Released: May 15, 2015

Songwriter: William John Pearce Victoria Hemmings John Conlon

Producer: Tai

[Verse 1]
He sits on the stairs
Waiting for someone to get him
Bring him down to the party
But everyone forgets him
So for times will o stams[?] and shams the daddy get his mother too
Been good secretly

[Chorus]
Fine young people can still be calloused
And time keeps turning while you're still jealous
That life means nothing while you're still headless
No, time won't wait for no man to come down

[Verse 2]
He steps in his room waiting for someone to call him
Bring him out of his cocoon[?] waiting for someone to love him
But for times will o stams[?] and shams the daddy get his mother
Been good once again

[Chorus]
Fine young people can still get calloused
And time keeps turning while you're still jealous
That life means nothing while you're still headless
No time won't wait for no man to come down

Fine young people can still get calloused
And time keeps turning while you're still jealous
That life means nothing while you're still headless
No time won't wait for no man to come down
To come down

Sam Smith

Sam Smith was born on 19th May 1992 and grew up in a rural village on the border of Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, the nearest town being Bishops Stortford. They’re the oldest of three siblings and are said to be close to their younger sisters. Their mother is a successful City of London trader and their father a stay-at-home dad who brought up the children.

Smith showed an early talent for singing, and their parents responded by arranging singing lessons from the age of eight with professional jazz singer and songwriter, Joanna Eden. At the early age of seventeen, they left school to pursue their dream, living in a small one-bed flat and working in a London pub, but ended up isolated and beset by loneliness.

Sam knew they were gay, they said, for as long as they could remember. They suffered bullying at school and were shocked to find that even in London—close to gay communities—they were subjected to homophobic attacks. These negative experiences, combined with an inherently emotional nature, inform their songwriting and delivery. The soulful, beautifully rich tone of their voice and the subject of the lyrics ‘speak’ to many people and have led to their success.