This place was once a home,
But now you're gone.
Gone like the sun,
You took away,
It was coming so they say.
This boy and his heavy heart,
Were feeling small.
Kicking around the leaves,
It seems,
We're so vacant after all.
There's nothing more to say,
Let me sleep these dreams away,
We'll check out soon.
Me and the Belle,
She knows me so well,
She don't want my soul,
She's not in control.
Oh, find me place,
A discounted space,
A hole in the ground,
Nobody's favourite now.
This night,
This pretty light,
With my best friends.
Keeping the hounding dogs away,
From my window night and day.
This place was once a home
But now it's still
All of the stars are sleeping low
On my broken windowsill
Won't you let me be
Just the old has-beens and me
I'll check out soon
Rolling in style
Be gone for a while
A million and one
Has-beens in the sun
Pretending to care
Going nowhere
Floating around
Nobody's favourite now
Well there's nothing more to say
Let me sleep these dreams away
And won't you let me be
Just the old has-beens and me
We'll check out soon
Rolling in style
Be gone for a while
A million and one
Has-beens in the sun
Pretending to care
Oh going nowhere
Just floating around
Nobody's favourite... now
Well let me tell you something
Let me tell you so
This could be the one thing
That you really need to know
You gotta stop once in a while
And shake off that face of yours
Cause nothing comes easy
Oh it just comes free
You could sing it better
If you sing for me, oh sister
Well I cannot claim
This advice as my own
I learnt it in the gutter
One night crawling home
She said don't you look rediculous
I checked her out meticulously
And I would've stopped to argue
But my teeth were broke
I said I'd love to condradict you
But my life's a joke, oh sister
And she said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table, and the secret's on the shelf
And it's a one time, keep it slow
Wind 'em up and here we go
Get it right today
And you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly
Some she was a swinger
Me, I only knew her as the Acid Jazz Singer, come on
Well I'm a lucky man
But maybe so is she
And maybe this is just the way it has to be
It's all based on speculation
It's a crazy my occupation to me
And though I didn't much believe her
I was bound to call
I really didn't wanna miss a single thing at all
Oh sister
And she said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table, and the secret's on the shelf
And it's a one time, keep it slow
Wind 'em up and here we go
Get it right today
And you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly
Some she was a swinger
Me, I only knew her as the Acid Jazz Singer, come on
And she said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table, and the secret's on the shelf
And it's a one time, keep it slow
Wind 'em up and here we go
Get a ride today
And you may be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly
Some she was a swinger
Me, I only knew her as the Acid Jazz Singer, come on
I haven't seen her lately
Well, I'll have to ring her
Put your hands together for the Acid Jazz Singer, come on
Mistress Mabel seriously wrong
Clears my table badly then she’s gone
Takes a liberty if you let her
Yes she’s bold but she should know better
Oh dear Mabel please don’t put me on
Mistress Mabel all the kids agree
You’re unstable curious and free
Wind them down and then keep them kickin
Sunken eyed and all panic stricken
Oh dear mabel it still worries me
Hem line rat bag so they told her
Last nights name tag across her shoulder
And tell me where all the days have gone
When you robbed my cradle tell me Mabel
Where’d you go when you can’t go on
With this filthy fable tell me Mabel
Mistress Mabel won’t you marry me?
I’m unable to take it seriously
I’ll be good and you’ll be a minute
I wish you would or I’ll drop you in it
Oh dear Mabel won’t you marry me?
Hem line rat bag so they told her
Last nights name tag across her shoulder,
And tell me where all the days have gone
When you robbed my cradle tell me Mabel
Where’d you go when you can’t go on
With this filthy fable tell me Mabel
Tell me Mabel tell me Mabel
This place was once a home,
But now you're gone.
Gone like the sun,
You took away,
It was coming so they say.
This boy and his heavy heart,
Were feeling small.
Kicking around the leaves,
It seems,
We're so vacant after all.
There's nothing more to say,
Let me sleep these dreams away,
We'll check out soon.
Me and the Belle,
She knows me so well,
She don't want my soul,
She's not in control.
Oh, find me place,
A discounted space,
A hole in the ground,
Nobody's favourite now.
This night,
This pretty light,
With my best friends.
Keeping the hounding dogs away,
From my window night and day.
This place was once a home
But now it's still
All of the stars are sleeping low
On my broken windowsill
Won't you let me be
Just the old has-beens and me
I'll check out soon
Rolling in style
Be gone for a while
A million and one
Has-beens in the sun
Pretending to care
Going nowhere
Floating around
Nobody's favourite now
Well there's nothing more to say
Let me sleep these dreams away
And won't you let me be
Just the old has-beens and me
We'll check out soon
Rolling in style
Be gone for a while
A million and one
Has-beens in the sun
Pretending to care
Oh going nowhere
Just floating around
Nobody's favourite... now
Well there's nothing more to add before I leave
This thing of ours is dead but don't you grieve
Is it me or are they younger every night?
Just because they can it doesn't make it all right
I'm hanging by my teeth waiting on quick relief
While the kids don't sleep for days
I could die in a hundred odd ways
And I'm so sick of hearing how your love for this has died
But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
It's a shame or a sham he's half as old as I am
But don't tell me he could look good if he tried
Well it terrifies the life from out of me
It's really such a lazy way to be
Hiding in the bedroom climbing up the walls
You've got to kick it out of me gently
Till it begs and pleads and crawls
And I'm so sick of hearing how your love for this has died
But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
It's a shame or a sham he's half as old as I am
But don't tell me he could look good if he tried
And I'm so sick of hearing how your love for this has died
But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
It's a shame or a sham he's half as old as I am
But don't tell me he could look good if he tried
And wont you make sure
My mother gets half my weight in gold
Tell her I just did what I was told
Grab your expensive coat and bury it inside
But don't tell me you could do it if you tried
