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from Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo [single] (2004)
I'm glad to see you
I had a funny dream You were wearing funny shoes You were going to a dance You wrer dressed like a punk but you are too young to remember Glad to see you I'm outside the house I'm not thinking well today I've got no energy I'm glad that you are waiting with me Tell me all about your day Breaking off is misery I see a wilderness for you and me Punctuated by philosophy And a wondering how things could've been I'm happy for you You've made it hard for me I counted on your company You are staying with your friends tonight I'm feeling sorry for myself I keep taking everything to be a sign I'm happy for you Now I konw this hurt is poison Too sharp to be bled I'm sitting on my empty bed On my empty bed At night the fever grows it's pounding pounding I'd rather be in Tokyo I'd rather listen to Thin Lizzy-oh Watch the sunday gang in Harajuku There's something wrong with me I'm a cuckoo Scary moment, lovin' every moment I was high from playig shows We lost singer to her clothes My trouble raised its ugly head I was revealed And I was home in bed I was a kid again Jesus told me, go after every coin like it was the last in the world And protect the wayward child But I'm a little lost sheep I need my Bo Peep I know I need my shepherd here tonight Breaking off is misery I see a wilderness for you and me Punctuated by philosophy And a wondring how things could've been I'd like to see you But really I should stay away And let you settle down I've got no claims to your crown I was the boss of you And I loved you You konw I loved you It's all over now I was there for you When you are lonely I was there when you were bad I was there when you were sad Now it's my time of need I'm thinking, do I have to plead to get you by my side? I'd rather be in Tokyo I'd rather listen to Thuin Lizzy-oh Watch the Sunday gang in Harajuku There's something wrong with me, I'm a cuckoo |
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from Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo [single] (2004)
I'm glad to see you
I had a funny dream You were wearing funny shoes You were going to a dance You wrer dressed like a punk but you are too young to remember Glad to see you I'm outside the house I'm not thinking well today I've got no energy I'm glad that you are waiting with me Tell me all about your day Breaking off is misery I see a wilderness for you and me Punctuated by philosophy And a wondering how things could've been I'm happy for you You've made it hard for me I counted on your company You are staying with your friends tonight I'm feeling sorry for myself I keep taking everything to be a sign I'm happy for you Now I konw this hurt is poison Too sharp to be bled I'm sitting on my empty bed On my empty bed At night the fever grows it's pounding pounding I'd rather be in Tokyo I'd rather listen to Thin Lizzy-oh Watch the sunday gang in Harajuku There's something wrong with me I'm a cuckoo Scary moment, lovin' every moment I was high from playig shows We lost singer to her clothes My trouble raised its ugly head I was revealed And I was home in bed I was a kid again Jesus told me, go after every coin like it was the last in the world And protect the wayward child But I'm a little lost sheep I need my Bo Peep I know I need my shepherd here tonight Breaking off is misery I see a wilderness for you and me Punctuated by philosophy And a wondring how things could've been I'd like to see you But really I should stay away And let you settle down I've got no claims to your crown I was the boss of you And I loved you You konw I loved you It's all over now I was there for you When you are lonely I was there when you were bad I was there when you were sad Now it's my time of need I'm thinking, do I have to plead to get you by my side? I'd rather be in Tokyo I'd rather listen to Thuin Lizzy-oh Watch the Sunday gang in Harajuku There's something wrong with me, I'm a cuckoo |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (2005)
I was surprised, I was happy for a day in 1975
I was puzzled by a dream, stayed with me all day in 1995 My brother had confessed that he was gay It took the heat off me for a while He stood up with a sailor friend Made it known upon my sisters wedding day I got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported Now she's in love I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches From my crippled friend She was not impressed that I cured her on the Sabbath So I went to confess When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride To whisky and gin The priest in the booth had a photographic memory For all he had heard He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel called "The State I Am In" So I gave myself to God There was a pregnant pause before he said ok Now I spend my day turning tables round In Marks & Spencer's They don't seem to mind I gave myself to sin And I've been there and back again I gave myself to Providence The state that I am in Oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me I am stupid and blind Desperation is the Devil's work, it is the folly of a boys empty mind Now I'm feeling dangerous, riding on city buses for a hobby is sad Lead me to a living end I promised that I'd entertain my crippled friend My crippled friend |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (2005)
Working the village shop
Putting a poster up Dreaming of anything Dreaming of the time when you are free from all the trouble you're in In the mud, on your knees Trying hard not to please Anyone, all the time Being a rebel's fine But you go all the way to being brutal You will have a boy tonight You will have a boy tonight On the first bus out of town On the first bus out of town Let's see your kit for games All the girls look the same You are challenging style for running miles You're running miles in some boys jumper Boo to the business world! You know a girl who's tax free on her back and making Plenty cash While you are working for the joy of giving You will have a boy tonight You will have a boy tonight And you hope that she will see And you hope that she will see You will have a boy tonight Or maybe you will have a girl tonight And you hope that she will see And you hope that she will see You are in two minds Tossing a coin to decide whether you should tell your mum About a dose of thrush you got while you were licking railings But you read in a book That you got free in Boots There are lotions, there are potions You can take to hide your shame from all those prying eyes Lazy Jane, all the time Painting lines You are sleeping at bus stops Wondering how you got your name And what you're going to do about it You will have a boy tonight You will have a boy tonight And you hope that she will see And you hope that she will see |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (2005)
There's a portrait
In a back room Which I keep for days upon Which I relent And gaze for hours on The muscle, skin and bone of some Imaginary friend. So how about it? Show me please how I Will look in twenty years And let me please Interpret history In every line and scar That's painted there in front of me. It doesn't matter what I'm thinking What I tell myself to do I'll end up calling. I stay in to defrost the fridge Now the kid has gone to bed A feeling of dread At least when she's around The trouble's there It's worse to wake up with her Falling round the room. Listen Johnny, you're like a mother To the girl you've fallen for, And you're still falling Listen Johnny, you're like a mother To the girl you've fallen for, And you're still falling And if they come tonight You'll roll up tight And take whatever's coming to you next |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman To Open Old Wounds (2005)
L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back
L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back Refer to our discussions, confirm the terms of our love affair I exercise all options, and I know I'll see you there BA-BA-BA etc. etc. L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back Not withstanding provisions of clauses 1,2,3 and 4 Extend contractual period, me and you for evermore You're the Legal Man, you've got to prove that you're no liar I'll render services that you may reasonably require L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
It could have been a brilliant career
Painting lines in a school that was too well known Painting lines with a friend that had gone before She challenged everyone to a fight But the prefects all backed down And they ran her out of town Cause she drank and swore and spoke Out of turn, she was the village joke She had a stroke at the age of 24 It could have been a brilliant career Getting clients to finance her strategies Filling time in on Safeways on Saturday She wears the clothes of an emperor But her paintings are a sham And they`re going for a grand When the dealers come to view Do they ever see the real you? He had a stroke at the age of 24 It could have been a brilliant career Selling lies to the boys with the old Dansettes Pulling the wool, playing the fool, it`s no wonder that He is dribbling spit tonight And the one he sent away Was the only one who stayed With a spoon and a decent book And you can tell by the way she looks he is sorry and resigned As he wets himself for the final time |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
And the moment will come when composure returns
Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall And you walk twenty yards with your head in the air Down the Liberty Hill, where the fashion brigade Look with curious eyes on your raggedy way And for once in your life you have nothing to say And could this be the time when somebody will come To say, Look at yourself, you're not much use to anyone Take a walk in the park, take a valium pill Read the letter you got from the memory girl But it takes more than this to make sense of the day Yeah it takes more than milk to get rid of the taste And you trusted to this, and you trusted to that And when you saw it all come, it was waving the flag Of the United States of Calamity, hey! After all that you've done boy, Im sure you're going to pay In the morning you come to the ladies salon To get all fitted out for The Paperback Throne But the people are living far away from the place Where you wanted to help, it's a bit of a waste And the puzzle will last till somebody will say There's a lot to be done while your head is still young If you put down your pen, leave your worries behind Then the moment will come, and the memory will shine Now the trouble is over, everybody got paid Everybody is happy, they are glad that they came Then you go to the place where you've finally found You can look at yourself sleep the clock around |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
Is it wicked not to care
when they say that you're mistaken Thinking hopes and lots of dreams that aren't there Is it wicked not to care when you've wasted many hours Talking endlessly to anyone that's there I know the truth awaits me But still I hesitate because of fear Skipping tickets making rhymes Is that all that you believe in Wearing rags to make you pretty by design Rusting armour for effect It's not fun to watch the rust grow For it will all be over when you're dead Counting acts and clutching thoughts By the river where the moss grows Over rocks the water running all the time Is it wicked when you smile Even though you feel like crying Even though you could be sick at any time But if there was a sequel Would you love me as an equal Would you love me till I'm dead If there was a sequel Would you love me like an equal Would you love me till I'm dead and if there was a sequel Would you love me as an equal Would you love me till I'm dead Or is there someone else instead |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
Ease you're feet off in the sea
My darling it's the place to be Take your shoes off curl your toes And I will frame this moment in time Troubles come and troubles go The trouble that we've come to know Will stay with us till we get old Will stay with us till somebody decides to go Decides to go Soberly without regret make another sandwich And I fill my face know that things have got to you But what can do Suddenly without a warning On a pale blue morning You decide your time is wearing thin A conscious choice to let yourself go dangling Hovering It's an emergency There's no more wait and see Maybe if I shut my eves Your trouble will be split between us People come and people go You're scouring everybodies face For some small flicker of the truth To what it is that you are going through my boy I left you dry The signs were clear that you were not going anywhere Anywhere Save for a falling down Save for a falling down Anywhere Anywhere Save for a falling down Everything's going wrong Later on as I walked home The plough was showing and orion I could see the house where you lived I could see the house where you gave All your time and sanity to people Then you waited for the people to acknowledge you They spoke in turn But their eyes would pass over you Over you Who's seeing you at all Who's seeing You at all |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
Seymour Stein I've been lonely
I caught a glimpse of someones face It was mine and I'd been crying Half a world away Ticket for a plane Record company man I won't be coming to dinner My thoughts are far away I'm working on that day North Country girl 1 think she's going to stay Promises of fame promises of fortune LA to New York San Francisco back to Boston Has he ever seen Dundee Won't he hire a limousine Seymour bring her back to me I heard dinner went well You liked Chris's jacket He reminded you of Johnny Before he went Electronic Seymour Stein sorry I missed you Have a nice flight home It's a good day for flying Seymour Stein Seymour Stein Seymour Stein Seymour Stein |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
what was it I saw in New York
I'm not the same anymore how will I hide these feelings inside call my girl on the phone neon lights shine brgith Taxi cabs glide by aeroplanes they fly high up in the sky pretty girl says Hi whats the worst job you've had what do you read what's driving you mad met the cigarette girl took a note of her charmed but no cigar met the Indie Cool Queen took me out to the bar and showed me the scene my little girl I can't find she's five hours behind it's the singer not the song something's gone wrong said the spider to the fly do I like this girl it's such a big world I like the tone of her voice I loved the sound of her voice When I get back to London from outer space will it fall into place I'll hold onto my smile find my girl in a while look myself in the face don't know what you see am I playing in your movie you're in my magazine are you talking to me CHICKFACTOR |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
if you want me I'll be there a boy
to deal with all your problems but part of the deal is for you to feel something if you want me look me up I don't exist in usual places subtle as the wind is grey if you want you know where I am I saw your arms in a dream and there were blue veins blue blue veins if you want me all you have to do is ask a thousand questions triplicate and file under simple things you ask to make a young boy sigh young boy sigh young boy sigh |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
She called me up today
Meet me down at the old café I jumped into the shower I was getting my marching orders We need to talk Step into my office, baby I want to give you the job A chance of overtime Say, my place at nine? She'd never stand for any lies She's got an out tray full of guys I Could sense a breath, a whole new feeling Now she says she wants to call a meeting We need to talk Step into my office, baby I want to give you the job A chance of overtime Say, my place at nine I’m a slave to work I’m only living when I walk Amongst the office staff And catch up with the office wag I’ll be in bed by nine My curtains drawn My thoughts composed I get to work on time She gave me some dictation But my strength is in administration I took down all she said I even took down her little red dress We need to talk Step into my office, baby I want to give you the job I'm pushing for a raise Been pushing now for days My output is in decline I was burned out after Thatcher My banner I laid down with a sigh Now I doubt if I'll ever catch her I've got to change my ways Dress for business every day A sharp suit and kipper tie A big arrow pontint to my fly I fish out for workout baby Don't go where the mouse is baby We need to talk Step into my office, baby I want to give you the job A chance of over time Say my place at nine |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
Dear Catastrophe Waitress
Dear Catastrophe Waitress Dear Catastrophe Waitress I’m sorry that you seem to have the weight of the world over you I cherish your smile There’s a word of peace on you lips Say it, and with tenderness I’ll cherish you Dear Catastrophe Girlfriend Dear Catastrophe Girlfriend I’m sorry if he hit you with a full can of Coke It’s no joke Your face is bleeding You’ll soon be leaving this town to the clowns who worship No one but themselves No one but themselves Dear Catastrophe Waitress Dear Catastrophe Waitress I’m sorry if the kids hold you in cool disregard I know it’s hard Stick to what you know You’ll blow them all to the wall When they realise what you’ve been working for You’ve been working for You’ve been working for |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
If she wants me
I wrote a letter on a nothing day I asked somebody “Could you send my letter away?” “You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope” I said goodbye to someone that I love It’s not just me, I tell you it’s the both of us And it was hard Like coming off the pills that you take to stay happy Someone above has seen me do alright Someone above is looking with a tender eye Upon her face, you may think you’re alone but you may think again If I could do just one near perfect thing I’d be happy They’d write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes On second thoughts I’d rather hang about and be there with my best friend If she wants me And far away somebody read the letter He condescends to read the words I wrote about him And if he smiles, it’s no more than a genius deserves For all his curious nerve and his passion I’m going deaf, you’re growing melancholy Things fall apart, I don’t know why we bother at all But life is good and “It’s always worth living at least for a while” If I could do just one near perfect thing I’d be happy They’d write it on my grave, or when they scattered my ashes On second thoughts I’d rather hang about and be there with my best friend If she wants me If you think to yourself “What should I do now?” Then take the baton, girl, you better run with it There is no point in standing in the past cause it’s over and done with I took a book and went into the forest I climbed the hill, I wanted to look down on you But all I saw was twenty miles of wilderness so I went home |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll sail around the world
I will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl How many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take? How many nights of limping round on pagan holidays? Oh elope with me in private and we’ll set something ablaze A trail for the devil to erase San Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will play Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay? We hung about the stadium, we’ve got no place to stay We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell About the saddest ending of a book you ever had to read The statue’s crying too and well he may I love you I’ve a drowning grip on your adoring face I love you my responsibility has found a place Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words Come wave upon me from the wider family net absurd “You’ll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job” Maybe, but not what she deserves Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll drink ourselves awake We’ll taste the coffee houses and award certificates A privy seal to keep the feel of 1960 style We’ll comment on the decor and we’ll help the passer by And at dusk when work is over we’ll continue the debate In a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare The catcher hits for .318 and catches every day The pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays He goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor He knows the drink affects his speed he’s praying for a doorway Back into the life he wants and the confession of the bench Life outside the diamond is a wrench I wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend I know it wouldn’t come to love, my heroine pretend A lady stepping from the songs we love until this day You’d settle for an epitaph like “Walk Away, Renee” The sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like a flower Meet you at the statue in an hour Meet you at the statue in an hour |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
When the half light makes for a clearer view
Sleep a little more if you want to But restlessness has siezed me now, it’s true I could watch the dreams flicker in your eyes Lying here asleep on a sunbeam I wonder if you realise you fascinate me so Think about a new destination If you think you need inspiration Roll out the map and mark it with a pin I will follow every direction Just lace up your shoes while I’m fetching a sleeping bag, a tent... Another summer’s passing by All I need is somewhere I feel the grass beneath my feet A walk on sand, a fire I can warm my hands My joy will be complete I thought about a new destination I’m never short of new inspiration Roll out the map and mark it with a gin Made my plans to conquer the country I’m waiting for you to get out of your situation With your job and with your life All I need is somewhere I feel the grass beneath my feet A walk on sand A fire, I can warm my hands My joy will be complete Another summer’s passing by All I need is somewhere I feel the grass beneath my feet A walk on sand, a fire I can warm my hands My joy will be complete |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
I'm glad to see you
I had a funny dream You were wearing funny shoes You were going to a dance You wrer dressed like a punk but you are too young to remember Glad to see you I'm outside the house I'm not thinking well today I've got no energy I'm glad that you are waiting with me Tell me all about your day Breaking off is misery I see a wilderness for you and me Punctuated by philosophy And a wondering how things could've been I'm happy for you You've made it hard for me I counted on your company You are staying with your friends tonight I'm feeling sorry for myself I keep taking everything to be a sign I'm happy for you Now I konw this hurt is poison Too sharp to be bled I'm sitting on my empty bed On my empty bed At night the fever grows it's pounding pounding I'd rather be in Tokyo I'd rather listen to Thin Lizzy-oh Watch the sunday gang in Harajuku There's something wrong with me I'm a cuckoo Scary moment, lovin' every moment I was high from playig shows We lost singer to her clothes My trouble raised its ugly head I was revealed And I was home in bed I was a kid again Jesus told me, go after every coin like it was the last in the world And protect the wayward child But I'm a little lost sheep I need my Bo Peep I know I need my shepherd here tonight Breaking off is misery I see a wilderness for you and me Punctuated by philosophy And a wondring how things could've been I'd like to see you But really I should stay away And let you settle down I've got no claims to your crown I was the boss of you And I loved you You konw I loved you It's all over now I was there for you When you are lonely I was there when you were bad I was there when you were sad Now it's my time of need I'm thinking, do I have to plead to get you by my side? I'd rather be in Tokyo I'd rather listen to Thuin Lizzy-oh Watch the Sunday gang in Harajuku There's something wrong with me, I'm a cuckoo |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
Since you went away, everything is looking great
I'm a little bored When I see you out, maybe walking in the street You alway cross the road Listen honey, there is nothing you can say to surprise me Listen honey, there is nithing you can do to offend me anymore You don't send me anymore Our little scene is getting smaller by the day It's a human zoo But the key is change, gettig over all your problems You're not a fool Listen honey, there is nothing you can say to surprise me Listen honey, there is nothing you can do to offend me You don't send me Every sounds is tame, every group the bleedin' same It would make you mad What happened to the sounds that left you lying on the floor Laughing, crying, jumping, singing Listen honey, there is nothing you can say to astound me Listen honey, there is nothing you can do to offend me anymore You don't send me anymore... |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
It was pretty bright, up on the rainbow bridge tonight
I could see into your window although you’re far away You were racing in a car Beside a boy, you just don’t know if he is up for What you have in mind If he is up for what you have in mind Change is on the cards, but this time it will be hard But I never want to leave you We’ve never had a fight You should never split a pole You should never split at all I wish I had two paths that I could follow I’d write the ending without any sorrow I will say a prayer, just while you are sitting there I will wrap my hands around you I know it will be fine We've got a fantasy affair We didn’t get wet, we didn’t dare Our aspirations, are wrapped up in books Our inclinations are hidden in looks Summer’s hastening on I’m trying to get a feeling from the city But I’ve been unfaithful I’ve been travelling abroad We’ve got a fantasy affair We didn’t get wet, we didn’t dare Our aspirations, are wrapped up in books Our inclinations are hidden in looks |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
Anthony, bullied at school Get your own back, now you are cool Or are you scared? Bunking off though you’re a toff It’s all gone wrong again, you’ve got double maths And the teacher’s got no control so The boys will run riot, you will stay quiet Or you will die Tony at the back of the gym Smoke another one, your chances are slim ‘Cos here they come again And they got you on the ground Tasting blood again, at least it’s your own When will you realise that it never pays To be smarter than teachers Smarter than most boys? Shut your mouth, start kicking the football Bang on the teeth, you’re off for a week boy You may as well take it in the guts - it can’t get worse Take it in the guts - it can’t get worse that this You’ll soon be old enough to leave them And without a notion of a care You’ll lift two fingers in the air to linger there Tony, you’re a bit of a mess Melted Toblerone under your dress And if the boys could see you they would pass you right bye Blue mascara running over your eye When will you realise that it never pays To be smarter than teachers Smarter than most boys? Shut your mouth, start kicking the football Bang on the teeth, you’re off for a week boy They call you Lord Anthony But hey - it could be worse than Lord Anthony, but hey - it could be worse than Lord Anthony, but hey - it kind of suits you anyway You’ll soon be old enough to leave them And without a notion of a care You’ll lift two fingers in the air to linger there |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
If you find yourself caught in love Say a prayer to the man above Thank him for everything you know You should thank him for every breath you blow If you find yourself caught in love Say a prayer to the man above You should thank him for every day you pass Thank him for saving your sorry ass If you’re single, but looking out You must raise your prayer to a shout Another partner must be found Someone to take your life beyond Another TV “I Love 1999” Just one more box of cheapo wine If you find yourself caught in love You should say a prayer to the man above If you don’t listen to the voices then my friend You’ll soon run out of choices What a pity it would be You talk of freedom don’t you see The only freedom that you’ll ever really know Is written in books from long ago Give up your will to Him that loves you Things will change, I’m not saying overnight But something has to give You’re too good looking not to live If you find yourself out of love Shed a tear for the one you love Tell your boss that you’ve gone away Down your tools for a holiday If you’re going off to war then I wish you well But don’t be sore If I cheer the other team Killing people’s not my scene I prefer to give the inhabitants a say Before you blow their town away I like to watch them play I like to marvel at the random beauty of a simple village girl Why should she be the one who’s killed? If you find yourself caught in love... |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
Like a fresh manifestation of an old phenomenon A breeze whips through the trees The rustling leaves and branches bend together they’re cued to sway forever by the forces of the Lord’s choreography Just for a second the combination of sights, sounds around him sends him hurtling back to the mirror of all of his teenager thoughts and fears He passes big houses and family cars they saddled the horses in cobblestone yards He catches the moon looking down from the stars Just like it’s done for years and years Perpetual feeling in the grown up world that’s all around him that there’s secrets that could be revealed with knowledge and philosophy And “Oh to be dumb, Oh to be smart” He might be nursing a broken heart but feeling this way he’s just playing a part that’s been around for centuries I wandered all night, I wondered all night about you I’ve been here for years just wandering around the neighbourhood |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2004)
I was choking on a cornflake You said “Have some toast instead” I was sleeping maybe three hours You said “You should get to bed” I was waiting at the church door For the minister to show I was looking at the new year You said “Walk before you crawl” I was feeling like a loser You said “Hey, you’ve still got me” I was feeling pretty lonely You said “You wanted to be free” I was looking for a good time You said “Let the good times start” With a quiver of your eyelid You took on someone else’s part Maybe I’m a little greedy You said “Think before you speak” Sometimes I’m a little seedy You said “Everyone is weak” Now I feel a little better Is there something I can do? But I never heard the answer I never had a clue But what about me I don’t really see How things will improve If all you want is to stay loose There’s a little echo calling Like a miner trapped inside If I tell her of this moment She will in me doubts confide And she’s on me like a blanket Like a stalk of wilting grass I’m not sure about her motives I’m not sure about her past But my faith is like a bullet My belief is like a bolt The only thing that lets me sleep at night A little carriage of the soul If it starts a little bleaker Then the year may yet be gold Happiness is not for keeping Happiness is not my goal But what about me I don’t really see How things will improve If all you want is to stay loose But what about them You play mother hen To a gaggle of gangling youth All you want is to stay loose I was living through the seconds My composure was a mess I was miles from tenderness It was dark outside, the day it was lying in pieces Everything is flat and dreary I couldn’t care what’s in the news Television is the blues Television is hysterical laughter of people And I know it could be me I’m always asking for more I keep running round in circles I keep looking for a doorway I’m going to need two lives To follow the paths I’ve been taking |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Legal Man [single] (2000)
L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back
L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back Refer to our discussions, confirm the terms of our love affair I exercise all options, and I know I'll see you there BA-BA-BA etc. etc. L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back Not withstanding provisions of clauses 1,2,3 and 4 Extend contractual period, me and you for evermore You're the Legal Man, you've got to prove that you're no liar I'll render services that you may reasonably require L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back L-O-V-E love, it's coming back, it's coming back Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime Get out of the city and into the sunshine Get out of the office and into the springtime |
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from Belle & Sebastian - This Is Just A Modern Rock Song [ep] (1998)
There's a portrait
In a back room Which I keep for days upon Which I relent And gaze for hours on The muscle, skin and bone of some Imaginary friend. So how about it? Show me please how I Will look in twenty years And let me please Interpret history In every line and scar That's painted there in front of me. It doesn't matter what I'm thinking What I tell myself to do I'll end up calling. I stay in to defrost the fridge Now the kid has gone to bed A feeling of dread At least when she's around The trouble's there It's worse to wake up with her Falling round the room. Listen Johnny, you're like a mother To the girl you've fallen for, And you're still falling Listen Johnny, you're like a mother To the girl you've fallen for, And you're still falling And if they come tonight You'll roll up tight And take whatever's coming to you next |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Dog On Wheels [ep] (1997)
I was surprised, I was happy for a day in 1975
I was puzzled by a dream, stayed with me all day in 1995 My brother had confessed that he was gay It took the heat off me for a while He stood up with a sailor friend Made it known upon my sisters wedding day I got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported Now she's in love I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches From my crippled friend She was not impressed that I cured her on the Sabbath So I went to confess When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride To whisky and gin The priest in the booth had a photographic memory For all he had heard He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel called "The State I Am In" So I gave myself to God There was a pregnant pause before he said ok Now I spend my day turning tables round In Marks & Spencer's They don't seem to mind I gave myself to sin And I've been there and back again I gave myself to Providence The state that I am in Oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me I am stupid and blind Desperation is the Devil's work, it is the folly of a boys empty mind Now I'm feeling dangerous, riding on city buses for a hobby is sad Lead me to a living end I promised that I'd entertain my crippled friend My crippled friend |
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from Juno (주노) by Matt Messina [ost] (2008)
Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll sail around the world
I will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl How many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take? How many nights of limping round on pagan holidays? Oh elope with me in private and we’ll set something ablaze A trail for the devil to erase San Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will play Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay? We hung about the stadium, we’ve got no place to stay We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell About the saddest ending of a book you ever had to read The statue’s crying too and well he may I love you I’ve a drowning grip on your adoring face I love you my responsibility has found a place Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words Come wave upon me from the wider family net absurd “You’ll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job” Maybe, but not what she deserves Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll drink ourselves awake We’ll taste the coffee houses and award certificates A privy seal to keep the feel of 1960 style We’ll comment on the decor and we’ll help the passer by And at dusk when work is over we’ll continue the debate In a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare The catcher hits for .318 and catches every day The pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays He goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor He knows the drink affects his speed he’s praying for a doorway Back into the life he wants and the confession of the bench Life outside the diamond is a wrench I wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend I know it wouldn’t come to love, my heroine pretend A lady stepping from the songs we love until this day You’d settle for an epitaph like “Walk Away, Renee” The sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like a flower Meet you at the statue in an hour Meet you at the statue in an hour |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me
To go looking for the enemy, and it wasn't very long Before I would stand with another boy in front of me And a corpse that just fell into me, with the bullets flying round And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady boy to wear Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while I fought in a war and I left my friends behind me To go looking for the enemy, and it wasn't very long Before I found out that the sickness there ahead of me Went beyond the bedsit infamy of the decade gone before And I reminded myself of the words you said when we were getting on And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while I fought in a war, and I didn't know where it would end It stretched before me infinitely, I couldn't really think Of the day beyond now, keep your head down pal There's trouble plenty in this hour, this day I can see hope I can see light And I reminded myself of the looks you gave when we were getting on And I bet you're making shells back home for a steady man to wear Round his neck, well it won't hurt to think of you as if you're waiting for This letter to arrive because I'll be here quite a while |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
I will confess to you
Because you made me think about the times You turn the picture on to me and I'll turn over The vision was a masterpiece of comic timing But you wouldn't laugh at all And I wonder what the boy was thinking The picture was an old collage of something classical The model with a tragic air Because without a doubt he'd given up the fight The ghost of somebody at his side I will confess to you Because I didn't think about the message As I walked down the alleyway it was a Sunday And all my friends deserted me because you painted me As the fraud I really was And if you think you see with just your eyes you're mad 'Cause Lisa learned a lot from putting on a blindfold When she knew she had been bad She met another blind kid at a fancy dress It was the best sex she ever had I'll send a dress to you Because it's needing badly taken in But I was so embarressed when I missed your party It was me that paid for it eventually Because you know how much I wanted To meet your friend the star of stage and local press The dream of all the bowlie boys that hang around here And I'm no different from the rest I'm not too proud to say that I'm okay with The girl next door who's famous for showing her breasts You're not impressed by me But it's a funny way for you to tell me A whisper in a choir stall The man was talking about you simultaneously Frankly, I let my heavy eyelids flutter Because I have been sleeping badly lately I know you were historical from all the books I've read But I thought you could be bluffing And with this chance I've missed I feel remiss It's days and months before I see you again |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
Joseph was travelling with a heavy load
His dreams were broken and deep sorrow flowed from his brow Closer to sundown he prepared to rest Set down the burden, lay upon his chest Then she came Sir, come to me and I will keep you warm Taste hope in my skin and faith with the dawn You will rise Beyond the sunrise that is where we live Feeding our counsel and true comfort give Travelling men Joseph was sure the liquor had caused this dream His eyes were sure that heaven was not her scene She was no saint Sir, come to me and I will keep you warm Taste hope in my skin and faith with the dawn you will rise |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
All the way back home
I'm telling you I caught the sun Creeping up behind my shoulder And another day's begun I was following a trail I'd never been along before Chasing darkened skies above me Looking like the spring Like the winter And the morning If there's a place I want to go Then I'll be there with you 'Cos in my dreams the things I'm wishing for Keep coming true Now a new day comes Clears the darkness out of sight And the shadows that were sleeping Come and dance beneath the light And I'm trying hard to hide Keeping the sun out of my eyes Close them tight And now I'm waiting for the moon to rise Don't try to say to me That this was never meant to be 'Cos the days are long where I come from The next few days I'm free There's a train I want to catch But it won't leave here for a while Till darkness fills the eastern sky And streetlights stretch for miles Through the spring And the winter and the morning |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
It's been a bloody stupid day
My baby called me up to say Don't call me love, don't call me It's not all she said I truly love her but I know I'm bad for her, I'm bad and so At least she may forgive me for my honesty My friend came back from being abroad He was rich and I was overawed His ship came in I'm standing on the harbour wall Another friend, the one I love Turns to me "Have you seen enough?" "Let's hang about There's nothing like a sunset" It's been a bloody stupid day Don't leave the light on baby My baby called me up to say Don't leave the light on baby I'll see you sometime maybe Don't leave the light on baby It finally dawned on me tonight Best to go down without a fight I know you will forgive me for my honesty |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
I went looking for my darling, I went looking for a sign
and I found her in the morning, somewhere in the back of my mind I'm not what I could be, I need a true love I went looking and I found one The wrong girl The wrong kind The wrong hand to be holding The wrong eyes to go searching behind The wrong dream to have on my mind |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
He raped me in the chalet lines
The girl I shared with was away for the night I couldn't get up for my shift today I'll have to leave the camp now anyway I'll go to London there's a mate of mine I know she'll give me a place Full of woe and further to go She caught the bus "Oh I'll go anywhere" She caught the bus Her face was just a smear on the pane He raped me in the chalet lines I had just said no for the final time Although it's last month it's like yesterday I missed my time, I don't think I could stand To take the test, I'm feeling sick Fuck this, I've felt like this for a week I'd put a knife right into his eyes My friend can't see She asks me why I don't Tell the law Oh what's the fucking point at all He raped me in the chalet lines It was a party, it was going fine With the boys from the amusement park A few were idiots, they were a really good laugh They had the shows on till way after dark I hope she'll give me a place Full of woe and further to go She caught the bus "Oh I'll go anywhere" She caught the bus Her face was just a smear on the pane |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
Nice day for a sulk
The girl smells of milk Her horsey teeth explode around us And we run for cover she found us In the cheapo bar with a bag of chips Nice day for a mood The forecast is good The kids are melting in the doorway Keep the gang together There's no way will you ever be misunderstood by me Nice day for a jam The Fall, Manfred Mann Dance party, summer lasts forever When the band's together and Bobby Drank too much and fell in the Clyde |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
I don't care whether you hear this
I don't care if I'm alone here singing songs to myself There's nobody else around, around Meet you up at the Indian part of the town The town's shut down, the people left with their bags Their kids so there's not a sound a sound But I must get from there to here There's a small voice crying on the other side of the river from here It's too late to phone her now What went wrong, your grades were good It would take a left wing Robin Hood to pay for school Your dad's a boozer and you keep him alive Just a minute close your eyes If we settle for this compromise I'll stay with you The river looks so good tonight I don't know what's with your friend She met a boy and at the summer's end She said she'd had enough of playing games I don't care cause I'm by myself All the dancers left but I can't dance So I will stay and clean the mess they left behind But I dream as I set to scrub all the floors, the walls I'm thinking of a song or two, a boy a girl a rendezvous Are you coming or are you not? There is nothing that would sort you out There's nothing I could say or do You're going to crash, I'll set the bails in front of you Are you coming or are you not? There is nothing that would sort you out An interesting way of life Deny yourself the benefits of being alive You slept better in a sleeping train in a shed in a station With a torch and a Woman's Realm to keep you warm To keep you company You slept better in a sleeping train in a shed in a station With a torch and a Woman's Realm to keep you company tonight |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
I've been feeling down
I've been looking round the town For somebody just like me But the only ones I see Are the dummies in the window They spend their money on clothes It saddens me to think That the only ones I see are mannequins Looking stupid, being used and being thin And I don't know why I hang around with them The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused The way they act, I'd rather be fat than be confused Than be me in a cage With a bottle of rage And a family like the mafia I've been feeling blue And I don't know what to do And I never get a thrill And they threw me out of school 'Cause I swore at all the teachers Because they never teach us A thing I want to know We do Chemistry, Biology and Maths I want Poetry and Music and some laughs And I don't think it's an awful lot to ask So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go So won't you please get up off your knees, and let me go Cause I'm here in a cage With a bottle of rage And a family like the mafia If my family tree goes back to the Romans Then I will change my name to Jones If my family tree goes back to Napolean Then I will change my name to Smith If my family tree goes back to the Romans Then I will change my name to Jones If you're looking at me to be an accountant Then you will look but you will never see If you're looking at me to start having babies Then you can wish because I'm not here to fool around You can wish because I'm not here to fool around You can wish because I'm not here to fool around |
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from Belle & Sebastian 4집 - Fold Your Hands Child You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)
I could hang about and burn my fingers
I've been hanging out here waiting for something to start You think I'm faultless to a 't' My manner set impeccably But underneath I am the same as you I could dance all night like I'm a soul boy But I know I'd rather drag myself across the dance floor I feel like dancing on my own Where no one knows me, and where I Can cause offence just by the way I look And when I come to blows When I am numbering my foes Just hope that you are on my side my dear But it's best to finish as it started With my face head down just staring at the brown formica It's safer not to look around I can't hide my feelings from you now There's too much love to go around these days You say I've got another face That's not a fault of mine these days I'm honest, brutal and afraid of you |
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from Belle & Sebastian 5집 - Storytelling (스토리텔링) [ost] (2002)
In the summer
all the hikers hike out for the highest peaks All the children watch the cricket and they never wash for weeks In the suburbs young proteseors write "Black and White United" They're tearing up the streets I'm half in love with every girl I meet The gasman loves the street He loves to drill He loves to think about his girl The sun is melting half the street In the summer all the workers head out for the sandy beach Stay together in all weather Entertainment through your grief Communities of prejudices travel on the train The upperclass will have to pass the chance up of a knees-up with the gang Your record profits will buy you an island There's a jigsaw with a picture, all the country as a map Hikers hiking, cyclers cycling, if I go I'm not coming back I'm all in love with all the girls I meet, the harcore summer kind Kitchen porters, budding painters, whisky touring guides In the rain all your plans will fad You'll be left with the jigsaw |
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from Belle & Sebastian 5집 - Storytelling (스토리텔링) [ost] (2002)
Picture a scene in your mind
Looks at all the people and take note of the setting behind Listen, watch, and wait A plot begins to take shape There's a story And then characters will come to you Relating events as they choose to But all their words and actions come entirely from you If you're a storyteller you might htink you're without responsibility And you can lead your characters anywhere you want You have immunity Have you considered the way People might react to all the things that your characters say? And are their actions hand in hand with what you wantto portay? Are you sick? Are you crippled? Insane? Expressing the desires that daren't speak their name? Are you the one to be blamed? Now you're a storyteller you might think you are without responsability But in directions, actions and words Cause and effect You need consistency How can you finish the tale? Lives which have played a part Are summarised from the very start And episodes left out to make it all go our way "It's a might big world Some of it I've seen But mostly I've only heard And stories are all fiction from their moment of birth" You're just a storyteller You're not trying to escape responsability If we believe you then you're succesful But you don't make claims of verity |
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from Belle & Sebastian 5집 - Storytelling (스토리텔링) [ost] (2002)
I don't want to play football
I don't understand the thrill of the game I don't want to play football I don't understand the thrill of the running, catching, throwing Taking orders from a moron Grabbing for the sweaty crotches Getting hit by people I don't know Sugar, I'd rather play a different sort of game Sugar, the girls are just as good as boy at playing |
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from Belle & Sebastian 5집 - Storytelling (스토리텔링) [ost] (2002)
Wandering alone on the ridge of a coast
lost ot the world he had known as a boy He knows his lover lies south in the city Passing along and sleepy as night Warm in the woods that conceal him from the light he is accustomed to hiding from people Taking his time as the crosses the bridge Holding th flowers he picked from the ridge Walking in the shadows to his senorita Safe in the dawn he gets under the sheets His Senorita a heavenly sweet soul That was put there to save and protect him He knows that time can not endlessly go Traps will be sat by the people below She will be caught too and he could not bear it Hope in the freedom he can almost touch Folk take for granted as they walk to church He says his prayers and God listens to him Sir all I want is a chance to amend Past infidelities please do not send Me far away from my wise Me far away from my wise Me far away from my wise Senorita |
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from Belle & Sebastian 5집 - Storytelling (스토리텔링) [ost] (2002)
I'm coming over in the wrong direction
I only want to be the centre of your attention For long enough to show you I'm worth the trouble that you take I want to see the way that you portray A boy who's going to try to change his life today... I want to see the way that you portray A boy who maybe doesn't have too much to say And you can draw your own conclusions But you'll find I'm not a fake You can turn away from me but there's nothing that'll keep me here you know And you'll never be the city guy Any more than I'll be hosting The Scooby Show |
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from Belle & Sebastian 5집 - Storytelling (스토리텔링) [ost] (2002)
I'll make another movie
The same one as the year before take a tired idea put it in the hands of Hollywood I need to talk to someone I've been living someone else's life I don't get no mail at my house anymore My manager's my bride I'm sittion on a jet plane I'll see my baby soon enough I won't take her to the movie I'm worried that the lines become all blurred I couldn't help but feeling something When the boss told us to act that way I'm ashamed of my profession I would do the same again I'll make another movie Same one as the year before I'm looking for a story Something ludicrous to rise up frome the street I won't play another heavyweight I won't play another big John Shaft Put me in a frock and leave me to recite Maybe my career will die |
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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
We lay on the bed there
Kissing just for practice Could we please be objective? Cause the other boys are queuing up behind us A hand over my mouth A hand over the window Well, if I remain passive and you just want to cuddle Then we should be ok, and we won't get into trouble Cause we're seeing other people At least that's what we say we are doing How are you feeling? I don't think you can be dealing With the situation very well You take a lover for a dirty weekend, that's ok But when it's over You are looking at the working week in the eyes of a gigolo You're kissing your elbow You're kissing your reflection And you can't understand why all the other boys are going for the New, tall, elegant rich kids I'll admit it is a bitch, kid But if they don't see the quality then it is apparent that You're going to have to change Or you're going to have to go with girls You might be better off At least they know what they're doing We lay on the bed there Kissing just for practice Could we please be objective? Cause the other boys are queuing up behind us A hand over my mouth A hand over the window Well, if I remain passive and you just want to cuddle Then we should be ok, and we won't get into trouble Cause we're seeing other people At least that's what we say we are doing |
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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
Me and the Major could become close friends cause we
Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me Me and the Major could become close friends cause we Get on the same train and he wants to talk But there is too much history, too much biography between us Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a Number of things, he'll take a guy like me and then Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a Number of things, he'll take a guy like me And put him in the army Cause the Queen's own army makes a man of you But he doesn't understand and he doesn't try He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I We're the younger generation, we grew up fast All the others did drugs They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us Me and the Major are from different worlds, but if I get stuck in the lift it's always with a toff Me and the Major are from different worlds, but if I get stuck in the lift it's always with a man Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born I think the Major's going quite insane, he goes Along the pavement and comes back again, oh yeah I think the Major's going quite insane, he goes Along the pavement and comes back again Like he is on parade, and he is on parade At least he thinks so Now he is swapping his tent for a sheltered home He doesn't have a family, he is living alone He remembers all the punks and the hippies too And he remembers Roxy Music in seventy-two He doesn't understand and he doesn't try He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I We're the younger generation, we grew up fast All the others did drugs They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us They're taking it out on us I want a dance, I want a drink of whisky so I Forget the Major and go up the town Because the snow is falling |
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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
Lisa's kissing men like a long walk home
When the music stops Take a tip from me, don't go through the park When you're on your own, it's a long walk home If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you It's not your money that they're after boy it's you Pure easy listening, settle down On the pillow soft when they've all gone home You can concentrate on the ones you love You can concentrate, hey, now they've gone If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you It's not your money that they're after boy it's you Yeah you're worth the trouble and you're worth the pain And you're worth the worry, I would do the same If we all went back to another time I will love you over I will love you If they follow you Don't look back Like Dylan in the movies On your own If they follow you Tenderly you turn the light off in your room |
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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
oh! Get me away from here I'm dying
Play me a song to set me free Nobody writes them like they used to So it may as well be me Here on my own now after hours Here on my own now on a bus Think of it this way You could either be successful or be us With our winning smiles, and us With our catchy tunes, and us Now we're photogenic You know, we don't stand a chance Oh, I'll settle down with some old story About a boy who's just like me Thought there was love in everything and everyone You're so naive! After a while they always get it They always reach a sorry end Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly, and then With a winning smile, the boy With naivety succeeds At the final moment, I cried I always cry at endings Oh, that wasn't what I meant to say at all From where I'm sitting, rain Washing against the lonely tenement Has set my mind to wander Into the windows of my lovers They never know unless I write "This is no declaration, I just thought I'd let you know goodbye" Said the hero in the story "It is mightier than swords I could kill you sure But I could only make you cry with these words" |
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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
Lovesick on a sunny afternoon
You are tired of stopping in You are waiting for the time Mayfly, woken up when skys are clear I don't mind you coming near Keep me company till she comes again You are the one who's privy to I am the one who's making do Because you saw him in the park Because you saw him at the bridges with the people in the park Cana was the start of something big You were there in the beginning You were there to see him play Mayfly, woken up when sky's are blue I don't mind the sight of you Keep me company till she comes around You are the one who's privy to I am the one who's making do Because you saw him at the celebrations standing at the side He had the moves to save the day But you would love him anyway Lovesick, it came back upon yourself You are the girl left on the shelf You are incapable of playing the fool Longing…so what's different today? You sent the boys and girls away You are concerned with matters lofty But puzzled so it makes you sick Your diary's looking like a bible with it's verses lost in time And lost in meaning for the people who surround you It's a crying shame You know it's a crying shame |
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