Keep The Aspidistra Flying

from Smiling At Grief by Twelfth Night

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lyrics

painting by numbers? no, not exactly
no! not exactly, easy to imagine, difficult to see
i don't need, i don't need, i don't need, i don't need your sympathy

it seems pretty underhand what you did to me
i don't need, i don't need, i don't need, i don't need your sympathy
it will come together, i will find my way
i don't need, i don't need, i don't need, i don't need your sympathy
easy to imagine, impossible to see
i don't need, i don't need, i don't need, i don't need your sympathy

and the windows being open shows the sky far away
but the balustrade keeps us locked in
to make us dance all day
to make us dance all day
why must we keep on dancing
we've had enough, enough dancing

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from Smiling At Grief, released November 1, 1981

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Twelfth Night are an English progressive rock band of the 1980s, reformed between 2007 and 2012 and again in 2014.

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