Verse 1<\/p>\n
I know what you\u2019re thinking, from the instant that I step in the door
\nYou\u2019re sniffing around to try and make sure my life isn\u2019t better than yours
\nThe first thing you ask me\u2026 is what am I doing for work these days
\nI say a bit of this and that, whatever it takes to earn a wage
\nYou\u2019re looking surprised like \u201cWhat you mean you don\u2019t have a permanent job?\u201d
\nAnd your eyes light up as you try and conceal the delight you feel combined with shock
\nI tell you I work for myself and you ask is that not a little bit risky?
\nIt has it\u2019s ups and downs but I happen to like the freedom it gives me
\nAnd the flexibility\u2026 which allows me to focus on other things
\nYou ask what I mean and when I say music, you nearly spit out your drink
\nYou ask me if I still rap as you throw up your hands and mimic a gang sign
\nI roll my eyes and sigh and reply \u201cYeah, but it\u2019s not really that type\u2026\u201d
\nI know what you\u2019re thinking, no career path what a psychopath
\nIn his 30s still tryna make a living from scribbling rhymes in pads
\nIt used to be cool, but now at his age isn\u2019t it kinda sad?
\nI\u2019m Peter fucking Pan, and I\u2019m absolutely fine with that<\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
I can see it in your eyes you criticise the life I have
\nYou smile in my face but then you whisper it behind my back
\nBut you don\u2019t need to be polite or even try to hide the fact
\nI\u2019m Peter fucking Pan, and I\u2019m absolutely fine with that<\/p>\n
Verse 2<\/p>\n
Before you approach me, I already know what you\u2019re going to say
\nCoz you never got over the fact that me and you dated back in the day
\nYou ambush me by the punch, all smiles and hugs and kisses and \u201chey\u2019s\u201d
\nAnd just as predicted in under a minute the wedding ring\u2019s out on display
\nI congratulate you\u2026 and ask who the lucky guy is
\nAnd instead of his name you tell me his job and the house you\u2019re planning on buying
\nI tell you I\u2019m happy for you and I do so with the utmost sincerity
\nBut detect a flicker of anger coz I don\u2019t seem to express any jealousy
\nYou switch it up and ask me where my date is for this evening
\nI tell you I came alone and you look at me like I\u2019ve suffered a bereavement
\nYou tilt your head and give my arm a patronising stroke
\nAnd tell me \u201cThat\u2019s alright\u201d and my reply is \u201cThanks I know\u2026\u201d
\nI know what you\u2019re thinking still in his 30s and can\u2019t find a match
\nHe should\u2019ve snapped you up back when he had the chance you\u2019re quite the catch
\nStill having one night stands with girls back in that tiny flat?
\nI\u2019m Peter fucking Pan and absolutely fine with that.<\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
I can see it in your eyes you criticise the life I have
\nYou smile in my face but then you whisper it behind my back
\nBut you don\u2019t need to be polite or even try to hide the fact
\nI\u2019m Peter fucking Pan, and I\u2019m absolutely fine with that<\/p>\n
Verse 3<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve had enough so I down my drink and pull on my jacket sleeve
\nWhen I feel your hand on my shoulder dragging me back as I try to leave
\nYou\u2019re talking in my face and I can smell the wine as you breathe
\nYou say to me \u201cC\u2019mon mate when will you finally give up on chasing those childish dreams?\u201d
\nYou offer to make an introduction at your company
\n\u201cYou could have the car, the pension all the perks and luxuries
\nObviously you\u2019d have to climb your way up the hierarchy
\nBut if you work hard, in 5 years time with a bit of luck you could be just like me\u2026\u201d
\n\u201cWell I\u2019m sure there\u2019s plenty of people in my position who\u2019d tell you yes
\nBut frankly speaking I can\u2019t think of anything that I would rather do less
\nThan sit at a desk all day in a place I hate doing stuff I detest
\nAll just to earn a salary that I don\u2019t even have time to spend\u201d
\nYou tell me to give up my dreams, but when we were teens weren\u2019t you in a band?
\nRaging Against the Machine and now you wear suits and work for a bank?
\nBesides I know for a fact you only got that job coz of your Dad
\nSo as far as your offer goes I\u2019m afraid I\u2019ll have to say thanks but no thanks\u201d
\nAnd as for you Amy, I bet you can\u2019t wait to tell all your mates how bad I\u2019m doing
\nAnd how I\u2019ve not changed, coz I got given a chance on a plate and I blew it
\nBut I\u2019m just speaking my mind I\u2019m the only one here that\u2019s telling the truth
\nAnd since we\u2019re on the topic already I\u2019ve got a couple of nuggets for you
\nI honestly do wish you a life of happiness with your new fella
\nIf he\u2019s even half as superficial you two\u2019ll be perfect together (gasp!)
\nBut please don\u2019t try and judge me for not having a partner yet, I\u2019ve just not mer her
\nAnd unlike you I refuse to settle down coz of societal pressure
\nAnd by the way I don\u2019t know if you remember last December?
\nWhen you bumped into me drunk as a skunk at a club and begged me to bed ya?
\nI declined and instead placed you in a taxi seat
\nBut you probably forgot coz you\u2019re too busy playing Happy Families
\nAnd once I\u2019m gone you can tell yourselves what a bitter guy I am
\nWhile you pop a diaze.;lpam you hide inside your designer bag
\nBut I don\u2019t envy you or either of the lives you have
\nCoz I\u2019m Peter fucking Pan, and I\u2019m absolutely fine with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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