The Man's Machine - Jamie T

It’s about punks, skins, straights

I was walking along the street, minding my own affair

Suddenly, two policemen grabbed me and I wasn’t aware

They said, «Is your name Mensi?»

I said, «Why, sure»

He says, «You're the punk that I’ve been waiting for

You’re nicked»

Better the devil you know

Confess, I guess I was the lesser of the two evils

Convalesce about the stress the test caused

Had me up and on the board

Now I’m chairman of the board, I’m coming back for sequels

Do you ever really think you’ve won?

Nah, you’re feeble, nothing on this far-gone son

Or his people know nothing of the shit I’ve done

Sailed the seven seas to catch a breeze

And took it back home in a trunk

Met a matador who said his wild woman is more

Terrifying than any red bull that he saw

Set a sail, set a rail, met them kings and queens

There’s so many trust just the amphetamines

Well, her dream would’ve been that the boy’s got clean

That her father never got his heart

Caught up in the man’s machine

But it seems, even if I go away

There’s always a part of me willing to stay

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

All we’ve got to keep us together

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

Underground travel in overcast weather

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

All we’ve got to keep us together

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

Maybe one day things will get better

(Check, check, check, check

One, two, three, kick)

I met gods and monsters, women from Wisconsin

Swimming in linen with another that’s not their partner

Chicago beats, a bass drum;

on my journey, I met Ernie

Showed me spots where Al Capone got drunk

I’m a lover, I’m a brother and a son

I’m a traitor and I’m on the run, watch 'em come

As she said while she driving in her car

«Katie's drunker than the bar»

She’s been smacking hard shoulders since before she’s legal

I’m a dragnet running through the city of sin

And he’s a hard-done bastard taking it in

Well, I see what I say, save it on the way

You can’t sit and bawl but they’re bawling away

Well, she’s cried all the tears for all of their fears

Well, she run away, she set the place

Now we’ll never see is the fears

Take it as she’s seen it, get away

Well, there’s always a part of her, she’s willing to stay

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

All we’ve got to keep us together

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

Underground travel in overcast weather

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

All we’ve got to keep us together

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

Maybe one day things will get better

Run, run, boy-o, chase it to the border, border

Shoulda oughta sorta told her I was cannon fodder

Would’ve if I could’ve screamed to her, shout and holler

Then I could’ve saved the girl from the man’s machine

Run boy-o, chase it to the border, border

Shoulda oughta sorta told her I was cannon fodder

Would’ve if I could’ve screamed to her, shout and holler

Then I could’ve saved the girl from the man’s machine

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

All we’ve got to keep us together

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

Underground travel in overcast weather

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

All we’ve got to keep us together

Stone, glass, concrete and gravel

Maybe one day things will get better