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2006 · From the album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

From The Ritz To The Rubble

by Arctic Monkeys

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"From The Ritz To The Rubble"

Well, last night these two bouncers and one of 'em's alright

The other one's the scary

And his way or no way, totalitarian

He's got no time for your looking or breathing

Now he don't want you too, so step out the queue

He makes examples of you and there's no you can say

Behind they go through to the bit where you pay

And you realize then that it's finally the time

To walk back past ten thousand eyes in the line

And you can swap jumpers and make another move

Instilled in your brain you've got something to prove

To all the smirking faces and the boys in black

Why can't they be pleasant? Why can't they have a laugh?

He's got his hand in your chest, he wants to give you a duff

Well, secretly I think they want you all to kick off

They want arms flying everywhere and bottles as well

It's just something to talk about

A story to tell ya

Well, I'm so glad they turned us all away, we'll put it down to fate

I said a thousand million things that I would never say this morning

Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?

Well, this town's a different town today

Said, this town's a different town to what it was last night

You couldn't have done that on a Sunday

And that girl's a different girl today

Said, that girl's a different girl to what you kissed last night

You couldn't have done that on a Sunday

Of course not

Well, I'm so glad they turned us all away, we'll put it down to fate

I thought a thousand million things that I could never think this morning

Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?

Last night what we talked about

It made so much sense

But now the haze has ascended, it don't make no sense anymore

Listen, last night what we talked about

It made so much sense

But now the haze has ascended, it don't make no sense anymore, ah

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When was "From The Ritz To The Rubble" released?
"From The Ritz To The Rubble" by Arctic Monkeys was released on January 23, 2006 on the album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not".
What album is "From The Ritz To The Rubble" on?
"From The Ritz To The Rubble" appears on the album "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" by Arctic Monkeys.
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