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| Pete Atkin sings
So Loud I Couldn't Hear It by Clive James and Pete Atkin, [Much more at www.peteatkin.com] |
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I met a rock star with a hearing aid An offshoot from the volume of his trade I told him all about the night I heard His band play and I didn't hear a word It was so loud I couldn't hear it So loud I couldn't hear it He said 'What?' so I said it again I said So loud I couldn't hear it So loud I couldn't hear it And he said 'It's just gone half past ten' So even with that pink thing in his ear There wasn't much I said that he could hear But here was my chance to tell him truthfully What his career in music had meant to me So loud I couldn't hear it So loud I couldn't hear it I yelled but still his face was like a mask So loud I couldn't hear it I said So loud I couldn't hear it And he said 'It's very nice of you to ask' I filled my lungs for one last desperate try From so close I was spitting in his eye I could feel the arteries pulsing in my wrists As I mangled his lapels in my clenched fists So loud I couldn't hear it I said it was so loud I couldn't hear it I was screaming at him like a man in Hell I said So loud I couldn't hear it So loud I couldn't hear it And he said 'The both of you are looking well' Oh it was so loud I couldn't hear it So loud I couldn't bear it So loud I couldn't get near it So loud I couldn't share it If I had a tie that loud I wouldn't wear it Oh, I told him, I'd had to leave It was still too loud out in the street Louder than UB40 It was better down in the tube station My ears were still bleeding I used to love those songs too, but I can't listen to the records any more... But hey, that's rock 'n roll! | |||||
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