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Pretenders – Nails In The Road lyrics
If this is public transportation
What are you doing here?
Royalty and people like thee
Should queue up in the rear

My patience has worn thin
My tyres are gonna explode
Yeah, yeah
Every time I try to get close to you
You throw nails in the road

This is a sticky situation
Will require a measure of tact
We just don't like to mix it with you all
It's a cultural fact

My patience has worn thin
My tyres are gonna explode
Yeah, yeah
Every time I try to get close to you
You throw nails in the road

This is a clean up job
Everybody grab a mop
You wanna further your position
Well look what floats on top
On top

Well there's class and then there's class
But we're above all that
The butcher and the baker and the thief and the witch
And the aristocrat

My patience has worn thin
My tyres are gonna explode
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Every time I try to get close to you
You throw nails in the road...
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If this is public transportation What are you doing here? Royalty and people like thee Should queue up in the rear My patience has worn thin My tyres are gonna explode Yeah, yeah Every time I try to get close to you You throw nails in the road This is a sticky situation Will require a measure of tact We just don't like to mix it with you all It's a cultural fact My patience has worn thin My tyres are gonna explode Yeah, yeah Every time I try to get close to you You throw nails in the road This is a clean up job Everybody grab a mop You wanna further your position Well look what floats on top On top Well there's class and then there's class But we're above all that The butcher and the baker and the thief and the witch And the aristocrat My patience has worn thin My tyres are gonna explode Yeah, yeah, yeah Every time I try to get close to you You throw nails in the road... Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: BILLY STEINBERG, CHRISTINE HYNDE, THOMAS KELLY
Nails In The Road lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group, Regard Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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