On a night when the moon glows yellow in the riptide
With the light from the TV's buzzing in the house
Cause I'm gonna cut it where I can And then I'm gonna duck out behind them If I ever had a chance it's now then But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you
To offer it to you would be cruel When all I want to do is use, use you He was a diplomat's son
It was '81
He was the diplomat's son
It was '81
Dressed in white with my car keys hidden in the kitchen
I could sleep wherever I lay my head
And the sight of your two shoes sitting in the bathtub
Let me know that I shouldn't give up just yet
Cause I'm gonna take it from Simon And then I'm gonna duck out behind them If I ever had a chance it's now then but I never had the feeling I could offer that to you
To offer it to you would be cruel
When all I want to do is use, use you
He was a diplomat's son It was '81
He was the diplomat's son
It was '81
I know, you'll say
I'm not doing it right
but this is how I want it
I can't go back
To how I felt before
That night I smoked a joint With my best friend We found ourselves in bed When I woke up he was gone
He was the diplomat's son
It was '81
He was the diplomat's son It was '81
Looking out at the ice cold water all around me
I can't feel any traces of that other place
In the dark when the wind comes racing off the river
There's a car all black with diplomatic plates
[00:24.77]It's not right but it's now or never [00:29.94] [00:34.25]And if I wait could I ever forgive myself? [00:40.30] [00:44.42]On a night when the moon glows yellow in the riptide [00:50.91] [00:54.16]With the light from the TV's buzzing in the house [01:00.64] [01:04.26]Cause I'm gonna cut it where I can [01:06.69]And then I'm gonna duck out behind them [01:08.95]If I ever had a chance it's now then [01:11.50]But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you [01:15.18] [01:19.18]To offer it to you would be cruel [01:23.17]When all I want to do is use, use you [01:28.47]He was a diplomat's son [01:30.28] [01:30.85]It was '81 [01:31.97] [01:33.46]He was the diplomat's son [01:34.96] [01:35.77]It was '81 [01:36.96] [01:59.16]Dressed in white with my car keys hidden in the kitchen [02:05.02] [02:08.52]I could sleep wherever I lay my head [02:14.76] [02:18.50]And the sight of your two shoes sitting in the bathtub [02:24.06] [02:28.31]Let me know that I shouldn't give up just yet [02:34.61] [02:38.54]Cause I'm gonna take it from Simon [02:40.72]And then I'm gonna duck out behind them [02:42.91]If I ever had a chance it's now then [02:45.53]but I never had the feeling I could offer that to you [02:49.09] [02:53.33]To offer it to you would be cruel [02:56.70] [02:57.51]When all I want to do is use, use you [03:01.63] [03:02.75]He was a diplomat's son [03:04.50]It was '81 [03:05.87] [03:07.31]He was the diplomat's son [03:09.12] [03:09.80]It was '81 [03:10.51] [03:27.30]I know, you'll say [03:28.61] [03:29.17]I'm not doing it right [03:31.17] [03:31.92]but this is how I want it [03:33.64] [03:38.88]I can't go back [03:41.06] [03:41.69]To how I felt before [03:44.25] [03:45.33]That night I smoked a joint [03:47.08]With my best friend [03:47.95]We found ourselves in bed [03:50.01]When I woke up he was gone [03:52.38] [03:54.94]He was the diplomat's son [03:56.69] [03:57.44]It was '81 [03:58.57] [03:59.56]He was the diplomat's son [04:01.93]It was '81 [04:02.58] [05:21.12]Looking out at the ice cold water all around me [05:23.80] [05:27.11]I can't feel any traces of that other place [05:33.28] [05:36.78]In the dark when the wind comes racing off the river [05:43.51] [05:46.70]There's a car all black with diplomatic plates
