When you're starting to choke take some pills with your coke
It's inspirational
When your life is a mess light one more cigarette
It's so logical

Well it's something your mother can't abide
But it's something that I freely prescribe

Take yourself for a ride
It never felt so good
As the night that you and I played robin hood
Stealing from the backrooms of my mind
Remembering a time when we were five
A time I thought we'd left behind

When I'm starting to cry
Come and sit by my side
I will love you so
And when nightmares come
I will try to be fun, even though;
I'm so scared you know

Well it's something your mother can't abide
But it's something that I freely prescribe

Take yourself for a ride
It never felt so good
As the night that you and I played robin hood
Stealing from the backrooms of our minds
Stealing from a time when we were five
A time I thought we'd left behind

Stealing from the backrooms of our minds
Stealing from a time when we were five
A time I thought we'd left behind

When you're starting to choke take some pills with your coke
It's hysterical


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Robin Hood Lyrics as written by Oscar Lloyd Harrison Damon Minchella

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    ...MOST BEAUTIFUL SONG EVER! Its just soo lovely.....especially the live version on Songs From The Front Row. I'd reccommend OCS to everyone. Especially this son....beautiful. :D
    Andaahon April 18, 2002   Link
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    its great! oh awesome song, it just talks about how everyone takes life so fucking seriously all the time, and if you just lit up a cigarette, and calmed yourself, everything would be fine and peachy
    sublime_disasteron May 01, 2002   Link
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    this is without a doubt one of my favorite songs EVER!!! i heard it only for the first time about a month ago and i havent stopped listening to it since!!! amazing song.........need i say more!!!! :)
    helenbeeon May 09, 2003   Link
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    This is probably the first ever OCS song I actually stopped and listened to. OCS are my fave band. truly amazing!!!
    sOCS479on September 27, 2004   Link
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    This song just brings a tear to my eye. Its beautiful.
    Ramagammaon December 29, 2004   Link
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    this song has so many memories, i saw them play this live at the corn exchange in cambridge it was amazing, they are amazing, this song brought at least 5 people around me in the crowd to tears, including me its so powerful i love this song
    vox pdon June 06, 2005   Link
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    i see this band everytime they come to Glasgow and this song always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up
    DOGbreathon July 26, 2005   Link
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    reminds me of my school prom, smokin weed before it, chillin out, thinkin bout times gone past, truly fuckin amazin - TRUSSLER
    wtrussleron January 12, 2006   Link
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    Memory
    Just good time when i was younger, i think that youth is indeed wasted on the young. Great song, fits nostalgia perfectly.
    Foreverdelayedon May 27, 2009   Link
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    Robin Hood is about Simon Fowler revealing he is riddled with the gay. The night he and someone else played Robin Hood and over course your mother cant abide.
    mrgrumbleon February 06, 2010   Link

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