04. Rent Free

[Intro — spoken] Apparently, I’m living rent-free. [Verse 1] Got a room above the chicken shop, a bed beside the sink Landlord calls it “cosy.” I can hear the neighbours think There’s a crack across the ceiling like a river on a map At least I get to travel when I’m lying on my back [Pre-Chorus] They say I’ve got potential Can I pay with that? [Chorus] I live rent-free In somebody’s head Wish they’d let me Sleep there instead Rent-free, rent-free Room with a view If I can’t have a future Can I sleep there too? [Verse 2] Dad says, “At your age, we had a garden and a shed” I say, “At my age, I’m paying extra for the bed” Show him what my wages buy: a door, a sink, a light He goes quiet. Takes his glasses off. Reads the figures twice. For a second we’re just two men with a number on a screen He says, “Come round Sunday.” Doesn’t tell me what it means. [Pre-Chorus] They say I’ve got potential Can I pay with that? [Chorus] I live rent-free In somebody’s head Wish they’d let me Sleep there instead Rent-free, rent-free Room with a view If I can’t have a future Can I sleep there too? [Bridge — piano and voice] Leave the crack across the ceiling It’s the only river here That anybody lets me own [Final Chorus] I live rent-free In somebody’s head Wish they’d let me Sleep there instead Rent-free, rent-free Room with a view If I can’t have a future Can I sleep there too? [Outro — spoken] Fuck it. Nice neighbourhood.