DOUBLE NEGATIVE (Lyrics)

Been a nice trip 
Is this our stop? 
I'd leave the stage 
but the curtain won't drop 
The chemicals took my nerve 
I've given up what the saints preserve

The push pull 
The sturm and the drang 
I can't play a lick 
but I'm strumming along
Sing it with me 
You look uptight 
Now is that a yawn 
or are you ready to bite?

DON'T YOU COME NEAR ME NOW 
DON'T YOU COME THROUGH THE WALL
I CAN'T LET GO OF THE SCENE 
I CAN'T STOP HOLLERING UNCLEAN

Been a nice trip 
as hinterlands go 
I took the hint 
and I swallowed it whole
The chemicals color the facts 
On your mark, get set, relax

The negatives double 
Double that again 
I did the math. I need a bath.
Sing it with me 
The widows might 
Now is that a yawn
or are you ready to bite?

DON'T YOU COME NEAR ME NOW 
DON'T YOU COME THROUGH THE WALL
I CAN'T LET GO OF THE SCENE 
I CAN'T STOP HOLLERING UNCLEAN

DON’T YOU COME NEAR ME NOW
I’VE NEVER NOT NEEDED YOU MORE
CURSED WITH A SENSE OF PLACE
I WANNA SEE THE LOOK 
ON THE OLD MAN’S FACE

Bells are ringing 
in the town of the terminal heartache 
Bells are ringing 
Is it Easter 
or the start of an earthquake?

Been a long trip 
The hinterlands know
You took the hit 
then I quit
Now I'm sick as a dog 
but I’ll still fetch 
You won't make it stop 
but you pity the retch

And how do you love? 
We both know 
what your kids are made of 
60 parts water, 40 parts guile 
I've been found 
I wanna drown

CURSED WITH A SENSE OF PLACE 
I LEFT THIS TOWN IN DISGRACE

DON'T YOU COME NEAR ME NOW 
I'VE NEVER NOT NEEDED YOU MORE 
BUT I CAN'T LET GO OF THE SCENE
I CAN'T STOP HOLLERING UNCLEAN

Bells are ringing 
in the town of the terminal heartache 
Bells are ringing 
Is it Easter 
or the start of an earthquake?


Double Negative - Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil

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