He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Little James, we're all the same
Always seem to look to us
We weren't meant to be grown ups
Thank you for your smile
You make it all worthwhile to us
Live for your toys, even though they make noise
Have you ever played with plasticine?
Even tried a trampoline?
Thank you for your smile
You make it all worthwhile to us
I'm singing this song for you and your mum and that's all
It won't be long before everyone is gone
Sailed out to sea, your mum, you, and me
You swam the ocean like a child
Life around us was so wild
Thank you for your smile
You make it all worthwhile to us
I'm singing this song for you and your mum that's all
It won't be long before everyone is gone
Always seem to look to us
We weren't meant to be grown ups
Thank you for your smile
You make it all worthwhile to us
Live for your toys, even though they make noise
Have you ever played with plasticine?
Even tried a trampoline?
Thank you for your smile
You make it all worthwhile to us
I'm singing this song for you and your mum and that's all
It won't be long before everyone is gone
Sailed out to sea, your mum, you, and me
You swam the ocean like a child
Life around us was so wild
Thank you for your smile
You make it all worthwhile to us
I'm singing this song for you and your mum that's all
It won't be long before everyone is gone
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I heard this song was Liam singing to his stepson or something. Can anyone clarify that?
Yes, it was written by Liam, about his stepson.
This song goes to prove that this guy is absolutely rounded and the best musician since John Lennon in my opinion, Little James is the son Patsy Kensit & Jim Kerr of well known Scottish Band Simple Minds where he was lead vocalist, Jim was also married Chrissy Hynd of the Pretenders before that,. So little James has had a few masters teaching him the way----- we watch this space James. Oh aye I think the song is brilliant and that it rings a lot of similar bells globally-thanks Liam
as the boys of Oasis have always done they sometimes borrow from the Beatles. This song seems to be heavily influenced by "Hey Jude".
Brad.... i agree... this song is junk.
Liam can not write songs... but nevertheless it's a sweet thing for him to do.
This song just stinks. I love Oasis but the main songwriter of Oasis was, is and will always be Noel Gallagher. Liam can't really write songs -I agree with Eatcarpet-. The only decent song that Liam brought us was Songbird from HC and it's not as good as the main highlights in the album -composed, obviously, by Noel-. In Don't Believe The Truth Liam seems to have improved his songwriting skills but it's still too far from Noel's skills. The best non-Noel song of DBTT is Andy Bell's song: Turn Up The Sun, a great rockin' song. It has the same opening effect in DBTT that the song "The Hindu Times" has in the album Heathen Chemistry.
He was probably sober when he wrote it
This song is not junk! It's not the best song ever, but it's enjoyable. Stop getting your opinions fed to you. It's great.
Yeah i saw an interview with Liam, he said it's about his step-son. He also said he wrote it in 10 minutes, which is obvious because its shit. It sounds like a childlike rhyming scheme. He should just stick to singing, in which he is extremely talented, leave the songwriting to Noel.