Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards (2007) by Cold War Kids (보컬) on maniadb.com

I kissed the kids at noon
then stumbled out the room
I caught a cab
ran up a tab
on 7th and flower
best recital I had to ruin
missed my son's graduation
punched the Nickles boy
for taking his seat
gets all that anger from me
still things could be
much worse
natural disasters
on the evening news
still things could be
much worse
we still got our health
my paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife
and children
I'd never touch another drink
as long as I live
but even then
it sounds so soothing
this will blow over in time
this will all blow over in time

I'm just an honest man
provide for me and mine
I give a check to
tax deductable
charity organizations
two weks paid vacation
won't heal the damage done
I need another one
still things could be
much worse
natural disasters
on the evening news
still things could be
much worse
we still got our health
my paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife
and children
I'd never touch another drink
as long as I live
but even then
it sounds so soothing
to mix a drink
and sink into oblivion
I promised to my wife
and children
that accident
left everyone
a little shook up
but at the meetings
I felt so empty
this will blow over in time
this will all blow
over in time

Careless in our summer
clothes splashing around
in the muck and the mile
Careless in our summer
clothes splashing around
in the muck and the mile

fell asleep with stains
cake deep in the knees
what a pain
now hang me up to dry
you wrung me out
too too too many times
now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the whites
the whites of your eyes

all mixed up in the wash
hot water bleeding our colors
all mixed up in the wash
hot water bleeinding
our colors
now hang me up to dry
you wrung me out
too too too many times
now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the white
the whites of your eyes

now hang me up to dry
you wrung me out
too too too many times
now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the white
the whites of your eyes
now hang me up to dry
you wrung me out
too too too many times
now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the white
the whites of your eyes

speak about Greenly
now that she's gone
take my time when I go to bed
and I sleep Lord
I'm getting over
rolling over
I said can you just wait
to tell me in the morning
slow it down
slow it down
lay it low
save it for the morning
I know that you would like
like to change me
make me softer
tune your voice like a baby
I'm using caution
bet you wanted
I wish you could wait
to tell me in the morning
slow it down
slow it down
lay it low
save it for the morning
I shouted questions
like a fierce fire
you tried to take me
by the arm
into the light
I'm almost over
rolling over
I wish you could wait
to tell me in the morning
slow it down
slow it down
lay it low
save it for the morning
and i'll tell you
one more thing
I confess to self deception
pull the lock and pry it open
they're pretending to be stolen
I am my own thief in the night

struck up for many years
just to get here
between the humility
and be my own teacher
I guess it backfired
'cause my motive
was just to take and
never kept that way I guess
slow it down
slow it down
lay it low
save it for the morning
I shouted questions
like a fierce fire
you tried to take me
into your arms and lead me
to the light
I'm almost over
rolling over
I wish you could wait
to tell me in the morning
slow it down
slow it down
lay it low
save it for the moring
and I'll tell you
one more thing
I confess to self deception
pull the lock and pry it open
they're pretending to be stolen
and I am my own thief
in the night

Conversations that
went on terrible paths
don't talk about that
No no don't talk about that
We're coming back loud
and end this conversation

Said you let your hair down
you got enough to go round
oh mine
Said you let your hair down
but you've been telling me
that since the day we meet
She's laughing
like a choir girl
She's laughing
like a choir girl
She's laughing
like a choir girl
when she doubles over
sounds like Hallelujah

She's talking to my mother
She's on the phone
with my mother
She's talking to my mother
She's looking up at me like
I'm a criminal

She bargains like a lawyer
sacrifice like a martyr
She's just her
mother's daughter
cutting cloth and
washing a pan
Man we were
still just babies
dreaming of the sixties
Man we were
still just babies
dressing up in rags
with our wallets full

Now our pockets are shallow
our quart running low
I saw their empty
but I'm just a fool
A woman
in the kitchen told me
that true love it waits
but of all the rules he lives by
that's the one that he hates

Look up from the hymnal
look 'round at the faces
of families closing their eyes
We're taking Communion
and passing the offering hat
around at the same time

I reached for the hat
and take all the cash
And slide it into
my ragged coat sleeve
And leave in it's place
a note to explain
All of the reasons
that stealing has
led me to leave
If there was a worthy
cause for to give to
May I be so bold as to say
The givers not knowing
where their money's going
Is as sinful as throwing away

Stained glasses
shine on my red wine
And the sweat of my brow
drips to my shaking knees
A small sacrifice to benefit
one man's journey away
from America's seas
Sweet sweet
sigh of relief
Sweet sweet
O Baltic Sea
Sweet sweet
sigh of relief
Sweet sweet
O Baltic Sea
Sweet sweet
sigh of relief
Sweet sweet
O Baltic Sea

Nobody here
knows my name
Call it right or wrong
I bought my ticket
just the same

Supper time in the hole
supper time in the hole
I shame my family
shame my home
supper time
old st john on death row
he's just waiting for a pardon
old st john on death row
he's just waiting for a pardon
old st john on death row
he's just waiting for a pardon
old st john on death row
he's just waiting
all the white boys
in the stay pressed slacks
they're home for the summer
from college
stayin' out late
getting rowdy at the bar
and lookin' for trouble uptown
they come up my block
about 5 or 6 of them
smashing their bottles
in the gutter
yelling all kinds of
obscenities
upout woman in got alone
another supper time in the hole
supper time
I shame my family
shame my home
supper time
young girl turning
the corner
with a clerk dress on
that girl was my sister
just got off the night shift
pretty desperate
just wanna go home
and get some sleep
well grabbed her
by the waist
with the caffeine eyes
I picked up a brick
from my papa's front yard
and threw it
at the tallest boys face
well blood was streaming
Like a well that sprung
I couldn't believe
what I had just done
well the other boy's ran
and this one stayed
on the ground
and he would never move again
old st john on death row
he's just waiting for a pardon
old st john on death row
he's just waiting for a pardon
all us boys on death row
we're just waiting
for a pardon
all us boys on death row

jury on trial I testify
I got to keep on
runnin til the well runs dry
jury on trial I testify
I got to keep on runnin
til the well runs dry
jury on trial I testify
I got to keep on runnin
til the well runs dry
jury on trial I testify
I got to keep on runnin
til the well runs dry

Sulkin'
walkin'
'round the city after dark
need protection
from street thugs
who clip the tires
and rip the doors off rugs
and cowards
and all this life
we've glorified
robbin' from the blind
it's not easy you see
don't think I don't know sympathy
my victims in my shadow
starin' back at me
not me I'm knockin
tip toe outside
a stranger's door
casually let myself in
fill pockets with
trinkets
purses
china antique armoirs
and all this life
we've glorified
robbin' from the blind
it's not easy you see
don't think I don't know sympathy
my victims in my shadow
starin back at me
as robbers in my thoughts
they tell me what to think
they're hiding in my clothes
crawling in the kitchen sink

There's nothing to do here
some just whine and complain
in bed in the hospital
coming and going
asleep and awake
in bed at the hospital

tell me the story
of how you ended up here
I've heard it all
in the hospital
nothing's sufficing
doctors on tour
somewhere in India
I've got one friend
laying across form me
I did not choose him
he did not choose me
we've got no chance of recovery
joy and hospital
joy and misery
joy and misery
joy and misery

put out the fire boys
don't stop don't stop
put out the fire on us
put out the fire boys
don't stop don't stop
put out the fire on us
bring the buckets
by the dozens
bring your nieces
and your cousins
come put out the fire on us

we are now fish and chips
italian opera
we are now fish and chips
italian opera
I've got one friend
laying across from me
I did not choose him
he did not choose me
we've got no
chance of recovery
joy and hospital
joy and misery
the joy and misery
the joy and misery
the joy
the joy
the joy misery

put out the fire boys
don't stop don't stop
put out the fire on us
put out the fire boys
don't stop don't stop
put out the fire on us
bring the buckets
by the dozens
bring your nieces
and your cousins come
put out the fire on us

Slither to sea, speakin' in tongues
Deft as a surgeon's knife, carvin' through bone

Pregnant with doubt, you figured out
Tricks of the trade to make whispers shout
Mouth full of sweets rotten your teeth
Lift up the rug and sweep it underneath

You were dreaming
When you don't believe

Pregnant with doubt, you figured out
Tricks of the trade to make whispers shout
Mouth full of sweets rotten your teeth
Lift up the rug and sweep it underneath

You were dreaming
When you don't believe

Slither to sea, speakin' in tongues
Deft as a surgeon's knife, carvin' through bone

He pours the wine into his coffee cup
This jazz has dropped it's time to pick it up
2:30 he rolls out of this brass at last
Terence love is barking something crass

Each night a thousand stairs go up both ways
Soul and color peeking through his sleeves
M's down at the coast it's too late for buses run
Slides into his headphones sleeps to solo monk

Success success his smile is saccharine
Glamorous he's pouring Pancho's gin
Lives his live a painful and lovely day
In the history of a great pregnancy

Squat public library checking out "The Trial"
Strolls to the pier to gather his thoughts
Squat public library checking out "The Trial"
He's talking to himself about it

He don't get upset, get upset
He can't sleep
He'll have another cigarette and don't get upset
He don't get upset, get upset

Backseat of your family station wagon, listening Nina Simone
One Hundred years of solitude and only 12 years old

God make up your mind
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Or should I take what's mine

Your mom is calling out, ”Look at the Grand Canyon”
Camilla couldn't care less
Gaze into the hole
Your stomach feels the emptiness of death

God make up your mind
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Or should I take what's mine, like everyone else

From New York to New Orleans, played alphabet
Kansas to Boise, won the battleship
Memorized the capitals, crossword puzzles
Drew a picture of a cat laying dead in the street
Daydream about my real dad back in California

Elephant in your brain, reminding you you've got to make a choice
Wraps his arms around you slow
Cause you tense up like an armadillo

God make up your mind
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Or should I take what's mine, like everyone else

Why ain't my teacher on a street sign?
He's done so much more than politicians, dead musicians
You wanna help someone you gotta be a no one
That's what I figured out the cat in the street meant

You gotta make up your mind
Make up your mind
Make up your mind

So let's go deadbolt your shed door
Cram your paper money, snug, closer than before
Chandeliers are falling in graveyard rows
And your eyes are shifting dials like AM radios

Snowed over river, melted more last night
Still the same, the shattered windshields of spidered ice
Yes, yes, mother, I mean to be baptized
Seeds that make the higher ground grow and multiply

Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash, out of sight
What did you expect, romantic call of why?
Just empty, desert light

Few feet float above these Persian throw rugs
And tuck themselves in percussionist, succession words
Tonight, a single, simple folk play themselves low
Just like talking city blues, down in the hole we loathe

Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash, out of sight
What did you expect, romantic call of why?
Just empty, desert light

I suggest that you respect the deal
And keep your nose out of business of priests and holy men
The life you have chosen is filled with dirty finger nails
And lost and founds and canceled appointments

Ten, ten more avenues, time to choose
And there's rain that'll fall down on fire
There's fifty doors to choose from and there's many more
Many more inside, inside, inside
Well, the night time's going to come
The night time's going to come

Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash, out of sight
What did you expect, romantic call of why?
Just empty, desert light

Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Joy to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Just empty, desert light, it's just empty, desert light
It's just empty, desert light