Innocents...


        I never broke your windows
        I never broke your rules
        I never took to your tender ventetta
        I didn't touch you family jewels
        Revenge is a strong emotion
        Friction is the mother of pearl
        It's a disapproving, disappointing, disappearing world

        Now what's this...

        I didn't burn your house down
        I didn't break your hearts
        I never tried to steal your car
        I wouldn't know where to start
        Don't blame me if your life's a bore
        Not gonna look at your curves
        Don't point your finger anymore
        You're getting on my nerves

        Your tepid shallows of a failing brain...

        Innocents
        ...last of the wholly innocents
        Innocents
        ...last of the wholly innocents
        Innocents
        ...last of the holy in a sense

        I never broke your windows
        I never broke your rules
        I never took to your tender ventetta
        Didn't touch you family jewels
        Revenge is a strong emotion
        Friction is the mother of pearl
        It's a disapproving, disappointing, disappearing world

        Who is if I'm not to blame...

        Innocents
        ...last of the wholly innocents
        Innocents
        ...last of the wholly innocents
        Innocents
        ...last of the holy in a sense

        I didn't run to your rescue
        I didn't hear you scream
        Citizen's arrest
        You've got to give Joe Public his cream
        Murder is a powerful picture
        It's food for the famished mass
        But I didn't do your meter's
        I'd never do things like that

        In the who's who of capital gains....

        Innocents
        ...last of the wholly innocents
        Innocents
        ...last of the wholly innocents
        Innocents
        ...last of the holy in a sense


        LYRICS © JOHN COOPER CLARKE.