Baby Britain by Elliot Smith

Baby Britain feels the best
Floating over a sea of vodka
Separated from the rest
Fights problems (1)________ bigger problems
Sees the ocean fall and rise
Counts the waves that somehow didn't hit her
Water pourning (2)________ her eyes
Alcohol again, very bitter
For someone half as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart
And I can't help until you start
We knocked another couple back
The dead (3)________________ lined up on the table
Still prepared for an attack
They didn't know they'd been disabled
Felt a wave, a (4)________ of blood
You won't be happy 'til the bottle's broken
You're out swimming in the flood
You kept back, you kept unspoken
For someone (5)________ 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 look in your eye when you're (6)____________ goodbye
Like you want to say hi

The light was on but it was dim
Revolver's been turned over
And now it's (7)__________ once again
The radio is playing Crimson and Clover
London Bridge is safe and sound
No (8)____________ what you keep repeating
Nothing's (9)__________ drag me down
To a death 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 help until you start
For someone half as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart

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