Released: April 2, 1991
Songwriter: B.A. Robertson Mike Rutherford
Producer: Christopher Neil Mike Rutherford
A single failure
A little slip
A misdemeanour
A little trip
Does this condemn me
Lock me away?
Before you turn the key
I have one more thing to say
To make amends
Maybe be friends
Chorus:
Everybody gets a second chance
The Circumstance to say I'm sorry
I'd like to tell you in advance
Take my chance and tell you
I'm sorry too
A little stumble
A little fall
Inconsequential
Nothing At All
Now there was someone
I heard him say
That the best laid plans
Sometimes go astray
So don't be surprised
If I offer you no alibis
(Chorus)
Everybody gets a second chance
The circumstance to say I'm sorry
I'd like to tell you in advance
I'll take my chance and tell you I
Take my chance and tell you
I love you
(Chorus x2)
Everybody wants a
Everybody needs a
Everybody gets a second chance
A little slip
A misdemeanour
A little trip
Does this condemn me
Lock me away?
Before you turn the key
I have one more thing to say
To make amends
Maybe be friends
Chorus:
Everybody gets a second chance
The Circumstance to say I'm sorry
I'd like to tell you in advance
Take my chance and tell you
I'm sorry too
A little stumble
A little fall
Inconsequential
Nothing At All
Now there was someone
I heard him say
That the best laid plans
Sometimes go astray
So don't be surprised
If I offer you no alibis
(Chorus)
Everybody gets a second chance
The circumstance to say I'm sorry
I'd like to tell you in advance
I'll take my chance and tell you I
Take my chance and tell you
I love you
(Chorus x2)
Everybody wants a
Everybody needs a
Everybody gets a second chance
more tracks from the album
The Singles 1985-2014 + Rarities
- The Living Years
- Revolution
- Perfect Child
- Taken In
- You Never Change
- Try to Save Me
- Nobody Knows
- Too Far Gone
- A Time and Place
- Nobody Told Me
- Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) - 2013 Remaster
- Word of Mouth (East West Mix)
- When My Feet Don’t Touch the Ground
- My Crime of Passion (Acoustic version)
- I Get the Feeling (Live)
- Taken In (Live)
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Always The Last To Know
- Nobody’s Perfect
- Now That You’ve Gone
- Little Boy
- Help Me
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- All I Need Is a Miracle
- I Think I’ve Got the Message
- Whenever I Stop
- Too Many Friends
- Over My Shoulder
- Word of Mouth
- Everybody Gets a Second Chance
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
- Seeing Is Believing
- Boys at the Front
- One by One
From the albums
- Word of Mouth (1991)
- The Singles 1985-2014 + Rarities (2014)
Mike + the Mechanics popular songs
- The Living Years
- Silent Running
- Let Me Fly
- Over My Shoulder
- Don’t Know What Came Over Me
- Why Me?
- Get Up
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- All I Need Is a Miracle
- I Think I’ve Got the Message
- I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
- Black & Blue
- Whenever I Stop
- Too Many Friends
- Stop Baby
- Always Listen to Your Heart
- If I Were You
- Something to Believe In
- Ain’t That Peculiar
- The Way You Look at Me
- Word of Mouth
- Everybody Gets a Second Chance
- A House of Many Rooms
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)