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Ah ah ah ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah oh ah ah ah oh
I never wanted to go
Would've been happy at home
Or so I thought 'til the second day
Oh oh oh
Saw you, your family in tow
I heard you telling them "no"
Didn't want to be on holiday
I could feel a connection starting there
Both of us stuck in the middle of nowhere
So I wanted to know what else we could share
And then before we even knew
It was a holiday romance
The kind they tell you is doomed
It'll never last
Just a holiday romance
For a limited time, saw the days go fast
It was a holiday romance
And we knew in the back of our minds it would end
What would we do with this chance?
The clock ticking
Knew I might never hold you again
Ah ah ah ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah oh ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah oh ah ah ah oh
Down to the beach they would go
We'd different plans of our own
Escape into our own wonderland
Oh oh oh
We hadn't time to go far
People would think us bizarre
We didn't care if they'd understand
And a real connection started there
Born of circumstance, we were well aware
Something we couldn't keep 'cause life isn't fair
Really all we could do was make memories
It was a holiday romance
The kind they tell you is doomed
It'll never last
Just a holiday romance
For a limited time, saw the days go fast
It was a holiday romance
And we knew in the back of our minds it would end
What would we do with this chance?
The clock ticking
Knew I might never hold you again
Ah ah ah ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah oh ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah oh ah ah ah oh
So now we're both back home, many miles apart
And I wish you were here
It shouldn't have been the end
It felt like only the start
Now it's all so clear
It was a holiday romance
The kind they tell you is doomed
It'll never last
Just a holiday romance
For a limited time, saw the days go fast
It was a holiday romance
And we knew in the back of our minds it would end
What would we do with this chance?
The clock ticking
Knew I might never hold you again
Ah ah ah ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah oh ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah oh ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah ah ah oh
Ah ah ah ah oh ah ah ah oh oh
Ah ah ah ah ah oh
Oh if I could only hold you here again
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Ooh
I wish that you would notice me
Or take a second look
I like to think we're not so different
Now I've seen you with that book
And I'm hearing through the grapevine
That you'll be out Saturday
At the club where all the cool kids hang
Where all the good bands play
There's a group I heard you like
That's coming to town, oh
Maybe you'd give me that look
If you saw me around
So oh oh
Now I'm wishing I had tickets for Saint Etienne
'Cause I know that you'll be going to the show
Oh oh oh
Now I'm wishing I had tickets for Saint Etienne
'Cause wherever you might be
Yeah, I wanna go
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
If I could only make you see
That I'm more than meets the eye
Maybe you'd be here right next to me
The least I can do is try
Now I'm cramming Cracknell Stanley Wiggs
And I'm reading Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
While I scrape together pennies
Just enough to make it there
Can I find that cash by the weekend?
It's stressing me so much, oh
Are you going with somebody
How will I know?
Oh oh oh
Now I'm wishing I had tickets for Saint Etienne
'Cause I know that you'll be going to the show
Oh oh oh
Now I'm wishing I had tickets for Saint Etienne
'Cause wherever you might be
Yeah, I wanna go
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Now it's Saturday
I've just enough to pay here on the door
But they tell me it's sold out
And here comes...
The one I adore
(sigh)
Now I'm wishing I had tickets for Saint Etienne
'Cause I know that you'll be going to the show
Oh oh oh
Now I'm wishing I had tickets for Saint Etienne
'Cause wherever you might be
Yeah, I wanna go
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
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Surrender
03:22
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Well, I waited around 'til a quarter to three
Then I knew that you weren't gonna bother with me again
I was a fool to think you'd ever show
What is it I see in you?
Where's the charm, the allure I used to adore?
Was a time I'd have stood 'til a quarter to four
No more
But what can I do, I guess I should let go
I wish I could turn this around, oh
Is it too late to reverse?
Am I asking the impossible?
Can I ever feel the same way
I don't wanna say the last goodbye
But I don't wanna waste my time
I spent enough already
I can't even feel the wonder now
I lost it in those clouds of doubt
You left for me when you stepped out
So should I surrender?
Oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
If I thought there was hope
Then you know very well
I'd be still holding on
Always kidding myself to the end
If only I knew what I had signed up for
I wouldn't have started at all
With a word, we'd be through
We'd be over and done
You could paint me the villain
As you tell every one of your friends
I know what you'd do
But that can't be a hold you have over me anymore, no
If it's too late to reverse
What hope is there for us?
I don't know
Can I ever feel the same way
I don't wanna say the last goodbye
But I don't wanna waste my time
I spent enough already
I can't even feel the wonder now
I lost it in those clouds of doubt
You left for me when you stepped out
So should I surrender?
Oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
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The Photocopies Michigan
Unapologetically old-school #indiepop in a mid-80s-to-early-90s vein, made without secret plans to fill stadiums (ugh). Think lo-fi #c86 #twee #postpunk #janglepop etc. Originally from London.
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