Louis' "Just Like You"

Louis Tomlinson just couldn’t hold it in any longer, so early on Wednesday morning (Oct. 11) he took to Twitter to let fans know that soon – real soon – they’ll be able to hear a new single titled “Just Like You.” 

All the way back in July, Tomlinson told The BBC his strong feelings toward the track. One of the questions he was asked in a lengthy Q & A was what he had been writing about on his forthcoming album. “There’s one song I’m really attached to called ‘Just Like You,’ which is all about this view of celebrities that we’re impenetrable and almost not human, but fundamentally we all have the same problems. 

“Heartbreak feels the same, loss feels the same, all these feelings are the same for all of us. Mine just took a load different to, maybe, Tom who works in the chippy from nine to five.” (Billboard)

 Just Like You

It’s the guy from the one band                                                                                                      Cigarette in my left hand
Whole world in my right hand
Twenty-five and it’s all planned
Night out and it’s ten grand
Headlines that I can’t stand

But you only get half of the story
The cash, the cars, and the glory
No sleep and we party ‘till morning
‘Cause nobody cares when you’re boring

I’m just like you
Even though my problems look nothing like yours do
Yeah I get sad too
And when I’m down I need somebody to talk to
Yeah, I feel the same way as you would do too
Same stress, same shit to go through
I’m just like you
If you only knew

If I had it my way, pub lunch every Sunday
Cheap beer and it’s okay
I wanna lay where she lays  

I wanna stay in these days
Gonna smoke and it’s okay
But you only get half of the story
The cash, the cars, and the glory
Just like everyone else here before me
‘Cause nobody cares when you’re boring

I’m just like you
Even though my problems look nothing like yours do
Yeah I get sad too
And when I’m down I need somebody to talk to
Yeah, I feel the same way as you would do too
Same stress, same shit to go through
I’m just like you
If you only knew

Every heart breaks the same
Every tear leaves a stain
Can’t I just be the same?
Every heart breaks the same
Every tear leaves a stain
Let me be the same