Prisoner of Fender...

How can you live with the hurtin’
deep inside
how can you carry on every day
can’t you see that he’s picking away
at a rope that’s fraying
can’t you see it’s gonna break one day
he’s digging away at your confidence
with every word
making out it’s you to blame
spending his time with a woman
every night
all you do is beg
you’re begging him to stay

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Can’t you see that he’s slowly, killing you
with every night that’s passing
he’s killing you
don’t you know that if you don’t do
some thing soon
or do you think if you try to leave him
you’ll kill him too

Maybe it’s just that he’s weaker
and can’t decide
whether he should stay or go
all the time he’s stringing along
a heart that’s breaking
maybe someone should let him know
you’re carrying on pretending
there’s nothing wrong
keeping it up for your children’s sake
but I can see that your faking it
and you can’t go on
can’t you see it’s time
time to make the break

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it can’t get no worse
it can only get better
from here on in it’s up the way you’re going
from here on in it’s up

She could have walked away
she could have had her say
she could have laughed at me
still I would repair
she could have danced all night
with a stranger right in front of me
but she kissed me like Salome

She put a hole in it
the centre of my heart
she stood so close she could not miss
she put a hole in it
like a bullet, straight through it
and that did it
it put a hole in it

Like a memory
she is here to stay
as I wander through every room
if I had a chainsaw
I’d cut this house in two
put it on a longhaul truck
and send your half to you

you put a hole in it……

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Can’t afford to lose you
can’t afford to find you gone
on account of your the only one
I can’t afford to lose you
can’t afford to let you slip through my fingers
can’t afford to lose you
Yes I can afford a brand new Ford
take it out in all the gold trim
take the whole damn thing to Vegas
I can afford not to win
pack up your bags, come on get ready
stop thinking about the past
anywhere you wanna go I can take you, honey
and yes, we can go first class

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They say I’m full of dollars but I got no sense
they say I’m gonna get my recompense
they say that money will make me bad
I say those crazy people, well they must be mad
I remember when I had none
and things didn’t look so good
I think about all the things that I would do
and now I think I really could

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It’s getting harder everyday
to tell whose friend or foe
you may see a friendly face
but it’s getting very hard to know
there’s a gun at my head saying give me all your money
or else I’m gonna blow you apart
come on now take it easy fella
you can put it on my credit card

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I got the taste of sugar on my lips
got the feeling for
the feel of your fingertips
sweet well of water, don’t run dry
at last the flavour that satisfies

I drank a river of whiskey
a sea of beer
taken anything a man can get
to make a mind unclear
if there’s anything I missed out
it’s just as well
I dug it in
so deep
down to hell

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I smell the fragrance of your perfume
lingering on and on around this room
should I call you
I wonder if I could
but I can’t help myself
well as if I would…… 

Yes he was a friend to us all
there was no one that knew him he didn’t touch at all 
no one at all
while we planned to conquer the world
he’d shoot pool all night under the eyes of a girl
nothing disturbed his cool

Tossing his hair from his face
it fell to his shoulders all over the place
then he would smile
how is it going up north
well if you’re asking I’ll take one of course
and we were into the sauce again

He went to an all night party in the town
he was drinking and dancing until it was dawn
and there was no one around
he took the very first train from the Cross to get him back
slept past his station walked out onto the track
and he was gone

Why did the angels
take him for themselves alone
why did he leave us
walk into the darkness alone

I know there is a party going on somewhere
one thing is certain I know who’ll be there
singing his songs
sometimes when my vision is not clear
I swear that there’s someone been drinking my beer
guess who is here again
I know, I get the feeling
I know that I’ll be seeing him again 

You screamed at me, I screamed at you
you threw a plate, I threw one too
out in the hallway the cold wind blew

You packed up a suitcase, handed it to me
said if I’m leaving better take all this with me
come on take a step back
and look at the two of us

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there’s never ever gonna be another one like you
if I search the whole world
never ever gonna be another one like you again
no matter how far I travel
I know I’ll never be free
there’s never ever gonna be another one for me

You said are you thinking what I think you are thinking
I said what could that be, if you don’t mind me asking
you said I was crazy, if I thought that I stood a chance

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Don’t ask me if I love you when you don’t
don’t ask me if I love you when you won’t
don’t say for me you’ll care
pinch my cheeks and muzz my hair
don’t ask me if I love you when you don’t

you go out early in the morning
you come home late at night
the only time I see you’s putting out the light
you never get home even when you get the chance
you say it’s gonna work for the best
but if the best is loneliness

Don’t ask me if I love you when you don’t
don’t ask me if I love you when you won’t
don’t say for me you’ll yearn
when the ticket that you got’s no return
don’t ask me if I love you when you don’t

Don’t blame me when the kids are crying
they’re missing you, that’s the reason why
how can they begin to understand
you say it’s gonna work out fine
but it can’t be Christmas all the time

Now you drag up those good things from the past
but we both know that those good things did not last
I know it’s time that I must go
why I hung around so long
I don’t know

You said you could be faithful if you tried
you said you could be truthful but you lied
you say I must be patient
but the way you act bears no relation
and I know you’ll keep me waiting till I die
Don’t ask me if I love you cause I’ll lie

I may have fell short of my ambition
could have been someone, looks like I missed him
and though I look foolish now, I do not care
but why won’t you see me again

I know that your people don’t won’t me around
but you’ll be so safe here, on my side of the town
though you’re in clover now
and I still play the bars
why won’t you see me again

Cause I don’t want you to love me
don’t want your money
don’t wanna try and change your point of view
cause I know that I can’t have you
and I swear, I won’t touch you
I just wanna see you again

You say that I’ve been drinking
when I haven’t touched a drop
you say that I’ve been thinking
about other girls a lot
you say that I never
talk to you any more
but I know better
you get mad at me first
then you run into his arms
you victim of your own charms
you victim of your own

Everything I try to tell you
you say is just a lie
every time I give my reasons 
you keep on asking why
you say you cannot stand it
the way I’m treating you
you say that I planned it
but I’m innocent
I’m not guilty of the charge
you victim of your own charms

you say you’ve found someone
I knew it all along
you’re telling everyone you’d stay with me
but I done you wrong
you victim of your own charms 

If I could only touch where you’re hurting
if I could only stop you being afraid
but in that other world where you’re living
how can I know how much you’re feeling

In your deep blue eyes I see nothing
you seem to focus in on someone else
but I know deep down that you care for me
I know that, some day
you’re gonna be there for me

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I’ll be waiting for, however long it takes
I’ll be waiting for you
if not in this world then the next
I’ll be waiting for, however long it takes
I’ll be waiting for you at heaven’s gate

In that secret world, are you the king
in that far off place, do you have everything
if you could take me there, just for a moment
if I could see, one time, maybe I’d understand

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