The Kinks – My Diary (Guitar)

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I looked in my diary, no spaces today,

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A life so eventful, stacked with appointments too important to break,

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Lunch at the bistro, tea at the Savoy café,

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No time to contemplate the isolation,

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No second can be wasted, no space to think because,

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My diary is full but my life is empty.

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Oh yes, my diary is full but my life is empty.

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It's all so contemporary, the sheer pretension of it,

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All so temporary, but all too shallow really,

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Let me look, I might be able to squeeze you in between,

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No, my diary is so full I couldn't possibly meet you today,

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This evening is blocked out with potential investors in my lonely one-man play,

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Perhaps next week maybe when there are fewer functions to attend,

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So for now I'll pencil you in,

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Between the visit to my doctor, my appointment at the bank,

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This time it's really crucial, that's why it's written in red,

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My diary is my life and my life is standing on my head,

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Oh my diary is full but my life is empty,

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Oh yes my diary is full but my life...

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I look at your picture on my bedroom wall,

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I'm trying to forget you, that's why my diary is so full,

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Chock-a-block with engagements but it's only for show,

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'Cause I'm all dressed up with nowhere to go,

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To stop my isolation, keep myself occupied,

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My diary is my one salvation,

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Names, dates, numbers, but inside I long to cancel all those entries,

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My diary is full but my life's empty,

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My diary is full but my life is empty.