Innocence Lyrics - Singles - Maccoll Kirsty

(Kirsty MacColl/Pete Glenister) 

It wouldn't take a long time 

To explain what lies between us 

And it wouldn't take a genius 

To work out what the scene is 

It might just take a pilot 

To give you a natural high 

But you're sending off those bottletops 

For your 'free piece of mind!' 

And are you just waving or drowning? 

It's so hard to tell when you're so far away 

Oh innocence has passed you by 

A long long time ago 

I was the fly upon your wall 

And I saw what you know 

Your pornographic priestess left you for another guy 

You frighten little children and you always wonder why 

Always wonder why 

The mercury is rising 

And it's not all that surprising 

In the land of milk and honey 

Where you make 'Big Money' 

And it always keeps the rain off 

And it always keeps you dry 

But back home the people hate you 

And you never did know why 

But I think I'm going to tell you 

Just give me fifty thousand lire for my thoughts 

Oh innocence has passed you by 

A long long time ago 

I was the fly upon your wall 

And I saw what you know 

The supermarket checkout girl 

Once smacked you in the eye 

When you eat no one else does 

But you always wonder why 

Always wonder why 

It would take a gunshot 

Just to clear your head awhile 

And after all this time 

How can you stand there 

Look at me and smile? 

Now are you just waving or drowning? 

It's so hard to tell when you're so far away 

Oh innocence has passed you by 

A long long time ago 

I was the fly upon your wall 

And I saw what you know 

Degeneration suits you, now I'm going home to cry 

You won't be seeing me again 

But you'll always wonder why 

Always wonder why