ABC - By Default By Design video free download

ABC's "By Default By Design" from their 1983 album, Beauty Stab. Music and lyrics by Martin Fry. Video created by Jimbo.

Lyrics:

By default by design

Time after time

Maybe you've earned it

Maybe you've spurned it

But you've got it

Yes, you've got it.

Call it attraction or charm

Sound the alarm

Maybe you've earned it

Maybe you've spurned it

But you've got it

Yes, you've got it.

Breaking hearts, your speciality

Why'd you ever have to come so close to me?

Was it love or morbid curiosity?

Either way I'd say that love's a possibility.

Come a little closer

Let me see you in close detail.

The object of my affections

Walked off in the other direction.

(chorus)

Modern day Romeo's

Modern day Juliet's

Are selling their love for a packet of cigarettes.

Still, I remember the day that we first met

And yet, so far, so good

So what else can we ever expect?

Come a little closer

Let me see you in close detail.

The object of my affections

Walked off in the other direction.

By default by design

Time after time

Maybe you've earned it

Maybe you've spurned it

But you've got it

Yes, you've got it.

Call it attraction or charm

Sound the alarm

Maybe you've earned it

Maybe you burned it

But you've got it

Yes, you've got it.