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Artist/Band: Belle And Sebastian
Lyrics for Song: It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career
Lyrics for Album: The Boy with the Arab Strap [1998]



He had a stroke at the age of 24

It could have been a brilliant career

Painting lines in a school that was too well known

Painting lines with a friend who had gone before

She challenged everyone to a fight

But the people all backed down

And they ran her out of town

Cause she drank and swore and spoke

Out of turn, she was the village's joke



She had a stroke at the age of 24

It could have been a brilliant career

Getting clients to finance her strategies

She's filling time in on Safeways on Saturday

She wears the clothes of an emperor

But her paintings are a sham

And they're going for a grand

When the dealers come to view

Do they ever see the real you?



He had a stroke at the age of 24

It could have been a brilliant career

Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes

Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that

He is dribbling spit tonight

And the one he sent away

Was the only one who stayed

With a spoon and a decent book

You can tell by the way she looks he is sorry and resigned

As he wets himself for the final time


Album Lyrics: The Boy with the Arab Strap [1998]


Belle And Sebastian
"The Boy with the Arab Strap [1998]"


1. A Space Boy Dream
2. A Summer Wasting
3. Chickfactor
4. Dirty Dream Number Two
5. Ease Your Feet In The Sea
6. Is It Wicked Not to Care?
7. It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career
8. Seymour Stein
9. Simple Things
10. Sleep the Clock Around
11. The Boy With The Arab Strap
12. The Rollercoaster Ride