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Monday morning wake up knowing that you've got to go to school
Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue
Do you want to work in Debenham's, because that's what they expect
Start in Lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor
And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start
For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art
Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange
Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay
In the queue for lunch they take the piss, you've got no appetite
And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight
So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk
While your cleaning up the mess the teacher's looking up your skirt
Hey, you've been used
Are you calm? Settle down
Write a song, I'll sing along
Soon you will know that you are sane
You're on top of the world again
Monday morning, wake up knowing that you've got to go to school
Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue
Do you want to work at C&A's, because that's what they expect
Move to Lingerie, and take a feel off Joe the storeman
Tell Veronica the secrets of the boy you never kissed
She's got everything to gain because she's a fat girl with a lisp
She sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs
Because you can't afford a blazer, girl, you're always wearing clogs
At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room
Heed of English gets you, asks you, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Do you think you're better then the other kids? Well get outside"
You've got permission, but you've got to make the bastard think he's right
Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue
Do you want to work in Debenham's, because that's what they expect
Start in Lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor
And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start
For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art
Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange
Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay
In the queue for lunch they take the piss, you've got no appetite
And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight
So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk
While your cleaning up the mess the teacher's looking up your skirt
Hey, you've been used
Are you calm? Settle down
Write a song, I'll sing along
Soon you will know that you are sane
You're on top of the world again
Monday morning, wake up knowing that you've got to go to school
Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue
Do you want to work at C&A's, because that's what they expect
Move to Lingerie, and take a feel off Joe the storeman
Tell Veronica the secrets of the boy you never kissed
She's got everything to gain because she's a fat girl with a lisp
She sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs
Because you can't afford a blazer, girl, you're always wearing clogs
At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room
Heed of English gets you, asks you, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Do you think you're better then the other kids? Well get outside"
You've got permission, but you've got to make the bastard think he's right
Lyrics submitted by girlboyrevolt
Track duration: 03:34
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well anyway your missing stanzas are as follows
Hey, you’ve been used
Write a song, I'll sing along
Are you calm? Settle down
Soon you will know that you are sane
You’re on top of the world again
And you’re cool and you know
You are a star, you will go far.
Listen to me as a friend,
Not just a boy who played guitar.
You’re on top of the world again.
i know it looks like i messed up, but it IS the write a song THEN are you calm
girlboyrevolt should really consider fixing this
aleinating herself from people. There is a line between being different and not being accepted for it, and
not letting people in. I think the teacher is trying to get her to realise that some people wouldn't
be so bad to get to know. That can be hard to do though, when you've been hurt all your life by people
who didn't accept you. I get where shes coming from. I've had trouble letting people in myself.
A great song, one of my favorites. I listen to it often on Monday mornings, and it just jumpstarts my week.
Because of it I walk into the school with a spring in my step.
Another aspect of this song that strikes me is the representation of pressure put on young people about the rest of their lives ("Do you want to work in Debenham's, because that's what they expect") and the teenager in question becoming frustrated at the mundane prospects of their life, and the fact that everything they do will have consequences forever.
Mainly, though, I'd stick with the social misfit theme. The tone of Stuart Murdoch's voice just radiates alienation!
[insert the first 90% of the song as seen above]
hey, you've been used
are you calm? settle down
write a song, i'll sing along
soon you will know that you are sane
you're on top of the world again
and you're cool and you know,
you're a star and you'll go far
listen to me as a friend,
not just a boy who played guitar,
you're on top of the world again.
"Hey, you’ve been used
Write a song, I'll sing along
Are you calm? Settle down
Soon you will know that you are sane
You’re on top of the world again
And you’re cool and you know
You’re a star, you’ll go far.
Think of me as a friend,
Not just the boy who played guitar.
You’re on top of the world again."