Born Nicholas David Kershawin Bristol, England on March 1, 1958, Kershaw played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands before deciding on a career as a songwriter. However, he ended up performing his own songs rather than giving them to others, and signed a deal with MCA Records in 1983, which spawned a debut single, "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me", which just missed out on the UK Top 40. At the beginning of 1984, he made his breakthrough when "Wouldn't It Be Good", featuring a video of Kershaw as a chromakey-suited alien, reached Number 4 in the UK charts. He enjoyed three more Top 20 hits from debut album Human Racing, including the title track and a successful re-issue of his debut single, which ultimately proved his biggest hit as a performer when it got to Number 2 in the UK. Despite winning awards, attracting admirers for his writing such as Elton John and gaining a huge teenage fanbase, Kershaw was not without his critics.
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Nik Kershaw

i think i'll call the whole thing off
a joke's a joke, it isn't funny anymore
enough's enough
now i forget what i was fighting for
i played the game
i lost
i even took the blame
i lost
i think i'll change my name
to lost
i'll never be the same anymore
so tell the whole world
i'm not here, i'm somewhere else
and i'm not coming back
cos i'm
gone to pieces
out to lunch
gone to pieces
tired of running with the bunch
i'm tired of going to the wall
when i had nothing but the best intentions
i'm sick of answering the call
of alexander graham bell's inventions
i took a gamble every day
i lost
i didn't wanna play
i lost
down each and every by way
i lost
and yes i even did it my way
so tell the whole world
i'm not me i'm someone else
and he's gone with me too.
gone to pieces
out to lunch
gone to pieces
tired of running with the bunch
(tired of living punch for punch).