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Underbelly
© Penelope Swales 
 1998

I'm concerned
I scare myself
With what I've learned
Beneath my innocent skin
A monster lurks within
And every now and then it rears up and devours all my loving

My focus is swamped with images
I just can't seem to keep my mind at home
I tell myself - Be good!
I promised that I would
But underneath some part of me has never understood

He's golden, he's so good
He's healthy and he's rude
And nine times out of ten
He holds my attention
But I get lost in these nasty little fancies now and then

Tell me, why should it be
That corruption is always so much more tasty than purity?
In the name of exploration
I unleash my imagination
And then I'm sickened by the way I can relate to abberation

I try to concentrate
But I'm seduced by the darkness and the weight
And always at the time
I find a way to justify
And afterwards I'm nauseated by my bottom line

But beneath my lidded eyes
Poison runs disguised
When I feel it welling up, I'm almost always hypnotised

He's golden, he's so good
He's healthy, he's so rude
And nine times out of ten
He keeps me right there with him
But I get lost in these nasty little fancies now and then

And he's so goddamned understanding
He tells me that It's normal, that I'm nice
Ahhhh----
But beneath my innocent skin
A monster lurks within
That can scratch my underbelly where nobody reaches in

Oh----------------
Ah----------rrahh-dat-dah-dat-da------
Beneath my innocent skin
A monster lurks within
That can scratch my underbelly - hey-----------------

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from Justifying your Longings to the Doctor, released January 7, 1998
Penelope - vocals, guitar, stomp box

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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