Twist In My Sobriety
(Tanita Tikaram) Tanita Tikaram: Ancient Heart (1988)
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| All God's children need | travelling shoes, | drive your problems from | here, |
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| All good people read.. | . good books, | now your conscience is | clear |
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| I hear you talk, girl, | now your conscience is | clear |
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| In the morning when I | wipe my brow, | wipe the miles a | way, |
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| I like to think I can | be so willed, | and never do what you | say |
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| I'll never hear you, | and never do what you | say |
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| Look my | eyes are just holo | grams, Look your | love has drawn red from my | hands, |
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| From my | hands you know you'll never | be, more than | twist in my sobrie | ty, |
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| More than | twist in my sobrie | ty, more than | twist in my sobri | ty. |
Break
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| We just poked a little | ...empty pie, | for the fun that peopl | e had at night, |
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| Late at night don't need host | ility, | timid smile, and | pause to free, |
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| I don't care about their... | different thoughts, |
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| Different thoughts are | good for me, |
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| Up in arms and | chaste the whole, | all God's children too | k their toll |
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| Look my | eyes are just holo | grams, Look your | love has drawn red from my | hands, |
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| From my | hands you know you'll never | be, more than | twist in my sobrie | ty, |
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| More than | twist in my sobrie | ty, more than | twist in my sobri | ty. |
[Break #2
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Bridge
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| Cup of tea, take | time to think, yeah, | ...time to risk a | life, a life, a life, |
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| Sweet and handsome, | ...soft and porky, you | pig out 'til you've seen the | light, |
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| Pig out 'til you've seen the | light | | / / / / | |
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| Half the people.. | . read the papers, | read them good and | well, |
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| Pretty people, | nervous people, | people have got to | sell, |
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| News you have to s | ell |
| Look my eyes are just holograms, Look your love has drawn red from my hands, |
| From my hands you know you'll never be, |
| More than twist in my sobriety, more than twist in my sobriety. |
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| Look my eyes are just holo | grams, Look your love has drawn red from my hands, |
| From my hands you know you'll never be, |
| More than twist in my sobriety, more than twist in my sobriety. |
Coda
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