20% Amnesia
From ElvisCostello
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Lyrics"What is your destiny?" the policewoman said 20% amnesia The word that she wanted was "destination," I'm afraid 20% amnesia This is your future boy, this is your fate 20% amnesia And you're obsolete and they can't afford to educate you 20% amnesia
In his bed-time boot-boy jersey Ringing up some fantasy tart Give me strength or give me mercy Life intimidates art
Were you passed out on the sofa? 20% amnesia While justice was bartered by a drunken oaf? 20% amnesia This is all your glorious country thinks of your life 20% amnesia Strip-jack-naked with a Stanley knife 20% amnesia
So the German Queen went home again But she couldn't find forgiveness They made a fist of the hand of friendship But it's only business
The wine you drink has never seen a grape And now your sci-fi suit has lost its shape But its a dangerous game that comedy plays Sometimes it tells you the truth Sometimes it delays it
Think back, think back if you still can When the trumpet sounded and the world began Somebody said "We must have won" So they started burying the bogeyman
Mister Gorbachev came cap in hand 20% amnesia From a bankrupt land to a bankrupt land 20% amnesia Mister Gorbachev and some other fella 20% amnesia Were taken to a show called "Cinderella" 20% amnesia It wasn't an accident, it wasn't a mystery 20% amnesia It was calculated and the rest is history 20% amnesia
You don't have to listen to me That's the triumph of free will When there are promises to break And dreams to kill
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