Key: B major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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At the record company meeting
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On their hands - a dead star
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And oh, the plans they weave
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And oh, the sickening greed
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Verse 2
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At the record company party
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On their hands - a dead star
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The sycophantic slags all say:
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"I knew him first, and I knew him well"
Verse 3
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Re- issue! Re- package! Re- package!
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Re- evaluate the songs
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Double- pack with a photograph
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Extra Track (and a tack
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y badge)
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please them!"
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(Sadly, this was your life)
Verse 5
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But you could have said no
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If you'd wanted to
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You could have said no
Verse 6
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BPI, MTV, BBC
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Sadly this was your life
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But you could have said no
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You could have walked away
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Verse 8
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I touched you at the soundcheck
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You had no real way of knowing
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In my heart I begged
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"Take me with you...
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I don't care where you're going..."
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But to you I was faceless
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ugly new houses
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Who could never begin to know
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never really know
Interlude 1
Oh...
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Verse 11
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Best of! Most of!
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Slip them into different sleeves
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Buy both, and feel deceived
Verse 12
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Climber - new entry, re- entry
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"Please the Press in Belgium!"
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This was your life...
Verse 13
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And when it fails, to recoup?
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Well, maybe
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You just haven't earned it yet, baby
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I walked a pace behind you
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You're just the same as I am
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What makes most people feel happy
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Leads us headlong into harm
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ugly new houses
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I danced my legs down to the knees
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But me and my true love
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Will never meet again...
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Verse 16
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At the record company meeting
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On their hands at last a dead star
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But they can never taint you in my eyes
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No, they can never touch you now
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No, they cannot hurt you, my darling
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They cannot touch you now
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But me and my true love
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Will never meet again
Outro 1
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