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Ooh, ooh
Scooter girl, scooter girl
Scooter girl, scooter girl
Riding down the high street
She’s the one you want to be part of your life
But she doesn’t know you
Oh
Riding down to Brighton
And you wish that you were riding at her side
Oh, at her side
Yeah, you wish that you were riding at her side
'Cause she’s your everything
In dreams you’re with her every day
You would give anything
For you and her to scoot away
Scooter girl, scooter girl
You’re in love with scooter girl
But you only ever see her pass you
Scooter girl, scooter girl
You’re in love with scooter girl
But you only ever see her pass you
Only ever see her pass you by
Oh
She’s there outside the café
Where the scooter kids all gather every day
You're not among them, ooh
Oh
But you’ll have your deposit Friday
Get your own set of wheels and hope you’re not too late
Not too late
You’ll get those wheels and hope you’re not too late
‘Cause she’s your everything
In dreams you’re with her every day
And you’d give anything
For you and her to ride away
Oh, oh
Into the sunset
Scooter girl, scooter girl
You’re in love with the scooter girl
But you only ever see her pass you
Scooter girl, scooter girl
You’re in love with scooter girl
But you only ever see her pass you
The other scooter kids laugh at you
And you only ever see her pass you by
But maybe someday you won’t have to
Only ever see her pass you by
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Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Oh, when I half-wake in the morning
And stumble out of here, still yawning
Should I see your face
I'd be all over the place
And if I'm to be yours, like, ever
I need to get my act together
Should you slip away
I'd have made a gargantuan mistake
Well, I know I don't have all the time
In the world to catch your eye
But it happens to me every time
Whenever I see you walk by
I turn inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
I'm always finding new excuses
Because I'm just utterly useless
It's another day
So what am I gonna say?
My happiness depends on whether
I can string a few words together
Gonna seal my fate
If all I do is procrastinate
No, I really don't have all the time
In the world to catch your eye
Yet it happens to me every time
Whenever I see you walk by
I turn inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
It's what you do to me
I'm inside out
Upside down
Inside out
Upside down
Inside out
Upside down
Inside out
Upside down
I turn inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
Inside out and upside down
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You've got a big mouth
We know it's gonna strike again
It's how you wriggled your way
Into Number 10
Throw them under the bus
Stab them in the back
They'll be more like you
If a spine they lack
Wheel out another lie
'Cause you're under attack
I think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Your self-interest
Priority number one
Your kind don't care
About the damage they have done
If you want some advice
And I know you don't
You could do the right thing
But I know you won't
Are you really asking me
If you can count on my vote?
I think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
And when the media finds you out
Whitewash it, get the benefit of the doubt
Shut it down when the people shout
I think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
Think you better stick it where the sun don't shine
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He's a new breed of dictator
I think he'd like to be Darth Vader
Crushing all resistance in his iron hand
It's not enough to rule one nation
Well, is it overcompensation
For some dysfunction in this little man?
He wants you to know
He'll put on a show
Instead of his big boy pants, oh yeah
He wants you to know
He's ready to blow
So you'd better go
He wants you to know
It's him in control
Thinks he's leaving the evidence everywhere
Like he doesn't know
He's heading below
Six feet under snow
He'd like to run that new world order
He doesn't care too much for borders
He can take or destroy everything you own
He'll send his pawns with their farewell guns
Into towns where they're not welcome
Now he's feeling hard as he watches on his phone
He wants you to know
He'll put on a show
Instead of his big boy pants, oh yeah
He wants you to know
He's ready to blow
So you'd better go
He wants you to know
It's him in control
Thinks he's leaving the evidence everywhere
Like he doesn't know
He's heading below
Six feet under snow
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah
He's picking a fight again
Like a bully who really doesn't have any friends
And if he can't get what he wants
He won't let anyone have it at all
He wants you to know
He'll put on a show
Instead of his big boy pants, oh yeah
He wants you to know
He's ready to blow
So you'd better go
He wants you to know
It's him in control
Thinks he's leaving the evidence everywhere
Like he doesn't know
He's heading below
Six feet under snow
He wants you to know
Hospitals will blow
He's throwing his toys out everywhere
Here's how he will show
He's too stunted to grow
He's out of control
He wants you to know
He's gonna explode
More children will die and he won't care
Watching a war zone
From his comfy home
He's really gone, I swear
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Glass Elevator
00:34
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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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