1.Aftershow
The walk home from barbecue
Is so very long when I'm walking with you
The sun is coming up and it is coming to light
That me and you were never that tight
And then you stand with your old boyfriend
And message after message,
and you can send send send
You know I will definitely ignore them all
You've having a shit night,
well I'm having a ball
You showed your face at the aftershow
How did I know that you said you would go？
It's because you're always listening to him
He's only out out there looking at
how you're a bit too thin
2.Cavorting
Your club is full of over-rated dehydrated,
goggle eyed girls,
And they're trying to stare at me but,
They're eyes are rattling and they're struggling to see.
And she can't stand still cos of sixteen pills
that she's taken in the mini-bus,
Her conscience followed her into the night,
gave her mum a fright,
I said 'fuck that, it is her own fault,
for letting her out of your sight'.
and now you're too tired to eat,
and you're too hungry to sleep,
you're hooligans on e and we're too tired
to bother with any of you.
Cavorting and snorting your way through the band,
get your hand out of my trouser leg,
We're turning up tonight
but only to knock you down a peg.
and now you're too tired to eat,
and you're too hungry to sleep,
you're hooligans on e and we're too tired
to bother with any of you.
Your club is full of over-rated dehydrated,
goggle eyed girls,
And they're trying to stare at me
but they're eyes are rattling
and they're struggling to see.
and now you're too tired to eat,
and you're too hungry to sleep,
we're gentlemen and we're young but too tired
to bother with any of you.
3.Bide Your Time
The temptation is all too great,
To know it's gone and it's all too late,
I tried and I tried but I never applied,
To any of the Morals that I wish I had.
You wait fifty one weeks,
Through all of your hides and all of your seeks,
When the time finally arrives,
It dawns on me that your attention derives,
From the girlfriend that you left at home,
Sitting in the living room all alone.
You hate the suntan,
And you can't stand to be around the short sleeve man,
And the gaggles of girls who are singing too loud,
Well they do my head in.
You hate the tattoos
and you can't handle the skinheads,
The ones who cannot handle their booze,
Their making you scared to be proud,
are ya scared to be proud
How can that still be
come and sing your heart out with me
but if you bide your time and you stand there
and you wait in line,
It won't be long before her sarong
is lying on your bedroom floor,
But what about your girlfriend that you left at home,
Sitting in her living room all alone.
You hate the suntan,
And you can't stand to be around the short sleeve man,
And the gaggle of girls who are singing too loud,
Well they do my head in.
You hate the tattoos
and you can't handle the skinheads,
The ones who cannot handle their booze,
Their making you scared to be proud.
How is that that still allowed
Why are you scared to be proud
When your on cloud number nine
And the girlfriend that you left at home,
Sitting in her living room all alone,
You hate the suntan,
And you can't stand to be around the short sleeve man,
And the gaggle of girls who are singing too loud,
They fuckin' do my head in
You hate the tattoos
and you can't handle the skinheads,
The ones who cannot handle their booze,
And their making you scared to be proud,
Are ya scared to be proud
How is that still allowed
When your on cloud number nine
4.What Took You So Long？
You spend To Much time sat in your bedroom on your pc,
are you sure that you couldnt have found the time
swallowed your pride, admitted your jelousy
Next week your tryin again
to pull one of your citys many front men,
If you did not have the internet would you be into them
I Very much doubt so, oh they know sooo
What took you so long？
was there a Queue at the post office？
What took you so long？
was there a dirty double decker stage coach,
you just happened to miss？
Sometimes im bad and sometimes im rotton
sometimes i say things i probably
should have forgot about people and things
Do you know who i am？
im like a Morrisey with some strings
What took you so long？
was there a Queue at the post office？
What took you so long？
was there a dirty double decker stage coach,
you just happened to miss？
Your always bad and your always rotton
and then you always say things that you just
should have forgot or have you had enough？
of your sterotypical bit of the rough
A wooah a wooahh no a woahh woo
What took you so long？
was there a Queue at the post office
What took you so long？
was there a dirty double decker stage coach,
you just happened to miss？
5.Please Don't
4 years 22 shades of blonde is all that separated us
why couldn't we have carried on,
we could've got married,
you could've carried some of my sons
you let me change the radio station in your car,
do you remember that time i raised my voice
because you said you'd never ever heard of The La's
You continued to get intimidated
But then your fingertips
wrapped around those knuckles of mine
The fear walked home and your smile returned,
all of sudden everything was fine
but those days have passed
and these types of relationship never last
So please dont pretend that we'll stay friends
cause you know as well as i do
that, that just will never happen
well no, no that just never happens
How come i always see you out with those boys
that we used to argue about？
you walk over all flustered and stuff,
tellin everyone inside that you have had enough
you spend 85 percent of your night
trying to make me understand
why you were standing so close,
why you were kissing him,
and why you left that place holding his hand
Oh darling cant you see
that its got f＊ck all to do with me
Please dont pretend that we'll stay friends
cause you know as well as i do that, that
well that just can never happen
6.If It Wasn't For Me
Everyones saying that your here for me,
but your here for them,
if wasn't for me, if it wasn't for me,
you wouldn't even know them.
you move in your own circles,
for a brand new squeeze.
for an average girl with bad teeth,
who you'd do anything to please.
it makes me cringe,
i'd like to stick a syringe in your arm,
sedate you, then berate you,
trying to make you stay clear from harm.
if it wasn't for me then you wouldn't know them,
if it wasn't for me then you wouldn't know them,
if it wasn't for me then you wouldn't know them.
everyone's saying that your here for me,
and thats rubbish your here for them,
if it wasn't for me, if it wasn't for me,
you wouldn't even know them.
you move in your own circles,
'what for？' for a brand new squeeze.
for an average girl with bad teeth,
who you'd do anything to please.
it makes me cringe,
i'd like to stick a syringe in your arm,
sedate you, then berate you,
trying to make you stay clear from harm.
if it wasn't for me then you wouldn't know them,
if it wasn't for me then you would not know them,
if it wasn't for me then you never know,
AND IF IT WASN'T FOR ME THEN YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THEM!
7.No You Didn't, No You Don't
so just because i use salty phrases
and i go through stages
where i neglect endeavour
because it means that im not clever
no, i dont think so
just because my newspaper pages
havent been the Times in ages
does that mean that
i don't know as much as you ？
jealousy will destroy us
or so she used to say
you'd kill for half the things we'd do
including yesterday
but i suppose you know,
because you went to school with me
you'd sit in the garage and you'd see
all the things that we do, don't you ？
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you didn't, and no you dont
no you don't
no you don't
do you remember us lot doing keys
at the back of the garage at 243
that was us and no one else
and then luka jumping off the shelf
do you remember us lot doing keys
at the back of the garage where no one sees
that was us it was no one else
another jager off the shelf
so i suppose you know,
because you went to school with me
you'd sit in the garage and you'd see
all the things that we do, don't you ？
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you don't
no you don't
there'll always be people looking down their noses
i don't care, coming up smelling of roses
so i suppose you know,
because you went to school with me
you'd sit in the garage and you'd see
all the things that we do, don't you ？
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you don't
no you don't
so i suppose you know,
because you went to school with me
you'd sit in the garage and you'd see
all the things that we do, don't you ？
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you don't
no you don't
8.How Come
how come you are always off your head？
and yet you still end up in your bed
with some mint blonde i've never seen before？
and you get away with kicking her face
first out of your front door.
you get admiration from all of the lads,
the mothers take a shine to you,
that's not the case with the dads.
they have to keep both eyes upon you
just in case you make a move.
but we know that you wouldn't be so daft
and that's what makes you so smooth.
so next time you're out,
can i stand and watch from the bar？
just to see if it's true how far
you will take your good looks, your wit and charm.
and walk out of this place
with sixteen girls on each arm.
you get admiration from all of the lads,
the mothers take a shine to you,
that's not the case with the dads.
they have to keep both eyes upon you
just in case you make a move.
but we know that you wouldn't be so daft
and that's what makes you so smooth.
9.Kings Of The New Road
i loved you, i still do,
i probably always will do,
i left home and then phoned to see
if you like to dance.
a memory you and me,
nobody else ever has to see,
i loved you, i still do,
i probably always will do.
i loved you, i still do,
i probably always will do,
a lift home we argue
i tell you to get to france,
a memory you and me
never gonna let anybody else see,
i loved you, i still do,
i probably always will do.
the kings of the new road,
never do what they're told,
the kings of the new road,
never do what they're told.
the kings of the new road,
never do what they're told,
the kings of the new road,
never do what they are told.
10.Not Nineteen Forever
she's had to peel me off the pavement
trying to insinuate
sometimes im in danger of going too far
said would i like to go for tea and toast？
get your hand off my thigh
in the car she turned to me and said
you're not nineteen forever,
pull yourselves together
i know it seems strange but things they change
older woman and a younger man
both of them doing all they can
trying to get your attention all night long
asked you once, i asked you twice,
asked you four times
if you'd like to dance to that song,
front crawled the crowd
down the stairs and then i followed you
out in the rain
nowhere to be found, never mind
youll probably never look that pretty again
you're not nineteen forever
pull yourselves together
i know it seems strange but things they change
older woman and ever so slightly younger man
god bless the band, they're doing all they can
you're not nineteen forever
pull yourselves together
i know it seems strange but things they change
older woman and ever so slightly younger man
god bless the band, they're doing all they can
you're not nineteen forever
you're not nineteen forever
you're not nineteen forever
it's not me, you're definately not clever
11.Fallowfield Hillbilly
so why is that all that matters anymore ？
who happened to like that band first
and who likes them more
why do you compensate for the fact
that you clearly oh so very silly
by walking around my town
like a fallowfield hillbilly ？
you know who you are
i've seen the way you look at all of the normal kids
you think that they've just come out Strangeways
because they don't bat both eyelids
when you walk past with your eyeliner on,
one hand in glove
they're here for the music the thing that they love
and it was literally carnage at the back of piccadilly
to see who could buy it first
and does the limtied edition seven inch quench your thirst ？
for an album that will probably let you down
but it doesn't even matter
because you don't like that band anymore
because they're not underground
i've seen the way you look at all of the normal kids
you think that they've just come out Strangeways
because they dont bat both eyelids
when you walk past with your eyeliner on,
one hand in glove
i'm gonna ask you,
can you find your own way home are you stuck ？
please don't think that i'm being a bitch
i just happen to witness a lot of things which
get me annoyed cos you're filling a void
have you got nothing better to do ？
i've seen the way you look at all of the normal kids
you think that they've just come out Strangeways
because they don't bat both eyelids
when you walk past with your eyeliner on,
one hand in glove
i'm gonna ask you, can you play guitar my boy ？
can you fuck
12.Yesterday, Today ＆ Probably Tomorrow
i'm not going to sit here and lie and list
all the many ways
about how i will supposedly love you
till the end of days.
because i think that we both know in twenty eight
and a half years time
that i won't be yours and you probably won't be mine.
but yesterday, today and probably tomorrow,
this little one will find it hard to find sorrow.
yesterday, today and probably tomorrow.
middleton to withington, middleton and back,
is more than enough to make
the average middletonian crack.
so i will stand outside the travelodge
and bite my tongue,
your best friends look me up and done
and i'll write the song.
yesterday, today and probably tomorrow
this little one will find it hard to find sorrow.
yesterday, today and probably tomorrow.
will they be there on tuesday nights,
running the bath and turning out the lights？
will they be there on thursday afternoons,
to welcome you home from euston platform eight
heart shaped balloons？ no.
yesterday, today and probably tomorrow.
13.Cavorting (Original Recording)
Your club is full of over-rated dehydrated,
goggle eyed girls,
And they're trying to stare at me but,
They're eyes are rattling and they're struggling to see.
And she can't stand still cos of sixteen pills
that she's taken in the mini-bus,
Her conscience followed her into the night,
gave her mum a fright,
I said 'fuck that, it is her own fault,
for letting her out of your sight'.
and now you're too tired to eat,
and you're too hungry to sleep,
you're hooligans on e and we're too tired
to bother with any of you.
Cavorting and snorting your way through the band,
get your hand out of my trouser leg,
We're turning up tonight
but only to knock you down a peg.
and now you're too tired to eat,
and you're too hungry to sleep,
you're hooligans on e and we're too tired
to bother with any of you.
Your club is full of over-rated dehydrated,
goggle eyed girls,
And they're trying to stare at me
but they're eyes are rattling
and they're struggling to see.
and now you're too tired to eat,
and you're too hungry to sleep,
you're hooligans on e and we're too tired
to bother with any of you.
14.No You Didn't, No You Don't (Original Recording)
just because i use salty phrases
and i go through stages
where i neglect endeavour
because it means that im not clever
no, i dont think so
just because my newspaper pages
havent been the Times in ages
does that mean that
i don't know as much as you ？
jealousy will destroy us
or so she used to say
you'd kill for half the things we'd do
including yesterday
but i suppose you know,
because you went to school with me
you'd sit in the garage and you'd see
all the things that we do, don't you ？
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you don't
no you don't
do you remember us lot doing keys
at the back of the garage at 243
that was us and no one else
and then luka jumping off the shelf
do you remember us lot doing keys
at the back of the garage where no one sees
that was us it was no one else
another jager off the shelf
so i suppose you know,
because you went to school with me
you'd sit in the garage and you'd see
all the things that we do, don't you ？
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you don't
no you don't
there'll always be people looking down their noses
i'll be here, coming up smelling of roses
so i suppose you know,
because you went to school with me
you'd sit in the garage and you'd see
all the things that we do, don't you ？
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you didn't, and no you don't
no you don't
no you don't
15.Acrylic (Original Recording)
You're just like plasticine
being moulded into a libertine dreamer
I feel so sorry for you
If you were 13 i'd let you off but you're not
and you should know better
I'd gather my thoughts on a notepad with a parker pen
and write you a letter but,
There's not enough paper in the world
There's not enough paper in the
have you heard all your friends go
All the words they seem to know
All the words in your songs go
You've got an ok jacket but you've got no spine
Please vacate this city of mine
I only wish you had the songs to back up your talk,
it's all wrong
But we know that's not the case, rather show your face
In an ancient bar that nobody goes in
Because they serve sub-standard gin
Nobody goes in there
Did you win？ Did they ask？
Well no one cares
All the words they seem to know
All the words in your songs go
You've got an ok jacket but you've got no spine
Please vacate this city of mine
You're just like plasticine
being moulded into a libertine dreamer
I feel so sorry for you
If you were 13 i would let you off
but you're not you should no better
I'd gather my thoughts on a notepad with a parker pen
and write you a letter but,
There's not enough paper in the world
There's not enough paper in the
have you heard your friends they go
You've got an ok jacket but you've got no spine,
please vacate this city of mine
You've got an ok jacket but you've got no spine,
please vacate this city of mine
16.Kimberley (Original Recording)
who is that girl？ i think it's kokaine kim
i've not seen her face in ages
tell me where she's been
oh kokaine kimberly is dancing by the door
have you seen her slightly slender self
sleeping on the floor？
oh kokaine kim, that girls off the rails
sparkling teeth, needle nights
champagne fairytales
oh girl from Timperley
who is that guy your with？
i hope he treats you really very nicely
the two days you've got left to live
17.An Ex Is An Ex For A Reason (Original Recording)
if i'm talking to you at the back of the club
why does he walk past me？
and why does he rub his shoulder past mine
is it to let me know that he's there
whisper in his ear for me i don't care
i can't believe that that is what he thinks of you
that i would click my fingers tell you to jump
and thats what you do i think he needed to trust you
a little bit more
or i will walk over there and make his head sore
is he really threatened by the presence of me
he won't let you walk or talk
he won't let you see what i've got in my pocket for you
and i think that you'd love to
18.Bide Your Time (Acoustic)
The temptation is all too great,
To know it's gone and it's all too late,
I tried and I tried but I never applied,
any of the Morals that I wish I had.
You wait fifty one weeks,
Through all of your hides and all of your seeks,
When the time finally arrives,
It dawns on me that your attention derives,
From the girlfriend that you left at home,
Sitting in the living room all alone.
You hate the suntan,
And you can't stand to be around the short sleeve man,
And the gaggles of girls who are singing too loud,
Well they fucking do my head in.
You hate the tattoos
and you can't handle the skinheads,
The ones who cannot handle their booze,
Their making you scared to be proud,
are ya scared to be proud
Why are you scared to be proud
com'on sing it loud with me
but if you bide your time and you stand there
and you wait in line,
It won't be long before her sarong
is lying on your bedroom floor,
But what about your girlfriend that you left at home,
Sitting in her living room all alone.
You hate the suntan,
And you can't stand to be around the short sleeve man,
And the gaggle of girls who are singing too loud,
they fucking do my head in.
You hate the tattoos
and you can't handle the skinheads,
The ones who cannot handle their booze,
Their making you scared to be proud.
and you scared to be proud
Why are you scared to be proud
When your on cloud number nine
19.Acrylic (Acoustic)
You're just like plasticine
being moulded into a libertine dreamer
I feel so sorry for you
If you were 13 i'd let you off but you're not
and you should know better
I'd gather my thoughts on a notepad with a parker pen
and write you a letter but,
There's not enough paper in the world
There's not enough paper in the
have you heard all your friends go
All the words they seem to know
All the words in your songs go
You've got an ok jacket but you've got no spine
Please vacate this city of mine
I only wish you had the songs to back up your talk,
it's all wrong
But we know that's not the case, rather show your face
In an ancient bar that nobody goes in
Because they serve sub-standard gin
Nobody goes in there
Did you win？ Did they ask？
Well no one cares
All the words they seem to know
All the words in your songs go
You've got an ok jacket but you've got no spine
Please vacate this city of mine
You're just like plasticine
being moulded into a libertine dreamer
I feel so sorry for you
If you were 13 i would let you off
but you're not you should no better
I'd gather my thoughts on a notepad with a parker pen
and write you a letter but,
There's not enough paper in the world
There's not enough paper in the
have you heard your friends they go
You've got an ok jacket but you've got no spine,
please vacate this city of mine
20.What Took You So Long？ (Acoustic)
You spend To Much time sat in your bedroom on your pc,
are you sure that you couldnt have found the time
swallowed your pride, admitted your jelousy
Next week you'll be tryin again
to pull one of my citys many front men,
If you did not have the internet would you be into them
I very much doubt so, oh they know sooo
What took you so long？
was there a Queue at the post office？
What took you so long？
was there a dirty double decker stage coach,
you just happened to miss？
Your always bad and your always rotton
and then you always say things that you just
should have forgot about people and things
Do you know who i am？
im like a morrisy with some strings
What took you so long？
was there a Queue at the post office
What took you so long？
was there a dirty double decker stage coach,
you just happened to miss？
Your always bad and your always rotton
and then you always say things that you just
should have forgot or have you had enough？
of your sterotypical bit of the rough
What took you so long？
was there a Queue at the post office
What took you so long？
was there a dirty double decker stage coach,
you just happened to miss？
21.Not Nineteen Forever (Acoustic)
she's had to peel me off the pavement
trying to insinuate
sometimes im in danger of going too far
asked would i like to go for tea and toast？
get your hand off my thigh
in the car she turned to me and said that
you're not nineteen forever,
pull yourselves together
i know it seems strange but things they change
older woman and a younger man
both of them doing all they can
trying to get your attention all night long
asked you once, i asked you twice,
asked you four times
if you'd like to dance to that song,
so i front crawled the crowd
down the stairs and then i followed you
out in the rain
nowhere to be found, never mind
you'll probably never look that pretty again
you're not nineteen forever
pull yourselves together
i know it seems strange but things they change
older woman and ever so slightly younger man
god bless the band, they're doing all they can
you're not nineteen forever
pull yourselves together
i know it seems strange but things they change
older woman and ever so slightly younger man
god bless the band, they're doing all they can
you're not nineteen forever
you're not nineteen forever
you're not nineteen forever
you're not big, you're definately not clever
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