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Have you got colour in your cheeks?
Do you ever get that fear that you cant shift the type
That sticks around like summat in your teeth?
Are there some aces up your sleeve?
Have you no idea that youre in deep?
Ive dreamt about you nearly every night this week
How many secrets can you keep?
Cause theres this tune I found
That makes me think of you somehow an I play it on repeat
Until I fall asleep, spillin drinks on my settee
If this feelin flows both ways?
Was sorta hopin that youd stay
That the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Crawlin back to you
Ever thought of callin when
Youve had a few?
Cause I always do
Maybe Im too
Busy bein yours
To fall for somebody new
Now, Ive thought it through
Crawlin back to you
So have you got the guts?
Been wonderin if your hearts still open
And if so, I wanna know what time it shuts
Simmer down an pucker up, Im sorry to interrupt
Its just Im constantly on the cusp of tryin to kiss you
I dont know if you feel the same as I do
But we could be together if you wanted to
If this feelin flows both ways?
Was sorta hopin that youd stay
That the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Crawlin back to you
Ever thought of callin when
Youve had a few?
Cause I always do
Maybe Im too
Busy bein yours
To fall for somebody new
Now, Ive thought it through
Crawlin back to you
If this feelin flows both ways?
Was sorta hopin that you’d stay
That the nights were mainly made
For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day
Too busy bein yours to fall
Ever thought of callin, darlin?
Do you want me crawlin back to you? |
Im going back to 505
If its a seven-hour flight or a forty-five-minute drive
In my imagination, youre waiting lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs
Stop and wait a sec
When you look at me like that, my darling, what did you expect?
Id probably still adore you with your hands around my neck
Or I did last time I checked
Not shy of a spark
The knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark
Frightened by the bite, though its no harsher than the bark
The middle of adventure, such a perfect place to start
Im going back to 505
If its a seven-hour flight or a forty-five-minute drive
In my imagination, youre waiting lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs
But I crumble completely when you cry
It seems like once again youve had to greet me with Goodbye
Im always just about to go and spoil the surprise
Take my hands off of your eyes, too soon
Im going back to 505
If its a seven-hour flight or a forty-five minute drive
In my imagination, youre waiting lying on your side
With your hands between your thighs and a smile |
You used to get it in your fishnets
Now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everythings in order in a black hole
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
That Bloody Marys lacking in Tabasco
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
Oh, the boys a slag, the best you ever had
The best you ever had is just a memory and those dreams
Werent as daft as they seem, arent as daft as they seem
My love, when you dream them up
Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Remember when the boys were all electric?
Now when shes told shes gonna get it
Im guessing that shed rather just forget it
Clinging till Im getting sentimental
Said she wasnt going but she went still
Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle
Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?
Oh, the boys a slag, the best you ever had
The best you ever had is just a memory and those dreams
Werent as daft as they seem, not as daft as they seem
My love, when you dream them up
Oh, Flo, where did you go?
Where did you go? Where did you go?
Youre falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
Just sounding it out
But youre not coming back again
Youre falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You were just sounding it out
But youre not coming back again
You used to get it in your fishnets
Now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everythings in order in a black hole
Is anything as pretty in the past though?
That Bloody Marys lacking in Tabasco
Remember when you used to be a rascal? |
Arabellas got some interstellar-gator skin boots
An a Helter Skelter round her little finger
An I ride it endlessly
Shes got a Barbarella silver swimsuit
An when she needs to shelter from reality
She takes a dip in my daydreams
My days end best when the sunset gets itself behind
That little lady sittin on the passenger side
Its much less picturesque without her catchin the light
The horizon tries but its just not as kind on the eyes
As Arabella, oh
As Arabella
Just might’ve tapped into your mind and soul
You cant be sure
Arabellas got a 70s head
But shes a modern lover
Its an exploration, shes made of outer space
An her lips are like the galaxys edge
An her kiss the colour of a constellation
Fallin into place
My days end best when the sunset gets itself behind
That little lady sittin on the passenger side
Its much less picturesque without her catchin the light
The horizon tries but its just not as kind on the eyes
As Arabella, oh
As Arabella
Just might’ve tapped into your mind and soul
You cant be sure
In a cheetah print coat
Underneath it, I hope
I can have one of those
Cigarettes that she smokes
Round a Mexican Coke
That you were the bottle
Of your soul, an it sounds like
Just might’ve tapped into your mind and soul
You cant be sure |
I wanna be your vacuum cleaner
Breathin in your dust
I wanna be your Ford Cortina
I will never rust
If you like your coffee hot
Let me be your coffee pot
You call the shots, babe
I just wanna be yours
Secrets I have held in my heart
Are harder to hide than I thought
Maybe I just wanna be yours
I wanna be yours
I wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Let me be your leccy meter
An Ill never run out
Let me be the portable heater
That you’ll get cold without
I wanna be your setting lotion
Hold your hair in deep devotion
At least as deep as the Pacific Ocean
I wanna be yours
Secrets I have held in my heart
Are harder to hide than I thought
Maybe I just wanna be yours
I wanna be yours
I wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
Wanna be yours
I wanna be your vacuum cleaner
Breathin in your dust
I wanna be your Ford Cortina
I will never rust
I just wanna be yours
I just wanna be yours
I just wanna be yours
I just wanna be yours |
Im a puppet on a string
Tracy Island, time-traveling
Diamond cutter-shaped heartaches
Come to find you four in some velvet morning
Years too late, shes a silver lining
Lone ranger riding through an open space
In my mind when shes not right there beside me
I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I cant help myself, all I
Wanna hear her say is Are you mine?
Well, are you mine?
Are you mine?
Are you mine? Woah, ah
I guess what Im trying to say is I need the deep end
Keep imagining meeting, wished away entire lifetimes
Unfair were not somewhere misbehaving for days
Great escape, lost track of time and space
Shes a silver lining climbing on my desire
And I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I cant help myself, all I
Wanna hear her say is Are you mine?
Well, are you mine?
Are you mine?
Are you mine?
And the thrill of the chase moves in mysterious ways
So in case, Im mistaken, I
Just wanna hear you say, You got me, baby
Are you mine?
Shes a silver lining
Lone ranger riding through an open space
In my mind when shes not right there beside me
I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be
And satisfaction feels like a distant memory
And I cant help myself, all I
Wanna hear her say is Are you mine?
Well, are you mine?
Are you mine?
Are you mine? |
The mirrors image tells me its home time
But Im not finished, cause youre not by my side
And as I arrived I thought I saw you leavin
Carryin your shoes
Decided that once again I was just dreamin
Of bumpin into you
Now, its three in the mornin
And Im tryna change your mind
Left you multiple missed calls
And to my message, you reply
Whyd you only call me when youre high?
High, whyd you only call me when youre high?
Somewhere darker, talkin the same shite
I need a partner, well are you out tonight?
Its harder and harder to get you to listen
More I get through the gears
Incapable of makin alright decisions
And having bad ideas
Now, its three in the mornin
And Im tryna change your mind
Left you multiple missed calls
And to my message, you reply
Whyd you only call me when youre high?
High, whyd you only call me when youre high?
And I cant see you here, wonder where I might
It sort of feels like Im runnin out of time
I havent found all I was hopin to find
You said you got to be up in the mornin
Gonna have an early night
And youre startin to bore me, baby
Whyd you only call me when youre high?
Whyd you only ever phone me when youre high?
Whyd you only ever phone me when youre high?
Whyd you only ever phone me when youre high?
Whyd you only ever phone me when youre ? |
You got the lights on in the afternoon
An the nights are drawn out long
And you’re kissin to cut through the gloom
With a cough drop coloured tongue
And you were sittin in the corner with the coats, all piled high
And I thought you might be mine
In a small world on an exceptionally rainy Tuesday night
In the right place and time
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who’s callin even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
Well, you cured my January blues
Yeah, you made it all alright
I got a feelin I might have lit the very fuse
That you were tryin not to light
You were a stranger in my phonebook I was actin like I knew
‘Cause I had nothin to lose
When the winter’s in full swing
And your dreams just aren’t comin true
Ain’t it funny what you’ll do?
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who’s callin even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
The late afternoon, the ghost in your room
That you always thought didn’t approve of you knockin boots
Never stopped you lettin me get hold of the sweet spot
By the scruff of your knee socks
You and me could have been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginning of Mean Streets
You could be my baby
You and me could have been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginning of Mean Streets
You could be my baby
All the zeros lined up
But the number’s blocked
When you’ve come undone
You and me could have been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginning of Mean Streets
You could be my baby
You and me could have been a team
Each had a half of a king and queen seat
Like the beginning of Mean Streets
You could be my baby
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who’s callin even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
When the zeros line up on the 24-hour clock
When you know who’s callin even though the number is blocked
When you walked around your house wearin my sky blue Lacoste
And your knee socks
Knee socks
Knee socks |
So youre on the prowl wondering whether
She left already or not
Leather jacket, collar popped like antenna
Never knowing when to stop
Sunglasses indoors, par for the course
Lights in the floors and sweat on the walls
Cages and poles
Call off the search for your soul
Or put it on hold again
Shes having a sly indoor smoke
And she calls the folks who run this, her oldest friends
Sipping a drink and laughing at imaginary jokes
As all the signals are sent, her eyes invite you to approach
And it seems as though those lumps in your throat
That you just swallowed have got you going
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Number one party anthem
Shes a certified mind blower
Knowing full well that I dont
May suggest theres somewhere from which I might know her
Just to get the ball to roll
Drunken monologues, confused because
Its not like Im falling in love, I just want ya
To do me no good
And you look like you could
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Number one party anthem
Come on, come on, come on
Before the moments gone
Number one party anthem, yeah, yeah
The look of love, the rush of blood
The Shes with mes, the Gallic shrug
The shutterbugs, the Camera Plus
The black & white and the color dodge
The good time girls, the cubicles
The house of fun, the number one
Party anthem, oh
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on
Before the moments gone
Number one party anthem
Number one party anthem
Number one party anthem
Yeah, yeah |
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Come on in, the waters lovely
Look, you could meet someone you like
During the meteor strike, it is that easy
Lunar surface on a Saturday night, dressed up in silver and white
With coloured Old Grey Whistle Test lights
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, it’s such an easy flight
Cute new places keep on popping up
Since the exodus, its all getting gentrified
I put a taqueria on the roof, it was well reviewed
Four stars out of five
And thats unheard of
Mr. Bridge and Tunnel on the Starlight Express
The head of special effects in my mind’s eye
Hokey Cokey with the opposite sex
The things you try to forget, doesnt time fly?
Im in no position to give advice, I dont want to be nice
And you know that
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, its such an easy flight
Cute new places keep on popping up
Around Clavius, its all getting gentrified
The Information-Action Ratio is the place to go
And you will not recognise the old headquarters
All the nights that never happened and the days that dont exist
At the Information-Action Ratio
The only time that we stop laughing is to breathe or steal a kiss
I can get you on the list for all the clubs
I can lift you up another semitone
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, its such an easy flight
Cute new places keep on popping up
Since the exodus, it’s all getting gentrified
The Information-Action Ratio
Is the place to go, four stars out of five
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, now, it’s such an easy flight
Cute new places keep on popping up
Around Clavius, its all getting gentrified
I put a taqueria on the moon
It got rave reviews, four stars out of five
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, four stars out of five
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, four stars out of five
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, four stars out of five
Take it easy for a little while
Come and stay with us, four stars out of five
Four stars out of five |
I just wanted to be one of The Strokes
Now look at the mess you made me make
Hitchhiking with a monogrammed suitcase
Miles away from any half-useful imaginary highway
Im a big name in deep space, ask your mates
But golden boys in bad shape
I found out the hard way that
Here aint no place for dolls like you and me
Everybodys on a barge
Floating down the endless stream of great TV
1984, 2019
Maybe I was a little too wild in the 70s
Rocket-ship grease down the cracks of my knuckles
Karate bandana, warp speed chic
Hair down to there, impressive moustache
Love came in a bottle with a twist-off cap
Lets all have a swig and do a hot lap
So who you gonna call?
The Martini Police
Baby, that isnt how they look tonight, oh no
It took the light forever to get to your eyes
I just wanted to be one of those ghosts
You thought that you could forget
And then I haunt you via the rear view mirror
On a long drive from the back seat
But its alright, cause you love me
And you recognise that it aint how it should be
Your eyes are heavy and the weathers getting ugly
So pull over, I know the place
Dont you know an apparition is a cheap date?
What exactly is it youve been drinking these days?
Jukebox in the corner, Long Hot Summer
Theyve got a film up on the wall and its dark enough to dance
What do you mean youve never seen Blade Runner?
Oh, maybe I was a little too wild in the 70s
Back down to earth with a lounge singer shimmer
Elevator down to my make-believe residency
From the honeymoon suite
Two shows a day, four nights a week
Easy money
So who you gonna call?
The Martini Police
So who you gonna call?
The Martini Police
Oh, baby, that isnt how they look tonight
It took the light absolutely forever to get to your eyes
And as we gaze skyward, aint it dark early?
Its the star treatment
Yeah, and as we gaze skyward, aint it dark early?
Its the star treatment
Its the star treatment
The star treatment |
Whats been happenin in your world?
What have you been up to?
I heard that you fell in love or near enough
I gotta tell you the truth, yeah
I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake, baby
Snap out of it
I get the feelin I left it too late, but, baby
Snap out of it
If that watch dont continue to swing
Or the fat lady fancies havin a sing
Ill be here, waitin ever so patiently for you to
Snap out of it
Forever isnt for everyone
Is forever for you?
It sounds like settlin down or givin up
But it dont sound much like you, girl
I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake, baby
Snap out of it
I get the feelin I left it too late, but, baby
Snap out of it
If that watch dont continue to swing
Or the fat lady fancies havin a sing
Ill be here, waitin ever so patiently for you to
Snap out of it
Under a spell, youre hypnotised
Darling, how could you be so blind?
Under a spell, youre hypnotised
Darling, how could you be so blind?
I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake, baby
Snap out of it
I get the feelin I left it too late, but, baby
Snap out of it
If that watch dont continue to swing
Or the fat lady fancies havin a sing
Ill be here, waitin ever so patiently for you to
Snap out of it |
Jesus in the day spa, filling out the information form
Mama got her hair done, just popping out to sing a protest song
Ive been on a bender back to that prophetic esplanade
Where I ponder all the questions but just manage to miss the mark
Hoo
Good afternoon
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Mark speaking
Please, tell me, how may I direct your call?
This magical thinking feels as if it really might catch on
Mama wants some answers
Do you remember where it all went wrong?
Technological advances really bloody get me in the mood
Pull me in close on a crisp eve, baby
Kiss me underneath the moons side boob
Good afternoon
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Mark speaking
Please, tell me, how may I direct your call?
And do you celebrate your dark side
Then wish youd never left the house?
Have you ever spent a generation trying to figure that one out?
Hoo
Good afternoon
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Mark speaking
Please, tell me, how may I direct your call? |
Your love is like a studded leather headlock
Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain
Youre rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock
And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade
Suck it and see, you never know
Sit next to me before I go
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
Be cruel to me cause I am a fool for you
I poured my aching heart into a pop song
I couldnt get the hang of poetry
Thats not a skirt, girl, thats a sawn-off shotgun
And I can only hope youve got it aimed at me
Suck it and see, you never know
Sit next to me before I go
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
Be cruel to me cause I am a fool for
Blue moon girls from once upon a Shangri-La
How I often wonder where you are
You have got that face that just says
Baby, I was made to break your heart, oh-oh-oh
Suck it and see, you never know
Sit next to me before I go, go, go, go
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
Be cruel to me cause I am a fool for you |
I thought I saw you in the Battleship
But it was only a look-a-like
She was nothing but a vision trick
Under the warning light
She was close, close enough to be your ghost
But my chances turned to toast
When I asked her if I could call her your name
I thought I saw you in the Rusty Hook
Huddled up in a wicker chair
I wandered over for a closer look
And kissed whoever was sitting there
She was close, and she held me very tightly
Til I asked awfully politely
Please, can I call you her name?
And I elongated my lift home
Yeah, I let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself
I thought I saw you in the Parrots Beak
Messing with the smoke alarm
It was too loud for me to hear her speak
And she had a broken arm
It was close, so close that the walls were wet
And she wrote it out in Letraset
No, you cant call me her name
Tell me, wheres your hiding place?
Im worried Ill forget your face
And Ive asked everyone
Im beginning to think I imagined you all along
I elongated my lift home
Yeah, I let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself
I saw your sister in the Cornerstone
On the phone to the middle man
When I saw that she was on her own
I thought she might understand
She was close, well, you couldnt get much closer
She said, Im really not supposed to, but yes
You can call me anything you want |
One for the road, oooh oooh
One for the road, oooh oooh
From the bottom of your heart
The relegation zone
I saw this comin from the start
The shake, rattle and roll
The cracks in blackout blinds
Cast patterns on the ceiling
But youre feeling fine
I thought it was dark outside
I thought it was dark outside
One for the road
So we all get back to yours
And you sit and talk to me on the floor
Theres no need to show me round, baby
I feel like Ive been here before
Ive been wonderin whether later
When you tell everybody to go
Will you pour me one for the road?
I knew this would be on the cards
I knew you wouldnt fold
I saw this comin from the start
The shake, rattle and roll
One for the road
So we all get back to yours
And you sit and talk to me on the floor
Theres no need to show me round, baby
I feel like Ive been here before
Ive been wonderin whether later
When you tell everybody to go
Will you pour me one for the road?
The mixture hits you hard
Dont get that sinking feeling
Dont fall apart
Some out of tune guitar
Soundtrack to disaster
Oooh oooh, one for the road
Oooh oooh, one for the road
Oooh oooh, one for the road
Oooh oooh, one for the road
Oooh oooh
Oooh oooh
Oooh oooh
Oooh oooh
One for the road
So we all get back to yours
And you sit and talk to me on the floor
Theres no need to show me round, baby
I feel like Ive been here before
Ive been wonderin whether later
When you tell everybody to go
Will you pour me one for the road? |
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory
You were practicing a magic trick
And my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed
On the last of your pick and mix
Said, Youre mistaken if youre thinking
That I havent been called cold before
As you bit into your strawberry lace
And then offered me your attention in the form of a gobstopper
Its all you had left and it was going to waste
Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I love that little game you had called Crying Lightning
And how youd like to aggravate the ice-cream man
On rainy afternoons
The next time that I caught my own reflection
It was on its way to meet you
Thinking of excuses to postpone
You never looked like yourself from the side
But your profile could not hide
The fact you knew I was approaching your throne
With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache
Stood and puffed your chest out like youd never lost a war
And though I tried so not to suffer the indignity of reaction
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw
And your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called Crying Lightning
And how youd like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons
Uninviting, but not half as impossible as everyone assumes you are
Crying Lightning
Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called
Crying Lightning, Crying Lightning
Crying Lightning, Crying Lightning
Your pastimes consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called Crying |
Well, now then, mardy bum
Ive seen your frown and its like looking down
The barrel of a gun, and it goes off
And out come all these words
Oh, theres a very pleasant side to you
A side I much prefer
Its one that laughs and jokes around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen, yeah
To get things off the ground
And it was up, up, and away
Ah, but its reight hard to remember that
On a day like today
When youre all argumentative
And youve got the face on
Well, now then mardy bum
Oh, Im in trouble again, arent I?
I thought as much
Cause you turned over there
Pulling that silent disappointment face
The one that I cant bear
Well, cant we just laugh and joke around?
Remember cuddles in the kitchen, yeah
To get things off the ground
And it was up, up, and away
Ah, but its reight hard to remember that
On a day like today
When youre all argumentative
And youve got the face on
And yeah, Im sorry I was late
But I missed the train and then the traffic was a state
And I cant be arsed to carry on in this debate that reoccurs
Oh, when you say I dont care
But, of course I do, yeah, I clearly do
So laugh and joke around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen, yeah
To get things off the ground
And it was up, up, and away
Oh, but its reight hard to remember that
On a day like today
When youre all argumentative
And youve got the face on |
I said, whos that girl there?
I wonder what went wrong so that she had to roam the streets
She dont do major credit cards, I doubt she does receipts
Its all not quite legitimate
And what a scummy man
Just give him half a chance, I bet hell rob you if he can
Can see it in his eyes, yeah, that hes got a driving ban
Amongst some other offences
And Ive seen him with girls of the night
And he told Roxanne to put on her red light
Theyre all infected but hell be alright
Cause hes a scumbag, dont you know?
I said, hes a scumbag, dont you know?
Although youre trying not to listen
Avert your eyes and staring at the ground
She makes a subtle proposition
Im sorry, love, Ill have to turn you down
And oh, he must be up to summat
What are the chances? Sure its more than likely
Ive got a feeling in my stomach
And start to wonder what his story might be
What his story might be, yeah
Cause they said it changes when the sun goes down
Yeah, they said it changes when the sun goes down
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Around here, around here
Look, here comes a Ford Mondeo
Isnt he Mr. Inconspicuous?
And he dont even have to say owt
Shes in the stance ready to get picked up
Bet shes delighted when she sees him
Pulling in and giving her the eye
Because she must be fucking freezing
Scantily-clad beneath the clear night sky
It dont stop in the winter, no
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Yeah, they said it changes when the sun goes down
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Around here
Well, they said it changes when the sun goes down
Over the river, going out of town
And they said it changes when the sun goes down
Around here, around here, oh
And what a scummy man
Just give him half a chance, I bet hell rob you if he can
Can see it in his eyes, yeah, that hes got a nasty plan
I hope youre not involved at all |
Dancing in my underpants
Im gonna run for government
Im gonna form a covers band anorl
Back there by the baby grand
Did Mr. Winter Wonderland
Say, Come ere, kid, we really need to talk?
Bear with me, man, I lost my train of thought
I fantasise, I call it quits
I swim with the economists
And I get to the bottom of it for good
By the time reality hits
The chimes of freedom fell to bits
The shining city on the fritz
They come out of the cracks, thirsty for blood
Oh, just as the apocalypse finally gets prioritised
And you cry some of the hottest tears you ever cried
Multiplied by five
I suppose a singer must die
Singsong Round the Money Tree
This stunning documentary
That no one else unfortunately saw
Such beautiful photography
Its worth it for the opening scene
Ive been driving round listening to the score
Or maybe I just imagined it all
Ive played to quiet rooms like this before
Bear with me, man, I lost my train of thought |
Stop making the eyes at me
Ill stop making the eyes at you
What it is that surprises me
Is that I dont really want you to
And your shoulders are frozen
Oh, but youre an explosion
Your name isnt Rio, but I dont care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I dont know if youre looking for romance or
I dont know what youre looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984
I wish youd stop ignoring me
Because its sending me to despair
Without a sound, yeah, youre calling me
And I dont think its very fair
That your shoulders are frozen
Oh, but youre an explosion
Your name isnt Rio, but I dont care for sand
And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh
I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I dont know if youre looking for romance or
I dont know what youre looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Well, from 1984
And no, there int no love
No Montagues or Capulets
Just banging tunes and DJ sets and
Dirty dancefloors and dreams of naughtiness
Well, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I dont know if youre looking for romance or
I dont know what youre looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984
Said, from |
I cant explain but I wanna try
Theres this image of you and I
And it goes dancing by
In the morning and in the night time
Theres all these secrets that I cant keep
Like in my heart theres that hotel suite
And you lived there so long
Its kind of strange now youre gone
Im not sure if I should show you what Ive found
Has it gone for good, or is it coming back around?
Isnt it hard to make up your mind
When youre losing and your fuse is fireside?
Theres all those places we used to go
And I suspect you already know
But that place on memory lane you like still looks the same
But something about its changed
Im not sure if I should show you what Ive found
Has it gone for good, or is it coming back around?
Isnt it hard to make up your mind
When youre losing and your fuse is fireside?
And I thought I was yours forever
Or maybe I was mistaken
But I just cannot manage to make it through the day
Without thinking of you lately
Im not sure if I should show you what Ive found
Has it gone for good, or is it coming back around?
Isnt it hard to make up your mind
When youre losing and your fuse is fireside? |
Theyve sped up to the point where they provoke
The punchline before they have told the joke
Plenty of desperation to be seen
Staring at the television screen
Theyve sped up to the point where they provoke
You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke
Well sorry, sunshine, it doesnt exist
It wasnt in the Top 100 list
And its the thousandth time that its even bolder
Dont be surprised when you get bent over
They told you, but you were dying for it
She saw it and she grabbed it and it wasnt what it seemed
The kids all dream of making it, whatever that means
Another variation on a theme
A tangle on the television and the magazine
Dyou reckon that they do it for a joke?
Dyou reckon that they make em take an oath
That says that We are defenders of any poser
Or professional pretender around
And when did your list replace the twist and turn
Like a fist replaced a kiss?
Dont concern us with your bollocks, I dont want your prayer
Save it for the morning after
And its the thousandth time that its even bolder
Dont be surprised when you get bent over
They told you, but you were gagging for it
Lets have a game on the teddy picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick and youre getting thicker
Lets have a game on the teddy picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick and youre getting thicker
Presuming that all things are equal
Whod want to be men of the people
When theres people like you? |
Still got pictures of friends on the wall
I suppose we arent really friends anymore
Maybe I shouldnt ever have called that thing friendly at all
Get freaked out from a knock at the door
When I havent been expecting one
And didnt that used to be part of the fun, once upon a time?
Well be there at the back of the bar
In a booth like we usually were
Every time there was a rocket launch or some big event
What a death I died writing that song
Start to finish, with you looking on
It stays between us, Steinway, and his sons
Cause its the ultracheese
Perhaps its time that you went for a walk
Dressed like a fictional character
From a place they called America in the golden age
Trust the politics to come along
When you were just tryna orbit the sun
When you were just about to be kind to someone
Because you had the chance
Ive still got pictures of friends on the wall
I might look as if Im deep in thought
But the truth is Im probably not
If I ever was
Oh, the dawn wont stop weighing a tonne
Ive done some things that I shouldnt have done
But I havent stopped loving you once |
Well, the mourning was complete
When there was tears on the steering wheel dripping on the seat
Several hours or several weeks
Id have the cheek to say theyre equally as bleak
Its the beginning of the end
The car went up the hill and disappeared around the bend
Ask anyone, theyll tell you that its these times that it tends
To start to break in half, to start to fall apart, hold on to your heart
And do me a favour and break my nose
Or do me a favour and tell me to go away
Or do me a favour and stop asking questions
As she walked away, well, her shoes were untied
And the eyes were all red, you could see that wed cried
And I watched and I waited till she was inside
Forcing a smile and waving goodbye
Curiosity becomes a heavy load
Too heavy to hold, too heavy to hold
Curiosity becomes a heavy load
Too heavy to hold, will force you to be cold
Do me a favour and ask if you need some help
She said, Do me a favour and stop flattering yourself
And to tear apart the ties that bind
Perhaps fuck off might be too kind
Perhaps fuck off might be too kind |
Brian, top marks for not trying
So kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness
Were grateful and so strangely comforted
And I wonder, are you putting us under?
Cause we cant take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well, see you later, innovator
Some want to kiss, some want to kick you
Theres not a net you couldnt slip through
Or at least thats the impression I get
Cause youre smooth and youre wet
And shes not aware yet, but shes yours
Shell be saying, Use me, show me the jacuzzi
I imagine that its there on a plate, your whole rendezvous rate
Means that youll never be frightened to make em wait for a while
I doubt its your style not to get what you set out to acquire
The eyes are on fire, you are the unforecasted storm
Calm, collected and commanding
You leave the other story standing
With your renditions and jokes, bet theres hundreds of blokes
That have wept cause youve stolen their thunder
Are you putting us under?
Cause we cant take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well, see you later, innovator |
In a foreign place, the saving grace was the feeling
That it was a heart that he was stealing
Oh, he was ready to impress and the fierce excitement
The eyes are bright, he couldnt wait to get away
And I bet that Juliet was just the icing on the cake
Make no mistake, no
And even if somehow we could have
Shown you the place you wanted
Well, Im sure you could have
Made it that bit better on your own
And I bet she told a million people that shed stay in touch
But all the little promises, they dont mean much
When theres memories to be made
And I hope youre holding hands by New Years Eve
They made it far too easy to believe
That true romance cant be achieved these days
And even if somehow they could have
Shown you the place you wanted
Well, Im sure you could have
Made it that bit better on your own
You are the only ones who know |
Open Sesame
Weve people to see
Theres all sorts of shapes that I bet you can make
When you want to escape, say the word
Well, I know that getting you alone isnt easy to do
With the exception of you, I dislike everyone in the room
And I dont wanna lie, but I dont wanna tell you the truth
Get the sense that youre on the move
And youll probably be leaving soon, so Im telling you
Stop the world cause I wanna
Get off with you
Stop the world cause I wanna
Get off with you
Eyes the colour of
Icing sugar dust
Its a funny thing that I cannot explain
Dont you know the train keeps a-rolling?
Stop the world cause I wanna
Get off with you
Stop the world cause I wanna
Get off with you
Well, I know that getting you alone isnt easy to do
And I dont wanna lie, and I dont wanna tell you the truth
And I know we got places to go, we got people to see
Think we both oughta put em on hold and I know you agree
Stop the world cause I wanna
Get off with you
Stop the world cause I wanna
Get off with you |
Do you still feel younger than you thought you would by now
Or darling, have you started feeling old yet?
Dont worry, Im sure that youre still breaking hearts
With the efficiency that only youth can harness
And do you still think love is a laserquest
Or do you take it all more seriously?
Ive tried to ask you this in some daydreams that Ive had
But youre always busy being make-believe
And do you look into the mirror to remind yourself youre there
Or have somebodys goodnight kisses got that covered?
When Im not being honest
I pretend that you were just some lover
Now I cant think of there without thinking of you
I doubt that comes as a surprise
And I cant think of anything to dream about
I cant find anywhere to hide
And when Im hanging on by the rings around my eyes
And I convince myself I need another
And for a minute, it gets easier
To pretend that you were just some lover
When Im pipe and slippers and rocking chair
Singing dreadful songs about summer
Will I have found a better method of
Pretending you were just some lover?
Will I have found a better method of
Pretending you were just some lover? |
Shall I keep rolling?
Well, oh, they might wear classic Reeboks
Or knackered Converse, or tracky bottoms tucked in socks
But all of thats what the point is not
The points that there int no romance around there
And theres the truth that they cant see
Theyd probably like to throw a punch at me
And if you could only see em then you would agree
Agree that there int no romance around there
You know? Oh, its a funny thing, you know
Well tell em if you like, well tell em all tonight
Theyll never listen, because their minds are made up
And course its all okay to carry on that way
Cause over there theres broken bones
Theres only music so that theres new ringtones
And it dunt take no Sherlock Holmes
To see its a little different around here
Dont get me wrong though, theres boys in bands
And kids who like to scrap with pool cues in their hands
And just cause hes had a couple of cans
He thinks its all right to act like a dickhead
Dont you know? Oh, its a funny thing, you know
Well tell em if you like, well tell em all tonight
Theyll never listen, because their minds are made up
And course its all okay to carry on that way
But I said no, oh no
Well, you wont get me to go
Not anywhere, not anywhere
No, I wont go
Oh, no, no
But over there, theres friends of mine
What can I say? Ive known em for a long long time
And they might overstep the line
But you just cannot get angry in the same way
No, not in the same way
Said, not in the same way
Oh no, oh no, no |
I want an interesting synonym
To describe this thing
That you say were all grandfathered in
Ill use the search engine
Too much to discuss over a bucket of balls
I can recall the glow of your low beams
Its the big night in Tinsel City
Life became a spectator sport
I launch my fragrance called Integrity
I sell the fact that I cant be bought
Have I told you all about the time that I got sucked into a hole
Through a handheld device?
I will flashback now and again, but Im usually alright
Thankfully, the process has been simplified
Since the last time you tried
Ive recognised the glow of your low beams numerous times
Ill be by the Batphone if you need to get ahold
Making a selection, opening credits roll
Panoramic windows looking out across your soul
You go in through the door
Vengeance Trilogy wallpaper walls
They have re-decorated it all
Theyve changed all the lights and the bars down the side
Ive recognised the glow of your low beams numerous times
Through fairly opaque blinds in the sitting room
Vehicles will pass by, but I know when its you
Ill be in a nose dive in my flying shoes
Right behind your closed eyes like a memory from your youth
Ill be by the Batphone if you need to get a hold
Making a selection, opening credits roll
Killer Pink Flamingos, computer controlled
Panoramic windows looking out across your soul |
Blind faith, heartache
Mind games, mistakes
My sweet fireball
My sweet rigmarole
I want it all
I want it all
Old dogs, new tricks
Can you feel it?
Space age country girl
Stone cold miracle
I want it all
I want it all
And then suddenly it hit me, it’s a year ago
Since I drank miniature whiskey and we shared your Coke
Said, ain’t it just like you to kiss me and then hit the road?
Leave me listening to the Stones, 2000 Light Years From Home
Shoo-wop, shoo-wop shoo-wop, shoo-wop
Shoo-wop, shoo-wop shoo-wop, shoo-wop
Shoo-wop, shoo-wop shoo-wop, shoo-wop
Shoo-wop, shoo-wop shoo-wop, shoo-wop
Shoo-wop, shoo-wop
I want it all
I want it all
I want it all
I want it all
I want it all |
So when you gaze at planet Earth from outer space
Does it wipe that stupid look off of your face?
I saw this aura over the battleground states
I lost the money, lost the keys
But Im still handcuffed to the briefcase
And I never thought, not in a million year
That Id meet so many Lolas
Can I please have my money back?
My virtual reality mask is stuck on Parliament Brawl
Emergency battery pack, just in time for my weekly chat
With God on videocall
Breaking news, they take the truth and make it fluid
The trainers explanation was accepted by the steward
A montage of the latest ancient ruins
Soundtracked by a chorus of You dont know what youre doing
And I never thought, not in a million years
That Id meet so many Lolas
And all of my most muscular regrets
Explode behind my eyes like American sports
Hoo
And I never thought, not in a million year
That Id meet so many Lolas |
Old yellow bricks, loves a risk
Quite the little escapologist
Looked so miffed when you wished
For a thousand places better than this
You are the fugitive but you dont know what youre running from
You cant kid us and you couldnt trick anyone
Houdini, love, you dont know what youre running away from
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
Blinded by nostalgia
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
She was enraged by the way
That the emperor were trapped in the cage
And the days she deemed dull
Leading to nights reading beer bottles
Youre such a fugitive but you dont know what youre running from
You cant kid us and you couldnt trick anyone
Houdini, love, you dont know what youre running away from
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
Blinded by nostalgia
Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
Youre at a loss just because
It wasnt all that you thought it was
You are the fugitive but you dont know what youre running away from
She said, I want to sleep in the city that never wakes up
And revel in nostalgia
I know I said, Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?
But Dorothy was right though |
I etched the face of a stopwatch on the back of a raindrop
And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass
I heard an unhappy ending, it sort of sounds like you leaving
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning
You look like youve been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel
And sat in the back booth by the pamphlets
And the literature on how to lose
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food
If youre gonna try and walk on water
Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes
Mysteries flashing amber go green when you answer
But the red on the rest of the questionnaire never changes
I heard the news that youre planning
To shoot me out of a cannon
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning
You look like youve been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel
And sat in the back booth by the pamphlets
And the literature on how to lose
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food
If youre gonna try and walk on water
Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Piledriver |
One, two, three, four
Smile like youve got a straw in something tropical
Ive got the party plugged right into my skull
Wayne Manor, what a memorable NYE
Good morning
Cheeseburger
Snowboarding
Finally, I can share with you through cloudy skies
Every whimsical thought that enters my mind
Theres no limit to the length of the dickheads we can be
Bukowski
Dogsitting
Screwballing
Finally, theres a place where you can wag your tongue
Baby, but why cant we all just get along?
Dance as if somebodys watching, cause they are
No ones on the streets
We moved it all online as of March
Im so full of shite
I need to spend less time stood around in bars
Waffling on to strangers all about martial arts
And how much I respect them
Key changes
Re-thinking
New order |
Well, last night these two bouncers
And one of ems alright, the other ones a scaryun
His way or no way; totalitarian
Hes got no time for you looking or breathing
How he don’t want you to, so step out the queue
He makes examples of you, and theres nowt you can say
Behind they go through to the bit where you pay
And you realise then that its finally the time
To walk back past ten-thousand eyes in the line
And you can swap jumpers and make another move
Instilled in your brain youve got something to prove
To all the smirking faces and the boys in black
Why cant they be pleasant? Why cant they have a laugh?
Hes got his hand in your chest, he wants to give you a duff
Well, secretly I think they want you all to kick off
They want arms flying everywhere and bottles as well
Its just something to talk about, a story to tell, yeah
Well, Im so glad they turned us all away, well put it down to fate
I said a thousand million things that I could never say this morning
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
Well, this towns a different town today
Said, this towns a different town to what it was last night
You couldnt have done that on a Sunday
And that girls a different girl today
Said, that girls a different girl to her you kissed last night
You couldnt have done that on a Sunday
Of course not
Well, Im so glad they turned us all away, well put it down to fate
I thought a thousand million things that I could never think this morning
Got too deep, but how deep is too deep?
Last night, what we talked about
It made so much sense
But now the haze has ascended
It dont make no sense anymore
I said, last night, what we talked about
It made so much sense
But now the haze has ascended
It dont make no sense anymore, oh
Da-da, da-da-da
Da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da |
Mad sounds, in your ears
Make you feel alright
They bring you back to life
Mad sounds, in your ears
Make you get up and dance
Make you get up
Yeah, they make you get up
Love buckles under the strain
Of those wild nights
Run but you cannot hide
Mad sounds, in your ears
Make you get up and dance
Make you get up
All night long they reappear
Make you get up and dance
Yeah, they make you get up
Suppose youve gotta do what youve gotta do
We just werent feeling how we wanted to
You sit and try sometimes
But you just can’t figure out what went wrong
Then out of nowhere, somebody comes and hits you with an
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
You got those mad sounds, in your ears
To make you get up and dance
Mad sounds, in your ears
They make you get up and dance
Hold on to make you get up
Ah yeah, they make you get up
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh
Ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh la la la, ooh |
Last night when my psyches
Subcommittee sang to me in its scary voice
You slowly dropped your eyelids
When true love takes a grip, it leaves you without a choice
And in response to what you whispered in my ear
I must admit, sometimes I fantasise about you too
The leader of the free world
Reminds you of a wrestler wearing tight golden trunks
Hes got him sen a theme tune
They play it for him as he makes his way to the ring
And in response to what you whispered in my ear
I must admit, sometimes I fantasise about you too
In the daytime
Bendable figures with a fresh new pack of lies
Summat else to publicise
Im sure youve heard about enough
So in response to what you whispered in my ear
Ill be upfront, sometimes I fantasise about you too |
Anticipation has the habit to set you up
For disappointment in evening entertainment, but
Tonight therell be some love
Tonight therell be a ruckus, yeah
Regardless of whats gone before
I want to see all of the things that weve already seen
The lairy girls hung out the window of the limousine
Of course its fancy dress
And theyre all looking quite full on
In bunny ears and devil horns and how
Anticipation has the habit to set you up
For disappointment in evening entertainment, but
Tonight therell be some love
Tonight therell be a ruckus, yeah
Regardless of whats gone before
I want to see all of the things that weve already seen
I wanna see you take the jackpot out the fruit machine
And put it all back in
Youve got to understand that
You can never beat the bandit, no
And she wont be surprised and she wont be shocked
When shes pressed the star after shes pressed unlock
And theres verse and chapter sat in her inbox
And all that it says is that youve drank a lot
And you should bear that in mind tonight
Bear that in mind
Yeah, you should bear that in mind tonight
Bear that in mind
And you can pour your heart out but her reasoning will block
Owt you send her after nine o clock
Anticipation has the habit to set you up
For disappointment in evening entertainment, but
Tonight therell be some love, oh
Tonight therell be a ruckus, yeah
Regardless of whats gone before
And she wont be surprised and she wont be shocked
When shes pressed the star after shes pressed unlock
And theres verse and chapter sat in her inbox
And all that it says is that youve drank a lot
And you should bear that in mind tonight
Bear that in mind
Yeah, you should bear that in mind tonight
Bear that in mind
And you can pour your heart out around three o clock
When the two-for-ones undone the writers block |
Fake tales of San Francisco
Echo through the room
More point to a wedding disco
Without a bride or groom
And theres a super cool band, yeah
With their trilbies and their glasses of white wine
And all the weekend rockstars are in the toilets
Practicing their lines
I dont want to hear you
I dont want to hear you, no
I dont want to hear you
I dont want to hear you, I dont want to hear your
Fake tales of San Francisco
Echo through the air
And theres a few bored faces at the back, all
Wishing they werent there
And as the microphone squeaks
A young girls telephone beeps
Yeah, shes dashing for the exit
Oh, shes running to the streets outside
Oh, youve saved me, she screams down the line
The band were fucking wank and Im not having a nice time
I dont want to hear you
I dont want to hear you, no
Yeah, but his bird said its amazing though, so all thats left
Is the proof that loves not only blind, but deaf
He talks of San Francisco, hes from Hunters Bar
I dont quite know the distance, but Im sure thats far
Yeah, Im sure its pretty far
And yeah, Id love to tell you all my problem
Youre not from New York City, youre from Rotherham
So get off the bandwagon, and put down the handbook
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook, yeah |
You push the button and well do the rest
The exotic sound of data storage
Nothing like it, first thing in the morning
You push the button and well do the rest
Bastard Latin, thats the best thing for it
You push the button and well do the rest
You and Lizzy in the summertime
Wrapping my tiny mind around a lullaby
There are things that I just cannot explain to you
And those that I hope I dont ever have to
Pattern language, in the mood for love
You push the button and well do the rest
You and Genie wearing Stetson hats
Trying to gain access to my lily pad
There are things that I just cannot explain to you
And those that I hope I dont ever have to
The worlds first ever monster truck front flip
Im just a bad girl trying to be good
Ive got a laser guiding my love that I cannot adjust
Forward-thinking model villages
More brain shrinking moving images
You push the button and well do the rest |
Religious iconography giving you the creeps?
I feel rougher than a disco lizard tongue along your cheek
The rise of the machines
I must admit you gave me something momentarily
In which I could believe
But the hand of harsh realitys un-gloved
And its on its way back here to scoop you up
But not on my watch
I want to stay with you, my love
The way some science fiction does
Reflections in the silver screen of strange societies
Swamp monster with a hard-on for connectivity
The ascension of the C.R.E.A.M
Mass panic on a not too distant future colony
Quantitative easing
I want to make a simple point about peace and love
But in a sexy way where its not obvious
Highlight dangers and send out hidden messages
The way some science fiction does
The way some science fiction does
Got the world on a wire
In my little mirror, mirror on the wall
In the pocket of my raincoat
So I tried to write a song to make you blush
But Ive a feeling that the whole thing
May well just end up too clever for its own good
The way some science fiction does |
Running off over next doors garden before the hour is done
Its more a question of feeling than it is a question of fun
The confidence is the balaclava, Im sure youll baffle em good
Will the ending reek of salty cheeks and runny makeup alone?
Or will blood run down the face of a boy bewildered and scorned
And youll find yourself in a skirmish where you wish youd never been born?
You tie yourself to the tracks and there isnt no going back
And its wrong, wrong, wrong, but well do it anyway cause we love a bit of trouble
Are you pulling her from a burning building or throwing her to the sharks?
Can only hope that the ending is as pleasurable as the start
The confidence is the balaclava, Im sure youll baffle em straight
And its wrong, wrong, wrong, but she can hardly wait
Thats right, he wont let her out his sight
Now the shaggers perform and the daggers are drawn
Whos the crooks in this crime?
Thats right, he wont let her out his sight
Now the shaggers perform and the daggers are drawn
Whos the crooks in this crime?
Thats right, he wont let her out his sight
Thats right, he wont let her out his sight
Thats right, he wont let her out his sight
Well, youll be able to boast
Of the day of the most flawless heist of all time
You knew that itd be trouble right before the very first kiss
Quiet and unassuming but you heard that they were the naughtiest
She pleaded with you to take it off but you resisted and fought
But sorry, sweetheart, Id much rather keep on the balaclava |
If you can summon the strength, tow me
I cant hold down the urgency
Youve got to make your descent slowly
And oil up those sticky keys
Coax me out my low
And have a spin of my propeller
Its a necessary evil
No cause for emergency
Borrowed the beak off a bald eagle
Oh, momentary synergy
Coax me out my low
Sink into tomorrow
Coax me out my low
And have a spin of my propeller
My propeller wont spin
And I cant get it started on my own
When are you arriving?
Oh, my propeller wont spin
And I cant get it started on my own
When are you arriving?
Oh, my propeller wont spin
And I cant get it started on my own
When are you arriving?
Oh, my propeller |
Trudging through the morning
The tramp with the trampoline under his arm
Shifts past your whiskers, so stark is the charm
But the barking alarm waits coiled til the corner is turned
And the bicycle wheels all struggle to move round
In your muddy mind, blatantly caked and
Unwilling to wind uncooperative time
So he sits on the springs til the muck goes dry
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the
What came first, the chicken or the dickhead?
Split sleep reaps rewards from ill fitting thoughts
And twilight forced you to go on a walk
Your legs start running and your head gets caught
Canopy 19 is perfectly placed
For the reasonably frightening fall from the aftertaste
Youll have to slip away, I am unhappy to say
Behold as the crook in the hammock plays
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
Behold as a crook in the hammock plays
Cruelly with the base and the scales
And fiddles with her feet on a balancing act
Gagged, bound and crafting a tale
Trailing wrapped in a gasp
Cruelly with the base and the scales
And fucking fiddles with her feet on a balancing act
She was gagged, bound and crafting a tale
Trailing wrapped in a gasp
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall
All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms
And cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall |
Lady, where has your love gone?
I was looking but cant find it anywhere
They always offer when theres loads of love around
But when youre short of some, its nowhere to be found
Well, I know your game, you told him yesterday
No chance, youll get nothing from me
But now shes there, youre there and everybodys there
Hes in turmoil, as puzzled as can be, just like me
Lets go down, down, low down
Where I know I should not go
Oh, and she, you think shes the one
But shes just one in twenty-four
And just cause everybodys doing it
Does that mean that I can too?
Lady, where has your love gone?
It was the antiseptic to the sore
To hold you by the hand
Must you first be in demand?
How he longs for you to long for him once more
Just once more
Lets go down, down, low down
Where I know I should not go
Oh, and she, you think shes the one
But shes just one in twenty-four
And just cause everybodys doing it
Does that mean that I can too?
Oh, her eyes went down and cut you up
And theres nothing like a dirty look from
The one you want or the one youve lost
An ache in your soul, its everybodys goal
To get what they cant have
Thats why youre after her and thats why shes after him
But saying it wont change a thing
And theyll realise that it wont change a thing
Realise that it wont change a thing |
Shes thunderstorms
Lying on her front, up against the wall
Shes thunderstorms
Ive been feeling foolish, you should try it
She came and substituted the peace and quiet for
Acrobatic blood flow concertina
Cheating heart beat, rapid fire
Shes thunderstorms
Lying on her front, up against the wall
Shes thunderstorms
Here is your host, sounds as if shes pretty close
When the heat starts growing horns
Shes thunderstorms
Shes been loop-the-looping around my mind
Her motorcycle boots give me this kind of
Acrobatic blood concertina
Cheating heart beat, rapid fire
Shes thunderstorms
Lying on her front, up against the wall
Shes thunderstorms
In an unusual place, when youre feeling far away
She does what the night does to the day
Shes thunderstorms
Lying on her front, up against the wall
Shes thunderstorms
Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms |
Fools on parade cavort and carry on for waiting eyes
That you would rather be beside than in front of
But shes never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares
She swam out of tonights phantasm
Grabbed my hand and made it very clear
Theres absolutely nothing for us here
Its a magnolia celebration to be attended on a Wednesday night
Its better that than get a reputation as a miserable little tyke
At least thats the conclusion she came to in this overture
And the secret door swings behind us
Shes saying nothing, shes just giggling along
Her arms were folded most indignant
Not looking like she was soon to leave
I had to squint in order to believe
Then like a butler pushing on a bookshelf
Im unveiling the unexpected
I, who was earlier reluctant
Was suddenly embarrassed and corrected
How could such a creature survive in such a habitat?
And the secret door swings behind us
Shes saying nothing, shes just giggling along
Even if they were to find us
I wouldnt notice, Im completely occupied
As all the fools on parade cavort and carry on for waiting eyes
Ones you would rather be beside than in front of
But shes never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares
Fools on parade frolic and fuck about to make her gaze
Turn to a scribble on a page by a picture that holds her absence
But youre daft to think shed care
Fools on parade
Fools on parade
Fools on parade
Conduct a sing-along |
You got your H.P. Lovecraft
Your Edgar Allan Poe
You got your unkind of ravens
And your murder of crows
Catty eyelashes
And your Dracula cape
Been flashing triple-A passes
At the cemetery gates
Cause youre so dark, babe
But I want you hard
Youre so dark, baby
Youre so dark
Youre so dark
Youre so dark
Youre so dark
And youre so mysterious
Got that obsession with death
I saw you driving your Prius
And even that was Munster Koach-esque
You watch Italian horror
And you listen to the scores
Leather-cladded, spike collared
I want you down on all fours
Cause youre so dark, babe
But I want you hard
Youre so dark, baby
I know youre nothing like mine
Cause shes walking on sunshine
And your love would tear us apart
And I know Im not your type
Cause I dont shun the daylight
But, baby, Im willing to start
Youre so dark
Got your H.P. Lovecraft
Your Edgar Allen Poe
Got your unkind of ravens
Got your murder of crows
Youre so dark, babe
But I want you hard
Youre so dark, baby
But I want you hard
Youre so dark, oh
But I want you hard
Youre so dark, baby |
He knew what he wanted to say
But he didnt know how to word it
The dirty little Herbert was seeking an escape
But the place was well-guarded
The guiltiness that started
Soon as the other part had stopped
D is for delightful
And try and keep your trousers on
I think you should know youre his favourite worst nightmare
D is for desperately trying to simulate
What it was that was alright
Three quarters of an hour ago
That had led him to be in a position
On the brink of a mission
On the brink of an episode
Hes nearing the brink but he thinks first
A parallel universe perhaps could be the perfect scene
Hes nearing the brink but he thinks first
A parallel universe perhaps could be the perfect scene
Hes nearing the brink but he thinks first
A parallel universe perhaps could be the perfect scene
Hes nearing the brink but he thinks first
A parallel—I think you should know youre his favourite worst nightmare
D is for delightful
And try and keep your trousers on
You should know youre his favourite worst nightmare |
Lately, Ive been seeing things
Belly button piercings
In the sky at night
When were side by side
And I dont mean to rain
On anybodys cabriolet
One of those games youre gonna lose
But you wanna play it, just in case
Now its getting dark and the sky looks sticky
More like black treacle than tar
Black treacle
Somebody told the stars youre not coming out tonight
And so they found a place to hide
Does it help you stay up late?
Does it help you concentrate?
Does it tune you in when you chew your chin?
Am I ruining your fun?
And you talk the talk alright
But do you walk the walk or catch the train?
You wanted it, you got it
But you dont want it now
Now its getting dark and the sky looks sticky
More like black treacle than tar
Black treacle
Somebody told the stars youre not coming out tonight
And so they found a place to hide
Now Im out of place and Im not getting any wiser
I feel like the Sundance Kid behind a synthesizer
And I tried last night to pack away your laugh
Like a key under the mat
But it never seems to be there when you want it
Black treacle
Black treacle
Black treacle |
Hes pining for her in a people carrier
There might be buildings and pretty things to see like that but architecture wont do
Although it might say a lot about the city or town
I dont care what theyve got, keep on turning em down
It dont say the funny things she does
Dont even try and cheer him up because it just wont happen
Hes got the feeling again, this time on the aeroplane
There might be tellies in the back of the seats in front, but Rodney and Del wont do
Although it might take your mind off the aches and the pains
Laugh when he falls through the bar but youre feeling the same
Cause she isnt there to hold your hand
She wont be waiting for you when you land
And it feels like shes just nowhere near
You could well be out on your ear
This thought comes closely followed by the fear
And the thought of it makes you feel a bit ill
Yesterday, I saw a girl who looked like someone you might knock about with
And almost shouted
And then reality kicked in within us, it seems as we become the winners
You lose a bit of summat, and half wonder if you won it at all
And dont say owt cause youve got no idea
And shes still nowhere near
And the thought comes closely followed by the fear
And the thought of it makes you feel a bit ill
Despair in the departure lounge
Its one and theyll still be around at three
No signal and low battery
Whats happened to me? |
Fiendish wonder in a carnivals wake
Dull caresses once again irritate
Tread softly, stranger
Move over toward the danger that you seek
You think excitement has receded then the mirror distracts
The logic of the trance quickly reaches and grasps
Handsome and faceless
And weightless, your imagination runs
And now its no ones fault but yours
At the foot of the house of cards
You thought youd never get obsessed
You thought the wolves would be impressed
And youre a sinking stone
But you know what its like to hold the jewellers hands
That procession of pioneers all drowned
In the moonlight theyre more thrilling, those things that he knows
As he leads you through the grinning bubble blowers in the snow
Watching his exit
Was like falling off the ferry in the night
The inevitables gather to push you around
Any other voice makes such a punishing sound
He became laughters assassin
Shortly after he showed you what it was
And now its no ones fault but yours
At the foot of the house of cards
You thought youd never get obsessed
You thought the wolves would be impressed
And youre a sinking stone
But you know what its like to hold the jewellers hands
That procession of pioneers all drowned
If youve a lesson to teach me
Im listening, ready to learn
Theres no one here to police me
Im sinking in until the return
If youve a lesson to teach
Please dont deviate, dont be afraid
Without the last corner piece, I cant calibrate
Lets get it ingrained
If youve a lesson to teach me
Im listening, ready to learn
Theres no one here to police me
Im sinking in until the return
If youve a lesson to teach
Please dont deviate, dont be afraid
Without the last corner piece, I cant calibrate
Lets get it ingrained
If youve a lesson to teach me
Im listening, ready to learn
Theres no one here to police me
Im sinking in until the return
If youve a lesson to teach
Please dont deviate, dont be afraid
Without the last corner piece, I cant calibrate
Lets get it ingrained |
I heard the truth was built to bend
A mechanism to suspend
The guilt is what you will require
And still youve got to dance little liar
Just like those fibs to pop and fizz
And youll be forced to take that awful quiz
And youre bound to trip
And shell detect the fiction on your lips and dig a contradiction up
And the clean coming will hurt
And you can never get it spotless
When theres dirt beneath the dirt
The liar takes a lot less time
Im sure its clear and plain to read
Its not an alibi you need just yet
Oh, no, its something for those beads of sweat
Yes, that will get you back to normal
And after you have dabbed the patch
Youll breathe and then proceed to scratch
The varnish off that newly added calmness
So as not to raise any alarms too soon
And the clean coming will hurt
And you can never get it spotless
When theres dirt beneath the dirt
The liar takes a lot less time to decide on the saunter
Have you got itchy bones? And in all your time alone
Can you hack your mind being riddled
With the wrong memories?
And the clean coming will hurt
And you can never get it spotless
When theres dirt between the dirt |
Topless models doing semaphore
Wave their flags as she walks by and get ignored
Illuminations on a rainy day
When she walks, her footsteps sing a reckless serenade
Ive been trying to figure out exactly what it is I need
Called up to listen to the voice of reason
And got the answering machine
The type of kisses where teeth collide
When she laughs, the heavens hum a stun gun lullaby
Those twinkling vixens with the shining spiral eyes
Their hypnosis goes unnoticed when shes walking by
Ive been trying to figure out exactly what it is I need
Called up to listen to the voice of reason
And got his answering machine
I left my message, but did he fuck get back to me
And now Im stuck still wondering how its meant to be
Singing a reckless serenade, reckless serenade
Reckless serenade, reckless serenade
Reckless serenade, reckless serenade
Reckless serenade |
One look sends it coursing through the veins
Oh, how the feeling races
Back up to their brains
To form expressions on their stupid faces
They dont want to say hello
Like I want to say hello
Well, the heartbeats at its peak
When youre coming up to speak
And oh, Im so tense, never tenser
Could all go a bit Frank Spencer
And Im talking gibberish
Tip of the tongue but I cant deliver it
Properly, oh, its all getting on top of me
And if it werent this dark
Youd see how red my face has gone, yeah
Everybodys trying to crack the jokes and that
To make you smile
Those that claim that theyre not showing off
Are drowning in denial
But theyre not half as bad as me
Say anything and Ill agree
Cause when it comes to acting up
Im sure I could write the book
And now that youre more than a part in the play
Its slightly easier to think what to say
You had us all standing on our heads
Doing our best tricks, yeah
Never again
Well, never again, no
Will there be another one quite as desirable as you
One look sends it coursing through the veins
Oh, how the feeling races
Back up to their brains
To form expressions on their stupid faces |
So up rolls a riot van
And sparks excitement in the boys
But the policemen look annoyed
Perhaps these are ones they should avoid
Got a chase last night
From men with truncheons dressed in hats
We didnt do that much wrong
Still ran away though, for the laugh
Just for the laugh
And please just stop talking
Cause they wont find us if you do
Oh, those silly boys in blue
Well, they wont catch me and you
Have you been drinking, son?
You dont look old enough to me
Im sorry, officer
Is there a certain age youre supposed to be?
Cause nobody told me
And up rolls the riot van
And these lads just wind the coppers up
They ask why they dont catch proper crooks
They get their address and their names took
But they couldnt care less
Thrown in the riot van
And all the coppers kicked him in
And there was no way he could win
Just had to take it on the chin |
Well ask if we can have six in
If not well have to have two
Well, youre coming up at our end arent you?
So Ill get one with you
Wont he let us have six in?
Especially not with the food
He could have just told us no, though
He didnt have to be rude
You see her with the green dress?
She talked to me at the bar
Well, how come its already two-pound fifty?
Weve only gone about a yard
Didnt you see she were gorgeous?
She were beyond belief
But this lad at the side drinking his Smirnoff Ice
Came and paid for her Tropical Reef
And Im sitting, going backwards
And I didnt want to leave
I said, Its High Green, mate
Via Hillsborough, please
Well, how funny were that sketch earlier
Up near that taxi rank?
Oh no, you would have missed it
Think it were when you went to the bank
These two lads squaring up, proper shouting
Bout who were next in the queue
The kind of thing thatd seem so silly
But not when theyve both had a few
Well, calm down, temper, temper
You shouldnt get so annoyed
Well, youre acting like a silly little boy
Oh, they wanted to be men
And do some fighting in the street
He said, No surrender
No chance of retreat
And so why are they in the taxi?
Cause I didnt want to leave
I said, Its High Green, mate
Via Hillsborough, please!
Drunken plots hatched to jump it
Ask around, Are you sure?
Went for it, but the red light was showing
And red light indicates doors are secure |
This house is a circus, berserk as fuck
We tend to see that as a perk, though
Look what its done to your friends
Their memories are pretend
And the last thing that they want is for the feeling to end
This house is a circus, berserk as fuck
We tend to see that as a perk, though
Look what its done to your friends
Their memories are pretend
And the last thing that they want is for the feeling to end
Theres a room full of trouble and theres lovers to be had
Those ones who make sinners out of such lovely lads
Scaling the corridors for maidens in the maze
And the anomaly is slipping into familiar ways
And were forever unfulfilled and cant think why
Like a search for murder clues in dead mens eyes
Forever unfulfilled and cant think why
Like a search for murder clues in dead mens eyes
The more you open your mouth, the more youre forcing performance
And all the attention is leading me to feel important
Now that were here, we may as well go too far
Wriggling around in incidents you wont forget
Theres certainly some venom in the looks that you collect
Aimlessly gazing at the faces in the kiln
And were struggling with the notion that its life, not film
This house is a circus, berserk as fuck
We tend to see that as a perk, though
Look what its done to your friends
Their memories are pretend
And the last thing that they want is for the feeling to end |
Break a mirror, roll the dice
Run with scissors through a chip pan fire fight
Go into business with a grizzly bear
But just dont sit down cause Ive moved your chair
Find a well-known hard man and start a fight
Wear your shell suit on bonfire night
Fill in a circular hole with a peg thats square
But just dont sit down cause Ive moved your chair
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Bite the lightning and tell me how it tastes
Kung fu fighting on your roller skates
Do the Macarena in the devils lair
But just dont sit down cause Ive moved your chair
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oooh |
Just when things are getting complicated
In the eye of the storm
She flicks a red-hot revelation
Off the tip of her tongue
It does a dozen somersaults
And leaves you supercharged
Makes me wanna blow the candles out
Just to see if you glow in the dark
Shalalala
Shalalala
Shalalala
Shalalala
Home sweet home, home sweet home
Home sweet booby-trap
I took the batteries out my mysticism
And put em in my thinking cap
Shes got a telescopic hallelujah
Hanging up on her wall
For when it gets too complicated
In the eye of the storm
Shalalala
Shalalala
Shalalala
Shalalala
Oh, oh-oh-oh
And in a hellcat spangled cavern
When your judgements on the run
And youre acting like a stranger
Cause you thought it looked like fun
And did you ever get the feeling
That these are things shes said before?
Her steady hands may well have done the devils pedicure
What you waiting for?
Sing another fucking shalalala
Shalalala
Shalalala
Shalalala |
You showed me my tomorrow beside a box of matches
A welcome threatening stir
My hopes of being stolen might just ring true
Depends who you prefer
If its true youre gonna run away
Tell me where, Ill meet you there
Am I snapping the excitement
If I pack away the laughter and tell you how it feels?
And does burden come to meet ya
If Ive questions of the feature that rolls on your dream reel?
The day after you stole my heart
Everything I touched told me
It would be better shared with you, with you
And now youre hiding in my soup
And this book reveals your face
And youre splashing in my eyelids
As the concentration continually breaks
I did request the mark you cast
Didnt heal as fast
I hear your voice in silences
Will the teasing of the fire be followed by the thud?
In the jostling crowd, youre not allowed to tell the truth
And the photo booths a liar
And theres a sharpened explanation
But theres no screaming reason to inquire
Id like to poke them in their prying eyes with things
Theyd never see if it smacked them in their temples |
Get on your dancing shoes
Theres one thing on your mind
Hoping theyre looking for you
Sure youll be rummaging through
Oh and the shit, shock, horror
Youve seen your future bride
Yeah, but its oh so absurd
For you to say the first word
So youre waiting and waiting and
The only reason that you came
So what you scared for?
Well, dont you always do the same?
Its what youre there for, dont you know?
The lights are flashing
Down in here tonight
And some might exchange a glance
But keep pretending to dance
Dont act like its not happening
As if its impolite
To go and mention your name
Instead youll just do the same as they all do
And hope for the best
The only reason that you came
So what you scared for?
Well, dont you always do the same?
Its what you’re there for, but no
Get on your dancing shoes
You sexy little swine
Hoping theyre looking for you
Sure youll be rummaging through
I said, the shit, shock, horror
Youve seen your future bride, yeah
Yeah, but its oh so absurd
For you to say the first word
So youre waiting and waiting |
Do the bad thing
Take off your wedding ring
But it wont make it that much easier
It might make it worse
Oh, the nights like a whirlwind
Somebodys girlfriends talking to me, but its alright
Shes saying that hes not gonna slap me or try to attack me
Hes not the jealous type
And I only need to get half an excuse and Im away
But when theres no excuses, thats much easier to say
Ive been before
And all these capers make us too good for her to ignore
See, shes talking but Im not entirely sure
Do the bad thing
Take off your wedding ring
But it wont make it that much easier
It might make it worse
Oh, a sudden disheartener
Somebodys partners talking to me
But I dont know that is what she isnt
She murmurs things to confirm that the tragedy is true
And I knew, how could she not? She could have anyone she wants
And Im struggling to think of an immediate response
Like, I dont mind, itd be a big mistake for you to wait
And let me waste your time
Really, love, its fine
I said, Really, love, its fine
And then the first time it occurred that there was something to destroy
I knew before the invitation that there was this ploy
Oh, but she carried on suggesting, a struggle to refuse
She said, Its the red wine this time, but that is no excuse |
Theres always somebody taller with more of a wit
And hes equipped to enthrall her and her friends think he’s fit
And you just cant measure up though, you dont have a prayer
Wishing that youd made the most of her when she was there
Theyve got engaged, theres no intention of a wedding
Hes pinched your bird and hed probably kick your head in
Bigger boys and stolen sweethearts
Oh, you’re better off without her anyway
You said you wasnt sad to see her go
Yeah, but I know you were though
Now you dont know what shes up to, you can only assume
If shes not in the front of the shops then theyve gone to his room
Bet shes gone round in her school stuff, bet that’s what he likes
I know you thought she were different and you thought she were nice
But shes not nice, shes pretty fucking far from nice
She’s looking at you funny, rarely looking at you twice
Bigger boys and stolen sweethearts
Oh, you’re better off without her anyway
You said you wasnt sad to see her go
Yeah, but its clear you were though
Have you heard what she has been doing? Never did it for me
He picks her up at the school gate at twenty past three
She’s been with all of the boys but never went very far
And she wagged English and Science just to go in his car
Theyve got engaged, theres no intention of a wedding
Hes pinched me bird and hed probably kick my head in
Oh, now the girls have grown
Yeah, but Im sure that they still carry on in similar ways
Bigger boys and stolen sweethearts
Oh, Im better off without her anyway
I said I wasn’t sad to see her go
Yeah, but I’m only pretending, you know
Yeah, I’m only pretending, you know
I was only pretending, you know
I was only pretending, you know |
If you were there, beware the serpent soul pinchers
Three-hundred and fifty No, thank yous and nobody flinches
Go on, girl, go on, give us something gruesome
We require your grief, the thugs help the thieves
As theyre trying to rob the words from her gob and
Take the swords to the innocents
If you were there, beware the serpent soul pinchers
Cant you sense she was never meant to fill column inches
Aint you had enough? What youre trying to dig up
Isnt there to be dug; the thieves help the thugs
As theyre trying to beat the good grace of a sweetheart
Out to the point shell comply
And why leave her on her own?
If Id have known then I wouldnt have said it
I wouldnt have said it if I would have known
Why leave her on her own?
If I predicted tears then I wouldnt have said it
I wouldnt have said it if I would have known
Theres a circle of witches, ambitiously vicious they are
And our attempts to remind them of reason wont get us that far
But I dont know what it is that they want
I dont know what it is that they want
But I havent got it to give
And she hasnt got it to give |
A pussyfooting setting sun
Make a wish that weighs a tonne
There are no handles for you to hold
And no understanding where it goes
Jealousy in technicolor
Fear by name, love by numbers
Street lamp amber, wanderlust
Powder in a blunderbuss
She looks as if shes blowing a kiss at me
And suddenly the sky is a scissor
Sitting on the floor with a tambourine
Crushing up a bundle of love
Dont take it so personally
Youre not the only one
That time has got it in for, honey
Thats where youre wrong
All the old flames fastened on
Make a wish that weighs a tonne
There are no handles you can hold
And no understanding where it goes
She looks as if shes blowing a kiss at me
And suddenly the sky is a scissor
Sitting on the floor with a tambourine
Crushing up a bundle of love
Dont take it so personally
Youre not the only one
That time has got it in for, honey
Thats where youre wrong
Thats where youre wrong
Thats where youre wrong
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh |
Just another microcosm somewhere in the ether
Putting the world to rights with Bing Crosby eyes
Oversharing and its bitter aftertaste
Exactly the wrong time in exactly the wrong place
Save it for a rainy day
Baby, you go hard in the paint
Its just another race to anyways
Philanthropic toga party
What a place for both the opposite sides of my double life to finally collide
Sharing secrets I was taking to the grave
Nosebleeds from epiphanies I took full in the face
Oh, come all by the fire, babe, let’s all participate
In yet another race to anyways
Oh, hows your Mum and Dad been doing with the generation gap?
Yeah, Im behind my movie camera
I’ve got my megaphone
You can call me Alexander
Its nice to meet you all
Listening to the Shipping Forecast
Driving to the airport
Me and the guys
Metropolis ablaze in the rear view
Devising methods to both have and eat your cake
Mmm, just like the ones that Mother Nature used to bake
You look as if you know exactly what Im gonna say
Its just another race to
Anyways |
Ive seen your eyes as they fix on me
What is he doing? What on earths the plan, has he got one?
You better give me some pointers
Since you are the big rocket launcher and Im just the shotgun
I aint got no dollar signs in my eyes
That might be a surprise but its true, said, Im not like you
And I dont want your advice or your praise
Or to move in the ways you do and I never will
Cause all you people are vampires
And all your stories are stale
And though you pretend to stand by us
I know youre certain well fail
Ive seen your eyes as they fix on me, full of confusion
Your snarl is just so condescending!
Trying to explain that were on to a win
If the fee we get in near recoups what were spending
He said, I cant believe that you drove all that way
Well how much did they pay ya? How much did they pay ya?
Youd have been better to stay round our way
Thinking about things but not actually doing the things
Cause all you people are vampires
And all your stories are stale
And though you pretend to stand by us
I know youre certain well fail
Cause all you people are vampires
And all your stories are stale
And though you pretend to stand by us
I know youre certain well fail
All you people are vampires! |
We all want someone to shout for
Yeah, everyone wants somebody to adore
But your heroes arent what they seem
When youve been where weve been
Have I done something to trigger
The funny looks and the sniggers?
Are they there at all
Or is it just paranoia?
Cause everybodys got their box
Doing what theyre told
You push my faith near being lost
But well stick to the guns
Dont care if its marketing suicide
We wont crack or compromise
Your derisory divides
Will never unhinge us
And theres a couple of hundred
Think theyre Christopher Columbus
But the settlers had already settled
Here long before you
Just cause were having a say-so
Not lining up to be Play-Doh
Oh, in five years time will it be
Who the fucks Arctic Monkeys?
Cause everybodys got their box
Doing what theyre told
You push my faith near being lost
But well stick to the guns
Dont care if its marketing suicide
We wont crack or compromise
Your derisory divides
Will never unhinge us
All the thoughts that I just said
Linger round and multiply in the head
Not that bad to start with
Im not angry, Im just disappointed
Its not you, its them that are wrong
Tell em to take out their tongues
Tell em to take out their tongues
Its not you, its them that are wrong
Tell em to take out their tongues
Tell em to take out their tongues
And bring on the backlash
Its not you, its them that are wrong
Tell him to take out his tongue
Tell him to take out his tongue
Its not you, its them thats the fake
I wont mess with your escape
Is this really your escape? Yeah |
Im pinned down by the dark
Been fighting with my sheets and nearly crying in my sleep
Yes, Im battling that well-told gripe, the most frustrating type
You should have racing stripes the way you keep me in pursuit
Sharpen the heel of your boot and you press it in my chest
And you make me wheeze, then to my knees you do promote me
Im pinned down by the dark
A-N-I-M-A-L
Makes my head pirouette
More than I would be willing to confess
D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S
The light it fidgets through, the thoughtsll soon revert to you
About as bashful as a tribal dance, the first and final chance
And course the audience of frighteners and fiends
Divided up into two teams
When the acrobat fell off the beam, she broke everyones heart
Im pinned down by the dark
A-N-I-M-A-L
Makes my head pirouette
More than I would be willing to confess
D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S
D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S
The most unsuitable pet
Its been long enough now so lets
Make a mess, lioness
Im pinned down by the dark
Im pinned down by the dark, oh-oh-oh
D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S
A-N-I-M-A-L
D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S
A-N-I-M-A-L |
The smiles as she walked in the room
Have all turned into frowns
Am I too quick to assume that the love is no longer in bloom?
The tantrums and the tears play a very different tune
To what they did before, her heads red raw
And the ending doesnt sound like the happiest around
When you sobbed before
It felt much more like the product of a squabble
Now theres reason for it to be something more
And there would be, oh, its uncertain
Whether the curtain has shut for good
She said, See if its still raining, Im not dressed for it
And, If you loved me–
And I interrupted, received a scowl and stare
But still decided to stop her there
Would it be outrageous to say
Were either shouting or were shagging?
Docked in tempestuous bays
Or at least thats how it felt yesterday
The eyes are getting heavier
And whether youre asleep or awake
Is a mystery
Would a kiss be too much to ask?
When you fit me
As Sundays frozen pitch fits the thermos flask
Its a pity
It just hit me, we cant go back
To the chest touching on the back |
Well, its ever so funny
Cause I dont think youre special, I dont think youre cool
Youre just probably alright
But under these lights you look beautiful
And Im struggling
I cant see through your fake tan
Yeah, and you know it for a fact
That everybodys eating out of your hands
But what do you know?
Oh, you know nothing
Yeah, but Ill still take you home
Oh, yeah, Ill still take you home
So what do you know?
Said, you dont know nothing
Well, fancy seeing you in here
Youre all tarted up and you dont look the same
Well, I havent seen you since last year
Yeah, and surprisingly you have forgotten my name
But you know it
Yeah, and you knew it all along
Oh, and you say you have forgotten
But youre fibbing, go on, tell me Im wrong
So what do you know?
Oh, you know nothing
Yeah, but Ill still take you home
Oh, yeah, Ill still take you home
So what do you know?
Oh, you dont know nothing, no
Oh-woah, woah, woah
Oh-woah, woah, woah
Da-da, da-da-da, da-da, da-da
Da-da, da-da, da-da-da
Oh-woah, woah, woah
Oh, so what do you know?
Yeah, you dont know nothing, no
Yeah, but Id still take you home
Oh, yeah, Ill still take you home
I said, what do you know?
Oh, you dont know nothing
I fancy you with a passion
Oh, youre a Topshop princess, a rockstar too
But youre a fad and youre a fashion
And Im having a job trying to talk to you
But its alright
Yeah, Ill put it on one side
Oh, cause everybodys looking
Youve got control of everyones eyes, including mine |
Im in a vest
Library pictures of the quickening canoe
The first of its kind to get to the moon
Trust some ellipses to chase you round the room
Through curly straws and metaphors and goo
Been watching all the neon blossom flickering
You look as if youve all forgotten where youve been
Going riding through the thunder suckle fuzz canyon
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one
Library pictures of the quickening canoe
The first of its kind to get to the moon
Give me an eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Or an ip, dip, dog shit rock and roll |
Well, this is a good idea
He wouldnt do it if it wasnt
He wouldnt do it if it wasnt one
Well, my friend fancies you
Oh, what a way to begin it all
You said, Theyre always exciting words to hear
And they woke up together not quite realising how
Awkwardly stretching and yawning
Its always hard in the morning
And I suppose thats the price you pay
Well, oh, it isnt what it was
Shes thinking he looks different today
And now theres nothing left to guess now
They left before the lights came on
Because they didnt want to ruin what it was that was brewing
Before they absolutely had to
And how can you wake up with someone you dont love
And not feel slightly fazed by it?
Oh, he had a struggle
And they woke up together not quite realising how
Awkwardly stretching and yawning
Its always hard in the morning
And I suppose thats the price you pay
Well, oh, it isnt what it was
Shes thinking he looks different today
And now theres nothing left to guess now
Well, quick, lets leave before the lights come on
Cause then you dont have to see
Cause then you dont have to see what youve done
Well, quick, lets leave before the lights come on
Cause then you dont have to see
Cause then you dont have to see what youve done
Ill walk you up, what times the bus come?
Ill walk you up, what times the bus come?
Ill walk you up, what times the bus come?
Ill walk you up |
I wish you would have smiled in the bakery
Or sat on a tatty settee
At a mutual friends gathering
And the more you keep on looking, the more its hard to take
Love, were in stalemate
To never meet is surely where were bound
Theres one in every town
Just there to grind you down
I wish I would have seen you in the post office
Well, maybe I did and I missed it
Too busy with the mind on clever lines
Why not the rounders pitch or the canteen?
Youre slacking, love, where have you been?
Just had to go and wait until tonight
To give me the invite
Dont worry, its alright
I wish I would have seen you down in the arcade
Sipping on a lemonade
In the paper cup and chewing on the straw
And I wish Id seen you in the bakery
But if Id seen you in the bakery
You probably wouldnt have seen me |
I was biting the time zone
And we embellished the banks of our bloodstreams
And threw caution to the colourful
Then we fell asleep in the car
Until the bumps woke me up in your grip
And the tide took me to your mouth
And then swept me back down to your palms
Its them that put me inside the reminder
That yours is the only ocean
Yours is the only ocean
That I wanna swing from
Yours is the only ocean
That I wanna hang on
Ive got this ego mechanic
Shes always trying to give me vitamins
Ah, shed be frightened of your reflection
I preferred her as a cartoon
If I could be someone else for a week
Id spend it chasing after you
Cause shes not shattering my attitudes
No matter how she folds the potion
Yours is the only ocean
Yours is the only ocean
That I wanna swing from
Yours is the only ocean
That I want to hang on to
Potion approaching, shield your eyes
Potion approaching, visualise
Holding a token, swollen in size
Potion approaching, shield your eyes
Oh, but if were gonna escape though
We really ought to think it through
Would you like me to build you a go-kart? |
Caricatures of your wrecking ball gown
In my mind all the time
I wanna be in that damsel patterned alley
Where you go for a smoke
And sorrow slow dances
The phones are lighting up
Taking no chances
Close but never close enough
Been watching cowboy films
On gloomy afternoons
Tinting the solitude
Put on your dancing shoes
And show me what to do
I know youve got the moves
All my own stunts, high noon has changed its tune
Linking arms, sinking hearts
And sorrow slow dances
Around the edges of her eyes
Taking no chances
The last one out to win a prize
Been watching cowboy films
On gloomy afternoons
Tinting the solitude
Put on your dancing shoes
And show me what to do
I know youve got the moves
Im from High Green
Im from High Green |
Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires and the humming wires
Well, you know youre never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
Hell wrap you in his arms and tell ya that youve been a good boy
Hell rekindle all of those dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy
Hell reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul
And there wont be a single thing that you can do
Hes a god, hes a man, hes a ghost, hes a guru
Theyre whispering his name cross this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
You dont have no money? Hell get you some
If you havent got no car, hell get you one
Youve got no self-respect, you feel like an insect
Well, dont you worry, buddy, cause here he comes
Through the ghetto and the barrows
And the Bowery and the slums
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his red right hand
Youll see him in your nightmares, youll see him in your dreams
Hell appear out of nowhere, but hes not what he seems
Youll see him in your head and on the TV screen
Hey, buddy, Im warning you to turn it off
Hes a ghost, hes a god, hes a man, hes a guru
Youre one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by his red right hand |
Baby, Im yours
And Ill be yours until the stars fall from the sky
Yours until the rivers all run dry
In other words, until I die
Baby, Im yours
And Ill be yours until the sun no longer shines
Yours until the poets run out of rhyme
In other words, until the end of time
Im gonna stay right here by your side
And do my best to keep you satisfied
Nothing in the world could drive me away
Every day, youll hear me say
Baby, Im yours
And Ill be yours until two and two is three
Yours until the mountain crumbles to the sea
In other words, until eternity
Baby, Im yours, til the stars fall from the sky
Baby, Im yours, until the rivers all run dry
Baby, Im yours, until the sun no longer shines
Baby, Im yours, until the poets run out of rhyme
Baby, Im yours |
I dont ever want to hate you
So dont show me your bed
The only roads are cul-de-sacs
The first thing that she said
Temptation greets you like your naughty mate
The one that used to get you in bother
But one you could never bring yourself to hate
And she said weve got that spark
But only lights a fuse, helps you see in the dark
But its a sight youll lose when
The temptation greets you like your naughty friend
I dont ever want to hate you
So dont show me your bed
The only roads are cul-de-sacs
The only ends are dead
Temptation greets you like your naughty mate
The one that made you steal and set things on fire
The one you havent seen of late
And I said that kind of talk
Only adds intrigue to the cauldron of thought
Its already exceeding
Temptation, the very thing that held her back
I dont ever want to hate you
So dont show me your bed
The only roads are cul-de-sacs
The only ends are dead
I dont ever want to hate you
Its not part of the plan
So keep your charm where I cant see it
And your hands where I can
Yo, its Rasc gettin dirtee stankin, yeah
We used to be in tight, me and my naughty friends
Caused pure madness in the end, I mean day and night
We robbed, we stole, we loved to fight
Smoking, drinking, drag riding
Drugs, thugs, not law-abiding
Reckless youngsters, no direction, no sign of correction
But then I switched it off, changed my ways
Run the area like, Oh, my days
But a lot of my naughty friends, theyre not phased
Cant believe that this music pays
See no reason why we cant do
All the things that weve always done
Still in my heart I know thats just one
But its hard to fight the temptation, son
The panic will fall down around you
If you dont do what I say
I dont ever want to hate you
So dont show me your bed
The only roads are cul-de-sacs
The only ends are dead
I dont ever want to hate you
Its not part of the plan
So keep your charm where I cant see it
And your hands where I can |
Both sides
In softly came the growl from both sides
And if his whisper splits the mist
Just think of what hes capable of with his kiss
Nice try
You cannot turn away, but nice try
Turned your legs to little building blocks
And with his index finger, flicks you on your socks
I go high-pitched
Hell talk and make your voice sound high-pitched
Dread to think if he got you on your own
And whispered in your ear in that baritone
Its the same stone
His heart was cut out of the same stone
That they used to carve his jaw
Its impossible not to feel inferior
And he could catapult you back to your daddy
Or into any hissing misery
And he will tell you how the day after a triumph
Is as hollow as the day after a tragedy
Hell extinguish any chance of escape
When he slaps you on your arse or kisses your nape
And hes leaving without saying bye
And you will queue up to listen to him pissing
And hang around to watch some poor girl blub
And then they chase him down the avenue
Incessantly pestering him to let him join the club
He knows how to put a cork in the fuss
And just how to shut up the charming ones of us
And Ive seen him talking to your lady friend
Theres a dust track waiting for betrayal
Where hell teach you all the bits they missed
Nice try
You cannot turn away, but nice try
Nice try
You cannot turn away, but nice try
Nice try
You cannot turn away, but nice try
Nice try
You cannot turn away, but nice try
You cannot turn away |
I wanna build you up
Brick by brick
I wanna break you down
Brick by brick
I’m gonna reconstruct
Brick by brick
I wanna feel your love
Brick by brick, aaaaah
Brick by brick, aaaaah
I wanna steal your soul
Brick by brick
I wanna rock and roll
Brick by brick
I wanna rock and roll
Brick by brick
I wanna rock and roll
Brick by brick, aaaaah
Brick by brick, aaaaah
I wanna brick by brick
Brick by brick
I wanna blow by blow
Brick by brick
I want an empty soul
Brick by brick
I wanna brick by brick by brick by...
Brick by brick, aaaaah
Brick by brick, aaaaah |
Well, the times are slowly changing
Baby, even when its live
You can press pause and rewind
You knew itd go amazing
But is this what you had in mind?
Oh, theres nothing you cant find
Its two thousand and thirteen
All across the galaxy
Its two thousand and thirteen
On the back of a transmitter
Theres a little shiny fruit
And its coming after you
As for Instagram and Twitter
She got caught in both lassoes
And neither one will cut her loose
Its two thousand and thirteen
All across the galaxy
Its two thousand and thir–
–Teen
Yeah
So, baby, take a walk with me
Past flying cars and time machines
Theres magic like you wont believe, no
Its two thousand and thirteen
All across the galaxy
Its two thousand and thirteen
All across the galaxy |
Darlin’, tell me something I don’t know
Be my baby, be my GTO
Call me something no one else calls me
I forget how I want it, that electricity
Well, my heart was breaking and got left unlocked
Didn’t see you sneak in, but I’m glad you stopped
Tell me something I don’t already know
Like howd you get your kisses to fill me with electricity?
Love like locked horns, love like dominos
Be my midnight, be my ebb and flow
I forget how I want it, how it crept up on me
It takes over, electricity
And my heart was breaking and got left unlocked
Didn’t see you sneak in, but I’m glad you stopped
Tell me something I don’t already know
Like howd you get your kisses to fill me with electricity?
Separated, there I face it
Love like thunder, love like falling snow
Tell me something I don’t already know
Like howd you get your kisses to fill me with electricity? |
Sat at the side of the pool at one of your houses
With wet white trousers on
And worlds collide as the evening continues
The dignity fucks off
Her brothers gone off to the strippers
To make up for all the lost time
She could have been one of the bitches
But shes actually alright
Cigarette smoker
Im sorry, but were all unsure how much youve had
But we think that you ought to
Maybe not have any more
A country home, even if we really tried
Wouldnt cease to surprise us now
And I bet your dad would like to give us all a slap
When are your parents back? Dyou know?
Well, I never came from no ghetto
But it wasnt nowhere near here
Well-spoken girls in stilettos
Arent something to fear
Cigarette smoker
Im sorry, but were all unsure how much youve had
But we think that you ought to
Maybe not have any more
Cigarette smoker
Im sorry, but were all unsure how much youve had
But we think that you ought to
Maybe not have any more
Cigarette smoker
Cigarette smoke doesnt hide as well as you think
And youd think that it ought to
Act as the perfect disguise |
I saw you dancin
You moved like Sinatra
On speed
The lights were a-flashin
And tongues were a-waggin
Over you
Its too late for tryin
Its too late for denyin
All those little things
You and me have done
Im sorry, hon
I was hopin for a recall
A mix of you high from the sun
Oh, but nothin
Only lone magpies come
I saw you dancin
You moved like Sinatra
On speed |
Youve never met before
But still she greets you like a long lost rock n roll
Shes definitely one of those
Where youll go wherever she goes
And with my body on my mind
Both stop talking at the exact same time
Trying to think of ways to make her mine
But theyre difficult to find
Its not what I need
No, your loves not what I need
So dont give it to me
And she said, Oh
Well, I know this will sound cold
But I really have to go
No, its not that Im not free
Theres nowhere I need to be
Its just your loves not what I need
So dont give it to me
Its not what I need
No, your loves not what I need
So dont give it to me
And she said, Baby, how can I believe you?
How can I believe you when you cant believe your luck?
No point sticking to the plan when its come unstuck
Its more a hunger than a thirst
Shell break your heart the second time
Before you know about the first
Looks well equipped to leave you in the lurch
But youd let her do her worst
And its not hard to tell
Its obvious the other angels faces fell
When she told him that she had to go
Swapped her wings and overcoat for something colourful
Tha knows
Its not what I need
No, your loves not what I need
So dont give it to me
No, your loves not what I need
So dont give it to me
No, your loves not what I need
So dont give it to me
No, your loves not what I need
So dont give it to me
Your loves not what I need |
Black as a beacon in a river of shimmering fog
Yes, she was
If you were heatseeking, she was hard to ignore
Yes, she was
And she snapped wing mirrors off of Cadillacs
The particular pretty ones
And that meant she never had to strain her back
When she was putting her lippy on
Well, time tastes bland
When shes not around
And youd sit and youd sink and approach the brink
Before she showed you how to shake loves steady hand
Tha knows
And she snapped wing mirrors off of Cadillacs
The particular pretty ones
And that meant she never had to strain her back
When she was putting her lippy on
Shake loves steady hand
Shake loves steady
She floats like a niccy rush and stings like a B-flat
The blond-o-sonic shimmer trap
And she snapped wing mirrors off of Cadillacs
The particular pretty ones
And that meant she never had to strain her back
When she was putting her lippy on |
You thrive on dancing in our laps before the more familiar chaps
Who know the curtain leads to fever
We watched the womaniser cry, and in the last sip
You and I declared we might require a breather
I am the truths true truant
I can feign excitement fluently as solid as I can busk shock
With well-presented merriment
And I know all too well I shouldnt break the key off in the lock
And the tumble splits the frame
Revealing silk and fits
In the fright lined dining room
Throw a gaze towards them while they feast
The days drag their heels
When youre not there to crack the whip
And the weeks wait to burst like a sachet of brats
The old pantomime villain follows my coat
And he hides where it hangs
And he spies through the slats
And meanwhile in the deserts only costume shop
The cowls hang and wait to rot away the identities of the willing
So Im back to sugar in the night
Rocketing shutter doors despite the shop not opening for hours
You can itch, flap and whistle and try to avoid the tock
As I scribbled over drivel, you were snoring; showing off
The tumble splits the frame
Revealing silk and fits
In the fright lined dining room
Throw a gaze towards them while they feast |
Been trying to think of something colourful for the season
Pull the wool over the gullible for no reason
You are all I have these days, shake it up and run away
With the night squabbling behind you
From the smoke in your hair
To the blood in your bruise
And the bows on the shoes you kicked off
Im joining the dots
Im joining the dots
I thought I heard them talking in their sleep yesterday
And I tried but I just cant believe a word they say
Hurry up, theyll be here soon, sleeping in the afternoon
While the rain is trying to prove a point outside
From the smoke in your hair
To the blood in your bruise
And the bows on the shoes you kicked off
Im joining the dots
Im joining the dots
Im joining the dots
Those people make me cough
Cant the flame come up to the moth for a change?
And darling, if its all the same to you
Ill have you to myself
Im joining the dots
Im joining the dots
Have a listen to it, I dont know... |
The painted faces congregate
In the mating season
To second homes, they go alone
In no rush to leave them
And theres a fountain and a scimitar
Shaped yellow light
And it picks you up
And cuts you down to size
When the people there and the furniture
Start to seem important
When a moment more, when you catch the floor
With a vivid and absorbent sharpened arc
Like the scimitar
Shaped yellow light
That picks you up
And cuts you down to size
Well, I had questions for the tap dancer sat on my lap
And she had child-proof caps on her answers
Stone blower, blow me a stone
And show me that handsome enhancer
She had a rock on her throttle
And a brown glass bottle full of shavings from the sun
Although those shoes affect your step
Dont forget whose legs youre on
And theres a fountain and a scimitar
Shaped yellow light
And it picks you up
And it cuts you down to size |
I like the way you look at me, baby
Please dont try to turn out the lights
I act as if Im not going crazy
But girl, Im in a muddle tonight
Would you tell me where youre gonna take it?
If I had a heart, youre the one who should break it
The engines running
Cant decide if I should ride away
You and I
You and I
I had a woman, she went away
And now Im lonely
Fuck it
You and I
You and I
You and I
You and I
Would you tell me where youre gonna take it?
If I had a heart, youre the one who should break it
The engines running
Cant decide if I should ride away
You and I
You and I
You and I
You and I
You and I
You and I
I like the way you look at me, baby
Please dont try to turn out the lights
I act as if Im not going crazy
But girl, Im in a muddle tonight |
Made me kiss ya with a whisper
And violently you swung through unfamiliar tongue
Couldnt listen to tradition
Grab me by the wrist to silently insist
And when Im in the confines of crawling walls
You hold me in place
The ripples on the ceiling, the avenues
Unsugared taste
Well waste away the evening
The afternoon and the afternoons hat
Together well find something to direct some laughter at
You stood shirtless and confident
Listening to the fools, tickling the rules
Their obsessions followed patterns
Sat upon their stools with their attitudes
And when Im in the confines of crawling walls
You hold me in place
The ripples on the ceiling, the avenues
Unsugared taste
Well waste away the evening
The afternoon and the afternoons hat
Together well find something to direct some laughter at
And when Im in the confines of crawling walls
You hold me in place
The ripples on the ceiling, the avenues
Unsugared taste
Well waste away the evening
The afternoon and the afternoons hat
Together well find something to direct some laughter at |
One, two, three, four!
One, two, three, four!
(Oh, we gotta time that
The whole point of a count is that its in time, innit?)
One, two, three, four!
Well, I watch you tangle every weekend
It might start different but it ends up the same
One minute, youre casually speaking
The next it all goes up and you pour fuel on the flame
With your jerrycan of words and tones
And no ones gonna start a revolution
So we best leave it well alone
And theres something that Frankie used to say
Apparently
Oh, he said, settle for the draw
Well, youre not gonna get no more
So you should settle for a draw
I told you once Im sure, I told you once Im sure
You should settle for a draw
Why dont you settle for a draw?
Well, youre right, it is one set of rules for her
And then another set for you
But thats just the way it is, I suppose
And theres nowt you can do
And lets not fall in the trap of answering back
I am just a beginner but shell be the only winner
Thats for sure, so take the draw, if its available
And if it sets on fire
Dont get out your jerrycan of words and... tones
And no ones gonna start a revolution
So we best leave it well alone
And theres something that Frankie used to say
Apparently
Oh, he said, settle for the draw
Well, youre not gonna get no more
So you should settle for the draw
I told you once Im sure, I told you once Im sure
You should settle for the draw
Why dont you settle for the draw? |
I wrote, I was here, I.D.S.T
On the bathroom mirror, I.D.S.T
I.D.S.T., I.D.S.T., I.D.S.T
I.D.S.T., I.D.S.T., I.D.S.–T
I wrote, Mark for Jenny, I.D.S.T
With a drawing compass on the backseat
I.D.S.T., I.D.S.T., I.D.S.T
I.D.S.T., I.D.S.T., I.D.S.–T
I.D.S.T., I.D.S.T
I.D.S.T., I.D.S.–T |
When I got back from fixing my hair
You were directing the traffic
Letting your story slip on the snow
As if the transmission was automatic
Its arguable that I shouldntve been there
It was fortunate timing
I had a hole in the pocket of my favourite coat
And my love dropped into the lining
Not on me
I havent got my strange
Not on me
You cant sleep until youve sat on the steps
To weep til you feel like youve wept, yeah
No, not on me
I havent got my strange
Not on me
I havent got my strange
Ive better fetch my strange
I havent got my strange
I havent got my strange |
007 and Brucey Wayne
Are shitting them sens because theres another name
Coming to claim what is his to claim
Ten percent faster with a sturdier frame
Hes certainly come into his own
Theres one on his arm in every land that he roams
And two consecutive nights alone
Are a thing of the past as he has recently shown
They said he looks so handsome, stood not dancing
Drawing you in like its boring to him
Its a war you cant win and the first and the last
Are two things youll never be, my darling
Another roll around and another push and shove
Further away from the idea of love
And his conclusion, it must be good
Or when the penny has dropped with an incredible thud
Forgot to kick the tin
He knows where shes going, but dont know where shes been
And as opposed to the other thing
Hell worry about it when its trouble hes in
They said he looks so handsome, stood not dancing
Drawing you in like its boring to him
Its a war you cant win and the first and the last
Are two things youll never be, my darling
Two things you will never be, my darling
Well, he sneered and sniffed and spat at my chat up-lines
Not to feel like a twat at times, its hard
But not for this kid, not when they come to you |
Get out the way, mister
With your short sharp tips
No, I wont read your lips right now
And baby, hey
You send a shiver down my spine
But do you read my mind
Do you?
And youre looking pretty suspicious
And probably planning a heist
Hes wanting to go to the strippers
It makes him feel all nice
The cigarette smoke in your eyes
Watching a stripper and
Smacking a bloke here tonight
Get out my way, mister
With your short sharp tips
No, I wont read your lips right now
And baby, hey
You send a shiver down my spine
But do you read my mind
Do you?
Hes probably got stopped by a panda
For speeding on his way there
Flashing of digital cameras
From tourists in Trafalgar Square
The cigarette smoke in your eyes
Watching a stripper and
Snortin some coke off her thighs
Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah
The cigarette smoke in your eyes
Watching a stripper and
Smacking a bloke here tonight
And I just cant see for the
The cigarette smoke in your eyes
Watching a stripper and
Snortin some coke off her thighs
Lalalalalala laaaaaaaoooo
Owww |
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Dataset Card for "huggingartists/arctic-monkeys"
Dataset Summary
The Lyrics dataset parsed from Genius. This dataset is designed to generate lyrics with HuggingArtists. Model is available here.
Supported Tasks and Leaderboards
Languages
en
How to use
How to load this dataset directly with the datasets library:
from datasets import load_dataset
dataset = load_dataset("huggingartists/arctic-monkeys")
Dataset Structure
An example of 'train' looks as follows.
This example was too long and was cropped:
{
"text": "Look, I was gonna go easy on you\nNot to hurt your feelings\nBut I'm only going to get this one chance\nSomething's wrong, I can feel it..."
}
Data Fields
The data fields are the same among all splits.
text: astringfeature.
Data Splits
| train | validation | test |
|---|---|---|
| 186 | - | - |
'Train' can be easily divided into 'train' & 'validation' & 'test' with few lines of code:
from datasets import load_dataset, Dataset, DatasetDict
import numpy as np
datasets = load_dataset("huggingartists/arctic-monkeys")
train_percentage = 0.9
validation_percentage = 0.07
test_percentage = 0.03
train, validation, test = np.split(datasets['train']['text'], [int(len(datasets['train']['text'])*train_percentage), int(len(datasets['train']['text'])*(train_percentage + validation_percentage))])
datasets = DatasetDict(
{
'train': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(train)}),
'validation': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(validation)}),
'test': Dataset.from_dict({'text': list(test)})
}
)
Dataset Creation
Curation Rationale
Source Data
Initial Data Collection and Normalization
Who are the source language producers?
Annotations
Annotation process
Who are the annotators?
Personal and Sensitive Information
Considerations for Using the Data
Social Impact of Dataset
Discussion of Biases
Other Known Limitations
Additional Information
Dataset Curators
Licensing Information
Citation Information
@InProceedings{huggingartists,
author={Aleksey Korshuk}
year=2021
}
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Number of rows:
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