Key: B major
Intro 1
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I don't bless them
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Farewell...
Verse 1
Hemmed in like a boar between arches
Her very Lowness with a head in a sling
I'm truly sorry -
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but it sounds like a wonderful thing
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Verse 2
To appear on the front of the Daily Mail
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Dressed in your Mother's bridal veil?
Interlude 1
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Oh...
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historical facts
And I was shocked into shame to discover
How I'm the eighteenth pale descendant
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Of some old queen or other
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or have I changed?
Oh has the world changed,
or have I changed?
Some nine year old tough who peddles drugs
I swear to God
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I swear: I never even knew what drugs were
Interlude 2
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Oh...
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With a sponge and a rusty spanner
She said: "Eh, I know you,
and you cannot sing"
I said: "That's nothing -
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you should hear me play piano"
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where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
But when you're tied to your Mother's apron
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No-one talks about
Interlude 3
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(castration) Oh...
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where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
Like love and law and poverty
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Oh, these are the things that kill me
Verse 8
where it's quiet and dry
And talk about precious things
But the rain that flattens my hair...
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Oh, these are the things that kill me
Chorus 1
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All their lies
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about make-up and long hair, are still there
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Verse 9
And the church who'll snatch your money
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Verse 10
And the church, all they want is your money
Interlude 4
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Bridge 1
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Life is very long,
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Life is very long,
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Life is very long,
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Life is very long,
Outro 1
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[Repeat and fade]
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