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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sam Fender
Vocals
Drew Michael
Drums
Tom Ungerer
Bass
Joe Atkinson
Synthesizer
Dean Thompson
Guitar
Johnny Davis
Saxophone
Mark Webb
Trumpet
Jon Natchez
Baritone Saxophone
Brooke Bentham
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sam Fender
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Fergie
Recording Engineer
Mark Broughton
Mixing Engineer
Matt Colton
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
This is the title track off the next album, it's called "People Watching"
[Chorus]
I people-watch on the way back home
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin'
Under the billboards, out of the heat
Somebody's darling's on the street tonight
Oh, I can't stop runnin'
I see the whole town fall
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
Alright, let's go for it
[Verse 1]
I people-watch on the way back home
Envious of the glimmer of hope
Gives me a break from feeling alone
Gives me a moment out of the ego
I used to feel so invincible
I used to feel there was a world worth dreamin' of
Back in the gasworks, screamin' the song
Just the beauty of youth would quell my aching heart
Oh, I feel so dark rememberin'
Oh, my heart, I feel so dark rememberin'
[Chorus]
I people-watch on the way back home
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin'
Under the billboards, out of the heat
Somebody's darling's on the street tonight
Oh, I can't stop runnin'
I see the whole town fall
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
[Verse 2]
I came back home after seven years
Wide awake, tracing tracks of her tears
Cornered the nurse to get the gist of it
I promised her l'd get her out of the care home
The place was fallin' to bits
Understaffed and overruled by callous hands
The poor nurse was around the clock
And the beauty of youth had left my breaking heart
But it wasn't hard when you love someone
Oh, I stayed all night
Till you left this life
'Cause that's just love
[Chorus]
I people-watch on the way back home
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin'
Under the billboards, out of the heat
Somebody's darling's on the street tonight
Oh, I can't stop runnin'
I see the whole town fall
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
[Bridge]
Above the rain-soaked garden of remembrance
Kittiwakes etched your initials in the sky
Oh, I fear for this crippled island and the turmoil of the times
And I'll hold you in my heart till the day I die
[Chorus]
Oh, I people-watch on the way back home
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin'
Under the billboards, out of the heat
Somebody's darling's on the street tonight
Oh, I can't stop runnin'
I see the whole town fall
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
I people-watch on the way back home
Written by: Sam Fender