A Design for Life

by Manic Street Preachers

From the album: Everything Must Go

Track 2 of 12 on Everything Must Go (1996).

Duration: 4:17

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Lyrics for A Design for Life

Libraries gave us power Then work came and made us free What price now For a shallow piece of dignity I wish I had a bottle Right here in my dirty face To wear the scars To show from where I came We don't talk about love We only want to get drunk And we are not allowed to spend As we are told that this is the end A design for life A design for life A design for life A design for life I wish I had a bottle Right here in my pretty face To wear the scars To show from where I came We don't talk about love We only want to get drunk And we are not allowed to spend As we are told that this is the end A design for life A design for life A design for life A design for life We don't talk about love We only want to get drunk And we are not allowed to spend As we are told that this is the end A design for life A design for life A design for life A design for

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