Twenty Seven
Passenger
Intro: >C VERSE 1: 27 years 27 years old Only thing I know the only thing I get told I gotta sell out if I want to get sold Don’t want the devil to be taking my soul I write songs that come from my heart I don’t give a fuck if they get into the chart oh no Only way I can be is to say what I see And have the shadow hanging over me I don’t know where I’m running but I know how to run ’Cause running’s the thing I’ve always done I don’t know what I’m doing but I know what I’ve done I’m a hungry heart I’m a loaded gun VERSE 2: 27 years 27 years now only thing I know I know that I don’t know how To please everybody all of the time ’Cause everybody always fucking changes their mind A little bit jaded a little bit faded Don’t want to stop won’t be persuaded To write words I can’t believe in to see my face on a video screen I don’t know where I’m running but I know how to run ’Cause running’s the thing I’ve always done I don’t know what I’m doing but I know what I’ve done I’m a hungry heart I’m a loaded gun BRIDGE: () Oh oh oh oh oohoh oh ooh () oh oh oh oh oh oohoh oh ooh 27 years 27 years done () Written 600 songs only 12 get sung 87000 cigarettes have passed through these lungs and Every single day I wish I’d never smoked 1 (D) A week brushing my teeth and a week getting my haircut 8 years sleeping I’m still tired when I wake up A whole year eating and I still lost weight fuck 5 proper girlfriends and 5 messy breakups 27 birthdays 27 new years 30000 quid just so I could have a few beers Ever dying old hopes ever growing new fears Don’t know where I’m going but I know how I got here Don’t know where I’m running but I know how to run ’Cause running’s the thing I’ve always done Said I don’t know what I’m doing but I know what I’ve done I’m a hungry heart I’m a loaded gun