Northern

Listening to Turner made me wonder

Would I have more success

Embracing my northern-ness

Or would I be a jaded club singer at best

Well I guess the rock n roller's

Have got it figured out

They go on tour and feed the poor

While I lay on the couch

It's not that I'm lazy per se

It's just that I don't want to play anymore

Listening to Ryder made me wonder

Would I have more success

Embracing my northern-ness

Or would I be a mid-level dealer at best

My Great Uncle Billy killed a docker in a fight

He changed his name and faked his age

Joined up the next night

I wonder what he could have been?

Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen?

First tour into Europe well it ended in Dunkirk

He grabbed his coat, got on a boat

Continued with his work

They sent him off to Normandy

And that's the place he'll always be

Listening to Albert made me wonder, would I have more success

Or is it all meaningless

Well maybe I'll embrace the absurdness, I guess?

Not being able to admit you were wrong

Doesn't make you strong

Not being able to apologise

Doesn't make you wise

Not being able to admit you were wrong

Doesn't make you strong

Not being able to apologise

Listening to Lennon made me wonder

Would I have more success

Embracing my northern-ness

Or would I be a frustrated genius at best

At best, at best, at best

At best, at best

At best, at best

At best, at best

At best, at best

At best, at best

At best, at best

At best, at best

At best, at best

At best, Pete Best

At best, at best

At best, at best

At best, George Best

At best, at best

At best, Aunt Bess

At best, at best

Art fest, at best