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I took the paternoster lift to the fourteenth floor And I couldn't help despairing over what I saw Thousands of whippets were running around And not one of them belonged to me I don't know if you've heard the news by now But they're planning on pulling all our old haunts down Not that it'll matter too much to you But I have to live with the consequences Without you I'll still be smiling But I won't be having fun I laid awake in my flat pack bed SongtexteAnd all I heard was one pair of lungs I wasn't always stuck in this state of affairs He and I lorded it for two or three years He said, ?don't get me wrong love, I've had a good time But the concrete gets me down? We talked for a while and we occasionally met Just to keep up the pretence that it could happen again But now all I've got is a postcode to go on And that won't get me laid Without you I'll still be smiling But I won't be having fun I laid awake in my flat pack bed And all I heard was one pair of lungs And there are things you won't forget 4711 at the nape of the neck Swallow tattoos and cameo brooches Applying eyes on southbound coaches Raiding skips of next-door neighbours Piles of unread Sunday papers Stealing from cosmetics counters And all the things I'll never ,ever do again Now that you've gone And all the whippets, all the whippets Pass me by, pass me by Without you I'll still be smiling But I won't be having fun I laid awake in my flat pack bed I had a spinning headache And all I heard was one pair of lungs I need to hear two pairs of lungs Aus Songtexte Mania