All That Before - Van Der Graaf Generator

I don’t know if I’m cracking up or just getting careless, is this room quite

airless?

Just a minute, listen, did you hear that knock on the door?

I’m going to have to write things down before I forget them

I can’t find my glasses, I don’t know where I left them

So I can’t expect to get much on the visionary score, or did I say all that

before?

Oh, stop me if you’ve heard this one before I get started

I can’t find my mobile and I didn’t charge it, it’s a phantom target

If I call myself I’ll only get my voicemail once more

I wish that I could pin things down before they escape me

I can’t find my car keys and it seems that lately

I have trouble even fitting them into the front door, or did I say all that

before?

Oh, stop me if I’m banging on, trying to grab your attention

I forget to mention I can’t find my glasses

But I think I bent them when I dropped them as I scrabbled for my phone on the

floor

It seems I can’t, I can’t remember, I can’t remember what I’m doing

Although I flash that foolish grin that seemed so winning when I came in

I’m beginning to see everything we’ve been is going to be forgotten

It’s not a joke, or did I say that all before I spoke?

It’s not a joke, or did I say all that before I spoke?

I can’t find myself, what I’m looking for, and I’ve lost the thread of what I

said before