You take your white finger
Slide the nail under the top and bottom buttons of my blazer
Relax the fraying wool
Slacken ties and I'm
Not to look at you in the shoe
But the eyes, find the eyes

Find me and follow me
Through corridors, refectories
And files you must follow
Leave this academic factory
You'll find me in the matinée
The dark of the matinée
It's better in the matinée
The dark of the matinée is mine
Yes, it's mine

I time every journey
To bump into you accidentally
I charm you and tell you
Of the boys I hate, all the girls I hate
All the words I hate, all the clothes I hate
How I'll never be anything I hate
You smile, mention something that you like
Or how you'd have a happy life
If you did the things you like

Find me and follow me
Through corridors, refectories
And files you must follow
Leave this academic factory
You'll find me in the matinée
The dark of the matinée
It's better in the matinée
The dark of the matinée is mine
Yes, it's mine

So I'm on BBC Two now
Telling Terry Wogan how I made it and
What I made is unclear now
But his deference is
And his laughter is
My words and smile are so easy now
Yes, it's easy now
Yes, it's easy now

Find me and follow me
Through corridors, refectories
And files you must follow
Leave this academic factory
You'll find me in the matinee
The dark of the matinée
It's better in the matinée
The dark of the matinée

Well, find me and follow me
Through corridors, refectories
And files you must follow
Leave this academic factory
You'll find me in the matinée
The dark of the matinée
It's better in the matinée
The dark of the matinée is mine
Yes, it's mine