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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
Make a new cult every day to suit yours affairs
Kissing girls in English, at the back of the stairs You're a honey, with a following of innocent boys They never know it Because you never show it You always get your way They never know it Because you never show it You always get your way Have you and her been taking of your obessions? Because I met a kid who went through one of your sessions In his blue velour and silk You liberated A boy I never rated And now he's throwing discus For Liverpool And Widnes You liberated A boy I never rated And now he's doing business The stars of track and field, you are The stars of track and field, you are The stars of track and field are beautiful people Could I write a piece about you now that you've made it? About the hours spent, the emptiness in your training You only did it so that you could wear Your terry underwear And feel the city air Run past your body Could I write a requiem for you when you're dead? "She had the moves, she had the speed, it went to her head" She never needed anything to get her round the track But when she's on her back She had the knowledge To get her into college But whe she's on her lack She had the knowledge To get her into college |
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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
Fox in the snow, where do you go
To find something you can eat? Cause the word out on the street is you are starving Don't let yourself grow hungry now Don't let yourself grow cold Fox in the snow Girl in the snow, where will you go To find someone that will do? To tell someone all the truth before it kills you They listen to your crazy laugh Before you hang a right And disappear from sight What do they know anyway? You'll read it in a book What do they know anyway? You'll read it in a book tonight Boy on the bike, what are you like As you cycle round the town? You're going up, you're going down You're going nowhere It's not as if they're paying you It's not as if it's fun At least not anymore When your legs are black and blue It's time to take a break When your legs are black and blue It's time to take a holiday Kid in the snow, way to go It only happens once a year It only happens once a lifetime Make the most of it Second just to being born Second to dying to What else could you do? |
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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
Anthony walked to his death because he thought he'd never feel this way again
If he goes back to the house then things would go from bad to worse, what could he do? He wants to remember things exactly as he left them on that Wednesday And if there is something else beyond, he isn't scared because It's bound to be less boring than today It's bound to be less boring than tomorrow Hilary walked to her death because she couldn't think of anything to say Everybody thought that she was boring, so they never listened anyway Nobody was really saying anything of interest, she fell asleep She was into S&M and bible studies Not everyone's cup of tea she would admit to me Her cup of tea, she would admit to no one Her cup of tea, she would admit to me Oh but her cup of tea, she would admit to no one Hilary went to the Catholic Church because she wanted information The vicar, or whatever, took her to one side and gave her confirmation Saint Theresa's calling her, the church up on the hill is looking lovely But it doesn't interest, the only things she wants to know is How and why and when and where to go How and why and when and where to follow How and why and when and where to go How and why and when and where to follow But if you are feeling sinister Go off and see a minister He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever When she got back, her spirituality was thrown into confusion So she got a special deal on renting From the man at Rediffusion "Look at me! I'm on TV It makes up for the shortcomings of being poor Now I'm in a million pieces", picked up for deliberation By the people listening at home By the people watching on the telly By the people listening at home By the people watching on the telly But if you are feeling sinister Go off and see a minister Chances are you'll probably feel better If you stayed and played with yourse |
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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
The boy done wrong again
Hang your head in shame and cry your life away The boy done wrong again Hang your head in shame and cry your life away Are you ok now? Are you ok now? On Saturday I was an angel shining fair You shone louder, longer You put my shine to shame Put me to shame now Put me to shame What is it I must do to pay for all my crimes? What is it I must do? I would do it all the time All I wanted was to sing the saddest songs If somebody sings along I will be happy now The woodland spring will put the darkness from your thinking If this town's your sinking ship Then you know where to jump Talking dirty, for a hobby it's fine So pour another glass of wine I'll think of England this time All I wanted was to sing the saddest songs If somebody sings along I will be happy now |
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from Belle & Sebastian - If You'Re Feeling Sinister (1996)
Judy wrote the saddest song
She showed it to a boy in school today Judy, where did you go wrong? You used to make me smile when I was down Judy was a teenage rebel She did it with a boy when she was young She gave herself to books and learning She gave herself to being number one Judy, I don't know you if you're gonna show me everything Judy, I don't know you if you're gonna show me everything Judy got a book at school She went under the cover with her torch She fell asleep till it was morning She dreamt about the girl who stole a horse Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping Judy, let's go for a walk We can kiss and whatever you want But you will be disappointed You will asleep with ants in your pants Judy, you're just trying to find and keep the dream of horses And the song she wrote was Judy and the Dream of Horses Dream of Horses You dream of horses The best looking boys are taken The best looking boys are staying inside So Judy, where does that leave you? Walking the street from morning to night With a star upon your shoulder lighting up the path that you walk With a parrot on your shoulder, saying everything when you talk If you're ever feeling blue Then write another song about your dream of horses Write a song about your dream of horses Call it Judy And The Dream Of Horses Call it Judy And The Dream Of Horses You dream of horses |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
He had stroke at the age of 24
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 the boys with the old Dansettes Pulling the wool, playing the fol, 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 She 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 to say 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 lf 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 Calmity, hey! After all that you've done boy, I'm 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 Everbody is happy, they are glad that they came Then you go to the place where you're 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, 1 make another sandwich And I fill my face, 1 know that things have got to you But what can 1 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 Everything's going wrong Later on, as I walked home The plough was showing, and orion 1 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)
Summer in winter
Winter in springtime You heard the birds sing Everything will be fine I spent the summer wasting The time was passed so easily But if the summer's wasted How come that I could feel so free I spent the summer wasting The sky was blue beyond compare A photograph of myself Is all I have to show for Seven weeks of river walkways Seven weeks of staying up all night I spent the summer wasting The time was passed so pleasantly Say cheerio to books now The only things I'll read are faces 1 spent the summer wasting Under a canopy of Seven weeks of reading papers Seven weeks of river walkways Seven weeks of feeling guilty Seven weeks of staying up all night Summer in winter Winter is springtime You heard the bird say Everything will be fine |
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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 send 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 |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
dreamt I had to go to Mars.
I'm always kidding on about going to Mars for the day But faced with the reality of it, in a dream, i was terrified. And it wasn't going to be like a moon trip There was three of us going, but we couldn't all go on the same ship We had to go one at a time with a day between us. I had to go first, and it was the thought of passing through all that black space All the darkness with nothing in it, and then being the first one to land there, all alone... I knew it was supposed to be all dark around, with just a red surface But what if I got there and it was light, all civilised and populated and stuff? So I made a plan. The other astronauts were going to be my dad and my sister And my dad would come first after me So i decided when i landed i would just stay in my seat until he got there And then we could get out together and have a look around And see what sort of things were there. And when I woke up and I was lying in the darkness, I thought I had landed. And I just lay still for a while, waiting for my dad to get there too. |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
I'm lucky, 1 can open the door and I can walk down the street
Unlucky, I've got nowhere to go and so 1 follow my feet A choice is facing you, a healthy dose of pain A choice is facing you as you stare through the rain A choice is facing you but I choose to refrain for today Tomorrow we'll be back in trouble again Dream one, you had a whole lot of fun with a comedian Stop short of going all the way, you'll have to make it someday Why is this happening to you, you're not a child? Why is this happening? You've too much on your mind Things creep up on you when you are fast asleep You are dreaming, you are sleepy You are stuck to the sheets In a town so small there's no escaping you In a town so small there's no escape from view In a town so small there's nothing left to do Intellectual and perspiring Dirty dream number two Dream two you couldn't see her face, but you saw everything else Dream two was pretty special, easily beats loving yourself Could you put a name to someone elses sigh? Could you put a face to someone elses eyes? Is it someone that you'd maybe recognise? But it all fades into morning when you open your eyes |
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from Belle & Sebastian - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
1. a mile and a half on a bus takes a long time
the odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by when you've been inside day upon day of this wandering gets you down nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town hovering silence from you is a giveaway squalor and smoke's not your style "I don't like this place" we better go then I compare notes with your older sister I am a lazy gett, she is as pure as the cold driven snow what did you learn from your tim ein the solitary cell of your mind? there was noises, distractions from anything good and the old prison food colour my life with the chaos of trouble cause anything's better than posh isolation I missed the bus you were laid on your back with the boy from the arab strap with the boy from the arab strap 2. its something to speak of the way you are feeling to crowds there assembled do you ever feel you have gone too far? everyone suffers in silence and a burden the man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton the Asian man with his love hate affair with his racist clientele a central location for you is a must as you stagger a bout making free with your lewd and lascivious boasts we know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing we know you are hard cause we all saw you drinking from noon until noon again you're the boy with the filthy laugh you're the boy with the arab strap strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches and sets off the smoke alarm what do you make of the cool set in London? you're constantly updating your hit parade of you ten biggest wanks she's a waitress and she's got style Sunday bathtime could take a while |
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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 - Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
Hey people, looking out the window
at the city below Hey people, looking out the window, full of fun and sorrow Hey people, looking out the window at the city below Hey people, looking out the window, you'll be gone tomorrow The rollercoaster ride The rollercoaster ride Of all the trouble kept her inside Of all the trouble kept her inside Take Judy, with her bow and arrow, she's a mastermind Too frumpy for the teenage population of her time Car coat, she has a quilted jacket with a hood if it rains Big pockets for the pharmaceuticals she takes to fix her brain The rollercoaster ride The rollercoaster ride Of all the trouble kept her inside Of all the trouble kept her inside The rollercoaster ride The rollercoaster ride Of all the trouble kept her inside Of all the trouble kept her inside A puzzle, for the moment settle down to do it with him You're happy cause your cosy and the rain comes rattling in It tickles, and it's something that is very good for the skin You're waiting for a baby, Baby, watch the idiot running The rollercoaster ride The rollercoaster ride Of all the trouble kept her inside Of all the trouble kept her inside The rollercoaster ride The rollercoaster ride Of all the trouble kept her inside You're hanging from the balcony upon the riverboat glass You're watching with your mouth wide open for the top of the class She came on with the boys while you were stuck in various poses If you were to remove your clothes d'you think the singer would notice? The rollercoaster ride The rollercoaster ride Of all the trouble kept her inside Of all the trouble kept her inside The rollercoaster ride The rollercoaster ride Of all the trouble kept her inside Of all the trouble kept her inside |
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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 1집 - Tigermilk (1996)
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 because 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 ha 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 because I'm 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 |
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from Belle & Sebastian 1집 - Tigermilk (1996)
You're just a baby, baby girl
So kiss me on the cheek and then go off to sleep You're just a baby, baby girl So kiss me on the cheek before you know what's sweet You will be working in the morning And I won't be there to see you go off you're head You will be working in the morning And I won't be there to see you go off you're head There must be a reason for all the looks we gave And all the things we never said before So what's the score? Cause there must be a reason for all the looks we gave And all the things we never said before You're just a baby, baby girl So kiss me on the cheek before you go to school You're just a baby, baby girl So kiss me on the cheek before you know what's cool You will be crying in the morning And I won't be there to see you go off you're head Yeah, you will be crying in the morning And I won't be there to see you go off you're head Refrain You're just a baby, baby girl So kiss me on the cheek and then go off to sleep You're just a baby, baby girl So let go of my hand so we can get some sleep I will be leaving in the morning And I won't be there to see you go off you're head Yeah I will be leaving in the morning And I won't be there to see you go off you're head |
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from Belle & Sebastian 1집 - Tigermilk (1996)
Play a game with your electronics
Take a step to the discotheque, and people Go outside where there's someone watching cars go by And the city tall with steeples Hand in hand with the Electronic Renaissance is the way to go Hand in hand with the Electronic Renaissance is the way to go, boy Hand in hand with the Electronic Renaissance is the way to go You're learning, soon you will do the things you wanted Since you were wearing glitter badges If you work for much very longer You'll be known as the boy who's always working If you dance for much very longer You'll be known as the boy who's always dancing Monochrome in the 1990's You go disco and I'll go my way Monochrome in the 1990's You go disco and I'll go my way Monochromein the 1990's You go disco and I'll go Funkadelic, man Is the way to go So drop a pill and then say hello |
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from Belle & Sebastian 1집 - Tigermilk (1996)
I could be dreaming I could have
ordinary people chasing me from town to town Mission Impossible They've got a spy for every blink of your eye I'm feeling hunted I'm feeling haunted They've got a knife for every time you take the same train into work A family's like a loaded gun You point it in the wrong direction someone's going to get killed If you had such a dream Would you get up and do the things you've been dreaming Is he your husband? Or just your boyfriend? Is he the moron who's been beating you and keeping you inside? I've never done this kind of thing But if I kill him now, who's going to miss him? I went up to the school I went up Castlehill For every step there is a local boy who wants to be a hero Do you want to do it now? Outside the butchers with a knife and a bike chain |
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from Belle & Sebastian 1집 - Tigermilk (1996)
On a beech tree rudely carved NC
Was here Why did she do it? Was She scared or sad? On a beech Tree rudely carved NC loved me Why Did she do it? Was she bored, or Pushed Do something pretty while You can Don't be a fool Reading The Gospel to yourself is fine Do Something pretty while you can Don't Be afraid Skating a pirouette on Ice is cool On a bus stop in the Town "We Rule The School" Written For everyone to see and read On A bus stop in the town "We Rule The School" Written for everyone With eyes in their head Do something Pretty while you can Don't fall Asleep Driving from California to New York Call me a prophet if You like It's no secret You know The world is made for men You know The world is made for men You know The world is made for men Not us |
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from Belle & Sebastian 1집 - Tigermilk (1996)
You know my wandering days are over
Does that mean that I'm getting boring? You tell me I'm tired of listening to myself now I'm tired of fixing things for Michael and the rest of them You know my bip-bopping days are over I hung my boots up and then retired from the disco floor Now the centre of my so called being is The space between your bed and wardrobe with the louvre doors louvre doors I said "My celibate days are over" You put me straight on the finer points of my speech rehearsed In the mirror of my steamy bathroom Where the lino tells a sorry story in a monologue monologue * Six months on, the winter's gone The disenchanted pony Left the town with the circus boy The circus boy got lonely It's summer, and it's sister song's Been written for the lonely The circus boy is feeling melancholy melancholy It's got to be fate that's doing it A spooky witch in a sexy dress has been bugging me With the story of the way it should be With the story of Sebastian and Belle the singer I said "My one man band is over" I hit the drum for the final time and I walked away I sew you in Japanese restaurant You were doing it for business men on the piano, Belle You said it was a living Hell You said that it was Hell * Repeat * Repeat |
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from Belle & Sebastian 1집 - Tigermilk (1996)
I don't love anyone
You're not listening You're playing with something You're playing with yourself I don't love anyone You're not listening even now You're playing with someone You're playing with someone else And if there's one thing that I learned when I was a child It's to take a hiding I don't love anything Not even Christmas Especially not that I don't love anything No, I don't love anyone Maybe my sister Maybe my baby brother too yeah I don't love anyone But if there's one thing that I learned when I was still a child It's to take a hiding Yeah if there's one thing that I learned when I was still at school It's to be alone Out in the street today The kids are playing having fun I pass them by I'm not a kid, no I don't love anyone I met a man today He told me something pretty strange There's always somebody saying something He said, "The world is as soft as lace." But I don't love anyone |
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from Belle & Sebastian 1집 - Tigermilk (1996)
Mary Jo, sitting alone Drinking
tea, she just got home She wants, I don't know what you want Mary Jo, living alone Drinking gin with the telly on She wants The night to follow day and back again She doesn't want to sleep Well who could blame her if she wants? The night to follow day and back again She doesn't want to sleep Well who could blame her, if she sleeps? Well who could blame her, if she sleeps? Well who could blame her, if she's sleeping? Mary Jo, back with yourself For company, keep telling yourself you're young It'll happen soon Mary Jo, no one can see What you've been through Now you've got love to burn It's someone else's turn to go through Hell Now you can see them come from twenty yards Yeah you can tell It's someone else's turn to take a fall And now you are the one who's strong enough to help them The one who's strong enough to help them The one who's strong enough to help them all Mary Jo, you're looking thin You're reading a book, "The State I Am In" But oh, it doesn't help at all What you want is a cigarette And a thespian with a caravanette in Hull Because life is never dull in your dreams A pity that it never seems to work the way you see it Life is never dull in your dreams A sorry tale of action and the men you left for Women, and the men you left for Intrigue, and the men you left for dead |
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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 |