Decieves The Eye lyrics
Song information
Artist: Madness Album: One Step Beyond
Lyrics
In the earliest days of my shoplifting career You could safely say I was filled with fear It was nail biting work from the very start But several quick sucesses soon gave me heart After a while I could pick or nick or steal Some shirts some trousers and a few lps No-one ever stopped me, they didn't seem to care It sometimes seemed to me that there was no-one there
Then a fine summers day my mates and me Set off down the westend on our usual spree Things were as normal for an hour or so Then my nimble hands were a bit too slow Two store detectives made a fast approach One grabbed my jacket (you're nicked!) The other grabbed my throat So they caught me at last, one said with joy: "You'll have to do some time, my light fingered boy!"
If only I'd remembered my common sense They captured me red-handed with evidence If I go to the manager and say I'm sorry Maybe he'll forgive me for my youthful folly
But what will me social worker say If I don't come home today? He'll give me a clout! What if they don't let me out? I told him I'm on me own! Don't they understand? I'm from a broken home!
I'll tell them I'm the product of a broken home And I always went out on my own Was it too late to say I'd pay And I'll never steal again 'till the end of my days? Because I have no friends to call as such Money and posessions I did not have much So I started to steal in order to get by The quickness of the hand deceives the eye Deceives the eye the eye the eye..
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