Nothin’ You Could Do Can Bring Me Round

Duke Special

Woke up on a field of snow
A thousand miles from home
The wind it took my memory
Now I don’t know what I’ve done

I was taken to a doctor
Who certified my mind
A man who has no memory
Has nothing left to hide

Nothing and I like it
Nothing and I like it

Nothing you could do can bring me
Nothing you could do can bring me
Nothing you could do can bring me round
Around

I choked up it was yesterday
Just after you had phoned
You said we once were lovers
And friends who shared a home

I don’t know how I fell for you
You see I’ve got this spotless mind
But if I could face the future
I think I’d fall another time

I’m falling and I like it
Falling and I like it

Nothing you could do can bring me
Nothing you could do can bring me
Nothing you could do can bring me round
Around

Someday I’ll be ready for this new world
Someday I’ll be ready for this new world
This new world


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    This song, Duke Special said on his DVD, is based on a book he read about a man loosing his memory (I think it's Man Walks Into a Room, by Nicole Krauss) and feeling like he doesn't know who he is and isn't ready to live. I guess I ought to read the book to understand properly, but I love the song! I think the song 'I never thought this day would come' is also based on the same book.

    katiekatieon April 19, 2009   Link

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