The tips he gets turn out to be rubbish
  he's crossed his heart now all roads lead to ruin
  his willing ear gets him nowhere
  (sit with a drink or think about drugs?)
  he's never there, never all there
  (escape in a movie, hide in a book?)
  
  never all there
  never all there, never all there, never all there
  
  top o' the morning, guess who's broken?
  no sense whatever, whenever there's sense
  to be spoken
  which face to wear, too soft to care
  (tell you what's what, i'll tell you who's who)
  he's never there, never all there
  (bent over backwards, broken in two)
  
  never all there
  (his chairs not quite under the table)
  never all there, never all there, never all there
  never all there
  (two kopeks short of a rouble)
  never all there, never all there, never all there
  
  which face to wear too soft to care
  never all there, never all there
  when his willing ear gets him nowhere
  
  his stairs don't go right up to the top floor
  would anyone else have seen the mistake
  he eats when he's tired 'cos he sleeps when he's hungry
  how can he help it?
  
  he's never all there
  (his chairs not quite under the table)
  never all there, never all there, never all there
  never all there
  (two housebricks short of a hopful)
  never all there, never all there, never all there
  
  which face to wear too soft to care
  never all there, never all there
  he's never all there, never all there
  never all there, never all there
  
  all of his pride and insistence
  don't come to a cupful of difference
  never all there, never all there
  never all there, never all there