Left To My Own Devices

(tennant/lowe)
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(uuu.....us)

I get out of bed at half past ten
Phone up a friend, who's a party animal
Turn on the news and drink some tea
Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping

One day i'll read, or learn to drive a car
If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
But i don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street
I can pick up the best from the party animal

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would

Pick up a brochure about the sun
Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
I was always told that you should join a club
Stick with the gang, if you want to belong

I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
In a world of my own at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street
For in a secret life i was a round head general

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would
Oh, i would

I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
Would i write a book? or should i take to the stage?
But in the back of my head i heard distant feet
Che guevara and debussy to a disco beat

It's not a crime when you look the way you do
The way i like to picture you
When i get home, it's late at night
I pour a drink and watch the fight

Turn off the tv, look at a book
Pick up the phone, fix some food
Maybe i'll sit up all night and day
Waiting for the minute i hear you say

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Come on, baby, say goodbye
I could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would

Out of bed, at half past ten
The party animal phones a friend
Picks up news about the sun
And the working day has just begun

Sticks with the gang - at the back of the street
Pass the test - and you don't compete

Drive the car, if you're with me
Che guevara's drinking tea
He reads about a new device
And takes to the stage in a secret life

(uuu.....us)

Left to my own devices, i probably would
If i was left to my own devices, i possibly would

(uuu.....us)

If i was left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would

I could leave you, say goodbye
Or i could love you, if i try
And i could
And left to my own devices, i probably would
Left to my own devices, i probably would
Come on, baby
Left to my own devices, i probably would