Released on 1988

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[Verse 1]

Standing by the window looking outdoors

Could be any port in any storm

Two shiny things getting very snug

You’ll never get that giraffe through that door

Sitting in a penthouse with no floor

Fire would like to say goodnight

I like the way you hold your horses

Can’t buy a tree house in a storm


[Chorus]

Your privacy, all around me

Your privacy is my poverty

Your privacy, all around me

Your privacy is my poverty


[Verse 2]

Working on a tan in my fireplace

Dressed to impress your delicacy

Can’t stand the way you swallow your tail

Your roots are showing and it’s starting to snow


[Chorus]

Your privacy, all around me

Your privacy is my poverty

Your privacy, all around me

Your privacy is my poverty


[Verse 3]

Standing by the window looking outdoors

Could be any port in any storm

Two shiny things getting very snug

You’ll never get that giraffe off that rug

Your Morse code mouth my piracy

All these strings all this confetti

Try to pretend you invented secrecy

Fish swallow fish tail first


[Chorus]

Your privacy, all around me

Your privacy is my poverty

Your privacy, all around me

Your privacy is my poverty

Your privacy, all around me

Your privacy is my poverty

Your privacy, all around me

Your privacy is my poverty

Your privacy, all around me

Your privacy is my poverty