Refugees

The snow on the screen
We're going light speed tonight
Like Bonnie & Clyde except
We don't die tonight
And the blister packs coats
And crumpled up notes appear.

It's a break from the swill
The piss they distill around here
A break from the swill
The piss they distill around here.

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Lift off of this Metropolis
When this town comes down
I wish I wish
My first degree emergency
Is kettled by your cavalry
I wish I wish.

The cash machine queens
When ambulance teams arrive
In their skeletal jeans
They take Refugees for wives
When their collars get felt
Their glorified belts won't keep 'em warm
And we'll run up the strand
Your wrist in my hand
We know we're born
Yeah I know I'm born
Yeah I know I'm born.

[Chorus]

And when all of your friends are my enemies
Wishing me gone as I'm running away
And my only defence is the worst of me
Out in the open for all to survey
When you settle for less than I promised you
Knowing that all of our barrels are scraped
If it seems like it's harder to say to you
It's cause some things are just harder to say.

[Chorus]