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TITLE. LYRICS

Studio version

The kill

Moved in a hired car and I find no way to run
Hurts every moment longer, had no time for fun
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you

I had an impulse to clear it all away
I used the tactics, make everybody pay
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you

Oh, I keep it all clean, I've paid the graces there
No kings of misuse, no sellers of flesh
Just something that I knew I had to do
But through it all I kept my eyes on you
Yeah, through it all I kept my eyes on you
But through it all I kept my eyes on you

	STUDIO RECORDING. NOTES	Live recording
	Date: Friday 30 March–mid April 1979 Studio: Strawberry Studios – Stockport (UK) Duration: 2.11 Availability on record: Heart And Soul \| Still Note: an eponymous song was recorded on Monday 18 July 1977. Only its title is the same; both the lyrics and the music are totally different

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