Oh, Mr James Dean, he don't belong to anything -

Oh, he left before they could get him
With their ways, their wicked ways.

Oh, Marilyn Monroe, where did you go?
I didn't hear all your stories,
I didn't see all your glory.

But the footballer's wife
Tells her troubles and strife -
I just don't care: in the end,
Who is she to pretend
That she's one of them?
I don't think so.
And the girl from that show,
Yes, the one we all know -
She thinks she's some kinda star.
Yes, you know who you are.
I don't think so, I don't think so.

Oh, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire,
Won't you dance for me - 'cause I just don't care,
What's going on today.
I think there's something more, something more.

And I'm gone with the wind, like they were before,
But I'm believing myself - I think there's something more,
There must be something more.
I think there's something more, something more.

But still the footballer's wife tells her troubles and strife.
I just don't care: in the end,
Who is she to pretend
That she's one of them?
I don't think so.
And the girl from that show,
Yes, the one we all know,
She thinks she's some kinda' star -
Yes, you know who you are.
I don't think so, I don't think so.

Oh I don't believe in the telling of your stories
Throughout your life, there's just something unappealing,
It don't catch my eye,
It don't catch my eye.
Oh I don't believe in the selling of your glories
Before you leave this life, there's so much more to see.
I don't believe this is how the world should be.

But still the footballer's wife tells her troubles and strife
etc

Amy Macdonald
"Footballer's Wife"
2007

So called Mr Rock And Roll

Is dancing on his own again,
Talking on his phone again
To someone who tells him that his balance is low.
He's got nowhere to go,
He's on his own again.

Rock chick of the century
Is acting like she used to be,
Dancing like there's no one there.
Before she never seemed to care.
Now she wouldn't dare -
It's so rock-and-roll to be alone.

And they'll meet one day
Far away,
And say "Hey, I wish I was something more".
And they'll meet one day
Far away,
And say "Hey, I wish I knew you, I wish I knew you before"!

Mrs Black and White -
She's never seen a shade of grey,
Always something on her mind,
Every single day.
But now she's lost her way,
And where does she go from here?

Mr Multicultural
Sees all that one can see
He's living proof of someone
Very different to me,
But now he wants to be free,
Free so he can see...

And they'll meet one day
Far away,
And say "Hey, I wish I was something more".
And they'll meet one day
Far away,
And say "Hey, I wish I knew you, I wish I knew you before"!

He says "I wish I knew you, I wish I met you
When time was still on my side"
She'll say " I wish I knew you, I wish I loved you
Before I was his bride"

And so they must depart
Too many more are broken hearts
But I've seen that all before
In TV, books, and film, and more
And there's a happy ending
Every single day...

And they'll meet one day
Far away,
And say "Hey, I wish I was something more".
And they'll meet one day
Far away,
And say "Hey, I wish I knew you, I wish I knew you before"!

Amy Macdonald
"Mr Rock and Roll"
2007

Oh the wind whistles down

The cold dark street tonight,
And the're people, they were dancing
To the music vibe.

And the boys chase the girls with the curls in their hair,
While the shocked too many just sitting way over there,
And the songs, they get louder - each one better than before...

And you're singing the song, thinking this is the life,
And you wake up in the morning, and your head feels twice the size.
Where youre gonna go, where you gonna go, where you gonna sleep tonight?
And you're singing the song, thinking this is the life,
And you wake up in the morning, and your head feels twice the size.
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go, where you gonna sleep tonight?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

So you’re heading down the road in your taxi for four,
And you’re waiting outside Jimmy’s front door,
But nobody’s in and nobody’s home till four.
So you’re sitting there with nothing to do,
Talking about Robert Ragger and his one-leg crew,
And where you gonna go, where you gonna sleep tonight?

And you're singing the song, thinking this is the life,
And you wake up in the morning, and your head feels twice the size.
Where youre gonna go, where you gonna go, where you gonna sleep tonight?
And you're singing the song, thinking this is the life,
And you wake up in the morning, and your head feels twice the size.
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go, where you gonna sleep tonight?
Where you gonna sleep tonight?

Amy Macdonald "This is the Life"
2007