Coming Second
Elbow * Track #10 On Asleep in the Back
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Album Asleep in the Back
Coming Second by Elbow
Release Date
Performed by
ElbowProduced by
Ben HillierWrited by
Richard Jupp & Pete Turner & Craig Potter & Mark Potter & Guy GarveyAbout
The second half of their 4th single, Garvey said of the song:
“Coming Second” is just plain old bitterness at not winning the hand of a fair lady; it’s quite a bitter lyric actually, some nasty things in there. This is a great live tune.
Coming Second Lyrics
Found a hole and slipped on through
Kissed the stone and learnt the lines
Jumped the cue all the time forgetting you
Best dishevelled lover 3 years running
Coming second to
A picket fence white 9-to-5 who's
Just alive
Beyond repair, there is nothing to say
Save some fading regrets
Yet I can't be without this
Beyond repair, there is nothing to say
Save some fading regrets
Yet...
[Chorus]
I need you to be
(to be around)
I need you to be
(to be around)
I want you to say
(you'll be around)
I need you to be
(to be around)
Spit-shone lies, juggled debts
Planted flags and made regrets
Muddled through all the time
Forgetting you
Cut your teeth and breezed on to
Another brothers fickle ways
So why amazed when it don't
Come out your way
Beyond repair, there is nothing to say
Save some fading regrets
Yet I can't be without this
Beyond repair, there is nothing to say
Save some fading regrets
Yet...
[Chorus]
I need you to be
(to be around)
I need you to be
(to be around)
I want you to say
(you'll be around)
I need you to be
(to be around)
Coming Second Q&A
Who wrote Coming Second's ?
Coming Second was written by Richard Jupp & Pete Turner & Craig Potter & Mark Potter & Guy Garvey.
Who produced Coming Second's ?
Coming Second was produced by Ben Hillier.
When did Elbow release Coming Second?
Elbow released Coming Second on Mon May 07 2001.