Sandstörm - Whatever Lyrics

I grew up in the country on the wrong side of the tracks
My father worked the factory, beneath the chimney stacks
The bedsheets always orange, the river ran blood red
The oxide taste was in my mouth and everything it fed
Yeah
A perfect chance, it came my way, to study with the toffs
I packed my trunk, wore a cap, then one day I was off
So I escaped, I made my life, in some enchanted land
I studied hard and paid my dues, I grew my first true brand
We said whatever, our lives are way too small
They said whatever, start up and face the wall (Face the wall)
Business grew was all we knew, success was coming fast
Friendships' strong, the nights were long, hoping it would last
Our name big, around the world but it went to our heads
But then a call not good at all, it got me out of bed
We said whatever, our lives are way too small
Yeah yeah yeah
They said whatever, start up and face the wall (Face the wall)
I've got some Koi Carp
A Yankee voice, across the pond, said "just name your price"
So we sold our souls without a thought for a burger and some fries
And some fries
And some fries
Dad still works the factory. The poison in his lungs
In dead of night sheds a tear for what have I become
Son or not, he's still proud, his boy on MTV
And then he's gone without a song
Without a word to me!
We said whatever, our lives are way too small
They said Whatever, start up and face the wall (Face the wall)
Yeah whatever

I grew up in the country on the wrong side of the tracks
My father worked the factory, beneath the chimney stacks
The bedsheets always orange, the river ran blood red
The oxide taste was in my mouth and everything it fed
Yeah
A perfect chance, it came my way, to study with the toffs
I packed my trunk, wore a cap, then one day I was off
So I escaped, I made my life, in some enchanted land
I studied hard and paid my dues, I grew my first true brand
We said whatever, our lives are way too small
They said whatever, start up and face the wall (Face the wall)
Business grew was all we knew, success was coming fast
Friendships' strong, the nights were long, hoping it would last
Our name big, around the world but it went to our heads
But then a call not good at all, it got me out of bed
We said whatever, our lives are way too small
Yeah yeah yeah
They said whatever, start up and face the wall (Face the wall)
I've got some Koi Carp
A Yankee voice, across the pond, said "just name your price"
So we sold our souls without a thought for a burger and some fries
And some fries
And some fries
Dad still works the factory. The poison in his lungs
In dead of night sheds a tear for what have I become
Son or not, he's still proud, his boy on MTV
And then he's gone without a song
Without a word to me!
We said whatever, our lives are way too small
They said Whatever, start up and face the wall (Face the wall)
Yeah whatever