Now and then it's not the same
It's serious this new game
Should have been an old flame
A sacrifice, who's to blame?
Sound advice, a re-name
Never mind, glad you came
There's no denying a loss of simplicity
No sympathising, unwelcome publicity
I'll be your paperboy, you'll tear me up for sure
I'll put the pieces through your shiny new front door
You'll never notice, and I wouldn't want you to
A preoccupation that might be forgiven you
There has to be another way
A new crime that does pay
We'll fight another day
A free for all, a give-away
A "trust me and what I say"
I never told you my real gift lies
Possessing a talent to idealise
I'll be your paperboy, you'll tear me up for sure
I'll put the pieces through your shiny new front door
You'll never notice, and I wouldn't want you to
A preoccupation that might be forgiven you
I'll be your paperboy, you'll tear me up for sure
I'll put the pieces through your shiny new front door
You'll never notice, and I wouldn't want you to
A preoccupation that might be forgiven you
I'll be your paperboy, you'll tear me up for sure
I'll put the pieces through your shiny new front door
You'll never pick me up, you wouldn't possibly
I'll sell you Sellotape for cheap reassembly
I'll be your paperboy
I'll be your paperboy
credits
from The Believers,
released September 29, 2017
Vocal, acoustic guitar - Dean Frederick
Electric guitar - Richard Woods
Bass - Kevin Goldsborough
Drums - Paul Cavaciuti
Harpsichord - Guy Sigsworth
Violin - Sovra Wilson-Dickson
French Horn - Juliana Winterton
Arranged by Dean Whitbread
Produced by John Wadlow
Recorded at Beethoven Street Studios, Kensal Rise, London, 1991.
The Believers' eponymous first album re-released September 2017, thirty years after the band was founded by Dean Frederick, Kevin Goldsborough and Richard Woods.
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