"Blue Lights On The Runway"
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Belly Up Records (p)+(c) 2009.
She was only just a girl in a picture,
But he thought if I could only make her smile
Then she'd be mine
He'd fooled it, re-folded it so many times,
He'd already lost some of her to the creases
Precious pieces
He wondered how close he's ever been to her,
In this ebb and flow of the distance between us
Maybe she got the same bus
And he left a trail of string wherever he went
When he was sleepin', he tied it to his toe
If she crossed it, then he'd know
But he knew
That all was unravelling
And he was bare
Stripped of his skin
Like the ribs of a broken umbrella
Sticking out of a bin
He'd pull his collar up against the
wind,
Against those who said that trying was the first step to failing
Oh he was railing
And filled with newfound purpose and pride,
He'd make something of this heady glow
Now where would she go?
But what do I know
Cos all is unravelling
And he was bare
Stripped of his skin
Like the ribs of a broken umbrella
Sticking out of a bin
But he knew how to fix it, dear liza,
dear liza
With time's great elixir, dear liza, dear liza
She was only just a girl in a picture,
But he thought if I could only make her smile
Then she'd be mine
Oh the thought of being faced with her
Gave him the fear and sometimes in the morning a tent
Oh lord give him strength
Cos he knew
That all was unravelling
And he was bare
Stripped of his skin
Like the ribs of a broken umbrella
Sticking out of a bin
My tongue is scaling the north face of
your neck
And we're glaring like warriors
But I've a feeling you won't look at me that way
In the morning
Cos lately you seem less sure of this
thing
You're like Bambi on ice
And there's something in the flash of your arms
A certain longing
Kick the can I can see you now
Behind the temper and ire
Mr Wolf knows what time it is
He says it's dinner time
I don't know what you're carrying
Or how your heart is wired
But there's a dangerous ticking
I'll cut the red one
No, the blue one
Raking over the embers and what I come
across?
Raking over the embers and what I come across?
Is that you, combing your hair?
Is that me, eating an egg?
And are we there?
Like John Boy said
My tongue is scaling the north face of
your neck
And we're glaring like warriors
But I've a feeling you won't look at me that way
In the morning
Is this how it goes, in these the
final throes
I am the great defector
And you're the farmer's daughter
You be teasing us farm boys
Till we starting talking bout those rabbits George
Oh won't you tell us bout those rabbits George
I am the great defector
I give it what it need
Let's make a new world order
Let's make it rhyme
You're the chocolate at the end of my
Cornetto
I love the way you're underwire bra always sets off that x-ray machine
Coming in to land and I love the
colour of it all
Blue lights on the runway and I love the colour of it all
I am the great defector
Cos someone stripped my soul
With that big stick of hers
Kinda looks like an oar
The accountants have taken the movie
Yea, they're on set
The people from the mobile phone company
Say who gets to play and who gets to not
You're a picture of a check out girl
Hand me a plastic bag
I got the sweats trying to open it
As it all piles up I wish I didn't bite my nails
Coming in to land and I love the
colour of it all
Blue lights on the runway and I love the colour of it all
Getting ready to spill my guts and I love the colour of it all
To the waitress on rollerskates, I love the colour of it all
I am the great defector
So I must affect an air
Of a man who's maybe see too much
But still manages to care
Still you're the chocolate at the end
of my Cornetto
I love the way you're underwire bra always sets off that x-ray machine
Coming in to land and I love the
colour of it all
Blue lights on the runway and I love the colour of it all
Getting ready to spill my guts and I love the colour of it all
To the waitress on rollerskates, I love the colour of it all
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You say your shoulder's getting sore
Would you spend your nights with your back to her
A glaring sadness, a gaping wound
You're oblivious to her greater good
Is that all there is?
The sum of all these years
Show some respect for time
Show some respect for time
If not for her
Cos if this is a love, if it's what it
is
I'll turn it over to see what I've missed
My other ____ smooth(ness) after years in the sea
Dragged around by the moon like you and me
And is that all there is?
The sum of all these years
Show some respect for time
Show some respect for time
If not for her
Now you been drinking, gate keeper's
gone
And there's theatrical tears as you remember that song
All this promise and all these plans
And now you're sitting on the bed with your head in your hands
And is that all there is?
The sum of all these years
Show some respect for time
Show some respect for time
If not for her
If I could paint a picture
Put some flesh on your bare bones
Instead of these stickmen
There must be _____ and _____
If I could speak right now
Open my gob 'til the _____ fall out
And all that's left are shopping trolleys
Dried riverbed with traffic cones
What is it you're so afraid of
Gotta hang up if you're letting go
It's just a power trip
I'm flying with the snowman
I'm stopping for no man
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