I went down Canary Wharf feelin sick and full of dread
Too much regulation just buzzin around my head
It was all so confusin I really wish I could have stayed in bed
But when it comes to beautiful women I know - I'm just too easily led

All those codes in your handbook from MAR* to COB*
I can't decode your handbook
Its getting too (8 times)....
much for me

She was a high net worth investor she had diamonds on her fingers and toes
Dressed by John Galliano ........... platinum rings in her nose
And as I found out some time later in other places where it never shows.........
She was a dotcom millionaire and lottery winner in fishnet pantihose

So many codes in the handbook
From ENF to REC
Just cant decode that handbook
Its getting too (8 times)
much for me

She said the taxman was getting on her case - snappin at her six inch heels
I said there's no need for you to get all bent out of shape .... Tax planning is my special field
I'm sure that I can soon sort you out with a just a few judicious deals
You'll be able to afford a fleet of funky 4 wheeled drives.... When you park a few of my special purpose vehicles.......

So many codes in the handbook
From GEN to SUP
Just can't decode that handbook
Its getting too (8 times) .....
much for me

I didn't really do too much ... the odd investment here and there
A few offshore funds - a spot of forex -shorted some fast food shares
Of course I did have my suspicions but I kept quiet .....I really didn't care
I just wanted her money for the bank - fat bonus at the end of the year

So many codes in the handbook
From DEC to FIT
I can't decode that handbook
It's getting too, (8 times)
much for me

With the benefit of hindsight it seems obvious - all those red flags that I kept missin'
Like those brochures for minibreaks in Palermo - on the pinboard in her kitchen
And we never got a lie in on Sundays she was always busy with. weddings and funerals and christenins
And okay it's not a crime to like Frank Sinatra ....but she was too young for all that easy listening...

All those codes in the handbook
from TC to SYSC
I can't decode that handbook
Its getting too( 8 times)
.... much for me

like the first time she asked me back to her place she said I hope you're into canne..loni
but the only lottery she ever won was a numbers racket..
there was no dot com .. only alimony
in fact there were no facts in her factfile - almost everything about her was phony
And she might have mentioned the fact she just got divorced from Vito Corleone

All those codes in the handbook
Oh my Lord oh Goodness me
I can't decode that handbook
Its getting too (8 times)
....... much for me

Yes I can see it all so clearly now - before it was rather hazy
I know I'll have to sharpen up my act real fast.... I've been getting really slack and lazy
But all this guidance on the guidance on the guidance on the guidance man - it's a killer - it's drivin me crazy
And how I supposed to know that hedge fund she fancied was managed by a Genovese????

All those codes in the handbook
Lord help me woe is me
I can't decode that handbook
It's getting too(8 times) .......
much for me

Well I guess it's time to face the music I'm busted there's no denyin
What else can I do but put my hands up- say I'm sorry and try to mitigate the fine
But the thing that really really gets to me that keeps preyin on my mind
when she said I was the best thing she'd ever had - well that time I just know she wasn't lyin................

So many codes in the handbook
They make my brain hurt dreadfully
I can't decode that handbook
It's getting too (8 times)....
Much for me