Belle and Sebastian – Expectations (Guitar)

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  Monday morning wake up knowing that you gotta go to school

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Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue

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Do you wanna work in Debenham's, because that's what they expect

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Start in lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor

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  And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start

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For careers you say you wanna be remembered for your art

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Your obsession gets you known throughout the school for being strange

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Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay

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  In the queue for lunch they take the piss, you've got no appetite

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And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight

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So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk

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While you're cleaning up the mess the teacher's looking up your skirt

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Hey, you've been used,

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  Are you calm? Settle down

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  Write a song, I'll sing along

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Soon you will know that you are sane

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You're on top of the world again

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  Monday morning wake up knowing that you gotta go to school

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Tell your Mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue

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Do you wanna work in C&A, 'cause that's what they expect

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Move to lingerie and take a feel off Joe the store man

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  Tell Veronica the secret of the boy you never kissed

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She's got everything to gain 'cause she's a fat girl with a lisp

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She sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs

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'Cause you can't afford a blazer, girl you're always wearing clogs

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  At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room

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Head of English gets you, asks you, "what the hell do you think you're doing?"

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"Do you think you're better than the other kids? Well get outside."

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You've got permission, but you got to make the bastard think he's right

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Hey, you've been used

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  Write a song, I'll sing along

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  Are you calm? Settle down

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Soon you will know that you are sane

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You're on top of the world again

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  And you're cool and you know

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  You're a star, you'll go far

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  Think of me as a friend

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Not just the boy who played guitar

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You're on top of the world again