The Universal

Album: All Or Nothing (1968)
Charted: 16
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  • There's such a lot of good ways to be bad
    And so many bad ways to be good, haven't paid my rent yet
    I tell them "sorry but I haven't got the money anymore"

    Just for today I thought I'd leave home alone, hold hands with day
    And if I'm so bad, why don't they take me away?

    Just like what you hear with a shell pressed to your ear
    That's the sea in the trees in the morning
    Hello, The Universal
    Good morning Steve, well you won't believe me today

    Working doesn't seem to be the perfect thing for me so I'll continue to play
    And if I'm so bad why don't they take me away?

    Well, a hippy-trippy name-dropper came through my door
    He said "I just bumped into Mick he told me you know where to score?"
    No, not me friend, I mind my own and my own minds me

    Well, my love is at the foot of your hand, come what may
    But if June comes first please won't you take me away? Writer/s: RONNIE LANE, STEVE MARRIOTT
    Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, EMI Music Publishing
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