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When the Cows Come HomeBlur

Released: April 19, 1993

Songwriter: Dave Rowntree Alex James Graham Coxon Damon Albarn

Producer: Blur

[Intro - spoken]
Good morning, wake up!

[Verse 1]
Wake up with purpose and polite efficiency
Stuff vitamin pills down your health guarantee
A kiss and cuddle with the lucky girl
You get fed and watered, makes your hair curl

[Chorus]
And when the day draws in
You put on a record
Put on something gentle
And wait for the cows to come home

[Verse 2]
"Wake up," a little voice says to you eagerly
You mustn't let yourself sink financially
Don't listen to the accusation that you're tight
You could be the first man on your street to get it right

[Chorus]
And when the day draws in
You go into waltz time
Where once it was good time
And wait for the cows to come home, all your life

[Bridge]
La-da-de-da, la-da-da-de-da
La-da-de-da-da-da, la-da-da-de-da
La-da-de-da-da-da-de-da, la-da-de-da
La-da-de-da-da-da, la-da-de-da (La, la, la)

[Verse 3]
Wake up in purpose and polite efficiency
So you get fed and watered with good company

[Chorus]
And when the day draws in
You go into waltz time
Where once it was good time
And wait for the cows to come home, all your life

Blur

British rock group Blur formed in 1988 and began life as a fairly unsuccessful shoegaze/madchester outfit, but the band quickly developed into becoming one of the leaders of the massive 1990s Britpop scene.

Their rivalry with contemporaries Oasis culminated in one of the most famous chart battles in British history – one which Blur won when “Country House” outsold Oasis’s “Roll With It” by 50,000 copies, giving Blur their first #1 single in the process.

Following this, the group embarked on a new musical direction, deliberately heading away from their trademark Britpop sound and instead taking influences from American alternative rock, a sound which earned them new fans in the US and gave them their second UK #1: “Beetlebum” in 1997.

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