Learning To Live On Your Own - Mekons

The night’s drawing in on the city

The manager picks up his phone

Everything seems such a pity

Learning to live on your own

News travels fast down the wire

Breaks up before it hits home

Throw a rock n' roll song on the fire

Learning to live on your own

In the half light of dawn

You’ll wave (leave) this world of ours goodbye (behind)

Please accept this message of my tears

Things that take minutes last for hours

A plane crashes on its way home

The company still feeds on our (your) power

Learning to live on your own

In the half light of dawn

You’ll wave (leave) this world of ours goodbye (behind)

I can’t see a new star in the heavens

I won’t (don't) hear the tributes that they own

Throw a rock n' roll song on the fire

Learning to live on your own