never heard her weep out loud before

hard to believe she loves me so much

they called her in for this one last time

no kisses allowed or a hint of a touch

lonely years and empty days before that

vision of blue eyes and short red dress,

the night fate put me on the right path

ending years of drift and its futile mess

takes a lot to kill love but I did my best

pu...

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through a window I rewind my life

the words I never seemed to utter

dreams that turned to piles of dust

it's better to pull down the shutter

that's the woman I didn't marry, a

love affair left to wither and stutter

her tears fall like rain in the street

it's better to pull down the shutter

sins of youth that seemed so bland

echo down the hot concrete gutter

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down main street I sprinted, sweating

running blindly, just as fast as I could

clutching that angel cake to my chest

preparing to defend it with my blood

in those days before CCTV it was easy

I distracted the assistant and pounced

lately you enter a shop and at once

your whole life story gets announced

olden days were best, we were free,

kids could safely walk ...

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not many there today to see him go

curtain opens up and away he slides

soon its back to scissors and comb

my specialty is short back and sides

increasingly I'm tempted by necks

a cut-throat razor in my right hand

so vulnerable with arteries bulging

I cannot expect you to understand

yet I'm no modern sweeney todd

its doing the embalming at night

the danger of...

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across the road she crouches and mopes

I can imagine us both in all sorts of capers

her dead husband's crane collapsed, the

tragic story splashed in all the daily papers

the width of a street yet a yawning gap

behind her the glow of a widow at night

my crane gleams in the moonlight clear

no metal fatigue affects its noble height

airborne pokes my rude steeple, a b...

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over the road the place is in flames

siren and screams music to my ears

time to go before the coppers arrive

for if I'm not careful I'll get ten years

baby-sitter she played with my willie

she sprawled yawning on their bed

bare naked after using hard drugs

flames from her matches bright red

how often I got my fingers burned

disastrous smell of singeing hair

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I feel just like a chimney pot

that's been hit by lightning,

after overhearing her on the

phone, for it was frightening

having a fling with a woman

doesn't talk like that to me

why she's been off it lately

promised her she'd be free

things are now making sense

no more those tickling toes

saying I needed to be firmer

bedside drawer full of dildos

d...

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