LIFEGUARD ON DUTY
(Morrissey/Street)
Outtake from Viva Hate sessions

The work you chose
has a practical vein
but I read much more
into your name
Lifeguard

Patrolling the length
and the breadth of your pool
I call your name
from the vestibule
Lifeguard

Lifeguard, save me from life
save me from life
save me from life

Save from the ails
or the ills
and from other things

The centre of the town
is a dangerous zone
Drenched in phlegm
every time that [bad word] home

Lifeguard, save me from life
save me from life
save me from life

Save from the ails
and the ills
and from other things

Lifeguard, guard me from life
Lifeguard, guard me from life

The last bus home
is the dangerous one
a baseball bat
across the collarbone
Lifeguard

Lifeguard, save me from life
save me from life
save me from life

'Cause it's the only life I'll ever have
I'm always good, I'm never bad
and I've always been so kind
to the sick and to the partially blind

Save me from life