The Last Picture Show
Jack thinks he's clever
throwing rocks in the river
thinking up new euphemisms he can use
his lines never work right
he says the girls 'round here are uptight
they blush wish bottled innocence of rouge
yeah, he's got morphine city slippin' blues
(chorus)
In the city everyone's gorgeous
burnin' both ends of their torches
if you've got nothing, they'll find something for you to lose.
In this three mile isle i'll waste my youth
squandered in the pointless pursuit
of girls that've got worse things to do.
back in the nightclub
playing girls getting drunk
Jack mistakes dance floors for arcades
The sharks in the corner
can smell the blood in the water
the bar aint serving anything they crave
and I can't tell the predators from prey.
(chorus)
In the city everyone's gorgeous
burnin' both ends of their torches
if you've got nothing, they'll find something for you to lose.
In this three mile isle i'll waste my youth
squandered in the pointless pursuit
of girls that've got worse things to do.
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