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Books on the Bonfire Lyrics by The Bolshoi

A Way (Best of The Bolshoi)

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[Verse 1]
Here we go, doing nothing again
You can come if you'd like
But please don't bring your friends
[Verse 2]
Action Man's gone to the cleaners
Barbie is working the streets
They took her in with a handful of sweets
[Pre-Chorus]
What can you do? What can you say?
They give me disease on the medium wave
I've got things to do, people to see
I've got no time, please don't bother me
[Chorus]
They put all the books on the bonfire
Two-thousand years in a flame
I run like a horse in a fairground
Rewind me and play me again
[Verse 3]
Once I was a boy which seems funny to me
Yes, I threw my stones, read my books, climbed those trees
What can I say to you, mister?
Yes, I've been drinking again
You can beat my brains but don't kiss me again
[Pre-Chorus]
I've always been like this since I was young
I'm a truculent bigot, I revel in scum
We used to converse so long ago
Now we exist in our personal stereo
[Chorus]
They put all the books on the bonfire
Two-thousand years in a flame
I run like a horse in a fairground
Rewind me and play me again
[Bridge]
(How'd you feel?)
I can't use my eyes...
(What you say?)
Thanks for my surprise…
I wasn't listening, I didn't know
Tell me what happened, where did I go?
I'm pulling my hair, I lay on the floor
The papers aren't funny, not funny no more
[Chorus]
They put all the books on the bonfire
Two-thousand years in a flame
Yes, I run like a horse in a fairground
Rewind me and play me again
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, I wasn't listening, I didn't know
(They put all the books on the bonfire)
Tell me what happened, where did I go?
I'm pulling my hair, I lay on the floor
(Two-thousand years in a flame)
The papers aren't funny, not funny no more
I've always been like this since I was young
(I run like a horse in a fairground)
And I'm a truculent bigot, I revel in scum
You can beat my brains, beat my brains
(Rewind me and play me again)
Beat my brains but don't kiss me again
[Chorus]
(They put all the books on the bonfire) Yeah!
Two-thousand years in a flame
I run like a horse in a fairground
Beat my brains, beat my brains
(Rewind me and play me again)
Beat my brains but don't kiss me again
Credits
The Bolshoi

The Bolshoi

About “Books on the Bonfire” by The Bolshoi

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