I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous

Let's begin at the beginning

We're lovers and we're losers

We're heroes and we're pioneers

And we're beggars and we're choosers

We're skirting round the edges of the ideal demographic

We're almost on the guest list

But we're always stuck in traffic

We've watched our close associates

Up and play their parts

Chatting up the it-girls

And they're tearing up the charts

While we were paying with coppers

To get our round in at the bar

We're the C-Team, we're the almost famous

Old friends of the stars

Justin is the last

Of the great romantic poets

And he's the only one among us

Who is ever gonna make it

We planned a revolution

From a cheap Southampton bistro

I don't remember details

But there were English boys with banjos

Jay is our St. George, and he's standing on a wooden chair

And he sings songs, and he slays dragons, and he's losing all his hair

And Adam is the resurrected spirit of Gram Parsons

In plaid instead of rhinestone and living in South London

And no one's really clear about Tommy's job description

But it's pretty clear he's vital to the whole damn operation

And Dave Danger smiles at strangers, Tre's the safest girl I know

And Zo and Harps will scamper up to victory in the city we call home

We won't change our ways

We will proud remain

When the glory fades

When the glory fades, yeah

Yeah, I am sick and tired of people

Who are living on the B-list

Yeah, they're waiting to be famous

And they're wondering why they do this

And I know I'm not the one who is habitually optimistic

But I'm the one who's got the microphone here so just remember this

Yeah, well, life is about love, last minutes and lost evenings

About fire in our bellies and furtive little feelings

And the aching amplitudes that set our needles all a-flickering

And they help us with remembering that the only thing that's left to do is live

Yeah, the only thing that's left to do is live

After all the loving and the losing

For the heroes and the pioneers

The only thing that's left to do

Is get another round in at the bar