A Fortnight’s Time Songtext
von Maxïmo Park

In a fortnight′s time you will be mine
I'll bide my time
You′re a paradigm of womankind
You could be mine
I disgust myself, but I've got to try...
I catch your eye

Would you like to go on a date with me?
And I know it's old-fashioned to say so
Five times five equals twenty five
Don′t you know your times tables by now?
O-who
Don′t you know?

On the last train home, you wanna phone
Instead, you rub your eyes
The reflection's grim in the windowpane
It′s the human stain.
So, you have a drink to erase the day...
There's another way


Would you like to go on a date with me?
And I know it′s old-fashioned to say so
Five times five equals twenty five
Don't you know your times tables by now?
O-who
Don′t you know?

When it comes to girls, I'm mostly hypothetical
If I list their names, it's purely alphabetical
When it comes to girls, I′m truly theoretical
If I test their nerve, it′s merely dialectical

And so...
Would you like to go on a date with me?
And I know it's old-fashioned to say so
Five times five equals twenty five
Don′t you know your times tables by now?
O-who
Don't you know?
I said, don′t you know?

In fortnight's time you will be mine
You will be mine.