Mistake No. 3

Culture Club • Waking Up With the House On Fire (1984)

You can't bystand all the people
Stand them on their own
They will fall to pieces
So we watch them grow

Into strange and pretty faces
I don't know
Clutching to my lipstick traces
Watch them go

And make mistake number three, yeah
Make mistake number three
Make mistake number three, yeah
Make mistake number three

It's strange how much it changes
How they want to know
How cynical are people
That's where children go

Dragged into a conversation
They can't hold
It's so sad but it prepares them
For the mould

They make mistake number three, yeah
Make mistake number three
Make mistake number three, yeah
Make mistake number three

Why is my love like an ocean run dry?
And why is my love such a struggle with life?

You can't bystand all the people
Stand them on their own
They will fall to pieces
So we watch them grow

Make mistake number three, yeah
Make mistake number three
Make mistake number three, yeah
Make mistake number three

You're making mistakes

Mistake number three
That's mistake number three
The mistakes you made, mistakes you made, mistakes you made with me

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