Allen, Lily - Blank Expression Lyrics

Autotune has no place in classic 2 tone ska my friend

Lily Allen - Blank Expression - Lyrics

[Intro]
Snow is falling all around
Seven o'clock and the roads are blocked
So I walk downtown
There's no one else around

[Verse 1]
I walk in the bar and immediately
I sense danger
You look at me girl as if I was some kind of
A total stranger

[Chorus]
Where did you get that (blank)
Blank expression on your face?
Where did you get that (blank)
Blank expression on your face?

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
The streets are dark
And there's no one about
I wander home
And all the lights are out
I keep wondering

[Chorus]
Where did you get that (blank)
Blank expression on your face?
Where did you get that (blank)
Blank expression on your face?
Where did you get that (blank)
Blank expression on your face?
Where did you get that (blank)
Blank expression on your face?

[Instrumental Outro]

Ussually don't mind the odd cover if its done well, this is not rated at all

Laughable 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I like this version better, suck it.

100% better than the original✌🏼

Oh no. That Lefty **** has Fqd this song right up!

Can never beat the original

Love it

Ok, it's not as good as the original, but it's not that bad, people. It has kind of grown on me after a few listens.

horrid cover...

Love the Specials but this is a good cover

Richard East we are all entitled to our wrong opinions I suppose

Love her voice!

The specials did it better

Do people realise she co-wrote this with Terry Hall...? That's why it sounds similar to the original. Why would she change something she helped to create in the first place...?

adam diamond It's just easier to be mean, because you are not sitting face to face with the person.

true...but I fear meaness spreads and escalates...anyway Specials were, are and always will be terrific.

adam diamond Well, if u scroll up you will see that I edited my original comment
;)

he he he, me too. good will

Anyway, Jerry Dammers was the main writer of this one.

Omg I totally forgot about this song

absolutely pish.

Put speed to 1.25 and it sounds so much better. 💖💖💖💕

haha, good call. sounds closer to the OG

THIS yank loves him some Lily...  Pity she isn't  well known here in the States..

+gewglesux join the club !

Yeah same I love her she should be more popular.

Agreed.

Gewglesux you know she's banned from US ? :(

Great!!!! Would love to corporate with this band!! Real reggae vybes selah!!!!

+Ina Iliana The Specials did this back in 1979,

¡Mamacita!

What a lame version, it sounds more like a copy more than a cover to me. But not an exact copy, more like a lame wannabe copy. Sorry to burst your bubbles, I just think that a cover doesn't have to be better than the original, as long as it has a different sound. 

+Papio Sphinx she has a lot of ruff cuts and demos on here if you don't like it move along

that beat tho! :)

This one doesn't half get on my tits. But at least she kept to the original, so fair dues..

Weird, the version by Lily Allen that I have is a different arrangement and a much faster tempo. This version is more like the original Specials version. I like them both, though.

Almost as good as my man Ralph Packer's version

i loved the original of this good stuff lily

i love the version!!

Two-Tone Lily for the win!

It isn't that bad. You've just got to put Terry Hall to sing, instead of Lilly and it will sound better.

musica com um estilo mei regaae

love lily, lov this lov lily lov this fab x

we all know the original is better...lily knows the original is better...me missus knows the original is better...even the specials couldn't top that first album...never could,never will...but... if this points a load of people towards the specials then fair play to the girl...

She did a great version of Straight to Hell, but this in necrophelia.

@marko1978st it sounds better live :/

@marko1978st hmm ya i think she was more singing it cos she liked the song

I grew up with the Specials. But, I actually like this.

@jimjimtrains it's a relly sloppy cover but i agree with you on everything else. people are sad

@joaquin16276 you heard it last month?

will ye all ever shut up! For fuck sake! She's covered a song so fucking what?! since when s it a bad thing to sing a song you like??! She has her rights so ye all just leave her.. if ye aint got nothing nice to say dont say it! She sings this with the specials as well the first time they played it in years was with her it cant be that bad if they did it with her

s-h-i-t

@1964chrissie what? i'm 15, that was kind of a joke but it wasn't really that funny. and it's 9 o'clock where i am..time for sleepy time!

@1964chrissie hahhahah that's so weird cause i actually don't do any drugs or anything (obviously i'm a littttle kid) but i really don't remember writing that. wow i must've been upset or something cause i sound like an idiot in that comment hahahahah

@1964chrissie wow hah that's embarrassing..i don't remember writing that...

watch my cover of telephone!

dedicate a otra cosa!!!!

A mediocre version of an excellent song by the Specials. I guess I can take heart in teh fact that "the youth of today" are being exposed to some classic tunes.

lily allen is amazing. don't write negative comments just because you're jealous. nobody likes anybody that can only find the negative things in life. go tear down a wall and love lily allen.

Closed minded musical snobs....I like the original, and I like this. If you are nodding your head or tapping your toe, she's done her job...leave the negativity alone.

@monzione In your opinion. It just didn't rub me the right way. I didn't say I didn't like the song and it's fine if that's your favorite song.

Not sure how this is a "slaughtered" version of this song. I LOVE the Specials and I think this is a perfectly good rendition of Blank Expression (a song which, in my eye, was the weakest on the Specials LP to begin with). You all should saunter on over to the Amy Winehouse version of You're Wondering Now to hear a crap cover.

what a fxxkin insult to a legend

@iamemoluv I couldnt agree more, sickenin isnt it? I dont even know how I came across this but I wont be comin back, what the fuck did she think people who say about this?? LEAVE THE SPECIALS RECORDS ALONE YOU SILLY BITCH!!!!

@skawesome Hear hear!! What a pile of shit! How dare she totaly fuck this song up like this? She should stick to her own stuff and definately not fuck around with Specials songs, she should have more sense!!

I'm surprised at all the negative reviews... I loved the The Specials LP back in 1980, this sounds alright to me. *shrugs*

she fucked up the song she made bollocks of it

Cannot be arsed with this shit. She must have seen how well mike skinner did by talking over records and thought she'd do the same. At least we still have the original version to be amazed by.

I Want To Cry. This Is One Of The Best Specials Songs To Me And She Has SLAUGHTERED It.

is this bullshit really neccesary lilly stay away from ska and punk please

@skawesome tell me a bout it the specials on is the best one

Lil sugar girl, I salute you!

she is fucking beautifull
and alse she need to get fuck, RIGHT NOW

@jmeckle1

Lilly a 2Tone girl at heart??? Leave it out mate. ILMAO.

She was cashing in on the "Upper Middle/Upper Class White Brit Girl trying to look cool working class" like all the others.

Like that fake ass bitch who tried to sing & be a "Cockney" but just ends up being a COCK. I REALLY HATE these kinds of spoilt little rich girls....

Amy Winehouse covering a Specials track, OK, I'll except that, but LILLY ALLEN!!!!

I wish she would just piss off. Untalented, can't sing & trades off her bloody dad's name Keith Allen!!

Spoilt little upper middle class white girl who probably cried & cried for hours until Mummy & Daddy bought her that pony she wanted.

The only Pony IU can see is her music!

Same goes for that arse La Roux!!!

Stick to Horse riding girls.........

Lily is ok but this recording just shows how good the original was.

maybe shell bring it back ,prob somthing to do with kieth allen

i like lilly allen, but ffs im a big ska for ffs, leave it out girl

its all a load of bollocks!!!! people like lily allen and that neglected horse faced skag taking bitch amy winehouse butchering classic songs like this to make themselves look cool they weren't even born when these songs were released.

horrible

Why?!?! I love the fact that Lily is a 2tone rude girl at heart, but... but... *facepalm... it's just so bad.

who gives a shit about that this sucksss

trueeee i was so pumped to hear a good specials cover and then i hear this shitttt

Lily is fuckin awful.
The only reason she is famous is that her dad.
Keith 'public school educated marxist turd skinner'Allen
And that sad cunts fancy her.

No, Brad Pitt he aint! But in Alex James book, he says that they [blur] used to hang about with Keith Allen and Damien Hurst and that Keith has been trying to get Lily famous since she was 12 years old!....Well now she singing about damp patches and BJ,s ...so i guess Daddy is proud!

I love this version there are loads of songs out there lily could have covered and she chose The Specials so she can't be all bad ?

Nooooooooo! Murdering songs with her crappy Kate Nash talking , not even singing...only famous coz of Daddy!

she's murdered that tune..but id definately still give her one !!

I totally respect that Lily loves The Specials... but c'mon to fuck..I wish her and winehouse would just leave their songs alone!!!!!! Jesus..... hurt my fucking ears!!!

esta vieja es una peresa es puro comercio!!

well, i bloody like it ...

If you want to do a cover, change the style. She might as well do a karaoke. This is a disgace.

the fucking slag tore this is off the specials so unprofessionaly i started crying when i listened to this

Shit i'd buy a ford car b4 this.......... The Specials RULE!!!! NB11

she killed it

maaaaaaan. This is so just...dead. PLEASE check out the Specials original, which still has some kind of punch and verve about it.

you can get it from itunes :)

Oh ok thanx, i didn't know that lol.

I got it from a website but i can't remember which one sorry!