Left to My Own Devices - Single Version; 2001 Remaster

[00:53.21] I get out of bed at half past ten
[00:56.63] Phone up a friend who's a party animal
[01:00.56] Turn on the news and drink some tea
[01:04.26] Maybe if you're with me, we'll do some shopping
[01:07.72] One day, I'll read or learn to drive a car
[01:12.00] If you pass the test, you can beat the rest
[01:15.27] But I don't like to compete, or talk street, street, street
[01:19.04] I can pick up the best from the party animal
[01:23.19] I could leave you, say goodbye
[01:27.94] Or I could love you, if I try
[01:31.29] And I could
[01:33.21] And left to my own devices, I probably would
[01:40.54] Pick up a brochure about the sun
[01:45.45] Learn to ignore what the photographer saw
[01:49.16] I was always told that you should join a club
[01:52.81] Stick with the gang, if you want to belong
[01:56.70] I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy
[02:00.58] In a world of my own at the back of the garden
[02:04.43] I didn't want to compete, or play out on the street
[02:08.37] For in a secret life I was a round head general
[02:12.19] I could leave you, say goodbye
[02:17.24] Or I could love you, if I try
[02:20.70] And I could
[02:23.29] And left to my own devices, I probably would
[02:30.47] Left to my own devices, I probably would
[02:38.11] Oh, I would
[02:49.78] I was faced with a choice at a difficult age
[02:53.37] Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage?
[02:57.29] But in the back of my head I heard distant feet
[03:01.04] Che Guevara and De'bussy to a disco beat
[03:08.32] It's not a crime when you look the way you do
[03:12.37] The way I like to picture you
[03:15.89] When I get home, it's late at night
[03:20.02] I pour a drink and watch the fight
[03:23.85] Turn off the TV, look at a book
[03:27.36] Pick up the phone, fix some food
[03:31.24] Maybe I'll sit up all night and day
[03:34.98] Waiting for the minute I hear you say
[03:46.19] I could leave you, say goodbye
[03:49.57] Or I could love you, if I try
[03:53.13] And I could
[03:55.56] And left to my own devices, I probably would
[04:01.58] Come on, baby, say goodbye
[04:04.59] Or I could love you, if I try
[04:08.07] And I could
[04:10.71] And left to my own devices, I probably would
[04:18.75] Left to my own devices, I probably would
[04:23.43] (Come on baby)
[04:26.61] Left to my own devices, I probably would