Expectations Lyrics by Belle & Sebastian

Expectations Lyrics

    Monday morning wake up knowing that you've got to go to school
    Tell your mum what to expect, she says it's right out of the blue
    Do you went to work in Debenham's, because that's what they expect
    Start in Lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor

    And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start
    For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art
    Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange
    Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay

    In the queue for lunch they take the piss, you've got no appetite
    And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight
    So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk
    While your cleaning up the mess the teacher's looking up your skirt

    You've been used, you're confused
    Write a song, I'll sing along
    Are you calm? Settle down
    Soon you will know that you are sane
    You're on top of the world again

    Monday morning wake up knowing that you've got to go to school
    Mum said she had little choice when she was young, so why should you?
    Do you went to work in C&A, 'cause that's what they expect
    Move to Ladieswear and take a feel off Joe the Storeman

    Tell Veronica the secrets of the boy you never kissed
    She's got everything to gain 'cause she's a fat girl with a lisp
    She sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs
    'Cause you can't afford a blazer and you're always wearing clogs

    At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room
    Heed of English gets you, asks you, 'What the Hell do you think you're doing?'
    'Do you think you're better then the other kids? Well get outside.'
    You've got permission, but you've got to make the bastard think he's right

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