Tom McRae - Keep Your Picture Clear Lyrics

Here I go
back again
sliding off the ceiling
was I gone for long
did I just flick the switch?

Across the street
away from me
a man is singing Sympathy for the devil
and he's getting all the words wrong

His newspaper flies desperately
but words aren't wings like gravity
they'll keep you here

It's a theory to subscribe to
but you know you're being lied to
so keep your picture clear
keep your picture clear

Stay awake
the lines are drawn
you're never right until you're wrong
in the eyes of the world

And a picture tells a thousand lies
little dots in black and white
you've no idea
the strongest will survive
but it's the scum that always rises

So keep your picture clear
keep your picture clear
keep your picture clear

You talk just like a diplomat
but hide the gun behind your back
and leaders need a bloody war
congratulations, this is yours
looking through the history books
of liars cheats and petty crooks

they'll print your picture clear
print your picture clear
keep your picture clear

So close another file
of revolution turned to style
we're so tired of walking blind
growing fat in hungry times

keep your picture clear

keep your picture clear