I Don't Want to Be Cool

We should all make lemonade
Let's face it, we've been sold
Such a great big lemon we could swim in it
And every time I walk up town
The window shopping brings me down
The same glossy air-brushed boys and girls, half naked
They're planting crazy sherbet lemon dreams in my head
I don't want to shave my eyebrows off and draw a line instead

So I'm heading for the Northern Quarter, where the ice melts at the border
No one makes a fuss if you're a bit behind the times

Don't wanna be cool, don't wanna be cool
Cool's too close to cold, cold ain't got no soul, I
Don't wanna be cool, don't wanna be cool
Oh, cool's too close to cold, and cold ain't got no soul

We should all just make a run for it, while we have the chance
Live in a mud-filled full time festival, bring back 'dirty' romance
I watch her staring down at me, from her billboard throne
Mistress frosty knickers selling lonely hearts of stone
How I'd love to take her home with me and introduce her
To the widely-ranging benefits of quality knitwear

I would take her to the Northern Quarter, where the ice melts at the border
Everybody's at liberty to be a bit last century, ah

Don't wanna be cool, don't wanna be cool
'Cause cool's too close to cold, cold ain't got no soul, I
Don't wanna be cool, don't wanna be cool
Oh, cool's too close to cold, cold ain't got no soul
No soul, no rock and roll, don't wanna be cool

We'll take you all to the Northern Quarter, where the ice melts at the border
No one makes a fuss if you're a bit behind the times

Don't wanna be cool, don't wanna be cool
'Cause cool's too close to cold, cold ain't got no soul, I
Don't wanna be cool, don't wanna be cool
Oh, cool's too close to cold, cold ain't got no soul
No soul, no rock and roll, don't wanna be

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I don't wanna be cool, don't wanna be cool