Cameo Brooch lyrics - The Courteeners

With your mother's cameo brooch
Sat at the foot of her bed taking notes

You watched her since you were small
You are the new belle of the ball

With your father's bruise on your arm
Telling me it's no cause for alarm
Stop pushing people away
You can't live your life this way

I will always be there for you
Whenever you need me, someone to talk to

With your sister's love for her dad
You tell her it's the piano teacher that has been bad
You said you hadn't learnt your scales
She said you were going off the rails

But that was nothing to what you are now
And I'm not picking holes and I don't want to row

But people are getting scared
We can see your bones, and we were unprepared

I will always be there for you
Whenever you need me, someone to talk to

I will always be there for you
Whenever you need me, someone to talk to

I will always be there for you
Whenever you need me, someone to talk to

Scratch Your Name Upon My Lips lyrics - The Courteeners

Six thousand miles away, the first thing on my mind
I've not been to bed, my thoughts are racing
My heart is lagging behind

Desperate times call for double measures
The drinks ae going down alleviating the pressure
Just to see you for a second now, if only I could
Just to breathe the same air, then you know that I would

A needle in the heart from a silhouette
She could've been you but for the cigarette

When back, will you dig your heels in?
Dig your heels into my back?
Scratch your name upon my lips
Take the belt from off your hips

A needle in the heart from a silhouette
She could've been you but for the cigarette

A needle in the heart from a silhouette
She could've been you but for the cigarette

When will I see you again? When will I see you again?
When will I see you again? When will I see you again?

When will I see you again? When will I see you again?
When will I see you again? When will I see you again?

Scratch your name upon my lips
Scratch your name upon my lips
Scratch your name upon my lips
Scratch your name upon my lips

Last Of The Ladies lyrics - The Courteeners

You are the last of the ladies
You are the only one who can save me
You are, you are, you are

You are the one to grow old with
To live, to laugh, and to lie with
You are, you are, you are

Sometimes I may not see you for a week
Don't think of this as a burden
Just a grander hide and seek
And when you find me I'll be happy to be out
Your words are one thing I can't believe that I've ever lived without

You are the last of the ladies
You are the only one who can save me
You are, you are, you are

You are the one to grow old with
To live, to laugh, and to lie with
You are, you are, you are

If something is easy then it's not worth the reward
Like remembering the list of bands that I wrote on
The chalk board
I'm not saying you're New Order but I think you
Know what I mean
And I'm into the way that you're into me
Like a scene from the silver screen

You are the last of the ladies
You are the one who can save me
You are, you are, you are

Will It Be This Way Forever? lyrics - The Courteeners

A bicycle shop at the end of the road
A Chinese chippy to ease the load
The lights are low, the life's not fair
But what I have is yours to share

Victoria Park, after dark
Kissing on the wall trying not to fall
Into your heart and into your head
Take me somewhere else, take me to your bed

Naive, young and not too clever
Will it be this way forever?
Naive, young and not too clever
Will it be this way forever?
Will it be this way forever?

Like two students in love, waltzing along
I have been both, but not for very long
Like two drunk dancers, juvenile chancers
One sets the other one off

Naive, young and not too clever
Will it be this way forever?
Naive, young and not too clever
Will it be this way forever?
Will it be this way forever?

Angel as you go down, I'll let you know tomorrow
Change your plea to guilty and another day we'll borrow

A bicycle shop at the end of the road
A Chinese chippy to ease the load
The lights are low and life's not fair
But all I have is yours to share

Naive, young and not too clever
Will it be this way forever?
Naive, young and not too clever
Will it be this way forever?
Will it be this way forever?

We don't need money, let's get under the covers
Just as long as we've got each other
We don't need money, let's get under the covers
Just as long as we've got each other

Revolver lyrics - The Courteeners

Will I be graced with your presence tonight?
I'd really rather you just let me know
'Cause I'm stood here like a spare prick at a wedding
I'll get my dignity, smedley, my brogues and I'll go

You could have just stabbed me in the back
There was no need to use the revolver for that
You said you had the knack, what did you mean?
"Has Nobody told you?"
Told me what? no they must have forgot
"He's just a friend", yeah you said it happens all the time
Is that right? in that case everything will be
Just fine

You could have just stabbed me in the back
There was no need to use the revolver for that
You said you had the knack, what did you mean?
"Has Nobody told you?"
Told me what? no they must have forgot
"He's just a friend", yeah you said it happens all the time
Is that right? in that case everything will be
Just fine

Spotted you, fools on a hill,
Thought maybe it's just your cousin.
Even so, please God do not let that be her.
Took one look at your cardigan, your jeans on backwards,
My jaw dropped and I went oh fuck, because I knew that it were.

How would you feel if I had done that to you?
How, how would you feel if I had done that to you?
How, how would you feel if I had done that to you?

You could have just stabbed me in the back
There was no need to use the revolver for that
You said you had the knack, what did you mean?
"Has Nobody told you?"
Told me what? no they must have forgot
"He's just a friend", yeah you said it happens all the time
Is that right? well in that case everything will be
Just fine

Bojangles lyrics - The Courteeners

The Shambles are a shambles, crooks and crafters hanging from the rafters,
With the beat and the bangles oh, Bojangles shirts and shouts them from all the angles.

Masses on mass go past,
head down walk fast,
this is where we live to
let the ladies and children through,

I'm struggling help me along,
hold my arm as I sing my song,
I'm struggling help me along,
hold my arm as I'm singing my song,

Tearing through St Anne's Square,
Policeman down no one cares [X4]

The Shambles are a shambles, crooks and crafters hanging from the rafters,
With the beat and the bangles oh, Bojangles shirts and shouts them from all the angles.

I'm struggling help me along,
hold my arm while I sing my song,
I'm struggling help me along,
hold my arm while I sing my song.

You're The Man lyrics - The Courteeners

Does your wife
Know you're out
Know you're out
Sleeping with a weather-girl
That it never rains on you

Triple A
Backstage pass
Anorexic lass
On your arm
You're so cool you're the man

But we still love you
You give us something to do
Why can't we be as cool as you

But we still love you
You give us something to do
Why can't we be as cool as you

And so you stand out the back
Get a little bit closer every track
So everyone can see you there
You've arrived!
I've arrived!
You've arrived

You're like a tired piece of clingfilm
See through and flimsy
So many cracks
And you're no use to anyone any more.

But we still love you
You give us something to do
Why can't we be as cool as you

But we still love you
You give us something to do
Why can't we be as cool as you

You sold your sole
And lied the lamp
Laid, try your own
With your little band
But that didn't last
And neither will you
I have faith that you'll fuck up
in everything that you do
I reserve the right
The right to address
How you leave the house is anyone's guess
You're cowering so gently
That's not for me
I'm not like that
Ask Ann Marie

So rest the film stars
Hollywood posers,
Hollywood foam
But they've relented
And given their dog a bone

But we still love you
You give us something to do
Why can't we be as cool as you

But we still love you
You give us something to do
Why can't we be as cool as you

Meanwhile Back At The Ranch lyrics - The Courteeners


So, meanwhile back at the ranch
My boy, you grovel for an olive branch
Your arms outstretched, fabrication spoken
You severed all ties and the bond was broken

You are the gaffer's best boy
20 sleazy and coy
And it makes me sick
You are the gaffer's best boy

Meanwhile back at the bar
Big time Charlie gone too far
Bore him with your stories
From all that you know
You know everything from Wikipedia and it shows

Because he's full of shit and so are you
You're a weasel and I've had a bird's eye view

You are the gaffer's best boy
20 sleazy and coy
And it makes me sick

So everyone is at your place
Cameras out for Facebook
Shoe in the face, not one is a friend
There is a reason for this
The pragmatics of which you've seem to have missed

You are the gaffer's best boy
20 sleazy and coy
And it makes me sick
You are the gaffer's best boy
20 sleazy and coy

And it makes me sick
And it makes me sick
And it makes me sick
And it makes me sick

Forget The Weight Of The World lyrics - The Courteeners

Walking down the street
Paranoia's got hold of both of my feet
I can't remember last weekend
It's only fair to tell you my friend
This war is shaping up the same way
I can't even remember yesterday, but
Well I'm not Jesus I’m definitely not Barrack
Could you please prise the leeches from my back?
And I'm never gonna save the world, but
I might try and take it over
Grab a drink, find a girl,
It doesn't matter if she's older

Forget the weight of the world
You don't need it on your shoulders
Forget the weight of the world
You don't need it on your shoulders
Forget the weight of the world
You don't need it on your shoulders
Forget the weight of the world

Well I haven't caught the fear,
cos it's not Tuesday yet my dear
And when the blues roll by I'll tell em to jog on
Some fall in to quick sand
I'm not like that do you understand
I'm just being me
Well I'm just being me

Forget the weight of the world
You don't need it on your shoulders
Forget the weight of the world
You don't need it on your shoulders
Forget the weight of the world
You don't need it on your shoulders
Forget the weight of the world

Well I'm not Jesus I'm definitely not Barrack
Could you please prise the leeches from my back?
I'm never gonna save the world, but
I might try and take it over
Grab a drink, find a girl,
It doesn't matter if she's older

But we have to
Forget the weight of the world
We don't need that on our shoulders
Forget the weight of the world
We don't need that on our shoulders
Forget the weight of the world
We don't need it on our shoulders
Forget the weight of the world
We don't need it on our shoulders
Forget the weight of the world [x4]

"St. Jude" (2008)

Aftershow lyrics - The Courteeners

The walk home from barbecue
Is so very long when I'm walkin with you
The sun is coming up, it is coming to light
That me and you were never that tight

And then you stand there with your old boyfriend
And message after message that you can send, send, send
You know I will definitely ignore them all
You're having a shit night, well I'm having a ball

You showed your face at the aftershow
How did I know that you would say you will go
It's because you're always listening to him
He's only average looking and a bit too thin

Cavorting lyrics - The Courteeners

Your club is full of overrated, dehydrated, goggled eyed girls
And they're trying to stare at me
But their eyes are rattling and they're struggling to see

And she can't stand still because 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 overrated, dehydrated, goggled eyed girls
And they're trying to stare at me
But their 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, aren't we, and we're too articulate to bother with any of you

Bide Your Time lyrics - The Courteeners

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 50 whole 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 sleeved man
And the gaggle of girls that 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 the booze
They're making you scared to be proud
Yeah, you're scared to be proud
I cannot 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 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 sleeved man
And the gaggle of girls that 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
They're making you scared to be proud
Oh, is that still allowed?
You're scared to be proud
When you're on cloud #9

And 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 sleeved man
And the gaggle of girls that 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
They're making you scared to be proud
Oh, you're scared to be proud
Oh, is that still allowed?
When you're on cloud #9

What Took You So Long? lyrics - The Courteeners

You've spent too much time sat in your bedroom
On your PC, are you sure that you couldn't
Have found the time
Swallowed your pride and fitted to jealousy
Well next week, you're trying again
To pull one of your city's men from men
If you not had the internet would you be into them?
I very much doubt so, how would they know so?

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 I'm bad and sometimes I'm rotten
And sometimes I say things I probably
Should have forgotten of the people and things
Do you know who I am?
I'm like a Morrissey 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

You're always bad and you're always rotten
And then you always say things that you just
Should have forgotten
Or have you had enough
Of your stereotypical bit of the rough?

woah oh oh
woah oh oh
woah oh oh

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

woah oh oh
woah oh oh
woah oh oh
woah oh oh oh oh-oh oh ohh
woah oh oh oh oh-oh oh ohh
woah oh oh oh oh-oh oh ohhh

Please Don't lyrics - The Courteeners

Four years and twenty-two shades of blonde
Is all that seperated us
Why couldn't we have carried on?
We could have got married
You could have 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 finger tips wrapped round those knuckles of mine
The fear walked home and your smile returned
And all of a sudden everything was fine
But those days have passed
And these types of relationship never last

So please don't pretend that we'll stay friends
Because you know as well as I do that that, well that just, it never happens

Well 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
Telling everyone inside
That you've had enough

You spend eighty five per cent of your night
Trying to make me understand
Why you were standing so close while you're kissing him
Why you left that place holding his hand
Oh darling, can't you see
That it's got fuck all to do with me?

Please don't pretend that we'll stay friends
Cause you know as well as I do that that, well that just, it never happens

If It Wasn't For Me lyrics - The Courteeners

Everyone's saying that you're here for me
But you're here for them
If it wasn't for me, if it wasn't for me
Then you would even not know them

You move in those circles
For a brand new squeeze
For an average girls with bad teeth
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
Steer 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 wouldn't know them

Everyone's saying that you're here for me
And that's rubbish, you're here for them
If it wasn't for me, if it wasn't for me
You wouldn't even know them

You move in those circles, what for?
For a brand new squeeze
For an average girl with a bad fringe
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
Steer 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
If if wasn't for me then wouldn't know them

No You Didn't, No You Don't lyrics - The Courteeners

So, just because I use salty phrases
And I go through stages
Where I neglect endeavour
Does this means that I'm not clever?
No, I don't think so

Just because my newspaper pages
Haven't 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 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 lend Luka a jumper off the shelf

Do you remember us lot doing keys
At the back of the garage where no one sees
That was us, no one else
Another jagër 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

How Come lyrics - The Courteeners

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 the 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

Kings Of The New Road lyrics - The Courteeners

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're told

Not Nineteen Forever lyrics - The Courteeners

She's had to peel me off the pavement
Trying to insinuate sometimes I am 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
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
It's not me, you're definitely not clever

Fallowfield Hillbilly lyrics - The Courteeners

So I say, 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 are clearly, oh so very silly
By walking around my town
Like a fallowfield hillbilly?

You know who you are

I've seen the way that you're looking at all of the normal kids
You think that they've just come out Strangeways because they won't bat both eyelids
When you walk past with your eyeliner on, one hand in glove
They're here just 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
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
They're not underground

I've seen the way that you're looking at all of the normal kids
You think that they've just come out Strangeways because they won't 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?

And, please don't think that I'm being a bitch
I just happen to witness a lot of things which
Get me annoyed because you're filling a void
Have you got nothing better to do?

I've seen the way that you're looking at all of the normal kids
You think that they've just come out Strangeways because they won'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?

Yesterday, Today & Probably Tomorrow lyrics - The Courteeners


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 and 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 down and I'll write the song

But 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 night
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

But yesterday, today and probably tomorrow

Acrylic lyrics - The Courteeners

You're just like plasticine
Being moulded into a libertine dreamer
I feel so sorry for you
My heart goes out to you
If you were thirteen I'd let you off
But you're not and you should know better

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 world
Oh have you heard all your friends go
Da da da da da da da oh
All the words they seem to know
All the words in your sons go
Da da da da da da da oh

You got an okay jacket
But you've got no spine
Please vacate this city of mine

I only wish you had this song
To back-up you're talking to long
But we know that's not the case
Rather show your face
In an injured bar I know but it goes in
Because they serve substandard gin
Nobody goes in there did you win?
Did they ask though no-one cares?

Dadada dadadaaaa oh,
All the words they seem to know,
All the words in your sons go,
Dadada dadadaaaa oh,
You got an okay jacket,
But you've got no spine,
Please vacate this city of mine,

You're just like plasticine,
Being molded into a libertine dreamer,
I feel so sorry for you,
If you were 13 I would let you off,
But your not and you should have known better,
Gather my thoughts on a notepad,
With a parker pen,
And write you a letter but,
Theres not enough paper in the world,
Theres not enough paper in,

Oh have you heard,
Your friends they go,
Dadada dadadaaaa oh,
Dadada dadadaaaa oh,
Dadada dadadaaaa oh,
Dadada dadadaaaa oh,

You got an ok jacket,
But you've got no spine,
Please vacate this city of mine,

You got an ok jacket,
But you've got no spine,
Please vacate this city of mine.

Kimberley lyrics - The Courteeners

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

An Ex Is An Ex For A Reason lyrics - The Courteeners

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 here
Whisper in his ear, from 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
But I will walk over there and make his head sore

[humming]

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 think that you'd love to

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