Ottoman

Ottoman couch, how handsome your furniture
 Lovelier now, but dressed for a funeral
 Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall
 To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall
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 Elegant clothes you want to be seen with her
 Under your tweeds you sweat like a teenager
 Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall
 To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall
 Today is for you
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 They laid it out for you
 For you
 There will be six bells a-ringing and white women singing for you
 But this feels so unnatural to Peter Gabriel, too
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 All of the costs and all of the time it took
 Soon it's all lines read in a leather book
 Begging you to wait for a minute by the door
 Your creeping feet where they've never been before
 Today is for you
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 They laid it out for you
 For you
 There will be six bells a-ringing and white women singing for you
 But this feels so unnatural to Peter Gabriel, too