It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career Lyrics

Lyric discussion by backwashmyhair 

Cover art for It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career lyrics by Belle & Sebastian

"her paintings are a sham / and they're goin for a grand / when the dealers come to view / do they ever see the real you?"

that's one of the many thoughts in this song that beg people to not fall into conformist traps... or else you'd be close to your strokes.