Baby Britain by Elliot Smith

Baby Britain (1)__________ the best
Floating (2)________ a sea of vodka
Separated from the rest
Fights (3)________________ (4)________ bigger problems
Sees the (5)__________ fall and rise
Counts the waves that somehow didn't hit her
Water (6)________________ from her eyes
Alcohol again, very bitter
For someone (7)________ as smart
You'd be a (8)________ of art
You put (9)________________ apart
And I can't help (10)__________ you start
We knocked another couple back
The dead soldiers lined up on the table
Still prepared for an attack
They didn't know they'd been disabled
Felt a wave, a (11)________ of blood
You won't be (12)__________ 'til the bottle's broken
You're out swimming in the flood
You kept back, you kept unspoken
For someone half as smart
You'd be a (13)________ of art
You put (14)________________ apart
And I can't (15)________ you (16)__________ you start
You've got a look in (17)________ eye (18)________ you're saying goodbye
Like you want to say hi

The light was on but it was dim
Revolver's been turned over
And now it's ready once again
The radio is playing Crimson and Clover
London (19)____________ is safe and sound
No (20)____________ what you keep repeating
Nothing's (21)__________ (22)________ me down
To a (23)__________ that's not worth cheating
For someone half as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart
And I can't (24)________ until you start
For someone half as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart

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