Unreleased Songs

The Young Knives Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.We Are The Also Rans

Lyricist:Oliver Askew, Henry Dartnall, Thomas Dartnall

My my, what a guy in long line
Of high fly, blow dry, simple Simon, magic eye
Oh no, he's gonna buy a Van Gogh
He doesn't really like it

But put your head in your hands
Dah, dah, d-d-dah, dah
We are the also rans
We'll be your moral guidance
Distance, distance, distance, distance

Oh no, he's a tramp in an old band
Walk though, sleep rough, killing with his big hands
He's happy in his own kind of way
But he doesn't really know it

But put your head in your hands
Dah, dah, d-d-dah, dah
We are the also rans
We'll be your moral guidance
Distance, distance, distance, distance

Leave, leave, with your fears and your pet hates
Down south, big mouth, evening with your work mates
At nine we're gonna see The Young Knives
Nobody really likes them

But put your head in the sand
Dah, dah, d-d-dah, dah
We are the also rans
We'll be your guardian angels
Distance


2.Elaine

Lyricist:Oliver Askew, Henry Dartnall, Thomas Dartnall

Elaine, Elaine, Elaine, Elaine, hello
Please, don't see my faults and make me go
I was only trying to be nice
Only, only, only trying to be as sweet as spice

Excuse this rude awakening
It's my weakness can't you see?
Let's charter a day cruiser
And get married out at sea

I'll try to keep it simple
So that you can understand
The moon is in the porthole
Where the water meets the land

Elaine, Elaine, Elaine, Elaine, hello
Please don't see my faults and make me go
I was only trying to be nice
(be nice, show you I love you)
Only, only, only trying to be as sweet as spice

Like a spider you consume me
And I'm caught up in your web
Now is the time to say you're mine
I'm dangling by a thread

I'm always optimistic
But I think you've gone too far
I may have overstated
Just how great I think you are

Elaine, Elaine, Elaine, Elaine, hello
Please don't see my faults and make me go
I was only trying to be nice
Only, only, only trying to be as sweet as spice

La la la, la la la, la la
La la la, la la la, la la
La la la, la la la, la la
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3.Kitchener

Lyricist:Oliver Askew, Henry Dartnall, Thomas Dartnall

It's nice to be wanted
It's good to be useful
Get myself a discipline
Get my head down and digging

It's good to be wanted
To be hunter or hunted
Now I've got some meaning
And I'm feeling real feelings

Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation

It's a noble tradition
So tell me my mission
Oh, I'm an explosion
Oh, I am nuclear fission

My mind is a weapon
It's my final expression
Let's put our warheads together
'Cause I am dying to test them

Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation

Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation

Oh, a temptation, oh, a temptation, a temptation
Oh, a temptation, oh, a temptation
A t-t-temptation, a temptation, a temptation

It's not just the money
And it's not just the action
He's keeping me busy
Well, that's the fatal attraction

The fatal attraction, the fatal attraction
Is keeping me busy
Well, that's the fatal attraction
Kitchener was a temptation
Kitchener was a temptation