[ti:The Boy With The Arab Strap] [ar:Belle and Sebastian] [al:Definitely Maybe] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boy With The Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian [00:10.99]Written by:Belle/Sebastian [00:21.98]A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time [00:25.27]The odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by [00:35.49]Day upon day of this wandering gets you down [00:38.85]Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town [00:48.99]Hovering silence from you is a giveaway [00:52.16]Squalor and smoke's not your style [00:53.94]I don't like this place [00:55.58]We better go [01:02.51]Then I compare notes with your older sister [01:05.82]I am a lazy gett she is as pure as the cold driven snow [01:29.51]What did you learn from your time in the solitary [01:32.67]Cell of your mind [01:33.79]There was noises distractions from anything good [01:39.07]And the old prison food [01:43.00]Colour my life with the chaos of trouble [01:46.28]'Cause anything's better than posh isolation [01:49.60]I missed the bus [01:52.59]You were laid on your back [01:54.27]With the boy with the arab strap [02:01.04]With the boy from the arab strap [02:56.85]Something to speak of the way you are feeling [03:00.14]To crowds there assembled [03:01.35]Do you ever feel you have gone too far [03:10.43]Everyone suffers in silence a burden [03:13.60]The man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton [03:17.02]The Asian man [03:19.85]With his love hate affair [03:21.74]With his racist clientele [03:30.45]A central location for you is a must [03:33.25]As you stagger about making free with your lewd and lascivious boasts [03:43.77]We all know you are soft 'cause we've all seen you dancing [03:46.89]We all know you are hard 'cause we all saw you drinking from noon [03:50.75]Until noon again [03:55.16]You're the boy with the filthy laugh [04:01.96]You're the boy with the arab strap [04:37.65]Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop [04:41.20]Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches [04:48.21]And sets off the smoke alarm [04:51.93]What do you make of the cool set in London [04:55.29]You're constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks [05:01.99]She's a waitress and she's got style