The End Of The Rainbow

Album: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
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  • I feel for you, you little horror
    Safe at your mother's breast
    No lucky break for you around the corner
    'Cause your father is a bully

    And he thinks that you're a pest
    And your sister she's no better than a whore.
    Life seems so rosy in the cradle,
    But I'll be a friend I'll tell you what's in store

    There's nothing at the end of the rainbow.
    There's nothing to grow up for anymore
    Tycoons and barrow boys will rob you
    And throw you on the side

    And all because they love themselves sincerely
    And the man holds a bread knife
    Up to you throat is four feet wide
    And he's anxious just to show you what it's for.

    Your mother works so hard to make you happy
    But take a look outside the nursery door
    There's nothing at the end of the rainbow.
    There's nothing to grow up for anymore

    And all the sad and empty faces
    That pass you on the street
    All running in their sleep, all in a dream
    Every loving handshake

    Is just another man to beat
    How your heart aches just to cut him to the core
    Life seems so rosy in the cradle,
    But I'll be a friend I'll tell you what's in store

    There's nothing at the end of the rainbow.
    There's nothing to grow up for anymore Writer/s: Richard John (Gb1) Thompson
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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