Innocent Smile
Tripping round town as the sun comes down
Flying with your friends with the stars alive
Tripping round town as the sun comes down
Flying with your friends with the stars alive
Running on a high from the spirit inside
Taking on the world with your innocent smile
Running on a high from the spirit inside
Taking on the world with your innocent smile
Something knocked me down
And I fell right to the ground
I lost it all in one night
Just wandering around
Vandalism’s fun when there’s nothing to do
Break a few things say it wasn’t you
Vandalism’s fun when there’s nothing to do
Break a few things say it wasn’t you
Let it all kick in and take you for a ride
Strapped to a rocket heading for the sky
Let it all kick in and take you for a ride
Strapped to a rocket heading for the sky
Something knocked me down
And I fell right to the ground
I lost it all in one night
Just wandering around
That’s when I got the shiver
Re-awoke my mind
Swinging on a chandelier
Hanging from the sky
You turned it all around
It only took your smile
Swinging on a chandelier
Hanging from the sky
Hanging from the sky
Running on a high from the spirit inside
Taking on the world with your innocent smile
Running on a high from the spirit inside
Taking on the world with your innocent smile
Song Notes
Tim laughing near the end of the track was caused by Rick wearing drag in the studio, something that producer Owen Morris made the band do “to get the best results”.
Rick McMurray during the Tim Burgess Twitter listening party for 1977 in April 2020:
Mark’s ode to small town Ireland hoodlums takes a big slice of inspiration from Sonic Youth.