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That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book  
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That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book<br>
He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look  
He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look<br>
 
It was a song with a topical verse which I'm afraid he then proceeded to sing<br>
It was a song with a topical verse which I'm afraid he then proceeded to sing  
Something about the moody doomed love of the Fish-Finger King<br>
 
<br>
Something about the moody doomed love of the Fish-Finger King  
''(Chorus:)''<br>
 
You're nobody in this town<br>
 
You're nobody in this crowd<br>
 
You're nobody till everybody in this town knows you're poison<br>
''(Chorus:)''  
Got your number, knows it must be avoided<br>
 
You're nobody till everybody in this town thinks you're a bastard<br>
You're nobody in this town  
<br>
 
Mr. Getgood moved up to Self-Made Man Row<br>
You're nobody in this crowd  
Though he swears that he's the salt of the earth<br>
 
He's so proud of the "kick-me-hard" sign that they hung on his back at birth<br>
You're nobody till everybody in this town knows you're poison  
He said "I appreciate beauty, if I have one, then it's my fault"<br>
 
"Beauty is on my pillow, beauty is there in my vault"<br>
Got your number, knows it must be avoided  
<br>
 
''(Repeat Chorus)''<br>
You're nobody till everybody in this town thinks you're a bastard  
<br>
 
The girl with the eternity rock went down on her bookie to buy some stock<br>
 
Now all the signs in the shopping arcades<br>
 
Say "The corporation thief is the new Jesse James"<br>
Mr. Getgood moved up to Self-Made Man Row  
Her clothes and her attention were scant<br>
 
Her eyes were everywhere, her eyes were like absinthe<br>
Though he swears that he's the salt of the earth  
The little green figures that dance on your screen<br>
 
Say everything you want to hear and nothing they mean<br>
He's so proud of the "kick-me-hard" sign that they hung on his back at birth  
They made love while she was changing her dress<br>
 
She wiped him off, she wiped him out and then she made him confess<br>
He said "I appreciate beauty, if I have one, then it's my fault"  
A little amused by the belief in her power<br>
 
You must remember this it was the fetish of the hour<br>
"Beauty is on my pillow, beauty is there in my vault"  
<br>
 
''(Repeat Chorus)''<br>
 
<br>
 
You're nobody in this town...<br>
''(Repeat Chorus)''
 
 
The girl with the eternity rock went down on her bookie to buy some stock  
 
Now all the signs in the shopping arcades  
 
Say "The corporation thief is the new Jesse James"  
 
Her clothes and her attention were scant  
 
Her eyes were everywhere, her eyes were like absinthe  
 
The little green figures that dance on your screen  
 
Say everything you want to hear and nothing they mean  
 
They made love while she was changing her dress  
 
She wiped him off, she wiped him out and then she made him confess  
 
A little amused by the belief in her power  
 
You must remember this it was the fetish of the hour  
 
 
 
''(Repeat Chorus)''
 
 
 
You're nobody in this town...

Latest revision as of 06:30, 3 May 2009

lyrics for
...This Town...

That Charlie Sedarka was a-playing the piano like he was pawing a dirty book
He bit a hole in his big bottom lip and gave his very best little boy look
It was a song with a topical verse which I'm afraid he then proceeded to sing
Something about the moody doomed love of the Fish-Finger King

(Chorus:)
You're nobody in this town
You're nobody in this crowd
You're nobody till everybody in this town knows you're poison
Got your number, knows it must be avoided
You're nobody till everybody in this town thinks you're a bastard

Mr. Getgood moved up to Self-Made Man Row
Though he swears that he's the salt of the earth
He's so proud of the "kick-me-hard" sign that they hung on his back at birth
He said "I appreciate beauty, if I have one, then it's my fault"
"Beauty is on my pillow, beauty is there in my vault"

(Repeat Chorus)

The girl with the eternity rock went down on her bookie to buy some stock
Now all the signs in the shopping arcades
Say "The corporation thief is the new Jesse James"
Her clothes and her attention were scant
Her eyes were everywhere, her eyes were like absinthe
The little green figures that dance on your screen
Say everything you want to hear and nothing they mean
They made love while she was changing her dress
She wiped him off, she wiped him out and then she made him confess
A little amused by the belief in her power
You must remember this it was the fetish of the hour

(Repeat Chorus)

You're nobody in this town...