Steves Going To London - AJR

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[Intro]
            
Steve's going 

   
to London
            
Shaun'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 *

             
*** 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]
             
Well, you try 

              
to find some m

             
eaning in your

             
 life before y

       
ou're gone (oo

h)
             
There's a song

              
 that don't me

             
an anything at

 
 all (ooh)
         N.C.
And it sounds like

[Chorus]
            
Steve's going 

  
to London
            
Shaun's stuck 

    
in a suit
            
Tom sleeps on 

    
his best frien

d's lawn
             
Like every oth

       
er afternoon
            
Steve's going 

   
to London (ah-

ah-ah-ah)
            
Dan peed in th

  
e pool (ah-ah-

ah-ah)
            
Tom fell for h

     
is best friend

's mom
     
But what the *

*** you gonna
             
What the **** 

                  
you gonna do?

[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]
             
While you try 

              
to find some m

             
eaning in your

             
 life before y

    
ou die (ooh)
             
Here's a bunch

             
 of random ***

              
* to waste you

  
r time (ooh)
        N.C.
And it sounds Like

[Chorus]
            
Steve's going 

  
to London
            
Shaun's stuck 

    
in a suit
            
Tom sleeps on 

   
his best frien

d's lawn
             
Like every oth

       
er afternoon
            
Steve's going 

   
to London (ah-

ah-ah-ah)
            
Dan peed in th

  
e pool (ah-ah-

ah-ah)
            
Tom fell for h

     
is best friend

's mom
     
But what the *

*** you gonna
             
What the **** 

                  
you gonna do?
             
What the **** 

                  
you gonna do?

[Interlude]
           N.C.
You, you'll make this rather snappy, won't you?
      
      Ah-ah-ah

 (hey)
       
       Ah-ah-a

h

[Bridge]
 
I try hard to 

write a cool s

ong
            
So I start wit

              
h something si

            
mple like tryi

ng to put my s

hoes on
             
Now something 

            
kinda clicked 

              
'cause you rel

      
ate a bit
              
But no one's g

      
onna care abou

t a shoe song
 
I try hard to 

write a cool s

ong
            
But I gotta ma

              
ke it matter, 

   
so maybe I'll 

throw the news

 on
             
Could I relate

              
 the shoes to 


2022
              
Or maybe an el


ection down in

 Tucson?

I try throwing

 something coo

l on
            
So I'm listeni

              
ng to Kendrick

       
 and playing t

he swimming po

ol song
             
But why did I 

            
do that? 'Caus

              
e now I hate m

  
y track
   
I'm quite awar

e I'll never w

rite a cool so

ng

But who really

 needs a cool 

song?
            
There's so man

              
y better melod

     
ies, why do yo

u need a new o

ne?
             
So stop writin

            
g a song about

           
 writing a son

g
              
You're losing 

        
their attentio

n, buddy, move

 on

[Chorus]
            
Steve's going 

    
to London (wha

t The ****?)
            
Shaun's stuck 

      
in a suit
            
Tom sleeps on 

     
his best frien

d's lawn
             
Like every oth

        
er afternoon (

every Other Af

ternoon)
            
Steve's going 

      
to London (ah-

ah-ah-ah)
            
Dan peed in th

    
e pool (ah-ah-

ah-ah)
            
Tom fell for h

     
is best friend

's mom
     
But what the *

*** you gonna
             
What the **** 

                   
you gonna do?

[Post-Chorus]
             
What the **** 

                   
you gonna do?
             
What the **** 

                   
you gonna do?

[Outro]
            
Steve's going 

     
to London (x11

)

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