Eddi Reader - The Exception Lyrics
In a paparazzi photograph she was stepping from a carThe tired eyes betrayed the smile of the faded singing starAt the publishers reception on the launching of her bookShe told the grimy details and the toll the details tookThe tours, applause, awards of courseBut as the years went by, those fundamental things still appliedOh but she thought she'd be the exceptionOh yes she thought she'd be the exceptionBut don't we all think we're the exceptionSometimes, sometimesThe workaholic millionaire and his pretty younger wifeHad everything there was out there in the ad mans perfect lifeBut she left him for the milkman and then moved into his flatEveryone said silly girl to do a thing like thatThe house, the cars, the credit cards but he didn't ask her whyHe knows that there's some things even cash can't buyOh yes he thought he'd be the exceptionOh yes he thought he'd be the exceptionBut don't we all think we're the exceptionSometimes, sometimesIf a handout to the hungry and the homelessIs a fiver in the fickle hand of fateDoes it mean we'll be there on the guest listWhen we get to heaven's gateNo pain, no gain, that's what they're saying and it's hard to disagreeBut I thought somehow they weren't including meOh but I thought I'd be the exceptionOh yes I thought I'd be the exceptionBut don't we all think we're the exceptionSometimes, sometimes
