Levellers - One Way Lyrics
There's only one way of life
And that's your own
My father when I was younger
Took me up on to the hill
Above the factory spill
He said this is where I come
When I want to be free
Well he never was in his lifetime
But these words stuck with me
I ran from all of this
And I climbed that highest hill
And looked down on my life
Beneath the factory spill
As the family disgrace
Then to all my friends on the starting line
Their wages off to chase
And all my friends and all their jobs
And all the bloody waste
I grew up, learned to love and laugh
Circled A's on the underpass
But the noise we thought would never stop
Died a death as the punks grew up
And we choked on our dreams
We wrestled with our fears
Running through the heartless streets
Chasing our ideas
And the problems of the world
Won't be solved by this guitar
And they won't stop coming either
By the life I've had so far
And the bright lights of my home town
Won't be getting any dimmer
Though their calling has receded now
Like some old distant singer
And they don't seem so appealing
To the eyes of this poor sinner
Other Lyrics by Artist
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- Levellers - Not What We Wanted
- Levellers - Wake The World
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- Levellers - Make You Happy
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- Levellers - For Us All
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- Levellers - Said And Done
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Levellers One Way Comments
Newquay 96 trying to keep the faith
My mum new this guys and was friends with them rember growing up hearing all her stories about these .miss u mum.
Just found out about the 2020 tour. Tickets bought...
Quanto mi piaceva!!! Che bei ricordi!!!!!
Saw these guys year before last, older but still smashed it.
oh you like music? name every song
Jackie o brien. Jaxy delves xxxxx💔💔💔💔 your siz caz loves you x
Boris brought me here. Crusty indeed 😀
Fuck Boris Johnson
ok I say ok BECAUSE THERE NO MORE TO SAY JUST LISTEN TO THE MUSIC.
This was a great tune to jump around like an idiot to in my youth. Happy days.
Never beat 90s indie
BLOODY LOVE THEM
The Alarm tribute band
there's only one way of life and for me that's as a middle aged middle manager in IT. wtf happened?
Saw Mark play in London a few years ago ! He was cute in his youth x
prefer the remastered version.... more guitar.... great song though
Iron works Inverness
Love this track!!!
Seen them twice in my life as 4 year old and as 15 year old and thats all because of my parents.
they were very talented pikeys
There's only one way of life, en dat is den Dulci!
Lust for life?
brotherhood
One wayyyyy of life bro !🤘🏾
Anthony Helme one way of life is carling brooooo🤙x
Skill Dudes always bro’s keep your head up 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
Anthony Helme I will man always, just need to remember there’s only one way of life!🤙
Levellers are much better than pop music right
@rebecca simms they rlly r
There's only one way to listen to this song, at a festival in the middle of a field in stonking weather with a cider in hand ✌
I'm here because of Danzig
The shit gay nigga
Sorry about your dad I lost my father about seven years ago and I still haven't got over him
Radio Doble9, Lima, Perú.
Drove from Wiltshire to Bridlington 1995 to watch them. Brilliant
my brother in law died suddenly on the 11th leaving a 16yr old he certainly lived his one way of life this will played he was a loyal fan for 30+yrs
Looks like Henry Rollins was right. Well adjusted people make shitty music.
Saw them then play this live at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in 1998, ahh the 90s....
I saw em at Glastonbury in the 90's brilliant band live
One of the best live shows I ever saw-these guys in Cleveland, OH at the Phantasy Nightclub; I wanna say late 1993-early 94. This one nearly bounced the building on its side! Nice to meet up with it again.
I was fortunate enough to see these guys live in Malmo Sweden, October 2018. There was a lot of grey hair on stage, but they still rocked, when they played 'One way' the place went nuts!
Saw them as 4 year old its because of them i wanted to learn to drum.
First song I ever heard by them, playing in a record store in the US (where they'd never be well known). I had to ask who the guys were. Bought the CD, started the journey. Might have completely missed them if I hadn't been there at the right time. Fate.
1like =1 person that likes this song how many likes can we get???
Loved this at beautiful days! Everyone knows the words, what an experience!
A couple of years after this terrible song was released, I remember reading an interview in Select magazine with one of the band. He said "I fucking hate that song, even though I co-wrote it." So I did have something in common with that revolting army brat gypsy after all.
Used to be great music to get stonned to in the 90's
But older and wiser now
A ja mam tatuaż z tekstem tej !
Would have won the Eurovision contest by a canter
Awesome _awesome_ tune from a fantastic band and 72 people are dead inside (please increase this figure as needed in the future to allow for subsequent morons).
There's Only One Way Of Life, And Thats You're Own. That kinda Speaks the Truth. Lol XD
My Aussie Mum crying while translating lyrics to me child.... never i shall forget neither She nor this song......
Visceral bass heartbeat
i cant praise the levellers enough they were the complete band with awesome songs
for 30yrs they've kept me going
I lived in Brighton in 1991/92. These guys were huge there at the time. I bought A Weapon Called The Word, and then Levelling The Land when it came out. I also saw them play a couple of times and met them briefly once at a Pizza place. Then I came back to Australia and all my friends were going on about some band I'd never heared of called Nirvana. I told them the Levellers were much bigger where I had been living and that they were better. I still believe that and I still listen to those albums on a regular basis. I've never owned anything by Nirvana (although I think they're ok). This is a song I Iive by and as others have said here already, when this world freak show ends it will be my funeral song.
what a awesome group my era was the 80s how did i miss the levellers one of the best in my top 3
itisReeul
Timeless, classic song.
Anyone remember the Levellettes?
My Father passed away last night. These guys were his favourite, it was the soundtrack to my childhood. I'm playing this song in particular at his funeral. I don't even know why I'm writing this. This song is just so good and fitting for the man that raised me
Carn Marth could you be a bigger fucking dickhead on this post???
Rob Troake well said bro
My father died 7 year's ago it doesn't get any easier but at least he introduced me to the Levellers back in 1990 and they've been my favourite band of all time and every time I listen to it it's almost here with me like the good old days, still miss you dad😑😑😑
Such a cool track! It speaks volumes about life!
This tune is lit :)
I heard this song at a really low point in my life, about 20 years ago. I was transfixed by the music, but especially the lyrics. I truly took them to heart, and it was the beginning of digging myself out of the hole I’d created. This band INSPIRED me; I will always be grateful for this song!!!
the levellers were awesome they deserve a place in any record collection
Theres only one way of life and thats your own... SO DONT FUCKING ATTACH TO ANY ISM
i love music and the levellers are music
LOL, gate crashed one of their after gig house parties
i met the Levellers once
I was tripping my tits off on LSD first and second time I saw these legends live and having met them I can truly say they aint your average pop star fakers,these guys are GIVERS. Long may you may Level us up gents ✌🏼
I have always lived by this mantra..
MY DOG TORE YOUR TROUSERS!!!!! MUA HA HA HAAAAAAAA!!!
Great band, my politics are well to the right, absolutely nothing in common with these lads, but respect I love their tunes!
Adidas Boy thanks Adolf
@Jimmy Barnes lmao
Fuck the Right we are all one ☝️
Well to the right??? Why must you be so authoritarian over others when u cant sort your own life out...... and whats wrong with just pay and cooperative companies
Fantastic song !
reminds me of a friday night at the fridge night club shrewsbury many years ago
These guys are real shitters
The Levellers argued that the people were the original source of all political power. They presented their proposals in a written constitution called "The Agreement of the People," which was in many ways a precursor to the Constitution of the United States.
my history teacher was playing this today and was 1 of 3 people to like it sick song
So you're only 3 people in class?
School system must be fxxxd
Seeing them on Thursday ❤️❤️
love !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday night at rock city Nottingham in the 90's.
me and the wife bouncing around to this. not a care in the world.
those were the days.
Saw them at Rock City just last November (2018). The place went nuts!
Sounds like my 90's Saturday's too! Usually preceeded by playing this record as often as possible on the jukebox in the Salutation as a warm up :)
I bet i was there too :)
lOVE THE VIOLIn
Omg its been years since i listened to these guys no idea why i left it so long
btw it was the 90's
not gay, but a bit of a knob though, met them a couple of times, Simon is the shit! named my son after him.
Been following you for years, with about a ten year gap soooory guys, you are just as good as you were then.
long live the Levellers!!!! You are great,dont ever stop
Melkweg, Amsterdam bring on the 20th November!!
......with the Human League at the Paradiso on the Friday (18th), promises to be a great lost weekend in Amsterdam!
my mum loves this song so do i
Jonny Hammett same : )
@ Polyfusia - you need to to get your facts right,he's not gay....you are a total knobhead.
Fuck off +Polythumina
A CLASSIC!! :)
Petrified pice of Dino crap
@Thomas Bentley is clearly deaf.....
...lubię takie granie😊
Gdzieś słyszę Crowded House😊
Aww, this makes me think of one of my first music VHS tapes, their video best of collection
This song makes you want to just drop everything and walk off.
to the nearest beer garden!
Well said !
Why not... we all die
Yeah right
All these years later and it still has that effect on me. You are so right
Elmo & me, still Wild and free! only one Way of Life 😘
saw 2015 newquay on beach awsome
today live on stage at Genk on Stage
Germany 12 Points!
Hi there! We have recently made a video and this music is great for it
so will it be okay if we use this song for our video? We will put the
video link in the description.
If I could go back to the 90s I would. And I'd take these guys with me.
Eighties.
moi j'ame!!!!!!!!!!
j'aime !!!!
They WERE there in the 90s😀😉
abbie hols they started out in the 80s
Saw these guys live twice in the '90's and they put on the BEST shows ever!
I live by the words of the chorus
You live by an illusion them mate,as nice and romantic as it sounds,it is nowhere near true.
plusssssssssssssssss
JCBAirmaster73 wtf are u chatting.... we all die and rot in the soil
thanks to absolute radio for playing this great song can't believe it's took this long to hear a song like this when you think about the crap that gets air time daily.
Why's he got an SM 57 as his Mic'?
SM57 is just an SM58 w/o pop filter, so it's a pretty commonly used vocal mic really