Now that you're back in town   You look around at everything   Well, it could be anywhere on earth      Tryin' to count your change   Inside the Asian store   But you can't figure what it's worth      And she stands there like a specter   On the corner of the street   And you know you can't expect her   To be subtle or discreet, no, no, no and      Her cheap chipped black nails   Scratch the surface off a future   That just left you in the past      Her cheap chipped black nails   Pick the threads out of a suture   That was holdin' your life fast      Her cheap chipped black nails   Her cheap chipped black nails      She's got the bulldog tamed   Docile and subservient   And now it doesn't make a fuss      She runs with these sparky kids   Who talk into their mobile phones   Well, there must be so much to discuss      And you remember where you came from   But you don't know where it's gone   And you cannot find a name on   The street where you came from, no, no, no and      Her cheap chipped black nails   Show a wanton skill on the game tables   The pinball and the pool      Her cheap chipped black nails   Scratch the surface off an England   That has made her hard and cruel      Her cheap chipped black nails      And you remember where you came from   But you don't recognize, don't recognize it now   And you can't expect her mercy   Well, that much she won't allow, no, no, no and      Her cheap chipped black nails   Scratch the surface off a future   That just left you, left you in the past      Her cheap chipped black nails   Pick the threads out of a suture   That was holdin' your life fast      Her cheap chipped black nails   Her cheap chipped black nails