it's alright (uptempo version)

but we didn't care

we were on the road

robert and grenville gave us some money to buy a second-hand door mobile

a little van

and we put our little bits of equipment in the back and started driving around the north circular

and then robert got us some gigs in the north

we drove up to manchester

birmingham

all over the country at tiny little clubs

our records hadn't been hits

but we were enjoying the groovy scene

man

and it was on these tours that we picked up lots of fans

lots of young fans

and it was through our appearance on ready steady go

with one of our failed singles

that they started to recognize us

and that's when we first encountered the phenomenon known as groupies