Mr Hudson

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
There will be tears
I've no doubt, there may be smiles but a few
And when the tears have run out, we'll be numb and blue

I can't be there with you but I can dream <i>[x6]</i>

I still dream <i>[x2]</i>

<i>[Verse:]</i>
Oh no, I stubbed my toe
Crack comes the pain like a bullet
But at least it goes
Not like us
Happiness came and went; we had a little tear and now the tears are spent
We were trying to move forward love, but it's tricky through a brick wall love
What the fuck, are we doing love?
How the hell do we move forward love?
Had you had a little drink?
Did you have a little think?
Did you have a little walk down the beach and have a think?
Ignorance was so much bliss thanks.
It was bliss but then came the kiss.
My boy drove me all the way home, he said
"Son, it's a situation.
Whatever you do,
There will be tears."

<i>[Chorus: x2]</i>
There will be tears
I've no doubt, there may be smiles but a few
And when the tears have run out, we'll be numb and blue

I can't be there with you but I can dream <i>[x6]</i>

I still dream <i>[x2]</i>

Oh, now I'm walking back to our place
Which is soon to be your place
Watching my feet, they're as stubborn as concrete
I'm knee deep in the jumble of our lives
Throwing shit into bin bags, I reach for the door
The dog's at my heel, thinks we're going for a walk
And I realise We never been as fucked as this
So grown up now we're squabbling like kids
Your mother's plates, dashed on the floor
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more We never been as fucked as this
Out on the street and we're screaming like kids
The neighbours watch, well let them talk
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more Leaving, throwing all of the black bags
In the back of the black cab
You see I'm not bluffing, no
I'm actually leaving, and now I'm sleeping
On the front step of my mate's place
Cos he stopped there, cos he's shit faced
And I realise We never been as fucked as this
So grown up but we're squabbling like kids
Your mother's plates, dashed on the floor
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more
We never been as fucked as this
Out on the street and we're screaming like kids
The neighbours watch, well let them talk
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more Life's too short to get caught
Life's too short to get caught
On the shady side of the street
Life's too short to get caught

First few horns and the squeak of brakes
Knock on the door and the city wakes

But you, you're still sleeping
And you, you're in love

Painting a pretty picture
How I wish, more of this were drew

But you, you're in London
And you, you're still in love

Fuck this, imma go out walking
Rent a bike and make a few laps in Central Park in the dark

Love is just a memory
Love along the shadow in my heart, in my heart

This is where you'll stay, while I'm at the Hudson
I'd like to see my name above the door

It says we, we're still in Brooklyn
And we, we're never in but you're always welcome
If you run out of dough you know

Answer every question with a "Yes"
Answer every problem with a smile
Keep opening doors, keep pulling those strings
But the midnight hour is mine
The midnight hour is mine

Please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
Well think about it then I say

And there's no weight too great
There's no distance too far
Keep flying the flag and keep banging the drum
Cos the midnight hour is mine
The midnight hour is mine

Please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
Well think about it then I say

Oh, what can I do to save the day?
If only it were as easy as a dvd and a takeaway

Oh, what can I do, what can I do?
What can I do, what can I do?

I say, please lift your head from your hands
Oh, please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
You can think about it then I say
Please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
Let's think about it then I say

Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And a good book by your bed
We will survive

Someday, are we gonna wake up
A little bit older?
Are we out of time?
I know that, should we ever break up
We'll find a way to make up
In the fullness of time

Tell me where d'you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?

Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed

And as your old man said
"Good friends, well you can count them on one hand"
And they'll never judge you
Whatever your crime

I know that, I can include you
And you'll forgive me
In the fullness of time

Tell me where d'you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?

Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed
We will survive, you and I

And I feel like taking off, let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me the chance to get it right

They got it all, they've got all the things I thought I wanted
But I can't afford to fake anymore to live this facade
And smile as the warm champagne pours

Out on the lawn, we'll pretend we're having
Tons of fun in this world where we don't belong
Some bloke all alone, is she thinking of me
Did she forget what we once had

And I feel like taking off, let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me the chance to get it right, get it right

Oh, they got it all, you can see they got it all
They got the cars, the boat, and the beautiful house by the shore
And you know there's more, but I can't take another minute of it all

He wants his kids and the dog
He wants his breakfast in bed, he's got his trust fund saved
Not a worry in his head, but he's not you or me
I wanna break up the scene and see you running back to me

'Cause I feel like taking off, let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me a chance to get it right, get it right

Yeah, I feel like taking off, let me be your supernova tonight
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me a chance to get it right, get it right

You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone
You've got it wrong if you say our love is gone

Yeah, I feel like taking off, let me be your supernova
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me a chance to get it right get it right

Yeah, I feel like taking off, let me be your supernova tonight
Before you make the biggest mistake of your life
Just give me the chance to get it right, get it right

I suppose I was thinking about how nothing's ever black n white in life.
Sometimes you've got to bend the rules you know? To get where you need to be.
And this is coming from a pretty straight forward shallow as a puddle fella.
Perhaps that's why I find lying interesting.
Bcos I don't indulge in it very often.
Any way, waffle over. Enjoy. Ben
White Lies

Lying, I still can't find the truth.
So I spin another line on you
You can't blame a fella for trying
I'm hoping, you eat my every word
Doesn't it taste so good?
But deep inside I'm dying
Oh! I wanna word with you
If there's never a perfect time
It's time for another white lie
White lies, just another white lie
I did it to get close to you
And I will tell a million more
White lies, just another white lie
I do it to get close to you
And I will tell a million more white lies
One day, I know you'll understand
That I didn't really have much choice
I just had to hide it

Sometimes, good men do bad things
Just as bad men can do good
Tell me which way you like it
Oh! I wanna word with you
There's never a perfect time
However much I try
Oh! Why don't you sit yourself down?
Cause we gotta talk this through
It's time for another white lie...
White lies, just a little white lie
I did it to get close to you
And I will tell a million more
White lies, just a little white lie
I do it to get close to you
And I will tell a million more white lies
Oh-oh, oh-oh
I was just playing girl, I was just playing by your rules
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Just another white lie and I'll tell a million more
White lies...

The way you look at me
Could be in an old film in black and white
But your hair's too short and your jeans too tight

Maybe we should let them know
Maybe we should let them know

I just knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
So long ago, it was so long ago
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
So long ago, it was so long ago

I watch you in the dark
The alarm clock light flash across your face
I wonder who one day's gonna take my place

I wrote another song
For you, for you
I wrote another song
For you, for you

Maybe we should let them know
Maybe we should let them know

I just knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
So long ago, it was so long ago
I knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
Was so long ago, it was so long ago

Reminding you, you better leave me alone
Just get with that boy down in Marylebone
The one with the skateboard and the baseball cap
And the mother in west London with a three bedroom flat
I'm just a boy from Birmingham, another imposter
On a major label roster, how did I get here? No fear.
How did I get here?
No fear, how did I get here?
No fear

So long ago, it was so long ago
I knew we were trouble when we first met
I just knew we were trouble when we first met
Was so long ago, it was so long ago.

Straight, no chaser.
We dont waste our time on fakeness.
One glass one shot is all it takes us.
Better this than fade away

So, our story goes this empty city
Crowded skies are clearing but I'm lonesome.
No! Bring on the night.
Theres work a plenty.
Fluorescent lamps are passing in slow motion,
Only I will wander
Only I can leave

<i>[Chorus]</i>

So we set the scene: a sea of faces.
Laser eyes are watching as we close in.
Dont play innocent. I know your thinking.
Youre chasing conversation out of focus.
Only I will wander
Only I can leave

<i>[Chorus x2]</i>

I'm learning to live without your love
Day by day, day by day
I'm learning to live without your love
Day by day, day by day

You kick me in teeth
As I was heading for the door
I can see you speak, but can't hear you anymore
No I can't hear you anymore

Unexpected tears (Unexpected tears)
From our faces fall (from our faces fall)
For years we've talked this through
But I look at you and you look at me
Anyone can see

I'm learning to live without your love
Each day by day, each day by day
I'm learning to live without your love
Each day by day, each day by day

Take a look around your yard
And you ask yourself
What can't I leave behind
They're just things after all
You don't need things anymore
No, you don't need things anymore

It's funny how much junk
Into one trunk can fit
I knew this day would come
When I look at you and you look at me
Anyone can see

I'm learning to live without your love
Each day by day, each day by day
I'm learning to live without your love
Each day by day, each day by day

Where in the world will I go, I don't know
Anywhere but here
Where in the world will I go, I don't know
Anywhere but here

Where in the world will I go, I don't know
Anywhere but here
Where in the world will I go, I don't know
Anywhere but here

Where in the world will I go, I don't know
Anywhere but here
Where in the world will I go, I don't know
Anywhere but here

Memories, ever so sweet
I started thinking, maybe this love is unique
Memories, ever so sweet
I started thinking, that this love is unique
Memories, ever so sweet
I started thinking, stupid me, I started thinking, never think, I started thinking
Memories, ever so sweet
I started thinking, never think, I started thinking, never think, I started thinking

<i>[Chorus:]</i>
There will be tears
I've no doubt, there may be smiles but a few
And when the tears have run out, we'll be numb and blue

I can't be there with you but I can dream <i>[x6]</i>

I still dream <i>[x2]</i>

<i>[Verse:]</i>
Oh no, I stubbed my toe
Crack comes the pain like a bullet
But at least it goes
Not like us
Happiness came and went; we had a little tear and now the tears are spent
We were trying to move forward love, but it's tricky through a brick wall love
What the fuck, are we doing love?
How the hell do we move forward love?
Had you had a little drink?
Did you have a little think?
Did you have a little walk down the beach and have a think?
Ignorance was so much bliss thanks.
It was bliss but then came the kiss.
My boy drove me all the way home, he said
"Son, it's a situation.
Whatever you do,
There will be tears."

<i>[Chorus: x2]</i>
There will be tears
I've no doubt, there may be smiles but a few
And when the tears have run out, we'll be numb and blue

I can't be there with you but I can dream <i>[x6]</i>

I still dream <i>[x2]</i>

Oh, now I'm walking back to our place
Which is soon to be your place
Watching my feet, they're as stubborn as concrete
I'm knee deep in the jumble of our lives
Throwing shit into bin bags, I reach for the door
The dog's at my heel, thinks we're going for a walk
And I realise We never been as fucked as this
So grown up now we're squabbling like kids
Your mother's plates, dashed on the floor
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more We never been as fucked as this
Out on the street and we're screaming like kids
The neighbours watch, well let them talk
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more Leaving, throwing all of the black bags
In the back of the black cab
You see I'm not bluffing, no
I'm actually leaving, and now I'm sleeping
On the front step of my mate's place
Cos he stopped there, cos he's shit faced
And I realise We never been as fucked as this
So grown up but we're squabbling like kids
Your mother's plates, dashed on the floor
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more
We never been as fucked as this
Out on the street and we're screaming like kids
The neighbours watch, well let them talk
I can't keep a stiff upper lip any more Life's too short to get caught
Life's too short to get caught
On the shady side of the street
Life's too short to get caught

First few horns and the squeak of brakes
Knock on the door and the city wakes

But you, you're still sleeping
And you, you're in love

Painting a pretty picture
How I wish, more of this were drew

But you, you're in London
And you, you're still in love

Fuck this, imma go out walking
Rent a bike and make a few laps in Central Park in the dark

Love is just a memory
Love along the shadow in my heart, in my heart

This is where you'll stay, while I'm at the Hudson
I'd like to see my name above the door

It says we, we're still in Brooklyn
And we, we're never in but you're always welcome
If you run out of dough you know

Anyone but him
I'd rather hear you'd had the whole football team
Than have to watch his filthy lips on your skin
Anyone but him

Anyone but him
With schoolboy fists we can take this outside
But knowing my luck that fuck would win
Anyone but him

Who's gonna take you home?
Who's gonna take you home?
Who's gonna take you home
If it isn't me, if it isn't me? If it

Anyone but him
My blood boils as my eyes turn green
Is this the best of the best of the scene?
Anyone but him

Anyone but him
With schoolboy fists we can take this outside
But knowing my luck that fuck would win
Anyone but him

Who's gonna take you home?
Who's gonna take you home?
Who's gonna take you home
If it isn't me, if it isn't me? If it

Anyone but him
Look past the leather and the dash and the rims
And you'll see his whole hustle wears thin
Anyone but him

Anyone but him
He's gonna take what you can't take back
Then he's gone out the door on a whim
Anyone but him

Who's gonna take you home?
Who's gonna take you home?
Who's gonna take you home
If it isn't me, if it isn't me, if it isn't me?

Now when she go black, she ain't never coming back
I'm sorry Mr. H, I thought you already knew that
You'll see her on a black street like Chauncey
I'm a bad boy like Sean C, Rock-A-Fella like Sean C

Keep them Apes with me like Don C
Like Jay keep Beyonce, I'm just talking nonsey
So nonchalantly, see my Mark like Ronsy
Pop my collars like Fonzy, paparazzi is on me

I see your girl want me, I'm filling up her glass
Feeling on her ass, feeling so upper class
And your boy so fresh, I might even flash cash
So at the end of the night you ain't even gotta ask

Who's gonna take you home?
Who's gonna take you home?
Who's gonna take you home
If it isn't me, if it isn't me, if it isn't me, if it isn't me?

If it isn't me, who's gonna take you home?
If it isn't me, who's gonna take you home
Now if it isn't me, if it isn't me?

Who's gonna take you home if it isn't me?
Who's gonna take you home if it isn't me?
Who's gonna take you home if it isn't me
If it isn't me, if it isn't me?

Everyday is just another crazy anyway
I think I'm winning when you walk away
With all your trophies and your accolades
From the beginning, darling

I was just your token, token, token
Everything is broken, broken, broken
I was just your token, token, token
Everything is broken, broken, broken

Travesty, you're at the top of your academy
Don't get too used to looking down on me
Soon you'll be calling me your majesty
From the beginning, darling

I was just your token, token, token
Everything is broken, broken, broken
I was just your token, token, token
Everything is broken, broken, broken

Easy now, I tell you easy now
Before you say something that you don't mean to say
Easy now, she tell me easy now
Before I lose something, I'll never find again

Yeah, that's what she want me believing
See me alone, looks can be deceiving
One girl coming in, two or three leaving
Steaming, Willy Demon, they're screaming

Now that, that they all love him
In the Midwest so they girls M Dub him
Met them way back when I posed for the Kodak
Tell me, how does it feel unreal, real?

I was just your token, token, token
Everything is broken, broken, broken
I was just your token, token, token
Everything is broken

Gonna take you for a ride

I was just your token, token, token
Everything is broken, broken, broken
I was just your token, token, token
Everything is broken, broken

Gonna take you for a ride
Gonna take you for a ride
Gonna take you for a ride
Take you for a ride

Answer every question with a "Yes"
Answer every problem with a smile
Keep opening doors, keep pulling those strings
But the midnight hour is mine
The midnight hour is mine

Please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
Well think about it then I say

And there's no weight too great
There's no distance too far
Keep flying the flag and keep banging the drum
Cos the midnight hour is mine
The midnight hour is mine

Please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
Well think about it then I say

Oh, what can I do to save the day?
If only it were as easy as a dvd and a takeaway

Oh, what can I do, what can I do?
What can I do, what can I do?

I say, please lift your head from your hands
Oh, please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
You can think about it then I say
Please lift your head from your hands
Tomorrow is another day
Let's think about it then I say

Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And a good book by your bed
We will survive

Someday, are we gonna wake up
A little bit older?
Are we out of time?
I know that, should we ever break up
We'll find a way to make up
In the fullness of time

Tell me where d'you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?

Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed

And as your old man said
"Good friends, well you can count them on one hand"
And they'll never judge you
Whatever your crime

I know that, I can include you
And you'll forgive me
In the fullness of time

Tell me where d'you wanna be
When all your friends have settled down
In the suburbs on the greener side of town?

Time is all I fear
It's why I just keep running
The quest for love was all that you and I held dear
With the beat still in your head
And the good book by your bed
We will survive, you and I