What lyrics are you listening to now? (pt2)

[Roadkill]

Farewell, Finisterre,
Sleep away the afternoon
Rocking with the tide,
Drinking with the moon
I found a ticket in my pocket
All the way from Port-of-Spain
And the warm wind from the Indies covered me again.

Santander, the sky is falling
The tale we told each other has an end
Santander, you hear me calling
You, that never lost a friend...

We'd often look for gold,
Treasure buried in the sand
We hid it long ago,
Before our wars began
When the world was green and early
And time was on our side
Before the storm got up to blow us far and wide.

Santander, the sky is falling
The tale we told each other has an end
Santander, you hear me calling
You, that never lost a friend...

Farewell, Finisterre,
Sleep away the afternoon
Just rocking with the tide,
Drinking with the moon
Last night I turned the glasses over
And I drank the bottle dry
The moon stared out to sea all night and so did I.

Santander, the sky is falling
The tale we told each other has an end
Santander, you hear me calling
You, that never lost a friend,
Never lost a friend...

 

[rollinder]

Highrise version

Up in the morning and out to school
Mother says there'll be no work next year
Qualifications once the Golden Rule
Are now just pieces of paper
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
If you look the part you'll get the job
In last year's trousers and your old school shoes
The truth is son, it's a buyer's market
They can afford to pick and choose
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because I dress like this
Doesn't mean I'm a communist
The factories are closing and the army's full -
I don't know what I'm going to do
But I've come to see in the Land of the Free
There's only a future for the Chosen Few
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards
At twenty one you're on top of the scrapheap
At sixteen you were top of the class
All they taught you at school
Was how to be a good worker
The system has failed you, don't fail yourself
Just because you're better than me
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
Just because you're going forwards
Doesn't mean I'm going backwards

 

[twistedAM]

I'm working on my backwards walk
Walking with no shoes or socks
And the time rewinds to the end of May
I wish we'd never met, then met today

I'm working on my faults and cracks
Filling in the blanks and gaps
And when I write them out they don't make sense
I need you to pencil in the rest

I'm working on drawing a straight line
And I'll draw until I get one right
It's bold and dark girl, can't you see
I done drawn a line between you and me

I'm working on erasing you
Just don't have the proper tools
I'll get hammered, forget that you exist
There's no way I'm forgetting this

I'm working hard on walking out
Shoes keep sticking to the ground
My clothes won't let me close the door
Cause the trousers seem to love your floor

I been working on my backwards walk
There's nowhere else for me to go
Except back to you just one last time
Say yes before I change my mind

Say yes before I...

You're the shit and I'm knee-deep in it

(Backwards Walk - Frightened Rabbit)

 

[Roadkill]

We walked these streets together, now we walk these streets alone.
We asked the man for justice, well he handed us a stone.
In this great land of freedom we are taking up the slack
We pushed the stone to the top of the hill and watch it rolling back.

And the way to Hell is straight and sure
The way to heaven is long.
The way to your heart is never ending
So I just keep moving on.
Moving on. Moving on.
The way to your heart is never ending
So I just keep moving on.

The brave are twisting in the wind, stupidity endures
And men with no identity will try to borrow yours.
Danger is the lure for boys to help you now and then
But they fall from the wire in a bay of pigs and don't come round again.

And the way to Hell is straight and sure
The way to heaven is long.
The way to your heart is never ending
So I just keep moving on.
Moving on. Moving on.
The way to your heart is never ending
So I just keep moving on.

I never felt myself alone or truly felt afraid
Until the hour I understood by friends we were betrayed
Whose precious mouths are stuffed with food, who cannot meet our eyes
Who laugh about their principles and brush them off like flies.

And the way to Hell is straight and sure
The way to heaven is long.
The way to your heart is never ending
So I just keep moving on.
Moving on. Moving on.
The way to your heart is never ending
So I just keep moving on.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

`m so sleepy, yeah
I`m so sleepy, yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
and imagine it was a springy bed
`cause I`m sleepy, sleepy

soon I`m gonna slip away
in the night I feel it creeping, creeping, creeping

I`m so sleepy yeah
I`m so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
and imagine it was a springy bed
`cause i`m sleepy, sleepy

I can`t keep my mind away from my dreams,
I hear them calling, calling, calling
Soon I`m gonna slip away
Soon I`m gonna slip away
Soon I`m gonna slip away
in the night I`m gonna slip away
I wont fight it, I`ll just ride it

I`m so sleepy yeah
I`m so sleepy yeah
I could lay my head on a piece of lead
and imagine it was a springy bed
`cause I`m sleepy, sleepy
yeah

 

[AndrewNumLock]

Can't people put the band/song names?

 

[The Groke]

Elbow + Richard Hawley: The Fix is in.

I have highlighted what I think are two of my favourite couplets from any song ever.

The fix is in
There's a nag gonna dance home at Epsom

The fix is in
Can't wait to see how it upsets 'em

Too many times we've been postally pipped
We've loaded the saddles, the mickeys are slipped
We're swapping the turf for the sand and the surf and the sin
Cause the fix, the fix is in

The fix is in
The odds that I got were delicious

The fix is in
The jockey is cocky and vicious

The redoubtable beast has had pegasus pills
We'll buy him the patch in the Tuscany hills
And the Vino di Vici will flow like a river in spring
Now the fix, the fix is in

The fix is in
The snaps of the steward so candid

The fix is in
Yes, our pigeons have finally landed

The Donahue sisters will meet us in France
In penguins and pearls, we'll drink and we'll dance
'Til the end of our days, cause it ain't left to chance
That we win
Cause the fix, the fix is in​

 

[rollinder]

I'm old Tom Moore from the bummer's shore
In the good old golden days.
They call me a bummer and a gin sot, too
But what cares I for praise?
I wander around from town to town
Just like a roving sign,
And all the people say "There goes Tom Moore,
In the days of '49."
CHORUS:
In the days of old, in the days of gold,
How oftentimes I repine
For the days of old
When we dug up the gold,
In the days of '49.
My comrades they all loved me well,
A jolly saucy crew.
A few hard cases I will recall
Though they all were brave and true.
Whatever the pinch they never would flinch,
They never would fret or whine.
Like good old bricks they stood the kicks
In the days of '49.
CHORUS:
In the days of old, in the days of gold,
How ofttimes I repine
For the days of old
When we dug up the gold,
In the days of '49.
There was New York Jake, the butcher's boy,
He was always getting tight.
And every time that he'd get booked (?)
He was spoiling for a fight.
Then Jake rampaged against a knife
In the hands of old Bob Syne,
And over Jake they held a wake
In the days of '49.
CHORUS:
In the days of old, in the days of gold,
How oftentimes I repine
For the days of old
When we dug up the gold,
In the days of '49.
Oh!!
There was Poker Bill, one of the boys
Who was always in a game,.
Whether he lost or whether he won,
To him it was always the same.
He would ante up and draw his cards
And he would you go hatful blind.
In a game with death, Bill lost his breath
In the days of '49.

Oh my goodness!

CHORUS:
In the days of old, in the days of gold,
In the daytimes I repine,
In the days of old
In the days of gold,
Those were days of '49.
There was Ragshag Bill from Buffalo,
I never will forget.
He would roar all day and he'd roar all night
And I guess he's roaring yet.
One day he fell in a prospect hole,
In a roaring bad design,
And in that hole roared out his soul
In the days of '49.
CHORUS:
In the days of old, in the days of gold,
How ofttimes I repine
For the days of old
When we dug up the gold,
In the days of '49.
Oh, the comrades all that I've had,
There's none that's left to boast.
And I'm left alone in my misery
Like some ol' poor wandering ghost.
And I pass by from town to town,
They call me the rambling sign.
There goes Tom Moore, a bummer sure,
In the days of '49.
CHORUS:
In the days of old, in the days of gold,
How oftentimes I repine
For the days of old
When we dug up the gold,
In the days of '49.
In the days of old
When we dug up the gold,
How ofttimes I repine,
In the days of old,
In the days of gold,
In the days of '49.
Oooh!

 

[tufty79]

*melts at black box recorder*

Put on your make-up
Apply it with care
Use your imagination
We can go anywhere

We'll have an adventure
I'm bored with just love
A fairy tale with a sting in the tail
Tonight we'll draw blood

From Blackpool tower to Brighton pier
Turn the lights out we know there's no-one here
Goodbye
Goodnight

The candle is buring
So the modern butterfly
Can plant out a night-life
It's purely desire

We might meet some old friends
We might push our luck
Hot on the heels of something
Hot on the heels of not much

From Severn bridge to Southend-on-Sea
Turn the lights out before you leave, goodnight
Goodbye
Goodnight

It's been a good night
It's just a goodnight kiss

The night's nearly over
Get a taxi at five
I'll cradle your head in my hands
Check that you're still alive

Golden mile to Morecambe bay
Turn the lights out as there's nothing left to say
Goodbye
Goodnight

From Dungeness to the Isle of White
Would the last one to leave turn out the light
Goodbye
Goodnight

It's just a good night
It's been a good night
It's just a goodnight kiss

 

[El Jefe]

^^

One of the most neglected bands of recent years.

 

[tufty79]

you do know they're playing the luminaire on 18th and 24th feb, yes?

i missed 'em first time round and only discovered them in decemberish last year...

i'm proper frocking up for that one.

 

[rollinder]

And may you never lay your head down
Without a hand to hold
May you never make your bed out in the cold.

You're just like a great strong brother of mine
You know that I love you true
And you never talk dirty behind my back
And I know that there's those that do.

Oh please won't you, please won't you
Bear it in mind
Love is a lesson to learn in our time
Now please won't you, please won't you
Bear it in mind for me.

And may you never lay your head down
Without a hand to hold
May you never make your bed out in the cold.

Well you're just like a good close sister to me
You know that I love you true
And you hold no blade to stab me in the back
And I know that there's some that do.

Oh please won't you, please won't you
Bear it in mind
Love is a lesson to learn in our time
And please won't you, please won't you
Bear it in mind for me.

May you never lay your head down
Without a hand to hold
May you never make your bed out in the cold.

You're just like a great strong brother of mine
And you know that I love you true
And you never talk dirty behind my back
And I know that there's those that do.

Oh please won't you, please won't you
Bear it in mind
Love is a lesson to learn in our time
And please won't you, please won't you
Bear it in mind for me.

May you never lose your temper
If you get in a bar room fight
May you never lose your woman overnight
May you never lay your head down
Without a hand to hold
May you never make your bed out in the cold.

May you never lose your temper
If you get in a bar room fight
May you never lose your woman over night
May you never lose your woman over night
May you never lose your woman over night.

 

[badco]

Can anybody find me somebody to love?
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord what youre doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just cant get no relief,
Lord!
Somebody, somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?

I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end I take home my hard earned pay all on my own -
I get down on my knees
And I start to pray
Till the tears run down from my eyes
Lord - somebody - somebody
Can anybody find me - somebody to love?

(he works hard)

Everyday - I try and I try and I try -
But everybody wants to put me down
They say Im goin crazy
They say I got a lot of water in my brain
Got no common sense
I got nobody left to believe
Yeah - yeah yeah yeah

Oh lord
Somebody - somebody
Can anybody find me somebody to love?

Got no feel, I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat
Im ok, Im alright
Aint gonna face no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday Im gonna be free, lord!

Find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me somebody to love

 

[badco]

Fear me you lord and lady preachers
I descend upon your earth from the skies
I command your very souls you unbelievers
Bring before me what is mine
The seven seas of rhye

Can you hear me you peers and privy councillors
I stand before you naked to the eyes
I will destroy any man who dares abuse my trust
I swear that youll be mine
At the seven seas of rhye

Sister I live and lie for you
Mister do and Ill die
You are mine I possess you
Belong to you forever

Storm the master marathon Ill fly through
By flash and thunder fire Ill survive
Ill survive Ill survive
Then Ill defy the laws of nature
And come out alive

Begone with you you shod and shady senators
Give out the good leave out the bad evil cries
I challenge the mighty titan and his troubadours
And with a smile
Ill take you to the seven seas of rhye


/\/\/\/\ typical freddie non sensical bollocks genius

 

[rollinder]

Tod Snider version

Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Oh, they're red, white and blue.
But when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
they point the cannon right at you.

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one.

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Ah don't they help themselves,
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house look like a rummage sale.

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
how they willsend you down to war, Lord,
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
they always answer more and more

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one.
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son

 

[jayeola]

some dude rapping on a mike....
" i'm so this, i'm so that"^2

 

[badco]

Heres another i've got on at the moment from Freddie

He must've been on drugs








She keeps moet et chandon
In her pretty cabinet
let them eat cake she says
Just like marie antoinette
A built-in remedy
For kruschev and kennedy
At anytime an invitation
You cant decline

Caviar and cigarettes
Well versed in etiquette
Extraordinarily nice

Chorus
Shes a killer queen
Gunpowder, gelatine
Dynamite with a laser beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime

Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?

To avoid complications
She never kept the same address
In conversation
She spoke just like a baroness
Met a man from china
Went down to geisha minah
Then again incidentally
If youre that way inclined

Perfume came naturally from paris
For cars she couldnt care less
Fastidious and precise

Chorus

Drop of a hat shes as willing as
Playful as a pussy cat
Then momentarily out of action
Temporarily out of gas
To absolutely drive you wild, wild..
Shes all out to get you

Chorus

Recommended at the price
Insatiable an appetite
Wanna try?
You wanna try

 

[tufty79]

Meet me in the playground after school
When everybody has gone home
Promise not to breathe a word of this
Don't even look at me till we're alone

Or tonuges will start to wag
Stories will go round
They'll talk behind our backs
We'll never live it down

Write my name in blood across your shirt (May Queen)
Prove to me that I'm the only one (May Queen)
And cross your heart and hope to die (May Queen)
May God strike you dead if it's a lie (May Queen)

Meet me after school
Meet me by the fields
Away from prying eyes
Kids can be so cruel

Out in the fields, out in the hay
We've come this far, a date's a date
But if we're heard, but if we're seen
Then you might forfeit your first kiss

This whole thing no-one else's business (May Queen)
This is just a personal affair (May Queen)
A one-off test-run for the future (May Queen)
Wonder if I'll feel the same tomorrow (May Queen)

Tounges will start to wag
Stories will go round
They'll talk behind our backs
We'll never live it down

Now it's the time, now it's the place
We've come this far, a date's a date
But if we're heard, but if we're seen
Then you might forfeit your first kiss

May Queen

 

[tufty79]

Well you can bite the bullet
Breath in, breath out
Or be a victim all your life
Go window shopping
Save your money
Riches to rags overnight
It's a wonderful life

It's a wonderful life

You can join the family business
Serve behind the counter
Even have your name above the door
Join the order
Learn the handshake
You won't need protection anymore
It's a wonderful life

When you think it's over
You can look through your photos
Taken for prosperity and you'll find

Have an affair, get a new interest
Go into debt, go on the sick lists
Study at your leisure in your home
Get into shape, try to lose weight
Regain your confidence, control you fate
Victim of circumstance, look on the bright side
It's a wonderful life

It's a wonderful life
It's a wonderful life
It's a wonderful life

 

[tufty79]

You have to do it running but you do everything that they ask you to
cause you don’t mind seeing yourself in a picture
as long as you look faraway, as long as you look removed
showered and blue-blazered, fill yourself with quarters
showered and blue-blazered, fill yourself with quarters

You get mistaken for strangers by your own friends
when you pass them at night under the silvery, silvery citibank lights
arm in arm in arm and eyes and eyes glazing under
oh you wouldn’t want an angel watching over
surprise, surprise they wouldn’t wannna watch
another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults

Make up something to believe in your heart of hearts
so you have something to wear on your sleeve of sleeves
so you swear you just saw a feathery woman
carry a blindfolded man through the trees
showered and blue-blazered, fill yourself with quarters
showered and blue-blazered, fill yourself with quarters

You get mistaken for strangers by your own friends
when you pass them at night under the silvery, silvery citibank lights
arm in arm in arm and eyes and eyes glazing under
oh you wouldn’t want an angel watching over
surprise, surprise they wouldn’t wannna watch
another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults

You get mistaken for strangers by your own friends
when you pass them at night under the silvery, silvery citibank lights
arm in arm in arm and eyes and eyes glazing under
oh you wouldn’t want an angel watching over
surprise, surprise they wouldn’t wannna watch
another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults

 

[Sunspots]

Julia, I get on my knees
Speaking in tongues,
A washed-out sun,
In perfect clarity

But I get so delirious,
I think my sides will split
Standing on the sidewalk,
Sometimes it's as if...

I don't think I'll be happy any way
Just scratching out my name
And everything's so lucid and so creepy
Since K got over me

All my senses sharp, my hands are fists
I'm pretty tired of making lists
It's just this emptiness
I can't chase it away

And when the evening paints the streets
When the evening paints the streets
It's like walking on a trampoline

I don't think I'll be happy anyway
Just scratching out my name
And everything's so vivid and so creepy
Since K got over me
Since K got over me...

There's a hole inside my skull
With warm air blowing in
Standing on the sidewalk,
Where do I begin?

I don't think I'll be happy any more
I guess I closed that door
But every night is strange geometry
Since K got over me
Since K got over me...

 

[snackhead]

Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah (x4)

You started out as friends, said you're the kind of man that, takes every girl for a fool.

when the boys go "swish" they always score
but can they do it with a cold crack at their door?

Said you, you, you are fantastic and so romantic
(say what?)
romantic and so fantastic

(7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)

We came here to rock the microphone.
We came here to rock the microphone.
while dave breaks the record down to the bone.
while dave breaks the record down to the bone.

Lets talk about
Who's gonna rock (x3)

You started out as friends, said you're the kind of man that, takes every girl for a fool.

Jack, my boy, wutcha gonna do?
Lets shoot the shack and do the do

We came here to rock the microphone.
We came here to rock the microphone.
While dave breaks the record down to the bone.
While dave breaks the record down to the bone.

Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah (x4)

 

[tufty79]

He's living next the rails.
He can tell you things of different cars and trains.
Now he's trying the whole day
to switch off time by causing train-delay.

Could be enough
if only he's the pilot
once a day.

Could be enough
if only he's the pilot
once a day.

Not a word to compensate.
Not a sentence to describe this desperate state.
Not a picture to compare.
Step into a room of opaque air.

Could be enough
if only we are pilots
once a day.

 

[snackhead]

Way in my brain, is way in my brain
Is way in my brain, well, now

Under me sleng teng, me under me sleng teng
Under me sleng teng, me under me hey hey
Under me sleng teng, me under me sleng teng
Under me sleng teng, me under me hey hey

Way in my brain, no cocaine
I don't wanna, I don't wanna go insane
Way in my brain, no cocaine
I don't wanna, I don't wanna go insane

Because-a inna me eyes there is red like blood
and I been moving around like a human flood
Smoke out of me mouth and outa me nose
I blow it in the air 'a mek de smoke expose

In Westmoreland a where the sense a-come from
put it in a crocus bag pon the mini van
tek de seed an me mek de 'ash oil
an me put in de barrel 'ca me know it no spoil

I said me smoke it and me pass it thru de windah
an me give it to my nex door neighba
Me said me smoke it and me pass it thru de windah
an me give it to my nex door neighba

 

[Julie]

Kasey Chambers and Shane nicholson - Rattlin' Bones

Smoke don’t rise
Fuel don’t burn
Sun don’t shine no more
Late one night, sorrow come round
Scratching at my door
But I cut my hands
And break my back
Draggin’ this bag of stones
Till they bury me down, beneath the ground
With the dust and rattlin’ bones

[Shane] Left my home and left my love
[Kasey] Caught on a rusty nail
[Shane] Devil rose up, heavy with gold
[Kasey] My soul’s not for sale
[Shane] Then a holy man in a house of God
[Kasey] He offered me a book of prayer
[Shane] And when I left my home I left my love
[Both] I left my faith back there

Smoke don’t rise
Fuel don’t burn
Sun don’t shine no more
Late one night, sorrow come round
Scratchin’ at my door
But I cut my hands
And break my back
Draggin’ this bag of stones
Till they bury me down, beneath the ground
With the dust and rattlin’ bones

[Shane] Shuttin’ my eyes and hang my head
[Kasey] Darkness makes no sound
[Shane] Climb it up, bottom there
[Kasey] Earth’s on the way back down
[Shane] When a sadness falls on the morning bird
[Kasey] Wonder what the day will bring
[Shane] But I’m shuttin’ my eyes and hang my head
[Both] At least that bird can sing

Smoke don’t rise
Fuel don’t burn
Sun don’t shine no more
Late one night, sorrow come round
Scratchin’ at my door
But I cut my hands
And break my back
Draggin’ this bag of stones
Till they bury me down, beneath the ground
With the dust and rattlin’ bones

Till they bury me down, beneath the ground
With the dust and rattlin’ bones

 

[snackhead]

Sanjikan mo matte ita no yo
Watashi neko to issho ni

Sono toki denwa no beru ga
Watashi neko mitai ni shabetta
Terebi no volume sagete
Watashi uso mitai na koe de

Twiggy no mini skirt de
Twiggy mitai na pose de
Twiggy no mini skirt de
Twiggy mitai ni yassepochi no watashi

I was waiting for about three hours
My cat and i

At the time the phone rang
And I chatted away just like my cat
I turned down the tv and
Talked in a fake voice

In a twiggy mini-skirt
In a twiggy-like pose
In a twiggy mini-skirt
Skinny like twiggy, thats me

 

[tufty79]

We're off the rails. Now we are
trains ourselves. No wait and see
We're off this place doesn't mean
we're somewhere else. This is all
I know: sitting still to watch the engines come and go

 

[tufty79]

Fat Charlie the archangel sloped into the room
He said, "I have no opinion about this and I have no opinion about that"
Sad as a lonely little wrinkled balloon
He said, "Well I don't claim to be happy about this, boys, and I don't seem to be happy about that"
I don't want no part of this crazy love
I don't want no part of your love
I don't want no part of this crazy love
I don't want no part of your love
I don't want no part of this crazy love
I don't want no part of your love
I don't want no part of this crazy love
I don't want no part of this crazy love

She says she knows about jokes, this time the joke is on me
Well, I have no opinion about that and I have no opinion about me
Somebody could walk into this room and say your life is on fire
It's all over the evening news, all about the fire in your life on the evening news
I don't want no part of this crazy love
I don't want no part of your love
I don't want no part of this crazy love
I don't want no part of your love

Fat Charlie the archangel files for divorce
He says, "Well this will eat up a year of my life and then there's all that weight to be lost"
She says, "The joke is on me", I say, "The joke is on her"
I said, "I have no opinion about that, well, we'll just have to wait and confer"
I don't want no part of this crazy love
I don't want no part of your love
I don't want no part of this crazy love
I don't want no part of your love
I don't want no part of this crazy love
I don't want no part of your love
I don't want no part of this crazy love

 

[tufty79]

Come as you are sweetheart, come as you are.
You know you've got nothing to prove
I'll put you to bed you can let it all go
You've been playing too rough lately

You burn too bright
You live too fast
This can't go on too long
You're a tragedy starting to happen
Just as you are. Perfect just as your are
I'll give you the time you deserve.
Don't make those promises
Don't tell me again.
That dust is gonna settle your nerves.

 

[rollinder]

I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life.
Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives.
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars.
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

This is our decision, to live fast and die young.
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do.
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute.

Forget about our mothers and our friends
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

There's really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew.
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce
We'll find some more models, everything must run it's course.

We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end
We were fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah