Athlete are an English indie rock/"casio rock" (that's what they call it themselves) band. Friends since the age of fourteen, Athlete took their wide ranging influences such as Grandaddyand The Flaming Lipsand started jamming and practicing in the basement of The Bear, a pub which was converted into a church and sandwich bar, on Deptford High Street in 1999. They began recording here before sending demos out. Signing with Regal Recordings, they released their first single in February '02. The band came to prominence in 2003 when their debut album - Vehicles and Animals - produced popular singles such as You Got the Style and El Salvador.
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Athlete

This European air
it always warms my face
I wish I could buy some

I will bring you stories
And bleary eyed photos
like a regular tourist

We don't go breaking down
I feel like nothing ever will
We don't go breaking down
I feel like nothing

Suitcases down our street
Are rolling once again
I roll away with them
Five days inside Zoo York
To lose myself with friends
I'm nowhere without you

We don't go breaking down
I feel like nothing ever will
We don't go breaking down
I feel like nothing ever will
We will never go breaking down
I feel like nothing

Just wanna be with you my baby
Just wanna be with you my baby
Just wanna be with you my baby
Just wanna be with you my baby

I'm counting up the cost of time
and will embrace our time away
We cannot save ourselves alone
or rely on a mobile phone

Just wanna be with you my baby
Just wanna be with you my baby
Just wanna be with you my baby
Just wanna be with you my baby
Just wanna be with you my baby
Just wanna be with you my baby
Just wanna be with you