Key: D minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
A lady down in Paddington
is fighting just to stay alive.
Rhythmic beeps and bloodstained sheets
our lady weeps she's tired
and frail to set the scene
we must rewind the hands of time for Viol
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et's Tale.
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and her father was a bastard
Every night he'd talk her tight
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I'm sure her mother knew
Violet was a silent girl,
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she moved out at sixteen
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paid for by a welfare scheme
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stacking jars like pickled bricks
and he was a little prick
Violet was a silent girl
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and Violet, she fell fast
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but he sure knew how to charm her
Every night he'd tuck her tight
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but nev er left the room
History repeats itself,
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he'd paint her black and blue
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She never stood a chance,
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the devil comes to dance
Violet, why are you always so quiet?
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On her bedroom door and he's irate
He's been drinking and
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And he stands by her bedside,
she shakes
But her eyes stay shut
You fucking slut, I know you're up
And he pinches her eyelids
and folds them up
Violet, why you lying to me, Violet?
That's the sound of his fist
Hit like hailstones,
Wrong crack, knick -knack,
paddywhack
spat, detached
Fist connects and disconnects
the bone
A quick deflect, a miss to wreck the blow
But nonetheless his punch has
met her throat
Such a mess he's left
her bruised and broke
Violet, why you always so quiet, Violet?
Why you're such a little liar, Violet?
Violet?
In character she stays silent
Silence
Silence
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Wait
Say something, Violet
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Not one word, she stays quiet
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London city, far from pretty, 2005
A lady rushed to Paddington,
is fighting just to stay alive
A doctor, in a state of shock,
saw something here so very wrong
See Violet, she was pregnant
Poor Violet, she was nine months gone
Turning to the doctor,
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Please let my baby stay alive
composure
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Called the surgeon to come in
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The curtains closed, the lights went dim
In London City, far from pretty
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Two, zero, zero, five
A lady down in Paddington
Just lost the fight to stay alive
A girl named Jenny
And a boy named Screech
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