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You Are Here by Ruins

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VRS

I’m outside smoking
with all the Queens who tell me that they want to be like me when they are older
Are they joking? Or are they laughing at me or with me or the size of the chip on my shoulder?

Where the hell are you
I’m still waiting
Running in lycra as I’m self-medicating
He’s half my age and that is so degrading
I should know better what the fuck was I thinking

CHRS

You are here
You are… cause anything or anywhere, cause anyone is better than you.

VRS

We’re at the disco, where all the kids are laughing at me because I called the nightclub a ‘disco’
Dumb decision, with all their eyes are looking at me as I dance out of synch, out of rhythm.

Where the hell are you, it’s the morning
I stand here broken as the heavens are pouring
He gave me hope then took all of my money
It’s 6am, there’s nothing here funny.

CHRS

Cause you are here
You are, cause anything, or anywhere or anyone is better then…
You are here
Cause anything or anywhere, cause anyone is better than you.

Well, here i am, and lost in transition
I lost my mum, my phone, my hope, my mission
And i wonder how i got here, and which is the way through
When there’s so much behind
But there’s still so much I want to do
I’ve never even been to Reading

Are you sure
I’m still waiting
Out in lycra, as I’m self-medication
He’s half my age and that is so degrading
I should know better, what the fuck was I drinking?

CHRS

You are here
You are… cause anything, or anywhere, cause anyone is better than you.

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Leighton Carter – Leigh Collingbourne – Stuart Jefferson – Dave Williamson

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