Love's one step on

Have you seen your beauty
squatting in the dirt ?
have you seen the blind man
adding up your colours
for what they're worth ?

Have you seen your good friend
with his hands in your bag
have you seen him grinning
taking out and folding
your bloody rags ?


             Pain is a business
             like Easter and Christmas
             I gues I went broke
             for I wept as I woke

             Jealousy traps you
             its cunning is fake
             love's one step on
             but so much harder to take

have you heard the good news ?
the pope has just gone mad
got drunk with Chairman Mao
but then they just said "Ciao"
and still felt sad


Have you heard the flipping
of the mailbox-lid ?
they felt they had to stop all this
so they were serving notice
to the P.R. Kid

           Pain is a business etc.

           Power-trips trap you
           their cunning is fake
           love's one step on
           and so much more fun to make.


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