A Man Of Great Promise-The Style Council

[ti:A Man Of Great Promise] [ar:The Style Council] [al:Our Favourite Shop] [offset:0] [00:00.66]A Man Of Great Promise - The Style Council [00:15.40]I bought the paper yesterday [00:17.17] [00:18.25]And I saw the obituary [00:21.77]And I read of how you died in pain [00:24.05] [00:25.16]Well, I just couldn't understand it [00:28.15] [00:29.34]If I could of changed that [00:31.12] [00:32.19]Then Lord knows I'd do it now [00:35.67]But there is no going back [00:38.05] [00:39.21]And what's done is done forever [00:41.83] [00:45.41]But you were always chained [00:47.33] [00:48.37]And shackled by the dirt [00:50.34] [00:52.17]Of every small town institution [00:55.24]And every big town flirt [00:58.49] [01:12.75]And I think of what you might have been [01:14.81] [01:15.86]A man of such great promise [01:19.36]Oh but, you seem to forget the dream [01:22.19] [01:22.81]And the more you saw you hated [01:25.45] [01:26.67]But let's not talk of blame [01:28.80] [01:29.82]For what is only natural [01:33.55]Like a moth going to a flame [01:36.07] [01:37.12]You had a dangerous passion [01:39.80] [01:43.21]But you were always chained [01:44.99] [01:46.17]And shackled by the dirt [01:48.34] [01:50.04]Of every small town institution [01:53.06]And every big town flirt [01:56.32] [01:57.06]All the things that you might have been [02:00.15]But who am I to say [02:03.07]Still I wonder [02:04.80]If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay [02:11.24] [02:11.94]If it's the cold earth, you prefer to stay