Alone-The Beautiful South

[00:00.00]Alone (Heaton/Rotheray) [00:00.50] [00:00.52]Like the contents of your handbag [00:03.21]You don't know why it's there [00:05.44]People ask you where you're heading [00:07.81]You just answer "anywhere" [00:10.04] [00:10.14]We don't mean to be this vague [00:12.71]It just happens that we are [00:14.84]No-one asked us to elaborate [00:17.15]We just shrug our shoulders and be [00:20.40] [00:23.84]And like the stories that just happened [00:26.34]No-one thought of, no-one planned [00:28.90]We could have ruled, we could have conquered [00:31.33]Then we could have been a man [00:33.24] [00:33.30]We could be ex-husband [00:35.78]We could be ex-wife [00:38.02]But no-one looks at the menu in a greasy spoon life [00:42.61] [00:42.79]Alone, alone [00:48.14]Half an hour is seven hours [00:50.28]One day is several months [00:52.27]Alone, alone [00:57.15]A month is a calendar [00:59.63]A year can be a decade spent [01:02.15]Alone [01:04.52] [01:06.43]He knows "hello" in eighteen languages [01:08.96]"I love you" in only one [01:11.21]By the time he's got his phrase-book [01:13.46]The chance is usually gone [01:15.86] [01:15.89]And we feel ourselves quite prepared [01:18.30]But quite prepared for what [01:20.71]We always took the lead [01:22.59]Before we actually knew the plot [01:25.04] [01:29.52]And you can tell where we've been shopping [01:32.46]By the bags beneath our eyes [01:34.77]Make-up shoulders burden [01:37.11]But the smile never lies [01:39.08] [01:39.14]We could be ex-husband [01:41.59]We could be ex-wife [01:43.80]But no-one looks at the menu in a greasy spoon life [01:48.53] [01:48.55]Alone, alone [01:53.78]Half an hour is seven hours [01:56.03]One day is several months [01:57.90]Alone, alone [02:03.09]A month is a calendar [02:05.34]A year can be a decade spent [02:07.90]Alone [02:10.28] [02:12.43]So empty at the airport [02:14.84]You don't set off the doors [02:17.15]We used to feel like chorus girls [02:19.44]And now we feel like whores [02:21.79] [02:21.80]Hearts built like reservoirs [02:24.21]Words built like dams [02:26.59]Thoughts built like juggernauts [02:29.00]Our actions built like prams [02:31.89] [02:35.19]And when the wind blows into our face [02:38.18]We should be warmer and not colder [02:40.65]Well, what price the charges [02:42.65]On this cargo that we shoulder [02:45.02] [02:45.08]We could be ex-husband [02:47.46]We could be ex-wife [02:49.59]But no-one looks at the menu in a greasy spoon life [02:54.40] [02:54.43]Alone, alone [02:59.65]Half an hour is seven hours [03:01.90]One day is several months [03:03.82]Alone, alone [03:08.90]A month is a calendar [03:11.21]A year can be a decade spent [03:13.83]Alone [03:16.15] [03:18.11]And we only smoke when bored [03:20.63]So we do two packs a day [03:23.18]And we've lost the difference [03:25.78]Between bored and lonely anyway [03:31.65] [03:51.73]Alone, alone [04:01.20]Alone, alone [04:10.63]Alone, alone [04:19.91]Alone, alone [04:29.45]Alone, alone [04:38.82]Alone, alone [04:48.20]Alone, alone [04:56.19]