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Walk Away Renee

1986

Written by Bob Calilli, Michael Brown, Tony Sansone

Produced by John Porter

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Walk Away Renee

She said it was just a figment of speech And I said "You mean figure." And she said "No, figment" Because she could never imagine it happening But it did When we first met I played the shy boy When she spoke to me for the first time my nose began to bleed She guessed the rest The next day we went on a bus ride to the ferry And when nobody came to collect our fares Well, I knew then this was something special I couldn't stop thinking about her And every time I switched on the radio There was somebody else singing a song about the two of us It was just like being on a fast ride at the fun fair The sort you want to get off because its scary And then as soon as you're off you want get straight back on again But all love is strange And you have to learn to take the crunchy with the smooth I suppose She began going out with Mr. Potato Head It was when I saw her in he car park With his coat around her shoulders that I realized I went home and thought about the two of them together Until the bathwater went cold around me I thought about her eyes and the curve of her breasts And about the point where their bodies met I confronted her about it I said, "I'm the most illegible bachelor in town." And she said, "Yeah. That's why I can never understand any of those silly letters you send me." And then one day it happened She cut her hair and I stopped loving her

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"Walk Away Renee" is a song by Billy Bragg, released in 1986. The song was written by Bob Calilli, Michael Brown, Tony Sansone. It was produced by John Porter.

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