The Cardigans

"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

"Black Letter Day"

I did all that I should, well all that I could
but will I be clean
I did all that I should, well all that I could
but it isn't me

all my strength is dead and gone

slept as long I could, as long as I should
to find comfort here
slept as long I could, as long as I should
but I still have fear

all my strength is dead and gone...

black letter day
all the fun / joy / strength
...has gone away

I drank all that I could, much more than I should
in simple despair
I drank all that I could, much more than I should
to find someone there

I hope Monday will be a better day

"In The Afternoon"

winter came by my bedroom today
falling in rows and covering the lane
morning shone on my windows today
passing the time I slumber away
to kill all the day

stumbling up at one
and put the kettle on
but where's the coffee gone
in the afternoon
I put the TV on
but where's the drama gone
in the afternoon
and time is all that passes

someone came by my bedroom today
swaying around, then silently away
someone left home and my bedroom today
left by the time I slumbered away
to kill all the day

some people don't hurry
don't you worry they say
one day I'll be older
so much colder I say
this fear won't appear
if I keep stumbling up at one

"Over The Water"

turn away and the collar
because the blowing is dry
walk away to the harbor
before your ships will fly

slip away and the pillow
because it's falling of down
trot away and around
because your ships are found

somewhere over the water
next to a harbor
someone's eager to listen

someone to be in...

"After All ..."

after all you were perfectly right
but I'm scaring close to insanity
and on a night like this
nothing stays the same
nothing looks the same

after all you were perfectly right
though our relation just split me in two
and on a night like this
pieces fall apart
visions fall apart

after all you were perfectly right
I have never been happy before
and on a night like this
you can hear the words
see behind the words

after all you were perfectly wrong
though I thought I'd found love
and on a night like this
nothing could be worse
nothing could be worse

"Cloudy Sky"

I'd catch some stars for you
and just for you
I'd paint the grey sky blue
and just for you
so don't tell me you want the rain
from a cloudy sky
to wash away the pain
that I've given you again
I've always tried to find
what satisfies your mind
but I will never know
where you are to go
but I want you to know
do you want a golden ring
I would buy you anything.

I'd read some poems for you
just for you
I hope they won't make you blue
like they used to do
so please tell me they're like the rain
from this cloudy sky

"Our Space"

my dear, please see my dear
how we invented the fear
inside that space
no one could interfere
my dear, please see my dear
how we invented the tears
inside that space
no one could interfere

"Rise & Shine"

I want to be alone for a while
I want earth to breathe to me
I want the waves to grow loud
I want the sun to bleed down

see the waves go down
see the moon alone
see the world unshown
I raise my head and whisper

rise and shine
rise and shine my sister

I want to see the wounded moon
I want the sea to break through
I want it all to be gone tomorrow
so I've come to say goodbye...

"Celia Inside"

you don't want the sun to shine in
so you turn the curtains down
your eyes still don't show me a thing
and you don't feel it's sunny outside

you don't want no joy for a while
but you stay up late at night
it hurts you that she's still alive
so you'll raise flowerbeds inside

but she, she will not get bothered at all
she's just watching the water at fall
so you should give them just what they need
water and poetry
cause she will not bother at all
she's just watching the water at fall
you should give them just what they need
cause she will not bother at all
but you won't say you're not adored
by her beauty.... Celia inside

you don't want to feel her at all
but who's that fellowman of hers
with who, your dear Celia moved
and they'll sleep happily inside

....but you won't say you're not adored
by her beauty
and her purity
and her lovely.... Celia inside

"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"

You've seen life through distorted eyes
You know you had to learn
The execution of your mind
You really had to turn
The race is run the book is read
The end begins to show
The truth is out, the lies are old
But you don't want to know

Nobody will ever let you know
When you ask the reasons why
They just tell you that you're on your own
Fill your head all full of lies

The people who have crippled you
You want to see them burn
The gates of life have closed on you
And now there's just no return

Nobody will ever let you know
When you ask the reasons why
They just tell you that you're on your own
Fill your head all full of lies

"Seems Hard"

seems hard to understand
I think no one can
not anyone I know
no, wait I think I know
one who does
at least that's what he says

and what I mean is what I say
but I've got thoughts left anyway

seems hard to understand
I'm not sure myself
sure of what to think
I know I should trust myself
at least that's what he says

seems hard to understand
I think no one did
not anyone I knew
well, I thought I knew
one who did
it was only as he said...

"Last Song"

the night she died in the rented room
as the whole town was sleeping
she held her breath like a star in bloom
could burn down tomorrow

the summer breeze was caressing me
as I walked through the market
the golden light of a friend beside
had died out for good

now nothing can amaze me
as everything's behind me
no, nothing else can please me
since all I had has been set free

the night before in the dining room
I recall it now
she said "I fear for you my friend
cause I'll soon be leaving"

the autumn comes just like other years
but I won't see the signs
the sun above is sowing magic seeds
but it wants someone back...

"Carnival"

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

Carnival came by my town today
bright lights from giant wheels
fall on the alleyways
and I'm here
by my door
waiting for you

I will never know
cause you will never show
come on and love me now
come on and love me now

I here sounds of lovers
barrel organs, mothers
I would like to take you
down there
just to make you mine
in a merry-go-round

"Gordon's Gardenparty"

You in brown checked suit
said my dress was very cute
I found you found me
dancing in this melody
Heavenly!

We were swinging on so nice
bubbly pink champagne on ice
Nancy, Jacques Closeau and Claire
I believe they all were there
Having the time of their lives

You had Rose's lime
mixed with vodka, I had wine
People having fun
cocktails in the evening sun
Give me one!

We were swinging on so nice
bubbly pink champagne on ice
Nancy, Jacques Closeau and Claire
I believe they all were there
Having the time of their lives

La la la do de do de do

"Daddy's Car"

We took off that sunny day
packed our things and went away
me and friends in daddy's car
to find out how summers are
found a card to send from wherever we went

From Luxembourg to Rome
from Berlin to the moon
from Paris to Lausanne
from Athens to the sun
our car became a spacecraft
flashing through the world
crashed down in Amsterdam

We'll take off some rainy day
pack our things and go away
families and hotelbars
to find out how summers are
find a card to send to some really old friends

From Luxembourg to Rome
from Berlin to the moon
from Paris to Lausanne
from Athens to the sun
our car became a spacecraft
flashing through the world
crashed down in Amsterdam

"Tomorrow"

Someone's thinking of her
a fifteen hour trip away
life is so much slower
than a charter trip delay

Tomorrow, she won't feel half of this
Tomorrow morning is a sugar kiss
Tomorrow, heavenly no sorrow
she will lose gravity

Tomorrow...

Someone's thinking of the her
trough the hazy scenery
life is blue as water
when you're missing somebody

Tomorrow, she won't feel half of this
Tomorrow morning is a sugar kiss
Tomorrow, heavenly no sorrow
she will lose gravity

Tomorrow...

"Beautiful One"

Smooth dreams in leaves
raised in teacup
Sticked down to sleep
like an envelope
filled up with words for you

Wrapped up in curls
sweet as the summer
cheek soft as a fur
grace in a slumber
beautiful wonderboy

Soft beams from an early sun
on my truly beautiful one
shimmer from a Saturday sun
on my truly beautiful one

rise in the morning
shine 'till the dawning

Stretched out to breathe
down from the rooftops
sticked down to sleep
like an envelope
filled up with words for you

"Travelling With Charley"

Once he gets a mystic call
jump into his motorcar
Once we're rolling down the road
he's forgotten where to go

Travelling with Charley
my detective darling

My agent hasn't solved a case
My agent never finds a trace
but Charley has always style
Charley is always nice

poor Charley
He would be nothing without me

Once I clear his memory
but he'll crash into a tree
Once we're getting to the place
someone else has solved the case

Travelling with Charley
my detective darling

My agent hasn't solved a case
My agent never finds a trace
but Charley has always style
Charley is always nice

poor Charley
He would be nothing without me
But I do love him

"Fine"

Upon a roof below the moon
nearby a park-bench in the sun
upon the stairway to your room
Why won't you wrap your life around
those certain words I just found

I wear your golden ring inside
suits me very fine
I wear your golden heart in mine
suits me very fine

A backseat sofa in the dark
upon a viewpoint in our town
nearby a fountain in a park
Why won't you wrap your life around
those certain words I just found

I wear your golden ring inside
suits me very fine
I wear your golden heart in mine
suits me very fine
I wear your golden heart in mine
and life is very fine

"Hey! Get Out Of My Way"

Listen baby
thoughts has crossed my mind
and it's clear now
you are not my kind
oh! I've tried boy
better ways to say
what I feel now
it seems you plan to stay
but I won't waste a day
so I say...

hey! get out of my way
hey! hey! hey!
you've always been in my way

Hear now honey
I'll be good to you
if you stay gone
far out of my view
I'm sick and tired
of your dramatic ways
and when I think of
all those wasted days
I shake loose of your laces
and say...

hey! get out of my way
hey! hey! hey!
you've always been in my way

this is all that I will say
this is all that I will do
I'm not in love with you!

"Your New Cuckoo"

I saw you there
I stopped and stared
the curly girlie smiled
You really were
too close to her
and people just went by

I saw your face
and her embrace
your whisper in her ear
I know the score
'cause I've heard it before
I read your lips with fear

Your words were clear (you said:)

La-la-la-la-la-la
let's say forever, let's say it's true
la-la-la-la-la-la-
let's come together, me and you
la-la-la-la-la-la
your new cuckoo

"Been It"

Baby boy
Your face is pretty and your life's a toy
Master man
I'm never better than your latest plan
Poor donee
what are you gonna try to be
where are you gonna go without me now

I've been you mother, I've been your father
who can ask me for more
I've been your sister, I've been your mistress
maybe I was your whore
who can ask me for more

Superstar
I've tried to educate your childish heart
I made your bed
and I was in it when your faith was dead
poor donee
what are you gonna try to be
where are you gonna go without me now

Sweetiepie
I'm you personal pro, you know
you know what number to try when to cry

"Heartbreaker"

No, not again
oh, what a man
just who I thought that I wanted to have
Oh, don't do that
don't use that bat
that's all it takes to make me falling flat

No, not again
a loser I am

I love you tonight
you are my knight
cure and assure and make me feel alright
tomorrow you'll find
I'm not around
but don't be uptight
'cause I loved you last night

Vacant and free
yeah, that is me
Just tell me how and I'll please you for free
tell me I'm good
I know I'm bad
Lies make me feel fine although it is sad

Oh, not again
not one more man

"Never Recover"

How I always memorize
every single misery
and I seem to glorify
everything inside of me

and the hero never dies
if the lover hides
between the sheets
there' no escape
cause you can't sleep
and then you'll see
your just like me...

That's what you called waste of time
I'll be waiting down the line
that's what you called waste of time
waiting for your valentine
that's what you called waste of time
I know where you hero hides
that's why you don't sleep tonight
that's what I call life

with a hero in the past
you hang on to history
such a lost will always last
and there's no recovery

"Happy Meal II"

Arrange my books in order
make up some nice stories to amuse you
make things look smart and easy
shape up the place
hungry for the meeting
the dinner we'll be eating
wine that we'll be drinking
and kinky thoughts I'm thinking
all because of you

And now I've found a partner
no one can be happier than I am
and now I've found a new friend
no one can be happier than me

Prepare a meal with candles
sweet wine and strings
chosen for the purpose
then take a bath with bubbles
shape up my face
eager for the meeting
the dinner we'll be eating
wine that we'll be drinking
and kinky thoughts I'm thinking
all because of you