
Date of issue: 01.05.2008
Song language: English
I've No Alibi |
I’ve no alibi, I’m so bad I cry |
I’ve no alibi, laugh until I cry |
I talk shite, shite, shite, and they buy, buy, buy, buy it |
I talk shite, shite, shite, and they buy, buy, buy, buy it |
I wish I was cute and I looked the part |
Gold chain round my neck and on each arm a tart |
I wish I was cool with the hip crowd in |
I could take all my lyrics and throw them in the bin |
I’d have a six pack stomach like your man Andre |
Drive round in my jeep and at nightime 'Parte' |
I’d write throwaway lyrics, with no meaning at all |
And I’d work on my appearance for the MTV ball |
Care more about how I looked and how I came across |
Than the drivel I was writing, for words I’m at a loss |
I could put out what I liked, just as long as it had a beat |
And the masses would love it, they would mob me on the street |
Pour some serious money into the video |
Have some fly girls shaking their asses don’t you know |
I could dress up like a gangster rapper and pretend I’m from the street |
Even if I was a rich white idiot |
Everyone would love me, they’d have no feckin choice |
Coz I’d be pushed right down their throat |
Not once, not twice but thrice |
In the papers, up on billboards, in the news and on your screens |
I’d be haunting you, you’d probably even see me in your dreams |
And the media monster, I’d be riding on its back |
I’d be hunting poor unfortunates, with my truncheon eardrums crack |
Get an overall tan, sign my autograph for a quid |
And I’d put across a message that would say this to a kid |
I’m so trendy, I’m so talented, I’m so handsome. |
I’m so cool |
Buy my tape and praise me, I’m a god you fool |
You’re not trendy, you’re not talented, you’re not handsome, you’re not hip |
I’ll be all these things for you and my lyrics will equip |
Equip you for Eh? |
Eh? |
Mmm? |
Oh yeah, CDs, posters, T-shirts, all my ice cool merchandise |
So go now, quickly as you can, to your nearest retail outlet |
And don’t be shy my friend, spend, spend, spend, spend, spend |
Spend, spend, spend, spend, spend, and remember that |
I love you |
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