For Tomorrow (Live at Hyde Park, 03/07/2009)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] He's a twentieth century boy With his hands on the rails He's trying not to be sick again And holding on for tomorrow London ice cracks on a seamless line He's hanging on for dear life And so we hold each other tightly And hold on for tomorrow, singing [Chorus] La, la, la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la La, la, la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la La, la, la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la Holding on for tomorrow (-row-row-row-row) [Verse 2] She's a twentieth century girl With her hand on the wheel She's trying not to make him sick again And seeing what she can borrow London's so nice back in your seamless rhymes But we're lost on the Westway And so we hold each other tightly And hold on for tomorrow, singing [Chorus] La, la, la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la La, la, la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la La, la, la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la Holding on for tomorrow (-row-row-row-row) [Interlude] Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh-ooh Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah Ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 3] We're trying not to be sick again And holding on for tomorrow She's a twentiеth century girl Hanging on for dear life And so wе hold each other tightly And hold on for tomorrow, singing [Chorus] La, la, la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la La, la, la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la La, la, la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la Holding on for tomorrow (-row-row-row) [Instrumental] [Interlude] Holding on for tomorrow (-row-row-row) [Outro] Jim stops and gets out the car He goes to a house in Emperor's Gate He's through the door and to his room Then he put the TV on Turned it off and made some tea Said, "Modern life, it's rubbish", I'm Holding on for tomorrow (-row-row-row) Susan comes into the room She's a naughty girl with a lovely smile Says, "Take a trip to Primrose Hill" It's windy there and the view's so nice London ice can freeze your toes Like anyone, well, I suppose you'll be Holding on for tomorrow (-row-row-row), oh [Spoken] We will play one more song But before we do, I just wanna no— a-a-a quick thank you To everyone who's just persisted in Ge—sometimes bullying us and sometimes sort of You know, massaging our egos and whatever But just persisted to get us to do this And thank you as well, for just your unbelievable support