Stop / Rewind lyrics - Cold War Kids
Oh, when I met you
Was it a dream?
Or a simulation
Reality, well I was just wondering
Cause I need to stop and rewind
Are you ahead of your time?
In Ancient Egypt
In native tribes
Life was so messy
So well organized
I'd be naked
You felt alive
Didn't you tell me
So satisfied
And I was just wonderin'
Cause I need to stop and rewind
Oh I need to stop and rewind
What I know is go ahead of its time
And all I want is to stop and rewind
All I want is to stop and rewind
All I want is to stop and rewind
All I want is to stop and rewind
Was it a dream?
Or a simulation
Reality, well I was just wondering
Cause I need to stop and rewind
Are you ahead of your time?
In Ancient Egypt
In native tribes
Life was so messy
So well organized
I'd be naked
You felt alive
Didn't you tell me
So satisfied
And I was just wonderin'
Cause I need to stop and rewind
Oh I need to stop and rewind
What I know is go ahead of its time
And all I want is to stop and rewind
All I want is to stop and rewind
All I want is to stop and rewind
All I want is to stop and rewind
One Song At A Time lyrics - Cold War Kids
I am over too exposed
Easy target to dispose
Are you saying something?
Find an inch to pay a soul
Pressure for the catapult
Do not miss your moment!
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
Find a way to do what takes
Dynasty humiliates
Do your best impression
Claim to start up counterfeit
Not becoming your own name
Powers of persuasion
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
Shizzle spark, has he known?
Isn't that a dose of you?
Tell me what's the difference!
We need another narcissist
I could hold business here
Whatever makes you discern
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
Only I became
All the dream to entertain
How do I feel straight?
While my heart is under space?
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
Easy target to dispose
Are you saying something?
Find an inch to pay a soul
Pressure for the catapult
Do not miss your moment!
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
Find a way to do what takes
Dynasty humiliates
Do your best impression
Claim to start up counterfeit
Not becoming your own name
Powers of persuasion
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
Shizzle spark, has he known?
Isn't that a dose of you?
Tell me what's the difference!
We need another narcissist
I could hold business here
Whatever makes you discern
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
Only I became
All the dream to entertain
How do I feel straight?
While my heart is under space?
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
One song at a time
Thunderhearts lyrics - Cold War Kids
I was wired, I was not myself
Between police and the Lotus bed
Echo Park sunset caught my eye
Figured it's worth a try
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
Glove compartment, hacksaw blade
I walked down to the water's edge
With a t-shirt, through the cloud
My back-pocket concealed
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
Five quick cuts from a single strand
Of tiny tubers from the tangle
Shoved them into my plastic bag
Security didn't see a thing
It's a crime but you know sometimes
You intervene or nature dies
You cut it off so it will live on
After you're gone
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
I will find a way
I will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
Between police and the Lotus bed
Echo Park sunset caught my eye
Figured it's worth a try
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
Glove compartment, hacksaw blade
I walked down to the water's edge
With a t-shirt, through the cloud
My back-pocket concealed
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
Five quick cuts from a single strand
Of tiny tubers from the tangle
Shoved them into my plastic bag
Security didn't see a thing
It's a crime but you know sometimes
You intervene or nature dies
You cut it off so it will live on
After you're gone
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
I will find a way
I will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
All This Could Be Yours lyrics - Cold War Kids
I've been silent partner, I've been your shrink
I have heard your sad look misfortune speech"
But I'll have sympathy when you get off your seat
Before this bitter mess becomes a disease
I have cracked the code on this old machine
Ten thousands hours to be released
But I've been wondering: why can't you see?
That the door opens up and go where it leads
I have been waiting
For you to find
That all of this could be yours
Be yours tonight
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
You were packing up but I gave you a bed
You would rather crash then go straight ahead
I wrote this years ago but it's finished today
With the help of a friend who has feelings to say
And I have been waiting
But you need a sign
That all of this could be yours
Be yours tonight
I have been patient
But you've got to try
Then all of this could be yours
Be yours tonight
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
All this could be yours
And all this could be yours
And all this could be yours
And all this could be yours, could be yours
All this could be yours
I have heard your sad look misfortune speech"
But I'll have sympathy when you get off your seat
Before this bitter mess becomes a disease
I have cracked the code on this old machine
Ten thousands hours to be released
But I've been wondering: why can't you see?
That the door opens up and go where it leads
I have been waiting
For you to find
That all of this could be yours
Be yours tonight
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
You were packing up but I gave you a bed
You would rather crash then go straight ahead
I wrote this years ago but it's finished today
With the help of a friend who has feelings to say
And I have been waiting
But you need a sign
That all of this could be yours
Be yours tonight
I have been patient
But you've got to try
Then all of this could be yours
Be yours tonight
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
Could be yours!
All this could be yours
And all this could be yours
And all this could be yours
And all this could be yours, could be yours
All this could be yours
First lyrics - Cold War Kids
Cheated and lied, broken so bad
You made a vow, never get mad
You play the game, though it's unfair
They're all the same, who can compare?
First you lose trust, then you get worried
Night after night, bar after club
Dropping like flies, who woke you up
On the front lawn, sprinklers turned on
It's not your house, where'd you go wrong?
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
There comes a time, in a short life
Turn it around, get a rewrite
Call it a dark, night of the soul
Ticking of clocks, gravity’s pull
First you get close, then you get worried
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
You're going silent, the silent treatment
It's not inviting now, don't deny what you meant
You get excited, you get excited
You got a feel it, oh, at least you can pretend
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You get excited, you get excited
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You made a vow, never get mad
You play the game, though it's unfair
They're all the same, who can compare?
First you lose trust, then you get worried
Night after night, bar after club
Dropping like flies, who woke you up
On the front lawn, sprinklers turned on
It's not your house, where'd you go wrong?
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
There comes a time, in a short life
Turn it around, get a rewrite
Call it a dark, night of the soul
Ticking of clocks, gravity’s pull
First you get close, then you get worried
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
First you get hurt, then you feel sorry
You're going silent, the silent treatment
It's not inviting now, don't deny what you meant
You get excited, you get excited
You got a feel it, oh, at least you can pretend
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You get excited, you get excited
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
Flying like a cannonball, falling to the earth
Heavy as a feather when, you hit the dirt
How am I the lucky one?, I do not deserve
To wait around forever when, you were there first
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
First you get close, then you get worried
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
You wanna light it, you wanna light it
You wanna light it now, the candle from both ends
Hot Coals lyrics - Cold War Kids
I don't feel a thing
Walking on hot coals
No sensitivity in a fog of war
Try to unwind
To enjoy the good life
But the pressure that I hold
On my shoulders goes
I suspect the reason I am loved
Is because of how tight I'm holding on
Nowadays you're supposed to talk
Problems on and on
Whatever happened to the old -fashioned
Strong and silent type
What they didn't know is once you get us in
Touch with our feelings
You would never hear the end
Once you pull the pin
I suspect the reason I am loved
Is because of how tight I'm holding on
If I set you free, If I let go
Tell me would I still be the one you want
Even a broken clock
Is right twice a day
Even a busted lock
Can keep a thief away
He's not the type and soldiers
Don't go to hell
It's a place reserved for the
Twisted and evil
Now you ask how I'm feeling
I told you then
You're gonna torture me slowly with it
I am falling behind
Walking on hot coals
No sensitivity in a fog of war
Try to unwind
To enjoy the good life
But the pressure that I hold
On my shoulders goes
I suspect the reason I am loved
Is because of how tight I'm holding on
Nowadays you're supposed to talk
Problems on and on
Whatever happened to the old -fashioned
Strong and silent type
What they didn't know is once you get us in
Touch with our feelings
You would never hear the end
Once you pull the pin
I suspect the reason I am loved
Is because of how tight I'm holding on
If I set you free, If I let go
Tell me would I still be the one you want
Even a broken clock
Is right twice a day
Even a busted lock
Can keep a thief away
He's not the type and soldiers
Don't go to hell
It's a place reserved for the
Twisted and evil
Now you ask how I'm feeling
I told you then
You're gonna torture me slowly with it
I am falling behind
Drive Desperate lyrics - Cold War Kids
The road, a yellow line unfolds
Jagged then corrodes, Pomona first of all
Machines they rush in a trance
Engines of despair
The taste of desert air
The wheels while we turn
Slowly will burn
Follow me, will you?
Follow me, will you?
Follow me down until
I will admire
Oh, I need someone who will
In parking lots you learned
Boredom made you small
Asphalt and the oil
Conversations dull
Memories pull you down
Engine presses toward
The dark the future holds
Will bring some bright morning
Follow me, will you?
Follow me, will you?
Follow me down until
I will admire
Oh, I need someone who will
[x2]
To find the words that lift me high
I'd tear a hole up in the sky
I'd beg for your approval just to know
I'm on the right course
A trance, the engines of despair
The taste of desert air
The wheels while we turn
They will slowly burn
We're not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road
Not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road
[x2]
(Not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road)
Follow me, will you?
Follow me, will you?
Follow me down until
I will admire
Oh, I need someone who will
Not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road
Jagged then corrodes, Pomona first of all
Machines they rush in a trance
Engines of despair
The taste of desert air
The wheels while we turn
Slowly will burn
Follow me, will you?
Follow me, will you?
Follow me down until
I will admire
Oh, I need someone who will
In parking lots you learned
Boredom made you small
Asphalt and the oil
Conversations dull
Memories pull you down
Engine presses toward
The dark the future holds
Will bring some bright morning
Follow me, will you?
Follow me, will you?
Follow me down until
I will admire
Oh, I need someone who will
[x2]
To find the words that lift me high
I'd tear a hole up in the sky
I'd beg for your approval just to know
I'm on the right course
A trance, the engines of despair
The taste of desert air
The wheels while we turn
They will slowly burn
We're not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road
Not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road
[x2]
(Not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road)
Follow me, will you?
Follow me, will you?
Follow me down until
I will admire
Oh, I need someone who will
Not alone
We are not alone
We are not alone
On this road
Hotel Anywhere lyrics - Cold War Kids
I have withdrawn
Out of the game
Erase my image
Rewrite my name
I can be invisible
The room service cleans
Sulley will bang on my door
With the cream
I am awake, I am awake
I'm here to stay
Hotel Anywhere, USA
It's 3 AM
The bed moans and quakes
I'm dying to know who's in ecstasy
I put my ear up to the wall
Somehow I feel connected to it all
I am awake, I am awake
I'm here to stay
Hotel Anywhere, USA
I am awake, I am awake
On the run
Hotel Anywhere, USA
Hold me down, I won't float away
I write and I paint
I live and I breathe
It's incredible how little I need
I've been enlightened, away from my scene
I find the beauty in everything
I am awake, I am awake
I'm here to stay
Hotel Anywhere, USA
I am awake, I am awake
A full stop
Hotel Anywhere, USA
Hold me down, I'm floating in space
Hold me down, I won't float away
Hold me down, I won't float away
Out of the game
Erase my image
Rewrite my name
I can be invisible
The room service cleans
Sulley will bang on my door
With the cream
I am awake, I am awake
I'm here to stay
Hotel Anywhere, USA
It's 3 AM
The bed moans and quakes
I'm dying to know who's in ecstasy
I put my ear up to the wall
Somehow I feel connected to it all
I am awake, I am awake
I'm here to stay
Hotel Anywhere, USA
I am awake, I am awake
On the run
Hotel Anywhere, USA
Hold me down, I won't float away
I write and I paint
I live and I breathe
It's incredible how little I need
I've been enlightened, away from my scene
I find the beauty in everything
I am awake, I am awake
I'm here to stay
Hotel Anywhere, USA
I am awake, I am awake
A full stop
Hotel Anywhere, USA
Hold me down, I'm floating in space
Hold me down, I won't float away
Hold me down, I won't float away
Go Quietly lyrics - Cold War Kids
Talk to me well
All I could say
Is I need a few days
Of quiet and space
Now that I'm here
Restless in chains
It could have been fun
If it wasn't so strange
And now you wanted to share your life
And now you wanna be free to fly
But no, you can't have 'em both
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
I could become some other man
You easily crush in the palm of your hand
Or one who puts you in the ring
Who runs away, runs away, runs when you swing
And now you wanted to share your life
And now you wanna be free to fly
But it's all or nothing you know
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Keep up with me, baby
I would never wanna force your hand
It's a mystery to me
In a language that you understand
And now you wanted to share your life
And now you wanna be free to fly
But no, you can't have 'em both
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Keep up with me, baby
I would never wanna force your hand
It's a mystery to me
In a language that you understand
[x2]
All I could say
Is I need a few days
Of quiet and space
Now that I'm here
Restless in chains
It could have been fun
If it wasn't so strange
And now you wanted to share your life
And now you wanna be free to fly
But no, you can't have 'em both
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
I could become some other man
You easily crush in the palm of your hand
Or one who puts you in the ring
Who runs away, runs away, runs when you swing
And now you wanted to share your life
And now you wanna be free to fly
But it's all or nothing you know
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Keep up with me, baby
I would never wanna force your hand
It's a mystery to me
In a language that you understand
And now you wanted to share your life
And now you wanna be free to fly
But no, you can't have 'em both
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Tonight decides what tomorrow knows
Keep up with me, baby
I would never wanna force your hand
It's a mystery to me
In a language that you understand
[x2]
Nights & Weekends lyrics - Cold War Kids
While they lined up to wait on Black Friday
In a panic with shopping bags
There were magazine racks of cruel attacks
Seven new ways to please your man
She's everywhere you look
She's everywhere you look
She's everywhere you look
Where you look
Well she wanted to dance but lost her chance
Now she feels like a waste of space
On an island you might be in your mind
But your soul won't be cast away
She's everywhere you look
She's everywhere you look
Everywhere you look
Where you look
Here she comes
Oh, here she comes
Here she comes
Oh, here she comes
You're above it
You're above it
You wanted it all
You're above it
You're above it
You wanted it all
Here she comes
In a panic with shopping bags
There were magazine racks of cruel attacks
Seven new ways to please your man
She's everywhere you look
She's everywhere you look
She's everywhere you look
Where you look
Well she wanted to dance but lost her chance
Now she feels like a waste of space
On an island you might be in your mind
But your soul won't be cast away
She's everywhere you look
She's everywhere you look
Everywhere you look
Where you look
Here she comes
Oh, here she comes
Here she comes
Oh, here she comes
You're above it
You're above it
You wanted it all
You're above it
You're above it
You wanted it all
Here she comes
Hold My Home lyrics - Cold War Kids
London fog and an empty suitcase
Choreography in Piccadilly
It's time to carve out a place in the sun
I'd like to hold my home where
The seasons never ever ever change
Charlie the painter in Japan
We have grown apart
The cigarette the gardener throws in the grass
I'd like to hold my home where
The mountains run right into the sea
Holiday in the waves
Holiday in the waves
Feet in the sand in St. Tropez
She is a woman of the world
Letting the past go to get what you want
I'd like to hold my home where
The seasons never ever change
Holiday in the waves
Holiday in the waves
Holiday, holiday in the waves
Holiday, holiday in the waves
Holiday in the waves
Choreography in Piccadilly
It's time to carve out a place in the sun
I'd like to hold my home where
The seasons never ever ever change
Charlie the painter in Japan
We have grown apart
The cigarette the gardener throws in the grass
I'd like to hold my home where
The mountains run right into the sea
Holiday in the waves
Holiday in the waves
Feet in the sand in St. Tropez
She is a woman of the world
Letting the past go to get what you want
I'd like to hold my home where
The seasons never ever change
Holiday in the waves
Holiday in the waves
Holiday, holiday in the waves
Holiday, holiday in the waves
Holiday in the waves
Flower Drum Song lyrics - Cold War Kids
Clear out the spiderwebs
In your mind
When a hint of violence
Makes you cry
Get on my speedboat
The water's fine
The ocean calms you down
Leaves you kind
You're no psychologist
But you know why
You get so upset
When time slips by
Face your enemy
He's laughing while
You run circles round
But you can't hide
I'll be the one who reaches out when you're gone
I need the salt in the wound for another song
I'll be the one who gets us both out of this
I tell it like it is
You call it arrogance
You're drawn to confidence
It gets you high
But it leaves you powerless
In a trophy life
You're no apologist
And you'd go blind
Before you ever let
Let 'em see you cry
But I'll be the one who reaches out when you're gone
I need the salt in the wound for another song
I'll be the one who gets us both out of this
I tell it like it is
You call it arrogance
[x2]
Oh oh oh
Sing the Flower Drum Song
[x6]
In your mind
When a hint of violence
Makes you cry
Get on my speedboat
The water's fine
The ocean calms you down
Leaves you kind
You're no psychologist
But you know why
You get so upset
When time slips by
Face your enemy
He's laughing while
You run circles round
But you can't hide
I'll be the one who reaches out when you're gone
I need the salt in the wound for another song
I'll be the one who gets us both out of this
I tell it like it is
You call it arrogance
You're drawn to confidence
It gets you high
But it leaves you powerless
In a trophy life
You're no apologist
And you'd go blind
Before you ever let
Let 'em see you cry
But I'll be the one who reaches out when you're gone
I need the salt in the wound for another song
I'll be the one who gets us both out of this
I tell it like it is
You call it arrogance
[x2]
Oh oh oh
Sing the Flower Drum Song
[x6]
Harold Bloom lyrics - Cold War Kids
When you wake, levitate
Ideas pouring out
Then you set out to make
Something great
But nothing comes out
Are you quick on your feet?
It's time to dig deep
So don't lift your heroes up so high
That you can't touch
Don't let your innocence go dry
Before the flood
Guardians at the gate let you in
Into their mansions
I'm the acid head homeless man
Who demands an explanation
Can you be wise if you never leave the room?
There will always be another Harold Bloom, Harold Bloom
To criticize your every move
So don't lift your heroes up so high
That you can't touch
Don't let your innocence go dry
Before the flood
And don't lift your heroes up so high
That you can't touch
Don't let your innocence go dry
Before the flood
Ideas pouring out
Then you set out to make
Something great
But nothing comes out
Are you quick on your feet?
It's time to dig deep
So don't lift your heroes up so high
That you can't touch
Don't let your innocence go dry
Before the flood
Guardians at the gate let you in
Into their mansions
I'm the acid head homeless man
Who demands an explanation
Can you be wise if you never leave the room?
There will always be another Harold Bloom, Harold Bloom
To criticize your every move
So don't lift your heroes up so high
That you can't touch
Don't let your innocence go dry
Before the flood
And don't lift your heroes up so high
That you can't touch
Don't let your innocence go dry
Before the flood
Hear My Baby Call lyrics - Cold War Kids
There's a power in your voice or resistance
Send a telepathic thought like a lightning rod
In the distant blue smiling like you do
I will not disappear
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
There's an easy way to test you suspicion
Do you only hang around if there's a dollar in it?
Mr. Generous laid out with mistrust
They will not sleep away
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
More than evil, more than shame the emotion
that we long to understand in your fine happiness
Can you hold on to it if it meant you'd lose
Control of everything else
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
When I hear my baby call
Reach out to me
Reach out to me
When I hear my baby call
Reach out to me
Reach out to me
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
Reach out to me [x9]
Send a telepathic thought like a lightning rod
In the distant blue smiling like you do
I will not disappear
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
There's an easy way to test you suspicion
Do you only hang around if there's a dollar in it?
Mr. Generous laid out with mistrust
They will not sleep away
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
More than evil, more than shame the emotion
that we long to understand in your fine happiness
Can you hold on to it if it meant you'd lose
Control of everything else
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
When I hear my baby call
Reach out to me
Reach out to me
When I hear my baby call
Reach out to me
Reach out to me
When I hear my baby call
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
No matter what
Reach out to me [x9]
Miracle Mile lyrics - Cold War Kids
I was supposed to do great things
I know the road was long
But I wasn't raised to shoot for fame
I had the safety on
I cut my ties, I sold my rings
I wanted none of this
If you start from scratch you have to sing
Just for the fun of it
I’d be alright, if I could just see you
Come up for air, come up for air
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Come up for air, come up for air
I feel the air upon my face
Forget the mess I'm in
Hold me again, don't count mistakes
I lost track of them
I’d be alright, if I could just see you
Come up for air, come up for air
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Come up for air, come up for air
I was in the mud, I was in the dirt
Went underground and I found what I was worth
All alone and I know I cant stay
But we're walking up and down the streets to stay awake
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Get outside, get all over the world
You learn to love what you get in return
It may be a problem and it may be peace of mind
Put your head down down and breathe one breath at a time
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
I’d be alright, if I could just see you
Come up for air, come up for air
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Come up for air, come up for air
I'd be alright, if I could just see you
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
I know the road was long
But I wasn't raised to shoot for fame
I had the safety on
I cut my ties, I sold my rings
I wanted none of this
If you start from scratch you have to sing
Just for the fun of it
I’d be alright, if I could just see you
Come up for air, come up for air
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Come up for air, come up for air
I feel the air upon my face
Forget the mess I'm in
Hold me again, don't count mistakes
I lost track of them
I’d be alright, if I could just see you
Come up for air, come up for air
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Come up for air, come up for air
I was in the mud, I was in the dirt
Went underground and I found what I was worth
All alone and I know I cant stay
But we're walking up and down the streets to stay awake
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Get outside, get all over the world
You learn to love what you get in return
It may be a problem and it may be peace of mind
Put your head down down and breathe one breath at a time
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
Come up for air, come up for air, come up
I’d be alright, if I could just see you
Come up for air, come up for air
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Come up for air, come up for air
I'd be alright, if I could just see you
A miracle mile, where does it lead to
Lost That Easy lyrics - Cold War Kids
A swollen tongue, a plastic gun
Red burn from an orange sun
These oil rigs will crack and run
These palm trees will be chopped to a stump
I've wandered, seen visions, I never could fit in
I'm out there, you'll find me, I never lost that easy
You imitate, all night stay awake
You study ancient intelligence
It's a lonely life by candlelight
To make believe, you talk to the dead
I've wandered, seen visions, I've gone off the deep end
I'm out there, you'll find me, I never lost that easy
My drunken confession, sick in the bathtub
While you take your make-up off
You take yourself so serious
If we didn't laugh, we're crying all the time
No matter where I've been, I never could fit in
Don't worry where I'll be, I never lost that easy
Red burn from an orange sun
These oil rigs will crack and run
These palm trees will be chopped to a stump
I've wandered, seen visions, I never could fit in
I'm out there, you'll find me, I never lost that easy
You imitate, all night stay awake
You study ancient intelligence
It's a lonely life by candlelight
To make believe, you talk to the dead
I've wandered, seen visions, I've gone off the deep end
I'm out there, you'll find me, I never lost that easy
My drunken confession, sick in the bathtub
While you take your make-up off
You take yourself so serious
If we didn't laugh, we're crying all the time
No matter where I've been, I never could fit in
Don't worry where I'll be, I never lost that easy
Loner Phase lyrics - Cold War Kids
They're calling you a genius
Is that why you're acting so competitive
And even if they mean it
Don't let the feeling get to your head
I really wanna call you
Better clean up the mess from the last time we met
The roof is gonna fall through
I'll stay out in the cold all alone instead
[Chorus:]
If you think you can, reach out your hand
Like all is well and nothing changed
But I went through hell to watch you in outer-space
The wine is in the basement
So why can't I hide away to hibernate
I'm sleeping through the moment
And we're so afraid of getting worse with age
[Chorus:]
If you think you can, reach out your hand
Like all is well and nothing changed
But I went through hell to watch you in outer-space
I'm so careful, I got out of the way
I'm so grateful, just to be, just to be able to say
Won't you give me distance
Just swallow the words you put on my plate
And maybe then you'd listen
And I could get out of this one act play
You see me waving my white flag
You see me waving my white flag
Won't you ever wanna take me back
Won't you ever wanna take me back
Is that why you're acting so competitive
And even if they mean it
Don't let the feeling get to your head
I really wanna call you
Better clean up the mess from the last time we met
The roof is gonna fall through
I'll stay out in the cold all alone instead
[Chorus:]
If you think you can, reach out your hand
Like all is well and nothing changed
But I went through hell to watch you in outer-space
The wine is in the basement
So why can't I hide away to hibernate
I'm sleeping through the moment
And we're so afraid of getting worse with age
[Chorus:]
If you think you can, reach out your hand
Like all is well and nothing changed
But I went through hell to watch you in outer-space
I'm so careful, I got out of the way
I'm so grateful, just to be, just to be able to say
Won't you give me distance
Just swallow the words you put on my plate
And maybe then you'd listen
And I could get out of this one act play
You see me waving my white flag
You see me waving my white flag
Won't you ever wanna take me back
Won't you ever wanna take me back
Fear & Trembling lyrics - Cold War Kids
I want to tell you my thoughts
But my thoughts are scattered like crows
I've done whatever you want
I've gone from a mountain to a mole
I can see all my friends in the mirror
They're holding hands
But they don't recognize past and present
In harmony
Every breath
Fear and trembling
The dark.
Fear and trembling
The dark.
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
But my thoughts are scattered like crows
I've done whatever you want
I've gone from a mountain to a mole
I can see all my friends in the mirror
They're holding hands
But they don't recognize past and present
In harmony
Every breath
Fear and trembling
The dark.
Fear and trembling
The dark.
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Know my face when I'm gone know my name, lover unknown
Tuxedos lyrics - Cold War Kids
I think about eyes that watch you.
I think about changes I've made.
I think about all this fancy food going down the drain.
I spend a lot of time by myself,
Imagining great speeches I'd make
To crowds of people; how can I help?
But what would I say?
When will I find, when will I find someone to take?
Or did I find and not realize, I was the fake.
I love to be a stranger at a wedding.
Cause tuxedos don't discriminate
A perfect disguise, so be cool and fill up your plate.
When will I find, when will I find someone to take?
Or did I find and not realize, I was the fake.
When will I find, when will I find someone to take?
For the millionth time, for the millionth time I was the fake.
I was the fake, I was to blame.
I think about eyes that watch you.
I think about changes I've made.
I think about all this fancy food
Going down the drain, down the drain, down the drain
Going down the drain, down the drain, down the drain
Going down the drain, the drain, the drain, the drain, the drain
Going down the drain
I think about changes I've made.
I think about all this fancy food going down the drain.
I spend a lot of time by myself,
Imagining great speeches I'd make
To crowds of people; how can I help?
But what would I say?
When will I find, when will I find someone to take?
Or did I find and not realize, I was the fake.
I love to be a stranger at a wedding.
Cause tuxedos don't discriminate
A perfect disguise, so be cool and fill up your plate.
When will I find, when will I find someone to take?
Or did I find and not realize, I was the fake.
When will I find, when will I find someone to take?
For the millionth time, for the millionth time I was the fake.
I was the fake, I was to blame.
I think about eyes that watch you.
I think about changes I've made.
I think about all this fancy food
Going down the drain, down the drain, down the drain
Going down the drain, down the drain, down the drain
Going down the drain, the drain, the drain, the drain, the drain
Going down the drain
Bottled Affection lyrics - Cold War Kids
I let the bats out, we walked through
The cathedral out in to the moon
Your flashback is airtight
Like an elephant never hurt a fly
Mother instinct, never gonna die
Alright, stay, you got my attention
All my pain is bottled affection
Now it's my turn to play cool
Nothing you can say can even break through
I see the weapons, I pulled out
I met my match, so why am I proud?
I'm not the same kid, I grew up
Didn't I? Or did I get stuck?
You get older, it gets worse
You be the good one that gives it up first
Or the bad one that never gets hurt
Alright, stay, you got my attention
All my pain is bottled affection
Alright, stay, you got my attention
All my pain is bottled affection
My affection, my affection
Pouring out, pouring out
My affection, my affection
Pouring out, pouring out
My affection, my affection
The cathedral out in to the moon
Your flashback is airtight
Like an elephant never hurt a fly
Mother instinct, never gonna die
Alright, stay, you got my attention
All my pain is bottled affection
Now it's my turn to play cool
Nothing you can say can even break through
I see the weapons, I pulled out
I met my match, so why am I proud?
I'm not the same kid, I grew up
Didn't I? Or did I get stuck?
You get older, it gets worse
You be the good one that gives it up first
Or the bad one that never gets hurt
Alright, stay, you got my attention
All my pain is bottled affection
Alright, stay, you got my attention
All my pain is bottled affection
My affection, my affection
Pouring out, pouring out
My affection, my affection
Pouring out, pouring out
My affection, my affection
Jailbirds lyrics - Cold War Kids
The sun is rising so late it's early
I have spread myself too thin again
The guest of honor at my guilty party
Me and this silence have become old friends
Father make believe for your daughters
Mother take it easy on your sons
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
But for now, you got to keep them young
My solitude, it makes me softer
My suffering is not in vain.
My depression sings, how much longer
Will I have to wait to see a world free from pain?
Father make believe for your daughters
Mother take it easy on your sons
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
But for now, you got to keep them young
[x3]
I have spread myself too thin again
The guest of honor at my guilty party
Me and this silence have become old friends
Father make believe for your daughters
Mother take it easy on your sons
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
But for now, you got to keep them young
My solitude, it makes me softer
My suffering is not in vain.
My depression sings, how much longer
Will I have to wait to see a world free from pain?
Father make believe for your daughters
Mother take it easy on your sons
Sister balance like a tightrope walker
But for now, you got to keep them young
[x3]
Water & Power lyrics - Cold War Kids
Minus the car, look past the dress
Beyond the pearls, who will protect
Drunk on the stars, shadows evolve
No resume, no diamond lane
Are you willing? Are you brave?
Who could make you feel afraid?
Mean what you say, make your mistakes
Head of silver and gold, your feet crumbling clay
Forever be yours, counting the hours
The salt in the mines and the water is ours
The water is ours, the water is ours, the reservoir
Are you willing, are you brave?
Who could make you feel afraid?
Will you give more than you... give more than you take?
Will you show us what you're... show us what you're made?
Cry and move on
Cry and move on
Cry and move on
Cry and move on
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
Beyond the pearls, who will protect
Drunk on the stars, shadows evolve
No resume, no diamond lane
Are you willing? Are you brave?
Who could make you feel afraid?
Mean what you say, make your mistakes
Head of silver and gold, your feet crumbling clay
Forever be yours, counting the hours
The salt in the mines and the water is ours
The water is ours, the water is ours, the reservoir
Are you willing, are you brave?
Who could make you feel afraid?
Will you give more than you... give more than you take?
Will you show us what you're... show us what you're made?
Cry and move on
Cry and move on
Cry and move on
Cry and move on
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
What you're hiding from? You could be fighting, come on.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts lyrics - Cold War Kids
Wonder why you don't like April?
Wonder why you hate the spring?
Wonder why you don't like April?
Oh why won't you sing?
"My boyfriend he gets around, he does favors for Leo downtown
They didn't know it would be a set up, cops surround
That was when we started fighting, that was when I moved out
That was just the beginning, look at me now"
Oh my poor woman!
Water is for for fish like air is for men
You can't fight against the law
Of good times never call
On you because the good times never call
When you're waiting by the phone
The good times never call
On you unless you do it too.
Unless you do it too.
Unless you do it too...
I have given up explaining sorrow,
Oh I have given up on my hotel
I'm up here dancing like a martyr
But I have given up on casting spells
Oh I have given
Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
"Miss Lonelyhearts you've got to help me,
I have tried most everything
Short of my head in the oven,
Short of drinking kerosene"
Oh I have given
I have given
I have given
Wonder why you hate the spring?
Wonder why you don't like April?
Oh why won't you sing?
"My boyfriend he gets around, he does favors for Leo downtown
They didn't know it would be a set up, cops surround
That was when we started fighting, that was when I moved out
That was just the beginning, look at me now"
Oh my poor woman!
Water is for for fish like air is for men
You can't fight against the law
Of good times never call
On you because the good times never call
When you're waiting by the phone
The good times never call
On you unless you do it too.
Unless you do it too.
Unless you do it too...
I have given up explaining sorrow,
Oh I have given up on my hotel
I'm up here dancing like a martyr
But I have given up on casting spells
Oh I have given
Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
"Miss Lonelyhearts you've got to help me,
I have tried most everything
Short of my head in the oven,
Short of drinking kerosene"
Oh I have given
I have given
I have given
Bitter Poem lyrics - Cold War Kids
And even if it's who you really are, you really are,
You wanna feel wanted
And even if it's true you really are, who you really are,
Then I'll look above you.
I'm out of advice, umbrellas wash away in the rain
I can't wait to see what you become when you became.
And even when you lose, you pushed us all, you pushed us all,
A little bit further.
Reminded me of you as I'm nodding off, as I'm nodding off
In a massage parlor.
I don't even know whose side I'm on, are both sides the same?
I can't wait to see what you become when you became.
And even if it's you who ratted on, who ratted on, your only brother
You're purple and you're blue
Is it chemical imbalance or some other struggle?
Nobody's to blame, can't use force
Take me to court, cause I couldn't love you
Nobody could use you if you want, use if you want, ain't it fun?
But I'm out of advice, umbrellas wash away in the rain
I can't wait to see what you become when you became.
And even though it's late the promise stands; it doesn't fade.
And even if it's true you often find the best laid plans,
Will fall down broken all around you now.
Oh I can't hear you!
Are you talking to me?
Now I can't hear you!
Did you say that you're happy for me?
Did you say, did you say,
Did you say that you're happy for me?
Did you say, did you say,
Did you say that you're happy for me?
You wanna feel wanted
And even if it's true you really are, who you really are,
Then I'll look above you.
I'm out of advice, umbrellas wash away in the rain
I can't wait to see what you become when you became.
And even when you lose, you pushed us all, you pushed us all,
A little bit further.
Reminded me of you as I'm nodding off, as I'm nodding off
In a massage parlor.
I don't even know whose side I'm on, are both sides the same?
I can't wait to see what you become when you became.
And even if it's you who ratted on, who ratted on, your only brother
You're purple and you're blue
Is it chemical imbalance or some other struggle?
Nobody's to blame, can't use force
Take me to court, cause I couldn't love you
Nobody could use you if you want, use if you want, ain't it fun?
But I'm out of advice, umbrellas wash away in the rain
I can't wait to see what you become when you became.
And even though it's late the promise stands; it doesn't fade.
And even if it's true you often find the best laid plans,
Will fall down broken all around you now.
Oh I can't hear you!
Are you talking to me?
Now I can't hear you!
Did you say that you're happy for me?
Did you say, did you say,
Did you say that you're happy for me?
Did you say, did you say,
Did you say that you're happy for me?
Mine Is Yours lyrics - Cold War Kids
You were changin' colours like the leaves in fall
I was savin' up for the long winter
Summers wind, hideout in my car
When it broke down we didn't care
We'd figure out another way to get me there
Mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
A realistic love runs out of room
I try to talk big but my mouth don't move
Cuz I don't own the sun I don't own the moon
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promised you
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promised
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
Come on, Come on
I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
Come on, Come on
There was no other way
To let you in here to stay
We had to give it away
Come on, Come on
And when we come up for air
And when we come up now we know
All my stones become your pearls
All of my trials are your treasures
All my dead you inherit
All of my?crimson? lines will shine
Cuz Mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours is yours is yours is yours
I was savin' up for the long winter
Summers wind, hideout in my car
When it broke down we didn't care
We'd figure out another way to get me there
Mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
A realistic love runs out of room
I try to talk big but my mouth don't move
Cuz I don't own the sun I don't own the moon
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promised you
They only come out when they want to
They don't care whether I promised
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
You wanna fight about it
Come on, Come on
I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
I made you cry about it
Come on, Come on
There was no other way
To let you in here to stay
We had to give it away
Come on, Come on
And when we come up for air
And when we come up now we know
All my stones become your pearls
All of my trials are your treasures
All my dead you inherit
All of my?crimson? lines will shine
Cuz Mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours
What is mine is yours is yours is yours is yours
Louder Than Ever lyrics - Cold War Kids
All my windows were barred,
The sun made stripes of shades
I was sitting round like a zombie feedin my own face
I was carrying my cheek, I was digging my strange
I was taken you for granted
You were holding the rains
[Chorus]
But I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever
It’s a slippery slope, like that mouse trap game
Inside my television you slept on my train
[Chorus]
But I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever
I don’t wanna ignore
You were the past of my feelings
But probably gonna get out of this just
Hear me out anyway
The darkness knockin' and now I’m down in on all my promises
Don’t try to pull me out of this
Just lay down by me and wait
[Chorus]
I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever
I can hear you louder than ever
[repeat]
The sun made stripes of shades
I was sitting round like a zombie feedin my own face
I was carrying my cheek, I was digging my strange
I was taken you for granted
You were holding the rains
[Chorus]
But I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever
It’s a slippery slope, like that mouse trap game
Inside my television you slept on my train
[Chorus]
But I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever
I don’t wanna ignore
You were the past of my feelings
But probably gonna get out of this just
Hear me out anyway
The darkness knockin' and now I’m down in on all my promises
Don’t try to pull me out of this
Just lay down by me and wait
[Chorus]
I can hear you louder than ever
Whisper to me, help me remember
I can't see you but we're still together
I can hear you louder than ever
I can hear you louder than ever
[repeat]
Royal Blue lyrics - Cold War Kids
Why I make that face? Oh why would I?
Why would I test my faith? Oh why would I?
Oh why? I see that raincloud coming right for me
Why would I say my name? Oh why would I?
When I'm so far away? Oh why would I?
Oh why? I guess I've always been a bit of a fighter
From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on trust my feeling is true
From now on call me Royal Blue
Why would I stick around? Oh why would I?
Why would I get burned down? Oh why would I?
Oh Why, For me I'm always waiting in shadows
Oh why, For me I'm always looking for a way out
From now on with the sky as my roof
From now on let the risk lead me to
From now on somewhere I never knew
From now on call me royal blue
From now on fly as high as I want
From now on I'll show my weak spot
From now on you know that I do
From now on call me Royal Blue
From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on trust my feeling is true
From now on call me royal blue
Why would I test my faith? Oh why would I?
Oh why? I see that raincloud coming right for me
Why would I say my name? Oh why would I?
When I'm so far away? Oh why would I?
Oh why? I guess I've always been a bit of a fighter
From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on trust my feeling is true
From now on call me Royal Blue
Why would I stick around? Oh why would I?
Why would I get burned down? Oh why would I?
Oh Why, For me I'm always waiting in shadows
Oh why, For me I'm always looking for a way out
From now on with the sky as my roof
From now on let the risk lead me to
From now on somewhere I never knew
From now on call me royal blue
From now on fly as high as I want
From now on I'll show my weak spot
From now on you know that I do
From now on call me Royal Blue
From now on wear my love for you loose
From now on I am just passing through
From now on trust my feeling is true
From now on call me royal blue
Finally Begin lyrics - Cold War Kids
Holding out, she knows what I'm about
I start to play the silent card
You make this easy or you play me like a shark
Arms folded, nose to the floor
If it's got to be a leap of faith
I wish somebody'd push me
That way I'd know who to blame
When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights
Finally open my arms wide
Finally I let you inside
Finally made it past the end
To finally begin
Weigh the pros but the cons come first
I've got a black belt in doubt
I get claustrophobic
All these open doors around
Still the pros are the hardest to ignore
I've never felt this light before
I took off my sunglasses
And waited for the words
When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights
Where and when
The hours we keep, the days we save
They add up to years, now face to face
With you by my side, now I can stand, to finally begin
I start to play the silent card
You make this easy or you play me like a shark
Arms folded, nose to the floor
If it's got to be a leap of faith
I wish somebody'd push me
That way I'd know who to blame
When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights
Finally open my arms wide
Finally I let you inside
Finally made it past the end
To finally begin
Weigh the pros but the cons come first
I've got a black belt in doubt
I get claustrophobic
All these open doors around
Still the pros are the hardest to ignore
I've never felt this light before
I took off my sunglasses
And waited for the words
When we go out tonight
I'll be looking so far past the flashing lights
Where and when
The hours we keep, the days we save
They add up to years, now face to face
With you by my side, now I can stand, to finally begin
Out Of The Wilderness lyrics - Cold War Kids
The crown on my head is heavy on me
They wouldn't know it
Cos they don't wanna see
The skin on my face is turning bright pink
As I walk by the girl's choir whispering
The street that I walk welcomes my feet
With cryptic graffiti greetings to read
The smile on my mouth, it came dirt cheap
I bought it second hand
I will always walk tall
Taller than the clouds
When the rain starts to fall
I come out of the wilderness
To lay by the waterfall
The wires to my head
When I press play
Who's this new prophet
Has she got something to say?
The thoughts in my brain are backfiring
I'm a picture perfect passenger
I will always walk tall
I hold my loneliness up like a medicine ball
I come out of the wilderness to lay by the waterfall
Lighten my load
You expect the worst
You always get your way
These big buildings these little girls
Are giving me a little shade
They wouldn't know it
Cos they don't wanna see
The skin on my face is turning bright pink
As I walk by the girl's choir whispering
The street that I walk welcomes my feet
With cryptic graffiti greetings to read
The smile on my mouth, it came dirt cheap
I bought it second hand
I will always walk tall
Taller than the clouds
When the rain starts to fall
I come out of the wilderness
To lay by the waterfall
The wires to my head
When I press play
Who's this new prophet
Has she got something to say?
The thoughts in my brain are backfiring
I'm a picture perfect passenger
I will always walk tall
I hold my loneliness up like a medicine ball
I come out of the wilderness to lay by the waterfall
Lighten my load
You expect the worst
You always get your way
These big buildings these little girls
Are giving me a little shade
Skip The Charades lyrics - Cold War Kids
You wait on letters
Fishing for any sign of life
Drinks after dinner
Your friends will get you to unwind
Let's skip the charades
Can we just speak plain?
I'm two left feet when
I'm home we tapdanced on broken glass
Somehow you manage
To keep your sense of humor in tact
Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like
Acting like
Acting like
I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like
Acting like
Acting like
Nothing's wrong
You dodged the bullet
You do your best when you're busiest
You're disconnected
You can't find your name in the script
It was you who were wildest
It was you who floated above us all
I held on with wires
Will you come back down if I let you go?
Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong
I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Fishing for any sign of life
Drinks after dinner
Your friends will get you to unwind
Let's skip the charades
Can we just speak plain?
I'm two left feet when
I'm home we tapdanced on broken glass
Somehow you manage
To keep your sense of humor in tact
Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like
Acting like
Acting like
I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like
Acting like
Acting like
Nothing's wrong
You dodged the bullet
You do your best when you're busiest
You're disconnected
You can't find your name in the script
It was you who were wildest
It was you who floated above us all
I held on with wires
Will you come back down if I let you go?
Let's skip the charades
You're seeing right through me anyway
Can we just speak plain?
We're playing for the same team
But I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong
I'm the one that's acting like I'm so strong
You're the one that's acting like nothing's wrong
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Can we skip the charades?
Just speak plain
Sensitive Kid lyrics - Cold War Kids
I try being sweet
It's very deep in me
Now I can only see red on red
My mom's going out with my best friends' dad
She talking loud I can't believe what she said
A sensitive kid [x2]
They sold the house, left photo albums there
No silver ware while paper walls were bare
I called all my friends, 'Come over! Come one, come all!'
'Let's get a crowd here for one last hoorah!'
A sensitive kid [x2]
Who made me
A sensitive kid [x2]
The message was bleak, my brother pounded it in me
You climb it up or you cut it down
This is your family tree
I know you were born with a heart of gold
But, I want a purple heart that cannot dissolve
A sensitive kid [x2]
Don't call me
A sensitive kid [x2]
I can't tell you why you should a known it
Sensitive kids start acting like a grown up [x4]
It's very deep in me
Now I can only see red on red
My mom's going out with my best friends' dad
She talking loud I can't believe what she said
A sensitive kid [x2]
They sold the house, left photo albums there
No silver ware while paper walls were bare
I called all my friends, 'Come over! Come one, come all!'
'Let's get a crowd here for one last hoorah!'
A sensitive kid [x2]
Who made me
A sensitive kid [x2]
The message was bleak, my brother pounded it in me
You climb it up or you cut it down
This is your family tree
I know you were born with a heart of gold
But, I want a purple heart that cannot dissolve
A sensitive kid [x2]
Don't call me
A sensitive kid [x2]
I can't tell you why you should a known it
Sensitive kids start acting like a grown up [x4]
Bulldozer lyrics - Cold War Kids
We can beat this, you and me
Just a matter of degrees
I can't calculate this late at night
Honeymooners moving wet cement
They don't know about the walls that rise and rest
Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were
Come outside this view is free
Only clear moonlight can reach
You and I will stay low to the ground
Honeymooners we are bouncing checks
Cross your fingers that they don't get returned
Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were
Bulldozer
What we need you for
You're the last resort to start over
I can feel your arms around me
Pull me closer, Hold me tightly
Precious metals now colliding
Look to you my carbon copy [x2]
Bulldozer
I think you're only one
That can work, that can work, that can work
Bulldozer
Step up this is gonna hurt
Gnash your teeth take a bite of the dirt
Just a matter of degrees
I can't calculate this late at night
Honeymooners moving wet cement
They don't know about the walls that rise and rest
Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were
Come outside this view is free
Only clear moonlight can reach
You and I will stay low to the ground
Honeymooners we are bouncing checks
Cross your fingers that they don't get returned
Bulldozer
Run right over us
Feel the snap and crush of furniture
Bulldozer
Clear a space for us
Let's rebuild this love on what we were
Bulldozer
What we need you for
You're the last resort to start over
I can feel your arms around me
Pull me closer, Hold me tightly
Precious metals now colliding
Look to you my carbon copy [x2]
Bulldozer
I think you're only one
That can work, that can work, that can work
Bulldozer
Step up this is gonna hurt
Gnash your teeth take a bite of the dirt
Broken Open lyrics - Cold War Kids
I locked my keys in the car
I'm pleading for some change
The meter treats me like a stranger now
Flashing zeros
I'm juggling a drink too full
While tugging on a leash that you pull
And jogging my memory for
The way to your door
I have been broken open
By my most trusted friend
I was the wild card, you were the safe bet
I've been broken open
I'm up and down that way
It's easier to say that I'm doing okay
Than bother to explain
The water rising
Threw out your crystal ball and your weather vain
Picasso don't pre-meditate he just paint
Tonight it's so easy
To overflow
I have broken open
Was a perfect gentleman
Now I'm smashing champagne, tying cans
Feel like celebrating
I have been broken open
Dug to china with bare hands
When you asked me if I'd like to dance
I've been broken open
Flow over me, flow over, flow
Over flow
It feels so strange to feel good
And when I was the fire you were wood
So when I was petrified
You understood
I have been broken open
This was not my master plan
I was comfortable watching from the stands
I have been broken open
All my edges are exposed
I was once content alone
Now you brought the one that I call home
I've been broken open
Flow over me, flow over, flow [x7]
I'm pleading for some change
The meter treats me like a stranger now
Flashing zeros
I'm juggling a drink too full
While tugging on a leash that you pull
And jogging my memory for
The way to your door
I have been broken open
By my most trusted friend
I was the wild card, you were the safe bet
I've been broken open
I'm up and down that way
It's easier to say that I'm doing okay
Than bother to explain
The water rising
Threw out your crystal ball and your weather vain
Picasso don't pre-meditate he just paint
Tonight it's so easy
To overflow
I have broken open
Was a perfect gentleman
Now I'm smashing champagne, tying cans
Feel like celebrating
I have been broken open
Dug to china with bare hands
When you asked me if I'd like to dance
I've been broken open
Flow over me, flow over, flow
Over flow
It feels so strange to feel good
And when I was the fire you were wood
So when I was petrified
You understood
I have been broken open
This was not my master plan
I was comfortable watching from the stands
I have been broken open
All my edges are exposed
I was once content alone
Now you brought the one that I call home
I've been broken open
Flow over me, flow over, flow [x7]
Cold Toes On The Cold Floor lyrics - Cold War Kids
Hunger and the lights are off, honey
Trying to find my head
Don't recall lying down
In this black bed
Cold toes on the cold floor [x2]
Feeling up the wall to find a light switch
Like a mime, surprised
What glows in the dark
A zippers broken spine
Cold toes on the cold floor [x4]
I am not alone
All my doves have flown
It's a classic mix-up, baby
An honest mistake
A girl I used know, maybe
Another face on the street
She said to say hello to you soon, and
I awake from my dream state
Cold toes on the cold floor [x2]
I will take out the garbage
I will squeeze your juice
So glad to be making
Scrambled eggs with you
Cold toes on the cold floor [x4]
I am not alone
All my doves have flown
Trying to find my head
Don't recall lying down
In this black bed
Cold toes on the cold floor [x2]
Feeling up the wall to find a light switch
Like a mime, surprised
What glows in the dark
A zippers broken spine
Cold toes on the cold floor [x4]
I am not alone
All my doves have flown
It's a classic mix-up, baby
An honest mistake
A girl I used know, maybe
Another face on the street
She said to say hello to you soon, and
I awake from my dream state
Cold toes on the cold floor [x2]
I will take out the garbage
I will squeeze your juice
So glad to be making
Scrambled eggs with you
Cold toes on the cold floor [x4]
I am not alone
All my doves have flown
Flying Upside Down lyrics - Cold War Kids
All that happens now
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend
This planes flying upside down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We will see that sky above
Ambition and she looks good on you tonight
She holds your hand and runs
Your lungs are burning bright
Morning comes like it almost always does
You want to hold her but you know you can't keep up
This planes flying upside down
And this how I ask for help
By pulling the fire alarm
And blocking your exit
We argue like two kids that can't share toys
I swing at you with words sharper than any swords
You come back with a trap so good it hurts
You say, 'I will never leave, you know, no matter what'
All that happens now
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend
I'm shocked when you light the candle (?)
And then I go outside
I can't make you see my hand so
I need you to come in cause
Tell me it's alright
Flying Upside Down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We'll see that sky above
And let go of all that I know
A guest on this crazy game show
They won't make or break the whole world
Flying upside down [x4]
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend
This planes flying upside down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We will see that sky above
Ambition and she looks good on you tonight
She holds your hand and runs
Your lungs are burning bright
Morning comes like it almost always does
You want to hold her but you know you can't keep up
This planes flying upside down
And this how I ask for help
By pulling the fire alarm
And blocking your exit
We argue like two kids that can't share toys
I swing at you with words sharper than any swords
You come back with a trap so good it hurts
You say, 'I will never leave, you know, no matter what'
All that happens now
Is not some glorious accident
All that matters now
As you ignore and I pretend
I'm shocked when you light the candle (?)
And then I go outside
I can't make you see my hand so
I need you to come in cause
Tell me it's alright
Flying Upside Down
The steering wheel is stuck
But I'm turning us around
We'll see that sky above
And let go of all that I know
A guest on this crazy game show
They won't make or break the whole world
Flying upside down [x4]
Audience lyrics - Cold War Kids
Sunday nights that you want her like velvet cake
Sweet heart can bargain half price mistakes
She will go down with her ship like a good captain
You're sitting on the dock playing for an audience of one
Pacing your apartment, linoleum floors
Get a call from an old friend, she never liked him before
He will drive all over three lanes, you sit tight, shotgun
Windshield wipers waving for an audience of one
You came out from the country wearing mama's clothes
You were born in the city with daddy's domino's
You need a record you can move to, well, we got one
Drop the needle, we are playing for an audience of one
Drop the needle, we are playing for an audience of one
One gets all of you, two's jealous, three gets even less
Four divides you up then you're left pleasing all your guests
Reach out, you point a finger and touch the globe
Spin it round and where it stops you got to pack your bags and go
Land in the Mojave desert, you sing for the sun
Three's too many when you're playing for an audience of one
Two's too busy when you're playing for an audience of one
One is the only way you're playing for an audience of one
Sweet heart can bargain half price mistakes
She will go down with her ship like a good captain
You're sitting on the dock playing for an audience of one
Pacing your apartment, linoleum floors
Get a call from an old friend, she never liked him before
He will drive all over three lanes, you sit tight, shotgun
Windshield wipers waving for an audience of one
You came out from the country wearing mama's clothes
You were born in the city with daddy's domino's
You need a record you can move to, well, we got one
Drop the needle, we are playing for an audience of one
Drop the needle, we are playing for an audience of one
One gets all of you, two's jealous, three gets even less
Four divides you up then you're left pleasing all your guests
Reach out, you point a finger and touch the globe
Spin it round and where it stops you got to pack your bags and go
Land in the Mojave desert, you sing for the sun
Three's too many when you're playing for an audience of one
Two's too busy when you're playing for an audience of one
One is the only way you're playing for an audience of one
Coffee Spoon lyrics - Cold War Kids
I can argue with the mime
I can argue with the mime
He is reading me the riot act
Every line
Every lawyer in his prime
Every lawyer in his prime
Gets nostalgic for the bar's
Naivete to crime
Ascetics wring their hands
This decadent misuse
Inside my china room
You are my coffee spoon
My indulgence is a joke
And while everybody laughs
I'm clipping coupons
And saving my breath
I was celebrating Lent
With a candle in a tent
When you came and snatched me up
Out of retirement
Now I'm buying finer clothes
In department store windows
Throwing credit cards down
Never raise my voice
I can argue with the mime
He is reading me the riot act
Every line
Every lawyer in his prime
Every lawyer in his prime
Gets nostalgic for the bar's
Naivete to crime
Ascetics wring their hands
This decadent misuse
Inside my china room
You are my coffee spoon
My indulgence is a joke
And while everybody laughs
I'm clipping coupons
And saving my breath
I was celebrating Lent
With a candle in a tent
When you came and snatched me up
Out of retirement
Now I'm buying finer clothes
In department store windows
Throwing credit cards down
Never raise my voice
Santa Ana Winds lyrics - Cold War Kids
I got the roof tied tight
Shiny buildings peak
The LA river swims
Snorkels and knees
Seatbelt sticks in the poison heat
My pores are opening
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa headlines
Take the elevator to the Getty's highest place
See the cliffs fall to the sea
Do an about face
Easter on Olvera Street
Girls nursing new babies in alleyways
In between is a basin like the great divide
Where the 110 swallow the 105
Chutes and ladders leaving no where I begun
Like Joan Didion
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
You tore me up by the roots and fell silent again
My seeds have blown around but never land
You tore me up by the roots and fell silent again
My seeds have blown around but never land
Shiny buildings peak
The LA river swims
Snorkels and knees
Seatbelt sticks in the poison heat
My pores are opening
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa headlines
Take the elevator to the Getty's highest place
See the cliffs fall to the sea
Do an about face
Easter on Olvera Street
Girls nursing new babies in alleyways
In between is a basin like the great divide
Where the 110 swallow the 105
Chutes and ladders leaving no where I begun
Like Joan Didion
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
Making headlines again
Santa Anna Winds
You tore me up by the roots and fell silent again
My seeds have blown around but never land
You tore me up by the roots and fell silent again
My seeds have blown around but never land
Sermon Vs The Gospel lyrics - Cold War Kids
Getting closer everyday, getting closer everyday
Lord have mercy on me, we're talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord have mercy on my
Lord have mercy on me
Got this idea in my head and I can't get it out
'Cause all your money and all your culture
I can surely live without
A pile of treasures up on earth
But what you keep and what you take
Are property, vanity, and even knowledge for knowledge sake
And I said, Lord have mercy on me
We're talking about two different things
Television and Life Magazine
Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy on me
Don't want to see no psychoanalyst
Experienced in assisting to adjust
European travel, the H Bomb, Presidential elections
Front page of the new york times
The front page of the New York Times
Lord have mercy on me
We're talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy on me
Quit your griping, shine your shoes
Tell you a little secret for your blues
Don't make no difference, just watching from the stands
Fat lady always claps her hands
Lord have mercy on me
Sayin', even if you're robbing from the poor
Lord have mercy on me
I believe the words can change the heart
The words can change the heart
The words can change the heart
Have mercy on me, oh Lord
Lord have mercy on me
Talkin' bout two different things
Television, yeah, Life magazine, yeah
Lord have mercy on me, God
Lord have mercy on me
Gettin closer everyday
Getting closer everyday
Closer everyday
Lord have mercy on me, we're talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord have mercy on my
Lord have mercy on me
Got this idea in my head and I can't get it out
'Cause all your money and all your culture
I can surely live without
A pile of treasures up on earth
But what you keep and what you take
Are property, vanity, and even knowledge for knowledge sake
And I said, Lord have mercy on me
We're talking about two different things
Television and Life Magazine
Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy on me
Don't want to see no psychoanalyst
Experienced in assisting to adjust
European travel, the H Bomb, Presidential elections
Front page of the new york times
The front page of the New York Times
Lord have mercy on me
We're talking about two different things
Television and Life magazine
Lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy on me
Quit your griping, shine your shoes
Tell you a little secret for your blues
Don't make no difference, just watching from the stands
Fat lady always claps her hands
Lord have mercy on me
Sayin', even if you're robbing from the poor
Lord have mercy on me
I believe the words can change the heart
The words can change the heart
The words can change the heart
Have mercy on me, oh Lord
Lord have mercy on me
Talkin' bout two different things
Television, yeah, Life magazine, yeah
Lord have mercy on me, God
Lord have mercy on me
Gettin closer everyday
Getting closer everyday
Closer everyday
Against Privacy lyrics - Cold War Kids
We don’t gamble
We don’t do the stock exchange
We paint paintings
We write scenes for the stage
We will talk about welfare
We will talk about sex
Talk about the pope in Prada shoes
Nobody gets upset, nobody gets upset
And we’re waiting
We’re waiting for your call
We’re against privacy
We’re against privacy
Forget ex-girlfriends
We want little governments
We tell stories
We want to get you to join in
Call us optimistic
We get the meanest looks
We are bar stool romantics
History books will show, history books will show
And we’re waiting
We’re waiting for your call
We’re against privacy
We’re against privacy
And we’re waiting and we’re waiting
We’re waiting for your call
We’re against privacy
We’re against privacy
And we’re waiting
And we’re waiting for your call
We’re sure that you’ll agree
We don’t do the stock exchange
We paint paintings
We write scenes for the stage
We will talk about welfare
We will talk about sex
Talk about the pope in Prada shoes
Nobody gets upset, nobody gets upset
And we’re waiting
We’re waiting for your call
We’re against privacy
We’re against privacy
Forget ex-girlfriends
We want little governments
We tell stories
We want to get you to join in
Call us optimistic
We get the meanest looks
We are bar stool romantics
History books will show, history books will show
And we’re waiting
We’re waiting for your call
We’re against privacy
We’re against privacy
And we’re waiting and we’re waiting
We’re waiting for your call
We’re against privacy
We’re against privacy
And we’re waiting
And we’re waiting for your call
We’re sure that you’ll agree
Mexican Dogs lyrics - Cold War Kids
Ooh
Lock all exit doors
Now I wanna be your dog
Tape winding up
Hot tide, rattling off
Say goodbye to the friends you brought
Run with us
Oh, where I walk now, where I walk now
When I talk now, when I talk now
Oh, where I walk now, where I walk now
When I talk, when I talk
Flashlights go out
Stars will light the way
Like mexican dogs
Nobody gave us names
Tires burn in the dark
Mary's beads and the burning heart
Falling apart
High tide kicking sand
High tide we don't race to wind
To taste the salt
Coca-cola cost a quarter
On my block, on my block
Coca-cola cost a quarter
On my block, on my block
Flashlights go out
The stars will light the way
Like mexican dogs
Nobody gave us names
Flash lights go out
The stars will light the way
Like mexican dogs
Nobody gave us names
We will chase the bright lights till we're done
We'll chase the bright lights
We will chase the bright lights till we're done
We'll chase the bright lights
When I taste the salt
When I taste the salt
And I taste the salt
And I taste the salt
Mexican dogs
Lock all exit doors
Now I wanna be your dog
Tape winding up
Hot tide, rattling off
Say goodbye to the friends you brought
Run with us
Oh, where I walk now, where I walk now
When I talk now, when I talk now
Oh, where I walk now, where I walk now
When I talk, when I talk
Flashlights go out
Stars will light the way
Like mexican dogs
Nobody gave us names
Tires burn in the dark
Mary's beads and the burning heart
Falling apart
High tide kicking sand
High tide we don't race to wind
To taste the salt
Coca-cola cost a quarter
On my block, on my block
Coca-cola cost a quarter
On my block, on my block
Flashlights go out
The stars will light the way
Like mexican dogs
Nobody gave us names
Flash lights go out
The stars will light the way
Like mexican dogs
Nobody gave us names
We will chase the bright lights till we're done
We'll chase the bright lights
We will chase the bright lights till we're done
We'll chase the bright lights
When I taste the salt
When I taste the salt
And I taste the salt
And I taste the salt
Mexican dogs
Every Valley Is Not A Lake lyrics - Cold War Kids
Don't bother grandma 'cause she's right
Or you'll be in some mess
I see how you see her, creaky bones
Bitchin' 'bout IRS
Well take a look child
Through these photo albums
She sang to sailors in the war, baseball stadiums
In 1948
Now you'll graduate and you think
You're going to move out now
I will congratulate you as soon
As you pay your own way
Not tryin' to stick a pin
In your shiny new balloon
Your alimony check won't buy a bigger room
Or a new car
Don't ever think about comin' by here
With that junior from up the street
Sneakers squeakin' on the kitchen tile, hat pulled below his eyes
That boy is trouble in his sleep
You got your father's reckless charm, babe
Long as you givin', somebody take
Well, every sermon is not the gospel, babe
Let me put it in another way
Every valley is not a lake
Before I let you go with your friends
Got one more thing to say
You think my love is tough, should've seen
Your grandma in her day
So use your wits child
'Cause nothing stays the same
In forty years my song will be public domain
Oh, oh, oh
Sharp tongue, quick switch
Sharp tongue, quick switch
Will make my own apology felt
Or you'll be in some mess
I see how you see her, creaky bones
Bitchin' 'bout IRS
Well take a look child
Through these photo albums
She sang to sailors in the war, baseball stadiums
In 1948
Now you'll graduate and you think
You're going to move out now
I will congratulate you as soon
As you pay your own way
Not tryin' to stick a pin
In your shiny new balloon
Your alimony check won't buy a bigger room
Or a new car
Don't ever think about comin' by here
With that junior from up the street
Sneakers squeakin' on the kitchen tile, hat pulled below his eyes
That boy is trouble in his sleep
You got your father's reckless charm, babe
Long as you givin', somebody take
Well, every sermon is not the gospel, babe
Let me put it in another way
Every valley is not a lake
Before I let you go with your friends
Got one more thing to say
You think my love is tough, should've seen
Your grandma in her day
So use your wits child
'Cause nothing stays the same
In forty years my song will be public domain
Oh, oh, oh
Sharp tongue, quick switch
Sharp tongue, quick switch
Will make my own apology felt
Something Is Not Right With Me lyrics - Cold War kids
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
How was I supposed to know?
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Trying not to let it show
I tried to call you collect
You said you would not accept
Your friends are laughing
'Cause nobody uses pay phones
Gave me quarters to select
Song on the the jukebox that gets
People dancing
Should have never chose "Girlfriend"
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
How was I supposed to know?
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
I'm trying not to let it show
Passions of the people were sleeping late into the evening
Reach behind, they could hardly find their spines
Passions of the people were sleeping late into the evening
Reach behind, they could hardly find their spines
Passions of the people were sleeping late into the evening
Reach behind, they could hardly find their spines
You said you like old cars
I bought a beat up brown Dodge
it was smoking black
And died in your frontyard
You follow whose dating who
But, but when it comes to you
One is pulled a dozen
Different ways in the mind
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
How was I supposed to know?
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
I'm trying not to let it show
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
How was I supposed to know?
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Trying not to let it show
I tried to call you collect
You said you would not accept
Your friends are laughing
'Cause nobody uses pay phones
Gave me quarters to select
Song on the the jukebox that gets
People dancing
Should have never chose "Girlfriend"
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
How was I supposed to know?
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
I'm trying not to let it show
Passions of the people were sleeping late into the evening
Reach behind, they could hardly find their spines
Passions of the people were sleeping late into the evening
Reach behind, they could hardly find their spines
Passions of the people were sleeping late into the evening
Reach behind, they could hardly find their spines
You said you like old cars
I bought a beat up brown Dodge
it was smoking black
And died in your frontyard
You follow whose dating who
But, but when it comes to you
One is pulled a dozen
Different ways in the mind
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
How was I supposed to know?
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
I'm trying not to let it show
Welcome To The Occupation lyrics - Cold War Kids
Whistle blowers gotta get outta school
They don't want poets, they want pigeons on a stool
You're examining fossils, defending criminals
I'm clock watching, getting dumb
Photographing models a house painter's solace
I'm like sisyphus in the sun
And I give up
Raising your kids America
You treat 'em like an obligation
Welcome to the occupation
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
He's got your gold watch and chain
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
He's got your gold watch and chain
Whistle blowers, we know how you feel
Public servants surrender their free will
But you can't be in politics and work in the circus
You have to choose just one
You hold the nail, I'll swing the hammer
That's how things get done
But goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks
Goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks
And I give up
Raising your kids America
You treat 'em like an obligation
Welcome to the occupation
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
He's got your gold watch and chain
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
Got your gold watch and chain
They don't want poets, they want pigeons on a stool
You're examining fossils, defending criminals
I'm clock watching, getting dumb
Photographing models a house painter's solace
I'm like sisyphus in the sun
And I give up
Raising your kids America
You treat 'em like an obligation
Welcome to the occupation
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
He's got your gold watch and chain
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
He's got your gold watch and chain
Whistle blowers, we know how you feel
Public servants surrender their free will
But you can't be in politics and work in the circus
You have to choose just one
You hold the nail, I'll swing the hammer
That's how things get done
But goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks
Goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks
And I give up
Raising your kids America
You treat 'em like an obligation
Welcome to the occupation
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
He's got your gold watch and chain
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
Got your gold watch and chain
Golden Gate Jumpers lyrics - Cold War Kids
Thick fog rolls in waves
On the Golden Gate
I was checking my watch
With seven minutes on my shift
When I spot a black skirt on the rail
Straddling the bar like it's a quarter a ride
She's scared to jump, but terrified to stay
Walk to her slow, extend my hand with a smile and say
"Ma'am how was your day?
Keep your eyes on my face!
I want to help you if you'll let me."
She's startled, I look forward
Wrap my arms around her legs
Pull her down to the sidewalk
We're both heaving for air and I say
"Ma'am how was your day?
Keep your eyes on my face!
I want to help you if you'll let me."
Most folks think they'll hit the surface
And never feel no pain
Water pulls you under
Back to the womb once again
Bodies float to the shore
Bloated purple and blue
If sharks don't get to you first
Crabs will have their way with you
On the Golden Gate
I was checking my watch
With seven minutes on my shift
When I spot a black skirt on the rail
Straddling the bar like it's a quarter a ride
She's scared to jump, but terrified to stay
Walk to her slow, extend my hand with a smile and say
"Ma'am how was your day?
Keep your eyes on my face!
I want to help you if you'll let me."
She's startled, I look forward
Wrap my arms around her legs
Pull her down to the sidewalk
We're both heaving for air and I say
"Ma'am how was your day?
Keep your eyes on my face!
I want to help you if you'll let me."
Most folks think they'll hit the surface
And never feel no pain
Water pulls you under
Back to the womb once again
Bodies float to the shore
Bloated purple and blue
If sharks don't get to you first
Crabs will have their way with you
Avalanche In B lyrics - Cold War Kids
Oh, avalanche in apartment B
Everywhere white's what I see
I've never lived alone
So near the ocean breeze
I can finally afford high anxiety
Reach up, cold air hits your hands
Snow packs like cement you can't stand
Remain calm while rescue makes plans
Oh, avalanche in aparment B
All at once the weight dropped on me
Sweating at the bar
Fifteen minutes ago
We we're yelling our heads off
Now I'm surrounded by snow
Reaching up, cold air hits your hands
Snow packs like cement you can't stand
Remain calm while rescue makes plans
The earth must contract and expand
Everywhere white's what I see
I've never lived alone
So near the ocean breeze
I can finally afford high anxiety
Reach up, cold air hits your hands
Snow packs like cement you can't stand
Remain calm while rescue makes plans
Oh, avalanche in aparment B
All at once the weight dropped on me
Sweating at the bar
Fifteen minutes ago
We we're yelling our heads off
Now I'm surrounded by snow
Reaching up, cold air hits your hands
Snow packs like cement you can't stand
Remain calm while rescue makes plans
The earth must contract and expand
I've Seen Enough lyrics - Cold War Kids
How's it going to feel when summer ends?
Out of money, out of friends
I've seen enough of nothing new
The blacker stain on history or last laugh blues
Not gonna fight, not gonna cry
Not gonna shop around for one flag to fly
I've seen enough, inventor's age
I've cover up my face, brownbeaten shame
I've got the itch, I feel the sting
Like fallen in to the deepest sleep, telephone rings
How's it going to feel when summer ends?
Out of money, out of friends
How's it going to feel when summer ends?
Out of money, out of friends
I've seen enough, the angry mob
Yeah they were unison da-da-da
They can't be stopped
Sitting at home, making plans
Don't wanna be another silly set of accident hands
How's it going to feel when summer ends?
Out of money, out of friends
How's it going to feel when summer ends?
Out of money, out of friends
Out of money, out of friends
I've seen enough of nothing new
The blacker stain on history or last laugh blues
Not gonna fight, not gonna cry
Not gonna shop around for one flag to fly
I've seen enough, inventor's age
I've cover up my face, brownbeaten shame
I've got the itch, I feel the sting
Like fallen in to the deepest sleep, telephone rings
How's it going to feel when summer ends?
Out of money, out of friends
How's it going to feel when summer ends?
Out of money, out of friends
I've seen enough, the angry mob
Yeah they were unison da-da-da
They can't be stopped
Sitting at home, making plans
Don't wanna be another silly set of accident hands
How's it going to feel when summer ends?
Out of money, out of friends
How's it going to feel when summer ends?
Out of money, out of friends
Every Man I Fall For lyrics - Cold War Kids
Every man I fall for
Drinks his coffee black
"Love" and "Hate" are tattoed on his knuckles and
My name is on his back
Every man I fall for
Works the graveyard shift
He kisses me softly to wake me up
Then takes my place in bed
And I fall
I leave with one concern
It's the law of diminishing returns
It's the law of diminishing returns
Every man I fall for keeps his anger on
A string and holds it tight
When other man walk by blinking their eyes at me
He always pick a fight
I go walk alone down Ocean Boulevard
Peaking your windows
Tired housewives nagging at their husbands, but
Is this the life you chose?
And I fall
I leave with one concern
It's the law of diminishing returns
And I fall
I leave with one concern
It's the law of diminishing returns
Every man I fall for
Nearly every man
Every man I fall for
Nearly every man
Drinks his coffee black
"Love" and "Hate" are tattoed on his knuckles and
My name is on his back
Every man I fall for
Works the graveyard shift
He kisses me softly to wake me up
Then takes my place in bed
And I fall
I leave with one concern
It's the law of diminishing returns
It's the law of diminishing returns
Every man I fall for keeps his anger on
A string and holds it tight
When other man walk by blinking their eyes at me
He always pick a fight
I go walk alone down Ocean Boulevard
Peaking your windows
Tired housewives nagging at their husbands, but
Is this the life you chose?
And I fall
I leave with one concern
It's the law of diminishing returns
And I fall
I leave with one concern
It's the law of diminishing returns
Every man I fall for
Nearly every man
Every man I fall for
Nearly every man
Dreams Old Men Dream lyrics - Cold War Kids
Thought I was laying in the gutter in
Milk cartons and bones
But I was standing on a mountain top
Looking over your homes
Thought I was laying my garden with
My hands deep in soil
But I was there on an island
Shooting flares at your boat
Thought I was soothing like a violin
Confessing new rain
But I was piping like a trumpet
Frantic for fame
Thought I was built like a building's built
Iron, concrete and stone
I realize I'm just a hack actor
Finished playing my role
Your reading my thoughts
Dreams old men dream
It's just like when we were kids
We'd lay around wondering
We try to listen to what they say
Thought I was writing for a hundred hours
Looking straight into me
But I was reading on the news paper
Obituaries
Thought I was nervous like a mailman
Reading your letters, dear
But I was at our anniversary
Toasting 30 years
Your reading my thoughts
Dreams old men dream
It's just like when we were kids
We'd lay around wondering
We try to listen to what they say
We try to listen to what they say
Push my piano outside
I don't care, I don't care
Beneath the meteor black sky
I don't care, I don't care
The neighbours will complain
Let them stare, let them stare
Who knows where the time goes?
I don't care, I don't care
What would you think of me if I told you
I haven't slept in weeks?
I've been up chasing my childhood with a pin
These are dreams old men dream
Milk cartons and bones
But I was standing on a mountain top
Looking over your homes
Thought I was laying my garden with
My hands deep in soil
But I was there on an island
Shooting flares at your boat
Thought I was soothing like a violin
Confessing new rain
But I was piping like a trumpet
Frantic for fame
Thought I was built like a building's built
Iron, concrete and stone
I realize I'm just a hack actor
Finished playing my role
Your reading my thoughts
Dreams old men dream
It's just like when we were kids
We'd lay around wondering
We try to listen to what they say
Thought I was writing for a hundred hours
Looking straight into me
But I was reading on the news paper
Obituaries
Thought I was nervous like a mailman
Reading your letters, dear
But I was at our anniversary
Toasting 30 years
Your reading my thoughts
Dreams old men dream
It's just like when we were kids
We'd lay around wondering
We try to listen to what they say
We try to listen to what they say
Push my piano outside
I don't care, I don't care
Beneath the meteor black sky
I don't care, I don't care
The neighbours will complain
Let them stare, let them stare
Who knows where the time goes?
I don't care, I don't care
What would you think of me if I told you
I haven't slept in weeks?
I've been up chasing my childhood with a pin
These are dreams old men dream
On The Night My Love Broke Through lyrics - Cold War Kids
On the night that my love broke through
On the night that my love broke through
Revelations that came unglued
On the night that my love broke through
Cell doors were opened
Guards stepped out the way
Prisoners got one acre of land and one year's pay
Flowers long since dead
Stiffened at the neck
Colors came back in green and yellow and in red
Unemployed cowboy
Staggered on Fairfax
Trucks pulled up and fifteen men hollered and hopped in back
A copy of Bukowski
At the bottom of the stack
Got pickup by some dropout who read it front to back
Shoving off the death hand of his past
Ants were crawling out of
Grimy bathtub drains
Janitor was laughing, he had finally gone insane
City buses swerving
Arriving right on time
Vending machines were selling glasses of white wine by the dime
Streetlights got a burst of
Electricity
Sparks danced across windshields like a grand finale
Metal detector's beeping
Sound was deafening
Everywhere bearded men dug up wedding rings
We all stopped to listen to him sing
On the night when my love broke through
On the night when my love broke through
Revelations that came unglued
On the night when my love broke through
On the night
On the night
On the night
On the night
On the night that my love broke through
Revelations that came unglued
On the night that my love broke through
Cell doors were opened
Guards stepped out the way
Prisoners got one acre of land and one year's pay
Flowers long since dead
Stiffened at the neck
Colors came back in green and yellow and in red
Unemployed cowboy
Staggered on Fairfax
Trucks pulled up and fifteen men hollered and hopped in back
A copy of Bukowski
At the bottom of the stack
Got pickup by some dropout who read it front to back
Shoving off the death hand of his past
Ants were crawling out of
Grimy bathtub drains
Janitor was laughing, he had finally gone insane
City buses swerving
Arriving right on time
Vending machines were selling glasses of white wine by the dime
Streetlights got a burst of
Electricity
Sparks danced across windshields like a grand finale
Metal detector's beeping
Sound was deafening
Everywhere bearded men dug up wedding rings
We all stopped to listen to him sing
On the night when my love broke through
On the night when my love broke through
Revelations that came unglued
On the night when my love broke through
On the night
On the night
On the night
On the night
Relief lyrics - Cold War Kids
Flash flood, you got too comfortable
So I showed you who's really in control
You gave all of your savings to the poor
Lightning on the river and you're shivering
With your fishing pole
Same night you bought a ring and you proposed
You never really know what you can't really see
I'll be there, I'll be there
You made it out alive, oh what a relief
I'll be there, I'll be there
Earthquake in your pajamas huddled in doorways
While your house is swaying
Blue blood pumping like a hunter's fist
I love the shape your faces make
"Oh my, thank you for keeping me safe"
Even though you know it don't always go that way
You never really know what you can't really see
I'll be there, I'll be there
You made it out alive, oh what a relief
I'll be there, I'll be there
Everything will be explained
Your wild guess, everything will be explained
Go ahead, everything will be explained
Your wild guess, everything will be explained
So I showed you who's really in control
You gave all of your savings to the poor
Lightning on the river and you're shivering
With your fishing pole
Same night you bought a ring and you proposed
You never really know what you can't really see
I'll be there, I'll be there
You made it out alive, oh what a relief
I'll be there, I'll be there
Earthquake in your pajamas huddled in doorways
While your house is swaying
Blue blood pumping like a hunter's fist
I love the shape your faces make
"Oh my, thank you for keeping me safe"
Even though you know it don't always go that way
You never really know what you can't really see
I'll be there, I'll be there
You made it out alive, oh what a relief
I'll be there, I'll be there
Everything will be explained
Your wild guess, everything will be explained
Go ahead, everything will be explained
Your wild guess, everything will be explained
Cryptomnesia lyrics - Cold War Kids
I sold you for parts
You get what you want
Then I'll want it too
I know who you are
Don't know who your not
I don't dare ask
Come back, we'll use the stove
We'll make plans in the back
Of your pickup truck
Oh, why no one told
She crowns my lips
And waits up
Helicopter sails
Watching bird's eye
That's when I dropped
And all my hands
Where behaving
Like maps expired
These rocks have been kicked
My body is spent
Can't stop and rest, oh no
Your comfort plus ease
I see it in 3-D
You can't dream so slow
Don't check the index for reference
Curse the sky "Lord, give me hints"
I search the place for your prints
I feel your cryptomnesia
Cryptomnesia
You get what you want
Then I'll want it too
I know who you are
Don't know who your not
I don't dare ask
Come back, we'll use the stove
We'll make plans in the back
Of your pickup truck
Oh, why no one told
She crowns my lips
And waits up
Helicopter sails
Watching bird's eye
That's when I dropped
And all my hands
Where behaving
Like maps expired
These rocks have been kicked
My body is spent
Can't stop and rest, oh no
Your comfort plus ease
I see it in 3-D
You can't dream so slow
Don't check the index for reference
Curse the sky "Lord, give me hints"
I search the place for your prints
I feel your cryptomnesia
Cryptomnesia
We Used To Vacation lyrics - Cold War Kids
I kissed the kids at noon
Then stumbled out the room
I caught a cab, ran up a tab on 7th & flower
Beth's recital I had to run
Missed my son's graduation
Punched the Nichols boy for taking his seat
He gets all that anger from me
Still, things could be much worse
Natural disasters, on the evening news
Still, things could be much worse
We've still got our health
My paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife and children,
I'd never touch another drink as long as I live
But even then it sounds so soothing
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time
I'm just an honest man
Provide for me and mine
I give a check to tax deductible charity organizations
Two weeks paid vacation, won't heal the damage done
I need another one
Still, things could be much worse
Natural disasters on the evening news
Still things could be much worse
We've still got our health
My paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife and children I'd never touch another drink as long as I live
But even then it sounds so soothing to mix a gin and sink into oblivion
I promised to my wife and children
That accident left everyone a little shook up
But at the meetings I felt so empty
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time
Then stumbled out the room
I caught a cab, ran up a tab on 7th & flower
Beth's recital I had to run
Missed my son's graduation
Punched the Nichols boy for taking his seat
He gets all that anger from me
Still, things could be much worse
Natural disasters, on the evening news
Still, things could be much worse
We've still got our health
My paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife and children,
I'd never touch another drink as long as I live
But even then it sounds so soothing
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time
I'm just an honest man
Provide for me and mine
I give a check to tax deductible charity organizations
Two weeks paid vacation, won't heal the damage done
I need another one
Still, things could be much worse
Natural disasters on the evening news
Still things could be much worse
We've still got our health
My paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife and children I'd never touch another drink as long as I live
But even then it sounds so soothing to mix a gin and sink into oblivion
I promised to my wife and children
That accident left everyone a little shook up
But at the meetings I felt so empty
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time
Hang Me Up To Dry lyrics - Cold War Kids
Careless in our summer clothes, splashing around in the muck and the mire
Careless in our summer clothes, splashing around in the muck and the mire
Fell asleep with stains, caked deep in the knees (what a pain)
Now hang me up to dry
You wrung me out too, too, too many times
Now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the whites wh-whites of your eyes
All mixed up in the wash
Hot water bleeding our colors
All mixed up in the wash
Hot water bleeding our colors
Now hang me up to dry
You wrung me out too, too, too many times
Now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the whites wh-whites of your eyes
Now hang me up to dry
You wrung me out too, too, too many times
Now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the whites wh-whites of your eyes
Careless in our summer clothes, splashing around in the muck and the mire
Fell asleep with stains, caked deep in the knees (what a pain)
Now hang me up to dry
You wrung me out too, too, too many times
Now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the whites wh-whites of your eyes
All mixed up in the wash
Hot water bleeding our colors
All mixed up in the wash
Hot water bleeding our colors
Now hang me up to dry
You wrung me out too, too, too many times
Now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the whites wh-whites of your eyes
Now hang me up to dry
You wrung me out too, too, too many times
Now hang me up to dry
I'm pearly like the whites wh-whites of your eyes
Tell Me In The Morning lyrics - Cold War Kids
Stick around greenleaf, now that she's gone
Take my time when I got to bed, and I sleep long
I'm getting over, mulling over
I said, "Could you just wait to tell me in the morning?"
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I know that you would like, like to change me
Make me softer to your voice like a baby
I'm using caution, but you're warning
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I'm shouting questions, like a fist fight
You try to take me by the arms lead me to the light
I'm almost over, warring over
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
And I'll tell you one more thing
I confess to self deception
And I broke the lock and I pried it open
Then pretended to be stolen
I am my own thief in the night
Struggled for many years just to get here
To learn humility and be my own teacher
I guess it backfired 'cause my motive
Was just to take and never care 'bout what I give
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I'm shouting questions like a fist fight
You try to take me by the arms lead me to the light
I'm almost over, warring over
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
Laying low, save it for the morning
But I'll tell you one more thing
I confess to self deception
And I broke the lock and I pried it open
Then pretended to be stolen
I am my own thief in the night
Take my time when I got to bed, and I sleep long
I'm getting over, mulling over
I said, "Could you just wait to tell me in the morning?"
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I know that you would like, like to change me
Make me softer to your voice like a baby
I'm using caution, but you're warning
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I'm shouting questions, like a fist fight
You try to take me by the arms lead me to the light
I'm almost over, warring over
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
And I'll tell you one more thing
I confess to self deception
And I broke the lock and I pried it open
Then pretended to be stolen
I am my own thief in the night
Struggled for many years just to get here
To learn humility and be my own teacher
I guess it backfired 'cause my motive
Was just to take and never care 'bout what I give
Slow it down, slow it down
And lay it low, save it for the morning
I'm shouting questions like a fist fight
You try to take me by the arms lead me to the light
I'm almost over, warring over
I wish that you could wait to tell me in the morning
Slow it down, slow it down
Laying low, save it for the morning
But I'll tell you one more thing
I confess to self deception
And I broke the lock and I pried it open
Then pretended to be stolen
I am my own thief in the night
Hair Down lyrics - Cold War Kids
Conversations that went on terrible paths
Don't talk about that, no no don't talk about that
We're coming back loud, ending this conversation
Said you let your hair down
You've got enough to go 'round, oh my
Said you'd let your hair down
But you've been telling me that since the day we met
She's laughing like a choir girl
She's laughing like a choir girl
She's laughing like a choir girl
When she doubles over sounds like Hallelujah
She's talking to my mother
She's on the phone with my mother
She's talking to my mother
She's looking up at me like I'm a criminal
She bargains like a lawyer
Sacrifice like a martyr
She's just her mother's daughter
Cutting cloth and washing up and
We were still just babies
Dreaming of the 60's
We were still just babies
Dressing up in rags with our wallets full
Now our pockets are shallow coin runnin' low
I saw their empty but I'm just a fool
Roman in the kitchen told me that true love it waits
But of all the rules he lives by that's the one that he hates
Don't talk about that, no no don't talk about that
We're coming back loud, ending this conversation
Said you let your hair down
You've got enough to go 'round, oh my
Said you'd let your hair down
But you've been telling me that since the day we met
She's laughing like a choir girl
She's laughing like a choir girl
She's laughing like a choir girl
When she doubles over sounds like Hallelujah
She's talking to my mother
She's on the phone with my mother
She's talking to my mother
She's looking up at me like I'm a criminal
She bargains like a lawyer
Sacrifice like a martyr
She's just her mother's daughter
Cutting cloth and washing up and
We were still just babies
Dreaming of the 60's
We were still just babies
Dressing up in rags with our wallets full
Now our pockets are shallow coin runnin' low
I saw their empty but I'm just a fool
Roman in the kitchen told me that true love it waits
But of all the rules he lives by that's the one that he hates
Passing The Hat lyrics - Cold War Kids
Look up from the hymnal, around at the faces of families closing their eyes
We're taking Communion and passing the offering hat around at the same time
I reach for the hat and take all the cash and slide it into my ragged coat sleeve
And leave in its place a note to explain all of the reasons the spirit has lead me to leave
If there was a worthy cause for to give to may I be so bold as to say ”The givers not knowing where their money's going is as sinful as throwing away”
Stained glass it shines on my red wine and the sweat on my brow drips to my shaking knees
A small sacrifice to benefit one man's journey away from America's seas
Sweet sweet sigh of relief
Sweet sweet O Baltic Sea
Sweet sweet sigh of relief
Sweet sweet O Baltic Sea
Sweet sweet sigh of relief
Sweet sweet O Baltic Sea
Nobody here knows my name
Call it right or wrong
I bought my ticket just the same
We're taking Communion and passing the offering hat around at the same time
I reach for the hat and take all the cash and slide it into my ragged coat sleeve
And leave in its place a note to explain all of the reasons the spirit has lead me to leave
If there was a worthy cause for to give to may I be so bold as to say ”The givers not knowing where their money's going is as sinful as throwing away”
Stained glass it shines on my red wine and the sweat on my brow drips to my shaking knees
A small sacrifice to benefit one man's journey away from America's seas
Sweet sweet sigh of relief
Sweet sweet O Baltic Sea
Sweet sweet sigh of relief
Sweet sweet O Baltic Sea
Sweet sweet sigh of relief
Sweet sweet O Baltic Sea
Nobody here knows my name
Call it right or wrong
I bought my ticket just the same
Saint John lyrics - Cold War Kids
Suppertime in the hole
Suppertime in the hole
I shame my family
Shame my home
Suppertime...
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row, boy he's just a-waiting...
All the white boys in their stay-pressed slacks, they're home for the summer from college
Stayin' out late, getting rowdy at the bar, they're looking for trouble uptown
They come up my block, about 5 or 6 of them, smashin' their bottles in the gutter
Yelling all kinds of obscenities, about women and God and law
Another suppertime in the hole
Suppertime
I shame my family
Shame my home
Suppertime...
Young girl turn the corner with her clerk dress on, that girl was my sister
Just got off the night shift at Penningtons Place, just wanna go home and get some sleep
Boys grab her by the waist with their caffeine eyes, their hands all figdet and 'lectric
I picked up a brick from my papa's front yard and threw it at the tallest boy's face
Well blood was streaming like a well that sprung, I couldn't believe what I had just done
Well the other boys ran and this one stayed on the ground and he would never move again
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
All us boys on death row, we just waiting for a pardon
All us boys on death row
Yours truly on trial, I testify
I got to keep on running till the well run dry
Yours truly on trial, I testify
I got to keep on running till the well run dry
Yours truly on trial, I testify
I got to keep on running till the well run dry
Yours truly on trial, I testify
I got to keep on running till the well run dry
Suppertime in the hole
I shame my family
Shame my home
Suppertime...
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row, boy he's just a-waiting...
All the white boys in their stay-pressed slacks, they're home for the summer from college
Stayin' out late, getting rowdy at the bar, they're looking for trouble uptown
They come up my block, about 5 or 6 of them, smashin' their bottles in the gutter
Yelling all kinds of obscenities, about women and God and law
Another suppertime in the hole
Suppertime
I shame my family
Shame my home
Suppertime...
Young girl turn the corner with her clerk dress on, that girl was my sister
Just got off the night shift at Penningtons Place, just wanna go home and get some sleep
Boys grab her by the waist with their caffeine eyes, their hands all figdet and 'lectric
I picked up a brick from my papa's front yard and threw it at the tallest boy's face
Well blood was streaming like a well that sprung, I couldn't believe what I had just done
Well the other boys ran and this one stayed on the ground and he would never move again
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
Old Saint John on death row, he's just waiting for a pardon
All us boys on death row, we just waiting for a pardon
All us boys on death row
Yours truly on trial, I testify
I got to keep on running till the well run dry
Yours truly on trial, I testify
I got to keep on running till the well run dry
Yours truly on trial, I testify
I got to keep on running till the well run dry
Yours truly on trial, I testify
I got to keep on running till the well run dry
Robbers lyrics - Cold War Kids
Sulking, walking round' the city after dark
Need protection, from street toughs who clip the locks and rip the doors off rough, like cowards
Oh this life of glorified
Robbing from the blind is not easy, you see
Don't think I don't know sympathy
My victims in my shadow staring back at me
Not me, I'm knockin
Tiptoe outside a stranger's door casually let myself in
Fill pockets with trinkets, purses, china, antique armoire
Oh this life of glorified
Robbing from the blind is not easy, you see
Don't think I don't know sympathy
My victims in my shadow staring back at me
There's robbers in my thoughts!
They tell me what to think, they're hiding in my clothes, crawling in the kitchen sink
Need protection, from street toughs who clip the locks and rip the doors off rough, like cowards
Oh this life of glorified
Robbing from the blind is not easy, you see
Don't think I don't know sympathy
My victims in my shadow staring back at me
Not me, I'm knockin
Tiptoe outside a stranger's door casually let myself in
Fill pockets with trinkets, purses, china, antique armoire
Oh this life of glorified
Robbing from the blind is not easy, you see
Don't think I don't know sympathy
My victims in my shadow staring back at me
There's robbers in my thoughts!
They tell me what to think, they're hiding in my clothes, crawling in the kitchen sink
Hospital Beds lyrics - Cold War Kids
There's nothing to do here, some just whine and complain, in bed at the hospital
Coming and going, asleep and awake, in bed at the hospital
Tell me the story of how you ended up here, I've heard it all in the hospital
Nurses are fussin' , doctors on tour somewhere in India
I got one friend laying across from me
I did not choose him, he did not choose me
We've got no chance of recovery
Sharing hospital joy and misery, joy and misery, joy and misery
Put out the fire boys, don't stop don't stop
Put out the fire on us
Put out the fire boys, don't stop don't stop
Put out the fire on us
Bring your buckets by the dozens, bring your nieces and your cousins, come put out the fire on us
Vietnam, fishing trips, Italian opera
Vietnam, fishing trips, Italian opera
I got one friend laying across from me
I did not choose him, he did not choose me
We've got no chance of recovery
Sharing hospital joy and misery, joy and misery, joy and misery
The joy, the joy, the joy misery
Put out the fire boys, don't stop don't stop
Put out the fire on us
Put out the fire boys, don't stop don't stop
Put out the fire on us
Bring your buckets by the dozens, bring your nieces and your cousins, come put out the fire on us
Coming and going, asleep and awake, in bed at the hospital
Tell me the story of how you ended up here, I've heard it all in the hospital
Nurses are fussin' , doctors on tour somewhere in India
I got one friend laying across from me
I did not choose him, he did not choose me
We've got no chance of recovery
Sharing hospital joy and misery, joy and misery, joy and misery
Put out the fire boys, don't stop don't stop
Put out the fire on us
Put out the fire boys, don't stop don't stop
Put out the fire on us
Bring your buckets by the dozens, bring your nieces and your cousins, come put out the fire on us
Vietnam, fishing trips, Italian opera
Vietnam, fishing trips, Italian opera
I got one friend laying across from me
I did not choose him, he did not choose me
We've got no chance of recovery
Sharing hospital joy and misery, joy and misery, joy and misery
The joy, the joy, the joy misery
Put out the fire boys, don't stop don't stop
Put out the fire on us
Put out the fire boys, don't stop don't stop
Put out the fire on us
Bring your buckets by the dozens, bring your nieces and your cousins, come put out the fire on us
Pregnant lyrics - Cold War Kids
Sliver deceit, speaking in tongues
Deft as a surgeon's knife carving through bone
Pregnant with doubt
You figured out
Tricks of the trade to make whisper a shout
Mouth full of sweets
Rotting your teeth
Lift up the rug and sweep it underneath
You were dreaming when you don't believe
Pregnant with doubt
You figured out
Tricks of the trade to make whisper a shout
Mouth full of sweets
Rotting your teeth
Lift up the rug and sweep it underneath
You were dreaming when you don't believe
Sliver deceit, speaking in tongues
Deft as a surgeon's knife carving through bone
Deft as a surgeon's knife carving through bone
Pregnant with doubt
You figured out
Tricks of the trade to make whisper a shout
Mouth full of sweets
Rotting your teeth
Lift up the rug and sweep it underneath
You were dreaming when you don't believe
Pregnant with doubt
You figured out
Tricks of the trade to make whisper a shout
Mouth full of sweets
Rotting your teeth
Lift up the rug and sweep it underneath
You were dreaming when you don't believe
Sliver deceit, speaking in tongues
Deft as a surgeon's knife carving through bone
Red Wine, Success! lyrics - Cold War Kids
He pours the wine into his coffee cup
This jazz has dropped, it's time to pick it up
2:30 he rolls out of this brass at last
Terence love is barking something crass
Each night a thousand stairs go up both ways
Soul and colour peeking through his sleeves
M's down at the coast it's too late for busses run
Slides into his headphones, sleeps to solo monk
Success success his smile is saccharine
Glamorous he's pouring Pancho's gin
Lives his live a painful and lovely day
In the history of a great pregnancy
Squat public library checking out "The Trial"
Strolls to the pier to gather his thoughts
Squat public library checking out "The Trial"
He's talking to himself about it
He don't get upset, get upset
He can't sleep
He'll have another cigarette and don't get upset
He don't get upset, get upset
This jazz has dropped, it's time to pick it up
2:30 he rolls out of this brass at last
Terence love is barking something crass
Each night a thousand stairs go up both ways
Soul and colour peeking through his sleeves
M's down at the coast it's too late for busses run
Slides into his headphones, sleeps to solo monk
Success success his smile is saccharine
Glamorous he's pouring Pancho's gin
Lives his live a painful and lovely day
In the history of a great pregnancy
Squat public library checking out "The Trial"
Strolls to the pier to gather his thoughts
Squat public library checking out "The Trial"
He's talking to himself about it
He don't get upset, get upset
He can't sleep
He'll have another cigarette and don't get upset
He don't get upset, get upset
God, Make Up Your Mind lyrics - Cold War Kids
Backseat of your family station wagon, listening Nina Simone
One Hundred years of solitude and only 12 years old
God make up your mind
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Or should I take what's mine
Your mom is calling out, ”Look at the Grand Canyon”
Camilla couldn't care less
Gaze into the hole
Your stomach feels the emptiness of death
God make up your mind
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Or should I take what's mine, like everyone else
From New York to New Orleans, played alphabet
Kansas to Boise, won the battleship
Memorized the capitals, crossword puzzles
Drew a picture of a cat laying dead in the street
Daydream about my real dad back in California
Elephant in your brain, reminding you you've got to make a choice
Wraps his arms around you slow
Cause you tense up like an armadillo
God make up your mind
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Or should I take what's mine, like everyone else
Why ain't my teacher on a street sign?
He's done so much more than politicians, dead musicians
You wanna help someone you gotta be a no one
That's what I figured out the cat in the street meant
You gotta make up your mind
Make up your mind
Make up your mind
One Hundred years of solitude and only 12 years old
God make up your mind
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Or should I take what's mine
Your mom is calling out, ”Look at the Grand Canyon”
Camilla couldn't care less
Gaze into the hole
Your stomach feels the emptiness of death
God make up your mind
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Or should I take what's mine, like everyone else
From New York to New Orleans, played alphabet
Kansas to Boise, won the battleship
Memorized the capitals, crossword puzzles
Drew a picture of a cat laying dead in the street
Daydream about my real dad back in California
Elephant in your brain, reminding you you've got to make a choice
Wraps his arms around you slow
Cause you tense up like an armadillo
God make up your mind
God make up your mind
Do you wanna play fair
Or should I take what's mine, like everyone else
Why ain't my teacher on a street sign?
He's done so much more than politicians, dead musicians
You wanna help someone you gotta be a no one
That's what I figured out the cat in the street meant
You gotta make up your mind
Make up your mind
Make up your mind
Rubidoux lyrics - Cold War Kids
So let's go deadbolt your shed door
Cram your paper money snug closer than before
Chandeliers are falling in graveyard rows
And your eyes are shifting dials like AM radios
Snowed over river melted more last night
Still the same to shovel windshields of spidered ice
Yes, yes mother I mean to be baptized
Seeds that make the high ground grow and multiply
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash out of sight
What did you expect? Romantic Isle of Wight?
Just empty desert light
Few feet float above these Persian throw rugs
And tuck themselves in percussion as succession was
Tonight as single simple folk played themselves slow
Just like talking city blues down in the hallway low
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash out of sight
What did you expect? Romantic Isle of Wight?
Just empty desert light
I suggest that you respect the deal
And keep your nose out of business of
Priests and holy men, the life you have chosen
Is filled with dirty fingernails
And lost and founds and cancelled appointments
10 more avenues time to choose
And there's rain that'll fall down in five
There's 50 doors to choose from and there's many more
Many more inside inside inside
And the nighttime's going to come
The nighttime's going to come
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash out of sight
What did you expect? Romantic Isle of Wight?
Just empty desert light
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Just empty desert light
Just empty desert light
Just empty desert light
Cram your paper money snug closer than before
Chandeliers are falling in graveyard rows
And your eyes are shifting dials like AM radios
Snowed over river melted more last night
Still the same to shovel windshields of spidered ice
Yes, yes mother I mean to be baptized
Seeds that make the high ground grow and multiply
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash out of sight
What did you expect? Romantic Isle of Wight?
Just empty desert light
Few feet float above these Persian throw rugs
And tuck themselves in percussion as succession was
Tonight as single simple folk played themselves slow
Just like talking city blues down in the hallway low
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash out of sight
What did you expect? Romantic Isle of Wight?
Just empty desert light
I suggest that you respect the deal
And keep your nose out of business of
Priests and holy men, the life you have chosen
Is filled with dirty fingernails
And lost and founds and cancelled appointments
10 more avenues time to choose
And there's rain that'll fall down in five
There's 50 doors to choose from and there's many more
Many more inside inside inside
And the nighttime's going to come
The nighttime's going to come
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Bourbon and a pistol in the dash out of sight
What did you expect? Romantic Isle of Wight?
Just empty desert light
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Drive to Rubidoux in the the middle of the night
Just empty desert light
Just empty desert light
Just empty desert light
The Soloist In The Living Room lyrics - Cold War Kids
Center stage, mixed reviews
Haven't slept in forever
Practicing flawless moves
Talking back to the mirror
Back and to the left
Bounce back
Memorizing lines
Stutters in his speech
Maybe
Lose that nervous twitch
Waiting for this chance
To prove the talk is wrong
Center stage, mixed reviews
Haven't slept in forever
Practicing flawless moves
Talking back to the mirror
Back and to the left
Bounce back
Memorizing lines
Stutter in your speech
Maybe
Lose that nervous twitch
Waiting for this chance
To prove the talk is wrong
Haven't slept in forever
Practicing flawless moves
Talking back to the mirror
Back and to the left
Bounce back
Memorizing lines
Stutters in his speech
Maybe
Lose that nervous twitch
Waiting for this chance
To prove the talk is wrong
Center stage, mixed reviews
Haven't slept in forever
Practicing flawless moves
Talking back to the mirror
Back and to the left
Bounce back
Memorizing lines
Stutter in your speech
Maybe
Lose that nervous twitch
Waiting for this chance
To prove the talk is wrong
Heavy Boots lyrics - Cold War Kids
Heavy boots for crying out loud
Heavy boots are caught up in the crowd
You hear the news we haven't got a chance
Heavy boots we're crawling on our hands
Smokestacks burning up my bills
New York cuts and Hamptons on stilts
Turnstile the radio boys
Seasick yards are popping floorboards
Crooked nights dreams I can't speak
Overpass raining underneath
Great sales the pretty fine lines
On the road to where the trees touch from both sides
Smokestacks burning up my bills
New York cuts and Hamptons on stilts
Turnstile the radio boys
Seasick yards are popping floorboards
Choked nights dreams I can't speak
Overpasses raining underneath
Great sales the pretty fine lines
On the road to where the trees touch from both sides
Heavy boots for crying out loud
Heavy boots are caught up in the crowd
You hear the news we haven't got a chance
Heavy boots crawling on our hands
Feel the weight feel the weight
Find the clues recreate
Feel the weiight feel the weight
Find the clues recreate
Feel the weight feel the weight
Find the clues and recreate
Feel the weiight feel the weight
Find the clues
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
Heavy boots are caught up in the crowd
Heavy boots are caught up in the crowd
You hear the news we haven't got a chance
Heavy boots we're crawling on our hands
Smokestacks burning up my bills
New York cuts and Hamptons on stilts
Turnstile the radio boys
Seasick yards are popping floorboards
Crooked nights dreams I can't speak
Overpass raining underneath
Great sales the pretty fine lines
On the road to where the trees touch from both sides
Smokestacks burning up my bills
New York cuts and Hamptons on stilts
Turnstile the radio boys
Seasick yards are popping floorboards
Choked nights dreams I can't speak
Overpasses raining underneath
Great sales the pretty fine lines
On the road to where the trees touch from both sides
Heavy boots for crying out loud
Heavy boots are caught up in the crowd
You hear the news we haven't got a chance
Heavy boots crawling on our hands
Feel the weight feel the weight
Find the clues recreate
Feel the weiight feel the weight
Find the clues recreate
Feel the weight feel the weight
Find the clues and recreate
Feel the weiight feel the weight
Find the clues
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
Heavy boots are caught up in the crowd
Quiet, Please! lyrics - Cold War Kids
Quiet, please!
we'll soon begin
whisper if you need
to tell a friend a joke
quiet, please!
and listen up
feel free to grab the hand
of the person on your right
quiet, please!
save your applause
ushers shut your doors
as the curtain drops
did you read my mind?
did you miss your cue?
her knees are fallin' down
her fingers point to you
and flashin' words
like crashin' cars
you can't go home tonight
you can't go home tonight
the park is big
the reverend said
you'll find yourself when you lose
the stones you've been fed
quiet, please!
did you read my mind?
did you miss your cue?
her knees are fallin' down
her finger points to you
the park is big
the reverend said
you'll find yourself when you lose
the stones you've been fed
quiet, please!
we'll soon begin
whisper if you need
to tell a friend a joke
quiet, please!
and listen up
feel free to grab the hand
of the person on your right
quiet, please!
save your applause
ushers shut your doors
as the curtain drops
did you read my mind?
did you miss your cue?
her knees are fallin' down
her fingers point to you
and flashin' words
like crashin' cars
you can't go home tonight
you can't go home tonight
the park is big
the reverend said
you'll find yourself when you lose
the stones you've been fed
quiet, please!
did you read my mind?
did you miss your cue?
her knees are fallin' down
her finger points to you
the park is big
the reverend said
you'll find yourself when you lose
the stones you've been fed
quiet, please!
The Wedding lyrics - Cold War Kids
I got dragged
Into this wedding with my friend Maurice
Hoping to dance and drink some fine champagne
Still get out early enough to drive your car
Out to the ocean
But the clouds were lost
And all the songs were sweet
Starry eyed
I'm sentimental and I get sucked in
To any union
Promising away
Like it's so easy to know how you'll be
Come anniversary
Oh, I can keep a promise
No, I can't keep a secret
She's in bloom
Her lips and shoulders dressing up this room
Dancing like the wedding's ended and.. ?
I've got time
I've been around and I've got time
But it's a crime to sit and wonder
And oh, it's a crime, oh
If you knew, oh
If you knew, oh
I am in love with everyone here
I am in love with everyone here
No, I'm not in love with anyone dear
I'm not in love
She's in bloom
Her lips and shoulders dressing up this room
Dancing like the wedding's ended and.. ?
But I've got time
I've been around and I've got time
And it's a crime to sit and wonder
And God, it's a crime
I can keep a promise
No, I can't keep a secret
Oh, I can keep a promise
No, I can't keep a...
Na, na, na, na, no
No, no, no
No
Into this wedding with my friend Maurice
Hoping to dance and drink some fine champagne
Still get out early enough to drive your car
Out to the ocean
But the clouds were lost
And all the songs were sweet
Starry eyed
I'm sentimental and I get sucked in
To any union
Promising away
Like it's so easy to know how you'll be
Come anniversary
Oh, I can keep a promise
No, I can't keep a secret
She's in bloom
Her lips and shoulders dressing up this room
Dancing like the wedding's ended and.. ?
I've got time
I've been around and I've got time
But it's a crime to sit and wonder
And oh, it's a crime, oh
If you knew, oh
If you knew, oh
I am in love with everyone here
I am in love with everyone here
No, I'm not in love with anyone dear
I'm not in love
She's in bloom
Her lips and shoulders dressing up this room
Dancing like the wedding's ended and.. ?
But I've got time
I've been around and I've got time
And it's a crime to sit and wonder
And God, it's a crime
I can keep a promise
No, I can't keep a secret
Oh, I can keep a promise
No, I can't keep a...
Na, na, na, na, no
No, no, no
No
In Harmony In Silver lyrics - Cold War Kids
Jeff knocks at 1128
waits at the stairs
me and Marcus scurry down
got his ass on the rail
bright shocks our eyss
we stumble adaze
we'll save all our stories
for the tea and the shade
I know I didn't write you
but then there was no desire to
I see a sea of faces
I wish I had
Thomas's wrists on his chins
kelly green shirt
smirkin' 'cause he don't
got a nickle to pitch
steamin' plates
they for reach
we politely withhold
can't put out a fork
til Marcus has thanked the Lord
we laugh about our friends
from gradeschool
working for their fathers and
Marcus tells me Rose is doing great
and we know we sleep so long on borrowed grants and dimes from Miles
and you know that package of yours makes me proud and bittersweet with time
and we know we sleep so long on borrowed grants and dimes from Miles
and you know that package of yours makes me proud and bittersweet with time
waits at the stairs
me and Marcus scurry down
got his ass on the rail
bright shocks our eyss
we stumble adaze
we'll save all our stories
for the tea and the shade
I know I didn't write you
but then there was no desire to
I see a sea of faces
I wish I had
Thomas's wrists on his chins
kelly green shirt
smirkin' 'cause he don't
got a nickle to pitch
steamin' plates
they for reach
we politely withhold
can't put out a fork
til Marcus has thanked the Lord
we laugh about our friends
from gradeschool
working for their fathers and
Marcus tells me Rose is doing great
and we know we sleep so long on borrowed grants and dimes from Miles
and you know that package of yours makes me proud and bittersweet with time
and we know we sleep so long on borrowed grants and dimes from Miles
and you know that package of yours makes me proud and bittersweet with time
Don't Let Your Love Grow Away (From Me) lyrics - Cold War Kids
So to speak
breathing deep
face and hands
chilly sweat
phone to ear
eyes to mirror
wall to wall
connection's clear
saw you Sunday
torn in two
my demons took up
the whole church pew
sleep walked up receieved
the bread and wine
begging Jesus to cleanse my mind
begging Jesus to cleanse my heart
begging Jesus to cleanse my soul
don't let your love grow away from me
don't let your love grow away from me
shocked to find
all my words
won't save me this time
no I won't quiet down
and you'd think by now
I bow out gracefully
goodbye to the show
don't let your love grow away from me
don't let your love grow away from me
I could rip
I could tear
our memories' seams
I could fold
show my hands
as naked as thieves
but I stare at this bridge
the cracks underneath
don't let your love grow away from me
don't let your love grow away from me
shocked to find
all my words
won't save me this time
no I won't quiet down
and you'd think by now
I bow out gracefully
and goodbye to the show
breathing deep
face and hands
chilly sweat
phone to ear
eyes to mirror
wall to wall
connection's clear
saw you Sunday
torn in two
my demons took up
the whole church pew
sleep walked up receieved
the bread and wine
begging Jesus to cleanse my mind
begging Jesus to cleanse my heart
begging Jesus to cleanse my soul
don't let your love grow away from me
don't let your love grow away from me
shocked to find
all my words
won't save me this time
no I won't quiet down
and you'd think by now
I bow out gracefully
goodbye to the show
don't let your love grow away from me
don't let your love grow away from me
I could rip
I could tear
our memories' seams
I could fold
show my hands
as naked as thieves
but I stare at this bridge
the cracks underneath
don't let your love grow away from me
don't let your love grow away from me
shocked to find
all my words
won't save me this time
no I won't quiet down
and you'd think by now
I bow out gracefully
and goodbye to the show
Electioneering lyrics - Cold War Kids
I will stop, I will stop at nothing
Say the right things when electioneering
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards, you go backwards
Somewhere we will meet
When I go forwards, you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet
Riot shields, voodoo economics
It's just business, cattle prods, and the IMF
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards, you go backwards
Somewhere we will meet
When I go forwards, you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet
Say the right things when electioneering
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards, you go backwards
Somewhere we will meet
When I go forwards, you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet
Riot shields, voodoo economics
It's just business, cattle prods, and the IMF
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards, you go backwards
Somewhere we will meet
When I go forwards, you go backwards
And somewhere we will meet
Expensive Tastes lyrics - Cold War Kids
Strings attached, fake eye lashes
Broke apart the piggie bank for petty cash
Sensitive sister blush, and don't stare
Watch the children squabblin' in the square
Tip my hat, low windows
Once I saw you naked, there was nothing to show
Piano plays, sonata tempo
Of all the girls of in our class she's the most refined
I'd like to be there in the morning when you wake up
Maybe pipe dream, but come easter we could pack up
I'd like to be there in the morning when you wake up
Maybe pipe dream, but come easter we could pack up
I like to show up at your door step
Wearing the winter tie my neighbour tied,
And meet your family, compliment cookin'
Drink the beer your uncles are brewin'
Flat-out refused to take that job
Just because i'm poor don't mean I can't be a snob
Strawberry hair, fair freckled skin
Waiting like a creep outside catillian
Shy expression, shawl on her shoulders
Bought this house with money that your grandfather stole
Much too young, save the imagination
Ruined an elegant girl's reputation
I'd like to be there in the morning when you wake up
Maybe pipe dream, but come easter we could pack up
Woah, woah
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
And when they ask me my occupation
I'm a prayin man working on my patience
I got no preference, politic party
Parents take away my car keys
Mass lets out, rollin' smokes for trades
drink my weight coffee at the penny arcade
rows of shoes, shelves of jewerly
Mama's dying her hair in the vanity
Daddy's watch too tight, try silver spoon for size
Harder than a needle through a camel's eye
Folks gather around the table, find a place
Boys that girl don't have expensive tastes
Broke apart the piggie bank for petty cash
Sensitive sister blush, and don't stare
Watch the children squabblin' in the square
Tip my hat, low windows
Once I saw you naked, there was nothing to show
Piano plays, sonata tempo
Of all the girls of in our class she's the most refined
I'd like to be there in the morning when you wake up
Maybe pipe dream, but come easter we could pack up
I'd like to be there in the morning when you wake up
Maybe pipe dream, but come easter we could pack up
I like to show up at your door step
Wearing the winter tie my neighbour tied,
And meet your family, compliment cookin'
Drink the beer your uncles are brewin'
Flat-out refused to take that job
Just because i'm poor don't mean I can't be a snob
Strawberry hair, fair freckled skin
Waiting like a creep outside catillian
Shy expression, shawl on her shoulders
Bought this house with money that your grandfather stole
Much too young, save the imagination
Ruined an elegant girl's reputation
I'd like to be there in the morning when you wake up
Maybe pipe dream, but come easter we could pack up
Woah, woah
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
Woah, oh
And when they ask me my occupation
I'm a prayin man working on my patience
I got no preference, politic party
Parents take away my car keys
Mass lets out, rollin' smokes for trades
drink my weight coffee at the penny arcade
rows of shoes, shelves of jewerly
Mama's dying her hair in the vanity
Daddy's watch too tight, try silver spoon for size
Harder than a needle through a camel's eye
Folks gather around the table, find a place
Boys that girl don't have expensive tastes
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