It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career-Belle & Sebastian

[ti:It Could Have Been A Brilliant] [ar:Belle and Sebastian] [al:The Boy With The Arab Strap] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.15]Artist：belle and sebastian [00:02.40]Songs Title：it could have been a brilliant career [00:04.39]He had a stroke at the age of 24 [00:06.58]It could have been a brilliant career [00:07.83]Painting lines in a school that was too well known [00:16.00]Painting lines with a friend that had gone before [00:22.18]She challenged everyone to a fight [00:25.36]But the people all backed down [00:28.85]And they ran her out of town [00:32.43]Cause she drank and swore and spoke [00:35.98]Out of turn she was the village joke [00:44.72]She had a stroke at the age of 24 [00:48.34]It could have been a brilliant career [00:51.64]Getting clients to finance her strategies [00:58.45]Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday [01:04.69]She wears the clothes of an emperor [01:07.56]But her paintings are a sham [01:11.18]And they're going for a grand [01:14.68]When the dealers come to view [01:18.11]Do they ever see the real you [01:26.34] [01:34.51]He had a stroke at the age of 24 [01:37.69]It could have been a brilliant career [01:41.31]Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes [01:48.80]Pulling the wool playing the fool it's no wonder that [01:55.16]He is dribbling spit tonight [01:58.16]And the one he sent away [02:01.54]Was the only one who stayed [02:05.16]With a spoon and a decent book [02:08.47]And you can tell by the way she looks she is sorry and resigned [02:15.71]As he wets himself for the final time