Left To My Own Devices

(tennant/lowe)

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(uuu.....us)



I get out of bed at half past ten

Phone up a friend, who's a party animal

Turn on the news and drink some tea

Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping



One day i'll read, or learn to drive a car

If you pass the test, you can beat the rest

But i don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street

I can pick up the best from the party animal



I could leave you, say goodbye

Or i could love you, if i try

And i could

And left to my own devices, i probably would

Left to my own devices, i probably would



Pick up a brochure about the sun

Learn to ignore what the photographer saw

I was always told that you should join a club

Stick with the gang, if you want to belong



I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy

In a world of my own at the back of the garden

I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street

For in a secret life i was a round head general



I could leave you, say goodbye

Or i could love you, if i try

And i could

And left to my own devices, i probably would

Left to my own devices, i probably would

Oh, i would



I was faced with a choice at a difficult age

Would i write a book? or should i take to the stage?

But in the back of my head i heard distant feet

Che guevara and debussy to a disco beat



It's not a crime when you look the way you do

The way i like to picture you

When i get home, it's late at night

I pour a drink and watch the fight



Turn off the tv, look at a book

Pick up the phone, fix some food

Maybe i'll sit up all night and day

Waiting for the minute i hear you say



I could leave you, say goodbye

Or i could love you, if i try

And i could

And left to my own devices, i probably would

Come on, baby, say goodbye

I could love you, if i try

And i could

And left to my own devices, i probably would

Left to my own devices, i probably would



Out of bed, at half past ten

The party animal phones a friend

Picks up news about the sun

And the working day has just begun



Sticks with the gang - at the back of the street

Pass the test - and you don't compete



Drive the car, if you're with me

Che guevara's drinking tea

He reads about a new device

And takes to the stage in a secret life



(uuu.....us)



Left to my own devices, i probably would

If i was left to my own devices, i possibly would



(uuu.....us)



If i was left to my own devices, i probably would

Left to my own devices, i probably would



I could leave you, say goodbye

Or i could love you, if i try

And i could

And left to my own devices, i probably would

Left to my own devices, i probably would

Come on, baby

Left to my own devices, i probably would


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