1.Charmed Life
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
When I hold you in my arms
And look back on my charmed life
My charmed life, I hope
I hope if nothing more
That one day you'll call your life
A charmed life
Well, I never really worried that much
About making lots of money and such
And I always seemed to land up on my feet
Though there's been some difficult times
The good times where never far behind
I've snatched all of my victories from the jaws of defeat
When I hold you in my arms
And look back on my charmed life
My charmed life, I hope
Yeah, baby, I hope if nothing more
That one day you'll call your life
A charmed life
Well, the course of true love never ran smooth
They broke my heart and I broke theirs too
And breaking up was so very hard to do
But I knew I'd find the one
And sure enough she came along
And not long after that along came you
Well, sometimes this life is like being afloat
On a raging sea in a little row boat
Just trying not to be washed overboard
But if you take your chances and you ride your luck
And you never, never, never, never, never give up
Well, those waves will see you safely to a friendly shore
When I hold you in my arms
I know that this is a charmed life
A charmed life
2.To Die A Virgin
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
Well, we've been going together
Since the eighth of November
And though it seems like forever
I very clearly remember
You told me on our first date
What you'd do on my birthday
Well hooray it's my birthday
And frankly, baby, I can't wait
I don't want to die a virgin
The other day I discovered
A magazine of my brothers
I read it under the covers
It got me all hot and bothered
Now every time that I see you
Your uniform becomes see-through
You don't know how much I need you
The 'Handy Andy's' I've been through
I don't want to die a virgin
The pines and the cedars rejoice in his fall
How are you fallen from heaven？
Oh Hellel, star of the morning
With all the bombs and the bird-flu
We're probably gonna be dead soon
And here we are in your bedroom
Oh, did I tell you I love you I love you I love you
I can feel your heart beating
And your breathing increasing
Your folks are out for the evening
I really hope I'm not dreaming
I don't want to die a virgin
3.Our Mutual Friend
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
No matter how I try
I just can't get her out of my mind
And I when I sleep I visualize her
I saw her in the pub
I met her later at the nightclub
A mutual friend introduced us
We talked about the noise
And how its hard to hear your own voice
Above the beat and the sub-bass
We talked and talked for hours
We talked in the back of our friend's car
As we all went back to his place
On our friend's settee
She told me that she really liked me
And I said, 'Cool, the feeling's mutual'
We played old 45's
And said it's like the soundtrack to our lives
And she said, 'True, it's not unusual'
Then privately we danced
We couldn't seem to keep our balance
A drunken haze had come upon us
We sank down to the floor
And we sang a song that I can't sing anymore
And then we kissed and fell unconscious
I woke up the next day, all alone but for a headache
I stumbled out to find the bathroom
But all I found was her, wrapped around another lover
No longer then is he our mutual friend
4.Births, Deaths ＆ Marriages
Listen very carefully
I'll say this only once
I haven't had a moment's peace
In thirty-seven months
Commitments squeezed like tinned sardines
Into each precious hour
But I'll survive 'cause where there's life
There's generally a bar, line 'em up
Births and deaths and marriages
Cabbages and kings
Slugs and snails and e-mails
Other precious things
Cherubim and seraphic
Go green with envy for
All the births and deaths and marriages
Mortality affords
Today a man got on my tram
And wiped his sweaty neck
And suddenly I saw how he
Must look whilst having sex
I felt like Henry, the sixth felt
When he sang hysterically
Watching the slaughter his supporters
Thought he ought to see
Births and deaths and marriages
Divorces, christenings
Isn't life a roll of strife
'Round a splendid thing
Cherubim and seraphic
Continually do cry
Life's wasted on these mortal ones
So can we have a try？ Yeah
Here's a story 'bout a boy
Ignored by all the class
They broke his leg so he could get them
All to sign his cast
But instead of writing, 'Get well soon'
They wrote, 'You suck'
A dreadful story, I'm terribly sorry
At least I made it up
Births and deaths and marriages
Cabbages and kings
Tops and tails and screams and wails
Cheated in between
What the hell？ I'm fit and well
I'm able and I'm willing
I'm not from Venus or from Mars
I'm from Enniskillen
So why watch the nation's
'Hundred Greatest Things In History'
When the top spot goes by lot
To Bohemian Rhapsody？
You will never see a poor bookie
The dealer always wins
And there ain't no clocks 'round the Vegas slots
Keep taxing your votes in
Goodnight
And may your God go with you
5.The Happy Goth
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
The lonely road you choose to travel on, it must seem awfully
long
Innocence all gone, it must be wrong to hide your lovely face
away
That music you play, I'm not saying it's bad, no, no
It just seems terribly sad
Is everything all right？ I'd like to think you'd tell me if
something was wrong
Well, her clothes are blacker than the blackest cloth
And her face is whiter than the snows of Hoth
She wears Dr. Martens and a heavy cross
But on the inside she's a happy goth
Don't worry mum, don't worry dad
The hours that I spend alone are the happiest I've ever had
That's what she'd say if she ever spoke to you
But it's something she can never do
'Cause it's only by herself that she'll find out
What makes her different from the rest
Well, her clothes are blacker than the blackest cloth
And her face is whiter than the snows of Hoth
She wears Dr. Martens and a heavy cross
But on the inside she's a happy goth
Well, her clothes are blacker than the blackest cloth
And her face is whiter than the snows of Hoth
She wears Dr. Martens and a heavy cross
But on the inside
6.Diva Lady
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
She's a diva lady
She's a hopeless case
She needs extra make-up
For her extra face
She's a hopeless case
She's a diva lady
She's got special needs
She wants chocolate candy
But no blue ones please
She's got special needs
She lives in a vacuum
She has no real home
Where did diva come from？
Where shall diva go？
She has no real home
She's got thirty people
In her entourage
Just in case her ego
Needs a quick massage
She's got a famous boyfriend
They go out in style
She makes him look hetero
He helps her profile
She's a diva lady
She looks down her nose
At the shoes I'm wearing
And my care-worn clothes
Such a pretty nose
Such a pretty nose, yeah
She's a diva lady
Diva lady
7.Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
Do you remember that old TV show？
'Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World'
Well, if ITV make a new series
They ought to come take a look at my girl
I don't understand her
She doesn't make any sense to me
I don't understand her
It's like she's speaking in Swahili
Do you remember that girl in the early eighties
Allergic to everything？
Everywhere that she went in her plastic tent
The doctors tried but they couldn't begin
To even understand her
And it's exactly the same for me
I don't understand her
She is as deep as the Baltic Sea
Well, it's no big deal, I'm not complaining
Sometimes things don't need explaining
She's my angel, that's the main thing
And that is never changing
She's a mass of contradictions
A pick and mix of strange convictions
It can be a source of friction
But there are worse afflictions
Love doesn't make distinctions
Now to make matters worse she claims
The universe is expanding like a balloon
But, baby, if it's meant to be infinite
Then where is it expanding to？
I don't understand you
You just don't make any sense to me
I don't understand you
You are completely logic free
I don't understand her, no, no
She is uncharted territory
I don't understand her
But she's as lovely as she can be
'Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World'
'Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World'
'Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World'
...
8.The Plough
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
I packed up my suitcase and left the old farm
I promised my papa, I'd come to no harm
And I went to the city where I was employed
In a firm of accountants as an office boy
I fetched and I carried, I watched and I learned
And slowly but surely I rose through the firm
But then I discovered my colleagues one day
Massaging the figures for personal gain
I said, 'I'll not wallow in this house of shame'
I'll plough my own furrow, I'll go my own way
Gravely I listened to Reverend McBride
Down at the mission house each Friday night
Heaven's salvation for those who know best
Hell and damnation for all of the rest
Try as I might, I could not understand
Why The Almighty's all merciful hand
Should cast away those whose only mistake
Was never to know the Christian faith
The stars that we follow can lead us astray
I'll plough my own furrow, I'll go my own way
I fled from the capital's bourgeois malaise
And trekked through the wilderness for fourteen days
'Til I found the guerrillas camped high in the hills
I asked Comrade Diaz, whom I should kill
I crept into town with a knife in my teeth
And entered the home of the Chief of Police
I stood at his bedside and raised up my blade
Then I looked to the crib where his little one lay
You murder tomorrow by killing today
I'll plough my own furrow, I'll go my own way
9.Mother Dear
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
It was not that long ago it first occurred to me
That my mother was a person in her own right
And now I realize how very lucky I have been
And there, but for the grace of God, go I, go I
Mother dear, she can see inside
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans？
Mother dear, I do the best I can
When I was a teenager, I really did believe
That my parents had adopted me
And the way I carried on they must have thought
They'd brought the wrong little baby home from maternity
Well, I'd like to say I'm sorry but my
Mother dear, she already knows
Mother dear, she'll never let me go
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
If I ever get arrested by the C.I.A.
Because they take me for a foreign spy
They won't need no lie-detector, all they'll have to do
Is make me look into my mother's eyes
And I'll tell them anything they like
Mother dear, she can see inside
Mother dear, and I've nowhere to hide
Mother dear, kept me warm and safe
Mother dear, I'll never lose my faith in mother dear
Mother dear, mother dear
My mother dear
Mother dear, did I spoil your plans？
Mother dear, I do the best I can
10.Snowball In Negative
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
Smoking my six-hundredth last cigarette
Out of the studio skylight
Watching the ash as it rolls down the roof
Leaving a trail of gray-white
All through its short life it gives of itself
Giving and giving and slowly diminishing
Until there isn't a crumb of it left
It no longer is, it's a snowball in negative
Wandering home along Marlborough Road
I realize in amazement
That I have been for how long I don't know
Avoiding the cracks in the pavement
All through this short life we give of ourselves
Giving and giving and slowly diminishing
Leaving a mark that will gradually fade
Ash in the breeze, snowballs in negative
11.A Lady Of A Certain Age
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
Back in the day you had been part of the smart set
You'd holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets
From London to New York, Cap Ferrat to Capri
In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenchy
You sipped camparis with David and Peter
At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
Armed only with a cheque book and a family tree
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
Until the light of youth became obscured
And left you on your own and in the shade
An English lady of a certain age
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
â½You wouldn't think that I was seventyâ
And he'd say, â½No, you couldn't beâ
You had to marry someone very very rich
So that you might be kept in the style to which
You had all of your life been accustomed to
But that the socialists had taxed away from you
You gave him children, a girl and a boy
To keep your sanity a nanny was employed
And when the time came they were sent away
Well that was simply what you did in those days
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
Until the light of youth became obscured
And left you on your own and in the shade
An English lady of a certain age
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
'You wouldn't think that I was sixty three'
And he'd say, 'No, you couldn't beâ
Your son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in Surrey
Flies down once in a while and leaves in a hurry
Your daughter never finished her finishing school
Married a strange young man of whom you don't approve
Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Christmas Day
He left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles
And so you come here to escape your little flat
Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat about how
You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
Until the light of youth became obscured
And left you all alone and in the shade
An English lady of a certain age
And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
'You wouldn't think that I was fifty three'
And he'd say, 'No, you couldn't beâ
12.Party Fears Two
Lyricist：Billy Mackenzie, Alan Peter Rankine
I'll have a shower
And then phone my brother up
Within the hour
I'll smash another cup
Please don't start saying that
Or I'll start believing you
If I start believing you
I'll know that this party fears two
And what if this party fears two？
The alcohol loves you while turning you blue
View it from here
From closer to near, awake me
Don't turn around
I won't have to look at you
And what's not found
Is all that I see in you
My manners are failing me
I'm left feeling ugly
And you say it's wonderful
To live with, I never will
So what if this party fears two？
The alcohol loves you while turning you blue
View it from here
From closer to near, awake me
I'm standing still
And you say I dress too well
Still standing still
I might but it's hard to tell
Even a slight remark
Makes no sense and turns to shark
Have I done something wrong？
What's wrong is wrong, it's always wrong
I'll have a shower
And then phone my brother up
Within the hour
I'll smash another cup
13.The Light Of Day
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
I found a photograph of you and me
Drinking sangria somewhere by the sea
There's laughter in our eyes and dreams in our hearts
Before life waded in and tore it all apart
When there's no more lies to hide behind
And no more tears to cry, I know we'll be alright
'Cause even though the skies above are cold and grey
I'm sure tomorrow we will see the light of day
I found some letters from a happier time
I smelled the scented pages and re-read the lines
Why must the summer always turn into the fall？
Why must we lose love to ever know love at all？
When there's no more lies to hide behind
And no more tears to cry, I know we'll be alright
'Cause even though the skies above are cold and grey
I'm sure tomorrow we will see the light of day
The light of day shining through our window pane
When there's no more lies to hide behind
And no more tears to cry, I know we'll be alright
'Cause even though the skies above are cold and grey
I'm sure tomorrow we will see the light of day
When there's no more lies to hide behind
And no more tears to cry, I know we'll be alright
'Cause even though the skies above are cold and grey
I'm sure tomorrow we will see the light of day
The light of day shining through our window pane
14.Count Grassi's Passage Over Piedmont
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
Below the Po rolls slow from Alps to Adriatic Sea
Blow old bellows, blow, take us where you will
Padua, Genoa, Corsica, Catalonia, oh Segovia
Oh, unfathomable firmament
That we should set a course between the two
Clinging only to our orb of blue and red
Like Romanov's to a Fabergé egg
Push Sisyphus, push, heave our sphere into the heavens
If I'm to die, then let it be in summertime
In a manner of my own choosing
To fall from a great height
On a warm July afternoon
Liverwurst, Battenburg, Emmenthal, Syllabub, Muscadet
Throw it all away, we need more height
Oh Newton, release this apple from its earthly shackles
And live to fight another day
Go back from whence you came the swallows cry
You've corrupted and befouled the ground you walk upon
And now you come to poison the skies
Please friends, forgive this brief intrusion
15.Absent Friends
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
Absent friends, here's to them
And happy days
We thought that they would never end
Here's to absent friends
Little Jean Seberg seemed
So full of life
But in those eyes such troubled dreams
Poor little Jean
Woodbine Willie couldn't rest until he'd
Given every bloke
A final smoke before the killing
Old Woodbine Willie
Steve McQueen jumped the first one clean
But the great escape
He tried to make was not to be
Maybe next time Steve
Laika flew through inky blue
'Til Laika neared the atmosphere
And Laika knew
Laika's life was through, oh yeah
Oscar Wilde was a lonely child
He fought and won acceptance from the world
They smiled, they laughed, they praised
They drove poor Oscar to his grave
Absent friends, here's to them
And happy days
We thought that they would never end
But they always end
Raise your glasses then to absent friends
16.Johnny Mathis' Feet
Lyricist：John Mark Eitzel
I laid all my songs at Johnny Mathis' feet
I said, 'Johnny, Johnny, tell me, won't you tell me how to live？
All my hopes are unraveling and I just lost my lease
On a house without love, doors or windows, without peace'
And with a wave of his jewel-encrusted hand
Across a glittering Las Vegas scene
He said, 'You've got to learn how to disappear
In the silk and amphetamines'
Johnny looked at my songs, and he said, 'Well, at first guess
Never in my life have I ever seen such a mess
Why do you say everything as if you were a thief？
Like what you stole has no value
And like what you preach is far from belief？'
And with a wave of his red, white and blue hand
Across a glittering Hollywood scene
He said, 'You've got to learn how to disappear
In the silk and amphetamines'
Johnny looked at my collection of old punk rock posters
Anonymous scenes of disaffection, chaos and torture
And he said, 'You are on the right track
But you are a lamb jumping for the knife
A real showman knows how to disappear in the spotlight'
17.Come Home Billy Bird
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
William wakes with his clothes on
The morning call has been and gone
And he might not make the flight but he will try, yeah
Bit by bit it comes back to him
A bunch of Belgian businessmen
And a strange drinking game, oh God why？
Come home Billy Bird
International business traveler
Come home Billy Bird
He hails a cab but the driver sucks
He drives so slowly and he talks so much
That it hurts Billy Bird's aching brain, yeah
He runs from the cab to the check-in desk
She says, 'No way', but William begs
On his knees 'Please please please', 'Well okay'
Come home Billy Bird
International business traveler
Come home Billy Bird
Drenched in sweat he finds his seat
And with the luggage squeezed down beneath his feet
He begins to think that things can't get no worse
(Can't get no worse)
And then a voice says, 'Bags that can't be stowed
In the overhead lockers must go below
In the hold please let go, thank you sir'
Come home Billy Bird
International business traveler
Come home Billy Bird
Come home, William
Come home
He runs on past the carousel
Screaming, 'Damn my luggage all to hell
I can buy a new shirt and tie any day'
He rides from the airport into town
To the high school football ground
Where his son has just begun his big football game
Come home Billy Bird
International business traveler
Come home Billy Bird
Come home Billy Bird
International business traveler
Come home Billy Bird
Come home Billy Bird
International business traveler
Come home Billy Bird
Come home Billy Bird
International business traveler
Come home Billy Bird
Come home Billy Bird
International business traveler
Come home Billy Bird
18.Love What You Do
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
Living isn't easy
No need to make it harder
Stretch yourself until you snap
Ditch your superstitions
Lose your inhibitions
Tell them you're not coming back
If you want it, you can have it
If you need it, go and get it
Whatever it is, you've got to love it
Everybody's running
Round and round in circles
What is it they're trying to prove？
Exercise your freedom
Exorcise those demons
You have got to love what you do
If you want it, you can have it
If you need it, go and get it
Whatever it is, you've got to love it
19.Mastermind
Lyricist：Hannon Edward Neil Anthony
Every pupil in the classroom will answer the same if you ask
them
Every mouth shout the message out as one
Every girl weeps like the willow, every boy cries into his
pillow
Every tear disappears in the morning sun
You don't need an Indie song to figure out what's going on
Tell me that I'm normal, tell me that I'm sane
Tell me that you feel this too all the dreams that we have had
Are gonna prove that we're not mad to you
Every nose is a vacuum cleaner in the loved-up London arena
Every eye flies a dollar sign for me
Every tongue will wag if you want it, every lung has a shadow on
it
Every heart comes apart at the seams
You don't need a mastermind to read between the long white lines
Tell me that I'm normal, tell me that I'm sane
Tell me that you feel this too all the dreams that we have had
Are gonna prove that we're not mad to you
Well, we all need reassurance as we play life's game
Of endurance like a nice cup of tea or a cigarette
But don't lean too long on your crutches
Or you'll fall straight into the clutches
Of those who see free expression as a threat
You don't need a law degree to set your mind and spirit free
So tell me what the hell is normal and who the hell is sane？
And why the hell care anyway？
All the dreams that we have had are gonna prove
That we're all mad and that's okay
20.The Wreck Of The Beautiful
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
When the Beautiful set sail
Back in 1970
She was state of the art
The flagship of our navy
But the salt sea took its toll
And the rust began to show
And with a heavy heart
We took her to the breaker's yard
I thought I heard her call
Maybe I heard nothing at all
I thought I heard her call
From the wreck of the Beautiful
But like the fattened cow
Can smell the butcher's knife
She knew where she was bound
A sad end to a proud life
That's when I heard her cry
And the waves rose five miles high
And the men who did not drown
Watched as the Beautiful went down
I thought I heard her call
Maybe I heard nothing at all
I thought I heard her call
From the wreck of the Beautiful
From the wreck of the Beautiful
21.Sticks ＆ Stones
Lyricist：Neil Hannon
You and I go together
Like the molar and the drill
Flesh is weak but darling we know
That the ego's weaker still
I've been hung, drawn and quartered
Slowly slaughtered like a goat
By the tongue of a woman
Who just couldn't let it go
Sticks and stones may break my body
But words can tear me apart
So be careful what you tell me
Spare a thought for my heart
For my heart
Broken bones fuse together
Bruises never last for long
But once they're said words stay spoken
And hearts stay broken from that moment on
Sticks and stones may break my body
But words can tear me apart
So be careful what you tell me
Spare a thought for my heart
Spare a thought for my heart
22.Perfect Lovesong
Lyricist：Hannon Edward Neil Anthony
Give me your love and I'll give you the perfect lovesong
With a divine Beatles bass line and a big old Beach Boys sound
I'll match you pound for pound like heavy-weights in the final
round
We'll hold on to each other so, we don't fall down
Give me a wink and I'll give you what I think you're after
With just one kiss I will whisk you away to where angels often
tread
We'll paint this planet red we'll stumble back to our hotel bed
And make love to each other 'til we're half dead
Maybe now you can see just what you mean to me
Give me your love and I'll give you the perfect lovesong
Give me your word that you'll be true to me always come what may
Forever and a day no matter what other people may say
We'll hold on to each other 'til we're old and gray
23.Eye Of The Needle
Lyricist：Hannon Edward Neil Anthony
They say that, 'You'll hear him if you're really listening'
And pray for that feeling of grace
But that's what I'm doing, why doesn't he answer？
I've prayed, 'til I'm blue in the face
The cars in the churchyard are shiny and German
Distinctly at odds with the theme of the sermon
And during communion, I study the people
Threading themselves through the eye of the needle
I know that it's wrong for the faithful to seek it
But sometimes I long for a sign, anything
Something to wake up the whole congregation
And finally make up my mind
The cars in the churchyard are shiny and German
Completely at odds with the theme of the sermon
And all through communion, I stare at the people
Squeezing themselves through the eye of the needle
24.The Beauty Regime
Lyricist：Hannon Edward Neil Anthony
Beat stress and rebalance your life
Make those dreams come true
Impress all your colleagues and friends
With the brand new you
So many lives condemned for no need
'Cause people don't buy the right magazine
Take a look in the mirror and see
Exactly how worthless you are
In a rut？ Can't get out？ Don't know why？
It's time to make that change
Cover up all the pain in your life
With our new product range
So please don't feel blue, let us show you how
To talk yourself into a good mood right now
Feeling sad is no longer allowed
No matter how worthless you are
And if your life depresses you
Just live it through your favorite movie star
Beat stress and rebalance your life
All you need to do
Is forget all the useless advice
And live your life for you
Don't let them sell you impossible dreams
Don't be a slave to the beauty regime
Look again in the mirror and see
Exactly how perfect you are
25.Absolute Power
You don't remember, you don't recall
The night we met or what I was called
You're really sorry for losing touch
Your memory fails you far too much
Don't say you'll take me some place to eat
Don't make a promise you'll never keep
Don't say your number's not yours to give
Don't tell me, I know how it is
But hey, it's okay, it's alright
'Cause you are a star tonight
You've got a hot date
So sleep tight with your guitar tonight
You say you're so tired of this life
Well, get in your car and drive
With all the cameras
And the headlines
Screaming, you are a star tonight
With absolute power tonight
And absolute power corrupts
Absolutely
Fame has no color, fame has no form
Fame cannot shelter you from the storm
Fame casts no shadow, fame makes no sound
Fame leaves no footprints in the ground
Fame can't create you, fame cannot kill
Fame doesn't love you, fame never will
Fame won't be there to kiss you goodnight
Fame doesn't care if you live or you die
But hey, it's okay, it's all right
'Cause you are a star tonight
You've got a hot date
So sleep tight with your guitar tonight
You say you're so tired of this life
Well, get in your car and drive
With all the cameras
And the headlines
Screaming, you are a star tonight
With absolute power tonight
And absolute power corrupts
Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely
26.My Lovely Horse
My lovely, lovely, lovely horse
My lovely horse running through the field
Where are you going
With your fetlocks blowing in the wind？
I want to shower you with sugar lumps
And ride you over fences
Polish your hooves every single day
And bring you to the horse dentist
My lovely, lovely, lovely horse
My lovely horse, you're a pony no more
Running around with the man on your back
Like a train in the night, yeah
Like a train in the night
27.Edward The Confessor
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
For knowing that I'm wrong but insisting I'm right
For wanting everything to be either black or white
For wallowing in self pity, confessing all my sins
For studying my thoughts until my head caves in
For all the things I've said but regret so much now
For all the things I should have said but I couldn't somehow
For all the times I've met them and I've known them for so long
But I still get their names wrong
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
For trying to be all things to all men
For shelving my objectives time and time again
For looking for perfection in everything I do
When really I need only look as far as you
For demanding to be loved by someone new each year
And dispatching them quietly over a pint of beer
Well yeah, I did it without malice and I did it without shame
But I did it just the same
And I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
For coming home from work in the middle of the night
For waking you up with the bathroom light
For wanting to touch you with these cold, cold hands
For wanting to have you just because I can
For always running from an argument when I ought to stand and
fight
For suppressing my emotions 'cause I'm too goddamned polite
And then for thinking that by simply saying sorry
I could suddenly make everything alright
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
28.My Imaginary Friend
Would you like to meet my little friend？
Don't try to shake his hand, he's just pretend
His name is Benjamin, that's his name
My mama says, 'You're insane
Boy, you really are the end
You and your imaginary friendâ
Daddy drives the mobile library
He works peripatetically, that's right
He doesn't get much time to play with us
So we just read and make up stuff
And it drives him round the bend
Me and my imaginary friend
M Y I M A G I N A R Y F R I E N D
One day we're gonna play hide and seek
And Ben will be up the creek
Never to be seen again
He'll disappear the day that childhood ends
And reality descends
I'll never forget you my imaginary friend
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