Manic Street Preachers

Close my eyes

By Neill Turner

 

Intro:

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Verse:

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I close my eyes and then I count to ten

 

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Shake some hands and then I feel ashamed

 

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I'm in control but I am out of time

 

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I lost the need for any desire

 

 

chorus:

 

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any desire

 

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I had ambition  but it slipped

 

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away

 

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In holy goodness it is here to

 

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stay

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it's not about us any

 

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more

 

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it's not about us fathers any

 

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more ohhhhhhhh

 

Verse:

 

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I close my eyes and then I count to ten

 

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i open them up and shut them again

 

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look at the crowd then forget my part

 

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back to memory and then back to the start

 

 

Chorus:

 

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Back to the start

 

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back to some familiar

 

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song

 

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back to reality, back to

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fuck all

 

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it's not about us any

 

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more

 

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it's not about us fathers any

 

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more ohhhhhhhh

 

 

verse:

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I close my eyes and then I count to ten

 

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I sign some papers and then they are my friends

 

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attempt to make my bed, my skin aches

 

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not even massage can make my body straight

 

 

Chorus:

 

 

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My body straight

 

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Count to ten and I pretend I'm 

 

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home

 

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Just a job I get well paid

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for

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it's not about us any

 

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more

 

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it's not about us fathers any

 

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more ohhhhhhhh

 

 

Solo:

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ohhhhhhhhh

 

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I close my eyes, I close my eyes

 

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I close my eyes, I close my eyes

 

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