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No, don't ask me to apologise.
No, don't ask me to apologise.
I won't ask you to forgive me.
I won't ask you to forgive me.
If I'm gonna go down,
If I'm gonna go down,
you're gonna come with me
you're gonna come with me


You say 'Why don't you be a man about it,
You say 'Why don't you be a man about it,
like they do in the grown-up movies?'
like they do in the grown-up movies?'
But when it comes to the other way around,
But when it comes to the other way around,
you say you just wanna use me. Oh,
you say you just wanna use me. Oh,
you sit and you wonder whether
you sit and you wonder whether
it's gonna be syndicated.
it's gonna be syndicated.
You sit with your knees together.
You sit with your knees together.
All the time your breath is baited.
All the time your breath is baited.


Hand in Hand.
Hand in Hand.
No, don't ask me to apologise.
No, don't ask me to apologise.
I won't ask you to forgive me.
I won't ask you to forgive me.
If I'm gonna go down,
If I'm gonna go down,
you're gonna come with me
you're gonna come with me


Don't you know I got the bully boys out
Don't you know I got the bully boys out
changing someone's facial design,
changing someone's facial design,
sitting with my toy room lout,
sitting with my toy room lout,
polishing my precious china
polishing my precious china
Don't you know I'm an animal?
Don't you know I'm an animal?
But don't you know I can't stand up steady?
But don't you know I can't stand up steady?
But you can't show me any kind of hell
But you can't show me any kind of hell
that I don't know already.
that I don't know already.


Hand in Hand.
Hand in Hand.
No, don't ask me to apologise.
No, don't ask me to apologise.
I won't ask you to forgive me.
I won't ask you to forgive me.
If I'm gonna go down,
If I'm gonna go down,
you're gonna come with me
you're gonna come with me
Hand in hand, hand in hand, hand in hand...
Hand in hand, hand in hand, hand in hand...

Revision as of 17:32, 11 May 2009

No, don't ask me to apologise.

I won't ask you to forgive me.

If I'm gonna go down,

you're gonna come with me


You say 'Why don't you be a man about it,

like they do in the grown-up movies?'

But when it comes to the other way around,

you say you just wanna use me. Oh,

you sit and you wonder whether

it's gonna be syndicated.

You sit with your knees together.

All the time your breath is baited.


Hand in Hand.

No, don't ask me to apologise.

I won't ask you to forgive me.

If I'm gonna go down,

you're gonna come with me


Don't you know I got the bully boys out

changing someone's facial design,

sitting with my toy room lout,

polishing my precious china

Don't you know I'm an animal?

But don't you know I can't stand up steady?

But you can't show me any kind of hell

that I don't know already.


Hand in Hand.

No, don't ask me to apologise.

I won't ask you to forgive me.

If I'm gonna go down,

you're gonna come with me

Hand in hand, hand in hand, hand in hand...