Buttons On My Clothes Lyrics

Buttons on My Clothes

I've been drinking all through summer
I guess I've had a laugh
I've had every kind of fun I could have had

Looking at my crowd tonight
There's a sober kind of sparkle in their eyes
That I don't like

'Cause everybody knows she ain't coming back
The buttons on my clothes are as plain to see as that

I'm a man of reputation in this rocker's town
I have lived it up so long I'll never live it down
Every back room bet I've made
Every all night thrill room-service bill I've paid
Looks cheap today

'Cause everybody knows she ain't coming back
The buttons on my clothes are as plain to see as that

I took a chemical vacation in my head
But now I'm back here at the station with a trunk of regret

Thought I found myself a frequency beyond her voice
But the memories keep breaking through the noise
So brother, send a ship for me before I wash upon the shore of clarity
I can see

That everybody knows she ain't coming back
The buttons on my clothes are as plain to see as that

Yeah, everwhere I go, there are ghosts of what I had
Like the buttons on my clothes, they are everywhere I'm at

Del Amitri - Can You Do Me Good?

Apr 2002

1. Just Before You Leave
2. Cash & Prizes
3. Drunk In A Band
4. One More Last Hurrah
5. Buttons On My Clothes
6. Baby It's Me
7. Wash Her Away
8. Last Cheap Shot At The Dream
9. Out Falls The Past
10. She's Passing This Way
11. Jesus Saves
12. Just Getting By