A Badtime Story-Skyclad

[ti:A Badtime Story] [ar:Skyclad] [al:Oui Avant-Garde A Chance] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.58]A Badtime Story - Skyclad [00:02.76] [00:59.24]Look what I got for Valentine's Day: [01:02.47]Lady Luck came along took my dreams away [01:06.12]And the tears hurt more than a broken nose - [01:09.83]I bled from the thorns of a barbed-wire rose [01:13.08] [01:13.59]I know that I'm supposed to pray [01:16.74] [01:17.55]Thanking God for each new day [01:20.54] [01:21.05]Would it disturb his master plan [01:24.08] [01:24.67]To one day be a happy man [01:27.80] [01:28.39]I've tried to be positive tried to be nice [01:31.96]I've turned the other cheek so I'd get hurt twice [01:35.38]I've forced a smile I've dropped my guard [01:38.66] [01:39.31]I've seized the day but it bit me hard [01:42.45] [01:43.19]Life's too short but long enough to gain [01:46.66]The cap and gown of misery suffering and pain [01:50.34]No need to read my diary to see what lies before me - [01:54.15]Just another chapter in my Badtime Story [01:57.29] [02:01.56]The end of love and laughter [02:03.12]Now we're happy never after [02:04.60] [02:05.39]My next birthday will I fear [02:08.20] [02:08.76]Be much the same as every year [02:11.79] [02:12.34]Inside the wrapping there [02:14.80] [02:15.78]Are a few more wrinkles and a little less hair [02:19.34] [02:19.88]Another Autumn leaf is turning [02:22.91] [02:23.65]One more soul for candle-burning [02:26.50] [02:27.31]Hid beneath the sham and glitter [02:30.85]I taste a cake that's stale and bitter [02:34.64]I've tried to be positive tried to be nice [02:38.04]I've turned the other cheek so I'd get hurt twice [02:41.45]I've forced a smile I've dropped my guard [02:45.18]I've seized the day but it bit me hard [02:48.44] [02:49.08]Life's too short but long enough to gain [02:52.77]The cap and gown of misery suffering and pain [02:55.99] [02:56.55]No need to read my diary to see what lies before me - [03:00.16]Just another chapter in my Badtime Story [03:03.44] [04:13.49]On my Christmas card last year it said: [04:17.12]"So sorry Santa Claus is dead [04:20.37] [04:21.13]Crawl into the oven when you've had enough [04:24.35]'Cos it keeps sitting here quietly waiting to be stuffed " [04:28.36]What a festive way to go [04:31.40] [04:32.19]Here beneath the mistletoe [04:34.99] [04:35.67]With open eyes and an open wrist [04:38.72] [04:39.36]To vanish from your Christmas list [04:42.49] [04:43.03]I've tried to be positive tried to be nice [04:46.11] [04:46.62]I've turned the other cheek so I'd get hurt twice [04:50.04]I've forced a smile I've dropped my guard [04:53.76]I've seized the day but it bit me hard [04:56.98] [04:57.67]Life's too short but long enough to gain [05:01.32]The cap and gown of misery suffering and pain [05:05.02]No need to read my diary to see what lies before me - [05:08.80]Just another chapter in my Badtime Story