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Boxes

Gavin James

Singer/Songwriter

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Gavin James - Boxes - Official Lyric Video (Don't Wake Me Up)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Gavin James

Vocals

Ollie Green

Synthesizer

Sam Tsang

Synthesizer

Mike Davis

Trumpet

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ollie Green

Composer

Gavin Wigglesworth

Gavin Wigglesworth

Composer

Mike Needle

Composer

Daniel Bryer

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Fred Gibson

Producer

Ollie Green

Recording Engineer

Sam Tsang

Assistant Recording Engineer

Serban Ghenea

Mixing Engineer

John Hanes

Mixing Engineer

Chris Gehringer

Chris Gehringer

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Went to the wrong school

Wearing the wrong shoes

They told me that I should sit down and just bite my tongue

'Cause if you're lucky

You'll get to university

Say three Hail Marys and everything bad will be gone

[Verse 2]

But I'm so tired of standing still

And I'm not buying what you're trying to sell

[Verse 3]

So don't wake me up

If you're only going to tell me to give it up

Then say everything I do is never enough

'Cause you're lying through your teeth

We don't fit into your boxes

We're all different underneath

Don't wake me up

[Verse 4]

When I got my first guitar

My father told me, "Son

Four chords is all you need to show people just who you are"

So I played to strangers

Down by the backstreets

And every time they caught me dreaming, I'd say

[Verse 5]

Don't wake me up

If you're only going to tell me to give it up

Then say everything I do is never enough

'Cause you're lying through your teeth

We don't fit into your boxes

We're all different underneath

Don't wake me up

Well, don't wake me up

[Verse 6]

'Cause I'm so tired of standing still

And I'm not buying what you're trying to sell

So don't wake me up

[Verse 7]

Oh, don't wake me up

If you're only going to tell me to give it up

Then say everything I do is never enough

'Cause you're lying through your teeth

We don't fit into your boxes

We're all different underneath

Don't wake me up

[Verse 8]

Don't wake me up

Don't wake me up

Don't wake me up

Written by: Gavin Wigglesworth, Ollie Green, Mike Needle, Daniel Bryer

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