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Del Amitri

Don't tell her that you want her Don't ask her to be yours Don't tell her she is everything Or she might see the fool behind the frown And then the heart

How are you gonna pass the time of day in your beautiful empty shell? When you've shaken the hands of so many sinceroes You feel like a fake yourself

Who's gonna call you up every single day? Who's gonna hold you high when stuff gets ugly? Cause baby if you wanna find someone As big as a door that

Making your way through an orangepeel orchard Tracing your day from disillusioned to debauched And spring passed quickly below the rotten elm tree You

Someone's opening up for business The morning rings the same old way But someone should've taught me forgiveness Now I see it in the cruel light of day

If you think your mind is ready Then open your heart and let it fall But if you keep on hiding from me You're not gonna' live your life at all 'Cause

Driving through the long night trying to figure Who's right and who's wrong, now the kid has gone I sit belted up tight, she sucks on a match light Glowing

Well, there's people hauling people Out from under their homes Yeah, there's people hauling people Out through the groaning stones You can see me tonight

So you want me to play the bleeding role Just so he can know, how I needed you Well, that's okay with me, it's a part I think I know God knows, he won