-This is the catchiest song of the year, by far.
Making her late night TV debut,
performing her breakout hit "No Roots,"
please welcome Alice Merton!
[ Cheers and applause ]
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-♪♪ I like digging holes and hiding things inside them ♪♪
♪♪ When I grow old, I hope I won't forget to find them ♪♪
♪♪ 'Cause I've got memories ♪♪
♪♪ And travel like gypsies in the night ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I built a home and wait for someone to tear it down ♪♪
♪♪ Then pack it up in boxes ♪♪
♪♪ Head for the next town running ♪♪
♪♪ 'Cause I've got memories ♪♪
♪♪ And travel like gypsies in the night ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ And a thousand times I've seen this road ♪♪
♪♪ A thousand times ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots ♪♪
♪♪ But my home was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots, but my home ♪♪
♪♪ Was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oots ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots, but my home ♪♪
♪♪ Was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots ♪♪
♪♪ But my home was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oots ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I like standing still ♪♪
♪♪ But that's just a wishful plan ♪♪
♪♪ Ask me where I come from, I'll say a different land ♪♪
♪♪ But I've got memories ♪♪
♪♪ And travel like gypsies in the night ♪♪
-♪♪ Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm ♪♪
-♪♪ I count gates and numbers, then play the guessing name ♪♪
♪♪ It's just the place that changes ♪♪
♪♪ The rest is still the same ♪♪
♪♪ But I've got memories ♪♪
♪♪ And travel like gypsies in the night ♪♪
-♪♪ Mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm ♪♪
-♪♪ And a thousand times I've seen this road ♪♪
♪♪ A thousand times ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots, but my home ♪♪
♪♪ Was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots, but my home ♪♪
♪♪ Was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oots ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots, but my home ♪♪
♪♪ Was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots ♪♪
♪♪ But my home was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oots ♪♪
♪♪ I like digging holes ♪♪
♪♪ Hiding things inside them ♪♪
♪♪ When I grow old ♪♪
♪♪ I won't forget to find them ♪♪
♪♪ I like digging holes ♪♪
♪♪ Hiding things inside them ♪♪
♪♪ When I grow old ♪♪
♪♪ I won't forget to find them ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ No roots ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots, but my home ♪♪
♪♪ Was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots ♪♪
♪♪ But my home was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oots ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots, but my home ♪♪
♪♪ Was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots ♪♪
♪♪ But my home was never on the ground ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roo-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-oots ♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I've got no roots ♪♪
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ I've got no ♪♪
♪♪ Roots ♪♪
[ Song ends, cheers and applause ]
-Yes! Yes!
That is how you do it right there!
Alice Merton! Oh, my goodness.
That was great.
"No Roots" is out now.
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