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As recorded for "Secret Drinker" "I Need New Words" ("While The Music Lasts", 1967)
I need new things to tell her I need new things to tell her
That won't seem so awkwardly shy That won't seem so awkwardly shy
I'm pretending to be strong and silent I'm pretending to be strong and silent
So hard that it's violent So hard that it's violent
And plainly a lie And plainly a lie
I need new words to fight with I need new words to fight with
That win me far more than a smile And win me far more than a smile
A sentence that glitters and dances A sentence that glitters and dances
For my steely glances For my steely glances
Miss out by a mile Miss out by a mile
I hear the wits' winning ways all around me I hear the sounds winning hearts all around me
Sweet nothings that ring the right bell Sweet nothings that ring the right bell
But their ease with a phrase is beyond me But the sounds that astound are beyond me
Nipped in the bud, dried in the well Nipped in the bud, dried in the well
I need a gift to give her I need a gift to give her
That talks for me when I'm not there That talks for me when I'm not there
And explains how the poems that start out And explains why the poems that start out
By eating my heart out By eating my heart out
Are lost on the air Are lost on the air
I need some way to tell her
That the matter with me is the art
While I kid that I'm calm and collected
I'm breaking apart
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