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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Go-Betweens
The Go-Betweens
Performer
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Vocals
Robert Vickers
Robert Vickers
Bass
Lindy Morrison
Lindy Morrison
Drums
Robert Forster
Robert Forster
Vocals
Graeme Pleeth
Graeme Pleeth
Keyboards
Marc Fontana
Marc Fontana
Saxophone
Denis Gautier
Denis Gautier
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Songwriter
Robert Foster
Robert Foster
Songwriter
Graeme Pleeth
Graeme Pleeth
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jacques Hermet
Jacques Hermet
Engineer
John Brand
John Brand
Producer

Lyrics

I got myself a mortgage It didn't save the marriage We weren't insured Insured against breakage If you believe in orphans, there's still a chance for love The hand that warms you also harms you Pick me up in pieces, I'm scattered and broken Slow, slow music Pick me up in pieces, I'm scattered and broken Slow, slow music By the time I was 16, I knew the names of the planets Stayed away from the doorstep Was frightened of milk-bottles If you believe in orphans, there's still a chance for love The hand that warms you also harms you I know I'm not an orphan but I believe in love The hand that holds you also scolds you Pick me up in pieces, I'm scattered and broken Slow, slow music Pick me up in pieces, I'm scattered and broken Slow, slow music Don't wake the children Leave them in bed In the land of the dreamless They're better off dead If you believe in orphans, there's still a chance for love The hand that warms you also harms you I know I'm not an orphan But I believe in love The hand that holds you also scolds you Pick me up in pieces, I'm scattered and broken Slow, slow music Pick me up in pieces, I'm scattered and broken Slow, slow music Slow, slow music Slow, slow music Slow, slow music
Writer(s): Robert Derwent Garth Forster, Grant William Mclennan Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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