Lyrics I Bit My Lip - The Housemartins

The people round here,
They just laugh and they sneer,
And they never appear to cry,
They just sit in their chair,
With their arms in the air,
And they don't seem to care 'til they die.

But I've heard that the grass is greener,
On the other side of the council estate,
No car but I know I'll go far,
If I haven't the patience to wait.

I bit my lip until it bled,
"Yes please!" was all I ever said,
But now it seems I'm closer to dreams,
Than I thought I would ever be,
I bit my lip.

I tried to explain,
The fear and the pain,
But they say I complain about nothing,
My head in my hands,
My feet in the sand,
Perhaps you'd understand that it's something.

But I've heard that the sky is bluer,
On the other side of the playing fields,
No map but I know that,
I can follow the way that I feel.

I bit my lip until it bled,
"Yes please!" was all I ever said,
But now it seems I'm closer to dreams,
Than I thought I would ever be,
I bit my lip.

I bit my lip until it bled,
"Yes please!" was all I ever said,
But now it seems I'm closer to dreams,
Than I thought I would ever be,
I bit my lip.

But I've heard that the grass is greener,
On the other side of the council estate,
No car but I know I'll go far,
If I haven't the patience to wait.

I bit my lip until it bled,
"Yes please!" was all I ever said,
But now it seems I'm closer to dreams,
Than I thought I would ever be,

I bit my lip.