Three wheels, nine lives
Ready meals, day by day
I put my hand out, no need to shout
I'm going green and public today
Finding all the gaps in this black-and-yellow trap
With city-breath blowing in my hair
Don't fire me I'm late, blame it on my fate
This life, this life is so unfair
Still got to pay the auto fare
Money to burn at a shallow soiree
Got to get the old wheels out of the covers tonight
But the plugs are shot, and all I've got
Is just one chance with her to make it right
Called a no-show cabbie, just made me crabby
All dressed up and nobody cares
She didn't bring it on, with my three-wheeler con
This life, this life is so unfair
Still got to pay the auto fare
Meter Mele One-and-a-Half!
So here I am, lost and alone
In a shortcut, roach-bitten cabriolet
Dead air on the cell, this is a party, a party from hell
So I tell the man "stop, and ask for the way"
Three or four gents, kindly souls all
Get their hands on the vehicle and put on a scare
I was relieved, my cards and cash called,
This life, this life is so unfair
Still got to pay the auto fare
Meter Mele One-and-a-half!
