Our Bovine Public

Album: Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever (2007)
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  • Didn't think I'd have to choose
    Didn't think I'd wear brown shoes
    Didn't think that I'd ever have to read about this in the news
    You gonna have a go
    Well I don't want to know
    I just thought that I should try and say hello to those who'd

    Never exist without being generic
    You have to impress our bovine public
    You'd never exist if you wasn't generic
    You have to impress our bovine public
    I'll never forget how all this begun
    And I will never regret a thing I have done but
    You would never exist without us

    So maybe I do not have the time
    Fair-weather friends of mine
    A year's a long time
    You're doing nothing with your life
    I heard you felt alert
    Well I'm hoping that it hurt
    'Cause we've spent too much time in groundwork
    To be ground in to the dirt by those who'd

    Never exist without being generic
    You'll have to impress our bovine public
    You'd never exist if you wasn't generic
    You'll have to impress our bovine public
    I'll never forget how all this begun
    And I will never regret a thing I have done
    But you would never exist without us

    So maybe I do

    Well you say nothing
    So you'll always mean nothing to me
    And if what you say means nothing
    Then what you say will always mean nothing to me

    D'you think I have the time fair-weather friends of mine
    A year's a long time to be doing nothing with your life
    I heard you felt alert
    Well I'm hoping that it hurt
    'Cause we've spent too much time in groundwork
    To be ground into the dirt by those

    Who'd never exist without being generic
    You have to impress our bovine public
    You'd never exist if you wasn't generic
    You'll have to impress our bovine public
    I'll never forget how all this begun
    And I will never regret the one thing I've done
    But you would never exist without us

    So maybe I do Writer/s: GARY JOHN JARMAN, ROSS ANTHONY JARMAN, RYAN JAMES JARMAN
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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