Listen Up

Track 23 on Definitely Maybe (Deluxe Remastered Edition)

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“Listen Up” was released as a B-side to “Cigarettes & Alcohol.” In 1998 it was included in the B-side compilation album The Masterplan.

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Listen Up Lyrics

[Verse]
Listen up, what's the time?
Said today I'm gonna speak my mind
Take me up to the top of the world
I wanna see my crime
Day by day, there's a man in a suit
Who's gonna make you pay
For the thoughts that you think
And the words they won't let you say

[Pre-Chorus]
One fine day gonna leave you all behind
It wouldn't be so bad if I had more time

[Chorus]
Sailing down a river alone
I've been trying to find my way back home
But I don't believe in magic, life is automatic
But I don't mind being on my own
No, I don't mind being on my own

[Verse]
Listen up, what's the time?
Said today I'm gonna speak my mind
Take me up to the top of the world
I wanna see my crime
Day by day, there's a man in a suit
Who's gonna make you pay
For the thoughts that you think
And the words they won't let you say

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“Listen Up” was released as a B-side to “Cigarettes & Alcohol.” In 1998 it was included in the B-side compilation album The Masterplan.

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Genius Answer

Noel Gallagher (2014 Definitely Maybe reissue liner notes):

I like the line, ‘I don’t believe in magic, cos life is automatic.’ I think it means something but I’m not quite sure what… I don’t really sit and write B-sides, I just write songs in my spare time. Then I kind of pick the best ones for the album and then the things I pick as B-sides aren’t necessarily not the best; they are just, you know, maybe I don’t like the lyrics, or the lyrics are great but I don’t like the tune, or the tune is good but I don’t like the singing, or there’s just something and they’re not perfect. But people hear them and go, ‘God, I f–king love that.’

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