Pulp - Countdown Lyrics
[single intro: keep very still, for the strangest things are about to happen.]Oh I was seventeen when I heard the countdown start, it started slowlyAnd I thought it was my heart but then I realisedThat this time it was for real there was no place to hideI had to go out and feel, but there was time to killAnd so i, I walked my way around town I tried to love the worldOh but the world just got me down and so I looked for youIn every street of every town I wanted to see your faceI wanna I wanna see you nowI wanna see you nowOh and so it wentOh so it went for several years I couldnt stand itNo oh it must be getting near now that you just dont knowOh no you, you just dont understand how many people have seen youIn the arms of, of of some other manIve got to meet you and find you and take you by the hand oh my God my godYouve got to understand that I was seventeenI didnt I didnt know a thing at allIve got no reason Ive got no reason at allOh no the time of my life oh I think you came too soonYeah you came too soon thenOh and it could it could be tonight if I ever leave this room(I never leave this room no)Oh I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me downGet down, ohOh and the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this townSo Im gonna leave this townGoodbye o.k.Yeah you can leave meOh you, you can go some other placeYou cant forget itYeah you know, you know thats o.k.cos, cos I own this townYeah, yeah I brought it to its kneesCan you hear it crying? can you?Can you hear it begging to me please?I know its coming so soon now oh, oh its on its wayOh no oh no oh I can hear them say, they say I cant surviveThey say i, Ill never leave the groundThey say its all a lie and now and now its coming downOh baby nowTime of my life oh I think you came too soonYeah you came too soon nowOh and it could oh it could be tonight if I ever leave this room(I never leave this room now)Oh oh ohI wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me downGet down, ohOh and the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this townSo Im gonna go gonna be thereIm gonna goBub-bye its o.k.You dont have to careReally oh, oh really, I swearNo, no you owe me nothingYou owe nothing to meAnd if I messed it up babyThen, thats all up to meAnd if you go then, then I wont follow, no, nocos so many times Ive been, Ive been thinking maybe, oh maybe I shouldNo, i, Im gonna stayI, Im gonna make my wayOh, Im gonna get on through babeIm gonna make it all some dayOh, time of my life no I think you came too soonYou came too soon thenOh and it could it could be tonight if I ever leave this room(I never, I never leave this room, no)Oh oh oh I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me downGet down, ohAnd the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this townSo Ill leave this town the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this townYeah Im gonna leave this townTime is crying out tonight for me to leave this townSo Im gonna go yeah Im gonna goYeah bub-byeIm gonna leave this townYoure not gonna have me aroundOh the sky and stars and God will never ever laughMe and stars and moon are falling down.[single outro: youve just heard one of the most remarkable applications in modernElectronics.]
