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i don’t want to foot the bill, it wasn’t me who ordered starterslife for you is such a thrill, playing games and tipping waiterspin striped suit and fat cigar, we all want to be a millionairekeep your hands on the table, life can be unpredictable

i don’t want to pay the tab, it wasn’t me who ordered chaserseverything we ever had, place your bets and take your chancesbirthday suits and smashed guitars, we all want to be a rock starkeep your hands on the table, life can be unpredictable

don’t ask for directionsare you waiting for a sign?just empty all your pockets‘cos when its your time you leave it all behind

there’s panic in the heavens, communication has been losti haven’t understood a word, we’ve got our wires crossedthe truth is somewhere out there between the profit and the lossbut suddenly nothing happens

let’s spend the day like it is our lastwe’re living a dream getting nowhere fast

take me to your leader i’ve got a thing or two to sayi’d like an explanation of how on earth we ended up this wayspeak to me via satelite i’m ready to obeythen suddenly nothing happens

so let’s spend the day like we live in the pastwe’re caught in a dream getting nowhere fast

an eye for a lie a tooth for a truth you’re under suspicion but there isn’t any proof it’s just a funny feeling perhaps i’m only dreaming then suddenly nothing happens

you could say i’m stating the obvious i’m not superman

you made me feel i could fly higher than a plane i took you to the moon, you brought me down to earth again


you made me feel i had the gift of x-ray sight i thought i loved you but your heart is full of kryptonite


i couldn’t live up to your comic expectations leading a double life has far too many complications

you could say i’m stating the obvious i’m not supermani’m not your superman

when i voted for you i made an honest mistakei thought you were genuine, you’re just another fakeyou went to london on a gravy traintaking every opportunity for personal gain

what happened to you?where did it go wrong?what happened to you?you let everybody down

for the price of a trouser-press you sold your soulyou didn’t think it mattered because we weren’t supposed to knowbut you were caught red handed with your fingers in the tillis that the kind of precedent you want to instil?

what happened to you?where did it go wrong?what happened to you?you let everybody down

now the veil is dropped and your secret is outthat’s what our democracy is supposed to be aboutyou’ve run up a debt that you can never repayyou’re gonna get the message on election day

i had my feet up in the sitting room, watching tvwondering why my life has been so unextraordinaryflicking through the channels, i accidentally caught the newsanother senseless tragedy, a wave of guilt swept over me

in a moment everything can changewhen circumstances are beyond our control

there but for the grace of god go iheaven only knows why i deserve another tryyou’ve been so unlucky i could crythere but for the grace of god go i

if you need a new religion there are many you can choosei know they cannot all be right and yet i stand accusedof only praying for myself when i’m in dire needand putting all my faith in random improbabilities

in a moment everything can changewhen situations get out of control

there but for the grace of god go iheaven only knows why i deserve another tryyou’ve been so unlucky i could crythere but for the grace of god go i

you won’t find this song in any record storebecause it’s not original you’ve heard it all beforejust three words and they’ve been said a hundred billion timesbut these belong to you because you’re mine

I LUV U

i’m not a man who finds it easy to expressthe way I feel inside, i just can’t get it off my chestjust three words and they’ve been said a hundred billion timesbut these belong to you because you’re mine

I LUV U

you’re telling me there’s only one god but you’re twisting the message to suit youmaybe it would be better if there was no-one to come to our rescue

the whole point of this song, if we all sing alongit won’t feel like we’ve come to the endthe whole point of this song, if we all sing alongfor a moment can we just pretend we’re all friends

could it be we all feel the same but we won’t be the first to admit itit’s easy when there’s someone to blame we can carry on taking the biscuit


some people think they’ve figured it out but no-one can question their answersif only we had faith in ourselves and were thankful for our circumstances


it seems like only yesterday i laid my eyes on youhow many years have passed us by i wouldn’t like to know

where did our time go?

since we first stepped on the earth our destiny was sownwe took a self-destructive path defaulting on the loan


and now when i look in the mirrori don’t know who i’m going to seethe man who resembles my father?or the boy who i’m longing to be?

through my eyes you haven’t changed you look as good as newhow many years are left in us i wouldn’t like to know


it’s just a game to you, just a gamewho do you think you’re kidding?there simply is no winning with you

playing cards one rainy afternoonyou showed your hand and led me to your roomwe lit a fire from fallen leavesyou kept your aces up your sleevesplaying cards one rainy afternoon

everything was painted black and whiteyou would be my queen i’d be your knightthen you knocked me down like dominoes when you told me it was time to go everything was painted black and whitei didn’t know it would only be one night

after all the in-betweens, the i-don’t-knows and could-have-beenswe didn’t even make it to the start

it took a while to understand it was you who held a losers handit didn’t stop you playing with my heart

it’s just a game to you, just a gamewith no end and no beginningthere simply is no winning

it’s just a game to you, just a gamewho do i think i’m kidding?there simply is no winning with you

she caught herself a millionaire, she spent a fortune on her hairshe’s the cat that got the cream, she’s living every housewife’s dream

champagne and caviar, the more you have the happier you areher girlfriends can’t believe her lucka charge account at tiffany’s and sexy see-through lingeriebut all she really wants to do is shop

a handsome prince became a frog, her only friend’s her designer dog

she wakes up in the afternoon, the parties come around too soonand reads about herself in trashy magazinesshe thought she would enjoy her life, being someone’s trophy wifereality is never what it seems

she caught herself a millionaire, she spent a fortune on her hairbut she’s so lonely she could scream, she must be living someone else’s dream

when she’s in a crowded room she feels like such a boreshe’s like to move back home with mum and marry the boy-next-door

as she gazes out upon the world from behind her kitchen sinkshe knows deep down life’s not as bad as she sometimes likes to think

kids getting underneath her feet, a part-time job to make ends meetsausage egg and chips for tea, a golden anniversary

can you live without your phone?can you live without tv?can you live without your mum?can you live without me?

if you were sent to mars to start a colonybut you could only take one thingwould i be your priority?


if i were to get the call i’d have no hesitationbut i’ve been sitting on my ownwaiting for your invitation


he took her to a place where he’d be guaranteed some privacyalone with his new secretary

a lager top, a g n’ t, a hemline cut above the knee“love i’m working late again i won’t be home for tea”

he wished he didn’t have to lie. but now he has an alibi

he hasn’t heard a word she said, undressing her inside his headhis conscience hanging by a thread

when she crossed her legs it crossed his mind he’s not too old to read the signsif only he were in his prime

middle age and pheromone. tired, guilty and alone

there’s a message on his mobile phone, “darling when will you be homei’ve cooked your tea and kept it warm”

so he left the girl sat at the barlow cut top and push up braand drove home in the family car

he’s glad he made it home for tea. there’s nowhere he would rather be

keeping up appearances is just a waste of timea waste of his, a waste of hers, a waste of yours and minedisposable acquaintances, abbreviated sentencesnothing seems to matter when the world is in decline

a little bit of what I need, a lot of what i don’ti can’t resist temptation when it’s got me by the throatstatistical analysis, there’s only one way out of thisthe water’s getting deeper and i forgot to build a boat

darling put your hand in mine, forever be my valentineas long as we’re together we can keep ourselves afloat

be yourself be yourself you’re not like anybody elseyou’re a perfect individual a blessing and a miracle

be yourself be yourself don’t be afraid to ask for helpi’ll be there when you need me even if you cannot see me

don’t think you can’t when you know you can

sitting with my back against wall facing the sunwondering where i came from and where i’m going when i’m goneit’s time to call a favour in, we all end up where we beginanother battle’s over in a war that can’t be won

darling put your hand in mine, forever be my valentineit’s hard to leave a party when we’re having so much fun

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TROPHY WIFE

CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT ME?

HOME FOR TEA

BE YOURSELF

maria, billie and jack... my family. to anyone who has ever listened to my music and offered an opinion, advice, encouragement or interest. Especially to my friends who have contributed to these recordings.

all songs ©jim pearson 2011 facebook.com/jimpearsonmusic

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