The Lemonheads

[fox69]

"If I Could Talk I'd Tell You"

"If I Could Talk I'd Tell You"


Half past nine, quarter to two, ten fifteen
And we’re coming round again
Hold off, are we going soft
Flushed my Zoloft, and we’re coming round again
Found out and I almost drowned
Walked back down, and we’re coming round again

If I could talk I’d tell you
If I could smile I’d let you know
You are far and away
My most imaginary friend

If I could talk I’d tell you
If I could smile I’d let you know
You are far and away
My most imaginary friend

Khmer Rouge, je ne sais quo
Your place or mein kampf, now I’m giving the dog a bone
Slight hunch without the vaguest clue
To keep the blood balanced and we’re coming around again
Half past nine, quarter to two, ten fifteen
And we’re coming round again

If I could talk I’d tell you
If I could smile I’d let you know
You are far and away
My most imaginary friend

If I could talk I’d tell you
If I could smile I’d let you know
You are far and away
My most imaginary friend

 

[fox69]

"In Passing"

"In Passing"


Time goes by so very slow while you are fasting
I don't think I really know if you are asking
Crash the plane and boil the snow then do the last thing
Picture of a piece of wood stuck to the plastic
Declarations spoken low and said in passing
You're the one I used to know I hear you laughing

If I knew that you were coming
I'd have stayed awake
If you knew where you were going
I'd be interested
Miles of fields and it's snowing
On a frozen lake
If I knew that you were coming
I'd have stayed awake

Time to die, you're welcome, you just overstayed it
I simplify the card was dealt before you played it
Your sense of community is kinda dated
Taking care Jerusalem is locked and gated
Making sure we all hate who we always hated
Till your lust for blood is well and truly sated

If I knew that you were coming
I'd have stayed awake
If you knew where you were going
I'd be interested
Miles of fields and it's snowing
On a frozen lake
If I knew that you were coming
I'd have stayed awake

 

[fox69]

"Into Your Arms"

"Into Your Arms"


I know a place where I can go when I'm alone
Into your arms, whoa, into your arms I can go
I know a place that's safe and warm from the crowd
Into your arms, whoa, into your arms I can go

And if I should fall
I know I won't be alone
Be alone anymore

I know a place where I can go when I'm alone
Into your arms, whoa, into your arms I can go
I know a place that's safe and warm from the crowd
Into your arms, whoa, into your arms I can go

So if I should fall
I know I won't be alone
Be alone anymore

I know a place where I can go when I'm alone
Into your arms, whoa, into your arms I can go
I can go

 

[fox69]

"It's A Shame About Ray"

"It's A Shame About Ray"


I've never been too good with names.
The cellar door was open, I could never stay away.
I know it's prob'ly not my place.
It's either or, I'm hoping for a simple way to say.
It's a shame about Ray.
In the stone, under the dust,
his name is still engraved.
Some things need to go away.
It's a shame about Ray.
If I make it through today,
I'll know tomorrow not to leave my feelings out on display.
I'll put the cobwebs back in place.
I've never been to good with names,
but I remember faces.

 

[fox69]

"It's About Time"

"It's About Time"


Bite my tongue
and I won't say a word against anyone
but I don't wanna get my fingers wet
unless it's an accident
fell out on the street
now I'm watching my shoes and I grit my teeth
but I don't have to look that way
if I had half a say
It's about time
It's about time
lick my lips
and I won't hear the end of this
On your knees a reassurance
buy some time and come back for it
before long
before it's gone
patience is like bread I say
I ran out of that yesterday
it's about time
it's about time
enough about us
let's talk about me
if not about you
It's not about sunshine
It's about time
It's about time
touch my leg
It's smooth but there stubble there
I'll fall back and let'em go
only when I know you know
I don't know
make me sure
Have your people contact mine
and keep your lawyer on the line
it's about time [x4]

 

[fox69]

"It's All True"

"It's All True"


I haven't cried baby since I learned to talk
Haven't fallen down since I learned to walk
And I don't get bored watching the tube
And I never had a rock in my shoe

And if I tried baby, would you mess me 'round?
Would we both get bored by the simple sound

Sorry about dropping that lude
It just seemed like the best thing to do

It's all true
I got me
She's got you
And we got time to share a few

You never get me down when I'm feeling blue
When I tell you lies you won't believe they're true
Now I really should be on my way
Think I'm gonna stick around all day

It's all true
I got me
She's got you
And we got time to share a few

She's so precise with her exacto knife
She's gonna take her life

I don't wake up with a sudden start
With some empty arms and a broken heart
And I don't get bored watching the tube.

 

[fox69]

"Kitchen"

"Kitchen"


Thrilled to be in the same post code as you
I tell you things I know you’d like to know
Treat you to cake every night
Suddenly turn, and it’ll make you fright
Smile at me, I’ll hold you really tight
And follow you into bed
Run around ‘til morning
We’ll stay awake all night
We’ll repeat the same stories
But of course never in front of friends
How it all started in the kitchen
Remember the time you said we should wait a while
You’d let me know when you changed your mind
Yeah, I was sad for some time
But 12 hours watching me at the wheel
Made me realise what you really feel
Won’t have to hurt anymore
Walking you home along Mount Vernon Street
You told me secrets I was shocked to know
Pretend it was me every night
I’m thrilled to be in the same post code as you
I’ll come and visit, maybe never go
Follow you into bed
Run around ‘til morning
We’ll stay awake all night
We’ll repeat the same stories
But of course never in front of friends
How it all started in the kitchen
Run around ‘til morning
We’ll stay awake all night
We’ll repeat the same stories
But of course never in front of friends
How it all started in the kitchen

 

[fox69]

"Knoxville Girl"

"Knoxville Girl"


I met a little girl in Knoxville
A town we all know well
And every Sunday evening
Out in her home I’d dwell

We decided to take an evening walk
About a mile from town
I picked a stick up off the ground
And beat that fair girl down

She fell down on her bended knee
For mercy she did cry
“Oh Willy dear, don’t kill me here, I’m unprepared to die”
She never spoke another word, I only beat her more
Until the ground around us, with all her blood did pour

I took her by her golden curls, and swung her round and round
Throwing her into the river that flows through Knoxville town
Go down, go down you Knoxville girl with dark and rolling eyes
Go down, go down you Knoxville girl, you can never be my bride

I headed back to Knoxville
Got there about midnight
My mother she was worried
And woke up in a fright
Saying “dear son, what have you done, to bloody your clothes so”
I told my anxious mother, I was bleeding out my nose

I called for me a candle to light myself to bed
I called for me a hankercheif to bind my aching head
Rolled and tumbled the whole night through, as troubles was for me
Like flames of hell around my bed, and in my eyes could see

They carried me down to Knoxville and put me in a cell
My friends all tried to get me out, but none could make my bail
I’m here to waste my life away down in this dirty old cell
Because I murdered that Knoxville girl, the girl I loved so well.

 

[fox69]

"Layin' Up With Linda"

"Layin' Up With Linda"


Layin' up with Linda used to be fun
Nobody ever paid the rent, there was never anything done
Then one day I killed her, now I'm on the run
But living with Linda used to be fun

Living with Linda, she did what I wanted her to do
But living with Linda wasn't always easy to do
So one day I killed her, now I'm on the run
But living with Linda used to be fun

Layin' up with Linda, never had responsibility

She was a dancer at night, I was rock 'n rollin' 'til three
We drank, we never saw the daylight, that was the death of her and me
Then one day I just got bored and killed her, but she used to be fun

Layin' up with Linda, we stole, fuck, fuck
Never had a quarter, everything we owned was in hock
Then I got pissed and killed her, so now I'm on the run
But let me tell ya, living with Linda used to be fun

 

[fox69]

"Left For Dead"

"Left For Dead"


You left off where I got on.
Now temptation's weak and my pa-tience is strong.
Used to be i was unkind.
Now I don't call and you don't mind.

Thought it was wrong, wrong what she said.
Now you're right and I'm left for dead.
Thought it was dumb, dumb what I heard.
Now I'm eatin' every word.

Clang, bang, clang went the good guy at the door.
They put me in a cell with a concrete floor.
Wrapped a phone cord 'round my fist.
They abort my wrist and I cut where I kissed.

Thought it was wrong, wrong what she said.
Now you're right and I'm left for dead.
Thought it was dumb, dumb what I heard.
Now I'm eatin' every word.

Clang, bang, clang.
Clang, bang, clang.
Bang, clang (say say say say)