You love the girl, you love the man Who slipped away under the sign? Open your eyes and you'll understand Who broke your back, the gingerman We are only learning to dive You learnt it all when you were five Holding your breaths to stay alive Escape from the heat under the fan Learning to love your Uncle Sam We are only learning to dive You love the girl, you love the man Who slipped away under the sign Open your eyes I bet you'd understand Who broke your back, the gingerman The sign on the door deserved a hand Holding your breaths to be a man But down on the floor you'll realise The caterpillar-crawls and butter-flies Escape from the heat under the fire Learning to love our Uncle Sam We are only learning to dive Alison, the carousel Broken hearts, another cell Leaving here I'll understand Foreign cars are in demand Alison, the carousel Broken hearts, another cell Leaving here I'll understand Foreign girls are in demand Demand, in demand, demand In demand, in demand And we are only learning to dive We are only learning to dive We were barley learning to dive