Hunters and Collectors – The Most Unoriginal Sin
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| Version | Length | Source | Availability |
Live  |
3:32 | Living In Large Rooms and Lounges album. | Extremely common. Available new in CD and digital form. |
Recommended Version.
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What there was left of us
Was all covered in dust and thick skin
Yes some half eaten apple
The whole Sistine Chapel was painted on the head of a pin
Yeh a life long love’s worth
Gone up in a smirk
And you didn’t even see her waltz in
Now this love is a ghost
Heaven played host
To the most unoriginal sin
At the wedding we smiled
Some devil played white violin
Soon after the chapel she offered me that apple
One bite and I was gone with the wind
Well you needed no proof
For the whole naked truth
Was wearing it’s infidels grin
And a proud school boys boast
I haven’t left his post
For the most unoriginal sin
Now the jukebox is humming
There’ll be no shortcomings of men
And I found me this think
To finally sink the skills I’ve been wallowing in
But once you get started
And true loves departed
You do it over and over again
So tonight I will toast
Whoever comes close
To the most unoriginal sin
So tonight I will toast
Whoever comes close
To the most unoriginal sin
[John Hiatt]
