The first single from Manic Street Preachers' fourth studio album, ‘Everything Must Go’, ‘A Design For Life’ charted at No.2 in the UK on its 1996 release. It was the first song to be written and released by the Welsh outfit since the disappearance of guitarist Richey Edwards.Highlight lyrics you want to quote as your Facebook status then click the ‘Post’ button.
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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...
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