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Empty Cans was released on May 11, 2004 by 679 Recordings UK. Ltd. as a part of the album A Grand Don't Come for Free

Song Details

AlbumA Grand Don't Come for Free

Release DateMay 11, 2004

Label679 Recordings UK. Ltd.

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM78

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Streets

Performer

Morgan Nicholls

Morgan Nicholls

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Mike Skinner

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Mike Skinner

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If I want to sit in and drink Super Tennent's in the day, I will

No one's gonna fucking tell me jack

But can you rely on anyone in this world?

No, you can't

It's not fault there's wall-to-wall empty cans

[Verse 2]

Everyone wanted this to all go wrong for me from the start

It's fucked up that a man's life can just be attacked

Watching This Morning with a beer

Is much better than relying on

Unknown cunts for mates I was given

That don't have my back

[Verse 3]

Scott texted me to say he'd have a look at the TV for me

But I laid it down telling him to fuck right off, chap

Phoned this company out the Yellow Pages

Told them to take away the TV and fix it, quick snap

[Verse 4]

The next day they took away the TV

Told me they would repair the little bit

That's broken round on the back

I thought that would be that but the next bit was on top

This was where it all started to get a bit out of hand

[Verse 5]

No one gives a crap about Mike

That's why I'm acting nasty

You know what you can do with your life

Introduce it up your jacksie

[Verse 6]

'Cause no one gives a crap about Mike

That's why I'm acting nasty

You know what you can do with your life

Introduce it up your jacksie

[Verse 7]

The TV man comes back later, knocks on mine

To say he's found something in the back of the TV

I'm looking at it absolutely speechless, can't quite believe

He's trying to pull this fucking stunt on me

[Verse 8]

I knew it was a simple case of the power supply gone on the back

But he's trying to tap me up for more money

He says it's not like that and I'm like "Fuck off and die"

And stick up my two fingers and one more to make three

[Verse 9]

He says "Don't talk to me like that" and I don't understand

My face is in his face, I tell him I understand perfectly

And he grabs my shirt and I grab his face with my hand

So he brings his fist up and twats me a good one on my cheek

[Verse 10]

Now I'm trying to pull his head down so I can knee it

But he's got my ear

He's twisting it round so much that it's really hurting me

And we both go down on the floor and he pushes my head back

Onto to the corner of the fridge which is total agony

[Verse 11]

Then he gets up and runs out the kitchen and out of the door

Shouting stuff to me, slams his door, shouting to me

So here I am in my house, drinking on my own settee

Everyone's a cunt in this life, no one's there for me

[Verse 12]

No one gives a crap about Mike

That's why I'm acting nasty

You know what you can do with your life

Introduce it up your jacksie

[Verse 13]

'Cause no one gives a crap about Mike

That's why I'm acting nasty

You know what you can do with your life

Introduce it up your jacksie

[Verse 14]

If I want to sit in and drink Super Tennent's in the day, I will

No one's gonna fucking tell me jack

But can you rely on anyone in this world?

No, you can't

It's all fault there's wall-to-wall empty cans

[Verse 15]

I sat in the kitchen, all fucked off

Imagining over and over what they were all doing behind my back

Dodgy thing going on, actions I regretted

Stain bottle with a pipe and tin foil on the mat

[Verse 16]

Scott texted me to say he'd have a look at the TV for me

And I felt like just telling him to fuck right off, chap

But what he said about wanting to do the right thing by both mates

And then opting to stay out? It seemed to match

[Verse 17]

But I told him he could make it up by fixing the TV

He said that's the least he could do to square things flat

I thought that would be that but the next bit was mad

This is where everything started to all turn back

[Verse 18]

The end of the something I did not want to end

Beginning of hard times to come

But something that was not meant to be is done

And this is the start of what was

[Verse 19]

He had to unscrew about fifteen screws

Before he could pull the panel off the back

To get in the fecking thing

But just as he did so, he said he saw something

That slipped inside behind the panel

Down the back of it

[Verse 20]

Must have been some leaflets or a bill maybe

I didn't wanna lose the bill in case it was a final warning

So we both tried to get the back off and work out

If there was any more screws to get out or if we left any in

[Verse 21]

And when he looked down the back of the TV, his eyes just froze

Before he rammed his hand in, saying, "No shit"

He's looking at me absolutely speechless

He can't quite believe what he's trying to pull out the slip

[Verse 22]

I get up wondering what he's smiling about

He's shaking his head at this point with the biggest of grins

I look down the back of the TV and that's where it was

In all its glory, my thousand quid

[Verse 23]

The end of the something I did not want to end

Beginning of hard times to come

But something that was not meant to be is done

And this is the start of what was

[Verse 24]

About two this afternoon the last of the people left my house

'Cause they never stop chatting till all the rackets gone

I really feel like things clicked into place at some point

Or maybe it's the fact that me and Alison really got on

[Verse 25]

Or maybe it's that I realized that it is true

No one's really there fighting for you in the last garrison

No one except yourself that is

No one except you

You are the one who's got your back till the last deeds done

[Verse 26]

Scott can't have my back till the absolute end

'Cause he's got to look out for what over his horizon

He's gotta make sure he's not lonely, not broken

It's enough to worry about keeping his own head above

[Verse 27]

I shut the door behind me, huddled up in my coat

Condensation floating off my breath, squinted out the sun

My jeans felt a bit tight, think I washed them too high

I was gonna be late so I picked up my pace to run

[Verse 28]

The end of the something I did not want to end

Beginning of hard times to come

But something that was not meant to be is done

And this is the start of what was

[Verse 29]

The end of the something I did not want to end

Beginning of hard times to come

But something that was not meant to be is done

And this is the start of what was

[Verse 30]

It's the end of the something I did not want to end

Beginning of hard times to come

But something that was not meant to be is done

And this is the start of what was

[Verse 31]

It's the end of the something I did not want to end

Beginning of hard times to come

But something that was not meant to be is done

And this is the start of what was

Written by: Mike Skinner

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