The Ledge

Album: Pleased To Meet Me (1987)
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  • All eyes look up to me
    High above the filthy streets
    Heed no bullhorn when it calls
    Watch me fly and die, watch me fall

    I'm the boy they can't ignore,
    For the first time in my life, I'm sure
    All the love sent up high to pledge
    Won't reach the ledge

    Wind blows cold from the west
    I smell coffee, I smell doughnuts for the press (on their breath?)
    A girl that I knew once years ago
    Is tryin' to be reached on the phone

    I'm the boy she can't ignore,
    For the first time in my life, I'm sure
    All the love sent up high to pledge...

    (Repeat)

    Priest kneels silent, all is still
    Policeman reaches from the sill
    Watch him, watch him try his best
    There'll be no medal pinned to his chest

    I'm the boy they couldn't ignore,
    For the first time in my life, I'm sure

    (Repeat)

    I'm the boy for the last time in my life

    All the love that they pledge
    For the last time will not reach the ledge... Writer/s: PAUL WESTERBERG
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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  • Larry from Vancouver, WaI can't believe that this is the only 'mats song that gets a mention.
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