You know that feeling you get
You feel you're older than time
You ain't exactly sure
If you've been away a while

Do you keep the receipts
For the friends that you buy
And ain't it bittersweet
You were only just getting by

But I hope you know
That it won't let go
It sticks around with you until the day you die
And I hope you know that it's touch and go
I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside
Where did it all go wrong?

And until you've repaid
The dreams you bought for your lies
You'll be castaway
Alone under stormy skies
Alone under stormy skies

But I hope you know
That it won't let go
It sticks around with you until the day you die
And I hope you know that it's touch and go
I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside
Where did it all go wrong?

But I hope you know
That it won't let go
It sticks around with you until the day you die
And I hope you know that it's touch and go
I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside

And I hope you know
That it won't let go
It sticks around with you until the day you die
And I hope you know that it's touch and go
I hope the tears don't stain the world that waits outside
Where did it all go wrong?


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Where Did It All Go Wrong? Lyrics as written by Noel Gallagher

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    For all those trivia people. The song title is a very famous quote from the 60's. Basically, it comes from a hotel worker who walked into the hotel room of George Best one morning to find him stretched out on a bed with a couple of blonds. George had done the old trick of making love to the ladies on a bed covered in money. He was a mess, the ladies were a mess, there was booze all over the room, generally everybody looked like they had had the time of their lives. So the hotel porter walks in and says to George "Where did it all go wrong". That is where Noel took the title from. Its all about living the high life, burning out and realising the emptiness of the rock n roll experience. This makes perfect sense as Noel wrote SOTSOG whilst recovering from Cocaine addiction.

    Note to Americans: George Best was a very famous footballer (woops, i mean soccer player) from the 60's. Arguably, the most talented player ever. He basically had the world at his feet but decided to become an alcoholic instead. The archetypal 'flawed genius'.

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