The Next Verse Lyrics - Beautiful South

There was a pool table there at the wedding 

That most of the men stood and played 

Whilst the women danced in their melancholy 

Till the last record started to fade 

And as D.J. turned the lights up 

And packed his records away 

He noticed a lonely figure still there 

So quietly turned to say 

Tears you thought lasted a lifetime 

Won't last too much more than a day 

And you'll prove that you still have your strength left 

When you wipe those tears well away, well away 

Roses in garden bring joy to the bleak 

Lilies save wretched from worse 

Music lifts up those too weary to speak 

So, sister you sing the next verse 

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The path in life that you have taken 

I can figure out just from your frown 

Either it's down the up escalator 

Or maybe sometimes up the down 

And you may not feel that you have travelled 

But sure as hell been across town 

And certainly if story unravelled 

You've lost more than you ever found 

One thing's for certain I've travelled 

And a not too dissimilar route 

Those ups and downs and rounds after rounds 

You're wearing them just like a suit, like a suit 

So if roses bring joy to the bleak 

Lilies save wretched from worse 

Music lifts up those too weary to speak 

Then D.J. I'll take the next verse 

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So sister judge strength not by muscle 

Or weight that your body can lift 

But by heavyweight heart that you carry 

That no other young woman could shift 

Hey Mr D.J. a special request 

Play that last record for me 

And make it as long and as painfully sad 

As any slow ballad could be