“A Design for Life” Lyrics - Manic Street Preachers

“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…