Ed Harcourt - Scatterbraine lyrics

Scatterbraine, they smoked you out of the foxhole Scatterbraine, you act like a priest in a brothel Naive charm, the idiot boy from the farm Father tried to save you with prayers and psalms Grace and Lydia and Dorothy The village idiot sent them to sleep Policeman O'Riley cannot believe That someone so dumb could be still On the run from the law Scatterbraine, the strength of an ox on c**aine Scatterbraine, are mother and father to blame? He's not insane, just a boy who goes searching for treasure Sunshine, rain, he'll find it whatever the weather Grace and Lydia and Dorothy The village idiot sent them to sleep Policeman O'Riley cannot believe That someone so dumb could be still On the run from the law This ain't no fairytale for you to cheer Some thing's ugly in the atmosphere This ain't no fairytale for you to cheer Some thing's ugly in the atmosphere And his name is Scatterbraine And his name is Scatterbraine