Friendly Fire Lyrics

BILLIE
An inspirational tirade against me
How to explain my life?
Girls to the left of me
boys to the right of me
neither husband nor wife
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Though the days are filled with pain
there is no one who'll explain
why I'm coming under friendly fire
shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll
but there's no-one, really no-one, to say:
Why I endure under force majeure
slandered without shame or tact
I who studied make-up, mime and Buddha
who taught two generations to react

About me the critics lied
I ignored them and survived
in spite of coming under friendly fire
shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll
But there's nothing, really nothing, to deny

When I look back my eyes are filled with tears
Danger to mascara,
applause to my peers

When fame sustained me and arenas acclaimed me
I floated through life on a cloud
of love and insanity and pagan profanity
before a worshipping crowd

Now my status is ill-defined
As an icon
I'm inclined to be coming under friendly fire
shot in the fatal cause of rock-and-roll
but whatever dull or clever points they've scored
I have never, oh no never, been ignored