Someone kindly told me that you'd wasted
Eight of nine lives
Ah give yourself a break Before you break down
You're gonna need someone on your side
And here I am
And here I am
Well you don't need to look so pleased
Day or night
There is no difference
You're gonna need someone on your side
Day or night
There is no difference
You're gonna need someone soon
And here I am
And here I am
Well you don't need to look so pleased
Third week with the jar you find
Everything dies
We won't vote conservative
Because we never have
Everyone lies
Everyone lies
Where is the man you respect
And where is the woman that you love
Where's the woman that you love
Everything
Of worth
On earth
Is there to share
I used to dream
And I used to vow
I wouldn't dream of it now
We look to Los Angeles
For the language we use
London is dead
London is dead
London is dead
London is dead
London is dead
London is dead
I'm too much in love
I'm too much in love
I know
I'll go
Empty hand
From the land
You wonder how
We've stayed alive 'till now
We'll let you know
We'll let you know
But only if
You're really interested
We're all smiles
And honest I swear
It's the turnstiles
That make us hostile
We will descend
On anyone unable to defend
Themselves
And the songs we sing
They're not supposed to mean a thing
We may seem cold
Or we may even be
The most depressing people you've ever known
At heart
What's left
We sadly know
That we are the last
Truly British people you'll ever know
We are the last truly British people
You will ever know
Ever never
Want to know
David, the winds blow
The winds blow
All of my dreams away
And I still say
"Where is our boy
Ah we've lost our boy"
But I should known why you've gone
Because again and again you've explained
You've gone to The National
To The National
There's a country
You don't live there
But one day you would like to
And if you show them what you're made of
Ah then you might do
David, we wonder
We wonder if the thunder
Is ever really gonna begin
Begin again
Your mum says
"I've lost my boy"
But she should know
Why you've gone
Because again and again you've explained
You've gone to The National
To The National
To The National
Front Disco
Because you want the day to come sooner
You want the day to come sooner
You want the day to come sooner
When you settle the score
Oh The National
Oh The National
Oh The National
Oh The National
Oh The National
And when I swing it
So it catches his eye
Weren't you there
You'd have died
I trust the views of certain people I know
They look at danger and they laugh their heads off
Their clothes are imitation
George the twenty-third
Don't you find
This absurd
I'd hate to be like certain people I know
They break their necks and can't afford to get them fixed
They'd sacrifice all
All their principles for
Anything cashable
I do believe
It's terrible
We hate it when our friends become successful
and if they're northern
That it makes it even worse and
If we can destroy them
You bet your life we will destroy them
If we can hurt them
Well, we may as well
It's really laughable
You see it should have been me
It could have been me
Everybody knows
Everybody says so
They say
"Oh you have loads of songs
So many songs
More songs then they can stand
Verse
Chorus
Middle-eight break fade"
Just listen
All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair
All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair
You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say if I'm in your way
You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say if I'm ever in your way a-hey
All over Battersea
Some hope and some despair
All over Battersea
some hope and some despair
You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say if I'm ever in your way a-hey
You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one for me a-hey hey
A-hey
A-hey
A-hey
A-hey hey hey hey
Scavenging through
Life's very constant lows
So far from where
I'm determined to go
I wish I knew the way
To reach the one I love
There is no way
I wish I had the charm
To attract the one I love
But you see
I've got no charm
Tonight I've consumed
Much more than I can hold
All this is
Very clear to you
And you can tell
I have never really loved
You can tell by the way
I sleep all day
And all of my life
No one gave me anything
No one has ever given me anything
My love is as sharp
As a needle in your eye
You must be such a fool
To pass me by
Tomorrow
Its surely nearer now
You don't think I'll make it
I never said I wanted to
Well did I
Ah the pain in my arms
Ah the pain in my legs
Oh yeah oh yeah
No yeah no yeah
Through my shiftless body
Tomorrow
Tomorrow
All I ask of you
Is would you tell me that you love me
Tell me tell me that you love me
Tell me tell me that you love me
Tell me that you love me
Oh I know you don't mean it
Oh I know you don't mean it
Tell me tell me that you love me
Tell me tell me that you love me
tell me, oh tell me, oh tell me, oh tell me