Saint Etienne - Tales From Turnpike House (2005) by Saint Etienne (보컬) on maniadb.com

Rays of light upon the counterpane
Grace the dust that settles on the balustrade

I, I'm opening my eyes
To find
Sun in my morning...

Sun in my morning
This is what I see
Ooh

Sun in my morning
Shining down on me
Ooh

Made a list of things to do today
What a shame
The morning breeze just blew it all away

I, I'm opening my eyes
To find
Sun in my morning...

Sun in my morning
This is what I see
Ooh

Sun in my morning
Shining down on me
Ooh

Sun in my morning
This is what I see
Ooh

Sun in my morning
Shining down on me
Ooh

Tony leaves the depot late
Seventeen years with the Unigate
Drives his float down Goswell Road at twenty-five to eight

Number nine, Mrs. Doris Brown
Pulls on her quilted dressing gown
Shuts the fridge and boils the kettle
Wipes the table down

La la la la la la
Just as she pours the tea
She's whistling randomly
A milk bottle symphony

Milk bottle symphony

Number twelve, there's Amy Chan
Writing down a line for the candy man
About the time she saw Tom Baker
Drinking down the Hat and Fan

The man next door is Gary Stead
Shuffles downstairs with a heavy head
Scans the paper, takes a pill
And stumbles back to bed

La la la la la la
Didn't get home 'til three
Singing appallingly
A milk bottle symphony

A milk bottle symphony

Emily Roe's at thirty-one
Twenty minutes left to get her homework done
Leaves her corn flakes on the sofa
Says goodbye to Mum

La la la la la la
Jumps on the 43
Humming unconsciously
A milk bottle symphony

Milk bottle symphony

Crazy superstitions on my mind
Could they help me get you back for good
Such a striking combination, gone away
Could I save it if I knocked in wood

Did I have a chance and fail to keep it
Lose my dream and let it slip away
Will my destiny remain a secret
Well that's okay, yeah

Everyone should have a reason to believe
So I still believe that
Lightning could strike twice for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Every time I find the feeling's gone in me
Suddenly I see that
Lightning could strike twice for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Sitting down to read the stars again
Maybe they can tell me what's in store
Now I'm mixing up a magic potion
That's gonna get you banging on my door

Did I have a chance and fail to keep it
Lose my dream and let it slip away
Will my destiny remain a secret
Well, that's okay, yeah

Everyone should have a reason to believe
So I still believe that
Lightning could strike twice for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Every time I find the feeling's gone in me
Suddenly I see that
Lightning could strike twice for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

And I'm working on a siren song
Oh baby, oh baby
Gotta feeling that it won't be long
Oh baby, oh baby

Well don't you know that
Everyone should have a reason to believe
So I still believe that
Lightning could strike twice for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Every time I find the feeling's gone in me
Suddenly I see that
Lightning could strike twice for me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Slow down at the castle
Things to straighten in her head
And she knows it's not a castle
But that's what they've always said

Shaded by the tower
As she clambers to her seat
With the ash of last night's party
Clinging grimly to her feet

Not for the first time
She's made her bed
Now she leaves that all behind
And turns her mind to playful things instead

Days spent making stories
For the faces that pass by
From the lonely tea shop owner
To the misbehaving wife

Now they're growing ever wilder
As the people start to go
Now she dreams that there's assassins
Hiding in the woods below

Not for the first time
She's made her bed
Now she leaves that all behind
And turns her mind to playful things instead

And she knows this must end
As the long shadows start to blend
She must be on her way

The neighborhood that I live in
I've always seen as home
At certain times of the evening
It's like a no-go zone

Got cash in my pocket to last the weekend
And I've got features I quite like and don't mind keeping

But still I walk the
Side streets home
Even when I'm on my own
If I let myself believe all the bad press and horror stories
I wouldn't set a foot outside

You say I live in a bubble
I find a bubble's best
At a faint whiff of trouble
Just turn and head due west

Quite light on my feet if I ever need be
As I zip down the street no one ever sees me

That's why I walk the
Side streets home
Even when I'm on my own
If I let myself believe all the bad press and horror stories
I wouldn't set a foot outside

I'm tempting fate (I know, tell me about it)
So nonchalant (I know, and I don't doubt it)
I'll probably get it tomorrow

'Til then I'll walk the
Side streets home
Even when I'm on my own
If I let myself believe...

(Side streets home...)
(On my own...)

Believe...

Tempers fraying in the Hat and Fan
Gets so hot in there, even in November
Heated words from slicked-back hair
It's too small a world for some people to share

Now Gary stares at an empty chair
Told her "five, or ten, and he'd join her out there"
Not again, she's not going in
She just sighs...

It's only half nine
There's time
Time for drinking
And still
More time
'Til he gets to thinking of her

She's in
Two minds
Maybe she'll board up her door

He's into pints
And that's how it goes

It's guaranteed he's a funny man
You can bet your life that he'll bring the house down
Always plays such a winning hand
He just cools it down
They should knight him for it

But outside
His former wife
Starts a solo drive
She's so tired of waiting
When he crawls in
Will she give him a surprise?

It's only half nine
There's time
Time for drinking
And still
More time
'Til he gets to thinking of her

She's in
Two minds
Maybe she'll board up her door

He's into pints
And that's how it goes

Stars above us
Cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby

Stars above us
Cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby

Just had to get out of there
I'm tired of all of those faces
Up here is out of sight
Outside with the breeze on our faces

Let's go
Up the stairway
My band
Doing it their way
Our sound's
Ruling all the airwaves
Butterflies taking flight

Stars above us
Cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby

Stars above us
Cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby

Stars above us
Cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby

Stars above us
Cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby

(Sun sets) over the city
(Won't you) come and catch it with me
(Follow me) right up the stairway
Let's have some fun tonight

Stars above us
Cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby

Stars above us
Cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby

Stars above us
Cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby

Stars above us
Cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Out on the rooftops

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Out on the rooftops

Stars above us

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Out on the rooftops

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Out on the rooftops

Sarah
You lie on the sofa
It's like I don't know ya
Now we never talk
We never walk
Outside
It's the city outside

I look out the window
And see the streets below
Cars and the people
Lonely church steeple
Surrounded by grey
We need to move away

Essex
Here we go, over and over and over
You're talking about it again
"Let's move out, relocate
This place is in a state
Let's buy a pig or a hen"

Sarah
We need some open space
We need a change of pace

Essex
So life here in town, girl
Is getting you down
And you long for a change
But won't it seem strange
With fields all around
We won't hear a sound

The grass may be greener
The air may be cleaner
But I love the city
I know it's not pretty
But at least there is life

Sarah
You call this "life"?

Essex
Here we go, over and over and over
You're talking about it again
"Let's move out, relocate
This place is in a state
Let's buy a pig or a hen"

Sarah
We need some open space
We need a change of pace

(Stars shine bright in the country...)
(Life feels right...)
(Won't you trust me...)

Essex
Hand me the remote
I'm not sure that we'll cope
In the middle of nowhere
Surrounded by fresh air
I'd miss my mates

Sarah
This place is a state

You'd do your work from home
Online or on the phone
I could grow vegetables...

Essex
Sounds like a load of balls...

Sarah
Let's relocate

Essex
I said I'd miss my mates!

Here we go, over and over and over
You're talking about it again
"Let's move out, relocate
This place is in a state
Let's buy a pig or a hen"

Sarah
We need some open space
We need a change of pace

Day's over and night must fall
Shadows creeping up the garden wall

Goodnight (Goodnight)
Goodnight, goodnight
(Goodnight)

Will you sing me to sleep
And stroke my hair
I'll close my eyes if I know that you're there

Put the bike in the alleyway
Shine of streetlights and a fuzzy grey

Goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

Will you sing me to sleep
And stroke my hair
I'll close my eyes if I know that you're there

Draw the blinds on the yellow moon
A dark apartment and a distant June

Goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight, goodnight

Will you sing me to sleep
And stroke my hair
I'll close my eyes if I know that you're there (goodnight)

One, two, three, four, five
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten!

Oh, you can count on me

Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq
Six, sept, huit, neuf, dix!

Oh, you can count on me

Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco
Seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez!

Oh, you can count on me

Rachel rode a rhino
James took a giant panda
Spencer found a spider
Nancy had a newt
And Dora took a dormouse
Harvey had a ha-hyena
Evie picked an elephant
And Charlie chose a chimpanzee!

Let's build a zoo
And fill it with animals
Let's build a zoo
We'll ride on a camel
With a gnu at the queue
(Here they come!)
Two by two by two by two

Sadie saved a sea lion
Lucy took a lemur
Billy grabbed a meerkat
And Zoe got a zebra
Thomas took a tiger
Abby got an ant-eater
Peter picked a penguin
And Harry caught a hairy hippo

Out of sight, dynamite
Make a bet, suffragette
Number one, son of a gun
You're giving me excitation

Out of jail, rest in bail
Out of home, says it all
Number one, son of a gun
You're giving me excitation

Like a jailbird I feel so free
I'm itching like a girl on a fuzzy tree
Oh, do it, baby, you're so fine
Crazy, crazy lover, you're all mine, mine, mine!!!

Out of town, Georgie Brown
Rub a duck, dirty muck
Number one, son of a gun
You're giving me excitation