Hypothetically Speaking

But what of our hero?
I've seen you look better
Has someone stepped on your grave?
I suppose you could say that
But it's great just to see you
But we rehearsed yesterday

We wrote 'We Got the Rock' & 'Melody Maker'
As a cynical ploy
'Bout the mag and guitar
And it's foolproof, yeah
We'll get loads of free gear
And a write-up, and then, and then we'll be big stars

Hypothetically speaking
What if nobody hears them
Tell me where do we go?

Hypothetically speaking
What if no one believes then
Would that be a terrible blow

While we're here
Hypothetically speaking
If Danny's car was a time machine
Tell me where would you go?

Mate! I'm a doctor of hypotheory
I took the hypothetic oath
Hypothetically speaking
Where wouldn't I go?

I'd go see the Great Wall as a building site
And see Jimi as he's tearing up the Isle of Wight
I'd call in on Cromwell and Leonardo
So many choices
Where wouldn't I go?

I'd visit Old London to say hi to Pepys
Rub shoulders with Homer, watch Rommel's defeat
I would trade arcane stories with Lovecraft and Poe
So many choices
Where wouldn't I go?

I'd sail with the Norsemen, kiss Helen of Troy
Watch TV with mother when I was a boy
See Nixon and many more big politicians
Get caught in all manner
Of imbroglio

So many great choices
Where wouldn't I go?

Mate! I'm a doctor of hypotheory
I took the hypothetic oath
Hypothetically speaking
Where wouldn't I go?

I'd tell Siegel and Shuster to sign away nothing
Give Hitchcock the idea to insert Maguffins
I'd tell Nostradamus the things that I know

So many choices
Where wouldn't I go?

Danny! Boys! Gather the band
It's time for one more diabolical plan
So go kiss your goodbyes and let's go with the flow
Hypothetically speaking
We're hitting the road