The Land Of Give And Take (audio only) (Early Version of Beyond Belief) Recorded - November 1981, AIR Studios, London History repeats the old conceits The glib replies the same defeats Keep your finger on important issues With crocodile tears and a pocketful of tissues She found this oily slick Then she got a nervous tick In a fashionable hovel Hanging around dying to be tortured Digging his way into the bone orchard Going to a go-go, going to grovel In the land of give and take You keep your body and your soul make no mistake But I cant take much more heartache So to hell with you for heavens sake In an almost empty gin palace Through a two-way looking glass You see your Alice And she smiles very sweetly Charged with insults and flattery Moving with malice Youve got to be so cruel to be callous And you fit the identikit completely In the land of give and take You keep your body and your soul make no mistake But I cant stand much more heartache So to hell with you for heavens sake I might shake Californias fault Be locked in Genevas deepest vault I shall not walk, I shall not fear From the valley of your breath I shall steer clear His hands were clammy and cunning She was suitably stunning But she says theres not a hope in Hades All the laddies cat call and wolf whistle Though they dog fight like rose and thistle Getting to the nitty gritty just chewing on the gristle As she staggers to the ladies In the land of give and take You keep your body and your soul make no mistake But I cant take much more heartache So to hell with you for heavens sake In the land of give and take You keep your body and your soul make no mistake But I cant take much more heartache So to hell with you for heavens sake In the land of give and take You keep your body and your soul make no mistake But I cant take much more heartache So to hell with you for heavens sake (from > Imperial Bedroom (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2002)
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