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A Dirty Point Of View

from 20th Century Refugee by Gareth M Balch

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A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW

SO I CAME UP SKUNKING PHEROMONES WONDERING WHAT TO SAY
NOW SHOULD I BE POLITE OR MORE UPFRONT
THOUGH SURVIVING INTRODUCTIONS WHERE WE PUT OUR GUNS AWAY
STILL I STRUGGLED FOR A RHYME THAT WEREN’T SO BLUNT

WHEN I LOOKED AT YOU YOU LOOKED AWAY LIKE THERE’S SOMETHING UPON MY HEAD
AND YET ALL THE WHILE WE WERE DRIBBLING ON THAT TUNE
COULD IT BE THAT I WAS THINKING OF SUCKING TONGUES INSTEAD
TAKE AN EARLY NIGHT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON

YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW

SO WE RUMMAGED ON THAT FLOOR LIKE A GUITAR WITH A THOUSAND STRINGS
HOT RIPPING THROUGH THE SPLINTERS WITH OUR NAILS
HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF A SAXOPHONE YOU THEN ASKED ME WITH A GRIN
AND THAT’S WHEN I FELT MY SOUL HAD BEEN IMPALED

SHOULD I NOT HAVE BEEN CONCERNED AT THIS MAYBE COWERED BEHIND A SMILE
OR KID YOU BABE I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND YOUR JOKE
OR THAT I COULD SEE IT COMING THERE REGARDLESS OF THE MILES
FOR I WROTE IT DOWN BEFORE YOU EVEN SPOKE

YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW

NOW I WASN’T SURE QUITE WHO YOU WERE SO I TRIFLED THROUGH YOUR BOX
REALLY DESPERATE FOR A PASSPORT OR A SIGN
SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE THEN WHEN I FOUND THE FUTURE LOCKED
AND HISTORY JUST ANOTHER NEUTERED CRIME

NOW I DISCOVERED YOU IN MAGAZINE CALLED PLEASURES FROM THE ZOO
WITH A BOUQUET OF YOUR GLOSSY CENTRE SPREAD
SO CAREFULLY I EASED YOU OUT WHERE THE STAPLES CUT IT THROUGH
I KISSED YOU THERE BUT YOU WANTED PAIN INSTEAD

YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW

NOW WAS I JUST A MAGGOT ON A HOOK UPON A LINE
AND THE LINE THAT I GOT HOOKED UPON WAS YOURS
AN’ SO MAYBE I FELT DIRTY WHEN YOU PUT YOURS NEXT TO MINE
AND THEN EVEN MORE WHEN YOU SAID WELL ITS JUST BECAUSE

ALL THE BARTER AND SEDUCTION YOU HAD SPENT UPON YOUR SKINS
HAD ME CRAWLING LIKE A PAUPER BY COMPARE
SO WE TALKED OF BROKEN HEARTED AND THATS WHY THE RUBBER STINGS
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU QUESTIONED WHY I WAS THERE

YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW

NOW I REALLY FELT QUITE FOOLISH JUST DANCING IN MY SOCKS
A NAKED MAN FULLY CLOTHED AND BLIND
CONFUSED BY OPPORTUNITY UNAWARE THAT WHEN SHE KNOCKS
THE ONLY MUSIC HEARD WAS IN MY MIND

FOR YOU SPUN ME SO SUBLIMELY WHEN YOU STARTED TO UNLOAD
KEPT REMINDING ME THEN OF DYNAMITE IN MIME
AND SO I HUNG THEM ON MY WALL BOTH THE PRINCESS AND THE TOAD
SO’S TO PACIFY LOVE BITCHING THROUGH MY MIND

YEA ITS ALL SADLY OH SO TRUE
THE PAINTING UPON THE WALL HAS COME UNGLUED
AND IN THE DISTANCE I KNOW YOU CAN SEE IT TOO
YOU AND ME AND A DIRTY POINT OF VIEW

© G M BALCH 2007

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from 20th Century Refugee, released May 31, 2019

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