Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Declan McKenna
Penned soon after of the Paris terror attacks – this song is McKenna’s response to the youth being excluded from political discussions, and at risk of those in power but with no voice. Its angry, but peppered with just as much optimism to make things seem hopeful in the world – at least for a few mi...
[Verse 1]
I don't know what I want if I'm completely honest
I guess I could start a war, I guess I could sleep on it
I don't know what I want if I'm completely honest
I guess I could start a war, I guess I could sleep on it
[Pre-Chorus]
But hey there, kids with guns
Your neighbours complain, but they don't know where they come from
I guess it's just bad advice for someone so upstanding
So maybe just ask them twice or be a bit demanding
[Chorus]
You don't know how to give love to anyone
You don't know how to pretend
You told your kids that they'd live long forever
But the kids don't wanna come home again
No, the kids don't wanna come home again
[Verse 2]
Haven't you any shame? Have you got no morals?
Teaching them how to aim, no sadness and no sorrow
Well hey there, mother o' mine
Your kids are sick, but they're gonna be just fine
I said possibly not if you keep raising them this way
You're just leading them to die, oh, your disbelief and dismay
[Pre-Chorus]
Well hey there, kids with guns
Your neighbours complain, but they don't know where they come from
[Chorus]
You don't know how to give love to anyone
You don't know how to pretend
You told your kids that they'd live long forever
But the kids don't wanna come home again
No, the kids don't wanna come home again
[Break]
[Chorus]
You don't know how to give love to anyone
You don't know how to pretend
You told your kids that they'd live long forever
But the kids don't wanna come home again
No, the kids don't wanna come home again
No, the kids don't wanna come home again
No, the kids don't wanna come home
[Spoken Outro]
What did you just write that song about, of "all the kids don't wanna go home"?!
They do- Well, they do now, don't they?
They don't!
You don't, you don't wanna go home?
Then why did you write that whole song about it if we don't want to go home?!
You want us to go home, but why did you write the song about how all the kids don't wanna go home?!
'Cause he felt like it
I'm gonna- I'm gonna dip out
I'm gonna get you!
Are we going back in?
Drop the mic
I'm gonna get you!
Drop the mic!
Drop the shut up
I'm gonna get you!
Drop the shut up!
No running in the studio, guys
The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home was written by Declan McKenna.
The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home was produced by James Ellis Ford.
Declan McKenna released The Kids Don’t Wanna Come Home on Wed Jan 11 2017.