'A Corner of Your Life' by Johnny Nowhere
from the CD Born Again Virgin
lyrics and credits below image
image copyright 2011, Johnny Nowhere
A Corner of Your Life
Words and Music by Johnny Nowhere
copyright 2011, Hell Paving Company / ASCAP
Your father beat you badly when you were just a child
And he'd stand you in the corner when he'd come home drunk and wild
And he'd preach of virtuous living from his peak of self denial
And you keep it in a corner of your life.
And the cukoo and the ticking seemed to mock you from it's height
And you'd contemplate the clock spring as he wound it nice and tight
And you made your plans for leaving when you'd go to bed at night
And you hid them in a corner of your life.
You left school for the army, you were told you'd see the sights
And you must have killed a dozen men in the war zone firefight,
Then you went into business selling dreams to those who'd bite
At the bait pulled from a corner of your life.
And you sold them eggs in China, and frog legs up in France
You wined the women nightly but you never learned to dance
And they told you that they loved you but you knew they were rife with lies
And you hated them in a corner of your life.
Well your old man died of madness, but he'd long since lost his sight,
He was just in time for Christmas on a cold December night
And you wound up earning millions on compact flourescent lights
But they can't illume that corner of your life.
And you brush your teeth with champagne just to whet your appetite
And your bed is a great, big one with the sheets all crisp and white,
And you bought a Triumph Spitfire and you drive it late at night
As you try to escape that corner of your life.
