As Mr Johnny Sex Pistol might have noted, this is not a love song. It is, however, the newest on the record - so green and leafy, in fact, that I really don't know whether it's actually any good at all. The F/G 'not-verse' bit was lifted more-or-less directly from a bit of the Spanish Amanda's 'Lost London' - there are a couple more minutes of it, with some lovely Jo Darling melodica over them, as a separate reprise on the CD version... if you're inclined in that direction.
What are you hiding from me, Nora?
Is that a personality disorder?
Because though nothing’s diagnosed
Check out the hair; just dig the clothes
And yours must be the shrillest voice
I think I’ve ever heard
Audible beyond the grave
Or halfway round the world
Is that a film you’re shooting, Nora?
Don’t point that Arriflex at me, I do implore you
In your house, you’re actor and director
But it would be our house as well if we just let you
And we know how your movie ends
Although you’ve just begun
It’s a desolate dystopia of
Needles, pills and tommy guns
Is that another baby, Nora?
I guess you hope that this one will adore you
A miniature facsimile of you
A scared, bewildered Nora Mk 2
And while it’s sad they take away
The babies that go wrong
I guess there’ll be another
On the way before too long
'Riot' has OFFICIALLY left the building. Thanks, Darrin.
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