Missing Person lyrics - Del Amitri

I am lipsticked like a tart

In the cherry red of Côtes-du-Rhône

Prodding at the little fire of my phone

The lights behind the bar

Twinkle like they've always known

Only desperate little men ever drink alone

But as long as I'm here, I've disappeared

And it's vanishing

I'm a missing person doing my thing

As midnight strikes

I slip into this queen of dives

And quietly oblivion like sleep arrives

But I couldn't live without

This sewer of a place to be

Alone with my one obsession - me, me, me

Yeh, I can hear her remonstrate

You fool, that's three

What I'm doing here, ain't drinking beer

It's vanishing

I'm a missing person doing my thing

Just a missing person doing my thing

Missing the time I threw your crutch away

And ruined a perfect day

Now it's all ruins from here to daybreak

So I hang on to my chair

In this fish tank of sinking stars

Pickling their memories in Mason jars

I head out for a smoke

Leave your ghost there to hold my place

And line up with the other cheaters

In disgrace

Like runners in exile

From the human race

But as long as I'm here, this last brutal year

Is vanishing

I'm a missing person doing my thing

Just a missing person doing my thing