Halfords lights in a carry bag Oil on the driveway Hands all black YouTube open on a smashed-up phone Learning every bolt like it’s flesh and bone Snap-on dreams with a Lidl set Saving every quid Every pound in debt All...
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Pop2026-02-23
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Lyrics
Verse 1
Halfords lights in a carry bag
Oil on the driveway
Hands all black
YouTube open on a smashed-up phone
Learning every bolt like it’s flesh and bone
Snap-on dreams with a Lidl set
Saving every quid
Every pound in debt
All my mates out
I’m laid on the floor
Chasing that rattle I can’t ignore
Pre-Chorus
Did it wrong
Did it twice
Skinned these knuckles
Paid that price
Every scrape
Every scar
Put my name
In this car
Chorus
Built not bought
Yeah
I made this
From a bare shell dream
To the main strip
Every long night turning spanners into art
Built not bought
Hear the turbo talk
From the back roads roar
To the pit lane stop
This is graft
This is heart
This is all I’ve got
Built not bought
(built not bought)
Verse 2
Sunday meets on a B&Q lot
Hatchbacks lined up
Bonnet propped
L plates shaking
Still I roll through proud
‘Cause I know this thing inside and out
Mum said “son
Get some sleep tonight”
I said “one more turn
Then it’ll drive right”
From the MOT to that first redline
Every little win feels like a gold shine
Pre-Chorus
Did it wrong
Did it clean
Turned that rust spot
Into sheen
Every fail
Every try
Put this fire
In my drive
Chorus
Built not bought
Yeah
I made this
From a bare shell dream
To the main strip
Every long night turning spanners into art
Built not bought
Hear the turbo talk
From the back roads roar
To the pit lane stop
This is graft
This is heart
This is all I’ve got
Built not bought
(built not bought)
Bridge
This for the kids on the council estate
Drawing wide arches in a maths book page
Saving lunch money for a clutch one day
Saying “one day
One day
One day”
This for the girls getting grease on jeans
Showing every lad what power means
You don’t need luck
Just a plan and a jack
Once you build it
No one takes that back
Chorus
Built not bought
Yeah
We made this
From a bare shell dream
To the main strip
Every long night turning spanners into art
Built not bought
Hear the turbo talk
From the back roads roar
To the pit lane stop
This is graft
This is heart
This is all we’ve got
Built not bought
(built not bought)
Outro
Keys in my hand
Scars on my palms
Can’t buy this pride
‘Cause I built this car
