Blameless Songtext
von Latin Quarter

I recall when you came to the Rainbow Ballroom
Where the soldiers used to drill
And you sang ′Scot Swing' and ′The Christmas Song'
In the shadow of the stripped steel mill
Was the night I caught the retrospective
I had very little choice
Did the booze put the padding under your skin
For the winter of your voice?

Born to be reborn
Named to be renamed
Directed but directionless
Born to be reborn
Named to be renamed
The blameless to be blamed


They make you sleep in the trunk you were born in
(You put the breeze in the paint)
Could you breathe in the band and the sequins?
(Somewhere to fall when you faint)
How many times did your beams make five?
(As the star on the tack to the door)
Was this long, long lane that has no turn?
We're not in Kansas anymore

Born to be reborn
Named to be renamed
Directed but directionless
Born to be reborn
Named to be renamed
The blameless to be blamed

Blameless like the corn that doesn′t sway
On the back-lit, back-drop, back-locked, broad highway
Blameless and then somewhere in the storm
The principal boy couldn′t change her uniform

We're gonna roll you ′round and 'round in the re-runs
And study the chemistry
Replay the grey-haired Sullivans
He always looked like Nixon to me
Over your shoulder went more than one can
That could have been your song
Over and over and over and out
You never figured where you went wrong


Born to be reborn
Named to be renamed
Directed but directionless

Born to be reborn
Named to be renamed
The blameless to be blamed

Born to be reborn
Named to be renamed
Directed but directionless
Born to be reborn
Named to be renamed
The blameless to be blamed