Streets, The - Everything Is Borrowed Lyrics






This is my hour, I'm never going to bed.
The sky is still black, but begs to be red.
I just put my book down, but it begs to be read
I'm not nod, I'm not napper, never rest my head.
Some days I feel I'm getting smaller and smaller,
But some nights, I seem to grow taller and taller.
And we keep shrinkin' and shrinkin' but this will not finish.
You're never nothing, if you didn't disappear.
Just when I discovered the meaning of life, they change it.
Just when I'm loving life, it seems to start raining.
I pulled the sail safe switch, sea sail and I'm into the stars.
I love the rain out my skies. The sky's now red, my eyes reflect jets.
Smiling at this blessing, this life is the best.

I came to this world with nothing
And I leave with nothing but love
Everything else is just borrowed

I want to notice chances I've passed without notice
I want to see details previously veiled.
I want to grab that chance, carry it home
So I can marry and know
That I noticed every chance
That I could have passed without notice
I saw details that to all were veiled.
And I grabbed those chances, carried them home
And then I'll have had it with roaming

I came to this world with nothing
And I leave with nothing but love
Everything else is just borrowed

I want to speak every cliche but tweak if i've seen change
In new way it could be said.

If it's bleak, or if the week's leaking down the street
Or if any days wasted I want to face facts.
My time on this earth is my only penny,
Wise is the gent counting every moment spent.
I don't want to explain things, don't wanna fill in the gaps,
I want to look at my friends and in that minute be at :

Memories are times we borrow
For spending tomorrow.
Memories are times we borrow
For spending tomorrow.

I came to this world with nothing
And I leave with nothing but love
Everything else is just borrowed

If spit like luck, you can only seem,
To borrow it, you can't keep it.
When the wind of change whistles into play
Will I blink or flinch away?
The wind of change won't whistle me away
If I spin my tails and sail.
And sail away, let yesterday become today.

I came to this world with nothing
And i leave with nothing but love
Everything else is just borrowed

As time will say, nothing but
I told you so

Memories are times we borrow
For spending tomorrow.





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  1. T.... ....

    This song nearly brings me to tears... due to how poor the lyrics are. What tripe and that chorus? Fucking bog paper!

  2. D.... K....

    I have to come back and watch this a couple of times a year to remind myself that all this material stuff is bull shit. Love is all that matters. Family and good people around you ❤️❤️

  3. F.... L....

    English poet with best beats ready to blow you away😊

  4. G.... S....

    "...Toit. Yesh, toit like a toiger... ..Yesh.."

    G.... S....

    Would you like a smoke and a pancake?

  5. B.... ....

    birmingham massive sotv z army

  6. �.... ....

    Bankers Bailouts

  7. R.... C....

    Is there a Streets track that you can’t relate to? For me over the years all his music has been more of a journey with classic pick me up tracks thrown in when my life got ugly! You couldn’t write like this unless you had been there and felt it! Amazing talent Mr Skinner and thank you for it!

  8. P.... ....

    Skinners probably the best person to come out of brum

  9. S.... G....

    I'm insulted from the lack of views KMT

  10. J.... S....

    2019 💗💛💚🎶🇬🇧💯

  11. D.... ....

    No matter how bad it gets, don't lose hope. No one wants to talk about it, but we all go through it at least once in our life. It's not forever though, and odds are you'll bounce back in a bit. Maybe it's a few days, maybe it's a few years, but you get there in the end if you stick it out. You learn the real meaning of friends then.

  12. R.... B....

    life is strange 1 <3

  13. C.... S....

    Gets me everytime what a beauty

  14. 4.... ....

    Pay your bills(or become homeless)[just like that]

  15. D.... W....

    Besides excellent lyrics - The Streets film clips are A Class Gold.

  16. F.... G....

    The man is a lyrical genius!

  17. f.... e....

    Fuck rent seeking capitalists.

  18. M.... ....

    this song is way underrated

  19. A.... A....

    12 dislikes............idiots

  20. H.... B....

    great song

  21. f.... 0....

    Less is often more so think about thinks that make you happy. Friends and love are more important than material stuff!

  22. J.... G....

    The man is a legend. Awesome meaningful MV.

  23. M.... ....

    Can’t pay, we’ll take it away.

  24. K.... K....

    I love this song. Thinking the same way. Peace. :)

  25. M.... H....

    Nice one mike! Having a trip down memory lane going through your old songs. Next stop, Kano night night featuring your fine self

  26. T.... S....

    Such a great track

  27. p.... p....

    sooo underated i cant beleive how little views this has

  28. A.... 8....

    Needed this today. Song soothes my soul. You was the bollocks at Brixton 14 years after I first saw you. You will never know how many lives you have saved and helped Mike. I wish you all the best always. Even if it is all borrowed you deserve everything.

  29. L.... 4....

    Really makes me miss my boy :(

  30. A.... T....

    Secret episode of Can't pay we will take it away?

  31. B.... ....

    Great dad but my gosh don't you know it

  32. T.... S....

    Love this tune

  33. t.... ....

    Love this video! Especially the intro from 0:00 - 0:18, love the camera work, the lighting, the eerie transition from the woman sleeping to Mike with the music raising, the cinematography reminds me a lot of the ending for Bully (2001) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLQTpaPaBwY
    dope video, dope song. 👌 Love The Streets

    🚬🔥

  34. D.... o....

    Something about this song makes me cry every time I hear it, I don’t know why. This is one of the streets lesser known tracks but it really hits hard for me and I don’t know why

    D.... o....

    Det os you’re not alone

  35. S.... D....

    One of the most under rated UK artists of our generation. #TheStreetsGreatestHits

    S.... D....

    Just jack also

  36. n.... ....

    I have given this a LOT of thought and I reckon I am 12% as cool as Mike Skinner!

  37. 1.... ....

    Yeah George Carlin said buying stuff you don't need on credit .
    Paying interest on top of it all .
    Good to learn to live with less buy what you need not want.
    I put his writing up there with
    Roger Hodgson .... gets you thinking .
    Music can be more than just entertaining .

  38. h.... ....

    this song has been saving me for years

    h.... ....

    Just lost my Job in a big company. First thing I did was listen to the Streets

    h.... ....

    hang in there

  39. C.... M....

    i be going through the same shit right now damn debts !!

  40. j.... ....

    I wonder if he realised how much of an impact he had on britains youth!for sure he influenced me in all apects of life.im still spitting every word of original pirate material on a regular basis.

    j.... ....

    He was the soundtrack to so many pivotal moments of my early adult life, and made me feel like I was never alone... That someone in the world understood and could put words to the tangle of emotions inside. I'm glad he's on this planet at the same time as me, and I think of him as a mentor/ brother.

    j.... ....

    Not only britain in my old village i allways banged this and everybody liked it, even my dad!

    j.... ....

    His music was the soundtrack to my young adult life. His songs carried me through some dark moments. I've come back to him recently because of some dark moments I'm going through now.

    j.... ....

    @OVO Begzino Not really better, just a little bit easier.

    j.... ....

    @imreallydead. Sussex nostalgia ... <3

  41. s.... ....

    MAN what a song!

  42. h.... t....

    bet yet its all goof for banks to charge unreasonable high interest rates, all good

  43. M.... J....

    I love this album.

  44. h.... t....

    cool video, has a real retro feel to it lol

  45. M.... a....

    Buenísima ésta canción!!! Escuchando the Streets desde hace ya tiempo. Me encanta

  46. L.... B....

    ... I have to spend some time to get into THE STREETS again, ... so underrated and extraordinary !

  47. O.... N....

    Mike is such a talent!! Love this one piece of his music!

    O.... N....

    Olga Nepomshina have you heard any of his new stuff from his darker the shadow the brighter the light moniker?

    O.... N....

    Talent? You've got to be kidding, I would say don't give up your day job. Lol

    O.... N....

    Jane cooper i would say whatever

  48. T.... J....

    What do I get for the first comment?.. Nothing? Right.. OPEN THE TILL!!