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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ben Howard
Ben Howard
Vocals
Sylvan Esso
Sylvan Esso
Vocals
Mickey Smith
Mickey Smith
Guitar
Amelia Meath
Amelia Meath
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ben Howard
Ben Howard
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ben Howard
Ben Howard
Producer
Mickey Smith
Mickey Smith
Producer
Anton Wernberg
Anton Wernberg
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Christopher Elms
Christopher Elms
Mixing Engineer
John Cornfield
John Cornfield
Engineer
Huntley Miller
Huntley Miller
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There he wants to dance
Past the flat, booted charterhouse boys
From towns where the mothers can't stand
The sight of each other
There he wants to last
In the hearts of the wild and free
She knows that time takes all of us
Through every long hot heavy summer
[Verse 2]
And all of them, they talk of national security
Over garden fences made to birth the bats of breeze
And chance encounters
[Verse 3]
There he wants to dance
Past the Tuesday morning supermarket crowd
She knows we'll all sleep through the days
The two-step drip fed our laughter
Says she wants to last
Last how you want to
She's a light in the young boy's eyes
Through every long hot heavy summer
[Verse 4]
And all of them, they talk of national security
Over garden fences made to birth the bats of breeze
Yeah, all of them, shuffling down that lonely street
One last gasp
Against a long hot heavy summer
Written by: Ben Howard
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