Life Itself

Album: How to Be a Human Being (2016)
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  • Daddy was dumb, said that I'd be something special
    Brought me up tough but I was a gentle human
    Said that he loved each of my two million freckles
    When I grew up, was gonna be a superstar

    I can't get a job so I live with my mom
    I take her money but not quite enough
    I sit in the car and I listen to static
    She said I look fat but I look fantastic

    Cut back down to my knees
    Gotta get back, gotta get free
    Cut back down to my knees
    Lean back now, lean back and breathe
    Cut back down to my knees
    Gotta get back, gotta get free
    Cut back down to my knees
    Lean back now, lean back and breathe

    I'm waking up, lost in boxes outside Tesco
    Look like a bum, sipping codeine Coca-Cola
    Thought that I was northern Camden's own Flash Gordon
    Sonic raygun, gonna be a superstar

    I can't get a job so I live with my mom
    I take her money but not quite enough
    I make my own fun in grandmama's basement
    Said I look mad, she said I look wasted

    Cut back down to my knees
    Gotta get back, gotta get free
    Cut back down to my knees
    Lean back now, lean back and breathe
    Cut back down to my knees
    Gotta get back, gotta get free
    Cut back down to my knees
    Lean back now, lean back and breathe

    Cut back down to my knees
    Gotta get back, gotta get free
    Cut back down to my knees
    Lean back now, lean back and breathe
    Cut back down to my knees
    Gotta get back, gotta get free
    Cut back down to my knees
    Lean back now, lean back and breathe
    Cut back down to my knees
    Gotta get back, gotta get free
    Cut back down to my knees
    Lean back now, lean back and breathe Writer/s: David Algernon Bayley, Tariq Tafo
    Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Red Brick Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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