Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I've been workin' up a sweat
I've been workin' up a sweat
I've been wakin' up in sweats
I've been workin' on it
[Verse 2]
I've been up and down again
I've been up and down again
I've been ridin' on the train
Nearly every mornin'
[Verse 3]
But like a badly shuffled deck
Like a slowly movin' threat
Like a burning British neck
On an August evening
[Verse 4]
Here it comes again
[Verse 5]
I've been sleepin' every night
I've been sleepin' every night
I've been sleepin' through the night
I've sleepin' on it
[Verse 6]
I've been tryin' very hard
I've been tryin' very hard
I've been tryin' very hard
How you doin', Ollie?
[Verse 7]
Like a one-two on a check
Like a one-two on a check
Like a burning British neck
On an August evening
[Verse 8]
Here it comes again
[Verse 9]
I've been playin' hard to get
I've been playin' hard to get
I've been playin' hard to get
I've been playin' on it
[Verse 10]
I'm like putty in your hand
Won't you put me in your band?
But you know I'm in a band
Is this speaker working?
[Verse 11]
Like an empty promise kept
Like a shot across the net
Like a burning British neck
On an August evening
[Verse 12]
Here it comes again
Oh, here it comes again
[Verse 13]
Walkin' 'round the corner
Somewhere in the distance
Very, very near now
Comin' out again
Walkin' 'round the corner
Somewhere in the distance
Very, very near now
Very, very near now with a
Bang
Written by: Alexander Rice, Alexandra Greenwood, Benjamin Mack, Henry Young, Oliver Dewdney, Robert Knaggs