Seconds

Written by：Nick Banks/Jarvis Cocker/Candida Doyle/Steve Mackey/Russell Senior

She

She used to live near his brother

Now she's an unmarried mother

With another on the way

He's second rate

Twisted out of shape

And he looks a state

It costs so much to look this rough

They go to town

They like to shop around

And look at all those things

All those things they never wanted anyway

She hates his hair

That stupid coat he wears

But sometimes second best

Is the best that you can get

Oh somebody told me

The seconds turn to hours

And the hours turn into days

But still it feels like the morning

The first time leaves its trace

And then slides into second place

And still it feels like the morning

At night they try to fly

Hold on tight and close their eyes

And they make it through to the morning

In the morning it's raining

Oh Christ you're always complaining

Can't you think of something else

It's nearly nu

A bargain basement made for two

And if you blur your eyes you could be anywhere you want yourself to be

Oh yeah it's bad

I know you want to laugh

So laugh

But sometimes second best

Is all you're going to get

Oh yeah oh somebody told me

The seconds turn to hours

And the hours turn into days

But still it feels like the morning

The first time leaves its trace

And then slides into second place

And still it feels like the morning

At night they try to fly

Hold on tight and close their eyes

And they make it through to the morning

But you're so perfect you don't interest me at all

You're golden boy fell down

Don't you know

He hasn't got a personality

And I know

He said he'd last all night then gave you seconds

Yeah

The seconds turn to hours

And the hours turn into days

But still it feels like morning

The first time leaves its trace

And then slides into second place

And still it feels like morning

At night they try to fly

Hold on tight and close their eyes

And they hit the ground in the morning

My god they're still alive

They got it wrong but they still tried

And they made it through to the

Morning