Anything You Can Spare

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Today is gonna be the day
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That they’re THANK YOU gonna throw it back to you
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By now you should’ve somehow
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Realized what you gotta do
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I don’t believe that… ANYTHING YOU CAN SPARE. MUCH APPRECIATED…
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…anybody
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Feels the way I do
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About you now

HONESTLY. ANY SPARE CHANGE… JUST CLICK ON THE AMOUNT. YOU CAN USE PAYPAL IF YOU LIKE. I’M BUSKING ONLINE. USEFUL ACTUALLY BECAUSE I CAN’T ACTUALLY PLAY THE GUITAR OR SING. BUT HERE GOES. HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS WEBPAGE…

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Backbeat the word was on the…  YOU SEE, I’VE SPENT ALL MY STUDENT LOAN FOR THIS TERM…street
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That the fire in your heart is out
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I’m sure… I DIDN’T REALISE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE WHOLE TERM…
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you’ve heard it all before
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But you never… WHAT HAPPENED WAS, I MET A GIRL IN FRESHER’S WEEK AT THE STUDENT UNION BAR.
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…really had a doubt
SHE WAS REALLY NICE AND WE GOT ON REALLY WELL AND SHE LET ME BUY HER A DRINK… WHICH. WAS. AWESOME.
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I don’t believe that anybody
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Feels the way I do…
…AND ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER AND, WELL, WE WENT ON HOLIDAY TOGETHER…
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About you now

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And all the roads we have to… I DON’T MEAN WE STARTED DATING THAT NIGHT, THEN STARTED GOING STEADY…
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                ..walk along are winding
…AND EVENTUALLY WENT ON HOLIDAY TOGETHER. NO, WE WENT, DIRECTLY FROM THE STUDENT UNION…
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And all the lights…
…TO BRAZIL.
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                …that lead us there are blinding
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There are many things that I would

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Like to… SHE SAID SHE’D NEVER BEEN AND ALWAYS WANTED TO GO. SHE DIDN’T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY MONEY ON HER BUT I SAID I’D GET IT THIS TIME AND SHE COULD PAY FOR THE FLIGHTS BACK…

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                 …say to you
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but I don’t know how

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Because maybe
…IN MY DEFENCE, I WAS REALLY, REALLY DRUNK…
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You’re gonna be the… ALSO, APART FROM WHEN VERONICA BARRATT LET ME PUT MY HAND DOWN HER TOP IN THE LOWER SIXTH, I’M NOT REALLY KNOWN TO WOMAN… KNOW WHAT I MEAN…?
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                one that saves me ?
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And after all
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You’re my…
ONCE WE GOT TO SAO PAULO, THERE WERE A LOAD OF PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT TO MEET HER, WHICH LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT SHE MIGHT, IN FACT, HAVE BEEN TO BRAZIL BEFORE…
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                   …wonderwall

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Today is… …THAT AND THE FACT THAT HER NAME WAS FERNANDA OLIVIERA WHICH, NOW I THINK OF IT, ISN’T THE SORT OF NAME SOMEONE HAS IF THEY’RE REALLY FROM CARDIFF…

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            …gonna be the day
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That they’re gonna throw it back to you
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By now you should’ve somehow
    
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Realized what you gotta do
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I don’t …HER FRIENDS AT THE AIRPORT WERE ALL A-MA-ZING LOOKING WOMEN, ALL OVER SIX FEET TALL WITH IMPOSSIBLY ROUND BOOBS AND SEXY…HUSKY… DEEP VOICES
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                    …believe that anybody
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Feels the …TALKING OF DEEP VOICES, FERNANDA SEEMED, OVER THE COURSE OF THE ELEVEN-HOUR FLIGHT, TO HAVE DEVELOPED QUITE A FIVE O’CLOCK SHADOW…     A
                                                                                                         …way I do
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About you now

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And all the roads we have to walk along are winding
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And all the… SO SHE SAID SHE NEEDED TO GO OFF IN AN OPEN TOPPED CAR WITH HER FRIENDS AND WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN SOME  SAILORS AND DANCE AND DRINK WHISKEY SOURS FOR A WHILE…
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…lights that lead us there are blinding
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There are…
…AND SHE WROTE AN ADDRESS ON MY ARM IN EYELINER AND SAID TO GO THERE AND WAIT FOR HER…
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        many things that I would
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Like to say to you
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…SO I GOT A TAXI TO THIS PLACE. IT’S GETTING DARK AND IT’S HARD TO FIND WHICH MAKES THE DRIVER MORE AND MORE ANGRY. HE KEEPS TURNING AROUND AND SHOUTING AT ME. IT’S WEIRD BECAUSE SMOKING DOPE USUALLY MAKES ME MORE CALM, NOT LESS BUT, THIS GUY, HE’S SWEATING AND THERE’S SPITTLE IN THE CORNERS OF HIS MOUTH…
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            but I don’t know how
…AND I KNOW THIS IS BAD, BUT WHEN HE RAN OVER THIS TWO-LEGGED DOG WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE SUPERMARKET TROLLEY WHEELS INSTEAD OF ITS FRONT AND BACK LEFT LEGS, I JUMPED OUT AND RAN…

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Because maybe
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You’re gonna be the one that saves me ?
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And after all
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You’re my…
…ONCE I REALISED THE TAXI DRIVER WAS PRETTY FOCUSSED ON FIGHTING THE DOG’S OWNER INSTEAD OF CHASING ME, I SLOWED DOWN AND DUCKED DOWN AN ALLEY (BTW, THE DOG’S OWNER LOOKED LIKE SHE COULD HANDLE HERSELF.)
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        …wonderwall

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Because maybe
…AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, A COUPLE SAW THE WRITING ON MY ARM, LIT UP AS IT WAS BY THE GLOWING END OF THE CIGARETTE THE WOMAN WAS SMOKING WHILE THEY WERE LYING ON THE GROUND HAVING SEX. I ALMOST TRIPPED OVER THEM, IT WAS THAT DARK. THEY TOLD ME I WAS AT THE RIGHT ADDRESS AND POINTED TO A RICKETY STAIRCASE…
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You’re gonna be the one that saves me ?
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And after all
…I FOUND MYSELF IN… WELL, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT WHEN THE COOKER’S IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE TELLY AND THE TOILET? A STUDIO FLAT? IS THAT RIGHT? ANYWAY THERE WAS A BABY CRYING, IT SMELT OF SICK AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF MEN PLAYING CARDS WHO WAVED ME OVER TO JOIN IN.
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You’re my wonder…
NOW I PLAYED CARDS ALL THE TIME IN THE SIXTH FORM AND I’M PRETTY GOOD, SO AFTER A COUPLE OF HANDS, I ASKED IF THEY’D CARE TO MAKE IT INTERESTING. HAPPILY, THEY TOOK STERLING… MORE THAN HAPPILY, IN FACT… REALLY RED FACED AND LAUGHING AND HAPPY… FOR LIKE A FULL FIVE MINUTES.
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            …wall
A COUPLE OF HANDS IN AND I FOUND MYSELF WITH A PAIR OF JACKS. THIS WAS MY CHANCE TO GO FOR IT AND, THINKING I WAS BLUFFING, THEY CAME ALONG FOR THE RIDE. BAM! ANOTHER JACK FROM THE FLOP… THEY STILL THINK I GOT NUTTIN’. I WENT ALL IN… THEY DECIDED TO SEE ME… BIG MISTAKE… MAN, I CLEANED UP!!

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I Said  maybe….
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You’re gonna be the one that…
…SO I’M JUMPING AROUND THE ROOM SHOUTING “LOSERS… LOOOOSERS…” AND WAVING CLUMPS OF BANKNOTES THAT I’D SWEPT UP OFF THE TABLE IN THEIR FACES. OH THEY’RE NOT LAUGHING ANY MORE…
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                     …saves me
…AND THEN, SUDDENLY, THEY’RE LAUGHING AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WENT BLACK.
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You’re gonna be the one that
ONCE I WOKE UP AND GOT OVER THE INITIAL EMBARRASSMENT OF BEING ON THE PAVEMENT, NUDE, IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY STREET, I GOT ARRESTED WHICH, IRONICALLY, WAS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
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                     saves me
…ANYWAY, LONG STORY SHORT, I OWE MY DAD FOR A ONE-WAY PLANE TICKET – SAO PAULO TO LONDON – AS WELL AS EVERYTHING I SPENT ON HOLIDAY.IF YOU CAN CALL IT A HOLIDAY.
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You’re gonna be the one that saves me.
…ANYTHING YOU CAN SPARE, THANKS VERY MUCH. TUITION FEES ARE COVERED BUT I’M LIVING IN A BIVOUAC IN SOME WOODS NEAR THE CAMPUS. MY FOLKS CAME TO VISIT AND I MET THEM OUTSIDE QUITE A NICE HOUSE THAT I PRETENDED I LIVED IN AND WAS JUST COMING OUT OF…

THEN A WOMAN CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE HOLDING A BABY AND I PANICKED AND PRETENDED SHE WAS MY GIRLFRIEND.

WHICH, TO MY AMAZEMENT, SHE WENT ALONG WITH.

AS IT HAPPENED, SHE HAD JUST SPLIT UP WITH HER HUSBAND, SO WE’RE TOGETHER NOW, BUT SHE WON’T LET ME MOVE IN, SO I STILL LIVE IN THE WOODS AND GO TO COLLEGE EVERY DAY AND NOT TO THE DRY CLEANERS WHICH I TOLD HER I OWN. AND WHICH I MEET HER OUTSIDE AND PRETEND I’M JUST COMING OUT OF.