TELL YOU STRAIGHT I DON'T TAKE YOU FOR NO FOOL
I CAN'T TELL YOU STRAIGHTER
TELL YOU STRAIGHT TIL YOU HEAR FROM SOMEONE WHO'LL
TELL YOU STRAIGHT NO CHASER

AS YOU REELED THROUGH MY WORLD OF HATE AND FEAR
NO-ONE THOUGHT TO WARN YOU
LIKE A DIAMOND YOU SHONE FOR ALL TO HEAR
FROM YOYR BRILLIANT CORNERS

YOU WEREN'T ASKING FOR GARLANDS AROUND YOUR FEET
OR A PAGE IN HISTORY
JUST A MOMENT IN TIME WE'RE WE COULD GREET
YOUR BRIGHT MISSISSIPPI

WHEN THEY ASK IF I UNDERSTOOD YOUR CALL
I SAY ABSOLUTELY
I WON'T SEE YOU DISMISSED SO CASUALLLY
AS JUST UGLY BEAUTY

TELL YOU STRAIGHT I DON'T TAKE YOU FOR NO FOOL
I CAN'T TELL YOU STRAIGHTER
TELL YOU STRAIGHT TIL YOU HEAR FROM SOMEONE WHO'LL
TELL YOU STRAIGHT NO CHASER
 

On the album “A Tiniest Wham” 2000
© 1999 Pure and Crooked Songs / BMI