Beautiful South - Alone Lyrics
(heaton/rotheray)Like the contents of your handbagYou dont know why its therePeople ask you where youre headingYou just answer anywhereWe dont mean to be this vagueIt just happens that we areNo-one asked us to elaborateWe just shrug our shoulders and beAnd like the stories that just happenedNo-one thought of, no-one plannedWe could have ruled, we could have conqueredThen we could have been a manWe could be ex-husbandWe could be ex-wifeBut no-one looks at the menu in a greasy spoon lifeAlone, aloneHalf an hour is seven hoursOne day is several monthsAlone, aloneA month is a calendarA year can be a decade spentAloneHe knows hello in eighteen languagesI love you in only oneBy the time hes got his phrase-bookThe chance is usually goneAnd we feel ourselves quite preparedBut quite prepared for whatWe always took the leadBefore we actually knew the plotAnd you can tell where weve been shoppingBy the bags beneath our eyesMake-up shoulders burdenBut the smile never liesWe could be ex-husbandWe could be ex-wifeBut no-one looks at the menu in a greasy spoon lifeAlone, aloneHalf an hour is seven hoursOne day is several monthsAlone, aloneA month is a calendarA year can be a decade spentAloneSo empty at the airportYou dont set off the doorsWe used to feel like chorus girlsAnd now we feel like whoresHearts built like reservoirsWords built like damsThoughts built like juggernautsOur actions built like pramsAnd when the wind blows into our faceWe should be warmer and not colderWell, what price the chargesOn this cargo that we shoulderWe could be ex-husbandWe could be ex-wifeBut no-one looks at the menu in a greasy spoon lifeAlone, aloneHalf an hour is seven hoursOne day is several monthsAlone, aloneA month is a calendarA year can be a decade spentAloneAnd we only smoke when boredSo we do two packs a dayAnd weve lost the differenceBetween bored and lonely anyway
