There's a young girl with her old man who's too sick to mention
D D7 G DShe'll be turning twenty seven as she draws her widow's pension
D D7 G DBut he couldn't catch a common cold he couldn't get arrested
Too terrified to answer back
G D7Too tired to have resisted
G CMany hands make light work
Shorthand makes life easy
CWhen he's out on night work
GMake sure no one sees me
It all ends up in a slanging match with body talk and bruises
A7A change is better than a rest
Silly beggars can't be choosers
CHORUS
One of a thousand pities you can't categorize
G A BmThere are ten commandments of love
G DWhen will you realise
There are ten commandments of love
A G Em Em7I believe, I trust, I promise, I wish love's just a throwaway kiss
DIn this Pidgin English
If you're so wise use your lips and your eyes
CTake it to the bridge she sighs
D D7 G D
You go cheep cheep cheep between bulls-eyes and bluster
D D7Stiff as your poker face
Keener than mustard
D D7 G DFrom your own back yard to the land of exotica
D D7 G D7From the truth society to neurotic erotica
Silence is golden
GMoney talks diamonds and ermine
G CThere's a word in Spanish
Italian and German
DIn sign language, morse code, semaphore and gibberish
A7Have you forgotten how to say it
In your Pidgin English?
D
PS I love you
(and so on . . . )
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