Run at the mouth don't give me civil
I've got the ears for phoney lines
Whatever's good, its yours or my place?
Tomorrow's fine I've got the time

It's alright don't hurry yourself up
Whatever guise is good, you can't cover up
Come one, come all, I don't give a fuck
I really hope that you feel you can trust your luck
You're of a mind that something needs clearing up
So take a bath with your whores or your rubber duck
It could be worse, you could be looking at me now
With your Mother or your Sacred Cow

You're someone else I don't care about
So you can't take it when I let it out
And while Bono sings about his Beautiful Day
There are those of us that just don't feel that way

Can't stand yourself?
I've eaten worse
So you feel like your family's a curse
Be grateful for their purse
I've known better and I got there first
You think you suffered for the art you never made?
I wouldn't judge but I know you got paid
You always do but you're short on the facts
You fucked me once and there's no going back

It's alright don't hurry yourself up
Whatever guise is good, you can't cover up
Come one, come all, I don't give a fuck
I really hope that you feel you can trust your luck
You're of a mind that something needs clearing up
So take a bath with your whores or your rubber duck
It could be worse, you could be looking at me now
With your Mother or your Sacred Cow

You're someone else I don't care about
So you can't take it when I let it out
And while Bono sings about his Beautiful Day
There are those of us that just don't feel that way

Note To Self

Back since I was starting out
I always had a sneaking doubt
Something I never could work out
Like who said so and why's it count?
To meet the measure of the mob
To have success and do the job
Exactly as expected of by those who judge but never have
Put their arses on the line
But always seem to have the time
To question what it is of mine
And still they will not realise
My sentiment remains the same
There is no time to be afraid
Just do it now and don't complain
But still...

They keep asking
And I tell them what its all about
But they keep asking
And I can tell them what its all about
But it's nothing that can't work out themselves

Sometimes I want to wreck the joint
But that would just confuse the point
I came to build not knock it down
To blister hands not wear a crown
I'm easily distracted by
Most everyone I'm mystified
Mundanity is highly prized
Encouragement to criticise
So buy a house and rent it out
Collect your stock and wait for gout
Or make a mark saying "I was here"
And raise your glass year after year
My sentiment remains the same
There is no time to be afraid
You do it now and don't complain
But still...

They keep asking
And I tell them what its all about
But they keep asking
And I can them what its all about
But they keep asking
And I can them what its all about
But it's nothing that can't work out themselves

They keep asking
And I tell them what its all about
They keep asking
And I them what its all about
But they keep asking asking asking...
And I them what its all about
But they keep asking
And I them what its all about
But it's nothing that can't work out themselves

Shake 'Em Down

You've been around
You knuckled down
You've done no harm to others
You're skin and bone
You have a home
A baby girl, her Mother
You see the world just as its shown
It couldn't be no other way

You come of age
You settle down
You're full of warmth for others
They came around and took you down
You showed your hands to others
You should've known for better
But every dog can have its day

So come on around
Come down, its how you lay it out
Come on around
Come down, its how you lay it out
It's time to shake 'em all down

It's better now
You take a chance
Don't stand alone, my Brother
You're not the first
Won't be the last
Yeah there's others
You take a hit
Then give it back
'Cause I have seen into your eyes

We'll shake 'em down
We'll give it back
You'll turn it around and look at
The way you were, what you had been
All that it was won't come back
Now see the world for what it is
To never be another way

So come on around
Come down, its how you lay it out
Come on around
Come down, its how you lay it out
You've been around
It's time to shake 'em all down

So come on around
Come down, its how you lay it out
Come on around
Come down, its how you lay it out
You've been around
It's time to shake 'em all down

C'mon and shake 'em all down
Yeah, shake 'em all down...

 

Falsified

I'm saddened by, I'm sickened by
The ease with which you've seemed to lie
There's nothing else for me to hear
You've said too much and now its clear
You always knew I couldn't stay
Cause you had it planned all that way
No matter how I tried to meet
Your halfway mark is of deceit

You lied, you lied, you falsified
You turn on your heels and tell it to another guy
There's no other game for you and I to try
You lied, you lied, you falsified
You turn on your heels and tell it to another guy
Cause I ain't listening and there's no reasoning

You have no sense of give and take
This is no heart for you to break
Consider me a coiled snake
My patience strong enough to wait
For a better day where you don't get your way
And the child I love can have her say
Enjoy these days whilst I'm not around
Cause I won't take my flesh in pounds

You lied, you lied, you falsified
You turn on your heels and tell it to another guy
There's no other game for you and I to try
You lied, you lied, you falsified
You turn on your heels and tell it to another guy
Cause I ain't listening and there's no reasoning

You lied, you lied, you falsified
You turn on your heels and tell it to another guy
There's no other game for you and I to try
You lied, you lied, you falsified
You turn on your heels and tell it to another guy
Cause I ain't listening and there's no reasoning

The Cake

I thought at first there'd been a mistake
When a caller dropped me off a cake
And told me that there's cause for celebration
I said "mate, you've got the wrong address
I've living with a world of stress,
So remove the cake and all its connotations."
But he took me squarely in the eye
Said "Have you ever wonder why
Your constitution has sunk below compare?
A cake, my friend, won't make amends
For the disappointment or your loss of friends
But the one I bring has been made with so much care."

I said, I
Me, oh my
A sense of humour's usually required
I said, I
Oh me, oh my
A sense of humour's usually required

With that I thought I could hear no more
So I took the cake and I shut the door
And placed it at the centre of my table
Before too long my sunken heart
Came up for air and sent a spark
Up to my head, it was then that I felt able
To consider who had been so kind
To think of me in these worst of times
And how could I repay them in due course
I'd take a slice, wrap up the rest
And send it to someone, at best
Whose luck was worse than mine or about to change...

I said, I
Me, oh my
A sense of humour's usually required
I said, I
Oh me, oh my
A sense of humour's usually required

To occupy the thoughts of one
That hold you dearly as a son
Cannot be take lightly or undone
That a simple gesture such as this
Could raise you up and clear the mist
Should never be forgotten or dismissed

I said, I
Me, oh my
A sense of humour's usually required
I said, I
Oh me, oh my
A sense of humour's usually required

I said, I
Me, oh my
A sense of humour's usually required
I said, I
Oh me, oh my
A sense of humour's usually required

These Things Remembered (Not At All)

There's lots to pack away for what's ahead
And we're gonna need it all
I told the band that they should rest instead
But they wouldn't rest at all, not at all, not at all
Wouldn't rest at all, not at all, not at all
We caught the bus with no real place in mind
But you wouldn'a known at all
We set 'em up and drank the whole damn ride
But you couldn't tell at all, not at all, not at all
You couldn't tell at all, not at all, not at all

So we went dancing over cinder beds
Kicking our heels and hands above our heads
Wel,l  should we stop and do some work instead?
Not at all, no not at all

I heard a voice above the ocean's call
But it was barely there at all
She looked my way, that really said it all
You know I never walked so tall, not at all, not at all
I never felt so tall, not at all, not at all
It should've lasted for the longest time
But we were headed for a fall
I did my usual and uncorked the wine
But it barely worked at all, not at all, not at all
I was barely drunk at all, not at all, not at all

So we went dancing over cinder beds
Kicking our heels and hands above our heads
Well, should we stop and do some work instead?
Not at all, no not at all
No, not at all, no not at all
Not at all, no not at all.

The Easy Way (Like Californians)

Well I've been thinking about getting a list together of
All the things I'd be better off remembering
Like who owes me money, and who's done me wrong
I should check upon the time we got
This may take too long

Now we could do this the easy way or things could get nasty
Cause I'm not about to go waste anymore of my own time
And I won't look to you to remind

So while I'm thinking about writing it down to work it out
I may just be wasting the ink in my pen
I could cop a friend with an ear to lend
And time to spend to hear me out
But did I once swear not to do that again?

I could do it the easy way or I could get past it
Cause I'm not about to go pissing all over my own parade
And I won't look too far for the blame

And back when I was making plans
I was always gonna get there before you
But now I know that race is run
I better get my own house in order

We're supposed to be happy now
Like we're Californian's
We're supposed to be happy now
Like we're Californian's

 

Corny But True

After I'd been inside your room and I
Wondered how I had survived
Countless years or more without you
Cause we're a lot alike in many way
But as separate as our mistakes
It's just better when I'm around you

It's corny but its true
There's a piece that threads right through
It's corny but its true
I'm better around you

Well I've been in and out of love before
And I was satisfied to have no more
Valentines to send the flowers to
I didn't even try to hit the brakes
Once I'd figured out you're no mistake
It's just better when I'm around you

It's corny but its true
There's a piece that threads right through
It's corny but its true
I'm better around you

Play Me Music

Whether a sister or a brother
It's all good for each other
And it'll blow your clouds away
It really doesn't matter where you go
You hook the iPod to the stereo
There's a song in every day

Can you hear all that I've found
It's a sound to share around
Lift you up when you are down
You can sing it your own way
Cause the priest has had his day
I'm a confessor all the way

There ain't no time for a blackout
So grab a glass and pour the Jack out
And let the singers have their say
It really doesn't matter what you know
You wear a denture or a baby-gro
There's a song in every day

Look My Way

Well I came here for good reason that was reason enough to stay
I've looked around and took the bows
And found too few to se it my way
Lonely is as lonely does I can't stick around
for just because as sure as I'm not of an even mind by the way

I've seen brothers that stood our and I've been wowed by the hair
These das, you know, they ain't around
But when they were without a though or single sound they'd
Take you down in to despair as if we all truly belonged there
And there was no chance I could've stuck it out anyway

So please go easy, I don't feel so good today
I've been holding onto reason
But my reason just keeps falling away

I heard somebody speak out, I took it on as truth
So I spent some time to find the kind of minds
That wouldn't wanna build a shrine to
Idleness, dishonesty, avarice, complacency and all the shit
In front of me every day

So how're you gonna fell now there's nothing left to steal?
Cause I've looked around and took the bows and baby
There ain't nothing here that's real
That's real

Yeah please go easy, I don't feel so good today
And if I ever have my time again please let me not feel this way

So please go easy I don't feel so good today
SO many of us held in trust yet all of us will turn to dust some day
Yeah please go easy, I don't feel so good today
So many days, too many nights, come on please just haul me away

You & I

I may be face down but, man I'm still laughing
How'd I do that? You taught me so well
Well you gave me so much to delight in
Like your Mother before she could tell

By the sound of your voice I'm protected
And the blood in our veins won't run dry
But for God's sake don't tell them what's happening
We'll be laughing about this before we die

We're untouchable, we're as one
And the children that we love go on, go on, go on
There's so much that you have done
We're untouchable
We go on and on and on...

How about my shoulder you liked to lean on?
When you told me to grow up no more
All I used to want then was to grow tall
Now I wished I could be there so small

Make More Time

Make more time for those you want to spend it with
Cut the ties for those you need to lose
You make more time for those you want to spend it with
The suffering you're going through is the suffering you choose

Make more time for those you want to spend it with
Cut the ties with those you need to lose
You make more time for those you want to spend it with
The suffering you're going through is the suffering you choose
It's no good you ignoring it, you know you're bound to lose

Make more time for those you want to spend it with
Cut the ties with those you need to lose
You make more time for those you want to spend it with
The suffering you're going through is the suffering you choose

(repeat to fade)

 

Lyrics copyright ©2007 Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls
Published by Spirit Music and Media, administered by Bug Music