Sukie In The Graveyard

Album: The Life Pursuit (2006)
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  • Sukie was the kid, she liked to hangout in the graveyard
    She did brass rubbings, she learned you never had to press hard
    When she finished hanging out she was all alone
    She decided that she better check in at home
    There was an awful row between her mum and dad
    They said she hadn't done this, she hadn't done that
    If she wanted to remain inside the family home
    She'd have to tow the line, she'd have to give it a go
    It didn't suit Sukie
    So she took her things and left

    Sukie was the kid, she liked to hang out at the art school
    She didn't enrol, but she wiped the floor with all the arseholes
    She took a bijou flat with the fraternity cat
    She hid inside the attic of the sculpture building
    She had a slut slave and his name was Dave
    She said 'Be my photo bitch and I'll make you rich'
    He didn't believe her but the boy revered her
    He got her meals and he got her a bed
    He watched behind the screen and she started to undress
    He never got far
    Just lookin' and playing guitar

    Autumn hanging down all the trees are draped like chandeliers
    Sukie saw the beauty but she wasn't wet behind the ears
    She had an A1 body and a face to match
    She didn't have money, she didn't have cash
    With the winter coming on, and the attic cold
    She had to press her nose on the refectory wall
    They served steamed puddings she went without
    She had to pose for life for all the scholars of art
    She didn't feel funny, she didn't feel bad
    Peeling away everything she had
    She had the grace of an eel, sleek and stark
    As the shadows played tricks on the girl in the dark

    Sukie was the kid, she liked to hangout in the graveyard Writer/s: BOB KILDEA, CHRISTOPHER GEDDES, MICHAEL COOKE, RICHARD COLBURN, SARAH MARTIN, STEPHEN JACKSON, STUART MURDOCH
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Red Brick Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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