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Words
Verse 1
You came here for a semester and you stayed ten winters
You learned the language off bus drivers and bad arguments
You never got the articles right and nobody minded
Ten years of Tuesdays in the same corner of the same bar
Now your flat is four boxes and a bike you're leaving me
And the airport bus goes at twenty past six
Pre-Chorus
I'm no good at the goodbye part, I go quiet and I nod
So I paid a machine to sing what I would mumble
Chorus
Go home, Robbie, go on, go home
Ten winters is a long enough loan
Your mother has been patient and this city can spare you
Leipzig will keep the corner and the stool
Verse 2
You fixed my sentences and I fixed your gears
You held a ladder for a week in that flat with no floor
You told me the truth about the lease before I signed it
Which cost you something, and I never said I noticed
You are the least dramatic person I have ever met
And it took ten years to work out what that's worth
Chorus
Go home, Robbie, go on, go home
Ten winters is a long enough loan
Your mother has been patient and this city can spare you
Leipzig will keep the corner and the stool
Bridge
Send me the sea and the rain and the terrible chips
Send me a photograph of nothing in particular
I'll come in March, and I'm not saying that to be kind
I've looked at the flights, I've still got the tab open
Outro
Twenty past six, and don't make a speech
Take the bike, it's yours, it always was
Go home, Robbie. Say hello to your mum.
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