Novelty - Joy Division

When the people listen to you, don’t you know it means a lot?

Because you’ve got to work so hard for everything you’ve got

Can’t rest on your laurels now — not when you’ve got none

You’ll find yourself in the gutter, right back where you came from

Someone told me being in the know is the main thing

We all need the security that belonging brings

Can’t stand on your own in these times against all the odds

You all just fall behind like all the other sods

You slap our backs and pretend you knew about

All the things that we were gonna do

What you’re gonna do?

What you’re gonna do when it’s over

You’re all on your own now — don’t you think that it’s a shame

But you’re the only one responsible to take the blame

So what you’re gonna do when the novelty is gone?

Yeah, what you’re gonna do when the novelty is gone?

You slap our backs and pretend you knew about

All the things that we were gonna do

What you’re gonna do?

What you’re gonna do when it’s over?