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He Paints the Stars
04:37
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New York was too hot
So we took a bus to Boston
And in a thunderstorm all the trams broke down
And we found ourselves in an old wooden house
He paints the stars, puts them in their place
He’s got an MBA and he moulds the Earth like clay
He paints the stars, puts them in their place
He’s got an MBA and he moulds the Earth like clay
He’s got the gift of the gab
And no mistake
And I’m a lucky girl oh cos I’m spoken for,
and he doesn’t take rejection very well
He paints the stars, puts them in their place
He’s got an MBA and he moulds the Earth like clay
He paints the stars, puts them in their place
He’s got an MBA and he moulds the Earth like clay
He takes drunk Polish girl to the fire escape
Calls it seduction, but she calls it something else
It’s a dirty, dirty money man’s world, yes it is
He’s entitled to take what he wants,
So why shouldn’t he take what he wants
When he can paint the stars any old day of the week,
and there’s nothing you can do about it
He paints the stars, puts them in their place
He’s got an MBA and he moulds the Earth like clay
In his own image, in his own image, in his own….
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2. |
Button Blues
03:20
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I knew you would be gone before too long
So I stole a button off your coat
All I wanted, all I really wanted
Was to be in the songs that you wrote
But you never saw me, you never saw me
I was only ever a mirror
No you never saw me, you never saw me
I was only ever a mirror
I knew you would be gone before too long
So I stole a cigarette from your pack
I knew you wouldn’t like it
But I did it anyway, just to see how you would react
But you never saw me, you never saw me
I was only ever a mirror
No you never saw me, you never saw me
I was only ever a mirror
But now I can be seen, and I can be heard
And I know that it’s me with the final word
And you don’t like it, well you don’t have to like it
And you don’t like it, well you don’t have to like it
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3. |
Pinstripe Billy
06:15
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There’s a pub in a village, in the village next to mine
In my youth I could often be found
Making jokes with my friends there on a Friday night
While I waited my sorrows to drown
There’s an old wooden bar that’s seen better days
And a rickety wooden chair
One day in my way there was a young old man
It was like he had always been there
And I heard about your tailor
And I heard about your suits
But I only ever see this old thing
So Pinstripe Billy
don’t buy me no drinks
Cos I don’t wanna owe you anything
Well you talk a big game but you’re here every night
Propping the bar in your black and your white
As if one more whisky could make everything right
Goodnight Billy goodnight
And I heard about your tailor
And I heard about your suits
But I only ever see this old thing
So Pinstripe Billy
don’t buy me no drinks
Cos I don’t wanna owe you anything
It’s a shame, Billy such a shame
Cos you know how much I love my drink
It’s a shame, Billy such a shame
Even I have depths to which I will not sink
Depths to which to which I will not sink
You say you got a daughter who’s about my age
And some children you’ve never met
Tell me now Billy what makes you drink
Is it easier to forget?
And I heard about your tailor
And I heard about your suits
But I only ever see this old thing
So Pinstripe Billy
don’t buy me no drinks
Cos I don’t wanna owe you anything
This man who makes your suits, you say that he’s the best
But you mention that he is a Jew
Well it’s very noble of you to say that you don’t mind
But Billy I think that you do
Now I heard about your tailor
And I heard about your suits
But I only ever see this old thing
So Pinstripe Billy
don’t buy me no drinks
Cos I don’t wanna owe you anything
It’s a shame, Billy such a shame
Cos you know how much I love my drink
It’s a shame, Billy such a shame
Even I have depths to which I will not sink
Depths to which to which I will not sink
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4. |
Good to Me
02:47
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I always knew there was a sadness in you
That was drawn to the sadness in me
You looked in my eyes, saw through my lies
And somehow you knew what to do
You were good to me when I didn’t deserve it
On the upper deck of the bus to town
And you made me see it could all be worth it
If I just tried harder not to let myself down
You were eleven when your Dad when to Heaven
And I know you can’t believe in that place
It’s hard to fake that feeling of Spring
When there’s something you can’t replace
You were good to me when I didn’t deserve it
On the upper deck of the bus to town
And you made me see it could all be worth it
If I just tried harder not to let myself down
Well I let myself down time and again and
I didn’t deserve you as a friend
But you scraped me up from off the floor
A thousand times and then a thousand more
You were good to me but I just couldn’t see
I was just a kid on the 770
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