On The Line Again [close To The Bone] Lyrics - Tom Tom Club

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Living close to the bone, close to the bone 

Living close to the bone, close to the bone 

Dark sneak love action on a Friday night 

We're going to put on the dog, we're going to do it up right 

Better put me in a cage, I'm feeling good and full of fight 

You better take my picture quick, I'm going to jump out of sight 

Why that's a cool million, wow, taking in the view 

Life is but a dream, not about what you do 

With your blow and your juice and now you're drinking alone 

If you don't know it I can tell you 

When you're close to the bone 

You're on the line again 

Now I can place your face 

Brain food down the drain, I recognise the place 

You're on the line again 

You're far away from home 

You're wearing the signs that say you're close to the bone 

Living close to the bone, close to the bone 

You try to gain a toe-hold, you dig in your heels 

Make believe you never worry how to pay for your meals 

Edges are eroding, there's a cancer in my head 

My magnetism's fading, can't get out of the red 

I see you sitting there in your electric blue suit 

Shady money men no longer think you are cute 

You pass the kids in the park and look how they've grown 

Feel your face in the dark, feel it close to the bone 

You're on the line again, and its not nice to hurt 

Put a lot of love into your life and put that love to work 

You're on the line again, perhaps you could meet someone 

Who'd show you how to have it all, have fun close to the bone 

Living close to the bone, close to the bone 

Glass partitions in your thinking cap shatter 

Canned music thickened ??? gathered 

Hair line fracture visible to anyone 

Getting wider by the hour, living close to the bone 

Living close to the bone, close to the bone 

Living close to the bone, close to the bone 

Living close to the bone, close to the bone 

Animate your backside 

You'll be my inspitation 

To the left and to the right 

Funk is our salivation