The Old Songs Lyrics by Joe Jackson

The Old Songs Lyrics

    There goes another one
    Another happy couple on the road to emptiness
    I think of my father and mother
    Can they imagine how two people can get in this mess

    But the old songs say - love's forever
    And the old songs never say die
    But a song can't keep us together
    How can that beautiful song be a lie

    Me i blame the old songs
    Filling hearts with rebellion and romance
    Our book of revelations
    And all we had to do was dance

    Play us another one
    Play us the hopes and dreams of twenty years ago
    They're all over the bloody radio
    It's like they're telling us there's nowhere left to go

    And the old songs say - "be my baby"
    And the old songs say - "she loves you"
    All the songs we'll sing come what may be
    I like those songs
    But i'd like something new

    Me i blame the old songs
    Protect us all against a change of course
    All our great expectations
    Turn to alimony and remorse

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