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Bristol Colston Hall April 1 1975
1 Intro
2 Tittle-Tattle
3 Cover Girl
4 Song For Hymn
5 Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend
6 My River
7 Horrible Breath
8 Brian Damage
9 Nothing To Do With Us
Hammersmith Odeon, London March 31st 1975
10 Song For Hymn
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Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend
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My River
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Horrible Breath
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Brian Damage
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Nothing To Do With Us
Now I find I'm feeling quite subdued
And if you think that's rude, I won't do it again
So tell me when and
I'll see what I can do to improve my ways again
I can't help it if I'm feeling bored,
Your conversation is to be abhorred,
Like nature's vacuum,
Like Uncle Isaac - it's something that you can't avoid
No one will know if I steal away,
Leave everyone to their social play,
Now I know that it doesn't pay to be au fait
With what is currently happening today
This tittle-tattle, this conversation's
No compensation for company,
They're quite irate
If you're not on time, better never than late you know
The heirs and graces of the social scene
They leave me cold, do you know what I mean?
I'll sit in my corner
And think about things like football and TV
No one will know if I steal away
Leave everyone to their social play,
Now I know that it doesn't pay to be au fait
With what is currently happening today
I think they call it savoir faire
Well, I just don't care
Treating me this way
I'm out of my depth, being swept away
And I really don't care what you've done today,
The same thing applies to any other day
to tell you the truth, I really don't know,
I don't know what to say
No one will know if I steal away
Leave everyone to their social play,
Now I know that it doesn't pay to be au fait
With what is currently happening today
You've seen the cover girl
She's looking kinda cutie
Initial reaction is oh, what a beauty in her way
She looks so brave
I've seen the cover girl for sale at the news stalls
I'm appalled at what I see,
T
hey're no good for you or you or me
No no no good
I find the cover girl so different from the other girls
Cover girl, you can take me anytime
I'll do anything for that vacant smile,
And it's done, and it's done and it's oh no, no, no
I have admired you now for
Quite sometime alone in the privacy of my own home (my residence)
Alone (my home)
I am going to write a letter
To you to make me feel better
Cover girl, you can take me anytime
I'll do anything for that vacant smile,
And it's done, and it's done and it's oh no, no, no
I really would throw my wife away
It seems that you're my lifelong dream
Although you find it hard to see, that's real superiority
Though all those other men,
They covet you and view your charms,
I am sure that it's me that you want
In your arms tonight
I'm right for you
But now it's gone on for far too long
My conscience tells me that it's
Really quite wrong to act this way
Too bad - so sad
I find the cover girl so different from the other girls
Cover girl, you can take me anytime
I'll do anything for that vacant smile
You're really getting to this heart of mine
We're gonna be together now for quite a while
I think your greatest asset is your vacant smile
You look as sweet as sugar, almost Tate & Lyle
Pay homage at your front door, to you all heil
I'm sure that all my friends would like you, everyone
A mistress of disguise, but you're deceiving none
I'd like to sing just a few lines for you
(that's if you've got nothing better to do)
As you can hear, it won't take very long
Now we have come to the end of our song
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
The postman comes with another letter
I see the trap's not quite so tender
Now why did I say what I said on that day
For you to send me these peculiar things?
Go away
How do I escape from this problem?
(I think it could be quite a tough one)
You ought to have known
That my words were not my own
A
nd now I am paying for my sin
Diamonds are strange - it seems
They can teach man to curb his dreams
They overcome your troubles in the end
You don't need intelligence,
You don't need very much sense
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
I said that I'd give you a ring sometime,
You thought the wrong thing, got a crossed line
The tears in my eyes prevent me telling lies
I've got to have that ring back and in time
(it's not mine)
At that party there was music
Plenty of wine (I felt quite boozic)
And the means to my end
Was the ring of my friend
He told me to be careful not to lose it
Diamonds are strange it seems
They can teach man to curb his dreams
They overcome your troubles in the end
You don't need intelligence,
You don't need very much sense
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
The tears in my eyes
Prevent me telling lies
I've got to have that ring back and in time
I hope you understand my anguish
Because my friend you see is Irish
I need it for the marriage
(I'll pay postage and carriage)
I've got to have that ring back and in time
Diamonds are strange - it seems
They can teach man to curb his dreams
They overcome your troubles in the end
You don't need intelligence,
You don't need very much sense
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
The water moves on so transient
like many people
I have known I have some in mind that will always be my own
Are they the same as they to me?
But will their love just grow?
The answer is, as always is, that I just don't know (never a truer word was spoke)
I wonder as I sit among such warmth
Will they remember as I know I shall?
The reflections of things we've done
When I return, things could be different
Our love will grow,
My river just flow and flow
As water and stones below
Yes, our love must grow
By the way: stuck for a rhyme? Try these: Bee. Tree. Flea. Tea. Cree (It's a kind of Indian).
And if you find that your river just flow and flow, call toll-free to 0800-MYRIVERJUST FLOWANDFLOWPLEASEHELP for immediate assistance from the Water Bored.
I like your money and I like your car
And if he thinks like you, even like your papa
Your skinny little legs don't bother me so
But you scare me to death with your horrible breath
You're gonna scare me to death with your horrible breath
You're gonna scare me to death with your horrible breath
I like your money and I like your show
And your big fat legs gonna make me say no
The other things you got gonna make love grow
And you scare me to death with your horrible breath
You're gonna scare me to death with your horrible breath
You're gonna scare me to death with your horrible breath
I like your money and I like your car
And if he thinks like you, even like your papa
Your skinny little legs don't bother me so
And you scare me to death with your horrible breath
You're gonna scare me to death with your horrible breath
You're gonna scare me to death with your horrible breath
Do what you want to
You cannot reach me out here
I'm far away, pleased to stay
You say you want me
But I'm afraid that I can't stay
Go to go, get away!
All my life they said to me
"Be a man and you will see what
You can do - a name like yours
Surely could not be ignored!
Of that I'm sure!'
You say I'm weak-kneed,
But I'm what you need,
You've had your chance to advance
Think of the prospect
Years with no faithful subject
Wait - it's too late, getting later
All my life they said to me
All my life it's been the same
Now at last this is the making of BRIAN DAMAGE!
Now I know it looks quite plain
Though I cannot refrain from giving you the benefit
So suppose we let it ride
It comes as no surprise
To find that you're no suffragette
They're nothing to do with us my dear
No, nothing to do with us
If they say hello, it's only for show
They're nothing to do with us
You know, I was working late
You worried and lost weight
(I didn't realise the time)
Then, just as l left
l saw some people at the door
I thought that they were friends of mine
They're nothing to do with us
So, all at once, we vanished for a drink (I think)
All know is it went on for quite a while
It did seem to be some manner of a one night stand
(and I know that we raised more than a smile)
They're nothing to do with us my dear
No, nothing to do with us
If they say hello, it's only for show
They're nothing to do with us
It's only for show, it's only for show (ad nauseam)
They're nothing to do with us my dear
No, nothing to do with us
If they say hello, it's only for show
They're nothing to do with us
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