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Don't Come Home Too Soon [#]

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So long, go on and do your best,
Let all friends have whiskey on it's breath,
The world may not be shaking yet
but you might prove them wrong,
Even long shots make it

So go then, out into history,
And show them how easy it can be,
You might not believe it yet
but pretty soon you'll see,
Even long shots make it,

Just don't come home too soon,
Just don't come home too soon,

And I don't care what people say,
We can laugh it all away,
But if I have a dream at all
For once you won't be on that stupid plane

And the world may not be shaking yet,
But you might prove them wrong,
Even long shots make it

Just don't come home too soon,
Just don't come home too soon,
I don't care what people say
(just don't come home too soon)
We're gonna laugh it all the way
(just don't come home too soon)
I don't care what people say
(just don't come home too soon)
We're gonna laugh it all the way
(just don't come home too soon)
I don't care what people say
(just don't come home too soon)
We're gonna laugh it all the way
(just don't come home too soon)
I don't care what people say
(just don't come home too soon)
We're gonna laugh it all the way
(just don't come home too soon)

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

Roll To Me

Tell Her This

Nothing Ever Happens

Driving With The Brakes On

Always The Last To Know

So long, go on and do your best,
Let all friends have whiskey on it's breath,
The world may not be shaking yet
but you might prove them wrong,
Even long shots make it

So go then, out into history,
And show them how easy it can be,
You might not believe it yet
but pretty soon you'll see,
Even long shots make it,

Just don't come home too soon,
Just don't come home too soon,

And I don't care what people say,
We can laugh it all away,
But if I have a dream at all 
For once you won't be on that stupid plane

And the world may not be shaking yet,
But you might prove them wrong,
Even long shots make it

Just don't come home too soon,
Just don't come home too soon,
I don't care what people say 
(just don't come home too soon)
We're gonna laugh it all the way 
(just don't come home too soon)
I don't care what people say 
(just don't come home too soon)
We're gonna laugh it all the way 
(just don't come home too soon)
I don't care what people say 
(just don't come home too soon)
We're gonna laugh it all the way
 (just don't come home too soon)
I don't care what people say 
(just don't come home too soon)
We're gonna laugh it all the way 
(just don't come home too soon)

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by rlix

8y ago

A wonderful hymn to pessimism asking the Scotland national team not to suck too bad at the World Cup... I understand why it was controversial, but I feel it embodies the subdle pessimism of every Scottish fan at the start of every football tournament. I really like it, it’s so unlike every football song!

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