I people-watch on the way back home Envious of the glimmer of hope Gives me a break from feeling alone Gives me a moment out of the ego I used to feel so invincible I used to feel there was a world worth dreamin' of Back in the Gasworks, screamin' the song Just the beauty of youth would quell my aching heart Oh, I feel so dark rememberin' Oh, my heart, I feel so dark rememberin' I people-watch on the way back home Everybody on the treadmill, runnin' Under the billboards, out of the heat Somebody's darling's on the street tonight Oh, I can't stop runnin' I see the whole town fall I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home Ooh Ooh, ooh I came back home after seven years Wide awake, tracing tracks of her tears Cornered the nurse to get the gist of it I promised her I'd get her out of the care home The place was fallin' to bits Understaffed and overruled by callous hands The poor nurse was around the clock And the beauty of youth had left my breaking heart But it wasn't hard when you love someone Oh, I stayed all night 'til you left this life 'cause that's just love I people-watch on the way back home Everybody on the treadmill, runnin' Under the billboards, out of the heat Somebody's darling's on the street tonight Oh, I can't stop runnin' I see the whole town fall I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home Above the rain-soaked Garden of Remembrance Katie wakes, let's draw initials in the sky Oh, I fear for this crippled island and the turmoil of the times And I'll hold you in my heart 'til the day I die, oh I people-watch on the way back home Everybody on the treadmill, runnin' Under the billboards, out of the heat Somebody's darling's on the street tonight Oh, I can't stop runnin' I see the whole town fall I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home I people-watch on the way back home Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh

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Sam Fender: Just seventeen

With his smash hit debut album, 'Hypersonic Missiles', Sam Fender headed straight for the stratosphere. One pandemic later, surrounded by division, despair and rampant culture wars, he's refusing to lose track of the roots that brought him here.

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