It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career Lyrics - The Boy With The Arab Strap - Belle And Sebastian

He had a stroke at the age of 24 

It could have been a brilliant career 

Painting lines in a school that was too well known 

Painting lines with a friend that had gone before 

She challenged everyone to a fight 

But the people all backed down 

And they ran her out of town 

'Cause she drank and swore and spoke 

Out of turn, she was the village joke 

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She had a stroke at the age of 24 

It could have been a brilliant career 

Getting clients to finance her strategies 

She's filling time in on safe ways on Saturday 

She wears the clothes of an emperor 

But her paintings are a shame 

And theyre going for a grand 

When the dealers come to view 

Do they ever see the real you? 

He had a stroke at the age of 24 

It could have been a brilliant career 

Selling lies to the boys with the old dansettes 

Pulling the wool, playing the fool, its no wonder that 

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He is dribbling spit tonight and the one he sent away 

Was the only one who stayed 

With a spoon and a decent book 

And you can tell by the way she looks 

She is sorry and resigned 

As he wets himself for the final time