Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
Maxïmo Park
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“The National Health” is the title track off of Maxïmo Park’s fourth studio album, The National Health.
It has been stated by frontman Paul Smith that he thought it would be fun to place some names in the song. Names which are heard within the track are Houdini, the famous magician, and Federico Fe...
England is ill and it is not alone
I heard it through the tinny speakers on a cameraphone
The things you hear and the things you see
Are amplified into a ca-ca-cacophony
The lost identity in my dream before
I ride the local train, I'm not above the law
Serendipity puts away with me
Houdini couldn't escape from me
I wouldn't bet my life (He wouldn't bet his life)
Maybe things will change tomorrow
I wouldn't bet my life (You would be mad to try)
Maybe things will change tomorrow
The daily grind, the moral wealth
A portrait of the national health
England is sick and I'm a casualty
I'm in a constant state of flux in terms of what to be
We generalise and we live inside
I feel we're heading for a ca-ca-catastrophe
The lost identity in my dream before
I ride the local train, I'm not above the law
Serendipity took ahold of me
Fellini couldn't have dreamt of this
I wouldn't bet my life (He wouldn't bet his life)
Maybe things will change tomorrow
I wouldn't bet my life (You would be mad to try)
Maybe things will change tomorrow
The daily grind, the moral wealth
The family binds by means of stealth
A portrait of the national health
Did you hear? (You what?)
I went down to the council today (What did they say?)
They sent me away (No way!)
My word holds no sway (Who's to blame?)
You are... (Oh yeah?)
I guess I couldn't be tamed
The daily grind, the moral wealth
The family binds by means of stealth
A portrait of the national health!
The National Health was written by Duncan Lloyd & Lukas Wooller.
The National Health was produced by Gil Norton.