I'm Your No.1 Fan

The Beautiful South

 I was handed down the looks of a man with a broken nose 
 That's the way our family was I suppose 
 But at least you gave me deeply profound 
 As we lay and chatted late upon the cricket ground 

 You didn't have to love me 
 Where others got rid 
 You didn't have to treat me like a very good friend 
 But I'm glad that you did 

 One thing I never said to you 
 And one thing I never can 
 Amongst the false applause and the deafening cheers 
 I'm your No. 1 fan 
 I'm your No. 1 fan 

 I'm the richly blessed daughter of a mother with tattooed arms 
 That's the way my family life, life was charmed 
 But at least it gave me mental grace 
 And a thought at the pit of my mind and a smile on my face 

 You didn't have to listen 
 To a word that I'd said 
 You didn't have to tell me all those silly old jokes 
 For every tear that I shed 
 Every tear that I shed 

 Cos one thing I never said to you 
 And one thing I never can 
 Amongst the false applause and the deafening cheers 
 I'm your No. 1 fan 
 I'm your No. 1 fan 

 I was handed down a bike with a crooked old wheel 
 But I rode it on a million lanes the way that you made me feel 
 But at least we thought about it so long and hard 
 As we sat upon our mother in the graveyard 

 And you don't have to listen 
 To a word in this song 
 Your picture hangs the same and in the same old place 
 Even though that you've gone 
 Even though that you've gone 

 Cos one thing I never said to you 
 And one thing I never can 
 Amongst the false applause and the deafening cheers 
 I'm your No. 1 fan 
 I'm your No. 1 fan 
 Yes I am 
 I'm your No. 1 fan