[Verse 1] Eddie boy lit like paraffin Spending two weeks In a crack house Burns on his brain Like Chernobyl Dean was seen With a two bag purchase He was lying dead on his mothers bed Someone to pray for Until I met you [PreChorus] Life is like a broken arrow Memory a swinging door I could be your great misfortune I can make you happy Every day of your life [Chorus] Making my love Like a shining star Taking my love Just a touch too far [Verse 2] Tessie turns tricks with a soul like ice Because love left holes And four swell kids breaking her heart Ive got windows, Ive seen much vice Ive touched down with vermin Cowardice, lice And I say Nobody cares what you do Please be yourself to death I could be your great misfortune But youll never find a, bet youll never find a better man [Chorus] Making my love Like a shining star Taking my love Just a touch too far [Verse 3, Mickey Rourke] Peter met Frank Formed a dummy run gang Worked heist or hit for 10 gs flat Blew heads out of shape for the name of Trotsky, SinnFein, Hitler cashdown No hope heroes cover the page With debts in hell And fingers in blood Poor little bodies all covered in scabs Threw it all away Another life in the grave a life in the grave [PreChorus] Life is like a broken arrow Memory a swinging door I could be your great misfortune Well, I could make you happy Every goddamn single day of your life [Chorus] Making my love Like a shining star Like a shining star If thats what you are Like a shining star oh Making my love making my love Like a shining star like a shining star Taking my love taking my love Just a touch too far just a touch to far Making my love making my making my making my love Like a shining star like a shining star Taking my love making my love Just a touch too far just a touch to, uh far Making my love making my love Like a shining star huh, like a shining star Taking my love taking my love Just a touch too far touch to, uh, far Making my love mmm Like a shining star mmhmm Taking my love mmhmm
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