I hear Nero’s fiddle in my head

He’s playing hot

Riffing through the nonsense piling up ahead

Listening to Nero clears my mind

As only music can keep me calm to carry on and on and on

I’m the reluctant optimust

Shaky at best in the things I trust

After all I’ve seen 

A heaping load of trouble’s troubling me

Nero’s choice to play’s misunderstood

Like the T-Boat band to carry on and play for calm is all they could

But it's always the giggles catching Nero and me off guard 

Once church laugher’s going it goes on and on and on and on and on and on

I’m the reluctant optimust

Shaky at best in the things I trust

After all I’ve seen 

A heaping load of trouble’s troubling me

What other choice can there be to fix what’s ailing me 

than to stay the course of friendly and to sing as if it wasn’t just the judgement day

No need to cause a fuss

I’ll remain a reluctant optimust

I’m the reluctant optimust

Shaky at best in the things I trust

After all I’ve seen 

I'm still a reluctant optimust

Shaky at best in the things I trust

After all I’ve seen 

There is a heaping load of trouble

A steaming load of trouble

An awful lot of trouble’s troubling me