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Ill Communication Rules

from Belle by Paul Dickson

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Ill Communication Rules

I was stung by a man who was talking to me
I was buzzed in a way that left me confused
I’m tired of these one-way blues
Ill communication rules

And I don’t understand why it happens to me
Is there a sign on my head that turns you away?
A fear of a pregnant pause?
Are you tired of conversations flaws?

It’s like, slow down you’re running around you’re on empty
Take a word count, you’re talking so much I can’t hear what you’re trying to say
Well you try, you try, you try, but you’re over the top
And you’re going to find yourself in stock

Like a house burning down, you’re everything but gone
Like a house burning down, you’re everything, you’re everything but gone

The day is long, when you’re on your own
And you hope to find you’re not alone

I was high on the hill with the place to myself
I was trying to pretend I was somebody else
I phoned round, got down, and found I was nobody’s friend
Well today, self-reservation ends

If I change the way I talk would you listen to me?
Is there a way to change the tag of a drag and a freak?
A word to the man at the top?
Or a bribe to all the girls on pop?

It’s like play dumb, your mind is a drum with no rhythm
You’ve got to come down, you’re back is so up you can’t see what we’ve all become

And stop trying to change the world, ‘cos it ain’t going to change
And stop trying to kid yourself that you’re strange

Like a house burning down, you’re everything but gone
Like a house burning down, you’re everything, you’re everything but gone

The road is long, but you soldier on
Until your time is not your own, it’s a…

House burning down, it’s everything but gone
Like a house burning down, you’re everything, you’re everything but gone

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from Belle, released June 22, 2020

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