Billy Bragg - Walk Away Renee Lyrics
From: thoreau@leland.stanford.edu"Walk Away Renee"She said it was just a figment of speechAnd I said you mean 'figure'And she said no 'figment' because she could never imagine it happeningBut it didWhen we first met, I played the shy-boyWhen she spoke to me for the first time, my nose began to bleedShe guessed the restThe next day we went on a bus ride to the ferryAnd when nobody came to collect our fares, why I knew then this was something specialI couldn't stop thinking about herAnd everytime I switched on the radio, there was somebody else singing a song about the two of usIt was just like being on a fast ride at Fun Fair- the sort you want to get off because it's scary and then, as soon as you're off again, you want to get straight back on againBut oh love is strangeAnd you have to learn to take the crunchy with the smooth I supposeShe began going out with Mr. Potato HeadIt was when I saw her in the car park with his coat around her shoulders I realizedI went home and thought about the two of them together until the bath water went cold around meI thought about her eyes and the curve of her breasts and about the point where their bodies metI confronted her about itI said 'I'm the most illegible bachelor in town'And she said 'Yea, that's why I can never understand any of those silly letters you send me'And then one day it happenedShe cut her hairAnd I stopped loving her
