Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song On the Flip of a Coin , by - The Streets. Release date: 11.09.2008
Song language: English
On the Flip of a Coin |
| From the point he gazed from the choice was made, but 'walk the cave or the |
| shore?' |
| The oily cave seemed to breathe on him through gravestone jaws |
| His little hand grasped in anguish as he weighed up his coin |
| Somewhere a blue-eyed girl in the world is just waiting for a boy |
| Footprints trailed as if trod by slaves up to the grey cave floor |
| But not one graze from anything ever escaping this fort |
| So with coin on hand his joy came back when ordered to take the shore |
| 'Why on earth', as he wandered the warmth, 'am I obeying this coin?' |
| Turn your life on the flip of this coin |
| Turn upside a choice you’d normally avoid |
| And promise me you’ll follow what it says |
| Whatever it says |
| Again, walk within the trusted beach or swim the swell of the sea? |
| And again the scarier alternative looked like certain death to he He’d never learnt to skill of swimming — it never occurred to be very easy |
| And again he winced as he flipped the coin and it twirled to his feet |
| 'How is this sane?' |
| he blamed the coin now aiming for the waves |
| As he hesitated at the swirl of water as it raged and rained |
| Blue-eyed girls were waiting and he was drowning in the spray |
| Blue-eyed girls he should have been acquainted with but for shouting and |
| flailing |
| Turn your life on the flip of this coin |
| Turn upside a choice you’d normally avoid |
| And promise me you’ll follow what it says |
| Whatever it says |
| He finally slugs it back to land feeling chewed-up and foolish |
| Empties his pockets on the sand spewing a pool each |
| Staggers back to his dad who’s too cool to be So he says 'why did you have me follow this stupid rule, please?' |
| To be honest little fellow I’ll tell you |
| I was just as afraid as you |
| But you said you wanted to get with people and places ever new |
| And I got a bit scared of the fate of my baby son’s future |
| So I invented a reason to see if you could ever make do As soon as you appeared behind that rock looking angry at me |
| I soon realised what a hell of a man you’ve ended up being |
| I knew you’d worked out how to swim, which I hadn’t had in me And I stand as a companion of you, proudest a man has ever been |
| Turn your life on the flip of this coin |
| Turn upside a choice you’d normally avoid |
| And promise me you’ll follow what it says |
| Whatever it says |