The Rentals Album

Kawaba, Kawaba, Kawaba, Hey!
I know a girl, lives off the coast of Spain
Twenty-one in the prime of her life
Friends are the most important thing she's got
And she don't need much to get by
It's been a long, long time since I felt that way
Maybe all the way back to high school
But, lately I've felt like an old fat man
With her I lie and say "I'm a young fool"
And we don't really care about much, no
We don't need to lie (we don't need to lie)
We got nothing in common that I can see
We drink on, we drink on, we drink on . . .
And get by
Well, she don't care too much for vegetables
And she hates rude American men
Questions if I'm balding and I deny
And she laughs and she laughs with her friends
Aw but, I don't really care too much, no
I don't need to lie (I don't need to lie)
We got nothing in common that I can see
We drink on, we drink on, we drink on . . .
And get by (I get by)
Getting by (getting by)
We get by (we get by)
Getting by
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She don't really care about me, no
There's no reason to lie (we don't need to lie)
We got nothing in common and we both agree (getting by)
To drink on, and drink on, and drink on . . .
And yeah, we don't really care about much (getting by)
We don't really care too much (getting by)
We don't really care about much (getting by)
We drink on, we drink on, we drink on and get by
We're getting by

Hello, hello, hello, hello
You know it's good to see you here again
To be back with my friends
Where the work's not hard
And the century is closing down
I'm not sure what we've got
We really don't need a lot
Hello, hello

I made a lot of mistakes that bear a heavy, heavy weight that I'm ashamed of
And I need to get through to something new where I'm not alone
Where everybody knows you, everybody loves you, everybody says this is your home

Hello, hello, hello, hello
You know it's good to see you here again
To be back with my friends
Where the work's not hard
And the century is closing down
I'm not sure what we've got
We really don't need a lot
Hello, hello

Keep coming back to forget, to forget about the things I've done
It's the one place nobody cares, I know where I can go
Where everybody knows you, everybody loves you, everybody says this is your home

Hello, hello, hello, hello
You know it's good to see you here again
To be back with my friends
Where the work's not hard
And the century is closing down
I'm not sure what we've got
We really don't need a lot
Hello, hello

Trying to shake all responsibility
Repeating that it don't mean much to me
Staying out of my head all day
Don't want to go back
I don't want to have to face it all
All those disappointments that I've made

Hello

Don't let me go, hello, hello, hello
You know it's good to see you here again
To be back with my friends
Don't let me go, hello, hello, hello
You know I wanna stay here with my friends
Stay here 'til the end, don't let me go
Don't let me go
Hello, hello
Don't let me go
Hello

The century is closing down, the century is closing down
The century is closing down, the century is closing down

Return to the city, lookin' for a friend, she shouldn't be too hard to find
There's only one or two places she could be, especially this time of night
I didn't tell her I'm in town or I'd be coming 'round, I'm steppin' into her work
She greets me casually, yeah hands me a drink,
I wait 'til six in the morning for her

She says it's alright
That cha haven't written or been here for a while (I've been here for a while)
Just grab your things and come on over
Stay with me at my house (stay with me)
She says it's alright, yeah

It's half past four, the afternoon, oh we wake up
There's no phones to disturb us, lazing around, isolated from all of the fuss
She smokes a couple hundred cigarettes and hands me the keys,
oh while she gets ready for work
Be back at seven in the morning to let her in, that's about when she returns

She says it's alright
That you don't speak the language, I know that you barely try (I know you barely try)
I love The Smiths and my cigarettes, like you in my bed
But, I don't need you to get by (don't need you)
She says it's alright, yeah

I'm sure you wanted to forget about things for a while
As I see, how you see, how we see, let me see

She says it's alright
That you're going to the states and ya won't be back for awhile (I won't be back for a while)
She says, it's alright with you, it's alright without you
Either way is just fine (either way you're not mine)
She says it's alright (it's alright, alright)
I don't expect to hear from you, but you're welcome back anytime
Unless I find a new friend, then this will have to end (it's alright)
We don't need no good-byes
She says it's alright
She says alright
It's alright

And we sing (out of tune)
Come on!
There's so many of you, so many people I see
So many of you that I'd like to meet
There's so many things we could do
If you only knew

Jump with you, sleep with you, cheat on our soulmates and find
That some people care and some they don't mind
It don't matter we do what we do
As we break on through

And we sing
Out of tune
We are on the cruise (the cruise)

Optimistic right now, maybe I am
I know how so many people hate that
They'd rather see you lose
And drag you in the hole they're into

Jump with you, laugh with you, babble while they criticize
Let them say what they say, no I really don't mind
Just let them do what they do
As we break on through

And we sing
Out of tune
We are on the cruise (the cruise)

Sleep with you
Deceive with you
Laugh with you
Break on through to the cruise

Yeah
And we sing
Out of tune
We are on the cruise (the cruise) (yeah)

There's so many of you, so many people I see
So many of you that I'd like to meet
So many things we could do on the cruise

We're on the cruise
We're on the cruise
We're on the cruise, we're on the cruise
We're on the cruise
(but mostly keep it alive)

Got absinthe
Got Gaudi
And I got Jamboree
Got my chicas
Maria, Anna, Monica (Maria, Anna, Monica)
And I got Noemi
(a what cha gotta)

Got Picasso Blue (got Picasso Blue)
And I got the Good Bar Crew
Got Bikkini
And the New York disco
Got surreal Dali
Oh, yeah (oh, yeah)

Lost and rollin', driftin' loosely on my own through

Barcelona, Barcelona
Catalonia, take over
Barcelona

Got Iberia Got Oveja Negra
Got Zeleste
And the Karma dub
I got the Pipa Club
(a what cha gotta)

Got Picasso Blue (got Picasso Blue)
Got a senorita too
The Panam's sex show
Got my transvestites
At the Top of the Mountain disco
Yeah (yeah)

Lost and rollin', I don't got much to go back to
Lost and rollin', driftin' loosely on my own through

Barcelona, Barcelona
Catalonia, take over
Barcelona
(ooh, ooh) Barcelona
(ooh, ooh) Barcelona
(ooh, ooh) Barcelona
(ooh, ooh) Barcelona
My sweet angel, Barcelona, hide me safely, give me shelter
In a dark place, under assumed name, through Catalonia
Lost and rollin', driftin' loosely, no occupation, Barcelona
The last angel, Barcelona

(say goodbye, forever)
Come here and pick me up
(I'll take you out)
Let's go to dinner
(we could do whatever)
I know you don't know me at all and
(I don't know you and)
You don't do things like this ever
It's so nice (it's so nice) in your car
(and in my car)
The music sings sweetly
(the stereo is playing)
Walk across the bridge to the beach
(Santa Monica)
Yeah, kiss you while it's raining (yeah, kiss you while it's raining)
(and it's raining)
Say goodbye (so say goodbye)
Say goodbye forever (goodbye forever)
I'm in such a lonely place (it's a lonely place)
And I could be forever (goodbye)
Your place is so much different than mine (but it's so normal)
It's so calm and peaceful (It's so calm and peaceful)
(so quiet and empty)
I could lay in your living room (room)
(you could stay in my room)
As long as possiblep
In the back of the taxi I feel
(I watched you get in the taxi)
Loss of home and country
(you still don't know me)
Back down to the storage space, yeah
(as you go down)
L.A. can be so lonely
Say goodbye (so say goodbye)
Say goodbye forever (goodbye forever)
I'm in such a lonely place (it's a lonely place)
And I could be forever (goodbye)
I know this is the only day we'll spend together
(strange days, strange nights, short time, strange life)
And I know, I know, I know, after this it's over forever
(strange days, strange nights, a strange place in a strange life)
Oh
Say goodbye (so say goodbye)
So say goodbye forever (goodbye forever)
You've put me in a lonely place (in a lonely place)
Where I could be forever (I could be forever)
So say goodbye (so say goodbye)
Say goodbye forever (goodbye forever)
You put me in a lonely place (in a lonely place)
Where I could be forever
Oh

It is the saddest day
When ya find you're alone
Well, that's why I'm here with you
See, I got no place to go
Yeah, the truth is I feel safe here
The most comforting place that I know
It's still the saddest day
When you say this is not my home
I wanna take you to Overlee
In a blue world floating endlessly
Where there's no language and there's no country
I wanna take you to Overlee
Now, I return to your place
Knocking trying to get in
And your roommate opens the door
And says "Why are you back here again?"
I put my things down in the hall
Quietly enter your room
You're sound asleep with the cats
As I climb back in bed with you
I wanna take you to Overlee
In a blue world floating endlessly
Where there's no language and there's no country
I wanna take you to Overlee
And we could swim around and round and round (in the blue)
And we could swim around and round and round (in the blue)
And we could swim and swim until we drowned (in the blue)
We could swim (we could swim) around and round and round
I wanna take you to Overlee (Overlee)
Floating 'round endlessly (endlessly)
No language and no country (Overlee)
Where I could hold you tenderly (tenderly)
I would take you over me (over me)
I wanna take you to Overlee
Round and round and round (round and round)
(6x)
Where we could swim around and round and round
And we could swim and swim until we drowned

Here comes Big Daddy C. and his cronies
New York City, all the pop star baloney
(Hey, Ho, Hey, Ho)
Attention! Top models and Brits to the restroom
Three, four to a stall, sucking like a vacuum
Hey, here comes Big Daddy C.
With his friends of P.
Slides in the room indiscreet
Blows out so casually
Hey, where's Big Daddy C.?
Where's the Big Daddy?
(Who the hell is P. anyway?)
Oh!, lookin' for Hey Zeus, out on a mission
Treasure maps, secret knocks, use your discretion
(Hey, Ho, Hey, Ho)
It's up and at 'em, time for one more disco
Got cha Roebucks on and you're incognito
(Hey, Ho, Hey, Ho)
Hey, here comes Big Daddy C.
With his friends of P.
Slides in the room indiscreet
Blows out so casually
Hey, where's Big Daddy C.?
Where's the Big Daddy?
Faster, faster, faster than you ever wanted to go (you ever wanted to go)
Faster, faster, faster than you ever needed to know (you ever needed to know)
Faster, faster, faster than you ever wanted to go (you ever wanted to go)
Faster, faster, faster than you ever needed to know (you ever needed to know)
(Hey, Ho, Hey, Ho)
Hey, here comes Big Daddy C.
With his friends of P.
Slides in the room indiscreet
Blows out so casually
Hey, where's Big Daddy C.?
Where's the Big Daddy?
Hey, here comes Big Daddy C., here comes Big Daddy C.
(Big Daddy C., Big Daddy C.)
Hey, here comes Big Daddy C. with his friends of P.
(Big Daddy C., Big Daddy C.)
Hey, where's the Big Daddy C.? (Hey, Big Daddy C.)
Where's the Big Daddy C.?

It's about time you made a choice of when you're coming over
I asked you a long time ago, but still there's no word
Of when you'll leave your friends for me
In the itinerary is a thousand places we could be
(one thousand places we could be)

Manhattan, Pittsburgh, Paris, France (Paris, France) or Columbus, Ohio
Australia, London, Tokyo (Tokyo) but still you say no!
I don't care, but need to know when you'll join me out on the road
What will it take for you to go, (what will it take for you to go)

(You know I try) You're not tryin'
(But I'm so tired) Keep tryin'
Try, try to stay awake
Try, try to stay awake
Try, try to stay awake
But you just keep sleeping
You keep sleeping
(you're not trying)

It's about time you came to me (it's about time you came to me) I'm always flying to you
One last shot I can try to do, out of desperation!
Send an airline ticket to your home (to your home to your mama and papa)
But you probably won't show, waiting at JFK with little hope (now you know it)

(You know I try) You're not tryin'
(But I'm so tired) Keep tryin'
Try, try to stay awake
Try, try to stay awake
Try, try to stay awake
But, you just keep sleeping

Try, try to stay awake (try to stay awake) (you're not tryin')
Try, try to stay awake (try to stay awake) (you're not tryin')
Try, try to stay awake (try to stay awake) (you're not tryin')
Or you'll just keep sleeping
(you keep sleeping) You keep sleeping (you're not tryin') You're not tryin'
(keep sleepin') Keep sleepin' (you're not tryin') You're not tryin'
(Keep sleepin', keep sleepin')

Well, then the man with two brains says:
Been thinkin' bout the conversations, our situation
My frustration, leading to your suffocation
Feel uptight and my thoughts deranged and insane
Like The Man With Two Brains
So, I forgot the neurotic, got into the psychotic
All those words haven't heard, you're kind of erotic
Got no guilt, got no mind, got no reason, got no time
I'm high on the sly
(It will be OK)
I don't know about that
(It's the American way)
Yeah, maybe that's where it's at
(You were raised that way)
The Europeans say
(The Man With Two Brains)
Well then The Man With Two Brains says "It's a science
I've got one for my actions, one for my conscience
Yeah, one's for the sex and the other's for the consequence"
Then The Girl With One Brain says "You make no sense,
You make no sense"
Then, the anti-cruise takes form in the frame of a young woman
From a passionate scene to a sterile queen
I put a bottle of Ed's Red in my head, a little dead
And surprised when you said:
(It will be OK)
I don't know about that
(It's the American way)
Yeah, maybe that's where it's at
(You were raised that way)
The Europeans say
(The Man With Two Brains)
Well then The Man With Two Brains says "It's a science
I've got one for my actions, one for my conscience
Yeah, one's for the sex and the other's for the consequence"
Then The Girl With One Brain says "You make no sense,
You make no sense"
(it's cool, cool) Well The Girl With One Brain says "It's not a science,
You can't have one for your actions and one for the consequence
It's all about sex, so what's the difference"
Then, The Man With Two Brains says "You make no sense"
(you make no sense, no sense, you make no sense, no sense)
The Europeans say: (It will be OK)
Kick back and rela (The Man With Two Brains)
Roll on the flow track (It will be OK)
The Europeans say (The Man With Two Brains is all about sex)

Nice surprise I haven't seen you in so long
We laugh and you smile and I stroke your hair
Drive me home in the same old car the 4th of July
What am I, oh, what am I doing here

Come on in, yeah, stay for a while
Use my phone to check your calls and hang around
As ya see I am doing alright so let's step outside
And make out on the 4th of July

I don't know much about the strange commitment world
I'm never in one space too long
Sometimes, I feel that we could make this last
I must be wrong

Once again hangin' out with all your friends
It's not my scene, no I'm not green, I'm only here for your company
Guys hangin' around trying to get down
Ain't got no time or desire to compete with them and

I don't know much about the strange commitment world
I'm never in one space too long
Sometimes I feel that we could make this last
I must be wrong, it must be

I don't know much about the strange commitment world
I never stay in one space too long
And now I feel (make this last)
This must be wrong
This must be wrong
This must be wrong
This must be wrong

Well, it's five in the morning
And I'm pacing down Harrow Road
(Harrow Road, Harrow Road)
And melatonin don't help no matter the dose
(the dose, the dose)
And insomnia it won't let me go
Insomnia won't let me go
(Won't let me go!)
Why do I have to write about you? I don't know!
And why did I come to London? I don't know!
(I don't know! I don't know!)
Seven in the morning
And I'm pacing down Rainham Road
(Rainham Road, Rainham Road)
Yeah, everyone sleeping while I'm creeping, I'm in a deep hole
The pharmacy low, studio is closed
And insomnia won't let me go
(Won't let me go!)
Why do I have to write about you? I don't know!
And why did I come to London? I don't know!
Yeah, why do I have to write about you? I don't know!
I'm unprepared and I'm getting nowhere and everybody knows
That insomnia it won't let me go Insomnia won't let me go
(Won't let me go) go home!
(Won't let me go) go home!

Well, it's alright
She says it's alright
(Alright, alright)

Silence in the air
At the end of the affair
End of the run (it's just begun)
Silence in the air
I don't know if I even care
About anyone (you look overrun)
My head is in the sun
Seven More Minutes to hide away
Far from everyone
Seven More Minutes slide away
Somewhere in the sun
(Somewhere far from everyone)
My head is in the sun
(Somewhere far from everyone)
My head is in the sun
Silence in the air
At the end of the affair
End of the run (they have not won)
Silence in the air
I don't know if I even care
About anyone (you're overrun)
I heard you singing
Seven More Minutes to hide away
Far from everyone
Seven More Minutes slide away
Somewhere in the sun
(Somewhere far from everyone)
My head is in the sun
(Somewhere far from everyone)
My head is in the sun
(My head is in the sun)
Far from everyone
(somewhere far from everyone)
Seven More Minutes to hide away far from everyone
(Somewhere far from everyone)
Seven more minutes slide away somewhere in the sun
Somewhere in the sun
My head is in the sun
Somewhere in the sun
My head is in the sun

Sometimes, I feel like being young
Jumpin' around, jumpin' around
There can be a comfort in Being loud (Marshall stack loud)
Acting 'bout half my age
Everything's come a couple years late
I guess it's bad to complain
When everything's good, everything's great
Jump up, jump down
(Jump down)
Tired of jumping around
(Jumping around)
(Jump)
Today I realized I'm not so young
Jumpin' around (jumping around)
With the French star in front of me
So educated and well respected (well respected)
It can be embarrassing when you're this loud
So Marshall stack loud
She covers her ears and I'm here
And I'm a fool and not a bit proud
Jump up, jump down
(Jump down)
Tired of jumping around
(Jumping around)
How am I to find someone to settle down with? (Settle down)
What choices do I have?
I'm not educated and I'm not respected
And what am I to do?
As the train leaves for Kensal Green
I can't come back to you
So, I send this music box to sleep to
Jump up jump down
(Jump down)
Tired of (tired of) jumping around
(Jumping around)
Jump up jump down
(Jump down)
Tired of (tired of) jumping around
(Jumping around)
(Jump up)
Short days and long nights, short days and long nights
Seven More Minutes please, Seven More Minutes
Seven More Minutes please, Seven More Minutes