Strangeways, Here We Come
Album - 22 september 1987 - Debaser id 19042

The lanes were silent:
there was nothing, no one, nothing around for miles
I doused our friendly venture
with a hard-faced,
three-word gesture

I started something, I forced you to a zone and you were clearly
never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me, typical me, I started something
...and now I'm not too sure

I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Uh, that's what tradition means!
And I doused another venture
with a gesture that was absolutely vile

I started something, I forced you to a zone and you were clearly
never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me, typical me, I started something
...and now I'm not too sure

I grabbed you by the guilded beams
Uh, that's what tradition means!
And now eighteen months' hard labour seems...
... fair enough

I started something and I forced you to a zone and you were clearly
Never meant to go
Hair brushed and parted
Typical me, typical me, typical me, I started something
and now I'm not too sure

I started something
I started something
Typical me, typical me, typical me, typical me
typical me, typical me, typical me
I started something and now I'm not too sure!

Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's serious
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's really serious
There were times when I could have 'murdered' her
(But you know, I would hate anything
To happen to her)
NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE HER!
Do you really think
She'll pull through?
Do you really think
She'll pull through?
Girlfriend in a coma, I know
I know - it's serious

(Bye, bye, ... baby, goodbye)

There were times when I could have 'strangled' her
(But you know I would hate anything
To happen to her)
WOULD YOU PLEASE LET ME SEE HER?
Do you really think
She'll pull through?
Do you really think
She'll pull through?
Let me whisper my last goodbyes
I know - IT'S SERIOUS

I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Because you're evil
And you lie
And if you should die
I may feel slightly sad
(But I won't cry!)

Loved and lost
and some may say:
"When usually it's Nothing
Surely you're happy
It should be this way?"
I say. "No, I'm gonna kill my dog
May the lines sag, the lines sag heavy
And deep tonight"

I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
I've come to wish you an unhappy birthday
Because you're evil
And you lie
And if you should die
I may feel slightly sad
(But I won't cry!)

Loved and lost
and some may say:
"When usually it's Nothing
Surely you're happy
It should be this way?"
I say. "No"
And then I shoot myself
So drink, drink, drink
And be ill tonight
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
From the one you left behind
Behind, behind..
Oh unhappy birthday!

I won't share you
I won't share you
With the drive and ambition
The zeal I feel
This is my time

The note I wrote
As she read, she said:
"Oh has the Perrier gone
Straight to my head?
Or is life sick and cruel, instead?"
"Yes"
No-no-no-no-no-no

I won't share you
I won't share you
With the drive
And the dreams inside
This is my time

Life tends to come and go
Well, that's okay
As long as you know

I won't share you
I won't share you
With the drive
And the dreams inside
This is my time