Sweet Albion Blues Frank Turner

parties are free Circling London like dirt round a storm drain and Somewhere near Holborn's the heart of the beast Don't go stopping and putting down roots Or your shoes won't fit in your travelling boots Sweet

The Fisher King Blues Frank Turner

Parents don't be too kind to your kidsOr how else will they grow up to beLouche Parisian sinners or Nashville country singersSinging about the terrible things their parents didLovers don't be spari...

Recovery Frank Turner

recovery from here a long way back to the light A long road out to recovery from here a long way back to whats right And so I wake up in the morning just like every other day and like every boring blues

Hits & Mrs Frank Turner

up and she smooths out the creases And all the while she is nothing but sweetness And all that I need in the end of the night When I'm messed up and stressed out And half dead with fright Is somebody sweet

Pancho & Lefty Frank Turner

down in Mexico Nobody heard his dying words That's the way it goes All the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him hang around Out of kindness I suppose Lefty he can't sing the blues

Albion Babyshambles

Down in Albion They're black and blue But we don't talk about that Are you from 'round here? How do you do?

Albion Myon

I forgot that I might see So many beautiful things I forgot that I might need To find out what life could bring

Losing Days Frank Turner

Oh my broken battered bodyIn the days when I was youngerUsed to fix itself quick sharpAfter every slip and stumbleBut these days I'm collecting scars that don't seem to fadeCuts and bruisesthat won...

Polaroid Picture Frank Turner

Man we used to be brothersSuperheroes and warriorsCowboys and Indians train driversEverything rolling through the endless summersBut everything changesYou got married had childrenAnd I don't have y...

The Way I Tend To Be Frank Turner

Some mornings I pray for eveningFor the day to be doneSome summer days I hide awayAnd pray for rain to comeCause It turns out hell will not be foundWithin the fires belowBut in making do and muddli...

Plain Sailing Weather Frank Turner

Just give me one fine day of plain sailing weatherAnd I can fuck up anything anythingIt was a wonderful life when we were togetherAnd now I've fucked up every little goddamn thingAmelie lied to me ...

Good & Gone Frank Turner

I have searched for youIn the darkness of a dozen dingy dance hallsIn countless queues in cafes in the suburbsIn the bed clothes of a thousand stranger's bedroomsI have yearned for youIn the airles...

Tell Tale Signs Frank Turner

God dammit Amy we're not kids any moreYou can't just keep waltzing out of my lifeLeaving clothes on my bedroom floorLike nothing really matters like pain doesn't hurtYou should be more to me by now...

Four Simple Words Frank Turner

Because we're all so very twenty first century You're probably listening to me on some kind of portable stereo Maybe you're sitting on the back of the bus Or it's running up your sleeve and you...

Anymore Frank Turner

The single saddest thing that I ever heard you say Was on the day I told you I had to go away You said Darling baby please if you really mean to leave Can't I just hold you for a little while l...

Oh Brother Frank Turner

I never had a brother old friend you had three You always said that if you had another one than it would be me When you come through the flames not everything has survived Forget about family no...

Broken Piano Frank Turner

As I walked outone morning fairI found myselfdrawn thoughtlesslyBack to the placewe used to liveAnd you still donow without meAround the back awayfrom the roadBehind the bins beneathyour windowI fo...

We Shall Not Overcome Frank Turner

The bands I likethey don't sell too many recordsAnd the girls I likethey don't kiss too many boysBooks I readwill never be best sellers yeahBut come on fellas at leastwe made our choice heyHey hey ...

Wherefore Art Thou Gene Simmons? Frank Turner

A mother saidBeware of boys in bandsAnd certainlydon't let themwrite you songsFor they will come to youon bended kneeand kissyour pretty handsWhen the singing's doneand the suns upthey'll be goneWh...

Tattoos Frank Turner

Oh it's paydayyes it's paydayI got my paycheque from the manThere's not so many jobsthat I can get these daysWith these marksall over my handsBut I'm gonna takethat cheque I'm gonna headacross the ...

Undeveloped Film Frank Turner

Sorting through my thingsthe other dayI found an old film camerathat I thought I'd thrown awayBut there it was covered in dustI checked it and the film insidestill had a few pictures leftSo I just ...

Time Machine Frank Turner

I’ma gonna build myselfa time machineOn particle physicsand the power steamIt runs on diesel oiland Donnie Darko daydreamsPacked a pair of socksand a hunting riffleChange of underwearand some snack...

Cowboy Chords Frank Turner

You could sayI reached that timeI know my tradeAnd that I knowhow to care for my guitarAnd I knowhow to get it playedI'm comfortable andI sleep on a floorI've played a fair few showsAnd I'm gonna p...

I Still Believe Frank Turner

Hear ye hear ye friends and Romans countrymenHear ye hear ye punks and skins and journeymenHear ye hear ye my sisters and my brethrenThe time is coming nearCome ye come ye to soulless corporate cir...

The Angel Islington Frank Turner

By the waters of the ThamesI resolve to start againTo wash my feet and cleanse my sinsTo lose my cobwebs on the windTo fix the parts of me I brokeTo speak out loud the things I knowI haven't been m...

Get Better Frank Turner

I got me a shovelAnd I'm digging a ditchAnd I'm going to fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son of a bitchI got me a futureI'm not stuck on the pastI got no new tricks, yeah I'...

The Opening Act Of Spring Frank Turner

Oh the birds are ringing inThe opening act of springAnd I have fallen down and I'm so much worse than I have ever beenOh the season's acting strangeAnd I know that something has to changeBut there ...

Mittens Frank Turner

[Verse 1]Wandering lonely through the snow streets of New YorkI stumbled on a thrift store that sold postcards by the yardI bought a mile and shipped them home so I could readTen thousand ten-word ...

Out Of Breath Frank Turner

One, two, three, fourOh, somewhere down the road, there's a ditch where there's a holeWhich marks the spot where you will lie when you are coldAnd you can run, you can hide, you can bitch and you c...

Demons Frank Turner

Yeah![Verse 1]If life gives you demons, make a dealMeet them at the crossroad, cross your fingers, and sign a sealHey philosophers, make wayPascal never had too much stomach for gambling anyway[Cho...

Josephine Frank Turner

I heard the name JosephineIt came to me in dreamAnd I don't usually set too much store by the things these things might meanIt was spoken with seriousnessMore of a whisper than a screamSo now, I'm ...

Love Forty Down Frank Turner

I'm love forty downAs the match slips away from me, I need the crowd to pray for meTo turn this one aroundI've worked far too hard to be this far from victoryI'm battered and I'm bruisedAnd I can't...

Silent Key Frank Turner

On the 28th of January 1986Christa McAuliffe gazed in horror as the O-rings failedAnd she died, and she died, and she diedFor the next agonising two minutes and forty five long secondsShe called ou...

Song For Josh Frank Turner

Why didn't you call?My phone's always onWhy didn't you call?Before you got goneAnd I can't say for certainWhat I would have saidBut now I am helplesslySilent insteadThere's a hole in my heartAnd in...

Get Better (Acoustic) Frank Turner

I got me a shovelAnd I'm digging a ditchAnd I'm going to fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son of a bitchI got me a futureI'm not stuck on the pastI got no new tricks, yeah I'...

The Next Storm (Acoustic) Frank Turner

We had a difficult winterWe had rough few monthsWhen the storms came in off the coastIt felt like they broke everything on us at onceIt's easy enough to talk about Blitz spiritWhen you're not holdi...

The Opening Act Of Spring (Acoustic) Frank Turner

Oh the birds are ringing inThe opening act of springAnd I have fallen down and I'm so much worse than I have ever beenOh the season's acting strangeAnd I know that something has to changeBut there ...

Glorious You (Acoustic) Frank Turner

Can see you hurting beneath your new red dressBeneath your sharp new shoes and your new tattoos you are directionlessAnd I know you've been working as hard as you canTo pre empt the question, the e...

Mittens (Acoustic) Frank Turner

Wandering lonely through the snow streets of New YorkI stumbled on a thrift store that sold postcards by the yardI bought a mile and shipped them home so I could readTen thousand ten word tragedies...

Out Of Breath (Acoustic) Frank Turner

One, two, three, fourOh, somewhere down the road, there's a ditch where there's a holeWhich marks the spot where you will lie when you are coldAnd you can run, you can hide, you can bitch and you c...

Demons (Acoustic) Frank Turner

YeahIf life gives you demons, make a dealMeet them at the crossroad, cross your fingers, and sign a sealHey philosophers, make wayPascal never had too much stomach for gambling anywayAt this truth ...

Josephine (Acoustic) Frank Turner

I heard the name JosephineIt came to me in dreamAnd I don't usually set too much store by the things these things might meanIt was spoken with seriousnessMore of a whisper than a screamSo now, I'm ...

Love Forty Down (Acoustic) Frank Turner

I'm love forty downAs the match slips away from me, I need the crowd to pray for meTo turn this one aroundI've worked far too hard to be this far from victoryI'm battered and I'm bruisedAnd I can't...

Silent Key (Acoustic) Frank Turner

On the 28th of January 1986Christa McAuliffe gazed in horror as the O rings failedAnd she died, and she died, and she diedFor the next agonising two minutes and forty five secondsShe called out the...

The Next Storm Frank Turner

"We had a difficult winter We had rough few months When the storms came in off the coast It felt like they broke everything on us at once It's easy enough to talk about Blitz spirit When you'r...

Somebody To Love Frank Turner

Each morning I get up I die a littleCan't barely stand on my feetTake a look in the mirror and cryLord what you're doing to meI have spent all my years in believing youBut I just can't get no relie...

Riot Song Frank Turner

Last night the kids sent London alightstarted out in Tottenham and the flames spread through the nightbut they didn't burn the banks down, and they didnt fight the copsthey just burned down their o...

Something Of Freedom Frank Turner

Lord save me from those with my best interests at heartLord save me from sleeves emblazoned with heartsFrom fools who place horses in front of their cartsWho care less for learning than teachingFor...

American Girl Frank Turner

Well, she was an American girlRaised on promisesShe couldn't help thinkin'That there was a little more to life somewhere elseAfter all it was a great big worldWith lots of places to run toAnd if sh...

There Are Bad Times Just Around The Corner Frank Turner

They're out of sorts in SunderlandAnd terribly cross in KentThey're dull in HullAnd the Isle of MullIs seething with discontentThey're nervous in northumberlandAnd Devon is down the drainThey're fi...