Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys

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[Intro]
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[Verse]
        
They've sped u

p to the point

 where they pr

ovoke
    
The punchline 

before they ha

ve told the jo

ke
    
Plenty of desp

eration to be 

seen

Staring at a t

elevision scre

en

        
They've sped u

p to the point

 where they pr

ovoke
              
You to tell th

          
e fucking punc

hline before y

ou have told t

he joke
      
Well, sorry su

nshine, it doe

sn't exist
   
It wasn't in t

he top 100 lis

t

[Chorus]
             
And it's the t

              
housandth time

          
 and it's even

 bolder,

 Don't be surp

rised when you

 get bent over
             
  They told ya

             
, that you wer

              
e gagging for 

  
it

[Verse]
    
She saw it and

 she grabbed i

t and it wasn'

t what it seem

ed
    
The kids all d

ream of making

 it, whatever 

that means
 
Another variat

ion on a theme
              
A tangle on th

  
e television a

nd the magazin

e

      
D'you reckon t

hat they do it

 for a joke?
      
D'you reckon t

hat they make 

'em take an oa

th?
              
That says "we 

     
are defenders
            
Of any poser o

            
r professional

            
 pretender aro

und"

[Chorus]
          
When did your 

             
list replace t

   
he twist and t

urn
       
Like a fist re

placed a kiss?
             
Don't concern 

              
us with your b

              
ollocks. I don

             
't want your p

rayers

Save it for the morning after

[Solo]


[Chorus]
             
And it's the t

              
housandth time

          
 and it's even

 bolder,

 Don't be surp

rised when you

 get bent over
             
  They told ya

             
, that you wer

              
e gagging for 

  
it

[Outro]
     
Let's have a g

ame on a Teddy

 Picker
   
Not quick enou

gh, can I have

 it quicker?
        
Already thick 

              
and you're get

             
ting thicker
     
Let's have a g

ame on a Teddy

 Picker
   
Not quick enou

gh, can I have

 it quicker?
        
Already thick 

              
and you're get

             
ting thicker
   
Presuming that

 all things ar

e equal,
            
Who'd want to 

              
be men of the 

     
people
              
When there's p

          
eople like you

  
?

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