12 weeks straight

well it’s 12 weeks straight
since the accident
the doctor says
it could have been a lot worse
the trouble is everything is real again
but at least now I’ve beaten the curse

but what doesn’t make you stronger
can kill you
in the fortress of solitude
that’s what they say
so I’ve got to write down
everything I remember
to try and understand
just how I got here today

well maybe baby
shallow is the new deep
and honey you were just
ahead of the curve
and as for me
i’m in much better shape now
baby, than I even deserve

well maybe it’s because
I always suffered fools gladly
that I used to think I was safe
from the kind of joint hallucination
just when we started to break

it was San Francisco in 68
‘On the beach’ then ‘For the Turnstiles’
It quickly got ‘Bleecker and Mac Dougal’
we only got to play down ‘Live at the Witch Trials’
I never got a chance
to go to The Mardi Gras
never got a chance to bon temps roulez
never got a chance to
kiss ‘Miss America’
never even got on an ‘L.A Freeway’

I used to see myself
as the new Gary Kasparov
but you were scene -stealing
all of my moves
now it’s only you & I
and ‘Deep Blue’ baby
that know what really went down
in Game Number 2

well I slandered your name
all over London
and I never once even apologised
I just said you were
a trick magician
and I could never get hypnotised

well let’s just say I had
selective amnesia
we both had to
pretend you were sane
you had to make
believe we were lovers
but maybe you were just
confused by my name?

now I guess I’ll see you
on the other side
of whatever’s next coming along
you’ll still be practising
‘Fur Elise’
and youll still be singing
someone else’s song

so I’m going straight
one day at a time
& I don’t even want to see
any changes on
my permanent record
or if a bad debt is
still following me

cos what doesn’t make you
stronger can kill you
in the fortress of solitude
that’s what they say
so I’ve got to write down
everything I remember
just so I know how
I got here today

well sha la la la la la
& sha la la la lee
sha - 12 weeks straight babe
no bad debt still following me

well sha la la la la la
& sha la la la lee
sha - 12 weeks straight babe
no bad debt still following me