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An old one from another lifetime, sums up me surviving making a living -and a relationship.
lyrics
THESE BILLS - LYRICS P. PASCOE
Well I’m lying here tired on a fine Wednesday night
On a bed that’s been on fire, a bed that’s seen a fight
And I just can’t believe how I’m too tired to grieve
But these bills won’t take care of themselves
I’m waiting for dinner and my mate’s got it right
For its food for a sinner, down to the last bite
For a man needs sustenance like a man needs romance
But these bills won’t take care of themselves
Well I’m thinking of a woman and I’m dying inside
Problems, I don’t ‘em, but I’m trying in spite
To tie myself up, drown in someone’s cup
But these bills won’t take care of themselves
I’m happy and lonely in the same breath
I’d love to know only I’m not near my death
And I’m pretty sure when I walk out that door
These bills won’t take care of themselves
Well I’m planning a long and musical life
With hundreds of songs and one day one wife
But for now there’s just me, far too busy to see
These bills won’t take care of themselves
I just got the call; she wants to see me tonight
And it’s not hard to tell things are from right
Well she likes being in power, tells me I crushed a flower - what the hey?
But these bills don’t take care of themselves.
credits
from Tasman Bridge,
released August 1, 2012
written by Pete Pascoe
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