AUGUST 2007
UK CD - UNIVERSAL/BBC
DISC 1 530 1302
DISC 2 530 1303
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Choose the track to display lyrics.01 Perfect Skin (Disc 1)02 Rock’n’Roll (Disc 1)03 Sentimental Fool (Disc 1)04 Like Lovers Do (Disc 1)05 Cut Me Down (Disc 1)06 So You’d Like To Save The World (Disc 1)07 Be There (Disc 1)08 Jennifer She Said (Disc 1)09 Happy For You (Disc 1)10 I Didn’t Know That You Cared (Disc 1)11 Speedboat (Disc 1)12 New Age (Disc 1)01 Perfect Blue (Disc 2)02 Pay For It (Disc 2)03 Forest Fire (Disc 2)04 A Long Way Down (Disc 2)05 Undressed (Disc 2)06 No Blue Skies (Disc 2)07 Four Flights Up (Disc 2)08 Charlotte Street (Disc 2)09 Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? (Disc 2)10 A Gift (Dics 2)11 Don’t Look Back (Disc 2)12 Sweetheart (Disc 2)13 Perfect Skin (Disc 2)
Artist
Lloyd Cole
DISC 1 and DISC 2
#1 - 12 and #1 - 9 Live at Hammersmith, 1995
Drums
Rafa Macijak
Bass
Chris Wilson
Keyboards, vocals
Amanda Kramer
Guitars
Neil Clark
Vocals, guitars
Lloyd Cole
DISC 2
#10 -13 Nicky Campbell Session, 1990
Drums
Dan McCarroll
Bass
David Ball
Keyboards
Blair Cowan
Guitar
Robert Quine
Guitar, vocals
Matthew Sweet
Vocal, guitar
Lloyd Cole
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I choose my friends only far too well
I'm up on the pavement they're all down in the cellar
with their government grants and my IQ
They brought me down to size academia blues
Louise is a girl I know her well
She's up on the pavement yes she's a weather girl
And I'm staying up here so I may be undone
She's inappropriate but then she's much more fun and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Shame on you you've got no sense of grace Shame on me just in case I might
Come to a conclusion other than that which is absolutely necessary
and that's perfect skin
Louise is the girl with the perfect skin
She says turn on the light otherwise it can't be seen
She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin
And she's sexually enlightened by Cosmopolitan and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
for her perfect skin
Yeah that's perfect skin
She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides
of her family life pretty weird at times
At the age of ten she looked like Greta Garbo and I loved her then
But how was she to know that
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Up eight flights of stairs to a basement flat
Pretty confused huh being shipped around like that?
Seems we climbed so high now we're down so low
Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one.
I'm up on the pavement they're all down in the cellar
with their government grants and my IQ
They brought me down to size academia blues
Louise is a girl I know her well
She's up on the pavement yes she's a weather girl
And I'm staying up here so I may be undone
She's inappropriate but then she's much more fun and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Shame on you you've got no sense of grace Shame on me just in case I might
Come to a conclusion other than that which is absolutely necessary
and that's perfect skin
Louise is the girl with the perfect skin
She says turn on the light otherwise it can't be seen
She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin
And she's sexually enlightened by Cosmopolitan and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
for her perfect skin
Yeah that's perfect skin
She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides
of her family life pretty weird at times
At the age of ten she looked like Greta Garbo and I loved her then
But how was she to know that
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Up eight flights of stairs to a basement flat
Pretty confused huh being shipped around like that?
Seems we climbed so high now we're down so low
Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one.
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The more I learn the less I know
Could you make mine straight absolute?
The more I fail the less I try
Ask not of me the reason why
Oh, my sentimental fool
Have I got a tale for you
The woman I love is not content
The life I made, it ain't what I meant
The space I'm in is filled with love
The state I'm in is pitiful
Oh, my sentimental fool
Have I got a tale for you
But, when she calls my name
We're almost happy, she's almost like you
Yes, when she calls my name
we're almost there
Man, she's almost like you
The longer I live the less I believe
And all I lost is all I need
The life I made is filled with regret
And I can't tell the half of it.
The woman I love has lost her faith
And I just watch as she fades away
The space I'm in is filled with love
The shape I'm in ain't beautiful.
Oh, my sentimental fool
Have I got a tale for you
Oh, my sentimental fool
I'm draining the glass for you
Do you see my girl?
She's almost like you
Could you make mine straight absolute?
The more I fail the less I try
Ask not of me the reason why
Oh, my sentimental fool
Have I got a tale for you
The woman I love is not content
The life I made, it ain't what I meant
The space I'm in is filled with love
The state I'm in is pitiful
Oh, my sentimental fool
Have I got a tale for you
But, when she calls my name
We're almost happy, she's almost like you
Yes, when she calls my name
we're almost there
Man, she's almost like you
The longer I live the less I believe
And all I lost is all I need
The life I made is filled with regret
And I can't tell the half of it.
The woman I love has lost her faith
And I just watch as she fades away
The space I'm in is filled with love
The shape I'm in ain't beautiful.
Oh, my sentimental fool
Have I got a tale for you
Oh, my sentimental fool
I'm draining the glass for you
Do you see my girl?
She's almost like you
Living on juice
Eating out of tuna cans
Mobile home
With my dairy queen
Tied me a knot
She had to cut me loose
I liked her a lot
Like lovers do
Julia came
Eating a tangerine
Friday the third
4.30
She tore out a page
Of my magazine
Then she went away
Like lovers do
Saturday girls
Kept me warm a while
Sunday sunshine
Kills all conversation
You look in her eyes
And you see circles
Then she lets you get away
Like lovers do
Everyday
Are you so sad to see me
And I'm so glad to take the blame
If it's always going to be that way
Living on juice
Eating out of tuna cans
Mobile home
With my dairy queen
Tied me a knot
She had to cut me loose
Now I'm looking at you
Like lovers do
Eating out of tuna cans
Mobile home
With my dairy queen
Tied me a knot
She had to cut me loose
I liked her a lot
Like lovers do
Julia came
Eating a tangerine
Friday the third
4.30
She tore out a page
Of my magazine
Then she went away
Like lovers do
Saturday girls
Kept me warm a while
Sunday sunshine
Kills all conversation
You look in her eyes
And you see circles
Then she lets you get away
Like lovers do
Everyday
Are you so sad to see me
And I'm so glad to take the blame
If it's always going to be that way
Living on juice
Eating out of tuna cans
Mobile home
With my dairy queen
Tied me a knot
She had to cut me loose
Now I'm looking at you
Like lovers do
I've been bought and sold and
I've been hung upside down
So you can hear me breathing
Do you think it's easy?
I've been aching all through summer
I've been aching, just to fall
Cut me down
I've been Billy Name and
Filled my pockets with sand
I've seen everything
I hang upon your pretty frown
I have wasted all my summer
I've been aching, just to fall
Cut me down
All she had too much class to mention
Were the things he never knew
All the things she left unspoken
Were the things he needed so
(I'm not hurting anymore..)
I've been bought and sold and
I've been hung upside down
Can hear me breathing
Do you think it's easy?
I may find it had to follow
I've been aching, just to fall
Cut me down.
I've been hung upside down
So you can hear me breathing
Do you think it's easy?
I've been aching all through summer
I've been aching, just to fall
Cut me down
I've been Billy Name and
Filled my pockets with sand
I've seen everything
I hang upon your pretty frown
I have wasted all my summer
I've been aching, just to fall
Cut me down
All she had too much class to mention
Were the things he never knew
All the things she left unspoken
Were the things he needed so
(I'm not hurting anymore..)
I've been bought and sold and
I've been hung upside down
Can hear me breathing
Do you think it's easy?
I may find it had to follow
I've been aching, just to fall
Cut me down.
So you'd like to save the world
I suggest you take one person at a time
And start with me
Not an ordinary girl
Not someone that I should hit upon
And ask, "Hey, what's your sign, babe?"
Have you been reading my mind ?
(What did you find?)
Nothing more or less terrestrial
Could I keep you in mine?
Did you really cry
When you saw the hole in the sky ?
Did you really hold your head and hide your eyes ?
Well, that's all right
You might call it ultraviolet radiation
It's only sunlight
So you'd like to save my world
If you could free my inner child
Then I could free your inhibitions, baby
Or would you like to mother me
I love the way you wear
That Motorola generation chic, mama
Have you been reading my mind ?
(What did you find?)
Nothing more or less terrestrial
Could I keep you in mine?
Did you really cry
When you saw the hole in the sky ?
Did you really hold your head and hide your eyes ?
Well, that's all right
You might call it ultraviolet radiation
It's only sunlight
So you'd like to save the world
I'd really like to help you
I'd really like to be you for a while
Is that all right ?
And I could call it ultraviolet radiation
It's only sunlight..
I suggest you take one person at a time
And start with me
Not an ordinary girl
Not someone that I should hit upon
And ask, "Hey, what's your sign, babe?"
Have you been reading my mind ?
(What did you find?)
Nothing more or less terrestrial
Could I keep you in mine?
Did you really cry
When you saw the hole in the sky ?
Did you really hold your head and hide your eyes ?
Well, that's all right
You might call it ultraviolet radiation
It's only sunlight
So you'd like to save my world
If you could free my inner child
Then I could free your inhibitions, baby
Or would you like to mother me
I love the way you wear
That Motorola generation chic, mama
Have you been reading my mind ?
(What did you find?)
Nothing more or less terrestrial
Could I keep you in mine?
Did you really cry
When you saw the hole in the sky ?
Did you really hold your head and hide your eyes ?
Well, that's all right
You might call it ultraviolet radiation
It's only sunlight
So you'd like to save the world
I'd really like to help you
I'd really like to be you for a while
Is that all right ?
And I could call it ultraviolet radiation
It's only sunlight..
Didn't I promise always to
Shelter and protect you
Didn't I answer - Yes I do
Well, today I'm not so sure
Didn't the stars shine awful bright then
Didn't I look into your eyes and
Didn't I swear I'd always be there
Well, yeah, yeah, yeah
Today I'm not so sure
Today I'm not so sure
Wasn't the world much younger then
Isn't the word indifferent
Which best describes this man in descent
Caught between love
and what I meant
Didn't I promise always to
Shelter and protect you
Didn't I answer - Yes I do
Well, today I'm not so sure
Didn't the stars shine awful bright then
Didn't I look into your eyes and
Didn't I swear I'd always be there
Well, yeah, yeah, yeah
Today I'm not so sure
Shelter and protect you
Didn't I answer - Yes I do
Well, today I'm not so sure
Didn't the stars shine awful bright then
Didn't I look into your eyes and
Didn't I swear I'd always be there
Well, yeah, yeah, yeah
Today I'm not so sure
Today I'm not so sure
Wasn't the world much younger then
Isn't the word indifferent
Which best describes this man in descent
Caught between love
and what I meant
Didn't I promise always to
Shelter and protect you
Didn't I answer - Yes I do
Well, today I'm not so sure
Didn't the stars shine awful bright then
Didn't I look into your eyes and
Didn't I swear I'd always be there
Well, yeah, yeah, yeah
Today I'm not so sure
Jennifer we can't go wrong let's put it in writing
Jennifer we can't go wrong let's do it right now
Maybe you were a little hasty
But they say love is blind
Now her name's on you
Jennifer in blue
Did you ever have a bad dream wake up and it not stop?
Did you ever feel for a girl for a time and then stop?
Well it's written there in blue
With a heart and arrow through
Her name on you
Jennifer in blue
Oh, forever you said that's forever you said
Forever
and forever she said that's forever she said
Forever..
But you change with the weather
And this is the rain
Jennifer we can't go wrong let's do it right now
Maybe you were a little hasty
But they say love is blind
Now her name's on you
Jennifer in blue
Did you ever have a bad dream wake up and it not stop?
Did you ever feel for a girl for a time and then stop?
Well it's written there in blue
With a heart and arrow through
Her name on you
Jennifer in blue
Oh, forever you said that's forever you said
Forever
and forever she said that's forever she said
Forever..
But you change with the weather
And this is the rain
Lay your head upon my shoulder
Let it rest there for a while
I guess that I'm still good for something
Once in a while
And if you need someone to talk to
Just give a call I'll be around
And if you want me to avoid you
Just say the word
If you love him you should leave me
That's the best thing to do
And if you need him you don't need me
Like you used to
And if you believe that you'll be happy
Then I'm happy for you
Guess that it's just kind of funny
Ain't it me who never cried?
I guess that I'll still kind of love you
For a little while
If you love him you should leave me
That's the best thing to do
And if you need him you don't need me
Like you used to
And if you believe that you'll be happy
Then I'm happy for you
You silly thing
Don't you apologize
You don't owe me
Let it rest there for a while
I guess that I'm still good for something
Once in a while
And if you need someone to talk to
Just give a call I'll be around
And if you want me to avoid you
Just say the word
If you love him you should leave me
That's the best thing to do
And if you need him you don't need me
Like you used to
And if you believe that you'll be happy
Then I'm happy for you
Guess that it's just kind of funny
Ain't it me who never cried?
I guess that I'll still kind of love you
For a little while
If you love him you should leave me
That's the best thing to do
And if you need him you don't need me
Like you used to
And if you believe that you'll be happy
Then I'm happy for you
You silly thing
Don't you apologize
You don't owe me
Yes, you're taking it badly, I know, I know
And you feel so alone
And everybody's got to tell you what you already know.
It's alright, it's all wrong, it's alright
There's a riot going on, maybe I'm going under and
I didn't know that you cared
"Was it love that you had?" she said, "well, something like that" and I,
I didn't know that you cared
I really didn't know that you cared
I really didn't know.
I see photographs strewn on the floor
Amidst your Blake and your young
Are you looking for something that's already gone?
It's alright, it's all wrong, it's alright
There's a riot going on, maybe I'm going under and
I didn't know that you cared ,
Somebody said "Peace is alright, could we give it a try?"
Well, I, I didn't know that you cared
I got a letter, it was asking for money, it said
"Give what you can."
Well, I don't know what I've got
And I don't know if I really want to be
So aware
Yes, I'm falling apart at the seams and I,
I've been waiting for years
Take a look in my eyes, do you see any tears?
It's alright, it's all wrong, it's alright
There's a riot going on and we're lions in slumber and
I didn't know that you cared
And if I gave you some petrol, would you make yourself useful?
Well, I didn't know that you cared
I really didn't know that you cared
Didn't even know you were there
No, I didn't know that you cared
I really didn't know
That you cared.
And you feel so alone
And everybody's got to tell you what you already know.
It's alright, it's all wrong, it's alright
There's a riot going on, maybe I'm going under and
I didn't know that you cared
"Was it love that you had?" she said, "well, something like that" and I,
I didn't know that you cared
I really didn't know that you cared
I really didn't know.
I see photographs strewn on the floor
Amidst your Blake and your young
Are you looking for something that's already gone?
It's alright, it's all wrong, it's alright
There's a riot going on, maybe I'm going under and
I didn't know that you cared ,
Somebody said "Peace is alright, could we give it a try?"
Well, I, I didn't know that you cared
I got a letter, it was asking for money, it said
"Give what you can."
Well, I don't know what I've got
And I don't know if I really want to be
So aware
Yes, I'm falling apart at the seams and I,
I've been waiting for years
Take a look in my eyes, do you see any tears?
It's alright, it's all wrong, it's alright
There's a riot going on and we're lions in slumber and
I didn't know that you cared
And if I gave you some petrol, would you make yourself useful?
Well, I didn't know that you cared
I really didn't know that you cared
Didn't even know you were there
No, I didn't know that you cared
I really didn't know
That you cared.
Julie said we're drinking far too much coffee
wine and cigarettes and we'll never get no sleep
I first met them at a riverboat party
both of them were speeding I would say
I lived on the edge of all this indulgence
taking notes and trusting in prudence
Julie said to Jim why don't we jump in
while the water is cool and we are still friends
Some say that they o.d.'d on Leonard Cohen
Well, I can see that river whenever I think about them
The river is cruel and the water is deep and blue
I was working then on my great unfinished novel
Please let me introduce myself my name is Ronald
I was okay there until I lost my cool
Now let me introduce you to the rest of the crew
It wasn't my style to find surf in my eye
It was much more my style to find sand in my eye
Though there is absolutely no truth to be discovered
Albeit true that there is nothing to be found
We academics are not easily discouraged
Lord, you know wits they come three to the pound
Julie said to Jim look at the state we're in
It was never her intention to conclude anything
It wasn't my style to find surf in my eye
It was much more my style to find sand in my eye
It was just not my style to find surf in my eye
It was much more my style to get sand kicked in my eye
Sand in my eye...
wine and cigarettes and we'll never get no sleep
I first met them at a riverboat party
both of them were speeding I would say
I lived on the edge of all this indulgence
taking notes and trusting in prudence
Julie said to Jim why don't we jump in
while the water is cool and we are still friends
Some say that they o.d.'d on Leonard Cohen
Well, I can see that river whenever I think about them
The river is cruel and the water is deep and blue
I was working then on my great unfinished novel
Please let me introduce myself my name is Ronald
I was okay there until I lost my cool
Now let me introduce you to the rest of the crew
It wasn't my style to find surf in my eye
It was much more my style to find sand in my eye
Though there is absolutely no truth to be discovered
Albeit true that there is nothing to be found
We academics are not easily discouraged
Lord, you know wits they come three to the pound
Julie said to Jim look at the state we're in
It was never her intention to conclude anything
It wasn't my style to find surf in my eye
It was much more my style to find sand in my eye
It was just not my style to find surf in my eye
It was much more my style to get sand kicked in my eye
Sand in my eye...
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Should you awake, dear, from your beauty sleep
To find your room swimming in blue and green
Should you awake to feel like you never slept
And feel so very old
Well, don't you feel alone
I'm kind of blue
Blue for you again
I guess I'm a fool
At least I'm not innocent
But what to do?
Whatever I touch turns blue
And should you find yourself lost
But in no need of sympathy
Calm down to the beach and watch the waves come in
I dream the ocean was in my house
I feel the surf against my skin
I just can't keep the waves from dragging me down
But when you say ooh
Baby, you're my best friend
Then I lose
I lose my common sense
I'm blue
I'm kind of blue
It's the truth
Should you awake, dear, from your beauty sleep
To find your room swimming in blue and green
Should you awake to feel like you never slept
And feel so very old
Well, don't you feel alone
I'm kind of blue
Blue for you again
I guess I'm a fool
At least I'm not innocent
I may be blue
But don't you let me make you blue too.
To find your room swimming in blue and green
Should you awake to feel like you never slept
And feel so very old
Well, don't you feel alone
I'm kind of blue
Blue for you again
I guess I'm a fool
At least I'm not innocent
But what to do?
Whatever I touch turns blue
And should you find yourself lost
But in no need of sympathy
Calm down to the beach and watch the waves come in
I dream the ocean was in my house
I feel the surf against my skin
I just can't keep the waves from dragging me down
But when you say ooh
Baby, you're my best friend
Then I lose
I lose my common sense
I'm blue
I'm kind of blue
It's the truth
Should you awake, dear, from your beauty sleep
To find your room swimming in blue and green
Should you awake to feel like you never slept
And feel so very old
Well, don't you feel alone
I'm kind of blue
Blue for you again
I guess I'm a fool
At least I'm not innocent
I may be blue
But don't you let me make you blue too.
Strange to see you babe, ain't nothing down here free
Did you lose your ticket? hope you weren't looking for me
I'm still wearing the scars I got from being your fool
You messed me up pretty good babe I didn't mean to ruin you
I remember when I first saw you babe you were looking pretty good
You said you were looking for love, well then why didn't you?
You just sat there taking everything you could get
Never thought one day you might have to pay for it
Did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
And feel your back against the wall?
Did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl
did you ever dream?
Now when you're putting on your face I guess that you feel kind of low
Knowing that you past your best and you've got nothing to show
Well, baby, you know just as well as I some fool is going to fall your way
Only this time around you might have to pay for it
Did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
And feel your back against the wall?
Did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl?
Did you ever dream, baby?
When you had no need, baby
Did you ever dream
That you might have to
Pay for it?
Did you lose your ticket? hope you weren't looking for me
I'm still wearing the scars I got from being your fool
You messed me up pretty good babe I didn't mean to ruin you
I remember when I first saw you babe you were looking pretty good
You said you were looking for love, well then why didn't you?
You just sat there taking everything you could get
Never thought one day you might have to pay for it
Did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
And feel your back against the wall?
Did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl
did you ever dream?
Now when you're putting on your face I guess that you feel kind of low
Knowing that you past your best and you've got nothing to show
Well, baby, you know just as well as I some fool is going to fall your way
Only this time around you might have to pay for it
Did you ever dream baby one day you might fall
And feel your back against the wall?
Did you ever dream baby one day you might crawl?
Did you ever dream, baby?
When you had no need, baby
Did you ever dream
That you might have to
Pay for it?
She crossed herself as she put on her things
She has promised once before not to live this way
If she don't calm down she will burn herself out
Like a forest fire well doesn't that make you smile
If you don't slow down I swear that I'll come round
and mess up your place let's go for a spin
They say we shouldn't even know each other
and that we'll be undone
Don't it make you smile like a forest fire
I believe in love.. I'll believe in anything
That's going to get me what I want and get me off my knees
And then we'll burn your house down
Don't it feel so good?
There's a forest fire every time we get together
We're going to pick you up - put you down
rip you up and spin you round
Just like we said we would
Because we're a forest fire
Believe we be - We'll tear this place down
If we get caught in this wind then we could burn the ocean
If we get caught in this scene we're going to be undone
It's just a simple metaphor it's for a burning love
Don't it make you smile like a forest fire?
She has promised once before not to live this way
If she don't calm down she will burn herself out
Like a forest fire well doesn't that make you smile
If you don't slow down I swear that I'll come round
and mess up your place let's go for a spin
They say we shouldn't even know each other
and that we'll be undone
Don't it make you smile like a forest fire
I believe in love.. I'll believe in anything
That's going to get me what I want and get me off my knees
And then we'll burn your house down
Don't it feel so good?
There's a forest fire every time we get together
We're going to pick you up - put you down
rip you up and spin you round
Just like we said we would
Because we're a forest fire
Believe we be - We'll tear this place down
If we get caught in this wind then we could burn the ocean
If we get caught in this scene we're going to be undone
It's just a simple metaphor it's for a burning love
Don't it make you smile like a forest fire?
Didn't I hear you say your heart's made out of steel
And no one's gonna get so close
No one's gonna know how you feel
Now you're a punch drunk sycophant
A little SOB
You say your mind is made up
Isn't that the way that it's supposed to be?
And it's a long way down
And it's a long, long way down
Walking that tall your head is going to trip your feet
Walking with the devil's fine
Just don't call it looking for sympathy
When it's four a.m. and mister you can't sleep
Beause your blood's still rushing at cocaine speed
And you know all that you need's a little baby to say
Mister, cool down won't you let me fade those blues away
And it's a long way down
And it's a long, long way down
And when you hit the ground
You're going to know about it
Mister, let's you and me see if we can't make a deal
I'll give you the world and all you've got to do
Is cry for me
The reason it's a cliche is because it's true
The harder you climb, the harder you fall
And that means you
So mister hard head, hard nose, heart out of steel
You're just a punch drunk sycophant, a little SOB
And it's a long, it's a long way down
And it's a long, long way down
And when you hit the ground
You're going to know about it
And no one's gonna get so close
No one's gonna know how you feel
Now you're a punch drunk sycophant
A little SOB
You say your mind is made up
Isn't that the way that it's supposed to be?
And it's a long way down
And it's a long, long way down
Walking that tall your head is going to trip your feet
Walking with the devil's fine
Just don't call it looking for sympathy
When it's four a.m. and mister you can't sleep
Beause your blood's still rushing at cocaine speed
And you know all that you need's a little baby to say
Mister, cool down won't you let me fade those blues away
And it's a long way down
And it's a long, long way down
And when you hit the ground
You're going to know about it
Mister, let's you and me see if we can't make a deal
I'll give you the world and all you've got to do
Is cry for me
The reason it's a cliche is because it's true
The harder you climb, the harder you fall
And that means you
So mister hard head, hard nose, heart out of steel
You're just a punch drunk sycophant, a little SOB
And it's a long, it's a long way down
And it's a long, long way down
And when you hit the ground
You're going to know about it
Somebody somewhere must pay
Not you, you just walk away
To the foot of her stairs
She at the top with her head in the clouds
Was she easily led?
well, can you tell me that you were not
You, unwashed and undressed
She with her head full of your cigarettes
She is oh such a pretty one
Wrapped up in needlecord and coincidence
And you don't know what to want
'Til it's gone, gone, gone
Pretty gone
Somebody somewhere must pay
Somebody else will confess all your sins
You'll be saved then you'll step on that face
She will laugh, she will kiss she and tell
She is gone, she is pretty gone
She's under your thumb
Oh you little man
And you don't know what you want
'Til she's gone, gone, gone
Pretty dress
Full of nothingness
To confess, she is nothing less
She was half way to holiness
when you said
Won't you put on your dress
and come down to Magazine Avenue
Won't you put on your dress and come down?
Not you, you just walk away
To the foot of her stairs
She at the top with her head in the clouds
Was she easily led?
well, can you tell me that you were not
You, unwashed and undressed
She with her head full of your cigarettes
She is oh such a pretty one
Wrapped up in needlecord and coincidence
And you don't know what to want
'Til it's gone, gone, gone
Pretty gone
Somebody somewhere must pay
Somebody else will confess all your sins
You'll be saved then you'll step on that face
She will laugh, she will kiss she and tell
She is gone, she is pretty gone
She's under your thumb
Oh you little man
And you don't know what you want
'Til she's gone, gone, gone
Pretty dress
Full of nothingness
To confess, she is nothing less
She was half way to holiness
when you said
Won't you put on your dress
and come down to Magazine Avenue
Won't you put on your dress and come down?
You want to leave me, baby, be my guest
All I'm going to do is cry
And then I'm gonna find me someone else
And tear the stars out of the sky
Looking for something when there's nothing there to be found
Make it easy on yourself
Go out and find your body someone else
Or tear the stars out of the sky
Baby you're too well read
Baby you're too well spoken
Baby you're too pristine
When I cry, do you feel anything?
Baby you're too well read
You want to leave me, baby, be my guest
All I'm going to do is cry
And then I'm gonna find me someone else
And tear the stars out of the sky
Baby you're too well read
Baby you're too well spoken
Baby you're far too clean
When I cry, do you feel anything?
Baby you're too well read
You don't need me anymore
You don't need me anymore
They say storms are rife for summertime
Well baby, I'm long gone
What are you going toa do when you open your eyes
It's a brand new day and baby
No blue skies ?
Baby you're too well read
Baby you're too well spoken
Baby you're far too clean
When I cry, do you feel anything?
Baby you're too well read
All I'm going to do is cry
And then I'm gonna find me someone else
And tear the stars out of the sky
Looking for something when there's nothing there to be found
Make it easy on yourself
Go out and find your body someone else
Or tear the stars out of the sky
Baby you're too well read
Baby you're too well spoken
Baby you're too pristine
When I cry, do you feel anything?
Baby you're too well read
You want to leave me, baby, be my guest
All I'm going to do is cry
And then I'm gonna find me someone else
And tear the stars out of the sky
Baby you're too well read
Baby you're too well spoken
Baby you're far too clean
When I cry, do you feel anything?
Baby you're too well read
You don't need me anymore
You don't need me anymore
They say storms are rife for summertime
Well baby, I'm long gone
What are you going toa do when you open your eyes
It's a brand new day and baby
No blue skies ?
Baby you're too well read
Baby you're too well spoken
Baby you're far too clean
When I cry, do you feel anything?
Baby you're too well read
I was woken up at 4 AM by your screams and anguished cries
Your mother was singing in the bathroom
He will never be my child
Oh, baby talks in her sleep so loud
We're living four flights up but I swear right now it feels like underground
You have absolutely no common sense yes I know that's your charm
You spend the whole day on the phone you say well it helps you stay calm
You cling to my arm yes I know that's your charm
And when I ask you what you want you say a diamonte crocodile
Well then could you give me some peace you say Well maybe for a while
Sometimes you know you could almost be a child
Oh, must you tell me all your secrets
When it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing
We're living four flights up but I swear right now it feels like underground
You are your own worst enemy
So don't expect my sympathy
Oh, go back to your mother's house
And cry your little heart out
You came driving back to town in a beat up Grace Kelly car
Looking like a friend of Truman Capote looking exactly like you are
Yes, I know that's your charm
So don't ask if I still want you only ask me if I must
I've been blown around so long don't know which senses to trust
Oh no.. but I know that I must
Oh, must you tell me all your secrets
When it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing
We're living four flights up but I swear right now it feels like underground
Your mother was singing in the bathroom
He will never be my child
Oh, baby talks in her sleep so loud
We're living four flights up but I swear right now it feels like underground
You have absolutely no common sense yes I know that's your charm
You spend the whole day on the phone you say well it helps you stay calm
You cling to my arm yes I know that's your charm
And when I ask you what you want you say a diamonte crocodile
Well then could you give me some peace you say Well maybe for a while
Sometimes you know you could almost be a child
Oh, must you tell me all your secrets
When it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing
We're living four flights up but I swear right now it feels like underground
You are your own worst enemy
So don't expect my sympathy
Oh, go back to your mother's house
And cry your little heart out
You came driving back to town in a beat up Grace Kelly car
Looking like a friend of Truman Capote looking exactly like you are
Yes, I know that's your charm
So don't ask if I still want you only ask me if I must
I've been blown around so long don't know which senses to trust
Oh no.. but I know that I must
Oh, must you tell me all your secrets
When it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing
We're living four flights up but I swear right now it feels like underground
I was looking for a rhyme for the New York Times
when I sensed I was not alone
She said "do you know how to spell audaciously?"
I could tell I was in love
And so I forced a smile contrary to my style
and she looked into my eyes
She said "do you want to go heaven
or would you rather not be saved?"
Here comes my train
I'm on my way
Will you not see
I don't need your sympathy
I won't read your poetry
Oh, Sweetness please
So she took me back to her basement flat
which was down on Charlotte Street
Though it was never my intention
No, we were not intense not least because
"Well, if you must just take then I'm a piece of cake"
That is what she said to me
And so I gave myself to her charity
Well, at least that's how it seemed
Here comes my train
I'm on my way
Will you not see
I don't need your sympathy
I won't read your poetry
Oh, bittersweets
I was looking for a rhyme for the New York Times when I was distracted
Yes, those were precious times together that we wasted
Now I'm working hard for my union card
I must be leaving Charlotte Street
Though it was never my intention to stay so long
So long
when I sensed I was not alone
She said "do you know how to spell audaciously?"
I could tell I was in love
And so I forced a smile contrary to my style
and she looked into my eyes
She said "do you want to go heaven
or would you rather not be saved?"
Here comes my train
I'm on my way
Will you not see
I don't need your sympathy
I won't read your poetry
Oh, Sweetness please
So she took me back to her basement flat
which was down on Charlotte Street
Though it was never my intention
No, we were not intense not least because
"Well, if you must just take then I'm a piece of cake"
That is what she said to me
And so I gave myself to her charity
Well, at least that's how it seemed
Here comes my train
I'm on my way
Will you not see
I don't need your sympathy
I won't read your poetry
Oh, bittersweets
I was looking for a rhyme for the New York Times when I was distracted
Yes, those were precious times together that we wasted
Now I'm working hard for my union card
I must be leaving Charlotte Street
Though it was never my intention to stay so long
So long
Looking like a born again
Living like a heretic
Listening to Arthur Lee records
Making all your friends feel so guilty
about their cynicism
And the rest of their generation
Not even the government are going to stop you now
But are you ready to be heartbroken?
Are you ready to be heartbroken?
Pumped up full of vitamins
On account of all the seriousness
You say you're so happy now
you can hardly stand
Lean over on the bookcase
If you really want to get straight
Read Norman Mailer
Or get a new tailor
Are you ready to be heartbroken?
Are you ready to be heartbroken?
Are you ready to bleed?
What would it take
What would it take to wipe that smile off of your face?
Are you ready to be..
Are you ready to bleed?
Living like a heretic
Listening to Arthur Lee records
Making all your friends feel so guilty
about their cynicism
And the rest of their generation
Not even the government are going to stop you now
But are you ready to be heartbroken?
Are you ready to be heartbroken?
Pumped up full of vitamins
On account of all the seriousness
You say you're so happy now
you can hardly stand
Lean over on the bookcase
If you really want to get straight
Read Norman Mailer
Or get a new tailor
Are you ready to be heartbroken?
Are you ready to be heartbroken?
Are you ready to bleed?
What would it take
What would it take to wipe that smile off of your face?
Are you ready to be..
Are you ready to bleed?
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When you're nothing to no one
And you're less to your kin
And you're looking for someone
Who won't cling to anything
So you're stuck in some motel
With the sound of her sleeping
Don't you feel kind of old now
Well, ain't that a funny thing
I used to wake up early
I used to try to believe
But life seems neverending
When you're young
So you're back on the highway
And there's wind in her hair
And you know that it's no time for thinking
About somebody up there
Beause you'll turn her to drinking
And you'll lead her to hell
With her bible beside her
She surely looks like an angel
I used to wake up early
I used to try to believe
But faith is never easy
When you're young
I used to wake up early
Now it's hard, hard enough to sleep
But life seems neverending
When you're young
And you're less to your kin
And you're looking for someone
Who won't cling to anything
So you're stuck in some motel
With the sound of her sleeping
Don't you feel kind of old now
Well, ain't that a funny thing
I used to wake up early
I used to try to believe
But life seems neverending
When you're young
So you're back on the highway
And there's wind in her hair
And you know that it's no time for thinking
About somebody up there
Beause you'll turn her to drinking
And you'll lead her to hell
With her bible beside her
She surely looks like an angel
I used to wake up early
I used to try to believe
But faith is never easy
When you're young
I used to wake up early
Now it's hard, hard enough to sleep
But life seems neverending
When you're young
I got your letter baby the one that said
You've been loving me too long
Maybe we should kick it in the head
Right on
Well I guess you've really got some kind of way with words
Maybe you could be a writer
You could do worse
Beause when I saw you I just knew
I always would belong to you
Goodbye babe
Pray you'll never see my smiling face
Sweetheart, Sweet Jane
Guess you'll find some other Jimmy to take my place
Iwant my photographs back and my Borsolino
Keep the Cartier, babe I wouldn't give you the time of day
Born a lady to the last perfumed stationery
Does it make you feel good to make me feel ordinary?
Because when I saw you I just knew
I always would belong to you
Goodbye babe
Pray you'll never see my smiling face
Sweetheart, my complete heart's
Trashed and bleeding over sordid details
In my suitcase
You've been loving me too long
Maybe we should kick it in the head
Right on
Well I guess you've really got some kind of way with words
Maybe you could be a writer
You could do worse
Beause when I saw you I just knew
I always would belong to you
Goodbye babe
Pray you'll never see my smiling face
Sweetheart, Sweet Jane
Guess you'll find some other Jimmy to take my place
Iwant my photographs back and my Borsolino
Keep the Cartier, babe I wouldn't give you the time of day
Born a lady to the last perfumed stationery
Does it make you feel good to make me feel ordinary?
Because when I saw you I just knew
I always would belong to you
Goodbye babe
Pray you'll never see my smiling face
Sweetheart, my complete heart's
Trashed and bleeding over sordid details
In my suitcase
I choose my friends only far too well
I'm up on the pavement they're all down in the cellar
with their government grants and my IQ
They brought me down to size academia blues
Louise is a girl I know her well
She's up on the pavement yes she's a weather girl
And I'm staying up here so I may be undone
She's inappropriate but then she's much more fun and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Shame on you you've got no sense of grace Shame on me just in case I might
Come to a conclusion other than that which is absolutely necessary
and that's perfect skin
Louise is the girl with the perfect skin
She says turn on the light otherwise it can't be seen
She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin
And she's sexually enlightened by Cosmopolitan and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
for her perfect skin
Yeah that's perfect skin
She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides
of her family life pretty weird at times
At the age of ten she looked like Greta Garbo and I loved her then
But how was she to know that
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Up eight flights of stairs to a basement flat
Pretty confused huh being shipped around like that?
Seems we climbed so high now we're down so low
Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one.
I'm up on the pavement they're all down in the cellar
with their government grants and my IQ
They brought me down to size academia blues
Louise is a girl I know her well
She's up on the pavement yes she's a weather girl
And I'm staying up here so I may be undone
She's inappropriate but then she's much more fun and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Shame on you you've got no sense of grace Shame on me just in case I might
Come to a conclusion other than that which is absolutely necessary
and that's perfect skin
Louise is the girl with the perfect skin
She says turn on the light otherwise it can't be seen
She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin
And she's sexually enlightened by Cosmopolitan and
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
for her perfect skin
Yeah that's perfect skin
She takes me down to the basement to look at her slides
of her family life pretty weird at times
At the age of ten she looked like Greta Garbo and I loved her then
But how was she to know that
When she smiles my way
My eyes go out in vain
She's got perfect skin
Up eight flights of stairs to a basement flat
Pretty confused huh being shipped around like that?
Seems we climbed so high now we're down so low
Strikes me the moral of this song must be there never has been one.