Razorlight - Burberry Blues Eyes lyrics

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She was swinging from her handbag on the King's Road,<br />

Fresh from boarding school and double-barreled shame.<br />

Now there are worms in her skin, she's razor thin, her eyes are pinned,<br />

I get the 'daddy never noticed' story again.<br />

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And she takes me to a warehouse in the city,<br />

Her gaze as vacant as a byline in the news,<br />

And I reach in disbelief then resign myself,<br />

She's slumming it in someone else's shoes.<br />

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Oh! Burberry blue eyes<br />

This town is not so small,<br />

If you take everyone to bed<br />

And leave the lights all on,<br />

Somebody is going to see it all.<br />

The details of your latest maneuvers,<br />

The tears you've been spreading around,<br />

And your story's so predictable<br />

You spent too long just hanging around.<br />

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She was brought up from a distance by the usual,<br />

Rattlers and tattlers from the best guarded schools,<br />

Auditioning to be ana obituary in the Daily Mail,<br />

The yawning scandal of the daughter of the duchess breaking rules.<br />

<br />

Oh! Burberry blue eyes<br />

This town is not so small,<br />

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If you bang him in the car<br />

And leave the doors wide open<br />

Somebody will see it all.<br />

And you're becoming so predictable<br />

You spent too long<br />

Just hanging around.<br />

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I get plugged in at another phony party,<br />

Conviced that now there's really nothing left to lose.<br />

'Til I turn around and watch her disappearing,<br />

He's got his hand in her pocket; she's got her eye on his shoes.<br />

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And I know I've been converted to old currency,<br />

Somebody new will guarantee her bootleg soul,<br />

Be her proof of purchase counter culture trophy,<br />

Help her die a little more, deeper in her hole.<br />

<br />

Oh! Burberry blue eyes<br />

I guess we're just not meant to be,<br />

If you blow him in the club<br />

And leave your eyes wide open,<br />

Somebody is going to see.<br />

The sordid details of your midnight operations,<br />

All the tears you've been swallowing down,<br />

And your story's so predictable<br />

The end so unavoidable<br />

I've never seen you earn your thrills<br />

You've spent too long<br />

Just hanging around.