A trader in furs living in exile
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Boy what a kook
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Look at that passport
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Stale bread and paper without privilege
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If you live here learn the language
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When the rain hit the roof
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With the sound of a finished kiss
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Like when a lip lifts from a lip
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I took the Wrong Road round
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A room in a lighthouse
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Near the park
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The ghosts in the next room hear you cough
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Time drags on Sundays spent in Mayfair
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With all your riches, why aren't you there?
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The wind acts like a magnet
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And pulls the leaf from the tree
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And the town's lost its breath
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I took the Wrong Road round
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Handsome is good, pretty is better
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What was that phrase
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Grace under pressure?
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Blind by the light bulb
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Blood to the bank
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Lost all yours letters when the ship sank
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In the disjointed breaking light
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The soft blue approach of the water
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Makes a sound you won't forget
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I took the Wrong Road round
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Stranded at low-tide where the river bends
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Wouldn't you know it, that's how life ends
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Lucky at cards, that's an old lie
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Lucky in love, that's how life ends
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Well the turncoats turned around
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When they heard the sound of the bell
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Dropped their coins into the well
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I took the Wrong Road round
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Started out Oliver, ended up Fagin
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Don't you worry, it's my problem
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What's my name, what's my number?
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I'm the lonely one
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It's just at the end of the day
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When the light makes its slow move away
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That I know all I can say is
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I took the Wrong Road round
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Gambled with risk
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Paid you back with risk
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So now you know who your friends are
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They'll steel your shadow when your back's turned
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Bouquets of flowers
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Lesson's over
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When the rain hit the roof
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With the sound of a finished kiss
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Like when a lip lifts from a lip
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I took the Wrong Road round
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The Wrong Road
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The Go-Betweens |