Window Shopping For Blinds Lyrics by Beautiful South

(heaton/rotheray)
One day Im loaded, next day Im broke
Spent all my money on whisky and coke
Riding high till the rock hit the spoke
Its like window shopping for blinds

Spent all my money on a sunbed tan
Spoke the best that a young girl can
Ended up with a blind drunk man
Its like window shopping for blinds

Its like the heartbreak hotel,
With the heartbreak but nowhere to stay
The doors are shut on us,
The neon light fading to grey

They say I drink too much, to me, well thats just profound
How do you know you cant swim, until you have drowned?

Well theres always a drop in the bottle lady
Always a sip of the wine
The glass doesnt seem quite so empty
When window shopping for blinds

Its like gatecrashing a field, thats not true,
Theyve a harvest they yield
Save your tears for your evening meal,
When youre window shopping for blinds

One day youre sober, next day youre not
One day remembered, the next day forgot
Spent all my money on cocaine and pot
Its like window shopping for blinds

Covered in bruises from head to toe
No-one to speak to, and nowhere to go
A map of nowhere, and nowhere I know
Its like window shopping for blinds

Its like the heartbreak hotel,
With the heartbreak but nowhere to stay
The doors are shut on us,
The neon light fading to grey

They say I drink too much, to me, well thats just profound
How do you know you cant swim, until you have drowned?

Well theres always a drop in the bottle lady
Always a sip of the wine
The glass doesnt seem quite so empty
When window shopping for blinds

But what if my husband should come?
Well tell me what have you done?
Ive cherished my vodka, Ive cherished my rum
Dont mind us, were just licking our wounds in the sun

Its like writing i love you in snow
You know when you write it the message will go
I want a message my lover will find
Dont mind us, were just window shopping for blinds