Maximo Park - Karaoke Plays You write a list of things to do To occupy your time that you could use But in my mind it's never final And when you sleep I try not to wake you as I leave Oh, I waited up for you But you didn't come back home Oh, I waited up for you Couldn't you come back home? If someone gets run down Karaoke plays somewhere in the background But there is no explanation What makes a grown man cry Karaoke plays If someone gets run down We never did want the dawn to break Decided from the sheets in which we laid You know I changed my ways forever The North Sea crashes through your dreams as I leave Oh, I waited up for you But you didn't come back home Oh, I waited up for you Couldn't you come back home? If someone gets run down Karaoke plays somewhere in the background But there is no explanation What makes a grown man cry Karaoke plays If someone gets run down I came home, there were radio waves I heard voices through the radio waves I came home, you were nowhere to be found The lights were on and the radio played I came home, there were radio waves A children's cry out through the radio waves Every night we've got so much to say I wanna hear all the things you did today If someone gets run down Karaoke plays somewhere in the background But there is no explanation What makes a grown man cry Karaoke plays If someone gets run down END