Baby Britain by Elliot Smith
Baby Britain feels the best
Floating over a sea of vodka
Separated (1)________ the rest
Fights problems (2)________ bigger problems
Sees the ocean fall and rise
Counts the waves that somehow didn't hit her
Water pourning from her eyes
Alcohol again, very bitter
For someone half as smart
You'd be a (3)________ of art
You put (4)________________ apart
And I can't help until 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 (5)________ of blood
You won't be (6)__________ 'til the bottle's broken
You're out (7)________________ in the flood
You kept back, you kept unspoken
For someone half as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart
And I can't help you until you start
You've got a (8)________ in (9)________ eye when you're (10)____________ 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 (11)__________ is (12)______________ Crimson and Clover
London (13)____________ is (14)________ and sound
No (15)____________ what you keep repeating
Nothing's gonna (16)________ me down
To a death that's not worth cheating
For (17)______________ (18)________ as smart
You'd be a (19)________ of art
You put yourself apart
And I can't help until you start
For (20)______________ (21)________ as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put (22)________________ apart
Floating over a sea of vodka
Separated (1)________ the rest
Fights problems (2)________ bigger problems
Sees the ocean fall and rise
Counts the waves that somehow didn't hit her
Water pourning from her eyes
Alcohol again, very bitter
For someone half as smart
You'd be a (3)________ of art
You put (4)________________ apart
And I can't help until 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 (5)________ of blood
You won't be (6)__________ 'til the bottle's broken
You're out (7)________________ in the flood
You kept back, you kept unspoken
For someone half as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart
And I can't help you until you start
You've got a (8)________ in (9)________ eye when you're (10)____________ 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 (11)__________ is (12)______________ Crimson and Clover
London (13)____________ is (14)________ and sound
No (15)____________ what you keep repeating
Nothing's gonna (16)________ me down
To a death that's not worth cheating
For (17)______________ (18)________ as smart
You'd be a (19)________ of art
You put yourself apart
And I can't help until you start
For (20)______________ (21)________ as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put (22)________________ apart
Answers:
(1) from(2) with(3) work(4) yourself(5) rush(6) happy(7) swimming(8) look(9) your(10) saying(11) radio(12) playing(13) Bridge(14) safe(15) matter(16) drag(17) someone(18) half(19) work(20) someone(21) half(22) yourself