Barry Adamson

Libertine the name that falls from her lips and splashes on my shoes like sad beads of rain, penetrating the soil and making ready the harvest of our love.
And me?
I got a bug to squash
This tales been told a thousand times, so I thought that I shoulda known better
Than to supplicate a girl, on pedestal shoes
No pants and a real tight sweater
Im laughin too!
But its from my embarrassment that I tremble
When she saw that I was just a hopeless imitation of the man that I most resemble
And the chords ring so familiar, to a man whos heard it all before
And the melody will forever linger, like perfume in a hardware store
It aint that I seek loneliness ?
I just down right fail to understand
How a customary girl, on pedestal shoes
Can all but destroy one man
I wish Id licked her to the ground
But I swallowed my tongue instead
Watched her from the shadows with a hideous frozen grin
While she carved her name in my head
Some folks talk ?round the way,
sayin, ?B, you really got it made.?
But I crawl ?round my room from night ?till day
Wonderin if your star will ever fade
And Ill be here, come hell or high water
Love you like youre my daughter
Buy you new shoes ?cause I oughta
And only sometimes will my thoughts turn blue, like the skies
And every word is you
(Instrumental)
Now,
West of Bloody 16th street,
Are the remains of a man who was broken
By the rapture of a girl, on pedestal shoes
And man I tell ya,
That girl wasnt jokin
And Ive killed my mind a thousand times
Now my thoughts stay firmly in the present
But theres a kinda ugly breach, like a ocean in my soul
Keeps on naggin me - so incessant
And the silence is louder than a H-Bomb
That explodes when I close my eyes
Sendin shockwaves to the town youre from
In the hope that youll stir - come alive
And Ill be here, come hell or high water
Love you like youre my daughter
Buy you new shoes ?cause I oughta
And only sometimes will my thoughts turn blue, like the skies
And every word is you
Like the skies
And every word is you
Like the skies
And every word is you
Like the skies
And every word is you
(Thanks to chip for these lyrics)
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