Road To Ruin

Info

Road to Ruin is track #13 on The Libertines' 2nd album The Libertines. The track is credited to Doherty and Barat. Although there are two tracks on the Babyshambles sessions that are called "Road to Ruin 1" and "Road to Ruin 2", these tracks actually contain versions of "All at Sea" rather than the song that we know today as "Road to Ruin". The only other recordings of this song that exist besides the album versions are two monitor mix versions intended for the second album.

Appearing on

The Libertines	The Libertines	Album	2004-08-30
Babyshambles Sessions (2)	The Libertines	Session	2003-05
Babyshambles Sessions (1)	The Libertines	Session	2003-05
Discarded Recordings	The Libertines	Session	2003
Monitor Mixes	The Libertines	Session	2003

Concerts

Tim Festival, Brazil	The Libertines	Jockey Club, São Paulo, Brazil	2004-11-07
Fine Line Music Cafe	The Libertines	Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis; Minnesota US	2004-10-08

Lyrics

How can we make you understand
All you can be is given in your hand
Oh you won't need money

Trust in me, take me by the hand
Oh give us a chip
Dreams are strewn across the sand
You won't need money

Well, all the bent-back pedderlars the jugglers and fools
They're driving me crazy I'm climbing the walls
So show me the way, the way to my stool
Coz I'm so sick, so sick of it all
But when the penny drops

Trust in me, take me by the hand
Oh don't cash in your chips, just yet,
They're strewn across the sand
Oh you won't need you won't money

Well, all the bent-back pedderlars the jugglers and fools
They're driving me crazy, it's no good at all
So show me the way, the way to my stool
Coz I'm so sick, so sick of it all
But when the penny drops