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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
I've never known a girl like you before
Now just like in a song from days of yore Here you come a knockin', knockin' at my door And I've never met a girl like you before You give me just a taste so I want more and more Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw Now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor And I've never met a girl like you before You've made me acknowledge the devil in me I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel And I've never known a girl like you before Never, never, never, never Never known a girl like you before This old town's changed so much Don't feel like I belong Too many protest singers Not enough protest songs And now you've come along Yes you've come along And I've never met a girl like you before |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
you've given me a headstart
I'm brewing up a brainstorm And we leave the grunges far behind In the quagmire of the unkempt minds 'cause its got no style, no elequence No elegance no sexuality all it takes is common sense for anyone to see As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning You got to keep on burning you're throwing me a lifeline The way you're looking so fine, sublime From the youngsters who've just learned to shave To the oldsters raving on their graves Its the same old story, Englands glory Claming back the Union Jack, my arse Got to prove it together now To counteract this class As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning You got to keep on burning Burning You won't get far in a cable car You reach the top then you had to stop When you jump back down to the underground you've a train to catch, you've plans to hatch So lift the latch on the clubhouse door there's a thousand souls out on the floor Keep turning and you got to keep on learning and You got to keep on yearning and You got to keep on burning As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning You got to keep on burning You got to keep on burning Burning, burning, burning You got to keep on burning Burning, burning, burning |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
Don't try so hard to be different
The cracks are beginning to show You drift like a cloud through the festival crowd In a frock coat from Saville row You've just been to a all night party Where I have to admit it takes pluck To go out on the floor and proclaim, "What a bore" In a T-shirt that reads, 'Disco Sucks' Yes, here he comes, the not so young Pretender to the throne He's singing rag, momma, rag Won't you give that poor dog a bone? And he's wondering why we can't connect When he's sworn to us that he's totally wretch On the rustic charm that he affects On a public schoolboy whim With a raggle taggle plastic gypsy Robert Zimmerframe With a synthesized accordion A scramblin' up my brain With a fiddle dee dee, a fiddle on high Excuse me folks while I kiss the sky Or at any rate give it one more try Before I die, before I die The overrated hit the stage Overpaid and over here And their idea of counter culture's Momma's charge account at sears And they're wondering why we can't connect With the ritual of the trashed guitar One more paltry empty gesture The ashes of a burned out star Yes, here they come, both old and young A contact low or high The gathering of the tribes descending Vultures from a caustic sky The rotting carcase of July And ugly sun hung out to dry Your gorgeous hippy dreams are dying Your frazzled brains are putrefying Repackaged, sold and sanitized The devil's music exorcised You live, you die, you lie, you lie, you die Perpetuate the lie, perpetuate the lie, Perpetuate the lie, just to perpetuate the lie Yes, yes, yes, it's the summer festival The truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, it's the summer festival The truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, it's the summer festival The truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, it's the summer festival The truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, it's the summer festival The truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, it's the summer festival The truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, summer festival Truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, summer festival Truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, summer festival Truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, summer festival Truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, summer festival Truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, summer festival Truly detestable summer festival Yes, yes, yes, summer festival |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
I've never known a girl like you before
Now just like in a song from days of yore Here you come a knockin', knockin' at my door And I've never met a girl like you before You give me just a taste so I want more and more Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw Now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor And I've never met a girl like you before You've made me acknowledge the devil in me I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel And I've never known a girl like you before Never, never, never, never Never known a girl like you before This old town's changed so much Don't feel like I belong Too many protest singers Not enough protest songs And now you've come along Yes you've come along And I've never met a girl like you before |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
So, you set out on your own
You shut up shop, you're leavin' home You feel no need to settle down In the crippled crook of your earth bound town And you've been down this road before Which is not to say you're bored Or that you shouldn't want for more It's just your expectations should be lower There must be somethin' more than this More than ideal homes or domestic bliss What is there left for you to do 'Cause you've seen the future and it's nothin' new And you've been down this road before Which is not to say you're bored Or that you shouldn't want for more It's just your expectations should be lower, should be lower And you've been down this road before Which is not to say you're bored Or that you shouldn't want for more It's just your expectations should be lower, should be lower |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
Darkness, darkness all around
And my senses have been stripped Of sight and sound Suddenly I came to, I pulled through Amazed at what I saw Struggling hard to find the words When words tends to stick right in my craw [Chorus] I'm talking about seizing the moments When the moment has gone There's no telling me 'cause I'm holding on Hoping against hope that you've got it wrong If you could love me Like I love you If you could love me Like I love you Frozen in time and space Yet I feel no need To get out of this place And suddenly the earth moved The planets grooved, I fell down on my knees Someone whispered take your leave You're free to go any way you please [Chorus] If you could love me Like I love you If you could love me Like I love you I'm talking 'bout holding out So scared to follow through I'm talking 'bout holding out So scared of losing you If you could love me Like I love you If you could love me Like I love you If you could love me Like I love you Like I love you Like I love you 'Cause I love you |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
Don't pretend that you don't know me
If you mean to offend me then you're doing pretty well And how convincingly you've shown me That the love I thought was built to last is now an empty shell Things can only get better What's around the corner, who can tell? I'll build a little place just north of heaven I'm kinda tired of living south of hell Don't assume you can ignore me You'd best bite your lip in case I make it after all And how contemptuously you've shown me That all my aspirations were so paltry and so small Things can only get better What's around the corner, who can tell? I'll build a little place just north of heaven I'm kinda tired of living south of hell Some mother's talking 'bout Guns 'n' Roses As if I give a fuck, at best I think they suck I'm too preoccupied with my memories Not non-entities Things can only get better What's around the corner, who can tell? I'll build a little place just north of heaven I'm kinda tired of living south of hell I'm kinda tired of living south of hell I'm kinda tired of living |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
Without hurting you
How can I make you see This might mean everything to you But it don't mean nothing to me And whilst your hangers on Are laughing nervously You'll lock them in your penthouse suite Then you'll throw away the key Gorgeous George The last of the go-getters Gorgeous George A dandy to the letter You really should know better Gorgeous George Such exquisite taste From your head to toes Stuck inside your lady's chambers Powdering your nose And now your holding court With the Pearly King Whilst outside on the balcony This mocking bird will sing Gorgeous George The last of the go-getters Gorgeous George A dandy to the letter You really should know better Gorgeous George You shouldn't walk so proud You shouldn't talk so loud You're just a face in the crowd And you should know it You flit from floor to floor Buying up the store But you still want more So you blow it I've a life of my own That you refuse to see One hundred at your beck and call So why did you pick on me? Should I return that call? Talk to your answerphone? Just make sure that the blinds are drawn And pretend you're not at home Gorgeous George The last of the go-getters Gorgeous George A dandy to the letter You really should know better Gorgeous George |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
Make me feel again
Five twenty five on a Monday morning I'm lying on my unmade bed Outside these walls there's a new day dawning As the sky turns from black to red But I can't sleep a wink Am I losing control? I'm doubled up in agony Won't you help me unfold? Don't need no forward planner I'm acting on a whim Just need your bedside manner To make me well again Don't need no easy glamour That much I figured out Forget this melodrama 'Cause what it's all about is the... The way you turned your head When I called your name All I need's your love To make me feel again The way you turned your head When I called your name All I need's your love To make me feel again Six twenty six on a Monday morning And I make for the great outdoors And I can't seem to shake off this restless feeling I doubt I can take much more No I can't live this life Am I losing my mind? I'm twisted up inside So won't you help me unwind? Don't need no forward planner I'm acting on a whim Just need your bedside manner So will you let me in? Don't need no easy glamour That much I figured out Forget this melodrama 'Cause what it's all about is the... The way you turned your head When I called your name All I need's your love To make me feel again The way you turned your head When I called your name All I need's your love To make me feel again |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
You may find as I have found
This place is neither safe nor sound This house of cards will tumble down As befits a cardboard town You're lost in the ruins of your mind As these four walls collide, as your whole world subsides But you took it all in your stride As a matter of course, not a matter of pride So raise your glass, let's celebrate 'Cause we can force those hands of fate No need to heed the call for greed, for acquisition Now I ain't puttin' you on, this is my genuine position You're lost in the ruins of your mind As these four walls collide, as your whole life subsides But you took it all in your stride As a matter of course, not a matter of pride How can I thank you? We're forever in your debt We'll bite the hand of fate that feeds us Morsels of regret You're lost in the ruins of your mind As these four walls collide, as your whole world subsides But you took it all in your stride As a matter of course, not a matter of pride As a matter of course, not a matter of pride |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
I've never known a girl like you before
Now just like in a song from days of yore Here you come a knockin', knockin' at my door And I've never met a girl like you before You give me just a taste so I want more and more Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw Now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor And I've never met a girl like you before You've made me acknowledge the devil in me I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel And I've never known a girl like you before Never, never, never, never Never known a girl like you before This old town's changed so much Don't feel like I belong Too many protest singers Not enough protest songs And now you've come along Yes you've come along And I've never met a girl like you before |
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from Austin Powers (오스틴 파워) by George S. Clinton [ost] (1997)
I'm through with love hangovers
It's best that I stay sober No rolling in the clover No Gretna Green trip over No honeymoon in Paris I only feel embarrassed For the cool cats The charmed kittens Both smitten by the love songs That he's written Caught in the sights Of a deadly sniper The magic piper of love The magic piper of love Of love, of love My girlfriend, she go blotto Of cunnings and his grotto It turns out he's a dirty old man The nice place that I want to be Is sat up on this Christmas tree While playing these games of Catch as catch can Cause he's a sweet talker A silent stalker All the savvy of a street walker More deadly than a horned viper The magic piper of love The magic piper of love Of love, of love He's a heart breaker A mover and a shaker The magic piper of love It's kind of hard to swallow You know you've gotta follow The magic piper of love Cause he's a city slicker An expert politic-er The magic piper of love Of love, of love Of love, of love Of love, of love |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
It's a higher state of being
A different way of seeing That I really can't resist It seems I've stolen every scene From the carnival of dreams And I've never felt like this I've never felt like this Never felt like this Never felt like this And ignorance is bliss There's no point in reminiscing Now I've found that something missing In every stolen kiss I was lost in introspection I can tell you on reflection That I've never felt like this I've never felt like this Never felt like this Never felt like this Never felt like this What you are is a fallen star Burning up on a bridge to far What I am is an also ran Getting by any way I can I can because I can I can't explain exactly how I feel I only know that the feeling's real I've never felt like this What you are is a falling star |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
I slept in the subway
Just for a ruse No stars for company Just a bottle of booze See my lifestyle ain't changed much I just take more risks That's remarkably easy When you're remarkably pissed Good times, bad times Talking blues and spinning rhymes And this is where mine is at This is where mine is at Through strange times, deranged times I've only taken what was mine And this is where mine is at This is where mine is at I moved to the country Bought a rooster and hen It's just the drink talking I've been at it again See I love to bullshit Though I'm more honest than most As I write from my cottage On the Derbyshire coast Good times, bad times Talking blues and spinning rhymes And this is where mine is at This is where mine is at Through strange times, deranged times I've only taken what was mine And this is where mine is at This is where mine is at The lies that I swallowed Force fed as a child A promise so hollow My anger, my bile Now my head is swimming The heather's on fire The bottle's been opened But the genie's expired Good times, bad times Talking blues and spinning rhymes And this is where mine is at This is where mine is at Through strange times, deranged times I've only taken what was mine And this is where mine is at This is where mine is at This is where mine is coming from This is where mine is at |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
Watching the world from the corner of your eye
You're quite content to let life pass you by You're numb to everything and everyone You've no idea You've no idea You're wondering about the meaning of within You furrow your brow and then you scratch your chin Night Falls Yet still you stall Confound it all You've no idea You've no idea You can't buy into the underground Not for all your dollars, your yens or your pounds You see, I saw you coming Your plan was bound to fail Cos the devil's in the detail And the detail's not for sale The detail's not for sale You've no idea |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
let's hear it for the first beatle
let's hear it for the worst beatle let's hear it for the best beatle the had to get it off his chest beatle let's hear it for the lost beatle the art at any cost beatle the beatle with the sense of taste beatle who never learned to play his bass beatle let's hear it for the I me mine speed and wine the Reeperbaum or die but the scorpio on the rise was the cancer in disguise let's hear it for the fab beatles the ones who drove the teens mad beatles let's hear it for the cute beatle let's hear for the fat beatle let's hear it for the quiet beatle let's hear it for the gauche beatle let's hear it for the beatle people the rattling their jewels people I me mine Brian Epstein America or die Did he trade the merchandise For a slice of apple pie? let's hear it for the fifth beatle let's hear it for the gay beatle let's hear it for the drugged beatle the all you need is love beatles and the love that fell apart beatles and how they broke the nation's heart, beatles so let's hear it for the new beatles the really haven't got a clue beatles let's hear it for the I me mine Alan Klein a slice of apple pie me myself and I and a slice of apple pie I me mine Alan Klein a slice of apple pie but the catcher in the rye was the reaper in disguise so sad about the dead beatle |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
I've been doing a power of thinking
The Good Ship Lollipop is sinking But I've been having such a good time Just watching from the shoreline Call waiting on the telephone Only problem being the phone is off the hook And besides, there's no-one home All except in the backrooom I'm operating in a vacuum I'm going back to the backroom I'm operating in a vacuum Revolution on the South Bank I poured poison in the think tank Got out before the big crash Caught the tail end of the whiplash Reminiscing with the diehards Uptight with the old guard Saying out of the spotlight Don't get blinded by the spotlight I'm going back to the backroom I'm operating in a vacuum I'm going back to the backroom I'm operating in a vacuum On the Good Ship Lollipop It's a nice trip to the candy shop But the key to your success Was the key to your excess Was the key to your success Was the key to your excess Going back to the backroom I'm operating in a vacuum |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
To anyone who's followed me
I offer my apologies I'm splitting up I can't afford to compromise With someone I don't recognise I'm splitting up The idea first occurred to me While shaving rather cautiously Cos I bleed easily My head is searating from my heart I'm splitting up The crocodiles will shed their tears While other reptiles sneer and jeer He's splitting up The notices, lest we forget Are posted on the internet He's splitting up I can't say I went out in style My differences unreconciled Embittered to the end Neither moving nor affecting All I'm doing is disconnecting I'm splitting up What's it all about? Haven't got a clue Only thing I know It isn't down to you To decide these things Still you carry on Still you scream and shout I know that it's wrong I haven't got the clout To deride these things But if my hearthad wings' I'd fly away To anyone who's followed me I offer my apologies I'm splitting up I'm feeling down I'm feeling down I'm splitting up I'm feeling down I'm feeling down I'm splitting up |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
Now that you've broke your heart
How long before the teardrops start? And 'til those tears subside You'd better find some place to hide If you don't wanna feel Just make believe that nothing's real And if you don't wanna cry Just wait until those tears run dry Oooh oooh oooh Johnny Teardrop Oooh oooh oooh Johnny Teardrop When you don't wanna think You pour yourself another drink You make like you're getting high When really you're just getting by You say you don't wana know You make as if it's time to go You say you don't wanna cry Well wait until those tears run dry Oooh oooh oooh Johnny Teardrop Oooh oooh oooh Johnny Teardrop It's his tears that turn you on Johnny Teardrop It's his tears that turn you on Johnny Teardrop |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
Hello chaos my old friend
We finally got there in the end I found a loophole in the law I stumbled then I crawled through Never frightened that that noose would tighten I felt enlightened My senses heightened Yet all this time you've been inclined To watch me from the sidelines Miles from the frontline Hoping that some sniper Had picked off this magic piper To shoot the messenger That's what's obsessing ya You only kick me when I'm down When I get up you come around You come around, you say I'm great You're only twenty years too late Well where I lived Don't make no bones Was several feet below a stone Far from appalled I was enthralled The snake that slithered learned to crawl Through the quagmire of my mislaid plans That backfired I felt enlightened My senses heightened You called me up To wish me luck To let me know this business sucks Let's change it Let's rearrange it So why do I get the feeling That there's something you're concealing? That it's a put on You scratch your foot on You only kick me when I'm down When I get up you come around You come around, you say I'm great You're only twenty years too late Did I do something to make you hate me? It's funny how you thought you'd break me You're too late Too much Too soon How high The moon Too little Toolate Too bad That's the breaks |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
It's a funny thing
A funny phase I'm going through As I drift through space Nothing left to cling to Don't think me morose I've always been a tryer Now here's what I propose I gonna take you higher It's a funny thing I'm wondering what tomorrow might bring If it's more of the same I've only got myself to blame That's a funny thing It's a funny world When you drift above it An opalescent pearl I could grow to love it IfI fall from grace Will I land upon my feet? Now I've acquired a taste The air up here seems oh so sweet And that's a funny thing I'm wondering what tomorrow might bring If it's more of the same I've only got myself to blame That's a funny thing It's a funny thing Don't think me morose I've always been a tryer Now here's what I propose I gonna take you higher It's a funny thing Such a funny thing |
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from Edwyn Collins - Doctor Syntax (2002)
Showing out again
Like some famous flame Showing off ahain Lack of common sense Your mind's exploding Cos life keeps loading on you The sky is falling The void is calling on you Shooooh shooooh Calling on you Moving out again Packed some common sense Hit the road again To the bitter end (and it never ends) The road is calling But life keeps stalling on you The stars are falling The void is calling on you Shooooh shooooh Calling on you Pompous politician Bug-eyed with conceit Found a hole in purgatory To practice his deceit And how he duped the masses Who held him in esteem What he calls reality For them is just a dream What's possessing you What's obsessing you What's obsessing you Is possessing you I'm calling I'm calling Calling on you I'm calling I'm calling Calling on you |
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
I'm through with love hangovers
It's best that I stay sober No rolling in the clover No Gretna Green trip over No honeymoon in Paris I only feel embarrassed For the cool cats The charmed kittens Both smitten by the love songs That he's written Caught in the sights Of a deadly sniper The magic piper of love The magic piper of love Of love, of love My girlfriend, she go blotto Of cunnings and his grotto It turns out he's a dirty old man The nice place that I want to be Is sat up on this Christmas tree While playing these games of Catch as catch can Cause he's a sweet talker A silent stalker All the savvy of a street walker More deadly than a horned viper The magic piper of love The magic piper of love Of love, of love He's a heart breaker A mover and a shaker The magic piper of love It's kind of hard to swallow You know you've gotta follow The magic piper of love Cause he's a city slicker An expert politic-er The magic piper of love Of love, of love Of love, of love Of love, of love |
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
Stepping out in style
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
I'm carrying on
I don't know why I'm carrying on Don't get me wrong I've still got my dreams to build upon It's just you've got your agenda and I've got mine So why should I surrender, when you're just spinning me a line I'm tripping out Strange to say I'm tripping out Yet it all makes perfect sense Though once or twice I've had my doubts 'Cause I've lost all sense of being And I've lost all sense of time But worst of all I've lost what was never really mine Once we reached for the stars On a wing and a prayer and a stolen guitar Summer nights piggin' out On pie in the sky We were in with s shout But it all disappeared in a blink of an eye So no one waved goodbye No one waved goodbye I'm running scared I don't know why I'm running scared A sudden sense of something nauseous in the air Yet I know the answer hides In the corners of my mind So I drift and sift about Just to see what I can find Once we reached for the stars On a wing and a prayer and a stolen guitar Summer nights piggin' out On a pie in the sky We were in with a shout But it all disappeared in a blink of an eye So no one waved goodbye No one waved goodbye |
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
It seems I'm cursed and what is worse
The play I'm in seems unrehearsed The spotlight swims before my eyes I lack the wits to improvise What a knockback What a stepback What a setback What a downer What a letdown What a step-down What a comedown What a downer Is it conceit that finds me here? Too much wine or too much beer? Bleary eyed I face the throng Too far out and too far gone What a knockback What a stepback What a setback What a downer What a letdown What a step-down What a comedown What a downer Should I topple from the stage Please don't heckle, please don't rage Just lay your grievance at my door You'll get your money back and more What a knockback What a stepback What a setback What a downer What a letdown What a step-down What a comedown What a downer |
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
you've given me a headstart
I'm brewing up a brainstorm And we leave the grunges far behind In the quagmire of the unkempt minds 'cause its got no style, no elequence No elegance no sexuality all it takes is common sense for anyone to see As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning You got to keep on burning you're throwing me a lifeline The way you're looking so fine, sublime From the youngsters who've just learned to shave To the oldsters raving on their graves Its the same old story, Englands glory Claming back the Union Jack, my arse Got to prove it together now To counteract this class As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning You got to keep on burning Burning You won't get far in a cable car You reach the top then you had to stop When you jump back down to the underground you've a train to catch, you've plans to hatch So lift the latch on the clubhouse door there's a thousand souls out on the floor Keep turning and you got to keep on learning and You got to keep on yearning and You got to keep on burning As the world keeps turning you got to keep on learning You got to keep on yearning You got to keep on burning You got to keep on burning You got to keep on burning Burning, burning, burning You got to keep on burning Burning, burning, burning |
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
I'm going back to my school
I'm going back to my old school 'Cause to tell you the truth Move this old fool I'm going back to my suit I'm going back to my old suit Though I'm somewhat dismayed 'Cause the cuffs they are frayed Still it's my best suit And I woke with a start And remembered in part A dream that I'd chased That I've since laid to waste Has the love that I'd craved Somehow got mislaid along the way? Am I still okay? I'm running away with myself Am I still okay? I'm running away with myself I'm going back to my youth I'm going back to my wild youth Though our trousers were wide We had soul, we had side Ain't I the living proof? I'm going back to my roots I'm going back to my grass roots 'Cause it's time to re-group Before spring-heeled we'll shoot on the good foot And I woke with a start And remembered in part A dream that I had back when I was a lad And the key that I los To my memory box that got locked away Am I still okay? I'm running away with myself Am I still okay? I'm running away with myself |
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
The thunder cracks against the night
The dark explodes with yellow light The railroad sign is flashin' bright The people stare but I don't care My flesh is cold against my bones And Cheryl's goin' home Come, hear me shouting through the rain Is there a way to stop the train? I've got some reasons to explain About the way I was today The whistle moans and I'm alone And Cheryl's goin' home Santa Rose Special's down the line I'm runnin' desperately behind There's only one thing on my mind The rain and tears are in my eyes The things I have to say won't be known And Cheryl's goin' home And Cheryl's goin' home Oh, Cheryl's goin' home, Cheryl's goin' home |
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
Way back when I was all of three
I fell down and skinned my knee It didn't matter much to me C'est la vie At the tender age of ten, running wild and free I didn't get no sympathy, fine by me I wasn't concerned with the ways of the world and his wife The pattern was set in stone for the rest of my life It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose I'd just turned seventeen when it all went wrong So I sang a different song In a strange and awkward key Doh ray me I cut myself some slack, I headed way down south And though my heart was in my mouth I knew that things would turn out fine Just marking time I wasn't concerned with the way of the world and his wife That pattern was set in stone for the rest of my life It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose And how the years have flown and I'm full grown With a small child of my own Who fell down and skinned his knee C'est la vie He said "It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose It doesn't matter if I win or lose As long as I am free to choose" |
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
At the blast that was the past
Came the superhuman brain Set the universe aflame Put the rest of us to shame I looked to the skies with expectant eyes Feeling bedazzled, humbled and small The Answer was clearly writ large on the wall I ain't got time for all that I'm a superficial cat I'm in a dwam that's where I'm at 'Cause I'm a superficial cat At the dawning of all time In the black hole of his mind All his secrets will be sold As the infinite unfolds I don't have time for all that I'm a superficial cat |
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from Edwyn Collins - I`M Not Following You (2000)
Well, don't get me wrong, I won't hurt myself
Back in the 80's, straight off the shelves I even enrolled in the old school of cool But how quickly I learned to be nobody's fool Don't wanna live in an Adidas world With the Adidas boys and the Adidas girls Don't wanna live in an Adidas world With the Adidas boys and the Adidas girls I tried it once or twice, but let's not be wrong You can't defeat the enemy by singing his song Adi Dassler, have you heard the news? Gonna stomp all over your three-stripe shoes Don't wanna live in an Adidas world With the Adidas boys and the Adidas girls Don't wanna live in an Adidas world With the Adidas boys and the Adidas girls You've gotta kowtow to the corporate cow To the new superpowers I respectfully bow Adidas, Nike, I salute your name But I've twisted my ankle, so I'm out of the game Don't wanna live in an Adidas world With the Adidas boys and the Adidas girls Don't wanna live in an Adidas world With the Adidas boys and the Adidas girls Don't wanna live in an Adidas world With the Adidas boys and the Adidas girls Don't wanna live in an Adidas world With the Adidas boys and the Adidas girls |
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from Edwyn Collins - Hellbent On Compromise (2001)
When you were mine I loved you so much
A got a thrill from your every touch You went away with somebody else Now all I can say to comfort myself Is that my girl has gone and said goodbye Don't you cry, hold your head up high Don't give up, give love one more try 'Cause there's a right girl for every guy Baby, all your love wasn't right for me Good for another it well may be Some girls just weren't made for some guys Now I've got to make myself realize That my girl has gone (yes she has) And said goodbye (I tell myself that) Don't you cry, hold your head up high (Keep on trying) Don't give up, give love one more try (Believe me now) There's a right girl for every guy, oh yeah I've got the feelin' Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah baby Now happiness and all the best That's all that I wish for you, oh yeah Don't be like me in misery I'm feelin' so sad and blue I said I'm sad and I'm blue, oh yeah Sad and I'm blue, I said I'm sad and I'm blue Because my girl has gone And said goodbye (and I tell myself) Don't you cry, hold your head up high (Keep on trying) Don't give up, give love one more try (Believe me now) There's a right girl for every guy, oh yeah (And I can't go on if I hear you say) Girl has gone (yes you can) and said goodbye (And I start to cry, I say) Don't you cry, hold your head up high (Ooowweeee! ) Don't give up, give love one more try (One time now) There's a right girl for every guy, oh yeah |
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from Edwyn Collins - Hellbent On Compromise (2001)
Climb on board our journey's just begun
we'll leave the life we've learnt to shun and all my reference points are none I feel the worst has yet to come You say you can't run but you can't hide but you could move mountains if you tried and you could move millions with just your smile and your elegance and style yes I feel you should be told that you're something to behold someone that I just can't ignore and I'd give everything and more just to be by your side in the still of the night You say if I concentrate my mind then I'll recognise the signs but if it's true that love is blind how can I read between the lines? while small ones are unconfused when we're planned by different druids still I guess you know the know I'd give everything and more just to be by your side in the still of the night now I hope you don't get sore 'cause I've told you twice before at the risk of being a bore I'd give everything and more just to be by your side in the still of the night |
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from Charlie's Angels : Full Throttle (미녀삼총사 2) [ost] (2003)
I've never known a girl like you before Now just like in a song from days of yore Here you come a knockin', knockin' at my door And I've never met a girl like you before You give me just a taste so I want more and more Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw Now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor And I've never met a girl like you before You've made me acknowledge the devil in me I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel And I've never known a girl like you before Never, never, never, never Never known a girl like you before This old town's changed so much Don't feel like I belong Too many protest singers Not enough protest songs And now you've come along Yes you've come along And I've never met a girl like you before |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
I've never known a girl like you before
Now just like in a song from days of yore Here you come a knockin', knockin' at my door And I've never met a girl like you before You give me just a taste so I want more and more Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw Now you've got me crawlin', crawlin' on the floor And I've never met a girl like you before You've made me acknowledge the devil in me I hope to God I'm talkin' metaphorically Hope that I'm talkin' allegorically Know that I'm talkin' about the way I feel And I've never known a girl like you before Never, never, never, never Never known a girl like you before This old town's changed so much Don't feel like I belong Too many protest singers Not enough protest songs And now you've come along Yes you've come along And I've never met a girl like you before |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
I've been prayin', I'm prayin' that you come to your senses
'Cause whilst you bask in the warmth of the sun We're vulnerable and defenseless There are so many people, who've come to depend on you There are even some impressionable fools to whom you are a guru And return to them and you say, "Love is in this season" But the seasons change and what will you believe in When the winter comes that's when I'll be leavin' I'll leave to find a way to break out of this world Yes, there's got to be a way to break out of this world You were burned, yours is a love that smolders, so hard to heal That you're carrying the weight of the world upon you're shoulders Not that it amounts to much but I'd help you if I could Now, don't waste your breath refusing my help but so many understood And return to me and you say, "Love is in this season" But the seasons change and what will you believe in When the winter comes that's when I'll be leavin' I'll leave to find a way to break out of this world Yes, there's got to be a way to break out of this world And return to me and you say, "Love is in this season" But the seasons change and what will you believe in When the winter comes that's when I'll be leavin' I'll leave to find a way to break out of this world Yes, there's got to be a way to break out of this world Yes, there's got to be a way to break out of this world |
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from Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (1994)
It's right in front of you
You still describe as your latest undertaking It seems to me it's been a lifetime in the making And somehow it won't come right Somehow it won't come good Somehow it won't come easy Not that you thought it would You're feeling tired you're feeling dissipated This is not what you anticipated And somehow it won't come right Somehow it won't come good Somehow it won't come easy But it's there Right in front of you You just keep on striving As if that were enough in itself Why don't you stand back a bit And consider the view of somebody else These aren't the times for seeking perfection You could look back upon these days with affection When somehow it all came right Somehow it all came good Somehow it all came easy Just like you knew it could 'Cause it's there It's right in front of you Yes it's there right in front of you |
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from Spin 2 (1998)
I'm through with love hangovers
It's best that I stay sober No rolling in the clover No Gretna Green trip over No honeymoon in Paris I only feel embarrassed For the cool cats The charmed kittens Both smitten by the love songs That he's written Caught in the sights Of a deadly sniper The magic piper of love The magic piper of love Of love, of love My girlfriend, she go blotto Of cunnings and his grotto It turns out he's a dirty old man The nice place that I want to be Is sat up on this Christmas tree While playing these games of Catch as catch can Cause he's a sweet talker A silent stalker All the savvy of a street walker More deadly than a horned viper The magic piper of love The magic piper of love Of love, of love He's a heart breaker A mover and a shaker The magic piper of love It's kind of hard to swallow You know you've gotta follow The magic piper of love Cause he's a city slicker An expert politic-er The magic piper of love Of love, of love Of love, of love Of love, of love |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep [single] (2010)
I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity
Everything I own is right in front of me And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep I'm holding on, I'm insecure About my life, about my work But now I know the things I hold Are the things I miss about my life I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity Everything I own is right in front of me And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep I must believe, I must retrieve The things I know, the things I trust The things I treasure, the things I need Are the things I miss about my life I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity Everything I own is right in front of me And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep [single] (2010)
I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity
Everything I own is right in front of me And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep I'm holding on, I'm insecure About my life, about my work But now I know the things I hold Are the things I miss about my life I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity Everything I own is right in front of me And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep I must believe, I must retrieve The things I know, the things I trust The things I treasure, the things I need Are the things I miss about my life I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity Everything I own is right in front of me And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity
Everything I own is right in front of me And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep I'm holding on, I'm insecure About my life, about my work But now I know the things I hold Are the things I miss about my life I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity Everything I own is right in front of me And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep I must believe, I must retrieve The things I know, the things I trust The things I treasure, the things I need Are the things I miss about my life I'm losing sleep, I'm losing dignity Everything I own is right in front of me And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep And it's getting me down, I'm losing sleep |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
So many ways, so many truths
So much to learn, so much to do Night by night, day by day There's a place I know I'm gonna stray... I can do it again I can do anything, honey Do do do it again Cause you send me to summertime From a winter's view So many thoughts, so many goals So many dreams, so many roads Night by night, day by day There's a place I know I'm gonna stray... I can do it again I can do anything, honey Do do do it again Cause you send me to summertime From a winter's view |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
I can see it in the way you walk
So fine, so fine I can see it in the way you smile Divine, divine And it's making me humble It's making me shy And she's making me humble She's making me cry Somehow, somewhere I'm looking forward I know that I'm Going to be fine I can see it in the way you walk So fine, so fine I can see it in the way you smile Divine, divine And it's making me humble It's making me shy And she's making me humble She's making me cry |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
I ain't lying, no more tears
It's good to be here, the best of my years Through the good times and the bad Never faltered, I've faced all my fears That awkward sense of being alive That awkward feeling deep inside Come tomorrow, come today I ain't lying, no more tears Come tomorrow, come today I ain't lying, no more tears No more tears Unforsaken, no excuses Seize the moment, it's worth all the strife There's a message and a passion In an instant, control of my life That awkward sense of being alive That awkward feeling deep inside Come tomorrow, come today I ain't lying, no more tears Come tomorrow, come today I ain't lying, no more tears No more tears |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
Halfway down a mountainside
And I'm bored, so bored Halfway down a mountainside And I'm bored, so bored I'm not sure what to do with myself I'm not sure what to do, what to say I'm doing the splits, I'm changing I'm not sure where my heart is I'm halfway down to the void To the underground And now I know what I want Where I'm going Halfway down a mountainside And I'm bored, so bored I'm not sure what to do with myself I'm not sure what to do, what to say I'm feeling down, I don't like it I must admit I'm changing And now I know the simple things Make my world go round And now I know those simple things Turn my world around I'm halfway down to where I'm going I'm halfway down to where I'm going... |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
I can hardly taste the wine, I'm homesick
And if you see me down, walk away, walk away I can hear it in your voice, in your voice I can feel it in your heart, in your heart And if you want to go Then I'll let you go now, you don't have to stay Sometimes I get tired And I know you've got to find your own way I see it in the sky, I'll see it in your eyes The point I'm trying to make is I'm changing my mind The politics of life are obscure I can sense it in your smile, in your smile I can touch it from afar, from afar Someday soon I'II leave this City Someday soon I'll find a new place Back to the country, the scenic life Where I intend to cut myself off And if you want to go Then I'll let you go now, you don't have to stay Sometimes I get tired And I know you've got to find your own way I see it in the sky, I'll see it in your eyes... |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
I’m running through the backwoods
I’m running through the field When I’m alone I miss you Back at my house, I don’t, yet I still believe in you Maybe you want me to My love I’m running out of answers I’m running myself on red But it’s alright, it’s alright The best of us do from time to time Another night, another night Not knowing what to do I still believe in you Maybe you want me to But it’s ok to still hear the voices Running round your brain Cause they still sound the same I still believe in you Maybe you want me to |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
Looking back where I used to be
Reckless youth, that’s the truth At twenty one I had a grand conceit Clarity, simplicity In my world of darkness nothing’s changed In all my confusion it’s still the same Some day, out there, when I’m older When I’m wiser, when I’m over the hill Looking forward to a better day There’s a choice, a clearer voice In my mind the sky is turning blue In the haze, brighter days In my world of darkness, nothing’s changed In all my confusion, it’s still the same Some day, out there, when I’m older When I’m wiser, when I’m over the hill Some day, out there, when I’m older When I’m wiser, when I’m over the hill Over the hill, over the hill... |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
Let me find out who l am
Let me live and let me dream Near the shoreline, near the sea Coast to coast, that’s where I’ll be A simple life, a simple choice That dawns on me, reality A simple life, a simple choice That makes the world a better place For us to share Let me find out who l am Let me live, just let me be I’m gonna steer this love And crash into the bitter end Just let me get away with it More or less it’s all worked out A simple life, a simple choice That dawns on me, reality A simple life, a simple choice That makes the world a better place For us to share |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
Left my home for yesteryear
Took a trip to shed my fear All my life, all my days Turn to dust, turned away And I’m trying to comprehend The force, the fear I’m willing to accept the good that's near Through the years there’s a choice To get away, I will someday All my life, all my days Turn to dusk, turned away And I’m trying to comprehend The force, the fear I’m willing to accept the good that’s near And I’m trying to comprehend The force, the fear I’m willing to accept the course I’ll steer The course I’ll steer The course last year |
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from Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep (2010)
I’m searching for the truth
I’m searching for the truth Some sweet day we’ll get there in the end Some sweet day we’ll get there in the end And I will always be lucky in my life And I will find a way to get there To get there I’m searching for the truth I’m searching for the truth Some sweet day we’ll get there in the end Some sweet day we’ll get there in the end Some sweet day... |
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from Edwyn Collins - Do It Again [single] (2010)
So many ways, so many truths
So much to learn, so much to do Night by night, day by day There's a place I know I'm gonna stray... I can do it again I can do anything, honey Do do do it again Cause you send me to summertime From a winter's view So many thoughts, so many goals So many dreams, so many roads Night by night, day by day There's a place I know I'm gonna stray... I can do it again I can do anything, honey Do do do it again Cause you send me to summertime From a winter's view |
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from Luftkastellet 6 (2011) |