Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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You saw a woman in a cafe,
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lips of crimson, yellow grin
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Her shoes were wrong and she looked
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extremely thin
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Her jewels were faked, she'd had a rinse,
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her hair was greyish blue
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She looked ashamed when she
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Verse 2
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no- one to lean on
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It ain't easy when there's nobody there
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It ain't easy when your
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lovers are all gone
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Nobody there, nobody cares
Verse 3
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The pubs were closed she'd got nowhere
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to go when she'd spilled her tea
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Have you never thought "One day that
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Verse 4
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Her temper changed, she looked so deranged,
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her perfume turned to gin
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You looked at her and she
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Verse 5
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It's all a load of bollocks
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It's all a load of bollocks
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It's all a load of bollocks
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And bollocks to it all
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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You tell me you think that they should lock her
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away and scrape the make- up off her skin
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Then we'd see the warts
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around her chin
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She tried to keep her looks but lost her
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mind when she lost her youth and grace
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insult to her face
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Verse 7
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It ain't easy when there's
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no- one to lean on
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It ain't easy when there's nobody there
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lovers are all gone
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And bol locks to it all
Verse 8
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I really thought you were a wet dream come true
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Now I know that you don't care,
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about somebody else's nightmare
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