[Verse 1]
You strut about like you own the pier
Kiss-me-quick hat and a pint of beer
Another day, another greasy chip
Another tale from your loose-lipped ship... 

[Chorus 1]
You live your life like the protagonist
Of a saucy seaside postcard
All double entendre and seaside twist
Oh, it's really quite absurd!

[Verse 2]
Bucket and spade, building castles of sand
Oblivious to the tide's reprimand
Seagulls squawking, a cacophony crude
Just like the thoughts you keep imbued... 

[Chorus 1]
You live your life like the protagonist
Of a saucy seaside postcard
All double entendre and seaside twist
Oh, it's really quite absurd!

[Verse 3]
The faded glamour of a bygone age
Trapped...

[Bridge - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Fool]
[Instruments: melodic bass solo, jangly guitar chords]
And in the guesthouse, floral and cold
You count the stories you’ve already told
A legend in your own lunchtime, perhaps?
Between the bingo and the memory lapses!

[Verse 3]
The faded glamour of a bygone age
Trapped in amber, on life's centre stage
You play the fool with such commitment true
But darling, everyone's laughing at you!

[Verse 4]
The slot machines go dark at five
The only thing that’s left alive
Is the scent of vinegar and wet concrete
And the echo of your tapping feet
You’re a king of a kingdom made of tin
Waiting for the world to let you in.

[Final Chorus]
[Instruments: full energy, driving beat]
You live your life like the protagonist
Of a saucy seaside postcard
All double entendre and seaside twist
Oh, it's really quite absurd!

[Outro - The Season's End]
[Vocal: fading into a dramatic, melodic hum]
Saucy postcard, fading in the sun
Your fifteen minutes are almost done...
The tide is turning, the joke's wearing thin
Where will you go when the season ends, then?
[Ad-lib: Oh, the season ends...]
(—clean guitar jangle fades out—)

[End]

