Walk Away Renee Lyrics - Singles - Bragg Billy

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"Walk Away Renee" 

She said it was just a figment of speech 

And I said you mean 'figure' 

And she said no 'figment' because she could never imagine it happening 

But it did 

When we first met, I played the shy-boy 

When she spoke to me for the first time, my nose began to bleed 

She guessed the rest 

The next day we went on a bus ride to the ferry 

And when nobody came to collect our fares, why I knew then this was 

something special 

I couldn't stop thinking about her 

And everytime I switched on the radio, there was somebody else singing 

a song about the two of us 

It was just like being on a fast ride at Fun Fair- the sort you want to get off 

because it's scary and then, as soon as you're off again, you want to 

get straight ba 

ck on again 

But oh love is strange 

And you have to learn to take the crunchy with the smooth I suppose 

She began going out with Mr. Potato Head 

It was when I saw her in the car park with his coat around her shoulders 

I realized 

I went home and thought about the two of them together until the bath 

water went cold around me 

I thought about her eyes and the curve of her breasts and about the point 

where their bodies met 

I confronted her about it 

I said 'I'm the most illegible bachelor in town' 

And she said 'Yea, that's why I can never understand any of those silly 

letters you send me' 

And then one day it happened 

She cut her hair 

And I stopped loving her.