Ian Hunter 23a Swan Hill Lyrics

23a Swan Hill Lyrics

(Ian Hunter)

(Transcribed by Justin Purington; corrections by Colin Ford)

Wrote this poem
called "the floods roll on"
he said this ain`t yours, 
where`d you get it from?
you must have stole it from a book,
oh yeah
you must have stole it from a book.
`cause you ain`t frail
you ain`t beautiful,
and I don`t fancy you 
at all.

You`d be a ruin
if looks could kill
23 A, Swan Hill

Stiff with rage
screaming at the sky
innocence breaks
says she wants to die
I`m assuming I`m alive
oh yeah
I`m assuming I`m alive
she pushes and she pulls
my legs go weak
in fascinating terror

The whole world moves 
and I`m standing still
in 23A Swan Hill
and it`s always raining
and you never ask why
you never give yourself a shot
you just sit and watch your life go by

Kicking stones 
at a still life
want to pull it down 
slash it slash it
there must be some way out here
there must be some way out here
this ain`t right
there must be more to life
than breaking and entering
doing people`s heads in
alcohol, nicotine
thinking what I might have been

You would be a ruin 
if looks could kill 
23 A, Swan Hill
And the whole world moves 
and I`m standing still 
in 23 A, Swan Hill

and I will
and I will
and I will
and I will 
in 23 A, Swan Hill
(repeat and fade)