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Crossed Wires
Peter Hammill
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I don't know
Somehow our wires got crossed
You've been mistaking me
For someone who never gave a toss
Life's too short
For me to rewrite this page
Out of pig ignorance
Into all the useless wisdom of age
Something I said off the cuff, without thinking
Has driven us apart
Oh, you took it so much to heart
To get this straight
We need to find some common ground
Some understanding
But that remains unfound
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It's ancient history (It's ancient history)
Feels like it happened so long ago (it happened so long ago)
Of insignificance (Of insignificance)
I've forgotten more than you'll ever know
Say what you like (Say what you like)
I found the debate absurd (I found the debate absurd)
If we settled all our differences (If we settled all our differences)
We'd never get back where we once were (We'd never get back where we once were)
Oh no, we'd never get back where we once were
(Let's get it straight)
Let's get it straight
Without a shadow of a doubt
(Without a shadow of a doubt)
Sooner or later the naked truth will out (the naked truth will out)
Incomprehension is what it's all about
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I was only speaking my mind
Over my tongue I tripped (Over my tongue I tripped)
I put my foot in it
The moment that the words left my lips (The moment that the words left my lips)
Yeah, the moment that the words left my lips (The moment that the words left my lips)
I knew that language had eluded my grip (I knew that language had eluded my grip)
I know what I meant but perhaps in the telling
The wheels fell off the cart
Oh, but you took it so much to heart
Getting it straight our smiles are just like Cheshire Cat's
(our smiles are just like Cheshire Cat's)
Half of the time we're both talking through our hats (talking through our hats)
I tell you this I never meant to tell you that (I never meant to tell you that)
I got it straight, I put the whole damn thing to bed (I put the whole damn thing to bed)
Sooner or later, we're going to lose our heads (we're really going to lose this)
Sooner or later the lines will all go dead (Sooner or later the lines will all go dead)
Getting it straight I don't take back a word I said (No I don't take back a word I said)
Sooner or later the lines will all go dead (The lines will all go dead)
Sooner or later the lines will all go dead (The lines will all go dead)
Sooner or later the line goes dead
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