LYRICS
Curtains
another night in
Greed's all gone now, there's no question
And I can see you push your hair behind your ear
Regain your balance
Doesn't matter where she is tonight
Or with whoever she spends her time
If these arms were meant to hold her
They were never meant to hold her so tight
For the love of that girl
Greed's all gone now, panic subsides
When I could run, pulling arms to love her
Try to put myself on the inside
Of the love of that girl
Tears swell, you don't know why
For the love of that girl
They never fall, they can never run dry
For the love of that girl
Promise is never over, never questions that needed reply
But she could breathe deep into my neck
Let me know I'm just on the outside
Of the love of that girl
Tears swell, you don't know why
For the love of that girl
They never fall, they can never run dry
For the love of that girl
Greed's all gone now, there's no question
And I can see you push your hair behind your ears
Regain your balance
Doesn't matter where she is tonight
Or with whoever she spends her time
If these arms were meant to hold her
They were never meant to hold her so tight
For the love of that girl
Tears swell, you don't know why
For the love of that girl
They never fall, they can never run dry
For the love of that girl
rented rooms
- There's the same hotel, and we can go there now
- We can go there now if you want to
- Through the doors of that rented room
- Yeah, we stumbled through
- It was only hours
- It seemed such a short while
- We had no time to cry
- Or sit and wonder why
- We had so many things started to say
- We had to get through
- We tried the cinema
- Within half an hour
- We had to go find someplace else
- Some more... you know
- We tried a drinking bar
- It gets so very hard
- And when the cab ride ahead seems too long
- We go fuck in the bathroom
- We can't afford the time to sit and cry
- Or to wonder why
- We've got so many things started to say
- We have to get through
- Through the doors of that rented room
- Yeah, we stumbled through
- We had so many things started to say
- We had to get through
- We can't afford the time to sit and cry
- Or to wonder why
- We got so many things started to say
- We have to get through
- We haven't got the time for telling lies
- Or to even try
- There's only days in between
- There's just tomorrow
- Through the doors of that rented room
- Yeah, we stumbled through
- It was only hours - it seemed such a short while
- In those pillows all the feathers that hold all our dreams
- Whispered at the scene
- Now they just seem to float on a breeze
- I could have wrapped that pillow around my head
- Face down on the bed
- I could have drowned in those so-called dreams
- We can't afford the time to sit and cry
- Or to wonder why
- There's only days in between
- There's just tomorrow
don't look down
- See her there
- She hangs from me
- See her face
- She can't let go
- I can't look in here eyes
- She's holding on
- She needed this to hurt me so
- So it shot out of me
- As though all of the love just got ripped out of me
- She said I'm such a sap, I'm such a jerk
- How can I ever forget the way that we are
- Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground
- Looking for the stars
- Say this is it
- This is all there is
- You have to remember this
- This is all there is
- So it shot out of me
- As though all of the love just got ripped out of me
- And just for that moment I saw in her eyes
- How it all could be
- It shot out of me
- Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground
- Looking for the stars
- So it shot out of me
- As though all of the love just got ripped out of me
dick's slow song
- Don't bring that stuff to bed
- I've gotta fall with a clear head
- Don't tell me of those mirrors
- I'll show you what you want to see
- Pay no mind to those voices
- I'll show you what you want to hear
- Of course
- it doesn't matter what you see
- You're beautiful to me
- It doesn't matter what they say
- I want you anyway
- So we live in the city
- Come over here
- No, leave on the light
- Beautiful things get run down
- There's no more to say
- To let you know it's alright
- There's a fine door that you open
- There's no door
- There's no option
- You knew this from the start
- You made a fist around your heart
- I don't need to know
- But she must want to show me
- It's just for yourself
- I can't forgive you anything
- It doesn't matter what you see
- You're beautiful to me
- It doesn't matter what they say
- I want you anyway
- Don't bring that stuff to bed I'll touch you here
- Gotta fall with a clear head Does it make you cry?
- Don't bring that stuff to bed Don't hide those tears
- Gotta fall with a clear head You know they're alright
- Get closer now...
fast one
- Some kind of machine has been hollowed out inside me
- Don't know what I became or what I've left behind
- See I don't remember when
- Something plain about a girl brought me back here again
- Stumbled round her house tonight
- I could give her a call
- Stumbled over the kerbstone on the way to her door
- And I squandered her love
- It's the biggest kick I ever got
- Now I squandered her love
- Nothing else hits the spot
- Everybody's perfect and yet everybody's away
- Everybody's got pictures that they can't contain
- Yet I squandered your love
- It hangs there in my mind
- It's an ugly thing I can't leave behind
- Jesus
ballad of tindersticks
- The first time we flew in
- It was cheap and cramped
- The vodka running out half-way across the Atlantic
- Even the steward screamed and joined in it
- We didn't think we were going to make it
- Now we're stretched out in wide, furry seats
- Flicking through menus
- A walk to the bar and there's as much screw-top champagne as we can drink
- We're so easy
- Taking turns having our photos taken
- Sitting in front of small windows
- Decanters of cheap whiskey in our hands
- Drive into Manhattan on a date with a starlet who's just talent
- That's what people pay the money to see
- Who are we to argue?
- Five hours now it's been going on
- And still we're watching all of it
- Can you really believe all this?
- Can he really lie in bed at night and marvel at his own genius?
- When do you lose the ability to step back
- And get a sense of your own ridiculousness?
- They're only songs
- Midnight, and it's all over
- Now it can really make us laugh
- We're standing on our heads drinking sours of Crystal Schnapps
- Now we're unable to step back or forward
- Swallowing a swallow
- Tasting it again, it's not so unpleasant
- Perhaps it's an acquired taste
- The first time, it makes you sick
- Then, little by little, it becomes delicious
- Showbiz people
- Always there to be interested in what you say
- We are artists; we are sensitive and important
- We nod our heads earnestly
- Already half-way down the champagne
- On our way to leaving the place dry
- A $2,000 bar bill
- Showbiz picks up the tab
- And we're on our way laughing
- Laughing at what?
- Los Angeles, eight days in
- And our sense of irony's running pretty thin
- All the friends we've made
- It's 2 am, it's closing time at the Dresden
- Marty and Layton play one last sleepy "Strangers in the Night"
- And the last of the martinis dribble down our chins
- We're sitting, chasing the conservation around the table
- Jesus, how long have I been in this state?
- The limousine's still waiting outside
- Anything you want to do?
- Anywhere you want to go?
- We're on our way to the airport and a plane to Vegas
- So many nights lying in bed shaking
- Dreaming of pushing my daughter around the supermarket
- The joy of seeing all those colours and shapes reflected in her wide eyes
- My head leaning on the window
- And we're driving through the empty L.A. streets
- And everything seems silent and beautiful
- A guy's face hits the floor
- Police revolvers glistening in the streetlight
- Onto Melrose and lurching through a sea of Halloween transvestites
- The flight's cancelled, but it doesn't matter
- We turn this corner to a way that takes us wherever
- Up to Sunset
- We creep up the drive to the Shattuck
- The suite Belushi died in
- Or the one Morrison
hung out of the window
- Oh, I'll go for Jim's
- I would fancy a little window-hanging myself, tonight, man
- Straight over to the mini-bar
- Open the champagne -- one sip and it's left to wake up to
- Anyone hungry?
- A team of uniformed waiters lay out an elaborate table for all us to ignore
- Oh, the irony
- How we're used to living
- Back in London on a cold Friday night
- Do you want another drink?
- Well, I could try
- Perhaps we could make it to the Atlantic
- 600 yards, twenty minutes later
- We're pushing through the waiting crowd, all fish eyes
- An exclusive door policy
- Exclusively for arseholes
- And tonight? Well, a nod of our heads, and we're inside
- Falling down the red, velvety stairs
- Limbs flaying, hands searching for something to steady
- Pick ourselves up, nothing broken
- Just aches in the morning
- No one seems to notice
- I find a table, champagne arrives
- I've been so drunk, I sit and look at you
- We try and talk for the first time in a long time
- Drunken confessions
- You shiver, it made you feel sick
- We use the rent money to pay the bill
- Bumping shoulders, we stumble out into Soho
- Slipping over the sleeping bags
- Shouting for taxis
dancing
- I understand everything
- I understand everything
- Take me in your arms
- You knew how I feel
- Before I knew, I was up to my neck
- First time we danced
- So I'll tell what brought you home tonight
- So, you're back, what brought you home?
- Oh, the dancing
- Take me in your arms
- You knew how I feel
- Running home
- I couldn't wait to be inside you then
- You were all around me then
- So, is that what brought you home tonight
- Do you know what brought you home tonight?
- Was it the dancing?
- Before I knew, I was up to my neck
- The last toe leaving ground
- First time we danced
let's pretend
- Let's not make it into a big thing
- Let's not get lost in this
- I know it is, I know we could
- I guess we surely would
- Let's pretend it's not
- It doesn't mean a thing
- Let's not blow it out of all sense
- As though it meant so much
- It's always thought about for weeks
- Not every time your lips meet mine, I think of her
- But when her hands reach out, I think of you
desperate man
- She knows what happens when I'm without her
- How this ring itches on my finger
- Does she let me go to help me remember?
- Remember how I came in
- I was desperate then
- Remember what I am without her
- And that's a desperate man
- Before I go, when I'm without her
- How fast and how long that slide
- I'll always take that ride
- It itches on my finger
- Helps me remember
- Remember how I came in
- I was desperate then
- Remember what I am without her
- And that's a desperate man, yeah
- She knows what happens when I'm without her
- She sees the problem
- She understands the irony
- When I'm slumped there in that seat
- And slobbering of how much I love her
- Hey, bartender
- Let me tell you about when I walked in
- I was desperate then
- If I could find my way back to loving her
- I'm a desperate man, yeah
- I'm a desperate man, yeah
buried bones
- With Ann Magnusson
- I could take all the craziness out of you
- That's what I loved you for
- Take away all the oranges, greens and blues
- That's what I loved you for
- Take a look at me
- You think it really could be that easy?
- I mean, take a look at me
- You think it really could be that easy for you?
- I know about guys, I know where they live
- And you're just the same
- The ones that matter fight against themselves
- But it's so hard to change
- Hey, I could love you
- Take all that love away from you
- Hey, I could love you
- Put you in this box I've made for two
- So you could take all this craziness out of me
- That's what you love me for
- Well, I don't mean to laugh
- But if you know all this
- You must be halfway there
- Well, like that dress tonight, you won't know as it falls from you
- Turn around and it's winter, darling
- Look in the mirror and it won't be you
- So you're an old, old dog
- You've been around the block
- So many times
- And it's the same old turns
- Same old feelings straight down the line
- Yeah, I can love you
- Grab that leash and drag you to a place you'd never know
- I know where my bones are buried
- May take me a while, but I'd find my way home
bearsuit
- I'm laying on my back
- She climbs over me
- Pricks out her nails
- Runs them over my proud belly
- I'm a tired, hungry bear
- Spoiled and sleepy
- Her finger's on my zipper
- She pulls it down slowly
- I'm not ready
- Turn over, settle down again
- Throw her off
- But she's back again
- I've been out all night
- Get in at dawn
- And I've still got honey
- Dripping from my claws
- I'm a tired, hungry bear
- Spoiled and sleepy
- Her finger's on my zipper
- She pulls it down slowly
- I'm not ready
- Turn over, settle down again
- Throw her off
- But she's back again
(tonight) are you trying to fall in love again
- My my, it doesn't matter what you say
- From the start, I hang off every word you say
- Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
- Does it make it all right?
- Are you trying to fall in love again?
- Now, I'm a hard man gone soft
- The lines were so clear then
- How did I ever get by?
- There was a time I hang off every word you say
- Every breath you blew, I was running to inhale
- Oh, tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
- Does it make it all right?
- Are you trying to fall in love again?
- My my, there will be other days
- It comes and goes, you know it never stays
- Oh tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
- Does it make it all right?
- Oh tonight, are you trying to fall in love again?
- Does it make it all right?
- You're trying to fall in love again
i was your man
- So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
- So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
- Not a surface thing, we could meet down inside
- Not a surface thing, we could meet way down inside
- You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes
- You want to try to do something right
- So, take me home tonight
- Turn out the light
- You're just alone in the dark
- So, you wish I was your man, in my consciousness you ran
- In my eyes, you swam -- nothing's too much trouble for you
- So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand
- So, you wish I was your man, and I'd understand you
- You've got a smile that never reaches your eyes
- You want to try to do something right
- So, take me home tonight
- Turn out the light
- You're just alone in the dark
bathtime
- There's a city filth that lingers
- All over my naked hands
- Deep into the weave of the clothes I wear
- And every step brings another
- Every hour adds some more
- Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door
- Are the taps running, darling?
- Is the air thick with steam?
- Can I find some place to cry these tears of shame?
- And every step brings another
- Every hour adds some more
- Till I'm on the other side leaning on your door
- There's a smell so sweet it's sickly
- It follows me into the room
- Hangs in the air like rotting perfume
- I never bathe in it, darling
- Got down on my hands and knees
- Got in so far, I became, well, a part of it all
- I've been wading through it
- Don't you know it's up to my neck?
- And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head
- And it's the thought of you in my mind, keeps me here.
- Thought I knew these streets, and how they turn
- Could always find my way home
- There's something there, I can't leave it alone
- The trains they run all night
- We could leave everything behind
- Just bring that dress you wore when we first met
- I know it's faded, darling
- I know it's tattered and worn
- In that dress I could never love you more
- I've been wading through it
- Don't you know it's up to my neck?
- And it won't be long 'fore it's over my head
- And I can suck it into my love, breathe it in
walking
- Wake up, it's all right
- I don't need to know where you've been
- Went for a walk, out of my sight
- You went astray again
- Wake up, it's all right
- You don't have the words, it's okay
- I make it worse, I can make it better
- I can chase it away
- And the emotion running and flapping
- Faster and faster, breathing hard
- Just for a moment, we're on a breeze
- Hold on, hold on tight
- You've gone astray again
- Wake up, it's alright
- I don't need to know where you've been
- Went for a walk, out of my sight
- You went astray again
- Wake up, it's alright
- You don't have the words, that's okay
- I make it worse, but I can make it better
- Can chase it away
- Sniff :)
a marriage made in heaven (US version only)
- With Isabella Rossellini
- She fell in love with my singing
- She knew the bells started ringing
- She thought there was only her there
- But, me, I just live for the clapping
- A hand delivery of an invite to my premiere
- (Nikki Sin version): I sent him tickets for my new film
- When he fell in love, I was acting
- I sent her flowers, asked her to marry me
- But all I heard was their clapping
- Now she cries with a cigarette at the window
- He croons and moans like he's hurting
- She cries so well
- He croons and moans, just croons and moans
- Now, I never thought [I had no idea] that she needed direction
- And he was at the mercy of his writers
- For the songs I needed [for me] to touch her
- Those sad, sad songs to make me happy
- Now she cries with a cigarette at the window
- He croons and moans like he's hurting
- She cries so well
- He croons and moans, just croons and moans
- We re-enact the love scenes from her/my movies
- But I never thought, but she uses a stand-in
- His voice is croakier every day now
- And she cries so well
- ..........Oooooh, I'm hurting.......
- ...........Go away, go away.....
Simple Pleasure
Can we start again?
So many times
I said that I love them
Looking over my shoulder at the door
So many times
I can't live without her
The wheel kept turning round
My feeling's changed
I went my own way
What can I say
To make you stay?
Cos in my dreams
They smother all over me
And I'm trying to explain
So many arms
Reach from my memories
Pull all at once
I'm lost amongst
The folds in their skin
I did you wrong
But I'm sorry now
And I'll show you how
If you were here now
You couldn't change
you wouldn't understand
but I'm ready now I'm ready now
I'll make you proud I was your man
and sing a song
but it's so ugly now
and I'll show you how
cos I'm ready now
I'm ready now
I'm ready now
I'm ready now
Hey I'm ready now
Can we start again?
so many times I said that I loved them
I'm ready now
but I'm ready now
Can we start again?
so many times
I can't live without her
The years was more than I could bear
It's turning round
But in my dreams Can we start again?
They smother all over me I'm ready now
And I'm trying to explain Can we start again?
So many arms reach from my memory
The wheels kept turning round
If You're Looking For A Way Out
Love's fading babe
I can see it in your eyes
Your kiss is just the same but it's just a sweet disguise
Ain't like just luck
To worry about me
When we promise to be our world
Love each other for eternity
Chorus:
If you're looking for a way out
I wont stand in your way
If you're looking for a way out
Don't stop at the tears that I'm crying
They'll only make you wanna stay
Don't kiss me again cos I'm trying
To keep you from running away
Oh baby tell me I'm wrong
Just say I'm crazy.. it's with me that you belong
Its never easy when lovers have to part
Oh come on stop pretending
Tell me what's in your heart
Chorus
Baby dont run away
Baby dont run away
Say that you'll stay
Oh come on stop pretending
Tell me what's in your heart
Chorus
Baby don't run away 2x
Stop pretending 3x
Please baby now
Stop pretending 3x
Please baby now
Stop pretending 3x
Won't you tell me what's in your heart?
Please baby now... stop pretending
Don't you know that I'll always.... stop pretending
Please baby now... stop pretending
Won't you tell me what's in your heart?
Pretty Words
Pretty words
Likes ones you've never heard
Oh those pretty words
What can they say?
It felt like the first summers day
When I heard those pretty words
Oh those pretty words
Oh those...
Pretty words
Like ones you've only overheard
They hang together like pearls
I can't even say
Do you feel so much better now
Now you've heard those pretty words
Oh those pretty words
Oh those...
Oh those pretty words
They hang all around me now
Like a nicotine string of pearls
I'm falling inside them now
When there's a sound you hear
And it feels like everything
And it feels like everything
And it feels like...
You're just such a pretty one
You make everything feel undone
Waiting for those hands to come
Waiting for those hands...
From The Inside
(instrumental)
If She's Torn
If I could tell you now
Tell you how I feel
Is that so hard
When I saw you
There's so much to leave
There's so much to carry around
Gonna sit now
Gonna sit and watch the night fall
There's nothing more
It takes your breath away
Its all for you
There's so much to carry around
Chorus:
But if she's torn
Pull another stitch from me
Give her what she needs and
Pull another stitch from me
It doesn't even stir now
No mothers ??
Just before
You cannot burst of joy
Its just takes toil
Hard work and toil
Can't tell her how I feel
When all you've got is company
You're sweating now
And pouring down your brow
There's nothing here at all
There's only you
There's so much to carry around
Chorus
If I could tell you now
Tell you how I feel
And put in coin after coin
Just to hear you breathe
There's so much to leave
There's so much to carry around
Can't feel any better now
Let your children crawl all over me
Like I need to prove I don't deserve you
Anyhow
There's so much to leave
Theres so much to carry around
Chorus
Before you close your eyes
Just as your eyes are closing
There was something that I meant to say
Like falling from my heart
But I don't know how
Before you close your eyes
I don't know how
Chorus:
I never cry for our love
I never cry
I never cry for our love
I never cry
There's no goodbye
These hands have always lived through mine
Now everything I touch I feel I don't know how
Before you close your eyes
I don't know how
Chorus
I'm so cynical
It's in my face and
It's just the bird I caught
Leaves its taste hanging round round round
Chorus
Just as your eyes are closing
There was something that I meant to say
Like falling from my heart
But I don't know how
Before you close your eyes
I don't know how
Chorus
Never cry.... never cry
(You Take) This Heart Of Mine
I've been watching you play
Getting caught
And when you turn your face your eyes are about
To take this heart of mine
And when you stop and stare long
They're so blind and I can't understand
You take this heart of mine
Hey little boy
Do you want the same thing as me
Cos I just feel
A little lonely
I've been wandering round again
Getting lost
It's not safe to be near those eyes
Are enough
To take this heart of mine
And when you stop and stare long
Well I could run if there wasn't a chance
You take this heart of mine
Hey little boy
Do you want the same thing as me
Cos I just feel
A little lonely
It's never going anywhere
It's just running away
Just a step outside of our love
Where's it now
To bring it all back again
There's a certain sound you know
Well I could run if there wasn't a chance
You take this heart of mine
Hey little boy
Do you want the same thing as me
Cos I just feel
A little lonely
I Know That Loving
She sinks inside me
It's so beautiful
Not hear her calling
And I would raise myself
To live up to her love
And not look down on me
Forgiving me again
And I hear her calling
Do you wanna get out of the water
Do you wanna try and carry on
It gets so low
I get so low
She sinks inside me
Its so beautiful
Not hear her calling
But its like a waterfall
Falling down on me
Forgiving me again
And I know that loving
Chorus:
Like feet that have never been walked on
I know that
Hands that never held no blame
Can't you see that I guess youre staying
Eyes that have never cried angry tears
It's always the same
A face that never felt that shame
Well that's my heart
It's calling out your name
She sinks inside me
There like chemicals
I see the birds fly
And I'd disgust myself
To be free of that love
Pull myself from under the weight of it all
And I hear her, hear her
Chorus
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
It's just that quality of forgiveness
Forgiveness is what I need
If I could only get out of the water
If I could only get myself clean
I've got to give it up
I've got to give it up
Like feet that have never been walked on
I know that
Hands that never held no blame
I'm running on my knees again
Eyes that have never cried angry tears
It's always the same
A face that never felt that shame
She's standing at the altar
Like feet never walked on
I know that she's waiting there
Like hands never held no blame
If I could only get out of the water
No crying angry
If I could only get out of here
but I've gotta give it up
that felt no shame
I've got to give it up
(chorus ad lib)
CF GF
There is a need in me darling
For you I can't tell
The hole thats inside me
That drains as it fills
You know these arms
How they hold you so tight
And these needs of mine
I can't tell either way
Say what you want now make you cry
You say how you feel make you cry
Forget all the trying now make you cry
It does not matter no more
You know these arms
How they hold you so tight
These needs of mine
I can't tell either way
Make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
Hey there we go again
I'm running around
I don't know what I'm trying to say
For I let it all out
You know these arms
How they hold you so tight
And these needs of mine
I can't tell either way
Some nights I could crawl in beside anyone
I wont make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
There is a need in me darling
For you I can't tell
The hole thats inside me
That drains as it fills
I wont make you cry
Tell you lies
Never say goodbye
Never say goodbye.... fade out
Singles and EPs
For Those...
- Two hours twenty minutes
To one, five past
Now it's laying somewhere out there in the ground
And I've lost you
I was cheated
It was something belonged only to me
And now it's gone through my own stupidity
And I lost you
I was cheated
Two whole years spent earning your love
Now it's hanging around in the clouds
Well I've lost you
I was cheated
I'm cheated by my own vanity
Whispering rumours, bullying me
Well I spent it
It wasn't worth it
Chorus:
And for those who are not so beautiful as her
Not giving excuses, but oh...
When it's originally tossed away
It can easily be reclaimed by her
By her
All those years spent building myself up
Trying to stop my staring
And start taking two steps instead of one
But they're so gone now
Chorus
Feeling relatively good
I pretend to understand
When those eyes hung on mine
But you know, you get it wrong in the end
I pretend to know what it's about
You choose explanations to soothe myself
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
- Chorus:
- Now I only laugh with people
Who have no reason to care
Feeling good about things that don't mean nothing
I get caught by what you mean
Hey I could love you when you're ever here
But you know, you got it wrong and it's the end
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again
Chorus
You know what I say, see what I do
There's a part of me still hiding from you
I miss you, there I said it again
Chorus
Rotweilers and Mace
Walking home alone
Spend my time crossing roads
They might say hello, they might commit the blow
You never know
She's a heroine now
So I slow down
Her pace quickens, my heart sickens
I wonder what I am
- Chorus:
Rotweilers and mace
You get'em in your place
Whether you're to blame, you get treated the same
Rotweilers and mace
He's a big man
Got a big dog
What you'll ever need is just a dick on a lead
Rotweilers and mace
Chorus
They say possession
Is not in terms of the law
You want my things you got to take me
You got the choice
Chorus
Kooks
written by David Bowie; taken from the "Hunky Dory" album
- Chorus (2x):
Will you stay in our Lovers' Story
If you stay you won't be sorry
'Cause we believe in you
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
With a couple of Kooks
Hung up on romancing
We bought a lot of things to keep you warm and dry
And a funny old crib on which the paint won't dry
I bought you a pair of shoes
A trumpet you can blow
And a book of rules
On what to say to people when they pick on you
'Cause if you stay with us you're gonna be pretty kooky too
- Chorus
And if you ever have to go to school
Remember how they messed up this old fool
Don't pick fights with the bullies or the cads
'Cause I'm not much cop at punching
Other people's dads
And if the homework brings you down
Then we'll throw it on the fire
And take the car downtown
Chorus 2x
Untitled
Nothing came under
The rays remained in the sun that day
And life isn't full of surprises
You think you could steal in
Pop over the wall in the middle of the night
Climb out of those heavy boots and clothes
And into that cool blue
You're not even dipping your toe
I find this bed too big now
It's like those people you see on the way to work
Stuck in an endless queue of traffic
Each one in their own individual car
Half of them coming from the same place
Going to the same place
Going nowhere
They could quarter the amount of cars by sharing a lift
Go on the bus, wipe out all the cars
I should rid myself of this bed, get myself a cardboard box
No waste of space
No force of empty wasted space for your body to create its dent in
I miss your back
You're back, how are you?
What are you up to? Getting on okay?
Fuck off
Eighteen months ago they moved in here
The scrap metal dealer to one side
And divorced violinist to the other
Each morning we'd wake to the same chorus
Of cookers and fridges being dragged on their sides across the concrete
Accompanied by Ravel's Bolero
At first this was the best sound we'd ever heard
Hammer a six inch nail into my right ear
Shove a red hot poker up my nose
Make me walk on hot coals and broken glass
Gouge out my eyes with a cocktail stick
Rip my fingernails off
The pain would be so much easier than doing nothing to me at all
It was that dream again, when I was on the table
There was bright lights, and Laurence Olivier out of 'The Marathon Man' staring down at me
As they unbuttoned my coat and unravelled my sweater
And the shirt and the vest peeled
And said "Did something die in here?"
So, whose bed you been sleeping in then?
Some poncey arsehole I'll bet
I can see you there
And it fucking hurts
God, I want to buy you bagels and cream cheese for breakfast
Run down the corner shop without my undies or socks on
Make some fresh coffee, hop back into your warm bed
And have those chats I miss so much
Another coffee? Cigarette?
Fancy going to the pub later
God, it's good to see you
You always cheer me up
We have all the time in the world
written by John Barry; Taken from the "In Her Majesty's Secret
Service" (1969) album
We had all the time in the world
Time enough for life
To unfold all those precious things love has in store
We had all the love in the world
If that's all we had
You'll find we need nothing more
Every step of the way
We'll find out
put the cares of the world
far behind us
We had all the time in the world
Just for love
nothing more
nothing less
only love....
Kathleen
- written by Townes van Zandt; taken from the "Our Mother the Mountain" (1969)
album
- Strange to see, (orig.: it's plain to see) the sun don't shine today
But I ain't in the mood for sunshine anyway
Maybe I'll go insane, got to stop the pain
Maybe I'll go down to see Kathleen
Swallow comes, tells me her dreams
Says she'd like to know just what they mean
Feel like I could die as I watch her flying by
Riding the north wind down to see Kathleen
Stars hang high with the ocean roar
The moon has come to lead me to a door
It's crystal `cross the sand, the waves they take my hand
Soon I'm gonna see my sweet Kathleen
Soon I'm gonna see my sweet Kathleen
Plus De Liaisons
- French version of No More Affairs"
Plus de liaisons
Plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Comment devineras-tu ?
Si je tremble dans tes bras
Si je soupire dans tes cheveux
Cette dernière liaison
Maintenant plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Comment devineras-tu ?
Si mes bras tremblent
Si j'évite ton regard
Cette dernière liaison
Plus de liaisons
Plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Non, plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Comment devineras-tu ?
Si je tremble dans tes bras
Si je soupire dans tes cheveux
Cette dernière liaison
Quelque part dans ma tête
Je sais ce qui se passe
Mais tout ça a grandi
Ne me laisse pas le choix
S'amuser seulement
Ca me semble un tel crime a présent
Va jouer, jouer sur la route
Et tu mourras écrasée
Plus de liaisons
Plus de trahisons
Plus de liaisons
Comment devineras-tu ?
C'était spontané
Mais on a rappelé les autres
On s'est amusé avec nos précédents amants
Il y a foule là-dedans
Plus de liaisons
Here
- written by S. Malkmus/S. Kannberg of Pavement; the lyrics of the tindersticks version
differ slightly
I was dressed for success
But success it never comes
And I'm the only one who laughs
At your jokes when they are so bad
And your jokes are always bad
But they're not as bad as this
Chorus:
- Come join us in a prayer
- We'll be waiting, waiting where
- Everything's ending here
- And all the sterile striking it
Defends an empty dock you cast away
And rain upon your forehead
Where the mist's for hire
If it's just too clear
Let's spend our last
1/4 stance randomly
Go down to the outlet once again
Painted portrait of minions and slaves
Crotch mavens and one night plays
Are they the only ones who laugh
At the jokes when they are so bad?
And the jokes are always bad
But they're not as bad as this
Chorus
And all the Spanish candles unsold
Have gone away to this
And a "run-on piece of mount on"
Trembles, shivers runs down the freeway
I guess she spent her last quarter randomly
I guess a guess is the best I'll do
Harry's Dilemma
- voice: Terry Edwards (probably :)
Harry was a contented dog. But he awoke this morning and something was very wrong. He
couldn't be bothered to beg for mid-morning biscuits. He couldn't be bothered to roll over
and rub his back on the rough floor. He couldn't be bothered to scratch at anything that
might be nibbling away at him. He just lay on top of his kennel feeling thoroughly
depressed. Even his tail wouldn't wag.
Four months earlier, his owner (an elderly gentlemen whom Harry had been devoted to ever
since he was a puppy) had been temporarily forced to leave the country, leaving Harry with
a trustworthy, caring couple who lived around the corner. Things hadn't been so bad at
first: long walks, hearty dinners; even his kennel was in the same spot in their yard --
just to the right of the back door.
This is the same kennel that Harry had now been moping on top of for three days. Despite
the best efforts of the young, caring couple to cheer him up -- offers of chicken and an
endless stream of un-fetched balls sent rolling down the yard -- nothing could coax Harry
from his gloom. So, it was decided to send him to the vet.
Harry was a large dog and heavy-withered, and he was in no mood to climb down from his
kennel and trot to the waiting car to travel two miles to the surgery. Eventually, he was
lifted, with the aid of a neighbor, onto a blanket and hobbled from kennel to car; from
the car to the vet's. When, once, Harry would have put up a fight before going within 500
yards of this place, during the whole journey, he never raised an eyebrow. Of course, the
vet could find nothing wrong with Harry; mentioned depression; suggested chicken and
balls; sent Harry home to rest, still wrapped in the blanket. Took seven days for the
notification to come through. The owner had died in his sleep, leaving specific
instructions for Harry to be put down. Harry was a dead dog.
I've Been Loving You Too Long
- written by Otis Redding and Jerry Butler
I've been loving you too long
Should stop now
You're tired and you want to be free
My love grows stronger as you become a habit to me
I've been loving you a little too long
I can't stop now
With you my life has been so wonderful
I can't stop now
You're tired and your love is growing cold
My love grows stronger as our affair grows old
I've been loving you a little too long
I can't stop now
I've been loving you a little too long
I can't stop now
Don't make me stop now
Don't make me stop now
Shadow
written by R Dean Taylor
Shadow you'll bring me down
But every day I love you more
Shadow you'll bring me down
But every day I love you more
Than the day before
Chorus:
Body of a woman, mind of a child -
Shadow you shouldn't drive me wild
You're only 14 years old...
Shadow you seem to touch
All the things that I just don't know
Shadow means so much
I never thought I had so far to go
I need you so
Chorus
Hair so dark, it's black as coal
Like I looked into your soul
Touch that makes you lose control
Shadow - she's gonna stay, won't go away
Chorus
Shadow you'll bring me down
But every day I love you more
Shadow you seem to touch
Yet every day I need you more...
Make Believe
make believe that it´s OK
make believe it doesn't matter
and you make it through this day
and you make it through this night
- if you believe that it's OK
when you're down and there's no way out
and your whole world is turning grey
and there doesn't seem like there's enough
so make believe that it's ok
- so make believe that nothing matters
and you'll make it through this day
and you'll make it through this night
if you believe that it's OK
when you're down and there's no way out
you've got a night that won't go away
and there doesn't seem like there's enough
so make believe
make believe that nothing matters
and you make it through it through this day
and you make it through this night
if you believe
believe
believe
that it's okay
Various
The Girl on Death Row
written by Lee Hazlewood
Her eyes were once so full of dreams
Her young heart filled with love and ...
Now every second she must borrow
They take her life tomorrow
Is she guilty? She says no
The girl on death row
Now someone holds her trembling hand
Another who don't understand
Why can't they see in her face?
Another should be in her place
Is she guilty? She says no
The girl on death row
Her young dreams never will come true
Her innocence they never knew
Until they found the guilty one
They're sorry now what they've done
But it's way too late now
For the girl on death row
Mockin' Bird
written by Tom Waits
Mockin' bird, high in the tree
Looks like you've got the best of me
Mockin' bird, singing a song
Well, mockin' bird is mocking me now that you're gone
Mockin bird, on top of my roof
Blowin' notes on top of my roof
Mockin' bird singing a song
Well, mockin' bird is mocking me now that you're gone
Mockin' bird, high in the tree
I'm looking up at you, you're looking down at me
Mockin' bird, singing a song
Well, the mockin' bird is mocking me now that you're gone
Throw up some papers, try to scare him away
Look down at me, this what he says. . .
Mockin' bird, high in the tree
Looks like you've got the best of me
Mockin' bird, singing a song
Well, the mockin' bird is mocking me now that you're gone
Take Me
performed by the Walkabouts and Tindersticks
Take me
Take me to your darkest room
Close all the windows and bolt all the doors
From the first moment I heard your voice
I'll be in darkness no more
Take me to your most barren desert
A thousand miles from the nearest sea
The very moment I see your smile
It was like heaven to me
There's not a mountain too rocky to climb
No desert to barren to cross
Darling if you were to show me a sign
Of love I could bear your loss
Take me to Siberia
The coldest weather of any wintertime
And it would be just like spring in California
As long as I knew you were mine
Take me 4x
Velvet Fog
performed by the Walkabouts and Tindersticks
Don't ask for favours
And don't risk the truth
My fingers are scissors
They're cutting you through
Cutting you through
Cutting you through
Velvet fog
The bird in my open hand
Is a captive for life
Please don't misread now
We're drinkin' happy tonight
Cutting you through
Cutting you through
Velvet fog
And I hear you singin'
When the pale moon gets down
Nirvana's on the jukebox
But Gene Pitney
owns this town
And it's a town without pity
It's a town without tears
Velvet fog (4x)
