Page type: lyric reference
Artist: PIL
Canonical path: /pil/public-image
Related lyric paths: 6
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Public Image
Read Public Image lyrics by PIL on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Public Image
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Hello, hello, hello (ha, ha, ha)
You never listen to a word that I said
You only seen me
For the clothes that I wear
Or did the interest go so much deeper
It must have been
The colour of my hair
The Public Image
What you wanted was never made clear
Behind the image was ignorance and fear
You hide behind this public machine
Still follow same old scheme
Public Image
Two sides to every story
Somebody had to stop me
I'm not the same as when I began
I will not be treated as property
Public Image
Two sides to every story
Somebody had to stop me
I'm not the same as when I began
Its not a game of monopoly
Public image
Public image
You got what you wanted
The public image belongs to me
It's my entrance
My own creation
My grand finale
My goodbye
Public image
Goodbye
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PIL performs "Public Image", and this lyric page sits inside the PIL catalog on LyroVerse.
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