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Having an argument with myself down Elizabeth StreetBumping into backpackers and struggling with the parameters and the basic construction of my feetKicking beer cans and rubbish along the concreteCrossing the street and crossing galaxies of taxis and backseats and drunk suites and half-GreeksShut up, no, you shut up!What's the matter, take a number, Buttercup!Every time I hear you say "Fuck it"I would remind you of the photo in your pocketHow long it's been there, two years, I bethave a sniff, it smells like a cigaretteWhen was the last time you smoked a cigarette?And more importantly, who did you smoke it with?Having an argument with myself down Victoria StreetPassing the market now, the windows neon illuminating my path to defeatYour grinning face scaring a poor parakeetYour happy breathing scaring the windSo rich on Summer and so sweetSongtexteFuck you, no, you fuck you!You didn't come here for nothing, did you?I know that's what you've been saying latelyBut let me draw attention to a ?????I stuck it in a little plastic envelopeand put the flower in a neon microscopeSee what's written on the petalsLook closer, that's her intialsAnd now I'm walking by Bev and Mick's backpacker hostel on Victoria StreetWhere it's reggae night tonightAnd the backpackers are pouring out like a tidal wave of vomitI have to sit down on the curbside and count the coins in my pocketSee if I have enough cash to take a taxi home...NoAlright, yes, can we just try to figure this out?Can we just talk about this, please?Nah, I don't wanna talk to youOK, you wanna keep fighting?Yeah, I wanna keep on fightingAlright, fair enough1, 2, 3, here we go!Having an argument with myself down Queensbury StreetThe lonely light from the town hall clock towerChime of the bells striking1, 2, 3And it took shape in the form of an image in the form of a living memoryThe way her shadow used to walk by your sideIn a different time, in a different cityOh please, no you oh please!I wanna see you drop down on your kneesI wanna see your hand waving "Farewell"Why you hittin' yourself, why you hittin' yourself???????? twice at March???????????????????To make history of a love, a love like oursA love like ours Aus Songtexte Mania