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Novelty Lyrics

Artist: Joy Division (Buy Joy Division CDs)
Album: Permanent

When people listen to you don't you know it means a lot,
'Cos you've got to work so hard for everything you've got.
Can't rest on your laurels now,
Not when you've got none.
You'll find yourself in a gutter,
Right back where you came from.

Someone told me being in the know is the main thing.
We all need the security that belonging brings.
Can't stand on your own in these times,
Against all the odds,
You all just fall behind like all the other sods.

You slap our backs and pretend you knew about,
All the things that we were gonna do.
What ya gonna do, what ya gonna do,
When it's over?
You're on your own now,
Don't you think that's a shame?
But you're the only one responsible to take the blame.
So what ya gonna do when the novelty has gone?
Yeah, what ya gonna do when the novelty has gone?

You slap our backs,
And pretend you knew about,
All the things we were gonna do.
What ya gonna do, what ya gonna do
When its over?

Comments/Interpretations

by k3p on 7/5/2008 5:16am
ian great guy great song..........aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :)

by diuj on 10/11/2009 2:25pm
joy division is THE shit!

by zie on 12/4/2009 3:53pm
good song, the best band

by Jimminy Cricket on 1/7/2010 6:32pm
still sounds great after all these years, respect to Martin Hannet

by Paul Blackfisk on 12/1/2010 1:30pm
The lyrics, the lyrics, the lyrics

by Stray on 7/8/2011 5:51pm
'That it's a shame' not 'that's a shame'

by theonefoxyman on 11/9/2012 6:19am
I love this jam. These lyrics are poetic, relevant and bittersweet. I never knew Ian, but I miss him never the less.

by thx on 1/10/2013 3:56am
love u ian