[Track 1 - Tranquilize]
[Flowers]
Brandon
Time it tells
Living in my home town
Wedding bells, they begin easy
Let her down, baby don’t talk that much
Baby knows and baby don’t tease me
In the park, we can go walking
Drown in the dark
We can go sailing, on the sea
Lou
Always here, always on time
Close call
Was it love or was it just easy?
Money talks, when people need shoes and socks
Steady boys
Both
I’m thinking she needs me
I was just sipping on something sweet
I don’t need political process
Brandon
I got this feeling that they’re gonna break down the door
I got this feeling that they’re gonna come back for more
Both
See I was thinking that I lost my mind
But it’s been getting to me all this time
Don’t stop dragging me down
Silently reflection turns my world to stone
Patiently correction leaves us all alone
And sometimes I’m a-travelin' but tonight
This engine’s failing
Brandon
I still hear the children playing
Choir & Lou
Kick the can, kick the can, skip and blackjack
Steal a car and ring a round-rosey,
Rock and roll, candyland, boogeyman,
Run away and give me your sneakers
Both
Acid rain
Abel looked up at Cain
We began a weeping and wailing
Hurry hide from pestilence, pills and pride
It’s a shame, we could have gone sailing
Well heaven knows, heaven knows everything
Tranquilize
I got this feeling that they’re gonna break down the door
I got this feeling that they’re gonna come back for more
See I was thinking that I lost my mind
But it’s been getting to me all this time
Don’t stop dragging me down
Silently reflection turns my world to stone
Patiently correction leaves us all alone
And sometimes I’m a-travelin' but tonight
This engine’s failing
Brandon
I still hear the children playing
Dead beat dancers come to us and stay
Lou
'cause I don’t care where you’ve been
And I don’t care what you've seen
We’re the ones who still believe
And we’re looking for a page
In that lifeless book of hope
Where a dream might help you cope
Where the bushes and the bombs
Uh huh, Tranquilize
[Track 2 - Shadowplay]
[Curtis, Hook, Morris, Sumner]
To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you
To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you
I was moving through the silence without motion, waiting for you
In a room with a window in the corner I found truth
In the shadowplay, acting out your own death, knowing no more
As the assassins all grouped in four lines, dancing on the floor
And with cold streel, odour on their bodies mad a move to connect
But I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left
I did everything, everything I wanted to
I let them use you for their own ends
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you
[Track 3 - All the Pretty Faces]
[Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer]
Help me out, I need it
I don't feel like loving you no more
I don't feel like loving you no more
Help me out I need it
I don't feel like touching her no more
Help me out I need it
I said, I don't feel like touching her no more
But how did it happen?
I've spent a few long years in a strange strange land
Well how did it happen?
I'd do anything just to be your man
You're not going anywhere without me
These trials don't prepare the error no
You're not telling anyone about me
And you shake and you plead while I sing my song
I don't feel like, I don't feel like
I don't feel like loving you
I don't feel like, I don't feel like
I don't feel like loving you
All the different places
Ringing out like a shotgun in my head
All the pretty faces
Ringing out and I just can't go to bed
Well how did it happen?
I spent two long years in a strange strange land
How did it happen?
I'd do anything just to be your man
I'd do anything just to be your man
You're not going anywhere without me
These trials don't prepare the error no
You're not telling anyone about me
And you shake and you plead while I sing my song
I don't feel like touching you
I don't feel like touching you
I don't feel like touching you
I don't feel like touching you
You can't tell anyone about me
You're not going anywhere without me
Help me out I need it
You can't tell anyone about me
Help me out I need it
Help me out I need it
I don't feel like, I don't feel like
I don't feel like loving you
I don't feel like, I don't feel like
I don't feel like loving you
[Track 4 - Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf]
[Flowers]
Shakin' like the Devil when she let me go
Got a new place, and how it's so much better
Falling over myself, the televisions on,
I turn it off and smile
Oh, Jennifer, you know I always try
Before you say goodbye
Leave the bourbon on the shelf
And I'll drink it by myself
And I love you endlessly,
darlin' don't you see I'm not satisfied
until I hold you tight
Give me one more chance tonight
and I swear I'll make it right
But you ain't got time for this
and that wreckin' bell is ringin'
and I'm not satisfied
until I hold you
Jennifer, tell me where I stand
and who's that other boy holdin' your hand?
Oh, Jennifer, you know I've always tried
Before you say goodbye
Leave the bourbon on the shelf
And I'll drink it by myself
And I never liked your hair or those people that you lie with
but I'm not satisfied
until I hold you tight
and I love you endlessly,
darling don't you see I can't be satisfied
until I hold you tight
Leave the bourbon on the shelf
And I'll drink it by myself
And I love you endlessly,
darling don't you see
I'm not satisfied
[Track 5 - Sweet Talk]
[Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci]
Lift me up on my honour
Take me over this spell
Get this weight off my shoulders
I've carried it well
Loose these shackles of pressure
Shake me out of these chains
Lead me not to temptation
Hold my hand harder
Ease my mind
Roll down the smoke screen
And open the sky
Let me fly
Man I need a release from this troublesome mind
Fix my feet when they’re stumbling
And well you know it hurts sometimes
You know it's gonna bleed sometimes
Dig me out from this thorn tree
Help me bury my shame
Keep my eyes from the fire
They can’t handle the flame
Grace cut out from my brothers
When most of them fell
I carry it well
Let me fly
Man I need a release from this troublesome mind
Fix my feet when they’re stumbling
I guess you know it hurts sometimes
You know it's gonna bleed sometimes
Now hold on
I’m not looking for sweet talk
I’m looking for time
Top a tower and sleep walk
Brother, cause it hurts sometimes
You know it's gonna bleed sometimes
Hold on
You know its gonna hurt sometimes
When you call me
Hold on
Hold on
Hold on
I’m gonna climb that symphony home and make it mine
Let his resonance light my way
See, all these pessimistic sufferers tend to drag me down
So I could use it to shelter what good I’ve found
[Track 6 - Under the Gun]
[Flowers, Keuning]
She's got her halo and wings
Hidden under his eyes
But she's an angel for sure
She just can't stop telling lies
But it's too late for his love
Already caught in a trap
His angel's kiss was a joke
And she is not coming back
Because heaven sends and heaven takes
Crashing cars in his brain
Keep him tied up to a dream
And only she can set him free
And then he says to me
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Yeah she's got a criminal mind
He's got a reason to pray
His life is under the gun
Hes got to hold every day
Now he just wants to wake up
Yeah just to prove it's a dream
'Cos she's an angel for sure
But that remains to be seen
Because heaven sends and heaven takes
Crashing cars in his brain
Keepin' him tied up to a dream
And only she can set him free
And then he says to me
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Stupid on the streets of London
James Dean in the rain
Without her it's not the same
The same
The same
But it's alright
Because heaven sends and heaven takes
Crashing cars in his brain
Keep him tied up to a dream
And only she can set him free
And then he says to me
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Kill me now
Again and again.
[Track 7 - Where the White Boys Dance]
[Flowers]
Take me to the place where the white boys dance
Take me to the place where they run and play
My baby is gone, you might have a chance
Just take me to the place where the white boys dance
They hug in silence
as the sun sets on their empty street
Her suspicions, well they're rising high
And the man who sweeps him off she doesn't meet
She walks inside and pours a strong one
to put her mind at ease
It's the calm before another storm
Her brain shifts from the whiskey to the keys
Take me to the place where the white boys dance
Take me to the place where they run and play
My baby is gone, you might have a chance
Just take me to the place where the white boys dance
Her heart is racing
She phones a friend and says,
"I'm in an awful place
That fool's been messing round on me
I've seen it in his eyes and on his face"
Hold on a minute, you're talking crazy
Don't be that jealous, girl
Just tell Levon you need an hour or two
'cause we're gonna go and change somebody's world
Take me to the place where the white boys dance
Take me to the place where they run and play
My baby is gone, you might have a chance
Just take me to the place where the white boys dance
It's the calm before another storm
It's the calm before another storm
Her brain shifts from the whiskey to the keys
Take me to the place where the white boys dance
Take me to the place where they run and play
My baby is gone, you might have a chance
Just take me to the place where the white boys dance
[Track 8 - Show You How]
[Flowers]
Answering Machine
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To listen to your messages press one, to...
First saved message, message sent yesterday at 10:41 pm
Brandon
Ha
I gotta tell ya
I'll make it better
But I know there's something I needed to say
When I was out no
Maybe you were better alone
I know I'll make it home
She told me sweet thing
Run a labour
In your shoes
Touch me 'til I follow in love
I wanna help her
Maybe we were better alone
I wanna show you how
And then we walked out
Make it made now
I said I want it but I never alone
I wanna show you
Maybe we were something uncool
I wanna make you sing
Oh hoooohoooo
Oh oh hohooooo
Oh hoooo hooooo
[Track 9 - Move Away]
[Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer]
Last time I said I was in control
I had 25 depths and we both know
When you come back now
You'll see my face
I said 25 depths and we both pray
While I move away
Our times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes don't see
Take your skin off when you listen to me
Move away
Our times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes and me
Take your skin off when you're talkin' to meeee
Meeee
Oh what a world that we both come in
I said hold it to the rock and let it in
Oh what a whirlwhind that we are in
I said hold it to the rock and we're both in
While I move away
Our times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes don't see
Tear your skin off when you listen to me
Move away
Our times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes don't see
Take your skin off when you listen to me
Don't worry bout what might have been
Just tell your woman that you're sorry
And you jumped out of your skin
Listen closely to your mother
Don't worry bout what might have been
Tell the jury that you're sorry
And just jump out of your skin
I wanna jump out of my skin
I wanna jump out of my skin
And watch the clouds
Move awaaaaaaay
I'm never gonna live it down
Move away
Move away
Move move move
Move away Move away
Move away
Our times don't come until tomorrow
These eyes don't see
Take your skin off when you listen to me
Move away
Our times don't come until tomorrow
Move away
Move away
Move away
Move away
[Track 10 - Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll]
[Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci]
Glamorous
Indie rock'n'roll is what I need
It's in my soul, it's what I need
Indie rock'n'roll, it's time
Two of us
Flipping through a thrift store magazine
She plays the drums, I'm on tambourine
Bet your, your bottom dollar on me
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
It's all I need
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
In a clutch
I'm talking every word for all the boys
Electric girls with worn down toys
Make it up, break it up, what do you care
Oh what do you care?
I take my twist with a shout
A coffee shop with a cause, then I'll freak you out
No sex, no drugs, no life, no love
When it comes to today
Stay if you wanna love me, stay
Oh don't be shy, let's cause a scene
Like lovers do on silver screens
Let's make it yeah, we'll cause a scene
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
It's all I need
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
In a clutch
I'm talking every word for all the boys
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
It's all I need
Makin' up, breakin' up, what do you care
What do you care?
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
Two of us
Flipping through a thrift store magazine
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
It's all I need
Makin' up, breakin' up, what do you care
What do you care?
It's Indie rock'n'roll for me
[Track 11 - Who Let You Go?]
[Flowers, Keuning, Stoermer, Vannucci]
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
I feel it inside
Down in my soul
I just cant hide
These things I know
We could be friends
I promise that it wont go bad.
That hopefully this story ends
When you aint got nothing
Ive never had
So lets take it slow
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Someone must have loved you
Not the way that i do
Listen to what I'm trying to say
Aint nothing getting in my way
So tell thats fantastic
And promise you'll always sigh
I find it so romantic
When you look into my beautiful eyes
And lose control
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
Who let you go?
I don't know what it means
But Ive been wondering
Who let you go?
And honey when you walk my way
It makes me wanna say
Ohhhhhh
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la
Sha la la la la
[Track 12 - The Ballad of Michael Valentine]
[Flowers, Keuning]
Michael plays with stars
Soul Sister won't you take a ride in his car
Late to call
When you wanted to be all
Baby don't be so shy
Rock children hold your heads up high
In the night while I try
And tell the ballad of Valentine
You got it bad, but you know it's true
I caught up with a friend in Dallas
We took a trip to New Orleans
Those black-eyed ladies
Won't say they're sorry
We finally caught a train to Memphis
Where everybody talks the same
Those blue suede babies
All know my name
And I said hold tight
Can't you see it's hurting me
But I've got the buzz
Like Marlon Brando
Michael Valentine, can't we unite?
We ended up in North Dakota
Although my heart's in Mexico
My Mu?equita
Abra tus ojos
With your new suit, and your black tie
Hold on, you're just a gambling man, all proper like
I broke to the right and I caught your eye
Shut your mouth and wave goodbye
Tonight, I ain't gonna let you rain on this parade
And I said hold tight
Can't you see it's hurting me
But I've got the buzz
Like Marlon Brando
Straight faced with misery tonight
And I will not lie when I say I ain't cold no more
But I've got the buzz
Like Greta Garbo
Walking forwards in the sun
And I've got a cold tale left to write
Well uh oh
I know he's gonna be there tonight
[Track 13 - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
[Tills]
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair.
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?
The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down.
Oh Ruby... don't take you love to town.
It wasn't me that started this whole crazy Asian war.
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chore.
Yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be.
Oh Ruby... I still need some company.
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralyzed
and the wants and the needs of a woman your age,
Ruby, I realize.
But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until I'm not around.
Oh Ruby... don't take you love to town.
She's leaving now, 'cause I just heard the slamming of the door,
the way I know I've heard it slam one hundred times before.
And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground.
Oh Ruby... don't take you love to town.
Oh Ruby... for God sakes, turn around...
[Track 14 - Daddy's Eyes]
[Flowers]
I'll tell you what you wanna know
But boy, you better listen close
People gonna tell you lies
Don't let it come as a surprise
That woman's on my back again
I know she's got the best intentions
But you begin to realize
You know you got your daddy's eyes
And there's something I want to say
I love her too
And all of this has got nothing to do with you
And I'd like to stay but I can't because
I've been fooling around
And I know that you called because you never even knew
That it was hurting me
When you put it on the other hand
When you're old enough to understand
That glove will bring it all to light
I didn't say that made it right
'Cause that woman's on my back again
I know she's got the best intentions
When you begin to realize
You'll know you've got your daddy's eyes
And there's something I wanted to say
I love her too
And all of this has got nothing to do with you
And I'd like to stay but I can't because
I've been fooling around
And I know that you called because you never even knew
That it was hurting me
And I'd like to stay but I can't because
I've been fooling around
And I know that you called because you never even knew
That it was hurting me
Sometimes people get tired
And I woke up a little too late to lie
The dream should last a long time
But this is not what I'd call goodbye
(Oh-oh-oh)
I'd love to stay but I can't because
I've been fooling around
And I know that you called because you never even knew
That it was hurting me
And I would love to stay but I can't because
I've been fooling around
And I know that you called because you never even knew
That it was hurting me
Me...
I love her too
[Track 15 - Sam's Town]
[Flowers]
Nobody ever had a dream 'round here,
but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
Nobody ever pulls the seams 'round here,
but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me
I've got this energy beneath my feet
like something underground's gonna come up and carry me,
I've got this sentimental heart that beats
but I don't really mind that it's starting to get to me, now..
"Why do you waste my time?"
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
so scared of what they'll find
But I know that I can make it
As long as somebody takes me home every now and then..
Oh, have you ever seen the lights?
Have you ever seen the lights?
I took a shuttle on a shockwave ride
where people on the pen pull the trigger for accolades
I took a bullet and I looked inside
And running through my veins an American masquerade
I still remember Grandma Dixie's wake
I'd never really known anybody that died before
Red white and blue upon a birthday cake
My brother, he was born on the fourth of July... and that's all
So why do you waste my time?
Is the answer to the question on your mind
And I'm sick of all my judges
They're so scared of letting me shine
But I know that I can make it,
as long as somebody takes me home..
(every now and then)
(every now and then)
You know, I see London, I see Sam's Town
holds my hand and let's my hair down
Rolls that world right off my shoulder
I see London, I see Sam's Town now
[Track 16 - Romeo and Juliet]
[Knopfler]
A love struck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
He finds a streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?
Juliet says hey it's Romeo you nearly gave me a heart attack
He's underneath the window she's singing hey la my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it?
Juliet the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded in my heart
And I forget I forget the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?
Juliet...
Come up on different streets they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
And I dream your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
You can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you promised me thick and thin yeah
Now you just say oh Romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
I said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?
Juliet…
I can’t do the talk like the talk on the TV
And I can’t do a love song like the way it’s meant to be
I can’t do everything but I’d do anything for you
I can’t do anything ‘cept be in love with you
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
And all I do is keep the beat and the band / bad company
And all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you any time
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
I said I love you like the stars above I'll love you till I die
There's a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?
Juliet...
A love struck Romeo sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
He finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it?
[Track 17 - Change Your Mind]
[Flowers, Keuning]
Racey days
Help me through the hopeless haze
But my oh my
Tragic eyes
I can't even recognise myself behind
So if the answer is 'no'
Can I change your mind?
Out again, a siren screams at half past ten
And you won't let go
While I ignore, that we both felt like this
Before it starts to show
So if I had a chance
Would you let me know
Why aren't you shaking
Sent back and signed
Graciously taking
Oh you're too kind
And if the answer is 'no'
Can I change your mind?
We're all the same
And love is blind
The sun is gone
Before it shines
And I said if the answer is 'no'
Can I change your mind?
[Track 18 - Mr. Brightside]
[Flowers, Keuning]
I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his-chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go
I just can't look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
Now I'm falling asleep
And she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke
And she's taking a drag
Now they're going to bed
And my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head
But she's touching his-chest
Now, he takes off her dress
Now, let me go
I just can't look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibi
But it's just the price I pay
Destiny is calling me
Open up my eager eyes
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
I never...
I never...
I never...
[Hidden Track - Questions with the Captain]
His beard is long and red and,
His hat stays on his head and,
He asks us all the questions,
And we know all the answers.
His heart lies in the ocean,
His devotion's in the city of fun
(He's the captain!)
He's the captain, he's the captain
The captain.
