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Picture the midwife pulling him out and he's breathing And then handed him over to a mother that can't believe it The umbilical cord gets snipped and everyone's smiling A beautiful moment, right? Picture a one-bedroom flat on the ground floor with a drive Picture him pulling up outside, right under the streetlight Imagine the baby sleeping right at the beginning of a lifetime What a beautiful night Okay so his nappy needs changing and he needs feeding And he's just tired if he starts crying for no reason But then you catch eye contact with this beautiful creature My God, what a beautiful child Picture her telling the dad it's a boy and he can come visit But the dad's already got a boy and his schedule's busy Then weigh up the prospects of being a single parent That's enough to blow anyone's mind Picture a bar or a pub that's serving food And let's just imagine love at first sight is true Flickering candle, bottle of wine and full moon That sounds just about right So picture the perfect date, driving back to her place Open the door and the look of fear on the babysitter's face She had a funny feeling and didn't wanna leave him in the first place Something's not right Imagine the screams of a baby with a snapped leg Did he get dropped or did he roll out of the bed? SongtexteWas the impact all to his leg or did he bump his head? Can anybody shed some light? So picture a school uniform, fresh out the pack And picture a confident young boy, mum and a dad And picture them driving to school, he can't wait to start What a wonderful life But picture an old Victorian house broke up into two flats He was on the top floor with a bowl of Nesquik watching the Rugrats Downstairs was a very bad man who sold a bit more than loud packs And that's being polite So picture the door for the flat upstairs getting took off its hinges And picture the guy from downstairs running in to cause injuries And imagine the boy in the bedroom listening, what is he thinking? Can you get traumatised at five? Picture her stood in the telephone box on the phone now She's got a big family and she's gonna bring big bro down Next thing you know, a car pulls up and man jumps out There's gonna be a fight The boy's just sat on the windowsill seeing everything He watched them run in the flat downstairs looking menacing Loud bangs, screams, everybody's panicking It'd become the scene of a crime The way that the blue lights lit up the streets was a picture And the way that the paramedics were full of blood was messed up Now picture the guy from downstairs lay on a stretcher What a terrible sight Look, picture a van full of boxes, full of the family belongings On to a different chapter, maybe some family bonding Now they've got rid of the toxins And an actual house with two floors, the future's looking so bright They were driving for miles in the blistering cold The boy's about nine at this point, will the story ever get told? I guess nobody knows, as it continues to unfold They pulled up on Bury New Road, back in 1999 Aus Songtexte Mania