sweeping the nation - Spearmint

This song’s dedicated to

Some of the best bands in the country

Some of the bands we never got to hear

Bands who never got any records out

Never got played on the radio

Never got written about in the press

This song’s dedicated to open up

This song’s dedicated to said liquidator

This song’s dedicated to supersaurus

This song’s dedicated to:

Aaga, kicks, the interrogated

Seize the infidels, chance

And Laverne & Shirley

I sometimes feel

I’m sweeping the nation

Showing my invisible friend

Places where I used to live, well

Doesn’t your balloon ever land?

The emasculation of a good friend

Is nothing I should be singing about

The tattoos all look old and faded

And stupid with a suit

Before they took the beach away

You used to walk your brains right up the coast

But you ended up sweeping the nation

That’s such a sad sad loss

An ice sculpture when the summer comes

A butterfly in winter

Aaga, kicks, the interrogated

Seize the infidels, chance

Laverne & shirley

I’ve been wasting my life

And I’ve finally realised

I’ve wasted so much time

Are we as happy as when we had no money?

Yes we are, but that’s not why

Crippling failure, get crippling success well

Doesn’t your balloon ever land?

I’ve got a red wooden transistor

Everything sounds best on that

So just make sure you sweep the nation

I wanna hear you on that

I wanna hear you on that

I wanna hear you on that

I wanna hear you on that

I wanna hear you on that

Well that’s my story and I’m sticking to that

I remember standing under byker bridge

In Newcastle with michael bradshaw

And mickey turned to me and saying

«shirley — don’t worry

As long as you stick to what you believe in

Everything you want will come to you,»

(give it up)

(I wanna hear you on that)

(give it up)

(I wanna hear you on that)