Hole In The Head

Album: Three (2003)
Charted: 1 96
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  • Seven hours since you went away
    Eleven coffees, Rickki Lake on play
    But late at night when I'm feeling blue
    I'd sell my ass before I think of you
    Seven hours since you closed the door
    Started a diet, got a manicure
    Erased your number from my telephone
    And if you call me I won't be at home
    He said

    [Bridge]
    Why do you cry
    For the guy
    Say goodbye
    Runaway
    Why do you cry
    For the guy
    Say goodbye
    I said OK, cause

    [Chorus]
    Oh, boy do you miss me like a hole in the head
    Because I do boy,
    And it's cool boy
    And ooh, bet you never thought I'd get out of bed
    Because of you boy,
    Such a fool boy

    Eleven hours on a brand new day
    I'm getting ready to go out and play
    It's late at night, I'm caught in a groove
    I'd kiss my ass before I'm feeling blue
    Seven hours, what you calling for?
    A bunch of flowers and I slam the door
    You're in my face, sorry what's your name?
    Takes more than begging to reverse my brain
    Cause

    [Chorus]

    I'm through with it
    Over it
    Not having it
    Crazy shit
    Not feeling this
    Can't deal, I quit
    No more, No more
    I'm through with it
    Not having it
    This crazy shit
    Not feeling it
    Can't deal with it
    No more of it
    No more, no more
    Breaking off the bun
    A brand new day has just begun
    Just because you made me go "ooh"
    Doesn't mean I'll put up with you
    Don't you dare turn back
    Can't you see I won't take that?
    I ain't crying not over you
    Better for your head up like I told you

    [Bridge]

    [Chorus: x2] Writer/s: BRIAN HIGGINS, HEIDI RANGE, KEISHA BUCHANAN, MIRANDER COOPER, MUTYA BUENA, NICK COLER, TIMOTHY POWELL
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Get Over It from AmsterdamHole in the head does not mean cancer or being shot. It's another way of saying you do not need something, particularly she needs him as much as she needs a hole in the head, and that she will leave a hole in his head since now she has gone.
  • Ec from LondonWTF - "Hole in the head" does not mean cancer or tumours. It's not slang for them either.
    If anything it means a hole from a bullet. No one wants a hole in the head, meaning they don't want that guy back. As if they would sing about cancer.

    Also, Songfacts - that is NOT Siobhan. She left and that blonde one is Heidi Range
  • Louise from Newcastle, United Kingdom"I do like some of their later songs, but this song offends me. Cancer is not a joke.
    - Mjn Seifer, Not listed for personal reason, England"

    They're hardly implying that cancer is a joke, just that this guy is...
  • Mjn Seifer from Not Listed For Personal Reason, EnglandIt's a slang term for tumor/camcers.
  • Angela from London, United StatesCancer?!? What are you talking about? Surely 'a hole in the head' is a reference to being shot?
  • Mjn Seifer from Not Listed For Personal Reason, EnglandI do like some of their later songs, but this song offends me. Cancer is not a joke.
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