[Intro]
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[Harry]
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Remember the pub where our fathers went
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To spend the end of the day?
[Charlie]
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Remember the yard behind the pub
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Where we would run and play?
[Harry]
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Yeah well, now the pub is a laundromat
[Charlie]
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Now, the yard is a high-rise flat
[Harry]
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You can't go back
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You can't make it last
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You've gotta take what you've got
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Even when your life is in knots
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You take aim, take your shot
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Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
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You've got to take what you've got
[Charlie]
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You'd always say that one of these days
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You'd get out of Northampton town
[Harry]
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You'd always say that you wouldn't stay
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No, you wouldn't stick around
[Charlie]
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Never knew what I wanted before
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Now I'm even more unsure
[Harry]
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You can't move on if you're still in the past
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You've gotta take what you've got
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Even when your life is in knots
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You take aim, take your shot
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Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
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You've got to take what you've got
[Charlie]
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Everybody's telling me what I need to be
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Change with the times, move to London town
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Or live out a legacy
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Well, maybe this time, I'll take a chance
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Leap into the vast expanse
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Maybe this time, I'll seize my destiny
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My destiny!
[Harry/Charie Backing]
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Two! Three! You've gotta take what you've got
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Even when your life is in knots
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You take aim, take your shot
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Sometimes, you've got to re-write the plot
[Charlie]
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You've got to take what you've got
[Harry]
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You've got to take what you got
[Closing Instrumental]
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