Kaiser Chiefs - Highroyds

      
 
 Track: Highroyds
 
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 I remember nights out when we were young

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 They weren't very good, they were rubbish

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 Running round Highroyds isn't fun

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 Just teenagers testing their courage
 
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 Standing outside nightclubs in the snow
 
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 It's not very cool or impressive
 
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 They let in all the girls from the year below
 
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 No need for IDs with those dresses
 
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 Got news from afar
 
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 She's still got my dinner money
 
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 And she can keep it
 
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 Never had a fight that we haven't lost

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 We're not very tough or athletic

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 Once I had a boxing champ in a headlock

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 When he gets out I'll regret it
 
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 Got keys to a car, picked up a girl from Fosters Bar
 
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 The fast food and the cinema, it's not worth it
 
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 Got word from down South, where he had heard it by word of mouth
 
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 Haven't much stayed in touch, since Highroyds
 
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 Let it go, let it go, and if I'm wrong then I won't know

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 Coz no one's gonna tell me but ...

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 But he has gone and Ian's gone, And everybody went home

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 And nobody was left here in the end
 
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 Got news from Uncle Hue, through his second cousin once removed
 
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 It's too late there's a housing estate, it's called Highroyds
 
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 Got a text from an ex, she wants to know when we're in London next
 
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 Will you write a song about me, I don't think so
 
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