An Altrincham
Girl in Whalley Range
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And a protective arm 'round my
skeletal frame
'Cause today I feel so strange
Just like an Altrincham
girl in
When my dark room shakes with
flickering ghosts
It's just one place I hate being
alone
With flashbacks from my errant mind
And the same old message on my answerphone
Oh no, it's me again
In a nomadic maze of unconscious
games
But today I feel so weak
The power of autosuggestion doesn't
work on me
I wish I could forget or swap
For a designer dream in a see-through
top
But I'm threadbare, like the local
shops
And when I try to be seen they stitch
me up!
I can't forget, now I know too much
I often wish I were out of touch
With the mirror behind my wardrobe
door
Like my relationship it’s a two-piece
jigsaw
All my friends are habit-forming
Too pale to see or just loud and
boring
Seventeen or twenty-three
With one it's glue, with the next
it's tea-tree
Oh no it's you again
Wish I had my clone to entertain
But today like yesterday
They're all Altrincham
girls in
In a level world my level is rough
No bad, no better, never enough
If I could make you my equal I would
But then you'd feel so misunderstood
It's a fucked-up world, I'm a
ruthless girl
Although I'm not out to lynch bets
myself
I play more like a croupier now
I just help myself while the pot goes
down
Oh no, I'm a thieving slut
Sometimes I wish I were out of touch
But today I'm chasing my own tail
Just another stray girl in
When my darkroom (etc...)