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| 2:23 | ||||
It could have been a brilliant career
Painting lines in a school that was too well known Painting lines with a friend that had gone before She challenged everyone to a fight But the prefects all backed down And they ran her out of town Cause she drank and swore and spoke Out of turn, she was the village joke She had a stroke at the age of 24 It could have been a brilliant career Getting clients to finance her strategies Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday She wears the clothes of an emperor But her paintings are a sham And they`re going for a grand When the dealers come to view Do they ever see the real you? He had a stroke at the age of 24 It could have been a brilliant career Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it`s no wonder that He is dribbling spit tonight And the one he sent away Was the only one who stayed With a spoon and a decent book And you can tell by the way she looks he is sorry and resigned As he wets himself for the final time |
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2. |
| 4:58 | ||||
And the moment will come when composure returns
Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall And you walk twenty yards with your head in the air Down the Liberty Hill, where the fashion brigade Look with curious eyes on your raggedy way And for once in your life you have nothing to say And could this be the time when somebody will come To say, Look at yourself, you're not much use to anyone Take a walk in the park, take a valium pill Read the letter you got from the memory girl But it takes more than this to make sense of the day Yeah it takes more than milk to get rid of the taste And you trusted to this, and you trusted to that And when you saw it all come, it was waving the flag Of the United States of Calamity, hey! After all that you've done boy, Im sure you're going to pay In the morning you come to the ladies salon To get all fitted out for The Paperback Throne But the people are living far away from the place Where you wanted to help, it's a bit of a waste And the puzzle will last till somebody will say There's a lot to be done while your head is still young If you put down your pen, leave your worries behind Then the moment will come, and the memory will shine Now the trouble is over, everybody got paid Everybody is happy, they are glad that they came Then you go to the place where you've finally found You can look at yourself sleep the clock around |
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3. |
| 3:23 | ||||
Is it wicked not to care
when they say that you're mistaken Thinking hopes and lots of dreams that aren't there Is it wicked not to care when you've wasted many hours Talking endlessly to anyone that's there I know the truth awaits me But still I hesitate because of fear Skipping tickets making rhymes Is that all that you believe in Wearing rags to make you pretty by design Rusting armour for effect It's not fun to watch the rust grow For it will all be over when you're dead Counting acts and clutching thoughts By the river where the moss grows Over rocks the water running all the time Is it wicked when you smile Even though you feel like crying Even though you could be sick at any time But if there was a sequel Would you love me as an equal Would you love me till I'm dead If there was a sequel Would you love me like an equal Would you love me till I'm dead and if there was a sequel Would you love me as an equal Would you love me till I'm dead Or is there someone else instead |
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4. |
| 3:36 | ||||
Ease you're feet off in the sea
My darling it's the place to be Take your shoes off curl your toes And I will frame this moment in time Troubles come and troubles go The trouble that we've come to know Will stay with us till we get old Will stay with us till somebody decides to go Decides to go Soberly without regret make another sandwich And I fill my face know that things have got to you But what can do Suddenly without a warning On a pale blue morning You decide your time is wearing thin A conscious choice to let yourself go dangling Hovering It's an emergency There's no more wait and see Maybe if I shut my eves Your trouble will be split between us People come and people go You're scouring everybodies face For some small flicker of the truth To what it is that you are going through my boy I left you dry The signs were clear that you were not going anywhere Anywhere Save for a falling down Save for a falling down Anywhere Anywhere Save for a falling down Everything's going wrong Later on as I walked home The plough was showing and orion I could see the house where you lived I could see the house where you gave All your time and sanity to people Then you waited for the people to acknowledge you They spoke in turn But their eyes would pass over you Over you Who's seeing you at all Who's seeing You at all |
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5. |
| 2:07 | ||||
6. |
| 4:43 | ||||
Seymour Stein I've been lonely
I caught a glimpse of someones face It was mine and I'd been crying Half a world away Ticket for a plane Record company man I won't be coming to dinner My thoughts are far away I'm working on that day North Country girl 1 think she's going to stay Promises of fame promises of fortune LA to New York San Francisco back to Boston Has he ever seen Dundee Won't he hire a limousine Seymour bring her back to me I heard dinner went well You liked Chris's jacket He reminded you of Johnny Before he went Electronic Seymour Stein sorry I missed you Have a nice flight home It's a good day for flying Seymour Stein Seymour Stein Seymour Stein Seymour Stein |
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| 3:02 | ||||
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| 4:14 | ||||
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| 5:14 | ||||
10. |
| 3:32 | ||||
what was it I saw in New York
I'm not the same anymore how will I hide these feelings inside call my girl on the phone neon lights shine brgith Taxi cabs glide by aeroplanes they fly high up in the sky pretty girl says Hi whats the worst job you've had what do you read what's driving you mad met the cigarette girl took a note of her charmed but no cigar met the Indie Cool Queen took me out to the bar and showed me the scene my little girl I can't find she's five hours behind it's the singer not the song something's gone wrong said the spider to the fly do I like this girl it's such a big world I like the tone of her voice I loved the sound of her voice When I get back to London from outer space will it fall into place I'll hold onto my smile find my girl in a while look myself in the face don't know what you see am I playing in your movie you're in my magazine are you talking to me CHICKFACTOR |
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11. |
| 1:46 | ||||
if you want me I'll be there a boy
to deal with all your problems but part of the deal is for you to feel something if you want me look me up I don't exist in usual places subtle as the wind is grey if you want you know where I am I saw your arms in a dream and there were blue veins blue blue veins if you want me all you have to do is ask a thousand questions triplicate and file under simple things you ask to make a young boy sigh young boy sigh young boy sigh |