Entitled
Lyrics
Hands up, I can't do that
Wait till tomorrow
Pretends to think a lot
Not user friendly (2)
Entitled
Entitled
So when we go in a second
What does that mean to you?
You tickle from the back
We're so respectable
But I'm entitled
Entitled
Entitled
Entitled
Why can you not relax
When I'm behind you?
I don't make passes from the back
Is it something usual
To be so entitled?
Entitled
Entitled
Remember with this photograph
Take care of photograph
Drowned in plastic
You've got good reason to laugh
Give up, I can't do that
Wait until tomorrow
My reputation's in tatters
Where does that leave you?
Disentitled
Notes
1. An easygoing and understated song with simple but, as usual, enigmatic lyrics. MES: "It's about being friendly - not in the male, sexual sense, just friendly - to someone who didn't accept that."
2. As far as I can tell this was a fairly new term at the time (1986). It was first applied to computers in the '70s (Dan found an instance from 1972), and began to be extended to other spheres in the early 1980s; however, it was not as widely used as it is today at the time of recording.
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Comments (15)

- 1. | 17/10/2013

- 2. | 01/06/2016
I believe that "Entitled" (later released as a b-side to "Hey Luciani") is one of those love songs. The drums are similar to those of "Peggy Sue."

- 3. | 14/11/2019

- 4. | 10/02/2021
He says "entitled" twice after "user friendly"
Also, I'm hearing "You tickle from the back," not "take her." Which would suggest the 'being friendly...to someone who didn't accept that" might be someone coming up from behind and giving a 'friendly' tickle. I had a friend in work who used to do that to me, we fell out cos I fucking hated it.

- 5. | 29/03/2021
[i]Hands up, I can't do that
Wait till tomorrow
Pretends to think a lot
Not user friendly
Entitled, entitled
So when we go in a second
What does that mean to you?
You take her from the back
We're so respectable
But I'm entitled
Entitled
Why can you not relax
When I'm behind you?
I don't make passes from the back
Is it something usual
To be so entitled?
Entitled
Remember with this photograph
Take care of photograph
Drowned in plastic
You've got good reason to laugh
Give up, I can't do that
Wait until tomorrow
My reputation's in tatters
Where does that leave you?
Disentitled.
I don't hear tickle, but rather a Northern English pronunciation of take.
"Drowned in plastic"? Refers to some kind of laminated ID card ?¨I'm not even convincing myself with this, but what does it mean in this context?

- 6. | 03/04/2021

- 7. | 03/04/2021

- 8. | 03/04/2021

- 9. | 03/04/2021

- 10. | 03/04/2021

- 11. | 11/04/2021

- 12. | 17/04/2021

- 13. | 03/07/2021

- 14. | 19/02/2022
To take care of a photograph you could put it in a photo album or frame it. In either case it’s drowning in plastic. You can look, but you can’t touch. Which fits the theme of the song.

- 15. | 23/01/2023
The earliest citation in Oxford Dictionary of English is from 1972. That's not necessarily the absolute first ever use, mind you.