Cover art for Don’t Shilly Shally by Edwyn Collins

Don’t Shilly Shally

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Don’t Shilly Shally Lyrics

I'll be your one-way ticket for a runaway train
And when next the moon is on the wane
I'll ride that train alone
Til the black, black night as fallen

Don't shilly-shally
Don't shilly-shally
You got it up with the blues, good-bye-hi-hi
Got it up with the blues, good-bye

Whether by accident or whether by design
In the balmy sky, the sun will shine
On both the ridiculous and the sublime
You'll be lying here in these arms of mine

Don't shilly-shally
Don't shilly-shally
You got it up with the blues, good-bye-hi-hi
Got it up with the blues, good-bye

It's not really that surprising
That I should be surmising
For it's love on the horizon

Don't shilly-shally
Don't shilly-shally
You got it up with the blues, good-bye-hi-hi
Got it up with the blues, good-bye
Don't shilly-shally
Get out of that back alley
Don't shilly-shally
Get out of that back alley
Don't shilly-shally
Say it!

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1986
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