Testo The Face Behind Scream - John Cooper Clarke
Testo della canzone The Face Behind Scream (John Cooper Clarke), tratta dall'album Zip Style Method
This case appears to be urgent
Kindly pull the screen
Cosmetic surgeon
The son of Mr. Sheen
Is jelly-melding versions of the face behind the screen
The girl who would be beauty queen
Tells the doctor of her dream
In which she reads a magazine
Wearing only cold cream
They called her the face behind the screen
The image he maintains and the silence he observes
Says it's worth a little pain for the figure we both deserve
A cowboy by profession since the age of seventeen
Whose singular obsession is the face behind the screen
The girl who would be beauty queen
Tells the doctor of her dream
A soiree in the mezzanine
The castanets and tambourines
A careless word, an ugly scene
The doctor knows he's made for good impressions on demand
The new nose in the neighbourhood was fashioned by these hands
He can do it blindfold, his instruments are clean
The snapshot in his mind holds the face behind the screen
The girl who would be beauty queen
Diamond rivets in her jeans
Wild and with it even off screen
He removes the bandage and the odd remaining scab
The flair for fancy language, the gift of the gab
Hands you a sandwich, applies the Vaseline
To show to best advantage the face behind the screen
The girl who would be beauty queen
Tells the doctor of her dream
In which she turns her money green
Finds herself in a funny scene
Cracks up like a shatterproof windscreen
Danke schoen, ich liebe dich
I promise not to hurt
The telephone receiver clicks
Red alert
Whatever you do, don't touch that switch
The doctor goes to work
With his bag of tricks and limousine
Mug shots from magazines
Face creams and photo bits
To fix a face that doesn't fit
The face behind the screen
The girl who would be beauty queen
Surrounded by the regular team
Of flintol reps and coma teens
In bowler hats and brilliantine
Or bold cravats
A bottled dream, such a precious little dream
To be taken to extremes
How many times can you be sixteen?
They called her the face behind the screen
Credits
Writer(s): John Cooper Clarke, Stephen Hopkins, Martin Hannett
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