Cheap Chipped Black Nails Lyrics - Deepcut To Nowhere - Graham Parker

Now that you're back in town 

You look around at everything 

Well, it could be anywhere on earth 

Tryin' to count your change 

Inside the Asian store 

But you can't figure what it's worth 

And she stands there like a specter 

On the corner of the street 

And you know you can't expect her 

To be subtle or discreet, no, no, no and 

Her cheap chipped black nails 

Scratch the surface off a future 

That just left you in the past 

Her cheap chipped black nails 

Pick the threads out of a suture 

That was holdin' your life fast 

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Her cheap chipped black nails 

Her cheap chipped black nails 

She's got the bulldog tamed 

Docile and subservient 

And now it doesn't make a fuss 

She runs with these sparky kids 

Who talk into their mobile phones 

Well, there must be so much to discuss 

And you remember where you came from 

But you don't know where it's gone 

And you cannot find a name on 

The street where you came from, no, no, no and 

Her cheap chipped black nails 

Show a wanton skill on the game tables 

The pinball and the pool 

Her cheap chipped black nails 

Scratch the surface off an England 

That has made her hard and cruel 

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Her cheap chipped black nails 

And you remember where you came from 

But you don't recognize, don't recognize it now 

And you can't expect her mercy 

Well, that much she won't allow, no, no, no and 

Her cheap chipped black nails 

Scratch the surface off a future 

That just left you, left you in the past 

Her cheap chipped black nails 

Pick the threads out of a suture 

That was holdin' your life fast 

Her cheap chipped black nails 

Her cheap chipped black nails