Teenage Fanclub - There Was You (Official Music Video)

From the forthcoming album Do Not Dare to Dream, out 9 October, 2026 on Merge Records. https://lnk.to/DoNotDaretoDream

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Video:
Photographed on location at Black Bay Studio on Great Bernera, and by the amphidromic point at the South entrance to Egersund, Norway by Donald Milne. Additional photography by Åshild Thorsen. Thanks to Johan Aakre skipper of "Svanen".

Music:
Norman Blake - guitar and vocals.
Euros Childs - keyboards and vocals.
Francis Macdonald - drums and percussion.
Raymond McGinley - guitars.
David McGowan - bass.
Produced by Teenage Fanclub.
Full band performances recorded at Black Bay Studio, Great Bernera.
Black Bay sessions engineered by Cal Roden, David Henderson, and Pete Fletcher.
Vocals recorded in Glasgow.
Mixed and mastered in Glasgow by Dexter George.
Written by Norman Blake.

Lyrics:

It was straight out the door to the factory floor
I was looking for something to do
I was greener than most and I worked a machine
Cutting track for the people who knew

Lost and alone, I was turning to stone
And I just didn’t know what to do
But way up ahead at the end of the road
There was you

When tragedy came, it knew me by name
I was spending my nights in the bar
I started to dream, but that doesn’t work
When you sleep in the back of the car

Lost and alone, I was turning to stone
And I still didn’t know what to do
But out of the blue at the end of the road
There was you

I was broken and loose, with my head in the noose
I was ready to give up the ghost
But at last I was found, when it all turned around
With a letter from you in the post

Lost and alone, I was turning to stone
And I still didn’t know what to do
But way up ahead at the end of the road
There was you

Lost and alone, I was turning to stone
And I still didn’t know what to do
But out of the gloom with your flower in bloom
There was you