Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

The house caught on fire in the winter

the bosses lay slain

and each of the workers decided

to ten-fold their pay

and they saw in the mirror

the sun had been shot down in flames

and nobody minded the hole in the sky or the rain

Refrain

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but it doesnt really matter

when the judgements are said

'cos we all take our chances

to find our romances in some others bed

and you might burn your fingers

hook your best friends rings for those

who'd have you standing naked

then publicly auction the use of a hose

Verse 2

all the children where laughing

their faces in half at the pain

of the girl who loved talking to walls

and jumping at trains

and the words that ring true

in the playground of fools will remain

and nobody minded the hole in the sky or the rain

Refrain 2

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but it doesnt really matter

when the rights have been read

'cos we all take our chances to glance

at the wife in the opposite bed

and I bet Nero and Pilate could easily explain

how policemen and pirates get stoned in glass houses