Oscar Wilde Gets Out - karaoke text
Freedom for the scapegoat leaving Reading JailRheumy eyes just pierced his heart like crucifixion nailsShaking fists and razors gleamed, you never stood a chanceWhen the ink ran red on Fleet StreetYou turned your eyes to FranceHumbled far from Dublin, chased across the wavesYour biting wit still sharp enoughTo slice through every pageDestitute and beaten by the system of the crownThe bitter pill you swallowedTasted sweeter going downAnd looking back on the great indifferenceLooking back at the limestone wallThinking how beauty deceives youKnowing how love fools us allA golden boy in velveteen landed in New YorkThe past was so seductiveWhen they paid to hear you talkBaccarat and champagne flutesTobacco from VirginiaLong before the lords and lawBranded Oscar Wilde a sinnerAnd looking back on the cold bleak winterLooking back on those long dark daysFelt like the head of John the BaptistIn the arms of SalomeDon't turn around it's a white gull screamingDon't cry out loud you never know who's listeningYou've seen it all the exiled UnforgivenFrom the stately homes of England to her prisonsAnd looking back at the hardened lifersLooking back on the wretched poorThinking maybe they were my saviorsStrange to think I'll miss them allStrange to think I'll miss them all ....
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