Down to Zero

Album: Joan Armatrading (1976)
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  • Oh the feeling
    When you're reeling
    You step lightly thinking you're number one
    Down to zero with a word
    Leaving
    For another one

    Now you walk with your feet back on the ground
    Down to the ground
    Down to the ground
    Down to the ground
    Down to the ground

    Brand new dandy
    First class scene stealer
    Walks through the crowd and takes your man
    Sends you rushing to the mirror
    Brush your eyebrows and say
    There's more beauty in you than anyone

    Oh remember who walked the warm sands beside you
    Moored to your heel let the waves come a rushing in
    She'll take the worry from your head
    But then again
    She put trouble in your heart instead
    Then you'll fall
    Down to the ground
    Down to the ground

    You'll know heartache
    Still more crying
    When you're thinking of your mother's only son
    Take to your bed
    You say there's peace in sleep
    But you'll dream of love instead

    Oh the heartache you'll find
    Can bring more pain than a blistering sun
    But oh when you fall
    Oh when you fall
    Fall at my door

    Oh the feeling
    When you're reeling
    You step lightly thinking you're number one
    Down to zero with a word
    Leaving
    For another one

    Now you walk with your feet back on the ground
    Down to the ground
    Down to the ground
    Down to the ground
    Down to the ground

    You'll know heartache
    Still more crying
    When you're thinking of your mother's only son
    Take to your bed
    You say there's peace in sleep
    But you'll dream of love instead

    But oh when you fall
    Oh when you fall
    Fall at my door Writer/s: JOAN ANITA BARBARA ARMATRADING, PAM NESTOR
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, T.R.O. INC.
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