Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

Sundial In The Shade
As she sat down, put up her feet And she turned the telly on She clearly wanted some revenge For how badly day had gone And nothing could be better No end of day complete Than watching fellow woman Getting beat So she smiled a knowing smile As gradually, the plot Took the damsel down For everything she'd got And nothing made her heart leap like Another falling flat That she was not the only one Who married into that What I want from life Is not a rollercoaster dip What I want from love Is not a ramp up to a skip All I want is compliment Occasionally made Letras de cancionesFor a life of pure simplicity Unlike these soaps I'd trade Till then, I am just That sundial in the shade... See, mama went to prison And left her feeling blue Now, twenty good years later She's in that prison too A prison where the governor's In the armchair of despair A prison where the only thought Is a wish she wasn't there So she smiled a knowing smile As gradually, each soap Took away her dignity And offered her the rope So, with coat over pajamas She headed into the night Television never made no friends But solitude just might What I want from life Is not a rollercoaster dip What I want from love Is not a ramp up to a skip All I want is compliment Occasionally made For a life of pure simplicity Unlike these soaps I'd trade Till then, I am just That sundial in the shade... In the shade Sundial in the shade ... When the groom is just too matey With the father of the bride And the punch on shoulder's just too hard For the bridesmaids to decide Like the mints that fence the lager breath There's so much he could hide Is it plastic bag or jellyfish That's floating by your side? What I want from life (what I want from life) Is not a rollercoaster dip What I want from love (what I want from love) Is not a ramp up to a skip All I want is compliment Occasionally made For a life of pure simplicity Unlike these soaps I'd trade Till then, I am just (till then, I am just) That sundial (in the shade) Till then, I am just (in the shade) That sundial in the shade... In the shade... Sundial... All I want from life... All I want from love... From Letras Mania