My New Haunt
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Gives me everything I want
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My New Haunt
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Gives me everything I want
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And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
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If she turns out to be crazy in time
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Bring me black strap molasses
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Light me a burning witch
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Bring me my bristle brushes
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Bring me my tar and pitch
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Bring me my feather pillow
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And I'll unpick the stitch
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We've lived too well
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Too long
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So long
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So strong
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My New Haunt
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Brings me everything I want
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And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
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If she turns out to be faithless in time
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My New Haunt
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Sometimes disappears
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Then comes back in the night
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And whispers in my ears
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Saying "Don't you know you little fool
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You've nothing to fear
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I'll tell you everything you want to know
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Everything you want to hear"
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And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
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Raise up that flaming torch
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Watch as the ships approach
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An invitation on her lips
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The homeless, tempest-tossed, she grips
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Make her beautiful
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Make her dutiful and rich
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Sing me a love song
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So long
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So strong
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My New Haunt
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Has just been repossessed
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And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
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if I have to guess my next address
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I'm out on the horizon
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Just as the sun was rising
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First rays bestow a kiss
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So you would never guess
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I'm sailing off a precipice
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Dragons and gold down in the hold
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Burning leaves and spices choking back the stench of piss
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My New Haunt
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Requires a coat of paint
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And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
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If the walls are peeling and the ceiling is revealing the stars out there reeling
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My New Haunt
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Sometimes disappears
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Comes back in the night
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And whispers in my ears
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Saying "Don't you know you little fool
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You've nothing to fear
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I'll tell you everything you want to know
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Everything you want to hear"
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And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
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At the end of the working day
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He's tired of kneeling, and praying
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"As I lay down to die"
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I can't remember why
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Up on the silent screen
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A cowboy ropes a trick
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And in the second feature
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Some lovely creature saved by a yankee dick
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Make her beautiful
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Make her dutiful and rich
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Sing me a love song
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So long
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So strong
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My New Haunt
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The shiver of a chill
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And I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind
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Start making babies
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Beat out those bayonets
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Stop making bullets
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Reverse the planets
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Pick all my pockets
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Cut off those bracelets
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Have you no remorse?
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Peel off your corsets
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Of course
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My New Haunt
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Elvis Costello |