Lyrics and translation Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Tubthumping
Je me relève toujours
(Truth
is
I
thought
it
mattered
(À
vrai
dire,
je
pensais
que
c'était
important
I
thought
that
music
mattered
Je
pensais
que
la
musique
était
importante
But
does
it?
bollocks!
Mais
est-ce
le
cas?
Conneries!
Not
compared
to
our
people
matter)
Pas
comparé
à
l'importance
de
nos
gens)
(We'll
be
singing
(On
chantera
When
we're
winning
Quand
on
gagnera
We'll
be
singing)
On
chantera)
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(Pissing
the
night
away
(En
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser
Pissing
the
night
away)
En
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
He
drinks
a
whiskey
drink
Il
boit
un
whisky
He
drinks
a
vodka
drink
Il
boit
une
vodka
He
drinks
a
lager
drink
Il
boit
une
bière
blonde
He
drinks
a
cider
drink
Il
boit
un
cidre
He
sings
the
songs
that
remind
him
of
the
good
times
Il
chante
les
chansons
qui
lui
rappellent
le
bon
vieux
temps
He
sings
the
songs
that
remind
him
of
the
best
times
Il
chante
les
chansons
qui
lui
rappellent
les
meilleurs
moments
(Oh
Danny
Boy
(Oh
Danny
Boy
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(Pissing
the
night
away
(En
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser
Pissing
the
night
away)
En
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
He
drinks
a
whiskey
drink
Il
boit
un
whisky
He
drinks
a
vodka
drink
Il
boit
une
vodka
He
drinks
a
lager
drink
Il
boit
une
bière
blonde
He
drinks
a
cider
drink
Il
boit
un
cidre
He
sings
the
songs
that
remind
him
of
the
good
times
Il
chante
les
chansons
qui
lui
rappellent
le
bon
vieux
temps
He
sings
the
songs
that
remind
him
of
the
best
times
Il
chante
les
chansons
qui
lui
rappellent
les
meilleurs
moments
(Don't
cry
for
me
(Ne
pleure
pas
pour
moi
Next
door
neighbour)
Voisine
d'à
côté)
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
but
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
Je
tombe
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(when
we're
winning)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(quand
on
gagnera)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(ooh)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(ooh)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(when
we're
winning)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(quand
on
gagnera)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
Mais
je
me
relève
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(ooh)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(ooh)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(when
we're
winning)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(quand
on
gagnera)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(ooh)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(ooh)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(when
we're
winning)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(quand
on
gagnera)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(ooh)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(ooh)
I
get
knocked
down,
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe,
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(when
we're
winning)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(quand
on
gagnera)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(ooh)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(ooh)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(when
we're
winning)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(quand
on
gagnera)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(ooh)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(ooh)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(when
we're
winning)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(quand
on
gagnera)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(ooh)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(ooh)
I
get
knocked
down
(we'll
be
singing)
Je
tombe
(on
chantera)
But
I
get
up
again
(pissing
the
night
away)
Mais
je
me
relève
(en
passant
la
nuit
à
pisser)
You're
never
gonna
keep
me
down
(when
we're
winning)
Tu
ne
m'empêcheras
jamais
de
me
relever
(quand
on
gagnera)
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Writer(s): Darren James Hamer, Allan Mark Whalley, Louise Watts, Duncan Bruce, Chumbawamba, David Mills, Nigel Hunter, Alice Nutter
The Boy Bands Have Won, and All the Copyists and the Tribute Bands and the TV Talent Show Producers Have Won, If We Allow Our Culture to Be Shaped by Mimicry, Whether from Lack of Ideas or From Exaggerated Respect. You Should Never Try to Freeze Culture. What You Can Do Is Recycle That Culture. Take Your Older Brother's Hand-Me-Down Jacket and Re-Style It, Re-Fashion It to the Point Where It Becomes Your Own. But Don't Just Regurgitate Creative History, or Hold Art and Music and Literature as Fixed, Untouchable and Kept Under Glass. The People Who Try to 'Guard' Any Particular Form of Music Are, Like the Copyists and Manufactured Bands, Doing It the Worst Disservice, Because the Only Thing That You Can Do to Music That Will Damage It Is Not Change It, Not Make It Your Own. Because Then It Dies, Then It's Over, Then It's Done, and the Boy Bands Have Won.
2008
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