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Better in Hoboken Lyrics by Franz Ferdinand

Matinée - Single

2004

[Intro]
One, two, three, four
[Chorus]
It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money
It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money
[Verse 1]
Jacqueline was seventeen, working on a desk
When I, Ivor peered above her spectacle, forgot that he had wrecked a girl
Well, sometime these eyes forget the face they're peering from
When the face they peer upon
Well, you know that face as I do, and how in the return of the gaze
She can return you the face that you are staring from
[Chorus]
It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money
It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Gregor was down again, said, "Come on, kick me again"
Said, "I'm so drunk, I don't mind if you kill me
Come on, you gutless
Yeah, I'm alive, oh, I'm alive
Oh, I'm alive and how I know it
Oh, but for chips and for freedom, I could die"
[Chorus]
It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money
It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money
Credits
Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

About “Better in Hoboken” by Franz Ferdinand

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"Better in Hoboken" appears on "Matinée - Single" in 2004.

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