Dear Sir or Madam, will you read this book It took two years to write, will you take a look?
It's based on the life of a man we know/Now we have to show
You a new paperback writer (Paperback writer!)
It's a silly story of a silly man/ And his ex-wife still doesn't understand
He used to live and work overseas/He was there to fight disease
But now he wants to be a paperback writer (Paperback writer)
He wrote a thousand pages, give or take a few Then his editor said, “That’ll never do”
He said, “No one cares about your early life Get to Africa and find a wife”
And he wants to be a paperback writer (Paperback writer)
He never found an agent, they just turned their backs To all of them, he was another hack
But the bookstores like it if the price is low Now he needs a printer who will give it a go
‘Cause he wants to be a paperback writer (Paperback writer)
