Miss Patsy Lyrics - Front Parlour Ballads - Richard Thompson

My dearest Miss Patsy, I'm writing to say 

That I'm sorry to not be in touch 

It's been quite a parade, but my thoughts never strayed 

Too far, or too long, or too much 

Miss Patsy, forgive all the choices I made 

I've been fighting shadows on the wrong crusade 

Looking for ghosts in a penny arcade 

Miss Patsy, no more will I roam 

Miss Patsy, won't you carry me home 

They held me to ransom back there in the foothills 

And nobody stumped up a bean 

Not Swifty, nor Eddie, came up with the ready 

It can make you think people plain mean 

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Miss Patsy, forgive all the choices I made 

I've been fighting shadows on the wrong crusade 

Looking for ghosts in a penny arcade 

Miss Patsy, no more will I roam 

Miss Patsy, won't you carry me home 

I've been hanging out with some virtuous people 

They emptied my bank account twice 

The gave me self-confidence, even some clothes 

And a truckload of love and advice 

When they gave out the cyanide pills with a wink 

And said, Wait for the word, any day now, we think 

I knew it was time to pull back from the brink 

Miss Patsy, no more will I roam 

Miss Patsy, won't you carry me home 

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Miss Patsy, I looked at myself in the mirror 

Decided I needed some work 

Got me a nose job, a shave and a haircut 

To drive all them ladies berserk 

But the arm round my waist was a man in dark blue 

He said, Ain't you him? We've been looking for you 

Now I'm sharing a cell with a holy kung fu 

Miss Patsy, no more will I roam 

Miss Patsy, won't you carry me home