time and it’s always the highlight of my day :)
cans of swine do you work in an elevator? Gas station bathroom?
some on at your work has taste
I bought this cassette for $3.88 "cut out" cassettes, remember those?
I got cut out CD's mid 90's- I did get sum (10-20) cassettes back in '77, from Columbia House. Gotta be 40 years since I bought a cassette...
30 years ago, 1989. Story I heard was Andy Partridge has "stage fright", so never went on tour to support albums.
This bounces along like Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney's song 'Veronica'.
Welcome to Mooseport!
30 years ago on Post modern MTV...
Outstanding band. This is one of the best crafted songs I have ever heard and the bass line rocks.
単調な中にビッグサプライズを織り込んだ名曲
i ask my friends about some of these old bands; devo, xtc, the gorillaz, and oingo boingo, and most of them have never heard anything of the sort, it's sad, our generation isn't informed about these great bands, this music is just thrown to the archives.
Pft. Its not the Beatles.
You don't know how to write a big hit song? I think not, Andy. One of the most overlooked bands ever.
I'm 22 and I grew up with this! I'm so glad I did, thanks to my Dad.
The guitarist I never noticed. Hello candy.
One of the GREATEST FUCKING BANDS IN ROCK HISTORY!!! LOVE XTC!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️👍👍👍👍🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸🎸
The bass line is amazing.right.
I agree! Couldn't have grown up without these lovesongs.all of them. Skylarking hello!
karen is such a hottie
What a bird!
bass player's got arthritis in his hands after this tune was recorded.
So British! The melody, the chords, the vocal sound! Awesome!
A classic song of Englaish self deprecation, when really he's a smart bloke
justmadeit2 The smarter you are, the more you know how truly ignorant you really are!
It’s the dumbest amongst us who are usually the most confident in their knowledge.
I dedicate this song to Sadiq Khan, simple twat...
Outstanding back catalogue too. What a pity they got shafted by their record company and didn't get to where they should have had been. Top top songs.
Дальше только дабл трабл
Was that bass player in The Jam?
No. You're thinking of Bruce Foxton, not really in the same league as Colin Moulding.
This song gets better every time I listen to it
It makes me sad that I missed out on XTC on their heyday but on the bright side it’s 2019 and I’m now listening to them.
Not their best song by a long shot.
One superduper spiritual song... It's all about balance...
I grew up with this!
xtc flat out throw down. Great band from the late 70's on. Shortcake is right about Andy. Fantastic song writer & vastly underrated, as are XTC as a whole.
The problem with xtc was there inability to put the great lyrics with a catchier tune...much like this which by far is there
Best known and played song. I agree about Andy Partridge though.
As good as the day it launched. Very underrated song and band
These are the most intelligent lyrics ever, and they are about how stupid he is!
I wonder if andy had a child who made cartoons. That would be interesting wouldn't it?
Sucks Donkeys!!!!
GREAT band ! Never got the credit deserved, just like Badfinger.
Those nitwits have no idee of the. Real worldt
Comment on the video of my favorite song by my favorite band
LOVE THIS ONE!!! LISTENING IN 2019
great bass playing
Call it pop, call it rock, call it new wave, the music of xtc does not age. A lot of this is due to the brilliance of their wordsmithing. Damn, they could write lyrics. Pity the children of the glow generation. The music they're fed, sans real poetry, primes them well for A.I.
Am I going crazy? I have a memory of this video poking fun of Colin Moulding's hair: during a head shot of Colin Moulding, one of the printed passages on top of the film said "Mr. Moulding's Hair by (someone's name I can't remember)" But I've watched this YouTube submission a bunch of times and I don't find that now. Was this in some versions of this video? One of their other videos? Or am I crazy and this never happened?
I dont understand not liking this.
I know Virgin was a real bitch to XTC but, they always gave them some Xcellent video time.