Hand Me Downs I didn't know what was the matter I didn't know where to start I'd lost my sense of energy And I'd lost my sense of heart In the midst of lost and loneliness In a rose hue picture frame Pa**ion and objectivity Were calling out my name To aid the new confusion I was having too much fun In the gloomy pubs of Brixton And the fleeting autumn sun I was running far too quickly That my legs could not keep up I fell spread eagle on my face Dignity bit the dust And the silence was frozen... I woke up far too early I was sleeping far too late The alarm clock was redundant And the mattress forgot my frame A broken television So to drown out all the trains
To drag me from self pity United by fate I'd learnt all of my lessons From vagrant household names I found some friends amongst the shelves So here's to Dave and Jay I'd learnt more from transit vans and Bragg Than i'd ever learnt in cla** A lifelong education, from punk rock 101 And the silence was broken... Through ups and downs Through lost and founds Your voice will never let me down Through ups and downs Through lost and founds Your voice will never let me down Through ups and downs Through lost and founds Your voice will never let me down Through ups and downs Through lost and founds Your voice will never let me down Your voice will never let me down