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N e w M i s t a k e

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Intro

Verse 1

Curtain opens, spotlights the gentleman

Signing his love letter, "Best wishes, Simpleton"

Dialog swam from his pen like pollywogs

Verse 2

He knew better, that perfume was gravity

Pulling him closer to what could be tragedy

Love is blind, deaf and dumb, but never mind

Chorus 1

You better catch me when I fall

[ - - ]

I'm on my roller skates

'Cause any old way that I fall

I land in your arms even though it's wrong

'Cause I love my new mistake

Verse 3

Intermission gave way to a miracle

The birth of an accident grew to a spectacle

That couldn't wait, her mother was three weeks late

Verse 4

So Father Mason, clutching his crucifix

Baptised the baby in whiskey and liquorice

What a lovely way, drowning sins in tooth decay

Chorus 2

Looks like our hero's gonna fall

[ - - ]

The boughs are bound to break

'Cause any old way that I fall

I land in your arms as we lie awake

With our lovely new mistake

INSTRUMENTAL [verse key change]: (x2)

Chorus 3

You better catch me when I fall

[ - - ]

My sugar trampoline

'Cause any old way that I fall

I land in your arms even though it's wrong

'Cause I love my new mistake

Bridge

The ending turned tragic when many years later

The baby had grown up and married a pop singer

I think it was her turn to make her first mistake

Interlude

(x2)

OUTRO [Repeat to fade]:

Any old time at all

Any old way that I fall