The Walkmen

You're with someone else
Tomorrow night
Doesn't matter to me

'Cause as the sun dies
Into the hill
You got all I need

You pulled a blanket across my eyes
It's a tragedy
Take a lonely look, from my sake
It's a tragedy

Oh country air
Is good for me
No matter who's side I'm on

Like these dead leaves
Dried in the sun
I'll be up and gone

There's a stranger at her side
Oh Lord
He's a wiser man than I
Oh Lord

I am a good man
By any count
And I see better things to come

Could she be right
When she repeats
I am the lucky one

You're one of us
Or one of them?
(x5)

You're one of us
Or one of them?

Angela holds a grudge over nothing
Angela, what’s the difference?
Today’s a day like any other

Still the flag snaps in the wind
Still your name rings true

You took the high road
I couldn’t find you up there
You kept your jaw wired closed

I never noticed before
I used to see the signs
Now I dream of the time
I was holding on to you
For a lack of anything to do

Still the white caps roll away
Still your name rings true
Mine is yours, yours is yours
Life goes on, life goes on all around you

Let’s go home happy again
Just take your head from your hands
Take up the cause just once more

I never noticed before
I used to see the signs
Now I dream of the time
I was holding on to you
For a lack of anything to do

Back to school
Back to work
Can this go on forever?
Angela, what’s the difference?
Life goes on all around you

The countless eyes dotted in the night sky
I speak the language, or several hundred words.
A cloudless day, and a thunderous night.
Among companions, I'll carry my name.

But the life we lead came gradually.
Who keeps the time?
A bitter lime, will do us fine
To kill the taste.

We'll turn deaf ears on all that we don’t wanna hear
But a cause for travel has come again.
At this early hour, I'll tell your wife a story
She looks outside and doubles over laughing.

Of the souls you loved, and a place you lived
Those country houses.
And a change of heart tore us apart
Oh, what a ride.

Every chance you have
All the love and life
All the joy and grace
Don't be absurd, don't you think it out
You know what thinking does
To love's shine, and love's light.

Now it's your every word
Oh I'm hanging on
It feels right these days
I saw strange things
The lines of old faces
Up on the stormy sky, tonight.

Now all the younger kids have gone away to sleep
In the days to come, I’ll do the same.
At this early hour, I'll tell your wife a story
She looks outside and doubles over laughing.

The life we lead came gradually
Who keeps the time?
Bitter lime, do us fine
To kill the taste.

these are the lyrics as per the Japanese CD booklet- some of the words at the head of the lines go unsung or at least severely under-pronounced. I think they add some connective tissue tying the lines together, so I left them in.

Well they say, “Can’t please everyone”
But I’m stuck on a winning streak
Well today, there’s clarity
And tonight, I see tomorrow
All at once, the winter’s here
All the lochs are frozen over
As I look in back of me
See a shape beside the walkway

Half of my life, I’ve been watching
Half of my life, I’ve been waking up
Birds in the sky could warn me
There’s no life like the slow life

So for now, I’ll take my time
For now, I can’t be bothered
But I learned a lot of things
And I fudged a lot of numbers

Once again, the winter’s here
All the lochs are frozen over
So I look in back of me
See a shape beside the walkway

Half of my life, I’ve been watching
Half of my life, I’ve been waking up
Birds in the sky could warn me
There’s no life like the slow life

I'd give you all my love...
I'd give you all my love...
But my heart itself is broken...
How many nights must lumber by...
I sit alone and I wonder why...

Oh, hazy, lazy days...
I could dream of you forever...
Under the shade of a juniper tree...
I sing a sad song of you and me...

The sky above...
The sky above...
Is blue as your blood...

Black is the color of your eyelash...
Spanish is the language of your tongue...
Life rolled us over like a town car...
Bruised up and busted to the ground...

The Lord came down and said to me...
"Throw off your worries and be at peace..."

The sky above...
The sky above...
Is blue as your blood...
In a hazy, lazy daydream...

You're with someone else
Tomorrow night
Doesn't matter to me

'Cause as the sun dies
Into the hill
You got all I need

You pulled a blanket across my eyes
It's a tragedy
Take a lonely look, from my sake
It's a tragedy

Oh country air
Is good for me
No matter who's side I'm on

Like these dead leaves
Dried in the sun
I'll be up and gone

There's a stranger at her side
Oh Lord
He's a wiser man than I
Oh Lord

I am a good man
By any count
And I see better things to come

Could she be right
When she repeats
I am the lucky one

You're one of us
Or one of them?
(x5)

You're one of us
Or one of them?

There's a girl that you should know
She was mine not so long ago
Had my number and we fell in love
She put me under and I got lost
Lost my nerve and I lost my head
Just about everything I had
Washed out in a windy sea
Couldn't see my hand in front of me

Woe is me
Woe is me

Hey, do you wanna walk with me
By the trees and the factories
Hey, do you wanna hop the fence
In the sleepy red sunset
There's a girl that you should know
She was mine not so long ago
Had my number and we fell in love
She put me under and I got lost

Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me

Now the street light bright and pale
As we sip our ginger ale
I kiss you by the blinking sign
Don't get heavy, let's be light

On and on
Our merry way
On and on
Our merry way
On and on
Our merry way
On and on
Our merry way

Well they say, “Can’t please everyone”
But I’m stuck on a winning streak
Well today, there’s clarity
And tonight, I see tomorrow
All at once, the winter’s here
All the lochs are frozen over
As I look in back of me
See a shape beside the walkway

Half of my life, I’ve been watching
Half of my life, I’ve been waking up
Birds in the sky could warn me
There’s no life like the slow life

So for now, I’ll take my time
For now, I can’t be bothered
But I learned a lot of things
And I fudged a lot of numbers

Once again, the winter’s here
All the lochs are frozen over
So I look in back of me
See a shape beside the walkway

Half of my life, I’ve been watching
Half of my life, I’ve been waking up
Birds in the sky could warn me
There’s no life like the slow life

If I had known the graceful song I should know
To slow down all the madness, I would have sung
A whispered melody to calm you and keep you close

But I don't know the tune
It's a burden on my sorry soul
No, I don't have a clue
It's a weight upon my empty skull

If I was soundly sleeping, I'd fall into dreams
But the night time's stale and restless, it's all wrong for me.
The night time's stale and restless, it's all wrong for me.

I don't know the tune
It's a burden on my sorry soul
No I don't have a clue
A weight upon my empty skull.

There's a girl that you should know
She was mine not so long ago
Had my number and we fell in love
She put me under and I got lost
Lost my nerve and I lost my head
Just about everything I had
Washed out in a windy sea
Couldn't see my hand in front of me

Woe is me
Woe is me

Hey, do you wanna walk with me
By the trees and the factories
Hey, do you wanna hop the fence
In the sleepy red sunset
There's a girl that you should know
She was mine not so long ago
Had my number and we fell in love
She put me under and I got lost

Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me
Woe is me

Now the street light bright and pale
As we sip our ginger ale
I kiss you by the blinking sign
Don't get heavy, let's be light

On and on
Our merry way
On and on
Our merry way
On and on
Our merry way
On and on
Our merry way

My lord, where is a "Thank you"
Someone honest to me
My lord, where's satisfaction
It's all uphill for me

I've been faithful
And I've been sweet
Say I lost my marbles
They don't speak for me

Don't keep it quiet
Say to me
Whatever you like
Victory red beside me

We all get even
We all get white
Take what's good for me
I know what I find

Victory right beside me
There's blood all over my head
Victory should be mine

Oh string you alone now
Lord, where have you gone?
I want to call it memory
Now watch them roll on

Victory right beside me
There's so much blood
All over my hands
Victory right beside me

I've blood, blood on my hands

Throw another dime in me my friend
And I'll sing a song I know for thee
You don't want me
You can tell me
I'm the bigger man here
Oh it's true
You're all prettier now
Than the last time
But the words aren't coming through
And I'm stranded and I'm starry-eyed

Oh why, won't you wash out of me

There's broken glass all around my feet
Laid my plans so carelessly
What's the story
With my old friends
Drunk and lonely
To a man
How I love 'em all
As the days slip by
And they're all following my lead

Oh why, does the rain fall o'er
When I'm stranded and I'm starry-eyed

I'd give you all my love...
I'd give you all my love...
But my heart itself is broken...
How many nights must lumber by...
I sit alone and I wonder why...

Oh, hazy, lazy days...
I could dream of you forever...
Under the shade of a juniper tree...
I sing a sad song of you and me...

The sky above...
The sky above...
Is blue as your blood...

Black is the color of your eyelash...
Spanish is the language of your tongue...
Life rolled us over like a town car...
Bruised up and busted to the ground...

The Lord came down and said to me...
"Throw off your worries and be at peace..."

The sky above...
The sky above...
Is blue as your blood...
In a hazy, lazy daydream...