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Act Of War
Arab Strap

If your hair was a call to arms

And your legs were what skirts are for

Then your mouth was a red alert

But your eyes were an act of war


That I needed a nurse and a mother

I needed an open-minded whore

I needed a barmaid and a lover

Someone to stand between me and the floor


But when we attacked, it was never swiftly

We must have been locked in combat for years

A new hardwood floor was a perfect battleground

So I'll suppose the bullets were our tears


Well okay, I know we threw some things about

And I'm sure that you got in a punch or two

And is it true when your comrade's been asking

If I'm the sort of man who could ever sink to hit you too


Why does she always have bruises?

They'd be much happier apart

The fact is, you've always been clumsy

Be it with tables at your work or with my heart


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