Streets - Never Went To Church lyrics

rate me

Two great European narcotics,<br />

Alcohol and Christianity,<br />

I know which one I prefer<br />

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We never went to church,<br />

Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt,<br />

But it's hit me since you left us,<br />

And it's so hard not to search.<br />

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If you were still about,<br />

I'd ask you what I'm supposed to do now,<br />

I just get a bit scared,<br />

Every now,<br />

Hope I made you proud.<br />

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On your birthday when mum passed the forks and spoons,<br />

I put my head on the table I was so distraught with you,<br />

You tidied your things into the bin,<br />

The more poorly you grew,<br />

So there's nothing of yours to hold or to talk to.<br />

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You'd put your hand up and interrupt the conversation with a, but..<br />

People say I interrupt people with the same look.<br />

Sometimes I think so hard I can't remember how your face looked,<br />

Started reading about dreams in your favourite book.<br />

I panic and pace when I can't see the right thing to do.<br />

You'd be scratching your head through the best advice you knew.<br />

And I feel sad I can't hear you reciting it through,<br />

I miss you dad but I've got nothing to remind me of you<br />

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[Chorus]<br />

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I needed a break when your book about dreams was taken,<br />

I needed to pray or see a priest that day,<br />

I needed to leave this trade and just heave it away.<br />

But I cleaned up my place like you so I could see things straight.<br />

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I never cared about God when life was sailin' on the calm,<br />

So I said I'd get my head down and I'd deal with the ache in my heart,<br />

And for that if God exists I'd reckon he'd pay me regard,<br />

Mum says me and you are the same from the start.<br />

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I guess than you did leave me something to remind me of you,<br />

Everytime I interrupt someone like you used to,<br />

When I do something like you you'll be on my mind or through,<br />

'Cause I forgot you left me behind to remind me of you.<br />

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[Chorus x2]<br />

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But you you still tell me how you didn't know what to do even now,<br />

And then I'm not so scared somehow,<br />

'Cause I know that you'd be proud.<br />

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I got a good one for you dad,<br />

I'm gonna see a priest, a Rabbi and a Protestant clergyman,<br />

You always said I should hedge my bets.