Leaders of the Free World

Leaders of the Free World - Elbow

Written by：Richard Jupp/Mark Potter/Pete Turner/Craig Potter/Guy Garvey

I'm sick of working for a living

I'm just ticking off the days till I die

Oh I miss you Louise yeah

And the sickest little pleasures keep me going in between pulling teeth

Oh periscope up

I've been looking for a ladder

I need to see the commander in chief oh

And remind him what was passed on to me oh

Your mum don't sleep oh

And the friends you keep

I didn't raise a thief

I didn't raise a thief

But the leaders of the free world

Are just little boys throwing stones

And it's easy to ignore

Till they're knocking on the door of your homes

Oh yeah

My thinking isn't driven oh

But the music always gives me a lift

I'm so easy to please yeah

But I think we dropped the baton like the 60's didn't happen oh no

Oh periscope up

Should be looking for a ladder

I need to see the commander in chief oh

And remind him what was passed on to you and me oh

Your mum don't sleep oh

And the friends you keep

I didn't raise a thief

I didn't raise a thief

But the leaders of the free world

Are just little boys throwing stones

And it's easy to ignore

Till they're knocking on the door of your homes

But the leaders of the free world

Are just little boys throwing stones

And it's easy to ignore

Till they're knocking on the door of your homes

Passing the gun from father to feckless son

We're climbing a landslide where only the good die young

Passing the gun from father to feckless son

We're climbing a landslide where only the good die young

Passing the gun from father to feckless son

Oh periscope up

I've been looking for a ladder

I need to see the commander in chief

We're climbing a landslide where only the good die young

And remind him what was passed on to you and me oh

Passing the gun from father to feckless son

We're climbing a landslide where only the good die young

Passing the gun from father to feckless son

We're climbing a landslide where only the good die young

Passing the gun