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Nights Like These

by Fred Irwin

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1.
Let's get the beers in, have some fun and act 16 until we're 21 Cos growing up, it's overrated Truth be told I fucking hate it Getting drunk and getting laid beats getting jobs and getting paid Life's too short to share regrets So share the beers and the cigarrettes Because we live for nights like these When the world has brought us to our knees So pass the vodka please I've got a beer and a bong, and a load of shit wrong, and you by my side. It would be great if you could join me cos I'm getting pissed tonight.
2.
I cruise to yours as the rain hits the visor and the shit hits the fan and I lay silent beside you We sit in tears for what feels like years As I think about the days when you were mine You wake screaming as I wake to tears streaming down your face We slept so tight and squeezed tighter but now most nights I wanna fight you And I miss the mornings I'd wake in another bed Next to bottles and cans and a sink half-full of cigarrettes The times that I'd forget I was chasing you You call a doctor or your father cos when I'm there you won't let your guard down You've got Brooklyn or Rickie to talk with when you're not with me And I miss the nights that I'd sleep with a stranger When the nights weren't just for fun but for the thrill and the danger of getting caught and keeping it from you
3.
Slip Away 02:41
Charlotte if you take my hand then we can end tonight the way we planned to end the nights that we let slip away I remember when I saw you there, a pretty girl, ugly affair For a while I thought that you could do no wrong The prettiest of all the faces, cracking tits no airs or graces but now you're just a line in a song I know that we were both unkind and in the end we were both resigned that we'd only come running back when we're alone What's the point in moving on when you still don't know where belong and the one you want to follow stayed at home You never wanted me and I never needed you but that don't mean that I'd turn you away It's the same thing every time cos I can't be yours and you can't be mine but I'd have just one more dance if I had my way
4.
If I could my way way home you know I'd go and sleep alone but every time I take two steps I find I'm chasing after you If I could have you to hold you know I'd never let you go It's not that I'm scared or lost I just don't know what I'm to do You are a prize in your own right, worth every step of the chase And when I am with you my heart begins to race If things could change, I could be your Romeo Kiss me, it makes sense you know Don't write me off just yet this could get easier You don't know the half of it or just how much I please her If things could change, she could be my Juliet Don't count me out, I'm not finished yet Oh no, he never deserved you, not one single kiss and from what I've heard I know that he won't be missed If things could change, you wouldn't want just any guy and you could find some room for me in your life
5.
To the Dogs 04:47
You may think it's the drink that's talking but I can see and I'm still walking Take my hand and close your eyes because it won't be 12AM forever so kiss me cos it's now or never If I'm wrong then throw me to the dogs I've seen the good, I've kissed the bad and I've fucked the ugly You've seen much better but it's just one night and I'm feeling lucky I know you're with him, your one and only but he's not here tonight What he doesn't know cannot hurt him and we both know what you're like Your friends aren't looking so lets head off to the quiet spot over there Just keep it down and I'll keep it up and I'll keep it out of your hair So grab another drink Loosen up, don't think Take my hand and lets go You won't remember this tomorrow
6.
Where the hell are you tonight? I stand by what I said but hun I didn't want to fight My back is turned cos I don't want to see you cry We can talk it through I swear to you just please not tonight I'll get home from work and then it starts, it always starts Your voice is raised and you can't contain it, you tell me that you always faked it I'm sick and tired of you being sick and tired of me I'll drown my pain in drink, you say it's wrong, I'm always wrong Tempers rise and a door gets punched in, you leave the house and I'm left here wondering why the hell I'm still here They say that arguing is healthy but it's killing me I swear You're never wrong and you won't believe me when I tell you that I care
7.
Don't Panic 03:31
I'll sit in the kitchen with you We'll bitch until we're blue in the face We'll talk about the weather and how much we both have changed and I'll say Although I wish that I could write songs like Tim or Noel or Frank I don't care for fame or fortune as long as I don't owe the bank I don't need me any fine wine although this cider's pretty rank Oh no, I just need you You'll laugh, I'll crack a little smile We sit silent for a while til you move to make a cup of tea You use my favourite mug, you're in love with another fucking arsehole who's got inside your head and he doesn't even know it, he just wants you in his bed then once he's got just what he once he'll leave you like the rest I know he won't miss you You'll cry about how You've searched all around for someone like me But it's never ever me, no it's never fucking me You're never fucking me You say you wish that you could be like the girls on the TV You're lusting after something more and I know just what you mean But just smile, please cos darling you've got me and I know that I've got you But you fail to even see it, you're convinced that you're alone but you've got prospects, friends and family and a big arse country home And me, yes me, I just want you for my own unbeknown to you Oh, you
8.
I met her in a muddy field I thought she was pretty and that I'd like to cop a feel of her E cup titties We rolled around in the dirt Her jeans got covered I gave her a kiss and straight away wanted another Although she was nice she couldn't hold her drink but I'd really like to get to know her because I think we're on the brink of a summer of sun, sex and suspicious friends and highs we wish would never end You can laugh at all my awful rhymes but it's your turn to hold back my hair this time Empty fields with lots of cows Living in the here and now September ain't that far away so let's fuck until tomorrow's yesterday
9.
Crimson skies burn your eyes Candy floss clouds cluster as the faith inside you dies Realise that your prize the curse to live forever, the cost of all your lies We are those, the ones you knew from long ago and you are lost, like dreams buried under the snow and now we know your past is such a bitter woe Life goes on, we live and some will fade away a token cost like watching those that you love decay Someday we pray life will not have to end this way
10.
We could be the stuff that dreams are made of and though you might disagree, you'll meet your match with me, that I guarantee. I saw you across the crowded room In your jeans and your leather and your favourite heels and your best perfume You saw me in a shirt, no sleeves I was drunk I was reckless but that doesn't mean that it wasn't meant to be It's been said time enjoyed wasting isn't time wasted it's true But after months of waiting, I'd rather be wasted with you The entire time, you were on my mind He was pissed, he was angry. The guy couldn't stand me. You were mine all mine But I blew my chance, rejected all advances Remember that time in my room back at mine and our Christmas dance So he can raise his voice, swing his hands if it'll help But you and I both know, you wish that I'd chose you as well You're buried beneath my skin, on my mind all of the time But if the choice was given, come morning girl you would be mine I can't change what's passed but given half the chance I'd be everything that you could want me to be. We'd be unsurpassed I saw you in a greasy spoon I wasn't eating or sleeping, then along you came. How did I ever find you? If you take one chance on me, I'd be wasted, time-wasting with you You don't need me but I want to get wasted with you

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released November 26, 2012

Written and performed by Fred Irwin
Produced by Alistair Martin
Cover art by Chihin Wong

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Fred Irwin England, UK

Fred Irwin is a multi talented, solo singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist based in the South East of the UK.

His ever-expanding original live set soon made its way to the home-studio with the independent 2012 release of his debut album, ‘Nights Like These’.

Fred signed his first record deal in November and will be releasing his EP in February 2019 on Not My Dog Records.
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