Return Of Maggie Brown Lyrics - The B-sides: Lousy With Love - Del Amitri

She stepped off the bus with a burst suitcase and a frown 

And she could smell the breweries and abattoirs on the edge of town 

And the man who owes her money won't even lend her an ear 

When she phones to demand his answer's vague; 

He says, "I'll get back to you but right now I've got to catch the plague." 

Down in a bargain basement she goes to shuffle through careers 

When all they offer her is friendship and peace souveniers 

And the receptionist was playing with a pencil at her lip 

She asked her if she knew a place to sleep 

She says, "I'll get back to you but now I've got appointments to keep." 

There was a shop called B.J.'s that she stepped into to get out of the gale 

They sold only British manufactured, lifetime guaranteed to fail 

And a store detective asked her what she had under her coat 

"It's just a little something that I wrote; 

It says, 'I'll get back to you unless first your girlfriend slits your throat.'" 

And by the time the sun set she was penniless and frozen to the core 

The Salvation Army girls refused her on the grounds they didn't know her 

So she asked them, well, for advice, but it turned out to be 

A Sunday sport reporter who was following his nose 

He said, "I'll get back to you but first we need a picture without clothes."