Paparazzi, can't make the man
Paparazzi, can't break the man
Next to the transit lounge
see the Paparazzi tears
No-one came in today
from Boston or Tangiers
And in departures only
faceless trippers trip
loaded with duty free
held in white knuckle grip
Snap it up, flash away
steal a camel for a day
Break the story in heavy type
the news is running late tonight
Be-decked with Nikon necklaces
hear the Paparazzi cries
Under their noses walk
the famous in disguise
Conspicuously huddled there
but no-one stops to look
They've got their crayons out
to colour in the book
Snap it up, flash away
steal a camel for a day
Break the story in heavy type
Paparazzi won't be home tonight
Paparazzi write it down
Paparazzi turn it around
Paparazzi take it take it
fake it fake it
'Cos it's a story
Paparazzi Paparazzi Paparazzi
Break the story Break the story
<Interlude>
Paparazzi, can't make the man
Paparazzi, can't break the man
Now someone's cut the lines
communication's down
All photo film is fogged
Celebrities surround
and jab their fingers at me
They kiss but I can't tell
Even poor Paparazzi
must have privacy as well
Snap it up, flash away
steal a camel for a day
Break the story in heavy type
the news is running late tonight
Snap it up, flash away
steal a camel for a day
Break the story in heavy type
Paparazzi won't be home tonight
cked down
and they put you first in line
And so you finally ask yourself
just how big you are
and take your place in a wiser
world of bigger motor cars
<Intelrude>
So Where the hell was Biggles
when you needed him
last Saturday
And where were all the sportsmen
who always pulled you though
They're all resting down
in Cornwall
writing up their memoirs
for a paper-back edition
of the Boy Scout Manual
See there! A man born