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Suspenders and stockings
Look more sexy than the tights girls are wearing
But even there, weren't the time wasted
Time that could be spent completely nude, bare, naked?

Virgins are boring
They should be grateful for the things they're ignoring
Why be smug about the time wasted
Time that could be spent completely nude, bare, naked

Knickers and panties
We are groping under knickers and pants
But is it worth it, all that time wasted?
Time we could've spent completely nude, bare, naked
With nothing on at all
Nothing, no clothes on
Nude, naked bare...

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chip Spitz On Jan 16, 2005

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by light vessel

16y ago

Robert Wyatt's voice was often more of an instrument than a conveyor of deep meaning. He has since written some very serious and personal lyrics, but here I think he was just having a laugh and maybe a little celebration of the free love thing that was going round those days. Or on a more serious note, why does a lack of clothes cause so much fuss in our modern society? We were born naked, resulting from an act usually carried out naked. I've never understood all the time wasted struggling with fancy underwear.

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