Jacqueline was seventeen working on a desk When Ivor peered above a spectacle Forgot that he had wrecked a girl Sometimes his eyes Sometimes his eyes Forget the face they're peering from When the face they peer upon You know that face as I do And how in the return of the gaze She can return you the face That you are staring from It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when We need the money It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when We need the money Gregor was down again Said "come on, kiss me again" Said "I'm so drunk, I don't mind if you fuck me" Come on you, gutless I'm alive, oh I'm alive I'm alive, and how I know it But for chips and for freedom I could fly It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when we need the money It's always better on holiday So much better on holiday That's why we only work when we need the money