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Happy New Year

Album: Biggest Bluest Hi-fi [2002]
Author: Tracyanne Campbell

Did the ironing in a cowboy hat

Felt as fresh as the paint in this new flat?

I will never tell you what to do

Have ambition simply to see things through

 

Did you know I could be a lot of fun?

I'm aware that friendship can die young

As the glow from the street light bled

Down the Langlands Road we set off the best of friends

 

I know where I stand (I know just where I stand)

I don't need you to hold my hand

 

Well, I've tried to get along with you

I have asked myself what are we gonna do?

I'm coming round to take a stand

Gonna to put us together with glue or an elastic band

 

I know where I stand (I know just where I stand)

I don't need you to hold my hand

 

Well, I'm softer than my face would suggest

And at times like these I'm at my lowest ebb

And now I can confide in you

If I cry to set the mood, oh, please could you cry too?

 

Happy New Year

You are my only vice

What if we compromised?

I am open

 

Do you have to wear a frown like that? (Happy New Year, you are my only vice)

You could have hit me with a baseball bat (what if we compromised?)

Do you have to wear a frown like that? (I am open)

You could have hit me with a baseball bat

 

Do you have to? (Yes, I do)

Do you have to? (Yes, I do)

Do you have to? (So do you)

Do you have to?