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The Neutral Countries (original version)

from Acting Thick for Money (volume 2) by The Wind-up Birds

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On the top deck of the bus out of Beeston
Eyes drawn to the window smeared in something
Turns out its a pack-up left on the bus by
Some guy with sad eyes
Some school-kids had found it

Here we are the neutral countries
We’re born, we’re compromised and then we
Find somewhere to hide ‘til its all washed over us
Here we are, neutral countries
We are compromised and then we
Find somewhere to hide ‘til it washes over us

He is distracted (hence the lost pack-up)
Sat in the toilet at his workplace
Avoiding his duties
Left in the dark
‘Cause the light in the toilet is on some kind of timer

Here we are the neutral countries
We’re born, we’re compromised and then we
Find somewhere to hide ‘til its all washed over us
Here we are, neutral countries
We are compromised and then we
Find somewhere to hide ‘til it washes over us

We we’re never young
We saw the coat tails and grabbed on
We we’re never fun
We were empiricists to a man
We we’re never young
We saw the coat tails and grabbed on

Now he’s in the canteen replacing his pack-up
He might get a pasty or maybe a fry up
And though he chooses a seat with his back to the rest
They still involve him in the same conversations

Here we are the neutral countries
We’re born, we’re compromised and then we
Find somewhere to hide ‘til its all washed over us
Here we are, neutral countries
We are compromised and then we
Find somewhere to hide ‘til it washes over us

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from Acting Thick for Money (volume 2), released January 25, 2013

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