Should've Kept My Eyes Shut

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The Beautiful South

The Beautiful South was an English pop group formed at the end of the 1980s by two former members of Hull group The Housemartins, Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway. Other members were Sean Welch (bass), Dave Stead (drums) and Dave Rotheray (guitar) and a succession of female vocalists - Briana Corrigan, Jacqui Abbott and Alison Wheeler. more »

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1990

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I should've kept my eyes shut 
But I had to go and peep 
But when you saw what I saw 
Well, it's hard just to roll back to sleep 

I would've kept my eyes shut 
But I thought I heard you scream 
And I've a penchant for violence 
You don't seem to find in a dream 

The scene a little clearer 
My father with a rope 
And in the cage, centre-stage 
It's mother who's destined to choke 

And she choke and we choke 
On the words that we wish we'd not spoke 
Just when you felt you had someone to trust 
Out comes the man with the dagger and cloak 

I should've read the novels 
Believed every word 
But the stories they wrote 
Were so different to ones that I'd heard 

I should've kept my eyes shut 
My mouth should've closed 
But the mixture of vomit and blood 
Just crept up through my nose 

It became a little clearer 
As soon as I awoke 
My father stands with rope in hand 
A screaming mother kneels in hope 

And she hope and we hope 
That me words that she said won't provoke 
A smile is removed and a petal is crushed 
What once was a laugh has turned into a joke 

You should've kept your mouth shut

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