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 (Kick me out, kick me out) I don't want to hear you no (Kick me out, kick me out) I don't want to hear you I don't want to hear you 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"

I don't want to hear you (Kick me out, kick me out) I don't want to hear you no (Kick me out, kick me out) 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 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 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 Remember cuddles in the kitchen Yeah, to get things off the ground And it was up, up and away Still it's right hard to remember That on a day like today when you're all argumentative And you've got the face on

"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 '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

'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 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 He's nearing the brink but he thinks first The parallel universe perhaps could be the perfect scene He's nearing the brink but he thinks first The parallel universe perhaps could be the perfect scene He's nearing the brink but he thinks first 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? Thats right, he wont let her out his sight How the shaggers perform And the daggers are drawn Who's the crooks is this.... Crime! Thats right, he wont let her out his sight Thats right, he wont let her out his sight Thats right, he wont let her out his sight 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 The best you ever had Is just a memory and those dreams Not as daft as they seem 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 The best you ever had The best you ever had Is just a memory and those dreams Weren't as daft as they seem Not 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 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 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 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

"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, Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up? 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, Who wants to sleep in the city that never wakes up? 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 Coax me out, my love Sink into tomorrow Coax me out, my love 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 won't spin and I can't get it started on my own When are you arriving? 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 twisted and deranged 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 Your past-times, consisted of the strange And twisted and deranged And I hate that little game you had called Crying lightning Crying lightning Crying lightning Crying lightning Your past-times, consisted of the strange And twisted and deranged And I hate that little game you had called 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 I'm pinned down by the dark A-N-I-M-A-L Makes my head pirouette More than I would be willing to confess D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S The most unsuitable pet It's been long enough now so let's Make a mess lioness Pinned down by the dark I'm 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 Yours is the only ocean,

That I wanna swing from, Yours is the only ocean, That I wanna hang on to I'm swinging on Yours is the only ocean, Yours is the only ocean, Yours is the only ocean, 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 And the clean coming will hurt And you can never get it spotless 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 And the clean coming will hurt And you can never get it spotless 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, 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, 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 If you've a lesson to teach me, Don't deviate, don't be afraid Without the last corner piece I can't calibrate, Let's get it ingrained 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 If you've a lesson to teach me, Don't deviate, don't be afraid Without the last corner piece I can't calibrate,

Let's get it ingrained 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 If you've a lesson to teach me, 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) 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 Brick by brick (Ahhhhhh) Brick by brick (Ahhhhhh) 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 Brick by brick (Ahhhhhh) Brick by brick (Ahhhhhh) Brick by brick (Ahhhhhh) Brick by brick (Ahhhhhh)

"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 But just don't sit down 'cause I've moved your chair 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 But just don't sit down 'cause I've moved your chair 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 Sit next to me before I go Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes Be cruel to me cause I'm a fool for you 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 Sit next to me before I go Go, go, go Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes Be cruel to me cause I'm a fool for you

"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 That's where you're wrong That's where you're wrong That's where you're wrong

"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 Crawling back to you

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?) 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 (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 Crawling back to you (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 (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 And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine? " 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 And satisfaction feels like a distant memory And I can't help myself, All I wanna hear her say is "Are you mine? " 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 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 One for the road, ooh ooh 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? 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 Ooh ooh, one for the road Ooh ooh, one for the road Ooh ooh, one for the road 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?

"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 Just might have tapped into your mind and soul 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 Just might have tapped into your mind and soul 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 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 Come on, come on, come on 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 Mad sounds in your ears, they make you get up and dance 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 Mad sounds in your ears, they 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 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 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 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

"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? Why'd you only ever phone me when you're high? Why'd you only ever phone 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 Snap out of it (Snap out of it) 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 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 Snap out of it (Snap out of it) 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 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? 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 Snap out of it (Snap out of it) 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

"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 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 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) 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 [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 I just wanna be yours I just wanna be yours I just wanna be yours

ENJOY!!!
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