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AJR - "Steve's Going To London" / Track 10 from "The Maybe Man"

[Intro]


           
Steve's going 

   
to London
          
Shawn's stuck 

     
in a suit
           
Tom sleeps on 

           
his best frien

    
d's lawn
           
Like every oth

       
er afternoon
           
Steve's going 

   
to London
          
Dan peed in th

  
e pool
           
Tom fell for h

           
is best friend

   
's mom
           
But what the h

             
ell you gonna 

   
do?

[Verse 1]
        
Hey hey, look 

around, look a

round
              
Wouldn't it be

             
 nice for some

       
one to miss ya

?
        
Hey-hey, funny

 how all the t

hings
              
That you used 

             
to like, now t

      
hey depress ya

[Pre-Chorus]
              
(Ooo) While yo

           
u try to find 

            
some meaning i

             
n your life be

            
fore you're go

ne
              
(Ooo) There's 

           
a song that do

            
n't mean anyth

       
ing at all
N.C.
And it sounds like

[Chorus]
           
Steve's goin' 

   
to London
          
Shawn's stuck 

     
in a suit
           
Tom sleeps on 

           
his best frien

    
d's lawn
           
Like every oth

        
er afternoon
           
Steve's goin' 

   
to London (Ah,

 ah, ah, aah)
          
Dan peed in th

  
e pool (Ah, ah

, ah, aah)
           
Tom fell for h

           
is best friend

   
's mom
    
But what the h

ell you gonna

What the hell 

you gonna do?

[Interlude]
       
       
       
    

[Verse 2]
        
Hey hey, look 

around, look a

round
              
Wouldn't it be

             
 nice to see m

     
e on TV?
    
I'd dress to t

he nines with 

a smile
              
And you'd prob

             
ably think tha

              
t that was the

   
 real me

[Pre-Chorus]
              
(Ooo) While yo

           
u try to find 

            
some meaning i

             
n your life be

         
fore you die
              
(Ooo) Here's a

           
 bunch of rand

            
om shit to was

        
te your time
N.C.
And it sounds like

[Chorus]
           
Steve's goin' 

   
to London
          
Shawn's stuck 

     
in a suit
           
Tom sleeps on 

           
his best frien

    
d's lawn
           
Like every oth

        
er afternoon
           
Steve's goin' 

   
to London (Ah,

 ah, ah, aah)
          
Dan peed in th

  
e pool (Ah, ah

, ah, aah)
           
Tom fell for h

           
is best friend

   
's mom
    
But what the h

ell you gonna

What the hell 

you gonna do?

[Interlude]
       
       
         What 


the hell you g

onna do?
       
    

[Bridge]
You- you make this rather snappy, won't you?
     
(Ah, ah, aah)
     
(Ah, ah, ah)

[Verse 3]

 I try hard to

 write a cool 

song
           
So I start wit

              
h something si

           
mple, like try

ing to put my 

shoes on
             
  Now somethin

              
g kinda clicke

              
d, 'cause you 

         
relate a bit
              
But no one's g

     
onna care abou

t a shoe song

 I try hard to

 write a cool 

song
           
But I gotta ma

              
ke it matter s

  
o maybe I'll t

hrow the news 

on
             
  Could I rela

              
te the shoes t

     
o 2022
             
Or maybe an el

ection down in

 Tucson?

 I try throwin

g something co

ol on
           
So I'm listeni

              
ng to Kendrick

     
 and playing t

he swimming po

ol song

  But why did 

I do that?
              
'Cause now I h

       
ate my track
              
I'm quite awar

       
e I'll never w

rite a cool so

ng

 But who reall

y needs a cool

 song?
           
  There's so m

#            
any better mel

          
odies why do y

ou need a new 

one?
             
  So stop writ

          
ing a song abo

             
ut writing a s

#
ong
              
You're losing 

        
their attentio

n, buddy, move

 on

[Chorus]
           
Steve's goin' 

   
to London (Wha

t the hell?)
          
Shawn's stuck 

     
in a suit
           
Tom sleeps on 

           
his best frien

    
d's lawn
           
Like every oth

        
er afternoon
           
Steve's goin' 

   
to London (Ah,

 ah, ah, aah)
          
Dan peed in th

  
e pool (Ah, ah

, ah, aah)
           
Tom fell for h

           
is best friend

   
's mom
    
But what the h

ell you gonna

What the hell 

you gonna do?

[Post-Chorus]
       
       
         What 


the hell you g

onna do?
       
       
         What 


the hell you g

onna do?

[Outro]
         
Steve's goin' 

          
to London
         
Steve's goin' 

          
to London
         
Steve's goin' 

          
to London
         
Steve's goin' 

          
to London
         
Steve's goin' 

          
to London
         
Steve's goin' 

          
to London

(x11 and fade out)

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