She , she used to live with his brother Now she's an unmarried mother / with another / on the way He's seond 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 wnated anyway / She hates his hair that stupid coat he wears / but sometimes second best is the best that you can get Oh yes / oh somebody told me / 'cos 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 But 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 that you can get Oh yeah / oh somebody told me / 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 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
[00:13.38]She , she used to live with his brother [00:18.59]Now she's an unmarried mother / with another / on the way [00:25.41]He's seond rate / twisted out of shape [00:31.83]and he looks a state, it costs so much to look this rough [00:38.67]They go to town / they like to shop around / and look at all those things [00:48.11]All those things they never wnated anyway / She hates his hair [00:54.18]that stupid coat he wears / but sometimes second best [01:00.30]is the best that you can get [01:03.44]Oh yes / oh somebody told me / 'cos seconds turn to hours [01:10.53]and the hours turn into days / but still it feels like morning [01:20.33]The first time leaves its trace / and then slides into second place [01:26.65]and still it feels like morning / At night they try to fly [01:36.11]hold on tight and close their eyes / and they hit the ground in the morning [01:46.98]But in the morning it's raining / Oh Christ you're always complaining [01:54.11]can't you think of something else / It's nearly-nu [01:59.67]a bargain basement made for two / and if you blur your eyes [02:05.39]you could be anywhere / you want yourself to be [02:10.30]Oh yeah, it's bad / I know you want to laugh, so laugh [02:15.90]But sometimes second best / Is all that you can get [02:21.51]Oh yeah / oh somebody told me / the seconds turn to hours [02:28.50]and the hours turn into days / but still it feels like morning [02:38.34]The first time leaves its trace / and then slides into second place [02:44.71]and still it feels like morning / At night they try to fly [02:54.16]hold on tight and close their eyes / and they hit the ground in the morning [03:05.54]But you're so perfect you don't interest me at all [03:10.91]You're golden boy fell down / Don't you know / he hasn't got a personality? [03:17.83]And I know / he said he'd last all night then gave you seconds / yeah [03:23.90]The seconds turn to hours / and the hours turn into days [03:30.21]but still it feels like morning / The first time leaves its trace [03:39.42]and then slides into second place / and still it feels like morning [03:49.53]At night they try to fly / hold on tight and close their eyes [03:55.85]and they hit the ground in the morning / My God they're still alive [04:05.10]they got it wrong but they still tried / and they made it through to the morning