Belle & Sebastian - Me & The Major lyrics

Me and the major could become close friends cause we<br>Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me<br>Me and the major could become close friends cause we<br>Get on the same train and he wants to talk<br>But there is too much history, too much biography between us<br><br>Me and the major don't see eye to eye on a<br>Number of things, he'll take a guy like me and then<br>Me and the major don't see eye to eye on a<br>Number of things, he'll take a guy like me<br>And put him in the army<br>Cause the queen's own army makes a man of you<br><br>But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try<br>He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and i<br>We're the younger generation, we grew up fast<br>All the others did drugs<br>They're taking it out on us<br>They're taking it out on us<br><br>Me and the major are from different worlds, but if<br>I get stuck in the lift it's always with a toff<br>Me and the major are from different worlds, but if<br>I get stuck in the lift it's always with a man<br>Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born<br><br>I think the major's going quite insane, he goes<br>Along the pavement and comes back again, oh yeah<br>I think the major's going quite insane, he goes<br>Along the pavement and comes back again<br>Like he is on parade, and he is on parade<br>At least he thinks so<br><br>Now he is swapping his tent for a sheltered home<br>He doesn't have a family, he is living alone<br>He remembers all the punks and the hippies too<br>And he remembers roxy music in seventy-two<br>He doesn't understand and he doesn't try<br>He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and i<br>We're the younger generation, we grew up fast<br>All the others did drugs<br>They're taking it out on us<br>They're taking it out on us<br>They're taking it out on us<br><br>I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so i<br>Forget the major and go up the town<br>Because the snow is falling