"Damn... watch the beat!"
[This post brought to you by the "Please don't leave that picture of Hillary at the top of your page all night" email committee.]
You snatch tune, you a match a cigarette,
She pulls the eyes out with a face like a magnet.
I don’t know how much more of this I can take.
She’s filing her nails while they’re dragging the lake
Once a lifetime, twice a day
if you don't work you get no pay
I been to the east been to the west
But the girls I like most are the ones undressed
Don't just sit there on your ass
Unlock that funky chaindance
Brothers, sisters shoot your best
We don't need this fascist groove thang
And birds might fall from black skies,
And bullies might give you black eyes,
And busses might skid on black ice,
But to me it's very very beautiful
Only came outside to watch night fall with the rain
I heard you making patterns rhyme like
Some new romantic looking for the TV sound
I'll see you're right some other time love
Waking up at 6 a.m. on a cool warm morning
Opening the windows and breathing in petrol
An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard
Watching the tele and thinking about your holidays
Hey, honest to goodness girl,
I'd kiss you with the lips of the lord.
But to be honest to goodness, i feel i have to wait for the word.
And everytime that whistle blows, i'm stranded in my shoes.
I can't go out to the store
I'll just wait till my mother buys more
I'll just have wheat thins and beer
If I get sick, the toilet is near
I was in my room and I was just like staring at the wall thinking about
everything but then again I was thinking about nothing
And then my mom came in and I didn't even know she was there she called my
name and I didn't even hear it, and then she started screaming MIKE! MIKE!
You spurn my natural emotions
You make me feel like dirt
And I’m hurt
And if I start a commotion
I run the risk of losing you
And that’s worse
It's not the end, No it's not the end
Comments
Elvis Costello lyrics...much more pleasant than The H-bomb. Hmmm, makes me wanna pull out his cd and have a listen.
Posted by: Christine | February 12, 2004 10:03 PM
I was so tired of being upset
Always wanting something I never could get
Life's an illusion love is a dream
But I don't know what it is
Posted by: norbizness | February 13, 2004 12:00 AM
Are these lyrics pulled from several different songs? Because I recognize four lines from XTC's "Senses Working Overtime" ("And birds might fall from black skies" etc.)
Posted by: David C. | February 13, 2004 12:58 AM
I KNOW the title is from "I'm The Man"... great tune... I don't recognize much else in there.
Posted by: Jim S | February 13, 2004 08:15 AM
My favorite Elvis Costello song. But the ooooold D² - that's the one that'll be stuck in my head all day.
(All I wanted was a Pepsi!!)
Posted by: Tanya | February 13, 2004 08:39 AM
Suicidal Tendencies, right? Now I gotta' go and look it up, or it will be bugging me all day.
Posted by: Mary | February 13, 2004 10:28 AM
Ahhhhhh -
Captain Sensible.
Thanks, Michele.
Posted by: ccwbass | February 13, 2004 11:34 AM
ooh wow... lessee.. some heaven 17, some duran duran, some anthrax and costello, aztec camera, suicidal, buzzcocks, murray head?,
80s overload.. turn off VH1, michele...
Posted by: pril | February 13, 2004 01:01 PM
and SOD. rofl.
What's that fucking noise, Alex?
Posted by: pril | February 13, 2004 01:03 PM