Tall Poppies - Yard Act.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : James Smith/Ryan Needham/Sam Shjipstone
[00:01.000] 作曲 : James Smith/Ryan Needham/Sam Shjipstone
[00:05.209][Intro]
[00:16.448]Yeah
[00:24.156]He was the most handsome in a class of twenty-two
[00:27.657]And he knew it early on so his confidence kept growing
[00:31.135]By thirteen he had been with every girl deemed worth it
[00:34.631]To be with in the village, two years either side of his birthday
[00:38.744]He played football, boy, could he play
[00:41.633]He played every single day and he still does
[00:45.246]A scout from Crewe Alexander came to watch him once
[00:48.679]And they said that they were gonna be in touch
[00:59.368]He was the captain of the team without ever asking to be
[01:02.630]Without ever being told that counts for a lot, still, believe it or not
[01:06.478]Lo and behold, everyone fell in line behind the hair on his legs and hair on his lips
[01:13.318]He was the-
[01:20.493]He could smoke ten a day and still run faster
[01:23.580]Than that whippet that could lap the racetrack rabbit
[01:27.217]He could dabble in the snow, rubbing shoulders with the rabble
[01:30.826]And still never ever touch upon a habit
[01:34.094]At age sixteen, he made his choice to stay
[01:37.640]And got a job selling houses in the village
[01:40.091]Which by now had become such a desirable place to settle down
[01:44.540]It was classed not as a village, but instead as a small town
[01:55.832]On the sunny, sunny side of the borough
[01:59.076]You get two brown bins
[02:02.776]Fortunately, despite the influx of newcomers including, for the first time
[02:06.594]A genuine authentic Italian restaurant
[02:09.390]Run by a family of fantastic old school Neapolitans
[02:12.470]He was still the best at football, and a most handsome man
[02:16.277]Taking solace in that fact as his little world continued
[02:21.601]To expand
[02:23.546]Woo
[02:30.416]By the time he was twenty, he'd now been with all the girls deemed worth it in the village
[02:34.763]Five years either side of his birthday
[02:37.210]But it was time to settle down and no kiss had ever felt so electric
[02:40.885]As the first he'd ever felt all those years ago
[02:42.921]Though she'd never strayed far, hemmed in by his shadow
[02:46.774]The torches lining the path of her own dreams had been growing dimmer by the day and so
[02:51.403]Faster than a dying star, she cashed in her chips and checked out
[02:54.978]Settled for him and subsequently threw all her own ambitions away
[03:05.875]A promotion followed, a mortgage, a marriage
[03:08.725]A dog and children, a loft conversion
[03:11.588]A dead dog, and a second home on the Costa del Sol
[03:16.949]In the hopes of stoking the coals of two long lost souls
[03:20.190]Which comes first, counselling or keys in the bowl?
[03:25.251]Puts his own mother in a home
[03:30.877]Got made redundant twice, never once was he on the dole
[03:48.317]A light head, black spots on his vision, room spinning
[03:51.419]Clutching the curtain, waving from the window, they thought he was grinning
[03:55.062]He was grimacing, begging them to notice him, twitching, notice no one is helping him
[03:59.956]The grandkids waving through the rear windshield
[04:03.813]As the big electric gate draws a line in between 'em
[04:07.470]A fine, fine line between benign and malignant
[04:11.169]So get yourself checked, book yourself an appointment
[04:14.635]So get yourself checked, book yourself an appointment
[04:17.998]So get yourself checked, book yourself an appointment
[04:21.610]So get yourself checked, book yourself
[04:24.988]The whole village and most of the town came out to mourn his end
[04:28.638]A full house, he would've been so proud
[04:30.720]Knowing that no one said a bad word about him aloud
[04:35.549]He wasn't perfect, but he was my friend
[04:38.169]He wasn't perfect, but he was one of us
[04:43.560]He was one of us
[04:46.608]A plaque bears his full name on a bench by the water's edge
[04:50.515]The dates he came and went
[04:53.060]And a quote about life and death from a song he'd never heard
[04:56.983]'Cause he wasn't too fond of long songs with lots of words
[05:01.836]If I were him, I'd have never left the village either
[05:05.123]But I did, and I know full well
[05:07.370]That there are more handsome men and better footballers out there in Greater Manchester
[05:12.923]They would've cut him down to size if they could've
[05:15.569]But what good would that do?
[05:17.656]He bloomed and he grew and grew, and still he was doomed
[05:20.298]Same as me, same as you
[05:22.907]Same as everyone I ever knew
[05:25.248]You, sometimes still, I think about you
[05:28.710]Out there, somewhere, floating in the ether
[05:32.378]Born dyed in the wool, never knowing of a belly half full
[05:36.709]So many of us just crabs in a barrel
[05:39.732]With no feasible means to escape the inevitable cull
[05:43.288]There are those that grow thick skins quick for the sake of their sins
[05:47.550]And the savvy folk that just keep their mouths shut and take it all on the chin
[05:52.290]We collide with each other, we submit, we bare our teeth
[05:54.819]Catch fish using giant metal ships and scream with laughter
[05:58.818]At 4:00 AM staggering home down moonlit country lanes
[06:02.687]We cry because children are dying across the sea
[06:04.911]And there is nothing we can do about it
[06:06.952]Whilst we benefit from the bombs dropped which we had no part in building
[06:12.129]We are sorry, truly we are sorry
[06:15.435]We are just trying to get by too
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