[00:22.09]Emma tried to run away
[00:26.99]I followed her across the city
[00:32.20]She went out to the Easterhouse
[00:36.70]Because she liked the sound of it
[00:41.16]She didn't have a single penny
[00:46.23]She stuck a finger in the air
[00:51.39]She tried to flag down an aeroplane
[00:56.50]I suppose she needs a holiday
[01:02.17]I put my arm around her waist
[01:07.08]She put me on the ground with Judo
[01:12.63]She didn't recognise my face
[01:16.44]She wasn't even looking
[01:24.51]Laura's feeling just ideal
[01:29.50]Her horoscope was nearly perfect
[01:34.73]She's thinking of something to do
[01:39.12]Because she is The Birthday Girl
[01:45.15]She walked out to the edge of town
[01:50.17]She saw me lying in the park
[01:55.28]She took Emma by the hand
[01:59.41]They've got a lot in common
[02:04.15]I'll leave them to do what they want
[02:09.24]I'll leave them to do what they need to
[02:14.46]I'll go and play with words and pictures
[02:18.83]I'll admit I'm feeling strange
[04:06.97]I'm not as sad as Doestoevsky
[04:11.93]I'm not as clever as Mark Twain
[04:16.86]I'll only buy a book for the way it looks
[04:21.48]And then I stick it on the shelf again
[04:27.06]Now I could tell you what I'm thinking
[04:31.74]But it never seems to do you good
[04:36.54]It's beyond me what a girl can see
[04:41.23]I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs
[04:46.88]This is just a modern rock song
[04:51.91]This is just a sorry lament
[04:56.87]We're four boys in corduroys
[05:01.20]We're not terrific but we're competent
[05:06.86]Stevie's full of good intentions
[05:11.85]Richard's into rock 'n' roll
[05:16.93]Stuart's staying in and he thinks it's a sin
[05:21.22]That he has to leave the house at all
[06:44.35]This is just a modern rock song
[06:49.26]This is just a tender affair
[06:54.18]I count "three, four" and then we start to slow
[06:59.20]Because a song has got to stop somewhere