Yo La Tengo 11집 - - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat... (2006) by Yo La Tengo (보컬) on maniadb.com

Unplug the microphone
The ticker tape scream
They're all desensitized
Grown so backwards
Crush a ??
Well it's slide slide slide
Down the water slide
Slide slide slide
Down the water slide

Unplug the microscope
The ticker tape stream
??
It's easy to be quiet
But harder than it seems
While I slide slide
Down the water slide
Slide slide slide
Down the water slide

Unplug the microphone
The ticker tape screams
??
Can't see for miles
Can't see the pavement for the street
Well it's slide slide slide
Down the water slide
Slide slide slide
Down the water slide

Slide
Slide
Slide

I have spent my life trying to understand
Just how my life lets aware who I am
But it leaves a bitter taste
And feels like such a waste
I am so totally vague
Betray the dark line, see if I care
I loved you when I was young
But no more
So burn down the fireman's fair

Memory plays its tricks on me
In my mind's eye, I claim to see
I'm losing every race I run
Making misery out of fun
So bulldoze the new road they're driving
Slash the beanbag chair
You held me for so very long
But no more
So burn down the fireman's fair

How many type of things do we think we need?
But that doesn't make them true
I'm a little afraid I'm falling far and free
I'll leave that up to you
That's up to you

So won't you find me totally vague
A drain has died, see if I care
I loved you when I was young
But no more
So burn down the fireman's fair
Fireman's fair
Burn down the fireman's fair
Fireman's fair
Burn down the fireman's fair

He calls me to the ocean
Takes me wandering through the street
A restless imagination
But for now,
I move my feet on the ground
'Cause I feel like going home
I can float above the ceiling
I like drifting through the air
I tend to lose my concentration
But right now the clouds don't appeal too much
I feel like going home
Sometimes late at night


While runnin' from the rain
Running from the voices
Filling up my brain
Now I wish they'd leave me alone
And let me be
To grow up on my own
Let me be to go home
I feel like going home

Hey Mr. Tough
Don't you think we've suffered enough?
Why don't you meet me on the dancefloor
When it's Tiny Tom time?
And if you need to tell me something once
You won't have to say it twice
And if you ask for a nickel
I'm gonna hand you a dime
And we'll forget about our problems
Ignore them for a little while
And leave our worries in the corner
Leave them in a big big pile
Pretend everything can be alright

Hey Mrs. Blue
Time to think of something new
The Possum's spinning our hips
The old soft shoe
And if you wanna lose the rest of the night
There's nothing better I have to do
And if I tell you something
You won't have to ask if it's true
And we'll forget about our problems
Ignore them for a little while
And leave our worries in the corner
Leave them in a big big pile
Pretend everything can be alright

Alone in our pad on Saturday night
Hemmed in by the room
But hiding at a crowded party
The record's playing for just me and you

Hey Mr. Tough
Don't you think we've suffered enough?
Why don't you meet me on the dancefloor
When it's Toddophonic time?
And if you need to tell me something once
You won't have to say it twice
And if you ask for a nickel
I'm gonna hand you a dime
And we'll forget about our problems
Ignore them for a little while
And leave our worries in the corner
Leave them in a big big pile
Pretend everything can be alright
Pretend everything can be alright
Pretend everything can be alright

You can take what you can get
I forgive but I forget
You can never sleep enough
And your alarm is going off

You wake up and you can't pretend a dream was just a dream again
Won't you dry your eyes?
But it doesn't matter anymore, you did just what you did before
Until you realize the words go la la la la la

You can dip your brain in joy
When you find the real McCoy

When some pretty boys with skinny ties, black flowers and Valentines
Try to take you home
Do you recognize that I have stopped before you get too high
On your own supply, singing la la la la

You want it, you got it, but you can't take it home
You've got a long way to go
I wait forever to say that you will
You have a heart to show

Honey, you don't have to stay inside, don't have to run, don't have to hide
Come and dry your eyes
You know you can always change your mind, maybe I will too in time
Once we understand no one understands at all

Singing la la la la
Singing la la la la

We were young
No one could figure out
Things we said
There was so much to laugh about

Now at the end of the day
Wish I could hear you say
We're at the starting gate
And the race is on again

Just last night
I couldn't sleep at all
Lost my mind
Lost my footing scaling the wall

Now at the break of day
Wish I could hear you say
We're at the starting gate
And the race is on again

Now at the end of the day
Wish I could hear you say
We're at the starting gate
And the race is on again

Now at the end of the day
Wish you would say
And the race is on again

What am I doing now?
What am I doing now?
What am I doing wrong?

Will you wait for me?
Or will you run away?
I swear that I knew yesterday
Yesterday

What am I doing now?
What am I doing wrong?

Will you wait for me?
Or will you run away?
I swear that I knew yesterday
Yesterday

the room got heavy
with a lamppost looming
we were driving in a circle
somewhere near the station
shoot me in the bushes
my eyes aren't focused
??
parsing through the tunnel
??
summer after dark
??
to a party invitation
and the room got heavy
but only for a minute
the barroom was wearing thin
ohh

the room got heavy
all the concrete in the air
had to park around the corner
at the yellow light blinking
she said "i wouldn't do that"
but we all know that she did
from the look on her face
her arms slightly folded
and he headed for the door
reach across the floor
hands in my pocket
my eyes aren't focused
and the room got heavy
but only for a minute
while we were waiting for you
ohh

ohh

Sometimes I don't get you
It's like I understand
All I do is a waste
And the look on your face
??
And I'm feeling myself make it be
Together was one happily...
Sometimes I don't get you
??

Sometimes I don't know you
It's like we never met
And what seems fine by me
Is your littany of regrets
Am I'm clinging to something that's passed
That was never intended to last
Sometimes I don't know you
Lessons with my ??

Sometimes I think I don't know
How to be on my own
Sometimes I won't answer the door
Or talk on the phone
With you by my side
I don't have to mind
???
So that it can continue to grow

???
So that it can continue to grow

Sometimes I don't get you
It's like I'm lost at sea
Then you say you're okay
And I know that you'll stay with me
Oh it never comes soon enough
We'll get through the difficult stuff
??
I'll be there for you
And maybe I'll get you
And you'll get me

i got in a tussle
with a stranger on the train
his face was familiar
but i couldn't place the name
it got to be ugly
threats were made
i hope that no-one who could see
would be someone who'd know you

i had a small run-in
with a driver and his wife
you might call it road rage
but the guy outdid the light
considered nothing
i held my ground
and now that it's over
i've said that there must be
a better way

i keep it in mind
eight times out of nine
i'm wrong or i'm right
it's not worth a fight
but what's hard to define
makes it tough to decide
you don't realize
until after it has begun
whether this is the one
i probably knew better
i probably knew better

consider nothing
i held my ground
and now that it's over
i'll say that there must be
a better way

i keep it in mind
eight times out of nine
i'm wrong or i'm right
it's not worth a fight
but what's hard to abide
it's tough to decide
we don't realize
until after it has begun
whether this was the one
i probably knew better
i probably knew better
i probably knew better
i probably knew better

Ronnie, Ronnie please, come on
I asking you to
(watch) out for me please
(watch out)
Tell me nothing bout cha gonna do
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out
(for me)
Watch out I'm not scared
Is it really, really, really so hard to do to just
(watch) out for me please?
(watch out)
It's the only thing on my mind
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out
(for me)
Watch out pretty please
Cause you never treated me no kind

I wanna see you smile
And when I wanna see you smile
I wanna see you smile
Now!
(do, do, do...)

And if you watch out for me
I swear I'll watch out for you

Ronnie, I'm gonna ask you one more time for you to
(watch) out for me please
(watch out)
Tell me nothing bout cha gonna do
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out
(for me)
Watch out I'm not scared
Is it really, really, really so hard to do to just
(watch) out for me please?
(watch out)
It's the only thing on my mind
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out
(for me)
Watch out pretty please
Cause you never treated me no kind

I wanna see you shake
And when I wanna see you shake
I wanna see you shake
Now!
(do, do, do...)

And if you watch out for me
I swear I'll watch out for you

Ronnie, I'm gonna ask you one more time for you to
(watch) out for me please
(watch out)
Tell me nothing bout cha gonna do
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out
(for me)
Watch out I'm not scared
Is it really, really, really so hard to do to just
(watch) out for me please?
(watch out)
It's the only thing on my mind
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out
(for me)
Watch out pretty please
Cause you never treated me no kind

I asking you to
(watch) out for me please
(watch out)
Tell me nothing bout cha gonna do
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out
(for me)
Watch out I'm not scared
Is it really, really, really so hard to do to just
(watch) out for me please?
(watch out)
It's the only thing on my mind
Ronnie, Ronnie, watch out
(for me)
Watch out pretty please
Cause you never treated me no kind

I wanna see you smile
And when I wanna see you smile
I wanna see you shake
And when I wanna see you shake
I wanna hear you laugh
And when I wanna hear you laugh
I wanna see you RIGHT NOW!
And when I wanna see you right here now
(do, do, do,...)
To watch out, for me please
And watch out, for me please
Now c'mon, one more time, for me please
Ronnie watch out for me please
Ronnie, Ronnie watch out, for me please
And watch out, for me please!
(ba baaa
ba ba baaa...)

Stars will burn
When the sky
In a day that you realize
Your plane(?) would subside
If not for the weakest part

Of your heart
Of your heart

Bells ring out
When you sleep
Too hard to ignore
But kneel like a fool
Just don't see
He plays on the weakest part

Of your heart
Of your heart

(GUITAR SOLO)

If not for the weakest part

Of your heart
Of your heart

Some sunny day
The wind will come along
And stand through dusty sa--?
And your love
? your eyes

Stars could fall right out of the sky
(If not for the weakest part)
Bells could ring till the end of time
(If not for the weakest part)
Someday soon it'll be all right
(If not for the weakest part)

La, la, la….

Six for the frightened child
On the day we die
Five for the search for meaning
In the tears we cry
Le lie le lie
Tonight

Four from the shadows
Hiding just out of sight
Three for the disappearence
In the morning light
Le light le light
Tearing your arms to hold you tight
Tonight

One for the kiss
Before we say goodbye
Six for the frightened child
On the day we die
The light, the light
Tonight, tonight

one of these days
i'm gonna get myself a gun (ahh)
i might just shoot you down (ahh)
we know sometimes justice moves too slow
i'll be the judge, give it a gentle nudge

don't want to live my life
compassionate and humane (ahh)
it doesn't hurt to dream (ahh)
for some, love and justice never come
but the blind and both can be unkind

(ahh) love is in the air
nobody's love is blue (ahh)
all you need is love (ahh)
and to our friends
thinking of you as we look ahead
and to all the people
that we want dead (ahh)

We stared at the sun, too long
until the shapes before our eyes
turned into the sun, in our eyes
We lied to ourselves for awhile
in our usual style
I wish we could ride
To ourselves again

We made up our minds
to lose and never once looked back
We only looked back
just once
We opened our hearts, it's true
But not to any of you
Sold out of the myth
too soon

And we tried, we tried with all our might
We tore the playhouse down
We ran headlong in our way
We tried so hard

We stared at the road ahead
Closed our eyes and then
sped up to the turn, around the bend
With nothing to lose, we lost
Suffered every cost
It still causes pain to calm

And we tried, we tried with all our might
We tore the playhouse down
We ran headlong in our way
We tried so hard

And we tried, we tried with all our might
We tore the playhouse down
We ran headlong in our way
We tried so hard
And we tried, we tried with all our might
We tore the playhouse down
And we ran headlong in our way
We tried so hard

Refused to let go
of the air
There was something there
Sparks foam with gold
A million strong
and match forever lights in a row
I'm still flushed from the glow
I'm down on the road
back home
We stared at the sun, too long
until the shapes before our eyes turned back into the sun, into the sun in our eyes
We lied to ourselves for awhile
in our usual style
Now I wish we could ride, we wish we could lie to ourselves again
And we tried, we tried, we tried with all our might
we tore the playhouse down
We ran headlong, headlong in our way...
we tried so hard...
we tried so hard...