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The Frames

Perfect Opening Line

Release date: 1999

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"Perfect Opening Line" is a track by The Frames, from the album Dance the Devil, released 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

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The Frames

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Lyrics

Perfect Opening Line

It's just a lie I guess

Working every hour that heaven sends

Just making sense of this

Never any wiser for the falls

And every time we get

Far away enough to see it clear

It comes right out at you

To pull the wonder out of everything

So hold it in your hand

And I'll just be curious to see now

How you'll make it by yourself

When your walking out ahead

Unaware of anything

And tomorrow as we're looking

Who the history books will blame

You'll be walking out ahead

Not caring anyway

Seven times removed

From the one's who thought they had it down

But don't it go to prove

Nothing cuts you like the lies of a friend

So hold it in your hands

'Cause you can't just switch it off

And I'll just be curious to see now

How you're going to make it by yourself

When you're walking out ahead

Unaware of anything

And tomorrow as we're looking

Who the history books will blame

You'll be walking out ahead not caring anyway

It's the perfect opening line

It's the perfect opening line

It's the perfect opening line

And I'll just be curious to see now

How you're going to make it by yourself

When there's everything to lose

And nothing left to win

And tomorrow as we're looking

Who the history books will blame

You'll be walking out ahead

Unaware of anything

And tomorrow as we're fighting

Over which way was the best

You'll be walking out ahead

Not caring anyway

It's the perfect opening line

It's the perfect opening line

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Track details

From Dance the Devil

1999
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Album
Dance the Devil
Dance the Devil
The Frames
Release year
1999
  1. —Perfect Opening Line
  2. —Neath the Beeches
  3. —The Stars Are Underground
  4. —Hollocaine
  5. —Dance the Devil Back into His Hole
  6. —God Bless Mom
  7. —Pavement Tune
  8. —Star Star
  9. —Plateau
  10. —Taking The Hard Way Out
  11. —Look Back Now
  12. —Rent Day Blues
  13. —Seven Day Mile

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