Chords: From David Windhorst  

 G                            D    G
Got out really early from the factory
 D                         G
Drivin' like a nut in the rain
 G                               D    G
Don't think I was actin' so hysterically
          D
But I didn't see a thing until it came
 C
Met the dumb suburbos in the takeaway
 D                            G
Beating up the Chinee at the counter
    C                        D           G
I put a few inside me at the end of the day
   D                                        
I took out my revenge on the revolution counter

G
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
         D
You'd think by now at least that half my brain would get the message
G
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
C                D    C
Into a brand new car

 G                        D      G
In walks Bud with his exploding nose
           D                   G
He's been giving it maximum today
 G                              D             G
Shouted, How the devil, you in trouble, I suppose
 D
All you ever do is run away
  C
Gunned up the motor inta hyperdrive
    D                      G
I wasn't gonna take any of that
 C                             D    G
Don't get bright ideas about a suicide
   D                                         
'Cause all I ever hear is, Zoom, bam, fantastic

  G
Crawlin' from the wreckage
Crawlin' from the wreckage
  D
You'd think by now at least that half a brain would get the message
 G
Crawlin' from the wreckage
Crawlin' from the wreckage
 C                D
Into a brand new car

 G7                 C7
Crawlin', crawlin', crawlin' from the wreckage
 G7                 C7
Crawlin', crawlin', crawlin' from the wreckage
 G7                 C7
Crawlin', crawlin', crawlin' from the wreckage

solo 
D       A  D
D  A    D
D       A  D
C  A  D
G

 G  
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
 D
Bits of me are scattered in the trees and in the hedges
 G
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
 C                D  C
Into a brand new car
 
G                                 D           G
Nothin' seems to happen that ain't happened before
 D                                 G
I see it all through flashes of depression                                                     
G                                    D              G
I drop my drink and hit some people runnin' for the door
 D
Gotta make some kind of impression
 C    
'Cause when I'm disconnected from the drivin' wheel
    D                   G
I'm only half the man I should be
 C                        D      G
Metal hitting metal is-a all I feel
 D
Everything is good as it poss-i-bul-ly could be

  G
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
  D
You'd think by now at least that half a brain would get the message
 G
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
 C               D
Into a brand new car

 G  
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
 D
Bits of me are scattered in the trees and in the hedges
 G
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
 C               D
Into a brand new car

  G
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
(fade)

Got out really early from the factory
Drivin' like a nut in the rain
Don't think I was acting so hysterically 
But I didn't see a thing until it came
Met the dumb suburbos in the takeaway
Beating up the Chinee at the counter
I put a few inside me at the end of the day 
I took out my revenge on the revolution counter

CHORUS
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
Bits of me are scattered in the trees and on the hedges
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
And into a brand new car

In walks Bud with his exploding nose
He'd been givin' it maximum today
Shouted "How the devil you in trouble I suppose?
But all you ever do is run away."
Gunned up the motor into hyperdrive
I didn't want to take any of that
Don't get bright ideas about suicide
Cos all I ever hear is zoom bang bang bang

CHORUS (var)
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
You'd think by now at least that half my brain would get the message
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage
into a brand new car

(Shake it Mitch!) Instrumental verse

Well well nothing seem to happen that ain't happened before 
I see it all through flashes of depression
Drop my drink and hit some people running for the door
I gotta make some kind of impression
Cos when I'm disconnected from the driving wheel
I'm only half the man that I should be
Metal hitting metal is all I feel
But everything's as good as it possibly could be

REPEAT CHORUS (var) then repeat CHORUS one then Well, Well

Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage, 
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage, 
Crawlin' from the wreckage, Crawlin' from the wreckage, 


VARIATIONS

The Mary's version on PISS and VINEGAR has it thus:
You'd think by now at least I'd have a brain or get the message

In his NY concert with the Episodes, GP says:
"Here's a song I wrote in 1978 when I was doing the Squeezing 
out Sparks stuff [applause] but it's not, uh, 
it's not on that record [laughter] because it really wasn't 
good enough. But I gave it to Dave Edmunds who turned it into 
something decent. A little thing called 'Crawling from the wreckage'. 

In Brisbane (Australia) at the gig in Van Gogh's Earlobe
he also said " and it's kept me in swimming pools ever since."