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A Little Piece of Advice Lyrics by The Beautiful South

Painting It Red

2000

[Verse 1]
Guard your body with the best barbed wire
And ward off foe with the fiercest of fire
But let love unguarded into the strangest of nights
Wear your dresses like they're up for hire
And leave them with your humor in the tumble dryer
And watch yourself stumble down a lane with no lights
[Pre-Chorus 1]
School, like life, turns some men into mice
What you need now is a little piece of mouse advice
[Chorus]
Well, they say be wary of strangers
Especially if they offer you sweets
But there ain't no government health warning
On half the mad fuckers you meet
Save yourself personal tragedy
Go back to the man with the sweets
Do yourself schooling favour
Head back to the man with the sweets
[Verse 2]
Those who feared cancer never had much to say
They bored us at parties onto forty a day
They forced us into corners and onto forty a day
The dentist's chair is the only time
That anybody ever looks at their mouth
The dentist give their teeth something to chatter about
[Pre-Chorus 2]
School, like life, turns some men into mice
To avoid the rat-trap, take the mouse's advice
[Chorus]
Well, they say be wary of strangers
Especially if they offer you sweets
But there ain't no government health warning
On half the mad fuckers you meet
Save yourself personal tragedy
Go back to the man with the sweets
Do yourself schooling favour
Head back to the man with the sweets
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The Beautiful South

The Beautiful South

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"A Little Piece of Advice" appears on "Painting It Red" in 2000.

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