On the edge
A windowsill
Ponders his maker
Ponders his will
To the street below
He just ain't nothin'
But he's got a great view

And he sinks the needle deep
Can't touch the bottom
In too deep
Can't touch the bottom oh

On the edge
Of a know-nothin' town
Feelin' quite superior
The aged come
To the sky above
He just ain't nothin'
But he's got a great view

And he sinks the burning knife deep
Can't touch the bottom
In too deep
Can't touch the bottom
In too deep

On the edge of a
Christmas clean lover
Young virgin here from heaven
Visiting, yeah
To the man above her
She just ain't nothin'
She doesn't like the view
She doesn't like the view
She doesn't like the view

But he sinks himself deep
Can't touch the bottom
In too deep
Can't touch the bottom
Can't touch the bottom
Deep, yeah

Oh oh the bottom
Yeah
Oh oh the bottom
Yeah
Oh oh the bottom
Yeah
Oh oh the bottom
Yeah
Oh oh the bottom
Yeah oh oh


Lyrics submitted by mike, edited by Pixeltender

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    On the edge...of another wrong set of lyrics on Song Meanings. The worst offender has to be: "Young virgin here from heaven Visiting, yeah" "YOUNG VIRGIN?" At Christmas time? Derp. "Visiting YEAH?" For the record the line is: "Yon virgin, down from heaven, Visiting hell" And before any asks why I don't correct the song: I've corrected a number of lyric sets. I even set "I Wish" by Stevie Wonder straight by using and citing correctly the lyrics FROM STEVIE'S OWN SITE!!! After accepting them, not long after they were reverted to the "original" WRONG lyrics, obviously transcribed by a white person with a bad ear. (I'm a white guy with a good ear.) It's hard to get the SONG MEANING RIGHT when you're using the WRONG LYRICS to analyze it.

    BurningOldSageon July 15, 2019   Link

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