Belle & Sebastian - It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career lyrics

He had a stroke at the age of 24<br>It could have been a brilliant career<br>Painting lines in a school that was too well known<br>Painting lines with a friend that had gone before<br>She challenged everyone to a fight<br>But the prefects all backed down<br>And they ran her out of town<br>Cause she drank and swore and spoke<br>Out of turn, she was the village joke<br><br>She had a stroke at the age of 24<br>It could have been a brilliant career<br>Getting clients to finance her strategies<br>Filling time in on safeways on saturday<br>She wears the clothes of an emperor<br>But her paintings are a sham<br>And they're going for a grand<br>When the dealers come to view<br>Do they ever see the real you? <br><br>He had a stroke at the age of 24<br>It could have been a brilliant career<br>Selling lies to the boys with the old dansettes<br>Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that<br>He is dribbling spit tonight<br>And the one he sent away<br>Was the only one who stayed<br>With a spoon and a decent book<br>And you can tell by the way she looks he is sorry and resigned<br>As he wets himself for the final time