Belle & Sebastian - The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner Lyrics
Belle & Sebastian Lyrics
The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner Lyrics
I'll take a second of the day to think about the things that we have Done this year
The dog lies down, the pouring rain
I'm underneath the smoker's railway arch again
The future's looking colourful
It's the colour of blood, chaos and corruption of a happy soul
A happy soul will
Ride in the field
Till the rain dies down
The railway ticket states a destination
But it doesn't mean that we will show
There's a fork upon the line
We paid the guard to switch the sign, and off we go
The future's looking wonderful
It's the wonder of a businessman's conspiracy to sell your wares
And no one cares
Oh you care, I know
You care, I forgot for a while
On a sulky afternoon spent in dispute
You'll give yourself a headache, boy
So I take revenge in stories and dreaming of the time when
We're on stage
"Have you seen The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner?"
When he stops the race and looks around
I left the stage
"You've seen it now"
I walked to the station
I wish you follow me tonight
The dog lies down, the pouring rain
I'm underneath the smoker's railway arch again
The future's looking colourful
It's the colour of blood, chaos and corruption of a happy soul
A happy soul will
Ride in the field
Till the rain dies down
The railway ticket states a destination
But it doesn't mean that we will show
There's a fork upon the line
We paid the guard to switch the sign, and off we go
The future's looking wonderful
It's the wonder of a businessman's conspiracy to sell your wares
And no one cares
Oh you care, I know
You care, I forgot for a while
On a sulky afternoon spent in dispute
You'll give yourself a headache, boy
So I take revenge in stories and dreaming of the time when
We're on stage
"Have you seen The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner?"
When he stops the race and looks around
I left the stage
"You've seen it now"
I walked to the station
I wish you follow me tonight
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The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner Info:
• The line 'The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner' is a reference to Alan Sillitoe's short story 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.' In the story the protagonist is sent to a borstal (prison school) and while winning a cross country meet stops to defy his captors.
• Christopher Thomas Geddes, Richard William Colburn, Stephen Thomas Jackson, Stuart Lee Murdoch, Isobel Campbell, Sarah Ann Martin, & Michael Cooke share writing credits on the song.
• Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich referred to the story saying on 1/9/2009 'Let me simply say, I feel like the old Alan Sillitoe short story ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'
• Christopher Thomas Geddes, Richard William Colburn, Stephen Thomas Jackson, Stuart Lee Murdoch, Isobel Campbell, Sarah Ann Martin, & Michael Cooke share writing credits on the song.
• Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich referred to the story saying on 1/9/2009 'Let me simply say, I feel like the old Alan Sillitoe short story ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'