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  First things first: I have a happy secret

  The next bit's worse

  I intend to keep it that way

  I can't remember the last word spoken

  I got some mail I didn't open

  It's an un-read letter day

  I know both of us are poor

  But baby what are phone bills for

When it's not raining

  All these streets are filled with students

  But you won?t catch me complaining it's a nuisance

  It's useless I know

  A storm rolls across the suburbs

  And the streets are as empty as the cupboards

  But for the boy most likely

  And the girl most lovely

  Given time I could get tired of all this sleeping

  The days I've thrown away

  And the hours that I am keeping

  But for a while I'm fairly happy feeling hopeless

  A somersault in a winter coat

  I didn't notice a thing

  And I say it like it's unrehearsed

  But I said it in the bathroom first

  "The boy most likely

  And the girl most lovely"

  The hedges and the hibiscus

  As soon as she?s outside she says

  ?I grew up in the tidiest of towns?

  Past the pub where my parents met

  Resigning ourselves to modern architecture

  Don?t let the barstools get you down