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Popsong

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The North looked runGdown        C
Just like it does in British films
Oh and it raiGned so hard       C
From Wolverhampton into the Chiltern Hills
And in an uniGnsured old Ford
We drove into The Smoke
Across a crCowded Camden bar
We met Theodore and the label bloke
And he looked sixGteen and a half
A sickly schoolboy face
Without a trCace of time
DI sold my only popsong, to the boy from EMI
Who fidCdled with his scarf, licked his lips when he told lies
DI sold my only popsong for a handshake and a line
But somCething in my heart, weighed so heavy on my mind
A London monGtage               C
Just like they do in British films
And they would chGange our parts     C
Trim down the intro and lose those rock drum fills
And on a balGcony we shared
A menthol cigarette
He'd drove a vCan for Prefab Sprout
He'd wrote a press release for Wet Wet Wet
We stood gorGmless all the while
Like four sheet metal workers sons
We had no plCace or style
DI sold my only popsong, yeah they just pointed where to sign
We'd wreCstled with our art and we'd wrestled with our time
DI sold my only popsong, to the lads from EMI
One hCad a thin moustache, the other had thin eyes
And they wore TGweeeeeeeeeeedC  
And it went oGh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
C                                           (Repeat until end // listen to song for timing)
oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

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Popsong

by Orphan Boy

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The North looked rundown C

Just like it does in British films

Oh and it rained so hard C

From Wolverhampton into the Chiltern Hills

And in an uninsured old Ford

We drove into The Smoke

Across a crowded Camden bar

We met Theodore and the label bloke

And he looked sixteen and a half

A sickly schoolboy face

Without a trace of time

I sold my only popsong, to the boy from EMI

Who fiddled with his scarf, licked his lips when he told lies

I sold my only popsong for a handshake and a line

But something in my heart, weighed so heavy on my mind

A London montage C

Just like they do in British films

And they would change our parts C

Trim down the intro and lose those rock drum fills

And on a balcony we shared

A menthol cigarette

He'd drove a van for Prefab Sprout

He'd wrote a press release for Wet Wet Wet

We stood gormless all the while

Like four sheet metal workers sons

We had no place or style

I sold my only popsong, yeah they just pointed where to sign

We'd wrestled with our art and we'd wrestled with our time

I sold my only popsong, to the lads from EMI

One had a thin moustache, the other had thin eyes

G C

And they wore Tweeeeeeeeeeed

And it went oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

C (Repeat until end // listen to song for timing)

oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh

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