Banquet (The Streets Mix)

Lyrics

[Music Video Intro] Good morning, diary, it's, er, the 5th of August, and, erm Yeah, I don't feel too bad actually, I've got to take, er Gotta take Jo Whiley's microphone back to her today, and, um Yeah, I'm, um, bit nervous, really [Intro] This is a message to Jo Whiley: Jo, seriously, the year I've had has been crazy I've had a stomach ulcer and a broken heart I've been out with a celebrity But, thankfully, no one found out about that [Verse 1] I was just gonna post it back anonymously But, Jo, that's not what my mum and dad raised me up to be I made a deal with superstition and I make deals to keep September 2003, Friday the 13th I was on your show, you supported me, I thank you eternally Things were different back then, before the gambling learned me The days of free beer, before that said celebrity fling Back then, I was desperate to make an excellent second disc I did something bad but always vowed to my soul That if my next work increased my amount of albums that sold Enough for Mike to not end up back out on the dole I promised I'd promptly send you back what I stole [Chorus] I don't know how to say this one but I stole your microphone While I was on your live radio show, Jo (Friday the 13th is unlucky for some, I tell you) The thirteenth is unlucky for some (But not for my mum) But that Friday was lucky for Mum 'Cause that mic you loaned me made for a number one (Number one, so thank you) [Verse 2] I slid a Neumann microphone into my pocket Bowled out the studio just as Avril Lavigne got in, oi I was nervous like, even though that type of swipe's quite easy And not 'cause of how many millions had tuned in to me speak I don't feel good about it and I don't want to repeat it But the mic went pride of place on Grand Don't Come For Free Three years on, now I'm all in, now I've won what I needed So I want to be straight up, and own up for the deed I wasn't going to tell you, but I started feeling bad 'Cause you were so safe when I went in Around the release of my last It's a joke, anyway, what I wanted to say is just, "Sorry" I took your mic, but I'm sending it back to you, promptly (You can have it back, seriously) [Chorus] I don't know how to say this one (I really am sorry) But I stole your microphone While I was on your live radio show, Jo The thirteenth is unlucky for some (But not for my mum) The thirteenth is unlucky for some But that Friday was lucky for Mum 'Cause that mic you loaned me made for a number one [Bridge] I keep gettin' these letters about not paying my license fee They're all red, it's a warning to pay (You know, to say you gotta pay) Then after a while they go back to blue for a change Then I'll pay that as well as my water rates (My heating doesn't actually work at the moment) [Chorus] I don't know how to say this one but I stole your microphone While I was on your live radio show, Jo The thirteenth's unlucky for some But that Friday was lucky for Mum 'Cause that mic you loaned me made for a number one [Outro] There it is, seriously, I am really hon–I am really sorry, honest Er, yeah, I'm not gonna use the fact that I was drunk To, you know, excuse mysel–I was drunk though It even broke at one point I had it repaired, serious It costs quite a lot to have those microphones repaired But yeah, I've grown quite attached to it So, um, we named him "Silver" Er, I recorded, er, nearly two albums So, yeah, please give him a good home 'Cause he's become, you know, really quite a good friend