A D E They come from underneath the stairsA D E Into my room but no-one caresA D E They're on the bus and on the trainA D E They're knocking on my window pane.A D E Oh mother telephone the nurseA D E Can't you see it's getting worseA D E I close my eyes yet still it seemsA D E Everybody in my dreams, A D E A D E, A D E (x5) Gubba look-A-likes Gubba look-A-likes.A D E I wake up screaming in the hallA D E I didn't mean to wake at allA D E I run and lock the bathroom doorContinues after the adA D E Turn on the taps and out they pour.A D E Through all the villages and townsA D E A thousand sandy coloured clownsA D E I try and escape down private drivesA D E And then I reach the Reader's Wives. A D E A D E,(instr A D E (x9)) Gubba look-A-likes Gubba look-A-likes.A D In order to fling off this curse, I spend all day drinking inE A D E Diverse taverns, with smarmy acrobats and balding senators.A D E But after a while they too adopt the likeness and begin to breed likeA D E, A D E town pigs.A D E As a drunken lump I fall into a state of blissful unconsciousnessA D E But the moment is fleeting and I awake once more in despairA D E A D E And in my final agonies believe myself lost.A D E A D E Gubba look-A-likes Gubba look-A-likes.A D E In every film and every play, on every public right of wayA D E On every flag I see unfurled, on all the grounds in all the worldA D E The one-armed bandits in the bar, in the back of every carA D E And even on my dying day they'll refuse to go awayA D E When I walk towards the light something somewhere won't be rightA D E And what was once my Uncle Keith says there'll never be reliefA D E And we'll go on and on and on and on and on. A D E A D E, A D E (to fade) Gubba look-A-likes Gubba look-A-likes.
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