Baby Britain by Elliot Smith

Baby Britain (1)__________ the best
Floating over a sea of vodka
Separated from the rest
Fights problems (2)________ bigger problems
Sees the (3)__________ fall and rise
Counts the waves that somehow didn't hit her
Water pourning from her eyes
Alcohol again, (4)________ bitter
For someone half as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart
And I can't (5)________ (6)__________ you start
We (7)______________ another couple back
The dead (8)________________ lined up on the table
Still (9)________________ for an attack
They didn't know they'd been disabled
Felt a wave, a rush of blood
You won't be happy 'til the bottle's broken
You're out swimming in the flood
You kept back, you kept unspoken
For someone half as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put yourself apart
And I can't (10)________ you until you start
You've got a (11)________ in your eye (12)________ you're saying goodbye
Like you want to say hi

The (13)__________ was on but it was dim
Revolver's been turned over
And now it's ready (14)________ again
The radio is playing Crimson and Clover
London (15)____________ is (16)________ and sound
No (17)____________ what you keep repeating
Nothing's gonna drag me down
To a (18)__________ that's not (19)__________ cheating
For (20)______________ (21)________ as smart
You'd be a work of art
You put (22)________________ apart
And I can't help (23)__________ you start
For (24)______________ half as smart
You'd be a (25)________ of art
You put yourself apart

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