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Old Yellow Bricks

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Old Yellow Bricks was released on April 20, 2007 by Domino/Warner Records as a part of the album Favourite Worst Nightmare

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Alex Turner

Guitar

Jamie Cook

Guitar

Matt Helders

Drums

Nick O'Malley

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Alex Turner

Songwriter

Jon McClure

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

James Ford

Producer

George Marino

Mastering Engineer

Mike Crossey

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Old yellow bricks, love's a risk

Quite the little escapologist

Looked so miffed when you wished

For a thousand places better than this

[PreChorus]

You are the fugitive but you don't know what you're running from

You can't kid us and you couldn't trick anyone

Houdini, love, you don't know what you're running away from

[Chorus]

Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?

Blinded by nostalgia

Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?

[Verse 2]

She was enraged by the way

That the emperors were trapped in the cage

And the days she deemed dull

Leading to nights reading beer bottles

[PreChorus]

You're such a fugitive but you don't know what you're running from

You can't kid us and you couldn't trick anyone

Houdini, love, you don't know what you're running away from

[Chorus]

Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?

Blinded by nostalgia

Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?

[Outro]

You're at a loss just because

It wasn't all that you thought it was

You are the fugitive but you don't know what you're running away from

She said, "I want to sleep in the city that never wakes up

And revel in nostalgia"

I know I said, "Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?"

But Dorothy was right though

Written by: Alex Turner, Jon McClure

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