Nobody's Pet

She wakes up in the morning

A bad taste in her mouth

She’s so disorientated

She doesn’t know north from south.

She gets up and puts her clothes on

Lights a cigarette

And even though she hates it

She’s not giving up yet.

Oh she needs all the help she can get

To get through her days at the vets

And nobody’s cottoned on yet

That she is nobody's pet

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She goes out to the bus stop

Standing in the rain

And though she doesn’t show it

It’s hard to stand the pain.

Her hand goes to her handbag

Searching for a pill

And though you wouldn’t know it

She’s feeling rather ill.

Oh she needs all the help she can get

To get through her days at the vets

And nobody’s cottoned on yet

That she is nobody's pet

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She calls in at the wine bar

Dying for a drink

She’s stumbling for the right words

But she just can’t think.

She goes home feeling awful

And falls onto her bed

She’s fumbling for a bratwurst

She’s giving it some head.

Oh she needs all the help she can get

To get through her days at the vets

And nobody’s cottoned on yet

That she is nobody's pet.

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