Belle & Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher Lyrics

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Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll sail around the world 
I will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl 
How many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take? 
How many nights of limping round on pagan holidays? 
Oh elope with me in private and we’ll set something ablaze 
A trail for the devil to erase 
San Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will play 
Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay? 
We hung about the stadium, we’ve got no place to stay 
We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell 
About the saddest book you ever read 
that always makes you cry 
The statue’s crying too and well he may 

I love you I’ve a drowning grip on your adoring face 
I love you my responsibility has found a place 
Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words 
Come wave upon me from the family wider net absurd 
“You’ll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job” 
Maybe, but not what she deserves 

Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll drink ourselves awake 
We’ll taste the coffee houses and award certificates 
A privy seal to keep the feel of 1960 style 
We’ll comment on the decor and we’ll help the passer by 
And at dusk when work is over we’ll continue the debate 
In a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare 

The catcher hits for .318 and catches every day 
The pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays 
He goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor 
He knows the drink affects his speed he’s praying for 
a doorway 
Back into the life he wants and the confession of the bench 
Life outside the diamond is a wrench 

I wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend 
I know it wouldn’t come to love, my heroine pretend 
A lady stepping from the songs we love until this day 
You’d settle for an epitaph like “Walk Away, Renee” 
The sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like a flower 
Meet you at the statue in an hour 
Meet you at the statue in an hour 

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lyrics submitted by Renee Crowley