LYRICS
WHY DOESN’T ANYONE BUY SINGLES?
Imagine if I was an alien
Sent down from Space to judge the singles chart
Well, it’s a good job I’m not
All I would see would be a load of fools
Moaning about the fall in single sales
Like crying babies who drank all their milk
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
Is it because they cost a fiver and they’re not very good?
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
Is it because they’re a con?
Four versions of the same song
You only need to sell a couple now to reach Number One
I think you maybe went a bit too far
When you sued me for using Napster and Kazaa
It wasn’t really my fault
Don’t blame the internet for your mistakes
Filling the charts with silly plastic fakes
Who just appeal to tiny naive children
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
Is it because they’re really rubbish and expensive or not?
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
Is this some kind of a sign?
Is it the end of the line?
Give me a record deal and betcha they would go and buy mine
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
I’m bored of this now and I want to go and do something else
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
I think that singles are dead
I am not interested
I’m gonna go and use my X Box and my mobile instead
Why Doesn’t Anyone Buy Singles?
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All songs written and recorded for the BBC Radio 2 show,
The Day the Music Died
LYRICS
WHY DOESN’T ANYONE BUY SINGLES?
Imagine if I was an alien
Sent down from Space to judge the singles chart
Well, it’s a good job I’m not
All I would see would be a load of fools
Moaning about the fall in single sales
Like crying babies who drank all their milk
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
Is it because they cost a fiver
And they’re not very good?
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
Is it because they’re a con?
Four versions of the same song
You only need to sell a couple now
To reach Number One
I think you maybe went a bit too far
When you sued me
For using Napster and Kazaa
It wasn’t really my fault
Don’t blame the internet for your mistakes
Filling the charts with silly plastic fakes
Who just appeal to tiny naive children
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
Is it because they’re really rubbish
And expensive or not?
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
Is this some kind of a sign?
Is it the end of the line?
Give me a record deal
And betcha they would go and buy mine
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
I’m bored of this now
And I want to go and do something else
Why doesn’t anyone buy singles?
I think that singles are dead
I am not interested
I’m gonna go and use my X Box
And my mobile instead
