Opposite View Lyrics - Waking Hours - Del Amitri

We could be away from here 

By ten o'clock tonight 

Pennies won't get us to heaven, I know 

But a borrowed car just might 

Look through my wallet 

There's enough for a hotel room 

But no, no, no, you say 

"I wanna stay in and get wet with you" 

Why do you take the opposite view? 

We could be different people tonight 

Who do you want to choose? 

I'll book a table in a suit and tie 

And you can wear your sister's shoes 

Look through my wallet 

Which cities shall we travel through? 

But no, no, no you say "You just got paid 

Money's not for wasting it's for holding onto" 

Why do you take the opposite view? 

Is it something in your nature 

That makes it hard to say, "Baby, I do" 

You don't have to agree 

When someone says they love you 

But you don't have to take the opposite view 

We can walk on the roofs tonight 

And watch the midnight traffic flow 

Unscrew the light bulbs, babe 

And we'll throw them from the 14th floor 

I say we're yellow 

If we don't do something new 

But you just laugh and start filling up my glass 

As if it's not true 

Why do you take the opposite view? 

Every precious second 

There's a chance to change 

The present tense is perfect, baby 

Let's rearrange it