Frank Turner - We shall Not Overcome lyrics
[Frank Turner - We shall Not Overcome lyrics]
The bands I like
They don't sell too many records
And the girls I like
They don't kiss too many boys
Books I read will never be best sellers, yeah
But come on fellas at least
We made our choice, hey
Hey, hey hey hey
What do we want? And when do we want it?
And how would we feel if we knew
That we were never gonna get it?
And where did we start from?
And where are we going?
Can anyone here say with any certainty
That they know what they're doing?
Ever feel like an awkward understudy
Thrown into a cast where you
Just don't get along?
All the crowd and the crew
Are standing silent staring
And you can't shake the
Feeling that, somehow, you're doing it wrong
What do we want?
Mum and dad always seemed like
They had a plan
Everything fell apart when mum moved on
Now dad's a broken man
And all these decisions
They keep getting made
I can't remember making them and
Nobody wants to explain
We're all awkward understudies
Wearing comfortable shoes
Getting comfortable with doing it wrong
Missed the dress rehearsals and we had
Too much to drink before the
Show but now it's show time so
Let's sing it out strong
Be a fan of every band that made
You want to move your feet
Fall in love with every person who ever made
Your heart want to skip a beat
So come on, come on, come on!
What do we want? We shall not overcome
We shall underwhelm hey, hey
Because the lives we lead
May not be so very perfect
And the plans we make may
Not serve some final purpose
But the hearts we heed
They still beat the way they used to
If you're doing it wrong
Well yeah what you gonna do?
What do we want?
They don't sell too many records
And the girls I like
They don't kiss too many boys
Books I read will never be best sellers, yeah
But come on fellas at least
We made our choice, hey
Hey, hey hey hey
What do we want? And when do we want it?
And how would we feel if we knew
That we were never gonna get it?
And where did we start from?
And where are we going?
Can anyone here say with any certainty
That they know what they're doing?
Ever feel like an awkward understudy
Thrown into a cast where you
Just don't get along?
All the crowd and the crew
Are standing silent staring
And you can't shake the
Feeling that, somehow, you're doing it wrong
What do we want?
Mum and dad always seemed like
They had a plan
Everything fell apart when mum moved on
Now dad's a broken man
And all these decisions
They keep getting made
I can't remember making them and
Nobody wants to explain
We're all awkward understudies
Wearing comfortable shoes
Getting comfortable with doing it wrong
Missed the dress rehearsals and we had
Too much to drink before the
Show but now it's show time so
Let's sing it out strong
Be a fan of every band that made
You want to move your feet
Fall in love with every person who ever made
Your heart want to skip a beat
So come on, come on, come on!
What do we want? We shall not overcome
We shall underwhelm hey, hey
Because the lives we lead
May not be so very perfect
And the plans we make may
Not serve some final purpose
But the hearts we heed
They still beat the way they used to
If you're doing it wrong
Well yeah what you gonna do?
What do we want?