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You must be such a fool to pass me by.
 
"As the riders loped on by him
he heard one call his name,
"If you want to save your soul from hell
a-ridin' on our range,
Then cowboy change your ways today,
Or with us you will ride.
Trying to catch the devil's herd
Across this endless sky.""
 
Best middle-eight:

"You have many contacts among the lumberjacks / To get you facts when someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect / you to all give a cheque to tax-deductible charity organizations"
 
"When all is said and all is done,
What was said was never done.
Don't panic, it's not really worth your while."
- Bang by Blur -
 
Well...you didn't wake up this morning
Because you didn't go to bed.
You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red.
The calendar on your wall is ticking the days off.
You've been reading some old letters --
You smile and think how much you've changed.
All the money in the world
Couldn't buy back those days.

You pull back the curtains, and the sun burns into your eyes,
You watch a plane flying across a clear blue sky.
THIS IS THE DAY -- Your life will surely change.
THIS IS THE DAY -- When things fall into place.
You could've done anything if you'd wanted
And all your friends and family think that you're lucky.
But the side of you they'll never see
Is when you're left alone with the memories
That hold your life together like glue.
 
Well I got the notion girl that you got some suntan lotion in that bottle of yours
Spread it all over my peelin' skin baby
That feels real good
All this skirt lappin' up the sun
Lap me up
Why don't you come on and
Lap me up
Just what it is that brings her here
Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches
 
A couple of years ago a friend of mine took up with an airline pilot, who proved to be a complete nutcase. He had a few quid, so she enjoyed the lifestyle very much. It was all very glam and we lost touch. The relationship ended when he chased her down the road at 2am with the carving knife he keeps under his pillow, yelling that she wasn't really human, but an unspecified species of imposter.

He keeps the knife under his pillow because three or four times a month he will sit bolt upright in bed screaming there are monsters in the house and will run through the place turning on all the lights and checking every nook and cranny. He'll then get a few more hours sleep before flying a couple of hundred people short haul to Berlin, Dublin, or Paris. British Airways, before you ask. Make a truly, truly mental mental note.

Anyway, three months ago they got back together. Presumably she saw the Oscar Pistorius trial and thought "That'll do for me!" She gave up her apartment and moved in. A week ago he chased her around the house once more, knife in hand, and she is now homeless...

"Once upon a time you dressed so fine,
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you,
You used to laugh about,
Everybody that was hangin' out,
Now you don't talk so loud,
Now you don't seem so proud,
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel?
How does it feel?
To be without a home,
Like a complete unknown,
Like a rolling stone?"

Silly girl.
 
The last night at the fair
by the big wheel (of fortune) generator...

(We call them Ferris Wheels)
 
"Pretty women out walkin' with gorillas down my street..." 'Is She Really Going Out With Him?' Joe Jackson
 
The subway is a porno
Pavements they are a mess
I know you've supported me for a long time
Somehow I'm not impressed

But New York cares (got to be some more change in my life)
New York cares (got to be some more change in my life)
New York cares (got to be some more change in my life)
New York cares (got to be some more change in my life)
 
At 16 I drank cheap sherry
Got plastered in the stations of Swinn Park
Off my mother I stole some money
Had a treat with a bottle of Martini
So sick I couldn't walk or sit
Since then I've not touched that shit
I won't bore you with tales of being greedy
I'm just into CB
I'm into CB
 
Oh I'm on my way I know I am,
But times there were when thought not
Bleeding half my soul in bad company,
I thank the moon I had the strength to stop
 
Out of gas
Out of road
Out of car
I don't know how I'm going to go and
I had a drink the other day
Opinions were like kittens
I was giving them away and
I had a drink the other day
I had a lot to say
And I said
You will come down soon too
You will come down too soon
 
She's discovered three new ways that she can help the dead

sometimes she must raise her hand
to tell you what she said
 
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