Smiths - Paint A Vulgar Picture lyrics

rate me

At the record company meeting <br />

On their hands - a dead star <br />

And oh, the plans they weave <br />

And oh, the sickening greed <br />

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At the record company party <br />

On their hands - a dead star <br />

The sycophantic slags all say :<br />

"I knew him first, and I knew him well"<br />

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Re-issue ! Re-package ! Re-package ! <br />

Re-evaluate the songs <br />

Double-pack with a photograph <br />

Extra Track (and a tacky badge) <br />

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A-list, playlist <br />

"Please them , please them !"<br />

"Please them !"<br />

(sadly, THIS was your life) <br />

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But you could have said no <br />

If you'd wanted to <br />

You could have said no <br />

If you'd wanted to <br />

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BPI, MTV, BBC <br />

"Please them ! Please them !"<br />

(sadly this was your life) <br />

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But you could have said no <br />

If you'd wanted to <br />

You could have walked away <br />

...Couldn't you ? <br />

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I touched you at the soundcheck <br />

You had no real way of knowing <br />

In my heart I begged "Take me with you ...<br />

I don't care where you're going..."<br />

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But to you I was faceless <br />

I was fawning, I was boring <br />

Just a child from those ugly new houses <br />

Who could never begin to know <br />

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Who could never really know <br />

Oh ... <br />

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Best of ! Most of ! <br />

Satiate the need <br />

Slip them into different sleeves ! <br />

Buy both, and feel deceived <br />

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Climber - new entry, re-entry <br />

World tour ! ("media whore") <br />

"Please the Press in Belgium !"<br />

(THIS was your life...) <br />

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And when it fails to recoup ? <br />

Well, maybe : <br />

You just haven't earned it yet, baby <br />

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I walked a pace behind you at the soundcheck <br />

You're just the same as I am <br />

What makes most people feel happy <br />

Leads us headlong into harm <br />

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So, in my bedroom in those 'ugly new houses' <br />

I danced my legs down to the knees <br />

But me and my 'true love' <br />

Will never meet again ... <br />

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At the record company meeting <br />

On their hands - at last ! - a dead star ! <br />

But they can never taint you in my eyes <br />

No, they can never touch you now <br />

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No, they cannot hurt you, my darling <br />

They cannot touch you now <br />

But me and my 'true love' <br />

Will never meet again