Piledriver Waltz

Album: Suck It And See (2011)
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  • I etched a face of a stopwatch
    On the back of a raindrop
    And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass

    I heard an unhappy ending
    It sort of sounds like you leaving
    I heard the piledriver waltz
    It woke me up this morning

    You look like you've been for breakfast
    At the Heartbreak Hotel
    And sat in the back booth
    By the pamphlets and the literature
    On how to lose
    Your waitress was miserable
    And so was your food
    If you're gonna try and walk on water
    Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes

    Mystery's flashing amber
    Go green when you answer
    But the red on the rest of the questionnaire
    Never changes

    I heard the news that you're planning
    To shoot me out of a cannon
    I heard the piledriver waltz
    It woke me up this morning

    You look like you've been for breakfast
    At the Heartbreak Hotel
    And sat in the back booth
    By the pamphlets and the literature
    On how to lose
    Your waitress was miserable
    And so was your food
    If you're gonna try and walk on water
    Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes

    Oh, piledriver Writer/s: Alex Turner
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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