Paranoid Eyes

Pink Floyd

Button your lip
And don't let the shield slip
Take a fresh grip on your bullet proof mask
And if they try to break down your disguise with their questions

You can hide, hide, hide
Behind paranoid eyes

You put on our brave face and slip over the road for a jar
Fixing your grin as you casually lean on the bar
Laughing too loud at the rest of the world
With the boys in the crowd

You can hide, hide, hide
"I'll tell you what mates, I'll give you three blacks
And play you for five"
Behind petrified eyes

"Ta! You was unlucky there son"

You believed in their stories of fame, fortune and glory
Now you're lost in a haze of alcohol soft middle age
The pie in the sky turned out to be miles too high
And you hide, hide, hide
"Time gentleman!"
Behind brown and mild eyes


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Paranoid Eyes Lyrics as written by Roger Waters

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    to both of you i don't know why this is rated the worst PF album it is actually my favorite, and for sure the worst are any of the albums without roger waters like the division bell, this song to me explains feelings towards someone running away from who they really are kindof like the wall, building a wall, or even just faceing who they really are or were they are from great song.

    musikman04on January 08, 2005   Link

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