Losing Days Frank Turner

Oh my broken battered body In the days when I was younger Used to fix itself quick sharp After every slip and stumble But these days I'm collecting scars that don't seem to fade Cuts and bruises that

The Way I Tend To Be Frank Turner

Some mornings I pray for evening For the day to be done Some summer days I hide away And pray for rain to come Cause It turns out hell will not be found Within the fires below But in making do and muddling

Cowboy Chords Frank Turner

Chords For these air conditioned words About longing for the Prairie and living in the suburbs I sing simple songs About rights and wrongs About finding that trail that leads away from everyone And so my days

Time Machine Frank Turner

machine In truth the real reason that I built this here machine Was just to travel back a couple of years To when we first met before the fights and tears To a time when you and I first got together Simple days

Josephine Frank Turner

uncomfortable me So come now Josephine, show yourself to me So come on now Josephine Let's pretend it's Halloween You come as a car crash I'll go as James Dean I'm Napoloeon on Elba And you're a hundred days

Josephine (Acoustic) Frank Turner

uncomfortable me So come now Josephine, show yourself to me So come on now Josephine Let's pretend it's Halloween You come as a car crash I'll go as James Dean I'm Napoloeon on Elba And you're a hundred days

Tattoos Frank Turner

Oh it's payday yes it's payday I got my pay cheque from the man There's not so many jobs that I can get these days With these marks all over my hands But I'm gonna take that cheque I'm gonna head across

I Really Don't Care What You Did On Your Gap Year Frank Turner

can't stop Until I've squeezed out every last drop And I'll pay for my sins, when I get paid But I don't have a penny to my name I'll stop talking to girls, when I get laid But I haven't had a shower for days

Recovery Frank Turner

London Somebody I don't really know just gave me something to help set me down and stop me always thinking about you And you know your life is heading in a questionable direction when youre off in days

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Hits & Mrs Frank Turner

True LoveStaying out late of an eveningThen crashing home late without warningStill getting breakfast in bed in the morningMy girlShe rolls her eyes and she finds me in piecesShe picks me up and sh...

Sweet Albion Blues Frank Turner

I came down from Newcastle townTo the part of the south coast that I love the mostI was stretched out tight after a couple of nightsGoing crazy in Glasgow, I think you all know how that goesI neede...

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...

Pancho & Lefty Frank Turner

Living on the road my friendWas gonna keep you free and cleanNow you wear your skin like ironYour breath's as hard as keroseneYou weren't your mama's only boyBut her favorite one it seemsShe began ...

Bigfoot! Frank Turner

I change the oil and oil the squeakPatch the holes in the fluid leakAt dusk beneath the diabetic moonWait to take the TV crewsAcross the squeaking aislesThe news is howling to the timber wolves in ...