Originally recorded by The Kravin' A's, this Prangnell composition was first released by Suzi Chunk as the A-side of a 7inch red vinyl MONO single (with "Tripwire" on the flipside) in April 2012. This is the STEREO mix.
lyrics
Look Back And Laugh
Mama told me it'll be alright and things will go my way
Mama told me I would sail through life, I wouldn't have to waste a day
I thought of mama and I took her advice
Taking it for granted things would turn out right
I looked after no one else but number one
I honestly thought in many years to come
I'm gonna look back and laugh at what I just done
Took me a while to realise that things weren't going right
He wasn't my style but I met this boy and then I took him home every night
I thought of mama and I took her advice
Taking it for granted things would turn out nice
I looked after no one else but number one
I honestly thought in many years to come
I'm gonna look back and laugh at what I just done
I never realised the sun don't always shine
And I never realised that livin' was a crime
But I do now and I don't like what I see....I don't like it!
Now I'm a lot older and I lost that boy cos he wouldn't put up with me
I wish I'd been told a long time ago and so to save all this misery
I think of mama and I'll take her advice
Taking it for granted things will turn out nice
I look after no one else but number one
I honestly thought in many years to come
I'm gonna look back and laugh at what I just done.
credits
from Girl From The Neck Down,
released May 22, 2013
Written by Glenn Prangnell
Lead vocal-Suzi Chunk, rhythm guitar-Glenn Prangnell, lead guitar-Bruce Brand, bass-Nick Rice-drums-Mole Lambert, percussion and backing vocals-Bruce Brand, Mole Lambert and Glenn Prangnell.
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