Nikki Sudden


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Let's Buy A Bridge

Now I was always thinking
About hiding out under the stairs
Reading from your magazine
Whilst you're searching for the keys
They moved the door around a lot
And I couldn't find a book
But you were so caught up with looking
That you didn't even know.

You buy planes to change the road
But they always miss the bridge
There's always one more picture
That you just have to have
Spending a night on another cliff
Isn't always what I'd want
But you were so caught up with looking
That you didn't even know.

You'd catch flags and tie the reeds
If you had the time
You could sell the monuments
But you need to keep the bridge
You lost it at the auction
But you could always steal it back
But you were so caught up with looking
That you didn't even know.

You buy planes to hide inside
While I'm knocking down the cliff
So tired of reading magazines
That I just can't afford to buy
You found the picture but they found you
And now we can't escape
But you were so caught up with looking
That you didn't even know.

See who you could beat again
If you had the time
I'm reading it up and watching him
While you shift the house
Spending a night on a different cliff
Isn't always what I'd want
But you were so caught up with looking
That you didn't even know.

Border Country

There's lights in the hall
Through the trees down the road
You hardly ever phone
But then I can't blame you
Listen to the way
That they're putting it on
I'd better keep near you
Best change my clothes.

In the border country
They've done it all
We kept watch
As they smashed the walls.

Hiding in the hills
It's the second night
And though it's not your war
It's getting dangerous for us
Looking through the window
You can't see a lot
I'd best keep near you
Better change my clothes.

In the border country
They've done it all
We kept watch
As they smashed the walls.

Best keep a look out
There's riders ahead
But I'm watching for you
And I'm not dead.

Cake shop girls grow fingernails
Dead long and rather sharp
They paint them glace cherry red
And yellow marzipan
Scoring lines upon the backs
Of tender chocolate mice
I would like to buy a wedding cake
For you and me.

You've always been a cake shop girl
As far as I recall
Ballroom dancer miniatures
Alongside Cherokees
Cake shop girl, oh, cake shop girl
I should like to buy a wedding cake
For you and me.

Confectioners don't eat a thing
That's made inside their shops
Bottles of crushed beetle
Can be bought to turn things red
Window front displays are made
For only perfect things
I should like to substitute a cake
For you and me.

There aren't that many trees in Arabia
Think how many you've seen.
I'd rather buy a moat than another lawn
Back with the guns again.

Helicopter spies always break new ground
Deep hidden in sacks of grain
They never have time to dig up the beds
Back with the guns again.

Helicopter spies-they make me cry.
Helicopter spies-they make me cry.

You're always cutting through the undergrowth
There's a passage inside the trees
If you find your way through the tailor's shop
You'll probably be asleep.

I'd rather take a day off and find you alive
Than to push through the coral alone
You think you'll find the lagoon again,
But they often sink away.

Helicopter spies-they make me cry.
Helicopter spies-they make me cry.

Helicopter spies always rush around
Their jackets often fall off
They never have time to put them back on again
They're always tough enough.

Helicopter spies-they make me cry.
Helicopter spies-they make me cry.
Helicopter spies-they make me cry.

Galleons always made it
The patch on an island boy
Nothing much like submarines
More Jacobean style.

A better shot than Harcourt
Lost gloves from a Zeppelin
A sabre cut in this cuirass
A loss to any Avenue.

And Marlborough looked it up
He took it from the hill
It's better for an island boy
More Jacobean style.

We knew about the harbour forts
The navy guards the coast
What could we say to the boy who knew
He always had to stay.

Castles full of April fools
Just waiting to explode
Prisoners inside of trees
The trapped boys from the ship.

Watching for a mantelpiece
The type you've seen as styled
Another glass of samples
Is the one no one avoids.

All you know
You've stolen from the missionaries.
All you know
You've bought from other cavalries,
Not mine…

Galleries inside of towns
That never reach the walls
Passing out the riches
With a bag of battered gold.

It's all hot for a passenger
For others who don't know
Another shot of samples
Is the one no one avoids.

All you know
You've stolen from the missionaries.
All you know
You've bought from other cavalries,
Not mine…

All you know
You've stolen from the missionaries.
All you know
You've bought from other cavalries,
Not mine…

The wings tore off-the other side
His aircraft over-inside the castle
One another-hiding there
A desperate battle-a few surprises.

The twenty sixth-begin to happen
Soon the sky-go on happening
Above the valley-a few surprises
The sixty miles-go into hiding.

Idea of flying-the other side
A rough landing-hiding there
Shot down one-a few surprises
A desperate battle-a few surprises.

Twenty minutes-the day before
Soon after starting-never heard
A lot of time-a few surprises
The colour scheme-a few surprises.

Began his dive-in sudden fright
A lone patrol-the furnished rooms
The forty-ninth-a few surprises
First firing past-a few surprises.

This isn't another Lagonda
This isn't a forage day
And Blenheim in an alleyway
Could never really work.

Castle and adventure
With pictures shot away
The window's closed in
To help the rain in here.

And I live here without
A painting on the wall
And the suitcase keeps the books up
Away from the lights.

Because the shards of your canton
Never caught us up
And never really saw
And thought about the ford.

And the door's been bricked up
And the room is a mess
And we'd exchanged salvoes
Even before we met.

And they expect everything
Across the lines of lace
And no one frigate
Ever caught us up.

The wind swept through Africa
Missing the falls
The Buick from the battlefield
Led us from the front.

And you had your face mirrored
By the special shots
And I'd been told about it
But never really knew.

And cavalry could threaten
But it'll never draw them out
And I prefer the forest
But you prefer to dive.

They're all in league with nomads
Real carbine friends
Who'll pull another casket
From the frame the girl knew.

Safe in this encampment
Until they get the hand
Sleeping in a cave
Beats any kind of treat.

I don't wanna go because I know
And all of those toys that crawl, they just reach for doors.
I don't wanna go because I know
And I've seen you, you're crying above the ship.

You just stuck out hiding from the trees
You just lost your fame inside the shop.

I don't wanna go because I know
Oh! I can't see the pictures that you lost.
I don't wanna go because I know
The only way out is to wait for it again.

You just stuck out hiding from the trees
You just lost your fame inside the shop.

I don't wanna go because I know
And I just bought a ship it's made of brass.
I don't wanna go because I know
You're falling from the target like a toy.

You just stuck out hiding from the trees
You just lost your fame inside the shop.

I don't wanna go because I know
And I don't wanna ever see your face again, no more.
Oh! I don't wanna go because I know
You pick it up and keep it like a toy.

You just stuck out hiding from the trees
You just lost your fame inside the shop.

Yea, let's go.

So you seek to destroy
You've got it in your hand
Can you help us
Can you understand?

So you are yourself
So you are something
Everything I've seen
It doesn't change a thing.

Sometimes it comes to times
And sometimes is over
Sometimes I understand
And is our time over.

So you seek to destroy
This has all been planned
Can you help us
Can you understand?

So you are yourself
And that is something
Everything I've seen
It doesn't change a thing.

Sometimes it comes to times
And sometimes is over
Sometimes I understand
And is our time over.

Just and sitting in the room
Stainless region by the door
You claim me as your right
Am I here or just denied?

No more pushing, let's go and build a car,
We're ready for the fly-past, another slow film.
Waiting for a minor change, at last the scenery,
Always saving up to listen to some fiction,
Try to buy a castle but there's no windows left,
I don't mind a breakout but there's never enough time.

Whatever you are saving for,
At least know what you're waiting for.

Don't try pushing, we'd rather buy a car,
Just waiting for the pictures in some line.
It's an easy catch in a courtyard when you're trying too hard,
Always waiting up in case the patterns break,
Try to catch that look that the others left,
I don't mind a breakout but there's never enough time.

Whatever you are saving for,
At least know what you're waiting for.

Don't try pushing, we'd rather buy a car,
And all the girls in Manchester couldn't steal a car.
Medi?val crosses out but it catches you in time,
Always waiting up in case there's another invasion,
Try to buy a castle but there's no windows left,
I don't mind a breakout but there's never enough time.

Whatever you are saving for,
At least know what you're waiting for.