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Artist: Arctic Monkey
Track: Fluorescent Adolescent

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You used to get it in your fishnets
Now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
That Bloody Mary's lacking a Tabasco
Remember when he used to be a rascal?

Oh, that boy's a slag
The best you ever had
The best you ever had
Is just a memory and those dreams
Not as daft as they seem
Not as daft as they seem
My love, when you dream them up

Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Remember when the boys were all electric?
Now, when she tells she's gonna get it
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget it
Clinging to not getting sentimental
Said, she wasn't going, but she went, still
Likes her gentlemen to not be gentle
Was it a mega-dobber or a betting pencil?

Oh, that boy's a slag
The best you ever had
The best you ever had
Is just a memory, and those dreams
Weren't as daft as they seem
Not as daft as they seem
My love, when you dream them up
Oh, where did you go?
Where did you go?
Where did you go? Whoa

Falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You just sounded it out
You're not coming back again

Falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You just sounded it out
You're not coming back again

You used to get it in your fishnets
Now you only get it in your night dress
Started all the naughty nights with niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole
Everything was pretty in the past though
That Bloody Mary's lacking in Tabasco
Remember when he used to be a rascal?
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Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
“Fluorescent Adolescent” is a track about getting older and finding out that life isn’t as fun as it used to be. It describes a woman who dreams of her youth while her current life
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[Verse 1] / You used to get it in your fishnets / Now you only get it in your night dress / Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness / Landed in a very common crisis
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Genius Traductions françaises – Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent (Traduction Française)
[Couplet 1] / T'avais l'habitude d't'envoyer en bas résille / Mais maintenant c'est seulement dans ta nuisette / T'as dit non aux nuits coquines pour d'la gentillesse / Débarquant
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[Deutscher Songtext zu „Fluorescent Adolescent“] / [Strophe 1] / Du machtest es immer in deinen Netzstrümpfen / Nun machst du's nur in deinem Nachthemd / Warfst all die
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Q:When did Arctic Monkeys release “Fluorescent Adolescent”?
Arctic Monkeys released “Fluorescent Adolescent” on July 4, 2007.
Q:Who wrote “Fluorescent Adolescent” by Arctic Monkeys?
“Fluorescent Adolescent” by Arctic Monkeys was written by Alex Turner, Johanna Bennett, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders & Nick O'Malley.
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