performed by the Walkabouts and Tindersticks



Don't ask for favours

And don't risk the truth

My fingers are scissors

They're cutting you through



Cutting you through

Cutting you through

Velvet fog



The bird in my open hand

Is a captive for life

Please don't misread now

We're drinkin' happy tonight



Cutting you through

Cutting you through

Velvet fog



And I hear you singin'

When the pale moon gets down

Nirvana's on the jukebox

But Gene Pitney

owns this town

And it's a town without pity

It's a town without tears



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