The Girl Doesn't Get It - Belle & Sebastian

Well, the girl doesn’t get it

And you can’t ever tell her

She will go with whoever wants her

It’s a myth that they’re selling

That there’s one perfect fella

Take the pick of the cherries — go slow!

There’s a world through the front door

There are people who need more

There is love in the supermarket

I got hopes for the future

And it doesn’t need money

And it doesn’t need two-faced liars

One face is smiling

Telling us to be afraid

Painting a world of darkness

But the other face is hidden

And the eyes are looking back in time

Gazing out on a fading empire

You’re alone in the dark night

Sitting down with your worries

'Cause your glorious youth got fucked up

You’re a train in the siding

You’re a car in a pileup

You should dance till your heart is joyful

I don’t want to be aloof

Wear the glasses of untruth

I just want to become immortal

They’ll take profits over people

They will make the country great again

Just as long as it’s white and ugly

Fear the immigrant workforce

Fear the kids raised on the internet

They are scared if they can’t control you

Are you living or waiting

For the time to get better?

Between sorrow and nothing, choose pain

If compassion was honoured

All our dumb human problems

Would belong in a bin marked history

We will shake hands politely

Feel the pull of attraction

'Cause love is our consolation