INVERKEITHING
(Shelley/Mackay)

photo: Robert Pereira Hind

In these times of contention it's not my intention to make things plain
I'm looking through mirrors to catch the reflection that can't be mine
I'm losing control now I'll just have to slow down a thought or two
I can't feel the future and I'm not even certain that there is a past

I believe in the worker's revolution
And I believe in the final solution
I believe in
Inverkeithing
I believe in the shape of things to come
And I believe I'm not the only one
Yes I believe in
Inverkeithing

When I poison my system I take thoughts and twist them into shapes
I'm reaching my nadir and I haven't an idea of what to do
I'm painting by numbers but can't find the colours that fill you in
I'm not even knowing if I'm coming or going if to end or begin

I believe in the immaculate conception
And I believe in the resurrection
And I believe in
Inverkeithing
I believe in the elixir of youth
And I believe in the absolute truth
Yes I believe in
Inverkeithing

I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers
I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers

I've fallen from favour while trying to savour experience
I'm seeing things clearly but it has quite nearly blown my mind
It's the aim of existence to offer resistance
Everything is and that is why it is will be the line

I believe in perpetual motion
And I believe in perfect devotion
I believe in
Inverkeithing
I believe in the things I've never had
I believe in my Mum and my Dad
And I believe in
Inverkeithing

I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers
I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers

I'm skippin' the pages of a book that takes ages for the foreword to end
Triangular cover concealing another aspect from view
My relative motion is just an illusion from stopping too fast
The essence of being these feelings I'm feeling I just want them to last

I believe in original sin
And I believe what I believe in
Yes I believe in
Inverkeithing
I believe in the web of fate
And I believe I'm going to be late
So I'll be leavin'
Inverkeithing

I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers
I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers
I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers
I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers
I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers
I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers
I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers
I'm singing in Fife in a hairdressers

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