Karaoké Recovery Frank Turner

Blackin' in and out in a strange flat in east London

Somebody I don't really know just gave me somethin'

To help settle me down and to stop me from always thinkin' about you

And you know your life is headin' in a questionable direction when you're up for days with strangers and you can't remember anything

Except the way you sounded when you told me you didn't know what I should do

It's a long road up to recovery from here

A long way back to the light

A long road up to recovery from here

A long way to makin' it right

And I've been wakin' in the mornin' just like every other day

And just like every borin' blues song

I get swallowed by the pain

And so I fumble for your figure in the darkness just to make it go away

But you're not lyin' there any longer and I know that that's my fault

So I've been poundin' on the floor and I've been crawlin' up the walls

And I've been dippin' in my darkness with Serotonin-boosters

Cider and some kind of smellin' salts

It's a long road up to recovery from here

A long way back to the light

A long road up to recovery from here

A long way to makin' it right

And on the first night we met you said Well darlin'

Let's make a deal

If anybody ever asks us let's just tell them that we met in jail

And that's the story that

I'm stickin' to like a stony-faced accomplice

But tonight I need to hear some truth if I'm ever gettin' through this

Yeah you once sent me a letter that said If you're lost at sea close your eyes and catch the tide my dear and only think of me

Well darlin' now I'm sinkin' and I'm as lost as lost can be

And I was hopin' you could drag me up from down here towards my recovery

If you could just give me a sign

Just a subtle little glimmer

Some suggestion that you'd have me if I could only make me better

Then I would stand a little stronger as I walk a little taller all the time

Because I know you are a cynic but I think I can convince you

Yeah 'cos broken people can get better if they really want to

Or at least that's what I have to tell myself if I am hopin' to survive

It's a long road up to recovery from here

A long way back to the light

A long road up to recovery from here

A long way to makin' it right

Darlin', sweet lover won't you help me to recover

Darlin', sweet lover won't you help me to recover

Darlin', sweet lover won't you help me to recover

Darlin', sweet lover

One day this will all be over