You Nearly Did Me In

Words and Music by Ian Hunter

See lonely shadows silver needles
Abandoned in the evening war
Lost children of the night
Come catch the candles bright
I hear a hollow sound
Falling to the ground
Oh she's lost before she's found

Sad broken angels taking rainbows
Out on the street for all to see
If we are the chosen few
Whatever happened to
All those things we knew
If this is being free
Oh I'd rather search for me

You nearly did you nearly did you nearly did you nearly did me in
You nearly did you nearly did you nearly did you nearly did me in
You nearly did you nearly did you nearly did you nearly did me in
I need some place to lay
My weary anger down

Out on some misty distant highway
Feel like I've thought a million miles
Is my search nearly done
I think I see someone
I get the urge to run on blindly through the rain
And I fool myself again

You nearly did you nearly did you nearly did you nearly did me in
You nearly did you nearly did you nearly did you nearly did me in
You nearly did you nearly did you nearly did you nearly did me in
I need some place to lay
My weary anger down

Whatever happened to dignity
Whatever happened to integrity
Whatever happened to honesty
Well I tell you something baby (baby)
I feel the pain just like the sea

You nearly did you nearly did you nearly did you nearly did me in
You nearly did you nearly did you nearly did you nearly did me in
You nearly did you nearly did you nearly did you nearly did me in
I need some place to lay
My weary anger down