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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 11:06:17 -0700
From: misterme@netcom.com (Sir Not Appearing in this Film)
Subject: Beautiful South - 'Should've Kept My Eyes Shut'

Should've Kept My Eyes Shut
by Paul Heaton and David Rotheray

D Bm D Bm

                    D (xx0232@1)       BmI (x24432@1)should've kept my eyes shut
                    D (xx0232@1)  BmBut (x24432@1)I had to go and peep
             D (xx0232@1)        BmBut (x24432@1)when you saw what I saw
           Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)          Bm (x24432@1)AWell, (x02220@1)it's hard just to roll back to sleep

I would've kept me eyes shut
But I thought I heard you scream
And I've a penchant for violence
You don't seem to find in a dream

    G (320003@1)            DThe (xx0232@1)scene a little clearer
   G (320003@1)           DMy (xx0232@1)father with a rope
    G (320003@1)          DAnd (xx0232@1)in the cage, centre-stage
     Bm (x24432@1)                     AIt's (x02220@1)mother who's destined to choke

        Em (022000@1)         AAnd (x02220@1)she choke and we choke
       D (xx0232@1)                         GOn (320003@1)the words that we wish we'd not spoke
Em (022000@1)                       AJust (x02220@1)when you felt you had someone to trust
D (xx0232@1)                     Db (x43121@1)       G (320003@1)   AUp (x02220@1)comes the man with a dagger and cloak

I should've read the novels
Believed every word
But the stories they wrote
Were so different to ones that I'd heard

I should've kept my eyes shut
My mouth should've closed
But the mixture of vomit and blood
Just crept up through my nose

It became a little clearer
As soon as I awoke
My father stands with rope in hand
A screaming mother kneels in hope

And she hope and we hope
That the words that she said won't provoke
A smile is removed and a petal is crushed
What once was a laugh has turned into a joke

You should've kept your mouth shut

Lyrics (C) 1990 Go! Discs Music Ltd., used without permission.
Please send any corrections to Dylan Salisbury