
Date of issue: 06.09.1998
Record label: Jeepster
Song language: English
The Boy With The Arab Strap |
A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time |
The odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by |
Day upon day of this wandering gets you down |
Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town |
Hovering silence from you is a giveaway |
Squalor and smoke’s not your style |
I don’t like this place |
We better go |
Then I compare notes with your older sister |
I am a lazy git, she is as pure as the cold driven snow |
What did you learn from your time in the solitary |
Cell of your mind |
There was noises, distractions from anything good |
And the old prison food |
Colour my life with the chaos of trouble |
'Cause anything’s better than posh isolation |
I missed the bus |
You were laid on your back with |
the boy with the arab strap |
With the boy from the arab strap |
It’s something to speak of the way you are feeling |
To crowds there assembled |
Do you ever feel you have gone too far? |
Everyone suffers in silence a burden |
The man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton |
The Asian man |
With his love hate affair with his racist clientele |
A central location for you is a must as you stagger |
About making free with your lewd and lascivious boasts |
We all know you’re soft 'cause we’ve all seen you dancing |
We all know you’re hard 'cause we all saw you drinking |
From noon until noon again |
You’re the boy with the filthy laugh |
You’re the boy with the arab strap |
Strapped to the table with suits from the Shelter shop |
Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches |
And sets off the smoke alarm |
What do you make of the cool set in London? |
You’re constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks |
She’s a waitress and she’s got style |
Sunday bathtime could take a while |
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