Arctic Monkeys albums lyrics

Arctic Monkeys

LYRICS

Arctic Monkeys .............................................................................................................................................................2"Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (2006).................................................................4

"The View From The Afternoon".....................................................................................................4"I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"....................................................................................5"Fake Tales Of San Francisco"........................................................................................................6"Dancing Shoes"..............................................................................................................................7"You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me".....................8"Still Take You Home".....................................................................................................................9"Riot Van"......................................................................................................................................10"Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured".....................................................................................11"Mardy Bum".................................................................................................................................11"Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But...".....................................................................................13"When The Sun Goes Down"........................................................................................................14"From The Ritz To The Rubble"....................................................................................................15"A Certain Romance".....................................................................................................................17

"Favourite Worst Nightmare" (2007).................................................................................................19"Brianstorm"..................................................................................................................................19"Teddy Picker"...............................................................................................................................20"D Is For Dangerous"....................................................................................................................21"Balaclava"....................................................................................................................................22"Fluorescent Adolescent"...............................................................................................................24"Only Ones Who Know"...............................................................................................................25"Do Me A Favour".........................................................................................................................26"This House Is A Circus"...............................................................................................................27"If You Were There, Beware"........................................................................................................28"The Bad Thing"............................................................................................................................29"Old Yellow Bricks"......................................................................................................................30"505"..............................................................................................................................................31

"Humbug" (2009)...............................................................................................................................33"My Propeller"...............................................................................................................................33"Crying Lightning"........................................................................................................................34"Dangerous Animals"....................................................................................................................35"Secret Door".................................................................................................................................36"Potion Approaching"....................................................................................................................38"Fire And The Thud"......................................................................................................................39"Cornerstone".................................................................................................................................40"Dance Little Liar".........................................................................................................................42"Pretty Visitors".............................................................................................................................43"The Jeweller's Hands"..................................................................................................................44

"Suck It And See" (2011)...................................................................................................................47"She's Thunderstorms"...................................................................................................................47"Black Treacle"..............................................................................................................................48"Brick By Brick"............................................................................................................................49"The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"..................................................................................................50"Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"..........................................................................52"Library Pictures"..........................................................................................................................52

"All My Own Stunts".....................................................................................................................53"Reckless Serenade"......................................................................................................................54"Piledriver Waltz"..........................................................................................................................55"Love Is A Laserquest"..................................................................................................................56"Suck It And See"..........................................................................................................................57"That's Where You're Wrong"........................................................................................................58

"AM" (2013).......................................................................................................................................59"Do I Wanna Know?"....................................................................................................................59"R U Mine?"..................................................................................................................................61"One For The Road"......................................................................................................................62"Arabella"......................................................................................................................................63"I Want It All"................................................................................................................................64"No.1 Party Anthem".....................................................................................................................65"Mad Sounds"................................................................................................................................66"Fireside".......................................................................................................................................67"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"...........................................................................68"Snap Out Of It"............................................................................................................................69"Knee Socks".................................................................................................................................70"I Wanna Be Yours".......................................................................................................................72

ENJOY!!!...........................................................................................................................................73

"Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (2006)

"The View From The Afternoon"

Anticipation has the habit to set you up

For disappointment in evening entertainment but

Tonight there'll be some love

Tonight there'll be a rawkus, regardless of what's gone before

I want to see all of the things that we've already seen

The lairy girls hung out the window of the limousine

And of course its fancy dress

And they're all looking quite full on

In bunny ears and devil horns

I want to see all of the things that we've already seen

I want to see you take the jackpot out the fruit machine

And put it all back in

You've got to understand it you can never beat the bandit

And she won't be surprised and she won't be shocked

When she's pressed the star after she's pressed unlock

And there's verse and chapter sat in her inbox

And all that it says is that you've drank a lot

You should bear that in mind tonight

You can pour your heart out but her reasoning will block

owt you send her after nine o clock

You can pour your heart out around 3 o clock

When the 2 for 1's undone the writers block

"I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"

[Verse]

Stop making the eyes at me,

I'll stop making my eyes at you.

What it is that surprises me is that I don't really want you to

And your shoulders are frozen (as cold as the night)

Oh, but you're an explosion but you're dynamite

Your name isn't real, but I don't care for sand and lighting

The fuse might result in a bang with a bang-go

[Chorus:]

I said I bet that you look good on the dance floor

I don't know if you're looking for romance or...

Don't know what you're looking for

I said I bet that you look good on the dance floor

Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984

Well, from 1984!

[Verse]

I wish you'd stop ignoring me because you're sending me to despair,

Without a sound yeah you're calling me and I don't think it's very fair

That your shoulders are frozen (as cold as the night)

Oh, but you're an explosion (You're dynamite)

Your name isn't real, but I don't care for sand and lighting

The fuse might result in a bang with a bang-go

[Chorus]

Oh, there ain't no love, no Montagues or Capulets

Are just banging tunes and DJ sets and...

Dirty dance floors, and dreams of naughtiness!

Well

[Chorus]

"Fake Tales Of San Francisco"

Fake Tales of San Francisco

Echo through the room

More point to a wedding disco

Without a bride or groom

There's a super cool band yeah

With their trilbies and their glasses of white wine

And all the weekend rock stars in the toilets

Practicing their lines

I don't want to hear you

(Kick me out, kick me out)

I don't want to hear you no






Fake Tales of San Francisco

Echo through the air

And there's a few bored faces in the back

All wishing they weren't there

And as the microphone squeaks

A young girl's telephone beeps

Yeah she's dashing for the exit

Oh, she's running to the streets outside

"Oh you've saved me," she screams down the line

"The band were fucking wank

And I'm not having a nice time"





Yeah but his bird thinks it's amazing, though

So all that's left

Is the proof that love's not only blind but deaf

He talks of San Francisco, he's from Hunter's Bar

I don't quite know the distance

But I'm sure that's far

Yeah, I'm sure that's pretty far

Yeah, I'd love to tell you all my problem

You're not from New York City, you're from Rotherham

So get off the bandwagon, and put down the handbook

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[x4]

Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook

"Dancing Shoes"

Get on your dancing shoes

There's one thing on your mind

Hoping they're looking for you

Sure you'll be rummaging' through

And the shit, shock, horror

You've seen your future bride

Oh, but it's oh so absurd

For you to say the first word

So you're waiting and waiting

The only reason that you came

So what you scared for?

don't you always do the same

It's what you there for, don't you know

...the lights are flashing

Down in here tonight

And some might exchange a glance

But keep pretending to dance

Don't act like it's not happening

As if it's impolite

To go and mention your name

Instead you'll 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 don't you always do the same

It's what you're there for but no

Get on your dancing shoes

You sexy little swine

Hoping they're looking for you

Sure you'll be rummaging through

Oh and the shit, shock, horror

You've seen your future bride

Oh, but it's oh so absurd

For you to say the first word

So you're waiting and waiting

"You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me"

One look sends it coursing through the veins oh how the feeling races

Back up to their brains to form expressions on there stupid faces

They don't want to say hello

Like I want to say hello

Oh the heartbeats at its peak when you're coming up to speak

And I'm so tense, never tenser

Could all go a bit Frank Spencer?

I'm talking gibberish, tip of the tongue but I can't deliver it

...Properly, oh it's all getting on top of me

And if it weren't this dark you'd see how red my face has gone

Everybody's trying to crack the jokes and that to make you smile

Those that claim that they're not showing off are drowning in denial

They're not half as bad as me say anything and I'll agree

When it comes to acting up, I'm sure I could write the book

And now that you're more than a part in the play

It's slightly easier to think what to say

You had us all, standing on our heads

Doing our best tricks

Never again, will there be another one that's as desirable as you

"Still Take You Home"

It's ever so funny, I don't think you're special I don't think you're cool

You're just probably alreyt, but under these lights you look beautiful

But I'm struggling, I can't see through your fake tan

And you know it for a fact that everybody's eating out of your hands

What do you know?

you know nothing

But I'll still take you home

Fancy seeing you in here, you're all tarted up and you don't look the same

I haven't seen you since last year and surprisingly you have forgot my name

But you know it and you knew it all along

Oh you say you have forgotten, but you're fibbing go on tell me I'm wrong

I fancy you with a passion, you're a Topshop princess, a rockstar too

You're a fad you're a fashion and I'm having a job trying to talk to you

But it's alright, put it all on one-side,

everybody's looking, you've got control of everyone's eyes

Including mine

"Riot Van"

Up rolled the riot van

And sparked excitement in the boys

But the policemen look annoyed

Perhaps these are ones they should avoid

They got a chase last night from men with truncheon's dressed in hats

They didn't do that much wrong, still ran away though for the laugh

"Please just stop talking

Because they won't find us if you do

Oh those silly boys in blue

Well they won't catch me and you"

"Have you been drinking son, you don't look old enough to me"

"I'm sorry officer is there a certain age you're supposed to be?.. nobody told me"

Up rolled the riot van

And these lads just wind the coppers up

Ask why they don't catch proper crooks

Get their address and their name's took

But they couldn't care less

He got 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

"Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured"

Ask if we can have six in, if not we'll have to have 2

You're coming up our end aren't you? So I'll get one with you

Oh won't he let us have six in? especially not with the food

He coulda just told us no though, he dint have to be rude

You see her in the green dress? She talked to me at the bar

How come its already two pound fifty? We've only gone about a yard

Dint ya see she were gorgeous, she was beyond belief

But this lad at the side drinking a Smirnoff ice came and paid for her tropical Reef

And I'm sitting going backwards, and I didn't want to leave

I said, "It's High Green mate, via Hillsborough please!"

Well how funny was that sketch earlier, up near that taxi rank

Oh no you will have missed it, think it was when you went to the bank

These two lads squaring up proper shoutin', 'bout who was next in the queue

The kind of thing that would seem so silly but not when they've both had a few

Well calm down temper temper, you shouldn't get so annoyed

You're acting like a silly little boy

They wanted to be men and do some fighting in the street

He said no surrender, no chance of retreat

And so why are we in a taxi?

'Cause I didn't want to leave

I said "It's High Green Mate, via Hillsborough please!"

Drunken plots hatched to jump it, ask around are ya sure?

Went for it but the red light was showing

And the red light indicates doors are secured

"Mardy Bum"

Now then Mardy Bum

I see your frown

And it's like looking down the barrel of a gun

And it goes off

And out come all these words

Oh there's a very pleasant side to you

A side I much prefer

It's 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

Oh, but it's right hard to remember

That on a day like today when you're all argumentative

And you've got the face on

Well now then Mardy Bum

Oh I'm in trouble again, aren't I?

I thought as much

Cause you turned over there

Pulling that silent disappointment face

The one that I can't bear

Can't we laugh and joke around




Oh, but it's right hard to remember



Yeah I'm sorry I was late

Well I missed the train

And then the traffic was a state

And I can't be arsed to carry on in this debate

That reoccurs, oh when you say I don't care

Well of course I do, yeah I clearly do!

So laugh and joke around




Still it's right hard to remember



"Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong But..."

I've seen your eyes as they fix on me what is he doing what on earth is the

Plan has he got one

You better give me some pointers since you are the big rocket launcher and

I'm just the shot gun,

I ain't got no dollar signs in my eyes that might be a surprise but its true

I'm not like you and I don't 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 you're certain we'll fail

I've seen you're eyes as they fix on me full of confusion your snarl is just

So condescending

Trying to explain that we're on to a win if the fee we get in near recoups

What we're spending

He said I can't believe that you drove all that way well how much did they

Pay ya how much did they pay ya, You'd have been better to stay round our Way

Thinking about things but not actually doing things









All you people are vampires!

"When The Sun Goes Down"

Who's that girl there?

I wonder what went wrong

So that she had to roam the streets

She dunt do major credit cards

I doubt she does receipts

It's all not quite legitimate

And what a scummy man

Just give him half a chance

I bet he'll rob you if he can

Can see it in his eyes,

Yeah, that he's got a driving ban

Amongst some other offences

And I've seen him with girls of the night

And he told Roxanne to put on her red light

They're all infected but he'll be alright

Cause he's a scumbag, don't you know

I said he's a scumbag, don't you know!

Although you're trying not to listen

Overt your eyes and staring at the ground

She makes a subtle proposition

"I'm sorry love I'll have to turn you down"

He must be up to something

What are the chances sure it's more than likely

I've got a feeling in my stomach

I start to wonder what his story might be

They said it changes when the sun goes down

Around here

Look here comes a Ford Mondeo

Isn't he Mister Inconspicuous?

And he don't even have to say 'owt

She's in the stance ready to get picked up

Bet she's 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 doesn't stop in the winter, no

Around here

They said it changes when the sun goes down

Over the river going out of town

What a scummy man

Just give him half a chance

I bet he'll rob you if he can

Can see it in his eyes that he's got a nasty plan

I hope you're not involved at all

"From The Ritz To The Rubble"

Last night these two bouncers

And one of em's alright

The other one's the scary one

His way or no way, totalitarian

He's got no time for you

Looking or breathing

How he dosen't want you to

So step out the queue

He makes examples of you

And there's nowt you can say

Behind they go through to the bit where you pay

And you realize then that it's 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 you've got something to prove

To all the smirking faces and the boys in black

Why can't they be pleasant?

Why can't they have a laugh?

He's got his hand in your chest

He wants to give you a duff

Well secretly I think they want it all to kick off

They want, arms flying everywhere and

Bottles as well it's just

Something to talk about

A story to tell you

Well I'm so glad they turned us all away we'll 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?

This town's a different town today

This town's a different town to what it was last night

You couldn't have done that on a Sunday

That girl's a different girl today

That girl's a different girl to her you kissed last night

You couldn't have done that on a Sunday

Last night what we talked about

It made so much sense

But now the haze has ascended

It don't make no sense anymore

"A Certain Romance"

Well oh they might wear classic Reeboks

Or knackered Converse

Or tracky bottoms stucked in socks

But all of that's what the point is not

The point's that there is no romance around there

And there's the truth that they can't see

They'd probably like to throw a punch at me

And if you could only see them, then you would agree

Agree that there ain't no romance around there

You know, oh, it's a funny thing, you know?

We'll tell them if you like

We'll tell them all tonight

They'll never listen

Because their minds are made up

And course it's all OK to carry on that way

Cause over there there's broken bones

There's only music, so that there's new ringtones

And it doesn't take no Sherlock Holmes

To see it's a little different around here

Don't get me wrong though there's boys in bands

And kids who like to scrap with pool cues in their hands

And just cause he's had a couple of cans

He thinks it's alright to act like a dickhead

Don't you know, oh it's a funny thing you know

We'll tell them if you like

We'll tell them all tonight

They'll never listen

Because their minds are made up

And of course it's all OK to carry on that way

But I said no, oh no!

Well oh, you won't get me to go

Not anywhere, not anywhere

No, I won't go, oh no, no?

But over there there's friends of mine

What can I say, I've known them 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

So not in the same way

Oh no, oh no, no!

"Favourite Worst Nightmare" (2007)

"Brianstorm"

Some old track... or brian strom

Brian,

Top marks for not tryin'

So kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness

We're grateful and so strangely comforted

And I wonder are you puttin' us under

Cause we can't take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination

Well see you later, innovator

Some want to kiss some want to kick you

There's not a net you couldn't slip through

Or at least that's the impression I get cause you're smooth and you're wet

And she's not aware yet but she's yours

She'll be sayin' use me

Show me the jacuzzi

I imagine that it's there on a plate

Your rendezvous rate means that you'll never be frightened to make them wait for a while

I doubt it's your style not to get what you set out to acquire

The eyes are on fire

You are the unforecasted storm

[Brian]

Calm, collected, and commandin'

(Top marks for not tryin')

You made the other stories standin'

With your renditions and jokes

Bet there's hundreds of blokes that have wept cause you've stolen their ...thunder

Are you puttin' us under

Cause we can't take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination

Well see you later, innovator

"Teddy Picker"

They've sped up to the point where they provoke

The punch-line before they have told the joke

Plenty of desperation to be seen

Staring at the television screen

They've sped up to the point where they provoke you

To tell the fucking punch-line before you have told the joke

"Sorry, sunshine, it doesn't exist

It wasn't in the top 100 list."

And it's the thousandth time and it's even bolder,

Don't be surprised when you get bent over,

They told you, but you were dying for it

Saw it and she grabbed it and it wasn't what it seemed

The kids all dream of making it, whatever that means

Another variation on a theme

A tangle on the television and a magazine

D'you reckon that they do it for a joke?

D'you reckon that they make 'em take an oath?

That says that we are defenders

Of any poser or professional pretender around

When did your list

Replace the twist and turn as a fist

Replaced the kiss?

Don't concern us with your bollocks

I don't want your prayer

Save it for the morning after

And it's the thousandth time and it's even bolder,

Don't be surprised when you get bent over,

They told you, but you were gagging for it

Let's have a game on the teddy picker

Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?

Already thick, and you're getting thicker

Let's have a game on the teddy picker

Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?

Already thick, and you're getting thicker

Assuming that all things are equal?

Who'd want to be men of the people

When there's people like you?

"D Is For Dangerous"

He knew what he wanted to say

But he did not want to word it

The dirty little Herbert

Was thinking an escape

But the place was well guarded

The guiltyness 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 you're his favourite worst nightmare

D is for...

Desperately trying to stimulate what it was that was alright

3 quarters of an hour ago

That had led him to be in a position

And every compromission

Another freak episode

He's nearing the brink but he thinks first

The parallel universe perhaps could be the perfect scene






The parallel

I think you should know you're his favourite worst nightmare

D is for delightful

and try and keep your trousers on

you should know you're his favourite worst nightmare

"Balaclava"

Running off over next doors garden

Before the hour is done

It's more a question of feeling

Than it is a question of fun

The confidence is the balaclava

I'm sure you'll baffle em good

With the ending wreek of salty cheeks

And runny makeup alone

Oh will blood run down the face

Of a boy bewildered and scorned

And you'll find yourself in a skirmish

And you wish you'd never been born

And you tie yourself to the tracks

And there isn't 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 the ending is a pleasurable as the start

The confidence is the balaclava, I'm sure you baffle em straight

And its wrong wrong wrong, she can hardly wait

Thats right, he wont let her out his sight

Now the shaggers perform

And the daggers are drawn

Who's the crooks in this crime?


How the shaggers perform

And the daggers are drawn

Who's the crooks is this....

Crime!




You'll be able to post any day of the most

For the sights of all time

You knew that he'd be trouble right before the very first kiss

Quiet and unassuming but you knew that they were the naughtiest

She pleaded with you to take it off

But you resisted and fought

Sorry sweetheart I'd much rather, keep on the balaclava.

"Fluorescent Adolescent"

You used to get it in your fishnets

so now you only get it in your night dress

Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness

Landed in a very common crisis

Everything's in order in a black hole

Nothing seems as pretty as the past though

That Bloody Mary's lacking a Tabasco

Remember when you used to be a rascal?

Oh that boy's a slag

The best you ever had


Is just a memory and those dreams

Not 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?

and now when she tell she's gonna get it

I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget I

Clinging to not getting sentimental

Said she wasn't going but she went still

Likes her gentlemen to not be gentle

Was it a Mecca Dobber or a betting pencil?

Oh that boy's a slag



Is just a memory and those dreams

Weren't as daft as they seem


My love when you dream them up

Oh, where did you go?

Where did you go?

Where did you go? Woah.

Falling about

You took a left off Last Laugh Lane

You were just sounding it out

You're not coming back again.

Falling about

You took a left off Last Laugh Lane

You were just sounding it out

You're not coming back again.

You used to get it in your fishnets

so now you only get it in your night dress

Started all the naughty nights with niceness

Landed in a very common crisis

Everything's in order in a black hole

Everything was pretty in the past though

That Bloody Mary's lacking in tabasco

Remember when you used to be a rascal?

"Only Ones Who Know"

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,

I bet the 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 I'm sure you could have made it that bit better on your own,

And I bet she told a million people that she'd stay in touch,

Well all the little promises they dont mean much,

When theres memories to be made,

And I hope you're holding hands by new years eve,

They made it far too easy to believe,

That true romance cant be acheived these days,

And even if somebody could have shown you the place you wanted,

Well I sure you could have made it that bit better on your own,

You are the only ones who know

"Do Me A Favour"

Well the morning was complete.

There was tears on the steering wheel dripping on the seat,

Several hours or several weeks,

I'd have the cheek to say they're equally as bleak!

It's the beginning of the end, the car went up the hill,

And disappeared around the bend, ask anyone they'll tell you that.

It's these times that it tends,

The start to breaking up, to start to fall apart

Oh! hold on to your heart.

Do me a favour, break my nose!

Do me a favour, tell me to go away!

Do me a favour, stop asking questions!

She walked away, well her shoes were untied,

And the eyes were all red,

You could see that we've cried, and I watched and I waited,

'Till she was inside, forcing a smile and waving goodbye.

Curiousity becomes a heavy load,

Too heavy to hold, too heavy to hold.

Curiousity becomes a heavy load,

Too heavy to hold, will force you to be cold.

And do me a favour, and ask if you need some help!

She said, do me a favour and stop flattering yourself!

How to tear apart the ties that bind, perhaps fuck off, might be too kind,

Perhaps fuck off, might be too kind.

"This House Is A Circus"

This house is a circus, berserk as fuck

We tend to see that as a perk though. Look

What it's done to your friends their memories are pretend

And the last thing they want is for the feeling to end





Looking for trouble and there's lovers to be had

Those ones next to us are such lovely lads

Scaling the corridors for maidens in the maze

And the anomaly is slipping into familiar ways

And we're forever unfulfilled

Can't think why

Like a search for murder clues

In dead man's eyes

Forever unfulfilled

And can't think why

Like a search for murder clues

In dead man's eyes

The more you open your mouth

The more you're forcing performance

All the attention is leading me to feel important (completely obnoxious)

Now that we're here, we may as well go too far

Wriggling around just so that you won't forget

There's certainly some venom in the looks that you collect

Aimlessly gazing at the blazers in the queue

Struggling with the notion that it's life not film









"If You Were There, Beware"

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 they're trying to rob the words from her gob

Take the source of the innocents

If you were there, beware

The serpent soul pinchers

Can't you sense she was never meant

To fill column inches

And you've had enough, what you're trying to dig up

Isn't there to be dug, the thieves help the thugs

As they're trying be the good grace of a sweetheart

Out to the point she'll comply

Why leave her on her own

If I'd have known then I wouldn't have said it

I wouldn't have said it if I would have known

Why leave her on her own

If I predicted tears then I wouldn't have said it

I wouldn't have said it if I would have known

There's a circle of witches, ambitiously vicious they are

Our attempts to remind them of reason won't get us that far

I don't know what it is that they want

I don't know what it is that they want

But I haven't got it to give

She hasn't got it to give

"The Bad Thing"

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,

Somebody's girlfriend's talkin' to me but its alright,

She's sayin that hes not gonna slap me or try to attack me,

Hes not the jealous type,

And I ony need to get half an excuse and im away,

But when theres no excuses thats much easier to say,

I've been before,

And all these capers make her too forward to ignore,

Well She's talkin but im not entirely sure, ohh

Do the bad thing,

Take off your wedding ring,

But it wont make it that much easier, it might make it worse,

Oh im stood at the bar and somebody's partner's talkin to me,

But I dont know that is what she isnt she murmors things to confirm That the tragedy is true,

And I knew 'how could she could have anyone she wants,

And im strugglin to think of an immediate response,

Like I dont mind,

Be a big mistake,

For you to wait,

And let me waste your time,

Really love its fine,

Really love its fine,

And then the first time it occured that there was something to destroy,

I knew before the invitation that there was this ploy,

Oh but she carried on suggestin, a struggle to refuse,

She said "its the red wine this time, but that is no excuse"

"Old Yellow Bricks"

Old yellow bricks,

Love's a risk,

Quite the little Escapoligist

Looked so miffed,

When you wished,

For a thousand places better than this,

You are the fugitive,

But you don't know what you're running from,

You cant kid us,

And you couldn't trick anyone,

Houdini, love you don't know what you're running away from,

Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up?

Blinded by nostalgia,


She was enraged by the way,

That the emperor put traps in the cage,

And the days she being dull,

Lead to nights reading beer bottles,

You're such a fugitive,

But you don't know what you're running from,

You cant kid us,

And you couldn't trick anyone,

Houdini, love you don't know what you're running away from,


Blinded by nostalgia,

Who wants to sleep in a city that never wakes up?

You're at a loss,

Just because,

It wasn't all that you thought it was,

You are a fugitive but you don't know what you're running away from,

She said I want to sleep in the city that never wakes up,

And revel in nostalgia,

I know I said he wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up but,

Dorothy was right though

"505"

[Chorus:]

I'm going back to 505,

If it's a 7 hour flight or a 45 minute drive,

In my imagination you're waiting lying on your side,

With your hands between your thighs,

Stop and wait a sec,

Oh when you look at me like that my darling,

What did you expect,

I probably still adore you with your hands around my neck,

Or I did last time I checked,

Not shy of a spark,

A knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark,

Frightened by the bite though its no harsher than the bark,

Middle of adventure, such a perfect place to start,

[Chorus]

But I crumble completely when you cry,

It seems like once again you've had to greet me with goodbye,

I'm always just about to go and spoil a surprise,

Take my hands off of your eyes too soon,

[Chorus]

"Humbug" (2009)

"My Propeller"

If you can summon the strength, tow me

I can't hold down the urgency

You've got to make your decent slowly

And oil up those sticky keys

Coax me out, my love

And have a spin of my propeller

It's a necessary evil

No cause for emergency

Borrow the beak of a bald eagle

Oh, momentary synergy


Sink into tomorrow


And have a spin of my propeller

My propeller won't spin and I can't get it started on my own

When are you arriving?





My propeller

"Crying Lightning"

Sat in 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 your mistaken if your thinking that I haven't been caught cold before

As you bit into your strawberry lace

And then a flip in your attention in the form of a gobstopper

Is all you have left and it was going to waste

Your past-times, consisted of the strange

And twisted and deranged

And I love that little game you had called

Crying lightning

And how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons

The next time that I caught my own reflection

It was on it's way to meet you

Thinking of excuses to postpone

You never look like yourself from the side

But your profile did not hide

The fact you knew I was approaching your throne

With folded arms you occupy the bench like toothache

Saw them, puff your chest out like you never lost a war

And though I try so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction

There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw

And your past-times, consisted of the strange


And I hate that little game you had called

Crying lightning

And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons

Uninviting

But not half as impossible as everyone assumes

You are crying lightning




Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning

Crying lightning




Crying

"Dangerous Animals"

Been fighting with my sheets

And nearly crying in my sleep

Yes, I'm battling that well taught gripe

The most restraining type

You should have racing stripes

The way you keep me in pursuit

Sharpen the heel of your boot

And you press it to my chest and you make me wheeze

Then to my knees you do promote me

I'm pinned down by the dark

A-N-I-M-A-L

Makes my head pirouette

More than I won't be willing to confess

D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S

The light it fidgets through

The thoughts'll soon revert to you

About as bashful as a tribal dance

The first and final chance

And cause the audience

The frighteners and fiends

Divided up into two teams

When the acrobat fell off the beam

She broke everyone's hearts


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

It's been long enough now so let's

Make a mess lioness

Pinned down by the dark


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

"Secret Door"

Fools on parade cavort and carry on

For waiting eyes

That you would rather be beside than in front of

But she's never been the kind to be hollowed by the stares

She swam out of tonight's phantasm

Grabbed my hand and made it very clear

There's absolutely nothing for us here

It's a magnolia celebration

To be attempted on a Wednesday night

It's better than to get a reputation

As a miserable little tyke

At least that's the conclusion

She came to in this overture

The secret door swings behind us

She's saying nothing

She's 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

And then like a butler pushing on a bookshelf

I'm unveiling the unexpected

I, who was earlier reluctant, was suddenly embarrassed and corrected

How could such a creature

Survive in such a habitat

The secret door swings behind us

She's saying nothing

She's just giggling along

And even if they were to find us

I wouldn't notice, I'm completely occupied

At all the fools on parade

Cavort and carry on for waiting eyes

That you would rather be beside than in front of

But she's 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 options

But you're daft to think she'd care

Fools on parade [3x]

Conduct a sing-along

"Potion Approaching"

I was biting the time zone,

And we embellish 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

It's 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

I've got this ego mechanic,

She's always trying to give me vitamins

Oh she'd be frightened of your reflection,

I preferred her as a cartoon

If I could be someone else for a week,

I'd spend it chasing after you,

Cos she's not shattering my attitude,

No matter how she folds the potion


That I wanna swing from,


That I wanna hang on to

I'm swinging on




Yours is the only ocean

Potion approaching, shield your eyes,

Potion approaching, visualize,

Holding a token, swollen in size,

Potion approaching, shield your eyes

Oh but if we're gonna escape though,

We really ought to think it through,

Would you like me to build you a go kart?

"Fire And The Thud"

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

But if it's true you're gonna run away

Tell me where

I'll meet you there

Am I snapping the excitement

If I pack away the laguther

And tell you how it feels

And does burden come to meet ya

If I've questions of the feature that runs on your dream wheel

The day after you stole my heart,

Everything I touched told me it would be better shared with you

And you're hiding in my soup

And the book reveals your face

And there's a splashing in my eyelids

The concentration continually breaks

I did request the mark you cast

Didn't heal as fast

I hear your vioce in silences

Will the teasing of the fire be followed by the thud?

And the jostling crowd

You're not allowed to tell the truth

And the photobooth's a liar

And the sharpened explanations

But theres no screaming reason to inquire

I'd like to poke them in their prying eyes with things they never see if it smacks in their temples

"Cornerstone"

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 wicker chair

I wandered up for a closer look

And kissed who ever 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 Parrot's 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 can't call me her name

Tell me where's your hiding place

I'm worried I'll forget your face

And I've asked everyone

And I'm 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 couldn't get much closer

She said I'm really not supposed to but yes,

You can call me anything you want

"Dance Little Liar"

I heard the truth was built to bend

A mechanism to suspend the guilt

Is what you are requiring still

You've got to dance little liar

Just like those fibbs that pop and fizz

And you'll be forced to take that awful quiz

And you're bound to trip

And she'll 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 there's dirt beneath the dirt

The liar take a lot less time

I'm sure it's clear and plain to me

Its not an alibi you need just yet

Oh no it's something for those beads of sweat

Yes that we'll get you back to normal

And after you have dabbed the patch you'll grieve

And then proceed to scratch the varnish off

That newly added calmness

So as not to raise any alarms too soon



When there's dirt beneath the dirt

The liar takes a lot less

Time to decide on his saunter

Have you got itchy bones

And in all your time alone

Can you hack your mind being riddled

with the wrong memories



When there's dirt between the dirt

"Pretty Visitors"

Tricking through the morning,

The tramp with the trampoline under his arm,

Shifts past your whiskers,

So spark is a charm with the barking alarm,

Weighs coil 'til the corner is turned.

And the bicycle wheels, all struggle to move round,

In your muddy mind,

Blatantly cape town,

And will intertwine in co-operative time,

Shall we sit on the springs 'til the mung 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 reeps through rewards and ill fitting thoughts,

A twilight force, she doesn't wanna walk,

Your legs start running and your head gets caught,

Cannot be nineteen, it's perfectly placed for the reasonably frightening,

Pulled from the after taste, you'll have to slip away,

and I'm happy to say,

Behold as the crook in a hammock plays...


All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms and cast the shadow of a snake pit on the wall...

Behold as the crook in the hammock plays,

Crawling with the base of the scales,

And fiddles with the feet on a balancing act,

Gagged, bound and craft in a tale,

Trailing wrapped in a gasp,

Crawling with the base of the scales,

And f*cking fiddles with the feet on a balancing act,

You were gagged, bound and craft in 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.

"The Jeweller's Hands"

Fiendish wonder in the carnival's wake

Though it caresses once again irritate

Tread softly stranger

Move over toward the danger THAT you seek

You think excitement has receded

And the mirror distracts

The logic of the trance

Quickly reaches and grasps

Handsome and faceless

And weightless, your imagination roams

And now it's no ones fault but yours

At the foot of the house of cards

You thought you'd never get obsessed

You thought the wolves would be impressed

And you're a sinking stone

But you know what it's like to hold the jeweller's hand

That procession of pioneers all drowned

In the moonlight they're more thrilling

Those things that he knows

As he leads you through the grinning

Bubble blowers in the snow

Watching his exit

Is like falling off the ferry in the night

The inevitables gather to push you around

Any old voice makes a punishing sound

He became laughter's assassin

Shortly after he showed you what it was

And now it's no ones fault but yours

At the foot of the house of cards

You thought you'd never get obsessed

You thought the wolves would be impressed

And you're a sinking stone

But you know what it's like to hold the jeweller's hand

That procession of pioneers all drowned

If you've a lesson to teach me,

I'm listening, ready to learn

There's no one here to police me,

I'm sinking in, until you return


Don't deviate, don't be afraid

Without the last corner piece I can't calibrate,

Let's get it ingrained








"Suck It And See" (2011)

"She's Thunderstorms"

She's thunderstorms

Lying on her front

Up against the wall

She's thunderstorms

I've 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

She's thunderstorms

Lying on her front

Up against the wall

She's thunderstorms

Here is your host

Sounds as if she's pretty close

When the heat starts growing horns

She's thunderstorms

She's been loop the looping

Around my mind

Her motorcycle boots give me

This kind of acrobatic blood

Concertina cheating heart beat

Rapid fire

She's thunderstorms

Lying on her front

Up against the wall

She's thunderstorms

In an unusual place

When you're feeling far away

She does what the night does to the day

She's thunderstorms

Lying on her front

Up against the wall

She's thunderstorms

Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms

"Black Treacle"

Lately I've been seeing things

Belly button piercings

In the sky at night

When we're side by side

And I don't mean to rain on anybody's cabriolet

One of those games you're gonna lose

But you wanna play it just in case

Now it's getting dark and the sky looks sticky

More like black treacle than tar

Black treacle

Somebody told the stars you're 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 don't want it now

Now it's getting dark and the sky looks sticky

More like black treacle than tar

Black treacle

Somebody told the stars you're not coming out tonight

And so they found a place to hide

Now I'm out of place and I'm not getting any wiser

I feel like the sundance kid behind the synthesizer

And I tried last night to pack away the laugh

Like a key under the mat

But it never seems to be there when you want it

Black treacle

Black treacle

Black treacle

"Brick By Brick"

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 you love

Brick by brick (Ahhhhhh)


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



I wanna brick by brick (Brick by brick)

I wanna blow by blow (Brick by brick)

I wanna an episode (Brick by brick)

I wanna brick by brick, by brick, by





"The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"

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 summersaults

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 them in my thinking cap

She's got a telescopic hallelujah

Hanging up on the wall

For when it gets too complicated

In the eye of the storm

Shalalala

Shalalala

Shalalala

Shalalala

And in a Hellcat-spangled cavern

When your judgement's on the run

And you're acting like a stranger

'Cause you thought it looked like fun

And did you ever get the feeling

That these are things she's said before

Her steady hands may well have done

The Devil's pedicure

What you waiting for

Sing another fucking shalalala

Shalalala

Shalalala

Shalalala

"Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"

Break a mirror

Roll the dice

Run with scissors

Through a chip pan fire fight

Go into business with a grizzly bear

But just don't sit down 'cause I've moved your chair

Find a well known hardman

And start a fight

Wear your shell suit

On bonfire night

Fill in a circular hole with a peg that's square


Ooh... Yeah yeah yeah [x2]

Bite the lightning

And tell me how it tastes

Kung Fu fighting

On your roller skates

Do the macarena in the devils lair


Ooh... Yeah yeah yeah [x3]

"Library Pictures"

I'm in a vest

Library pictures of the quickening canoe

The first of it's 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 you've all forgotten where you've been

Going riding through the thunder suckle fuzz canyon

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4

3, 2, 1

Library pictures of the quickening canoe

The first of it's kind to get to the moon

Give me an eanie, meanie, minie, mo

Or an ip, dip, dog, shit, rock and roll

"All My Own Stunts"

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 you've got the moves

All my own stunts

High noon has changed it's 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 you've got the moves

'Cause I'm from High Green, I'm from High Green

"Reckless Serenade"

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

I've been trying to figure out exactly what it is I need

Call 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 she's walking by

I've been trying to figure out exactly what it is I need

Call 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 I'm stuck, still wondering how it's meant to be

Singing a reckless serenade, reckless serenade

Reckless serenade, reckless serenade

Reckless serenade, reckless serenade

Reckless serenade

"Piledriver Waltz"

I etched a 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 you've 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 you're gonna try and walk on water

Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes

Mystery's flashing amber

Go green when you answer

But the red on the rest of the questionnaire

Never changes

I heard the news that you're planning

To shoot me out of a cannon

I heard the piledriver waltz

It woke me up this morning

You look like you've 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 you're gonna try and walk on water

Make sure you wear your comfortable shoes

Ohh, piledriver

"Love Is A Laserquest"

Do you still feel younger than you thought you would by now

Or darling have you started feeling old yet?

Don't worry I'm sure that you're 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?

I've tried to ask you this in some daydreams that I've had

But you're always busy being make believe

And do you look into the mirror to remind yourself you're there

Or has somebody's goodnight kisses got that covered?

When I'm not being honest I pretend that you were just some lover

Now I can't think of her without thinking of you

I doubt that comes as a surprise

And I can't think of anything to dream about

I can't find anywhere to hide

And when I'm hanging on by the rings around my eyes

And I convince myself I need another

For a minute it gets easier to pretend that you were just some lover

When I'm pipe and slippers and rocking chair

Singing dreadful songs about summer

Will I've found a better method of pretending you were just some lover?

Will I've found a better method of pretending you were just some lover?

"Suck It And See"

Your love is like a studded leather headlock

Your kiss it could put creases in the rain

You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock

And those other girls are just postmix 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'm a fool for you

I poured my aching heart into a pop song

I couldn't get the hang of poetry

That's not a skirt girl that's a sawn off shotgun

And I can only hope you've got it aimed at me

Suck it and see you never know




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"

Suck it and see, you never know


Go, go, go



"That's Where You're Wrong"

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

Streetlamp amber, wanderlust

Powder in a blunderbuss

She looks as if she's blowing a kiss at me

And suddenly the skies are sizzling

Sitting on the floor with a tambourine

Crushing up a bundle of love

Don't take it so personally

You're not the only one

That time's got it in for honey

That's where you're wrong

All the old flames fastened on

Make a wish that weighs a tonne

There are no handles that you can hold

And no understanding where it goes

She looks as if she's blowing a kiss at me

And suddenly the skies are sizzling

Sitting on the floor with a tambourine

Crushing up a bundle of love

Don't take it so personally

You're not the only one

That time's got it in for honey




"AM" (2013)

"Do I Wanna Know?"

Have you got colour in your cheeks?

Do you ever get that fear that you can't shift the tide that sticks around like summat in your teeth?

Are there some aces up your sleeve?

Have you no idea that you're in deep?

I've dreamt about you nearly every night this week

How many secrets can you keep?

'Cause there's this tune I found that makes me think of you somehow and I play it on repeat

Until I fall asleep

Spilling drinks on my settee

(Do I wanna know?)

If this feeling flows both ways

(Sad to see you go)

I've started hoping that you'd stay

(Didn't we both know)

That the nights were mainly made for saying things that you can't say tomorrow day

Crawling back to you

Ever thought of calling when you've had a few?

'Cause I always do

Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new

Now I've thought it through


So have you got the goods?

Been wondering if your heart's still open and if so I wanna know what time it shuts

Simmer down and pucker up

I'm sorry to interrupt it's just I'm constantly on the cusp of trying to kiss you

I don't know if you feel the same as I do

We could be together if you wanted to

(Do I wanna know?)


(Sad to see you go)




Crawling back to you (crawling back to you)

Ever thought of calling when you've had a few? (you've had a few)

'Cause I always do ('cause I always do)

Maybe I'm too (maybe I'm too busy) busy being yours to fall for somebody new

Now I've thought it through


(Do I wanna know?)


(Sad to see you go)




(Do I wanna know?)

Too busy being yours to fall

(Sad to see you go)

Ever thought of calling darlin'?

(Do I wanna know?)

Do you want me crawling back to you?

"R U Mine?"

I'm a puppet on a string

Tracy Island, time-traveling diamond

Coulda shaped heartaches

Come to find ya fall in some velvet morning

Years too late

She's a silver lining lone ranger riding

Through an open space

In my mind when she's not right there beside me

I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be

And satisfaction feels like a distant memory

And I can't help myself,

All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine? "

Are you mine?

Are you mine?

Are you mine?

I guess what I'm trying to say is I need the deep end

Keep imagining meeting, wished away entire lifetimes

Unfair we're not somewhere misbehaving for days

Great escape lost track of time and space

She's a silver lining climbing on my desire

And I go crazy 'cause here isn't where I wanna be




Well, are you mine? (Are you mine tomorrow?)

Are you mine? (Or just mine tonight?)

Are you mine? (Are you mine? Mine?)

And the thrill of the chase moves in mysterious ways

So in case I'm mistaken,

I just wanna hear you say you got me baby

Are you mine?

She's a silver lining lone ranger riding through an open space

In my mind when she's not right there beside me

And I go crazy cause here isn't where I wanna be




Well, are you mine? (Are you mine tomorrow?)

Are you mine? (Or just mine tonight?)

Are you mine? (Are you mine tomorrow, or just mine tonight?)

"One For The Road"

One for the road, ooh ooh


From the bottom of your heart

The relegation zone

I saw this coming from the start

The shake, rattle and roll

The cracks in blackout blinds

Cast patterns on the ceiling but you're feeling fine

I thought it was dark outside

I thought it was dark outside

So we all go back to yours and you sit and talk to me on the floor

There's no need to show me round baby, I feel like I've been in here before

I've been wondering 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 wouldn't fold

I saw this coming from the start

The shake, rattle and roll






The mixture hits you hard

Don't get that sinking feeling, don't fall apart

Some out of tune guitar

Soundtrack to disaster

Ooh ooh, one for the road








"Arabella"

Arabella's got some interstellar-gator skin boots

And a helter skelter 'round her little finger and I ride it endlessly

She's got a Barbarella silver swimsuit

And when she needs to shelter from reality she takes a dip in my daydreams

My days end best when this sunset gets itself

Behind that little lady sitting on the passenger side

It's much less picturesque without her catching the light

The horizon tries but it's just not as kind on the eyes

As Arabella

As Arabella

Just might have tapped into your mind and soul

You can't be sure

Arabella's got a 70's head

But she's a modern lover

It's an exploration, she's made of outer space

And her lips are like the galaxy's edge

And her kiss the colour of a constellation falling into place

My days end best when this sunset gets itself

Behind that little lady sitting on the passenger side

It's much less picturesque without her catching the light

The horizon tries but it's just not as kind on the eyes

As Arabella

As Arabella


You can't be sure

That's magic in a cheetah print coat

Just a slip underneath it I hope

Asking if I can have one of those

Organic cigarettes that she smokes

Wraps her lips round the Mexican coke

Makes you wish that you were the bottle

Takes a sip of your soul and it sounds like…


You can't be sure

"I Want It All"

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

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

"No.1 Party Anthem"

So you're 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

She's 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

[Chorus]

Come on, come on, come on


Number one party anthem

She's a certified mind blower, knowing full well that I don't

May suggest there's somewhere from which you might know her

Just to get the ball to roll

Drunken monologues, confused because

It's not like I'm falling in love I just want you to do me no good

And you look like you could

[Chorus x2]

The look of love - the rush of blood

The "She's with me" - the Gallic shrug

The shutterbugs - the Camera Plus

The black & white - the colour dodge

The good time girl - the cubicles

The house of fun - the number one party anthem


Before the moment's gone

Number one party anthem

"Mad Sounds"

Mad sounds in your ears, they make you feel alright

They bring you back to life

Mad sounds in your ears, they make you get up and dance

They make you get up

Yeah they make you get up

Love buckles under the strain of those wild nights

Run but you cannot hide


They make you get up

All night long they reappear

They make you get up and dance

Yeah they make you get up

Suppose you've gotta do what you gotta do

We just weren't 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 la...

(Ooh la la la la...)

You got those mad sounds in your ears to make you get up and dance


"Fireside"

I can't explain but I want to try

There's this image of you and I

And it goes dancing by in the morning and in the night time

There's all these secrets that I can't keep

Like in my heart there's that hotel suite and you lived there so long,

It's kinda strange now you're gone

I'm not sure if I should show you what I've found

Has it gone for good?

Or is it coming back around?

Isn't it hard to make up your mind?

When you're losing and your fuse is fireside

There's all those places we used to go

And I suspect you already know

But that place on memory lane you liked still looks the same

But something about it's changed






And I thought I was yours forever

Maybe I was mistaken but I just cannot manage to make it through the day

Without thinking of you lately






"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?"

The mirror's image

Tells me it's home time

But I'm not finished

'Cause you're not by my side

And as I arrived I thought I saw you leaving

Carrying your shoes

Decided that once again I was just dreaming

Of bumping into you

Now it's three in the morning and I'm trying to change your mind

Left you multiple missed calls until my message you reply

Why'd you only call me when you're high?

High, why'd you only call me when you're high?

Somewhere darker

Talking the same shite

I need a partner

Well, are you out tonight?

Gets harder and harder to get you to listen

More I get through the gears

Incapable of making alright decisions

And having bad ideas

Now it's three in the morning and I'm trying to change your mind

Left you multiple missed calls until my message you reply (message you reply)

Why'd you only call me when you're high? (Why'd you only call me when you're high?)

High, why'd you only call me when you're high?

And I can't see you here wondering where am I?

Sorta feels like I'm running out of time

I haven't found what I was hoping to find

You said you gotta be up in the morning, gonna have an early night

And you're starting to bore me, baby

Why'd you only call me when you're high?

Why'd you only ever phone me when you're high?




"Snap Out Of It"

What's been happening 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…

I wanna grab both your shoulders and shake baby

Snap out of it (Snap out of it)

I get the feeling I left it too late, but baby


If that watch don't continue to swing or the fat lady fancies having a sing

I'll be here waiting ever so patiently for you to

Snap out of it

Forever isn't for everyone

Is forever for you?

It sounds like settling down or giving up

But it don't sound much like you girl







Snap out of it

Under a spell you're hypnotized

Darling how could you be so blind?

(Snap out of it)

Under a spell you're hypnotized

Darling how could you be so blind?







Snap out of it

"Knee Socks"

You got the lights on in the afternoon

And the nights are drawn out long

And you're kissing to cut through the gloom

With a cough drop coloured tongue

And you were sitting 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 calling even though the number is blocked

When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste

And your knee socks

Well you cured my January blues

Yeah you made it all alright

I got a feeling I might have lit the very fuse

That you were trying not to light

You were a stranger in my phonebook I was acting like I knew

'Cause I had nothing to lose

When the winter's in full swing and your dreams just aren't coming true

Ain't it funny what you'll do




And your knee socks

The late afternoon

The ghost in your room that you always thought didn't approve of you knocking boots

Never stopped you letting 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

[x4]

(All the zeros lined up but the number's blocked when you've come undone)




And your knee socks

[x2]

"I Wanna Be Yours"

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner

Breathing in your dust

I wanna be your Ford Cortina

I won't ever 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 and I'll never run out

And let me be the portable heater that you'll get cold without

I wanna be your setting lotion (I wanna be)

Hold your hair in deep devotion (How deep?)

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...

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner

Breathing in your dust

I wanna be your Ford Cortina

I won't ever rust




ENJOY!!!Meša Selimović, Tvrđava

- Ali ponekad, ne tako cesto, kad mi se zgadi laz, onda govorim istinu. Crno je, u teskom vremenu zivimo, a zivimo jadno i sramotno.Utjeha je samo sto ce oni koji budu posle nas zivjeli, preturiti preko glave jos teza vremena, i pominjati nase dane kao srecne.

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