| As she sat down, put up her feet
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| And she turned the telly on
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| She clearly wanted some revenge
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| For how badly day had gone
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| And nothing could be better
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| No end of day complete
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| Than watching fellow woman
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| Getting beat
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| So she smiled a knowing smile
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| As gradually, the plot
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| Took the damsel down
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| For everything she’d got
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| And nothing made her heart leap like
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| Another falling flat
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| That she was not the only one
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| Who married into that
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| What I want from life
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| Is not a rollercoaster dip
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| What I want from love
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| Is not a ramp up to a skip
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| All I want is compliment
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| Occasionally made
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| For a life of pure simplicity
|
| Unlike these soaps I’d trade
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| Till then, I am just
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| That sundial in the shade…
|
| See, momma went to prison
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| And left her feeling blue
|
| Now, twenty good years later
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| She’s in that prison too
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| A prison where the governor’s
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| In the armchair of despair
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| A prison where the only thought
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| Is a wish she wasn’t there
|
| So she smiled a knowing smile
|
| As gradually, each soap
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| Took away her dignity
|
| And offered her the rope
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| So, with coat over pajamas
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| She headed into the night
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| Television never made no friends
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| But solitude just might
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| In the shade
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| Sundial in the shade
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| Ooh.
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| Oh…
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| Oh, oh…
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| Oh, oh…
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| Ooh…
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| When the groom is just too matey
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| With the father of the bride
|
| And the punch on shoulder’s just too hard
|
| For the bridesmaids to decide
|
| Like the mints that fence the lager breath
|
| There’s so much he could hide
|
| Is it plastic bag or jellyfish
|
| That’s floating by your side?
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| What I want from life (what I want from life)
|
| Is not a rollercoaster dip
|
| What I want from love (what I want from love)
|
| Is not a ramp up to a skip
|
| All I want is compliment
|
| Occasionally made
|
| For a life of pure simplicity
|
| Unlike these soaps I’d trade
|
| Till then, I am just (till then, I am just)
|
| That sundial (in the shade)
|
| Till then, I am just (in the shade)
|
| That sundial in the shade…
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| In the shade…
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| Sundial…
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| All I want from life…
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| All I want from love… |