The Cardigans

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"Sick & Tired"

Sick, tired and homeless
with no one here to sing for
tired of being weightless
for all these looking good boys

you can always say my attic has its charm
you can always say you did no major harm
you can always that summer had its charm
and that you did no major harm
oh, spare me if you please

sick, tired an sleepless
with no one else to shine for
sick of all my distress
but I won't show I'm still poor

symptoms are so deep
something here's so wrong
nothing is complete
nowhere to belong
symptoms are so deep
I think I'd better stay
here on my own
so spare me if you please

"Feathers And Down"

So you trying to do what they did
Your friends that turn to liquid
And got lost in the sea
And now you’re drowning me
With your talk of four leaf clovers
You turn to rocks and omen
To beat the ambient harm
But it’s bruising your karma

Oh I wish my arms were wider
I wish that I could hide you
So you can rest and repair
Without the blanket of sorrow
The thick and the grey
Your blanket of woe
So heavy and stained
And it only weighs you down

So you thought that getting sober
Would mean your life was over
I don’t think it’s that bad
I don’t think it’s that sad
Just you sleep a little baby
Leave the world alone and later
If you wake up alive
That old blanket of sorrow
Could be feathers and down
Your blanket of woe
Would leave you alone
And I can love you till you drown

Come to me let’s drown
Come baby let’s drown
In feathers and down

"03.45: No Sleep"

It's way too late to think of
Someone I would call now
And neon signs got tired
Red eye flights help the stars out
I'm safe in a corner
Just hours before me

I'm waking with the roaches
The world has surrendered
I'm dating ancient ghosts
The ones I made friends with
The comfort of fireflies
Long gone before daylight

And if I had one wish fulfilled tonight
I'd ask for the sun to never rise
If God lent his voice to me to speak
I'd say "Go to bed, world"

I've always been too lame
To see what's before me
And I know nothing sweeter than
Champaign from last New Years
Sweet music in my ears
And a night full of no fears

But if I had one wish fulfilled tonight
I'd ask for the sun to never rise
If God passed a mic to me to speak
I'd say "Stay in bed, world,
Sleep in peace"

"Losing A Friend"

You're losing a friend
You got it all wrong
I'ts not about revenge
But you're losing a friend
I didn't see it coming
With my head stuck in the sand
But now I'm loosing a friend
And it's keeping me up
It's the ribbons I tied
I would rather just die
Go to hell and crawl back
Than let you go
You're losing a friend
You jeopardise me
Bad bad blood on your hands
And see, you're losing a friend
I'm fickle and I'm vain
And you trick me over and over again
And now I'm losing you
And it's killing me
It's the strings that I tie
I would rather just die
Go to hell and crawl back
Then let it all go
My mistake
To lose you
Oh no, oh no!
So this the end now
I'm losing you
Oh, look at you!
Look what you're wasting
You're losing a friend
Oh no, oh no!
I'm losing a friend
Oh, oh oh no

"Godspell"

I heard about a great big swindle
I read about it in a book
The book flew out the window
Was later found by geeks and crooks
Now they're singing hallelujah
I wondering just what did they find
They said eh whats it to yah
Just take a place in line
And wait, so I wait
I wait, and wait and I...
I'm one of a few survivors
And a drawer labeled lost and found
Though troubled and some deep sea divers
Whose oxygens are pouring out
Now maybe if their gods be willin
They'll give us something to fill our empty cups
Sit down in the boat dont spill it
Or we'll just have to line back up
And wait, so we wait
We wait and wait yes we wait
And we wait
We can wait
We will wait till we...
Guitar solo roar
You can hear it in the beat they march to
You can feel the earth shake when they start to dance
You can tell by the way they move you
It's not murder its an act of faith baby
And as the world moves faster
Whip lashing us around and round
It's quite a slow disaster
And people keep on falling down
Yes we wait, we wait
And we wait
We wait
And we wait
We wait

"Drip Drop Teardrop"

I'm gonna watch you while you get me wrong
I'm gonna sing until you hate this song
I'm gonna tell you in my sweetest voice
I'm gonna choose you 'cause you have no choice

This funny thing we got
Is never gonna stop, oh no.

I'm gonna take you to the wilderness
I'm gonna show you things you might have missed
I'm gonna kiss the parts that you have lost
It's gonna cost you but you might hurt less

This funny thing we got
Is never gonna stop
Until drip drop, teardrop.

I'm gonna work till we get it all
I'm gonna love you till we get along
And when your ears and your eyes are sore
I'm gonna love you just a little bit more

This funny thing we got
Is never gonna stop
This funny thing we got
Is never gonna stop
Until drip drop, teardrop

Will we ever
Will we ever
Will we ever learn?

"Overload"

Overload, oh what a match we are!
As we romance along
Towards the firescape
Open fire
Forever in your arms
Splendid time we have
Doing what i dread
Oh my lord
Can i buy some time
I'm learning to dance
Dum-ditty-dance
I'm dancing, ok?

Overload, lord of the underworld
Full-of-wonder-girl
As we twist and twirl
Hot and dry
High in my cloven heels
This is how real love feels
As we prance and die
Oh my lord
Such a fancy fire
As we dance
You sure can dance
Dance dance
You i will never forget
I hope you'll remember me later
We're swimming in a puddle of sweat
I'm hot baby, don't burn your fingers
I'm tenderly served on your plate
The band must continue to play
So we can dance
I love to dance, baby dance with me
Yeah, i can dance
To love is to dance
Now dance me home

"I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer"

Sit, good dog, stay, bad dog, down, roll over
Well here's a good man and a pretty young girl
Trying to play together somehow,
I'm wasting my life, you're changing the world,
I get drunk and watch your head grow

It's the good times that we share
and the bad times that we'll have
It's the good times
and the bad times that we had

Well it's been a long slow collision,
I'm a pitbull, you're a dog,
Baby you're foul in clear conditions
But you're handsome in the fog

So I need some fine wine, and you, you need to be nicer
For the good times and the bad times
That we'll have

Sometimes we talk over dinner like old friends
Till I go and kill the bottle,
I go off over any old thing,
Break your heart
and raise a glass or ten

To the good times that we shared and the bad times that we'll have
To the good times
and the bad time that we've had

Well it's been a long slow collision,
I'm a pitbull, you're a dog,
Baby you're foul in clear conditions
But you're handsome in the fog

So I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer
For the good times
and the bad times we know will come
Yeah
I need some fine wine
and you, you need to be nicer
you need to be nicer
you need

For the good times
and the bad time that we had
Sit

Good times, bad times
Sweet wine, bad wine
Good cop, bad cop,
Lapdog, bad dog
Sit.

"Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)"

Don't blame your daughter
that's just sentimental
and don't blame your mom
for all that you've done wrong
Your dad is not guilty
you came out a little faulty
and the factory closed
so you can't hold them liable
You come from an island,
you're cutting diamonds
with a rubbery knife
Your autograph is worthless
so don't send me letters
and don't mail me cash
'cause your money is no good
What's left in your matress
is holes and lack of love left
some hair from a horse,
and none of it is yours, man
You come from an island,
you're cutting diamonds
with a rubbery knife
And the song you sing today
wasn't always in your head,
the words you tryin' to say
are the ones you shouldn't 've said
they're glistenin' like diamonds,
go out and find' em
but don't blame your daughter
Read me your tombstone,
tell me you're sorry, fax me your will,
you owe me something still
Blood is like water
the bath that you poured me
has drained and it's gone,
don't blame it on your son
And the song you sing today
wasn't always in your head,
the words you tryin' to say
are the ones you shouldn't 've said
they're glistening like diamonds,
go out and find'em
The world is full of diamonds
go out and find'em
but don't blame your daughter

"Little Black Cloud"

I've wandered around with nothing more than time on my hands
I was lost in the night with no sight of you
And at times it was so blue and lonely
Heading for the light

Been close to the edge, hanging by my fingernails
I've rolled and I've tumbled through the roses and the thorns
And I couldn't see the sign that warned me, I'm
Heading for the light

Ooh - I didn't see that big black cloud hanging over me
And when the rain came down I was nearly drowned
I didn't know the mess I was in

My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway
I don't see nothing new but I feel a lot of change
And I get the strangest feeling, as I'm
Heading for the light

Ooh - my hands were tired
Jokers and fools on either side
But still I kept on till the worst had gone
Now I see the hole I was in

My shoes are wearing out from walking down this same highway
I don't see nothing new but I feel a lot of change
And I get the strangest feeling, as I'm
Heading for the light

I see the sun ahead, I ain't never looking back
All the dreams are coming true as I think of you
Now there's nothing in the way to stop me
Heading for the light

Now there's nothing in the way to stop me
Heading for the light

"In The Round"

I am young and I'm alive
I want to talk about things
I am young and I own my life
I need to talk about it, baby

I am one but I asked for two
I didn't get anything
This puppet's lonely without you
It's tough to walk without strings

I do my dance in the round

I'm right on track but this state is frail
You slip out and derail

I do my dance in the round
So people clap your hands
Clap your hands

I wanna do it right this time
I wanna step in time
I wanna do it right this time, yeah!

Clap your hands

I gotta get get it right this time
I wanna step in time
I wanna do it right this time

I do my dance in the round

I am young, coming at you live
People gonna talk about me
When I'm done, please hang me high
For everybody to see

Cause I do my dance in the round
So people clap your hands

I wanna get it right
I'm dyin' to get it right
I wanna get it right
I'm dyin' to get it right

"Holy Love"

When you love I can feel your love
Shooting holes in my stupid pride.
When you love I don't fear your love,
Of all the angels you're the most divine.

Holy love.

You can really have anything you want from me.
Anything you ask me to, I'll do,
We can live in poverty or prosperity,
Anything impossible, I'll try
You can really have everything you ask,
And I'll be intimate with you
Giving everything over
To making everything right.

Holy love.
When you love I can feel your love
Shooting holes in my stupid pride.
When you love I don't fear your love
Of all the angels you're the most divine.

Holy love.

You can really make anyone you want of me.
Anything you need tonight I'll be,
Whether you want empathy, animosity
An enemy or company, call me!
I can even be nothing if you ask,
I'll turn invisible for you,
I'm the bird on your shoulder,
Singing psalms through the night
Of holy love.

When you love I can feel your love
Throwing rocks through the windows of a monastery
Love makes me feel the super extra gravity of God, yeah, and life.

When you love I can feel your love.
Of all the angels you're the most divine.

"Good Morning Joan"

Good morning Joan, now pick up your phone
It was bad but just a dream and you are remembered
Put on something pretty, go back to the city
In town the sky's just space, no starlight in your face

Listen to Eve, she's got stuff up her sleeve
To her there's no excuse, you've gotta use before you get used
Or talk to Louise, she knows all about freezin'
She got lost in early May and now it's December

I'd call on you if I could
If you were less like me, I would

Good morning Joan, did you wake up alone?
Did you dream you woke up happy with a phone book full of names?
Just forget about Mary, she says everything's scary
She got locked inside her skin, get near her, she'll drag you in

I'd call on you if I could
If you were less like me I would

Save you from this if I could
If you were less like me, God knows I would
Save you from this, spare us all this shit
But you're all just like me, so I quit

My name is yours, can I sleep on your floor?
See, my heroes changed their minds and I lost my numbers

"And Then You Kissed Me II"

Slow dancing tight
My barring heart and I
Your name used to taste so sweet
Then you bit the love right out of me

It's a mystery how people behave
How we long for a life as a slave
When he kissed me I gladly gave in
To a fight nobody could win

Man, he left me blue
And if I could, I would do it too
I tell you now like I told you before
Love is a powerful force

And it's a mystery how people behave
How we long for a life as a slave
And tumble into any open arms
That will only ever do you harm

Oh, you, you, it's always you
The best kisser that I ever knew
True love is cruel love
Not much to be proud of
Nerve-wrecking, acrobatic backwards bend
All for a happy end

It's a mystery how people behave
How we worry ourselves to the grave
When he kissed me I lost everything
Then I got up and did it again

Oh you, you, it's always you
The hardest hitter that I ever knew
True love is cruel love
Not much to be proud of
Ass-kissing, mercy-missing faithless friend
All for a happy end

"Blah Blah Blah"

hi, how are you i'm pretty fine
your eyes are red, well i am tired
please stay away from what is mine
blah blah blah blah blah blah

my, i never thought of seeing you here
i'm really glad to meet you darling
where did we lose it, will you call?

all we ever say
is blah blah blah blah blah
we feel safe
with blah blah blah blah blah

no one's hurt
no one's weird
so all we ever say
is blah blah blah blah blah

don't try to reach me, i am numb
and i don't want to look inside you
so let's just talk about the times
like normal people do!

"Closing Time"

it's closing time, and a well-known fact
is that life is very short
it's closing time says the band
and it seems that life is very short

the baker in town was fat as a cow
at the end of the day he ate all remains
the baker in town was murdered one day
an order was left of 200 pies
we've all got some vice
after closing time

so this is it!
the carnival is now heading for a new town
we hope you enjoyed the show
the party at gordon's developped into a chaos
but the report says no one was hurt
and we've also heard that charley actually did solve the case
the gruesome killing of the bakerman
finally, the clown left the circus to become a plumber
he says : "suits me just fine, and life is very fine
and this is closing time"

it's closing time, and a well-known fact
is that life is very short
it's closing time says the band
and it seems that life is very short
la lalala lala lalala
la lala la la
la lalala lala lalalala
la lala la la la

life - greatest of all
life - strongest of all
but at the same time
most delicate time
could well end in a moment

"Country Hell"

such a foolish thing
what a way to be
i couldn't stay in here
and it's not right to leave
i couldn't tell you how
but all the things i feel
have their qualities

if you fall apart
fall into my arms
one uneasy morning
doesn't make me leave

such a simple thing
what a way to say
i couldn't help myself
for my foolish ways
you couldn't tell me how
but all the things you feel
have their qualities

"Burning Down The House"
(feat. Tom Jones)

Fightin' fire with fire

Watch out you might get what you're after
Cool babies strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Hold tight
Wait till the party's over
Hold tight
We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house

Here's your ticket pack your bags
Time for jumpin' overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far
Maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire

All wet hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hundred six-ty five degrees
Burning down the house

It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work baby what did you except
Gonna burst into flame

Fightin' fire with fire
Fightin' fire with fire
Burning down the house

My house's
Out of the ordinary
That's right
Don't wanna to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house

Watch out you might get what you're after
Cool babies strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Three hundred six-ty five degrees
Burning down the house

Fightin' fire with fire
Fightin' fire with fire
Gonna burst into flame
Fightin' fire with fire
Fightin' fire with fire
Gonna burst into flame
Burnin' down the house
My house
Burnin' down the house

No visible means of support and you have not seen nothin' yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect staring into your TV set
Fighting fire with fire

Burning down the house
Burning down the house

"I Figured Out"

he showed me around
to be found alone
he cleaned his room
on his own to be known

so, i figured out
with no doubt
what he was about
in his room
on his own

you say "don't worry"
but did you ever see us
what he does, bothers
you say "don't worry"
but did you ever see us
what he does, bothers

he showed me around
to be found alone
he cleaned his room
on his own to be known

so, i figured out
with no doubt
what he was about
in his room
on his own

you say "don't worry"
but did you ever see us
what he does, bothers
you say "don't worry"
but did you ever see us
what he does, bothers

"Mr. Crowley"

Mr. Crowley, what went on in your head
Mr. Crowley, did you talk with the dead
Your life style to me seemed so tragic
With the thrill of it all
You fooled all the people with magic
You waited on Satan's call
Mr. Charming, did you think you were pure
Mr. Alarming, in nocturnal rapport
Uncovering things that were sacred manifest on this Earth
Conceived in the eye of a secret
And they scattered the afterbirth

Mr. Crowley, won't you ride my white horse
Mr. Crowley, it's symbolic of course
Approaching a time that is classic
I hear maidens call
Approaching a time that is drastic
Standing with their backs to the wall
I wanna know what you meant

"Deuce"

I am afraid of you now
Now that you left me
Nothing I can say
No not now
Now that you left me

Now that you left me
Now that you left me

Just for how long
Did you know before you left me?
Nothing to do
It's up to you
Use it against me

Use it against me
Now that you left me

You are ahead of me now
Because you left me
Words that I said
All yours now
Use it against me

You have erased me
Now that you left me

I'll be gone
I'll be gone

I'll be gone
I'll be gone

I'll be gone
I'll be gone

I'll be gone
I'll be gone

"Nasty Sunny Beam"

i can't get out of bed
can't get my dreams out
of my sleepy head

i open up my eyes
and wonder where you are
but soon i realise
that you're not real
and i am

in between of day and dream
life and death, a lazy stream
in between of day and dream
hello, goodbye
you nasty sunny beam

i try to seal my mind
and get back to where you were
you were that perfect kind
you drove me crazy
somewhere

in between of day and dream
life and death, a lazy stream
in between of day and dream
hello, goodbye
you nasty sunny beam

i'm floating down again
and my world is a syrup waterfall
i can't remember when
or where
or why

in between of day and dream
life and death, a lazy stream
in between of day and dream
hello, goodbye
you nasty sunny beam

"Pikebubbles"

My dad, the best dad that I've had
don't care about nothing
he's not even working
he's not only my dad
the best friend that I've had
don't think he's a mad dad

His dad, is sleeping with boots on
it makes me start wonder
cause there is no thunder
according to my dad
don't think he's a mad dad
it's only some tigers he has got in our shed

My dad, the best dad that I've had
lies under the table
he's wearing his bathrobe
he's listening to lovesongs

His dad won't go to the woodshed
thinks bugs will attack him
according to my dad
it's only some tigers he has got in our shed

"Plain Parade"

plain parade
well, where is all the profit laid?
plain parade
well, maybe we have lost our way

some are lone
sickly running from
something so wrong
and nowhere to belong

plain parade
well, when will i be repaid
plain parade
i might join you on another day

some are lone
sickly running from
something so wrong
and nowhere to belong

all you've given me is sadness
proof enough to feel i'm loveless
i wish that i could manage better now
and find a place that i can settle down

"Pooh Song"

when the cats & dogs are falling
i'm recalling you
you said i'd be bored today
and i don't know what i want to do

wise eyes telling twice
dance like penguins on my table
ain't my kind of joy
on every friday night

i'm just wistling on a song...
songs we wrote together

when my world is far too evil
i'm recalling you
things are hard to understand
there's little that i really know

wise eyes telling twice
dance like penguins on my table
ain't my kind of joy
on every friday night

i'm just wistling on a song...
songs we wrote together

"Sunday Circus Song"

he's lonely
sitting by the mirror
awakened by the horses
in circles
running in the circus

his red nose
looking damaged in the mirror
cause no one has replaced it
he's dressed now
ready to make fun of...

he loves sundays
and every place
where his circus stays

he's lonely
he's sitting by the mirror
still broken
undressed now
ready for a new town

he loves sundays
and every place
where his circus stays

they love his show
thir favourite part
that gives them a laugh
they love his show
their favourite part
relaxes their hearts

he loves sundays
and every place
where his circus stays