Elbow - Leaders of the Free World lyrics

I'm sick of working for a living
I'm just ticking off the days till I die
Oh, I miss you Louise, yeah
And the sickest little pleasures keep me
Going in between pulling teeth

Oh, periscope up
I've been looking for a ladder
I need to see the Commander In Chief, ooh
And remind him what was passed on to me, oh

Your mum don't sleep, oh
And the friends you keep
I didn't raise a thief
I didn't raise a thief
But the leaders of the free world
Are just little boys throwing stones
And it's easy to ignore
Till they're knocking on the
Door of your homes, yeah

My thinking isn't driven, oh
But the music always gives me a lift
I'm so easy to please, yeah
But, I think we dropped the baton
Like the '60s didn't happen, oh no

Oh, periscope up
Should be looking for a ladder
I need to see the Commander In Chief, ooh
And remind him what was passed
On to you and me, oh

Your mum don't sleep, oh
And the friends you keep
I didn't raise a thief
I didn't raise a thief

But the leaders of the free world
Are just little boys throwing stones
And it's easy to ignore
Till they're knocking on the
Door of your homes

But the leaders of the free world
Are just little boys throwing stones
And it's easy to ignore
Till they're knocking on the
Door of your homes

Passing the gun from father to feckless son
We're climbing a landslide where only
The good die young
Passing the gun from father to feckless son
We're climbing a landslide where only
The good die young

(Passing the gun from father to feckless son)
Oh, periscope up
I've been looking for a ladder
(We're climbing a landslide where only
The good die young)
I need to see the Commander In Chief, ooh
And remind him what was passed
On to you and me, oh

(Passing the gun from father to feckless son)
Oh, periscope up
I've been looking for a ladder
(We're climbing a landslide where only
The good die young)