Prefab Sprout
The Devil Has All The Best Tunes
Walk On (1983)
Paddy McAloon - Guitar & Vocals
Martin McAloon - Bass
Wendy Smith -Vocals
Fiona Attwood -Vocals
Michael Salmon -Drums
The Devil Has All The Best TunesHeads or tails once I forget
I'm trying to master a new alphabet
Far too obliging to ever admit
I've never been keen on this 'here boy and sit'
I don't want that ghost coming back again
You will play fair
For when I say that this is double or quits
I double and stay
One fine day, there must be someone saying, I can say
With truth in my heart
No sub-clauses in the way, and now make a start.
The devil always has the finest tunes,
But of course it's always over much too soon.
Open yolk, there was a time I'd smile,
Like I want you then so I want you now
Guiding will perpetuate the mess, as I count (on my fingers)
That we add up, to so much less
Fee-fi-fee, fo-fi-fum
I see you have met my stumbling tounge
Just one more faux pas that I can commit
Learning the French for my eternal wit
I'm standing outside this narrative
What can I do, should I faint sleep
Or, just cloister my heart, and bury it deep.
One fine day, there must be someone saying, I can say
With truth in my heart
No sub-clauses in the way, and now make a start.
The devil always has the finest tunes,
But of course it's always over much too soon.
There must be someone saying, I can say
With truth in my heart
Paul McCartney's 'Yesterday,' and now make a start.
The devil always has the finest tunes,
But of course it's always over much too soon.
There must be someone saying, I can say
With truth in my heart
Paul McCartney's 'Yesterday,' and now make a start.
The devil always has the finest tunes,
But of course it's always over much too soon.
Walk OnShe happened to be walking
The same street as you.
You gaze but there's no touching
In case you soil the perfect view.
Your life has been so empty,
But there's no telling who you'll meet...
Walk on, stroll on
Walk on, stroll on
Amber lights emprint themselves
In your soul and in your brain.
That smokey blue transfusion
Will keep you warm beneath the rain
Your life has been so empty
But there's no telling who you'll meet...
One glimpse of heaven
And she's walking past your street.
Walk on, stroll on
Walk on, stroll on
Walk on, stroll on
Walk on, stroll on
Winter takes a while to pass
But soon it will be May,
Sun embraces colour
Then there's the sweet scent of the hay.
You know I need your warm blue eyes
To guide me through this night
And in the morning, you're as certain as the light.
No more excuses, nothing left to say...
Walk on, stroll on
Walk on, stroll on
Walk on, stroll on
Walk on, stroll on
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