Del Amitri

Don't I Look Like The Kind Of Guy You Used To Hate?

Del Amitri


Oh Judy do you remember me 
I'm second from the left in the black hat 
We gave away our innocence when we were fifteen 
and since then I've been trying to get mine back 

You were the cutest of the crop 
I was the second biggest drinker in the whole hip flock 
And everybody thought we were headed for the rocks 
But I guess that I got lost 

So take a look at these flash-lit photographs, you beautiful fake 
Don't I look like the kind of guy you used to hate? 

Well it was summer, I think, when you said to me, 
"Let's just run away" 
But somewhere on that road I got married to monotony 
And that's what pays this wage 

And these tiny symbols of success 
Like my black chauffeurs forced friendliness 
Are less the spoils of spiritual wealth 
Then symptoms of distress 

So take a look at these flash-lit photographs, you beautiful fake 
Don't I look like the kind of guy you used to hate? 

Now everybody thinks that it's respectable 
To get up like a dog each day 
But you used to say, "Just shoot me baby 
if I ever end up that way" 

So take a look at these flash-lit photographs, you beautiful fake 
Don't I look like the kind of guy 
Don't I look like the kind of guy 
Now I look like the kind of guy you used to hate