‘Now you’ve got the best of me,
Come on and take the rest of me,
Oh baby…’
"All my life's buried here, heap earth upon it"
‘Now you’ve got the best of me,
Come on and take the rest of me,
Oh baby…’
Another headache
Starts to form
But there’s nothing I can do
For all that would help
Stave this off this pain
Is to lie down next to you
You could just say how you feel
He said
Instead of sending me a song
But these folks are professionals
She said
And I’d only get it wrong
‘But all my trials, Lord
Will soon be over…’
‘We are far too young and clever…’
Skin somewhat healing
Yet I’m still left reeling
As my heart slowly withers
Is there a more appealing
Way of coping with this feeling
Other than by using scissors?
‘Help me someone
Help me please…’
‘What am I now?
What am I now?
What if I’m someone I don’t want around..?’
An artist for the ages
Your words leave me floored
What else is there to say?
Other than please, give me more
If
you
gave me
half a
chance
I’d
lead
us in
a merry
dance
And
with
just one
intense
glance
You’d be
powerless
to resist
my
advance
‘Lost it to Bostik, yeah’
‘Have we enough to keep it together?
Or do we just keep on pretending,
And hope our luck is never ending…’
‘So drink, drink, drink and be ill tonight
From the one one you left behind…’
I can
feel it
coming
onThat
darkness,
my old
friendI’ve not
got out
of bed
in daysAnd
don’t
know if
I will
again
‘When you say it’s gonna happen now
Well when exactly do you mean?
See I’ve already waited too long
And all my hope is gone…’
‘It’s a miracle I even made it this far…’
‘Hold Me Like This For A Hundred Thousand Million Days…’
So you wanna know me now?
How I’ve been?
You can’t help someone recover
After what you did
So tell me
Am I looking better?
Have you forgot whatever it was
That you couldn’t stand about me,
about me, about me?
Because
Yes I do feel better, yes I do
I feel alright
(I’m better now)
I feel well enough to tell you what you can do with what you’ve got to offer!
You wanna know me now?
How I’ve been
You can’t help someone recover
After all that you did
So tell me
Am I looking better?
Or have you forgot whatever it was
That you couldn’t stand about me, about me, about me?
Because
Yes I do feel better, yes I do
I feel alright
(I’m better now)
I feel well enough to tell you what you can do with what you’ve got to offer!
Yes I do feel better, yes I do
I feel alright
(I’m better now)
I feel well enough to tell you what you can do with what you’ve got to offer!
On and on and on and on and on and on – has no-one said?
Stay away
Stay away
I’m better, better
Yes!
I feel well enough to tell you what you can do with what you’ve got…
‘Yes’
Copyright Bernard Butler / David McAlmont 1995
‘I’ll move to Paris
Shoot some heroin
And fuck with the stars….’
Why is it
That blind eyes see
So much more
In you than me
You
cannot
stop
me
She
said
No
matter
how
hard
you try
I
won’t
be
coming
back
She
said
Not
until
the
day
I die