16 Lovers Lane
Album - 1988 - Debaser id 49978

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Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I make my way
Through the streets of your town

Don't the sun look good today?
But the rain is on its way
Watch the butcher shine his knives
And this town is full of battered wives.

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I ride your river under the bridge
I take your boat out to the reach
Cos I love that engine roar
But I still don't know what I'm here for.

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They shut it down
They closed it down
They shut it down
They pulled it down.

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The clouds are here
They aren't up in the sky.
I cupped them with my hands
and reached up high.

I said to these clouds,
"no more am I blind.
I have to see straight
and that will make me unkind."

Visions of blue,
I'm angry, I'm wise.
And you, you're under cloudy skies.

Blue air I crave, blue air I breathe
They once chopped my heart the way you chop a tree.
Told to equate achievement with pain
I took their top prize and paid them back with rain.

Visions of blue
I'm angry I'm wise and you.
You're under cloudy skies.

Blue air I crave blue air I breathe
they once chopped my heart the way you chop a tree.
Told to equate Achievement with Pain
I stole their top prize and paid them back with rain.

Visions of blue I'm angry I'm wise and you.
You're under cloudy skies. Visions of blue
Preverse and strong and you.
You're under cloudy skies.
What I did once I now do everyday.

She comes home and she's happy
She comes home and she's blue
She comes home and then tells him
Listen baby, we're through
I don't know what happened next
All I know is she moved
Packed up her bags and her curtains
Left him in his room

Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything I could do?

She went out with her paint box
Paints the chapel blue
She went out with her matchsticks
Torched a carwash too
I don't know where she's living
All I got is a card
A picture of her at the pyramids
A knife held to her heart

Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything I could do?

She came down from the mountain
Said goodbye to her guru
She went back to her room
Lost herself in voodoo
I don't say that I blame her
People don't know what they want
If you spend your life looking behind you
You don't see what's up front

Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything I could do?
Was there anything I could do?

Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire
Putting out her fire

If the cliffs were any closer,
If the water wasn't so bad.
I'd dive for your memory
on the rocks and the sand.

I'd dive for you
Like a bird I'd descend
Deep down I'm lonely
And I miss my friend.

So when I hear you saying,
That we stood no chance,
I'll dive for your memory
We stood that chance.

We stood side by side,
Strong and true.
just wish you'd remember,
Bad times don't get you through.

So when I hear you saying,
That we stood no chance,
I'll dive for your memory
We stood that chance.

Now, I dive black waters
The waters of her dream.
Are black and forgetful
I'd like to make them clean.

So when I hear you saying,
That we stood no chance,
I'll dive for your memory
We stood that chance.

So when I hear you saying,
That we stood no chance,
I'll dive for your memory
We stood that chance.