The Long Blondes - You Could Have Both lyrics

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I retire to bed early last night You follow me in or you don't And either way, it's alright You've been going with her now for seventeen weeks But that doesn't make a blind bit of difference to me Just when you're ready to take on the world Some other girl had to get there first And it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own her But you know where I am And you know that you could have both She's away And you get by without her very well If I'm around You get by without her even better I don't kid myself about happy endings I'm too old for that now Out on my doorstep, your lip burst and bleeding Well, that was a crash course for me Acting the film star while you were still spoken for It didn't look rosy for me But I've considered the alternatives A few degrees of separation can't be that bad Just when you're ready to take on the world Some other girl had to get there first And it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own her But you know where I am And you know that you could have both I wanted the world But some other girl had to get there first And it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own her But you know where I am So stop! "I feel like C.C. Baxter in Wilder's 'Apartment', That particular arrangement just came out of the blue And who was it who sang 'I know that you love one So why can't you love two?' I was in full-time education when I got scared of the future And I've only got a job so I don't disappoint my mother It's like I've painted myself into a social corner Well, that's what happens when you listen to Saint Scott Walker On headphones On the bus. What about us? What about us? My friends come round and they ask me 'What about us?' My friends come round and they ask me 'What about us?' You know I don't kid myself about happy endings I'm too old for all that now But you don't have to worry that much about the future And it's not as if you ever did before Because you'll always have everything just as you want it And there'll always be a phone to ring at three in the morning And you'll always have someone who'll drive you home Yes, you'll always have someone, someone to drive you home. Someone to drive you home." Just when you're ready to take on the world Some other girl has to get there first And it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own her But you know where I am And you know what I want And I know I'll never have you completely alone So I'm trying to draw up a contingency plan And it's obvious that you're a man that's out to own her But you know where I am And you know that you could have both You could have both You could have both