Four Minute Warning

Mark Owen

R: Four Minutes left to go, is this the end, then
   Message on your stereo, four minute warning
   Everybody wants to know what should we do
   The official story's a four minute warning

1. Sasha stands in his yellow cafe
   yes the heart of the city is here so he tells me
   Sitting on his red leather sofa he's rolling another 
   Man I'll see you when I see you

2. Holly is set to be the next big thing
   In her high heeled boots and her two inch earrings
   Heart of glass Blondie sings in her ear
   You're a rock queen honey and we all hear you!
  
R: Three minutes left to go is this the end then
   message on your stereo four minute warning
   Everybody wants to know what should we do
   The official story's a four minute warning


3. Lucy had a hard time with love
   But love recently chose the right tome for Lucy
   Loving when you know it's the final time
   She now holds time in her own mind

4. Yea Jimmy's is the local for Michael
   I once asked are you a lonely man
   His reply was non-commital "I am what I am"

R: Two minutes left to go is this the end then
   Message on your stereo four minute warning
   Everybody wants to know what should we do
   The official story's a four minute warning

*: Cry laugh Feel love, These high moments,
   And these are your four minutes.
   (Counting down, four minutes, it's a sound)


5. The final story is one of me
   who with four minutes left has used up three
   I think of you I think of me
   Then I think of nothing it's the end you see Yeah!

R: One minute left to go is this the end then
   Message on your stereo four minute warning
   Everybody wants to know what should we do
   The official story's a four minute warning

   30 seconds left to go is this the end then
   Message on your stereo four minute warning
   Every body wants to know what should we do
 
   What would you do? what would you do?
   With a four minute warning a four minute warning
   I'm fading away I'm fading away if anybody wants to know