Razorlight Album

Oh when did you decide
To start living like it's suicide
And wasting all my time
And messing up my mind
Oh now darling please leave me alone
I'm so tired I wanna be on my own
But you come on calling on my telephone
And I wish I could show you somewhere better
Better to go

And when you get there
Well if you freak them all out
With your sweatshop charm
You'll leave them in no doubt

And when you get challenged
You'll only lie about your age
But it's the distance you travel
And the fields you unravel
And all the bars on your cage

Oh now darling please leave me alone
I'm so tired I wanna be on my own
But you come on calling on my telephone
And I wish I could show you somewhere better
Better, better, better to go

To somewhere else
Somewhere else, somewhere else

Oh you've got to...
Leave me alone
Leave me alone
Leave me alone
Leave me alone
Oh just leave me alone
What don't you understand
Just leave me alone
What don't you understand!
What is there to understand?
Just leave me alone
Just leave me alone
Just leave me alone

There's too much silence in her night
She calls herself an angel, and she comes to town
I said L-O-N-D-O-N
Just so she can fall
There's something about the way she walks, you know
It suits the city streets so well and yet
No one's heard her band yet, but they play real well

Oh yeah, here it comes baby, and there's nothing to say
Here it comes now, you don't care anyway
He sees your eyes, you're just the rock'n'roll eyes
Oh but it's just lies, babe, it's just the rock'n'roll lies

You've seen the man, he calls out for a drink, and you're all
You're all tied up in your backstage lines
And you, you just can't move a muscle

Six in the morning and you rise and you fall, you got to
You got to grab what you can
Here comes your man, baby, he's a winner, yeah
He's a gunslinger

Oh yeah, here it comes baby, and there's nothing to say
Here it comes now, you don't care anyway
He sees your eyes, you're just the rock'n'roll eyes
Oh but it's just lies, babe, it's just the rock'n'roll lies

Oh baby, when you say my name I get, such a thrill inside
She says there's something in the way that I look at her
Yeah, I guess it's right here in my eyes
I can't lie

And here it comes now, there's nothing to say
Here it comes now, you don't care anyway
You see those eyes, they're just a rock'n'roll eyes
Oh just like mine, babe, they're just a rock'n'roll eyes
Oh it's just the lies, babe, it's just the rock'n'roll lies
Oh it's just the lies, man, it's just the rock'n'roll lies

Wild is the wind that strips away our sins
Yours is the night, but you don't know where to begin
But I heard you say
You've got a feeling that it's just around the bend
I heard you say
Sometimes you fall into the arms of no-one at all
I mean to say that that's alright
I did what I could!
Oh, sometimes I run
Yeah, sometimes I fall
L O V E, I'll see you later
L O V E, I'll see you later

Yours is the fire that gets in my head
Mine is desire, so let it burn down your bed
Cause I heard about those stories, yeah
I guess everyone has
I heard them say sometimes you fall
Just on your own with no-one at all
I mean to say that that's alright
I did what I could!

Oh, sometimes I run
Yeah, sometimes I fall
L O V E, I'll see you later
L O V E, I'll see you later

Oh, sometimes I run
Yeah, sometimes I fall
L O V E, I'll see you later

I lost the sacred feeling but I
Made a couple of friends and now
Our things have never looked so good
Our things have never been so clear
And now I'm alone with you
I'm always up all night
And I get music running in my head
And I, I lose the strength to fight
Cause I, I've been up all night
She's been up all night
We're, we're just up all night

This town is for the counterfeit dreamers
And maybe I'm one too, well I
I keep my hand behind my back when I
I don't know what else to do
The streets that I grew up in, they might mean
Nothing to you, but I
I'll show you where I come from if you please
Just tell me what I'm supposed to do

Cause I, I've been up all night
She's been up all night
We're, we're just up all night

That sweet and sacred feeling you know
Will never last long
Every time you turn around you'll see
One more part of you, yes it's gone
I need your spirit darling
And lend me your helping hand, and I
I'll meet you in the morning
When I've broken up the band

Cause I've been up all night
She's been up all night
We're, we're just up all night

And I've been up all night
She's been up all night
We're, we're just up all night
I've been up all night...

This party isn't working, oh no
Yeah we need to find days like we used to
Living off a shoe string
never never knew what the night would bring
Now you look like you've been up for days
People walk in
People fall out
There's really not much to shout about

Still you rack em up, knock em back
Line em up, put them down
Have a little taste, then you look about

Yeah you rack em up, knock em back
Line em up, put them down
Have a little taste, then you figure out
And it all comes out

And you say I just can't get there, no more
So tell me which way is out?
You say I just can't get there, no more
So tell me which way is out?

And I put your picture right up on my wall
And I said show me how to walk
Show me how to talk
Show me how to be a man
That's all I need

I really put all my faith in you
But then you left right there
At the top of the stairs
With your mind half gone
And you never even cared

Still you rack em up, knock em back
Line em up, put them down
Have a little taste, then you look about

Yeah you rack em up, knock em back
Line em up, put them down
Have a little taste, then you figure out
And it all comes out

And I said I just can't get there, no more
So tell me which way is out?
You said I just can't get there, no more
So tell me which way is out?
Tell me which way is out?
Tell me which way is out?
Tell me which way is out?
I never know
I never know...

Hey girl, get on the dancefloor
And rip it up, yeah
That's what it's there for
That's what it's there for
So rip it up, yeah
Ah rip it up and tear it up
Until you really don't know why
Until you don't know why
I seen a man there
Down at the station
He's got a head of ideas
Has just too many reservations
It turns me round, yeah
It breaks my heart, yeah
It rips me up and tears me up
You know I really don't know why
You know I don't know why

She says love is the law
Why don't you come round no more?
She says I loved you so much more
When you were down on the floor

I said well well
That ain't nothing
You got to rip it up
You got to pick a stitch
And turn me round, yeah
And break my heart, yeah
And rip me up and tear me up
You know I really don't know why
I really don't know why

Hey girl, get on the dancefloor
Just like I told you
That's what it's there for
That's what it's there for
So rip it up, yeah
Ah rip it up and tear it up
Until you really don't know why
Until you don't know why
So rip it up, yeah
And tear it up. yeah
And just please don't stop

It's a big big world
And you can do what you like
You can do anything you want
Because darling, it's your life
But don't go back to Dalston
Don't go up the junction
Don't go round the houses

But just come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me

It's a big big world
And you can do take your time
You've got your friends
And I've got mine

Don't go back to Dalston
And no, don't go up the junction
Don't go round the houses

But just come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me

Come back, come back, come back

I know a girl with the golden touch
She's got enough, she's got too much
But I know, you wouldn't mind
You could have it all if you wanted
You could have it all if it mattered so much
But then all they know is how to put you down
When you're there, they're your friend
But then when you're not around
They say, "Oh, she's changed"
We know what they mean
Well they mean, they're just jealous
Because they never do the things
That they wish that they could do so well

That kind of girl, yes she's never alone
You leave a thousand messages on her phone
But you know you never get through
And you could have it all if you wanted, girl
You could have it all if it matters to you

But then all they know is how to put you down
When you're there, they're your friend
But then when you're not around
They say, "Oh, she's changed"
Oh we know what that means
Well it means they're just jealous
But they'll never do the things
That they wish that they could do so well

I saw my girl with the golden touch
Give 'em a taste but not too much
I just can't listen to the words of fools
I don't give away too much
Someone will need your golden touch

Because all they know is how to put you down
When you're there, they're your friend
And then when you're not around
They say, "Oh, she's changed"
And we know what that means
Well it means they're just jealous
But they'll never do the things
That they wish that they could do so well

I heard that it was a really big deal
But then I found out it was just nothing at all
You always say it's such a big deal
But we both know that that's nothing at all
And I get over the breaks
And I, I stumble and fall
And I get over the breaks
And sometimes stumble and fall

You just wont admit that it's all in your hands
So I have to try so hard to make you understand
But all you can say is "It's just part of the deal"
And I never asked you to understand
How I keep myself to myself in the crush of the crowd
But all you can say is
"Who cares? It's part of the deal"

And I get over the breaks
And I, I stumble and fall
And I get over the breaks
And sometimes stumble and fall

Well I, I get over the breaks
And I stumble and fall
And I get over the breaks
And sometimes stumble and fall
Yes I fall
Yes I fall

We talked all night about suicide and she said
If this is living, how come I never feel alive?
The first time you're there, it really gets you up
Second times are alright
But it's just not enough, no
It shoots through your veins
Tears all your nerves apart
Well you get it and go, you get it and go
You know it's alright, you know it's alright
You get it and go, you get it and go
You get a little high, you get a little low

I've seen you dance so many times
You had your hands in your pockets, she said
I just got this message on my phone
And it's blowing my mind
You know it's tearing me up inside out

Strangles me, strangles me, you know
First time you're there, it really gets you up
Second times are alright
But its the second circle of hell in your mind
It shoots through your veins
And tears all your nerves a-a-a-apart

Just get it and go, just get it and go
You know it's alright, you know it's alright
Just get it and go, just get it and go
You get a little high, you get a little low
You get it and go, you get it and go
You know it's alright, you know it's alright
You get it and go, you get it and go
You get a little high, and you get a little low

Well if it's all so hard
Why don't you slide on down with me?
And if you're hanging on my words, yeah
Well that's alright with me
Because it's just so easy
And we'll be all rare

You get it and go, you get it and go
You know it's alright, you know it's alright
You get it and go, you get it and go
you get a little high, you get a little low
You get it and go, you get it and go
You get it and go, you get it and go
You know it's alright, you know it's alright

Count your fingers one to four
1-2-3-4 and thats it

Well it's a close one, a real close one
And no-one gets hurt, but she's got twice the fun
But now they kiss in the rain
And did someone call out someone's name
From a white cadillac on a wide wind
To her white dress across the great divide
Into the warm moonlight
And she's been reading Bukowski for days
And she leans over, spits her name in my face
And says "Well now you know how it feels"
Well now you know how it feels

And I was looking for you
Looking for you
Looking for you in the city last night

The boys in the band steal a kiss in the mystery of the night
11:59 to zero, live a blonde hair in jeans, holds her tight
Turns on the heat and starts to fight and sayin' "that's my man"
Well the myth of love must have been there
The spirit of possession was there

And the boys over at the bar
Yeah they're mixing up their medicine
The girls were on their mobile trying to get reception
Johnny's shadow's getting long but he keeps on singing
His shadow getting long but he keeps on singing:

And I was looking for you
Looking for you
Looking for you in the city last night

And people so strange
People so strange
People just keep talking in the city last night

Take off your shades and scroll down to number nine
You're living on the guest list, up against the big rack
Head back, hand highs, it's getting loud in here
Think you're going to have to shout
And she's tearing off her clothes
He's stirring all his drinks, oh yeah
Streets divide them
It's an empire of signs
Honey say she can read
And it looks like trouble
And it tastes like chocolate if you want it
It looks like trouble
And it tastes like chocolate if you want it

Still I was looking for you
Looking for you
Looking for you in the city last night

And people so strange
People so strange
People just keep talking in the city last night

And I was looking for you
And I was looking for you
And I was looking for you in the city last night

And I was looking for you
Yeah I was looking for you
Yeah I was looking for you in the city last night

It's alright!
It's alright!
If you say my name

Away and away, over bridges and sighs
And on and on, on and on
She keeps it all locked up right inside
While up above, where the looking glass skies
Go on and on, on and on
She can't say a word, she keeps it inside

To the sea
To the sea
Oh down into the sea
Yeah, what about me
Yeah, what about me
Yeah, what about me?

So go away, for a year and a day
Come back to me, oh you will see
Throw it away, there's money to be made
Oh darling you will make it in the sea

Yeah to the sea
Yeah to the sea
Oh down into the sea
Yeah, what about me
Yeah, what about me
Yeah, what about me?

Just pick me up, put me down
We all ... (?)
And leave it all, to the sea

So go away and then shut your mouth
Cause darling, you'll see how it all turns out
Ha!
Throw it away, for a year and a day
And then... come back to me!

Down to the sea
Down to the sea
Oh down into the sea
Yeah, what about me
Yeah, what about me
Yeah, what about me?

Just pick me up, put me down
We all ... (?)
And leave it all, to the sea

To the sea...

Midnight’s calling
Are you close behind?
Midnight’s calling
Are you close behind?

Trees without leaves and notes that don’t ring
Wine left to rot and a voice that can’t sing
And hours of making love in silence
And a light that just won’t shine in the darkness

Could I be any clearer?
Could I speak any plainer?- I need you here
Just to lean my way
And fall, fall, fall

She scolded me for my sinful and wicked ways
Towered above me – do you follow?
And watched with concealed pleasure
As I ripped out my heart and said
I’m just bad, I can’t help it
But I tr-tr-tr-try to be good

And trees without leaves and notes that don’t ring
Wine left to rot and a voice that can’t sing
And hours of making love in silence
And a light that just won’t shine in the darkness

Could I be any clearer?
Well could I speak any plainer?- I need you here
Just to lean my way
And fall, fall, fall

'Cause people make you lonely
People make you lonely sometime.

You're an emotional wreck,
You don't know who you are,
You never say what you mean.
You keep your mouth shut,
And your light stays still,
And then you come and call on me.

You say
I just can't help myself,
I really really wish I could be,
Somewhere Else,
Than here.

I met a girl,
She asked me my name,
I told her what it was.
She looked at me,
I tried to explain,
Exactly what I lost.

But now
I just can't help myself,
I really really wish I could be,
Somewhere else,
Than here.

You give me everything I need,
But I really really wish I could be,
Somewhere else,
Than here.

Just anywhere else,
Just anywhere else than here!

And I won't forget,
And I won't forget,
And I won't forget.

And when I saw you there,
It was the first time,
And you just walked on by,
I was catching the sparks,
That flew from your heels,
Trying to catch your eye.

But that was somewhere else,
Somewhere else,
Somewhere else.

I really really wish I could be,
Somewhere else,
Somewhere else,
Somewhere else,
I really really wish I could be.

And now I just can't help myself,
I really really wish I could be,
Somewhere else,
Than here.

And now I just can't help myself,
I really really wish I could be,
I got everything I need,
I really really wish I could be,
Somewhere else,
Somewhere else,
Somewhere else,
I really really wish I could be...