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
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
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