Tenant
Squatting on doorsteps
Following footsteps
Nocturnal habits are surveyed with interest
So we crawl into corners
Ignore any callers
And imagine our radiators clang for our neighbours
When we crawl
On all fours
Upon the cushioned floor
Still they cling to the walls
And knock on our doors
And the tendency for tenants
Is tenacity
The paint is cracked
And the paper peels
The plaster falls
And a body reels
Softly
Forty watt bulb
Swing from a light cloud
On lawnmower groan
The carpet has grown
But they have eyes at the keyholes and ears at the walls
Yes, they have eyes at the keyholes and ears at the walls
And the tendency for tenants
Is secrecy
Ssssssh, sssssh, sssssh, sssssh
Following footsteps
Nocturnal habits are surveyed with interest
So we crawl into corners
Ignore any callers
And imagine our radiators clang for our neighbours
When we crawl
On all fours
Upon the cushioned floor
Still they cling to the walls
And knock on our doors
And the tendency for tenants
Is tenacity
The paint is cracked
And the paper peels
The plaster falls
And a body reels
Softly
Forty watt bulb
Swing from a light cloud
On lawnmower groan
The carpet has grown
But they have eyes at the keyholes and ears at the walls
Yes, they have eyes at the keyholes and ears at the walls
And the tendency for tenants
Is secrecy
Ssssssh, sssssh, sssssh, sssssh
Credits
Writer(s): Susan Janet Ballion, Steven John Bailey
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Altri album
- Live in Cologne 1981
- Spellbound: The Collection
- Superstition (Remastered And Expanded)
- The Rapture (Remastered / Expanded)
- Peepshow (Remastered And Expanded)
- Through The Looking Glass (Remastered And Expanded)
- Hong Kong Garden (35th Anniversary Edition)
- Nocturne (Remastered)
- At The BBC
- Gold (International Version)
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