You know my wandering days are over
Does that mean that I'm getting boring?
You tell me

I'm tired of listening to myself now
I'm tired of fixing things for Michael and the rest of them
You know my bip-bopping days are over
I hung my boots up and then retired from the disco floor

Now the centre of my so called being is
The space between your bed and wardrobe with the louvre doors
I said "My celibate days are over"
You put me straight on the finer points of my speech rehearsed

In the mirror of my steamy bathroom
Where the lino tells a sorry story in a monologue
Six months on, the winter's gone
The disenchanted pony

Left the town with the circus boy
The circus boy got lonely
It's summer, and it's sister song's
Been written for the lonely

The circus boy is feeling melancholy
It's got to be fate that's doing it
A spooky witch in a sexy dress has been bugging me
With the story of the way it should be
With the story of Sebastian and Belle the singer

I said "My one man band is over"
I hit the drum for the final time and I walked away
I sew you in Japanese restaurant

You were doing it for business men on the piano, Belle
You said it was a living Hell
You said that it was Hell


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My Wandering Days Are Over Lyrics as written by Isobel Campbell Christopher Geddes

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    I am in total adoration of this song. It's so sweet and wistful and gorgeous.

    mister care-too-muchon May 03, 2009   Link

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