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Intro

There's a young girl with her old man who's too sick to ment ion

She'll be turning twenty seven as she draws her wi dow's pension

But he couldn't catch a common cold he couldn't get ar rested

Too terrified t o answer back

Too tired to have r esisted

Many hands make li ght work

S horthand makes life easy

W hen he's out on night work

M ake sure no one sees me

I t all ends up in a slanging match with body talk and bruises

A change is better than a rest

Silly beggars can't be choosers

Chorus

One of a thousand pities you can't ca tegorize

There are ten commandme nts of love

When will you re alise

There are ten commandments of love

I believe, I trust, I promise, I wish love's just a throwaway kiss

I n this Pidgin English

If you're so wise use your lips and your eyes

T ake it to the bridge she sighs

You go cheep cheep cheep between bulls-eyes and blus ter

Stiff as your poke r face

Keener than musta rd

>From your own back yard to the lan d of exotica

>From the truth society to neurot ic erotica

Silence is golde n

M oney talks diamonds and ermine

There's a word in Spanish

I talian and German

I n sign language, morse code, semaphore and gibberish

H ave you forgotten how to say it

In your Pidgin English?

(chorus)

P S I love you

(and so on . . . )