Band Life Blues

When I was just a youngen

Staring out the window in school

I thought one day, I'm gonna blow out my brains 'cause I'd had enough of it all

And then I came up with a plan with that guitar hanging on my wall

And so I sat down on the sofa

All day and night just writing my tunes

My dad said "Son, your songs are next to none but you need to get yourself out your room"

And that's how I came to land in a rock and roll band

So I bought an electric, got together some mates

We all started jamming at my parents place

We’d sent out demos to any blog we could find

Fifty messages this week and still no fucking replies

Oh no

It makes you mad

But that's how I came to land in a rock and roll band

So after some rows and some fall outs

All those same mates later fucked off

I was alone and down and out, I nearly threw in the towel

But then I got a call from my mate Josh

And Josh put me onto Luke and now I'm back in my groove

But me and Luke, we needed a drummer

'Cause the other one that we had was shit

We found this curly headed man, who liked cocaine and The Jam

And we both knew that straight away that was it

And that’s how Harry came to land in this rock and roll band

So Luke, Harry and me

We had our eyes on the goal

Got some bangers recorded and put our shit jobs on hold

Found ourselves a manager to give us a hand

But now we owe that cheeky mother fucker six and half grand

Oh no

It makes you mad

But that's how I came to land in a rock and roll band

And so we started rehearsing

Playing gigs again and again

We played pubs, we played clubs, we played it all for next to none

To a sound guy and a couple old men

But soon we’d find out it was worth it all the time we’d spent

'Cause as the gigs we're getting bigger and bigger

Soon the kids they came through the door

We played the whole UK and even shut down Rough Trade

That’s why we can’t step foot in there anymore

But those pricks will never understand

That’s why I’m still sitting in this shitty old van

That's how I came to land in a rock and roll band