Courtney Barnett

I lay awake at four, staring at the wall Counting all the cracks backwards in my best French Reminds me of a book I skim-read in a surgery All about palmistry, I wonder what's in store for me I pretend the plaster is the skin on my palms And the cracks ar...

Let's start an anonymous club, we can sit close in the dark. Come round to mine, we can swap clothes and drink wine all night. Turn your phone off friend, you're amongst friends and we don't need no interruptions. Leave your shoes at the door, along with yo...

I saw you in the lane next to me You were doing freestyle, then you switched it around To a little bit of backstroke I couldn't see underneath Your swimming cap, but it appeared that you had Dark colored hair, maybe it was blonde for all I know I had gog...

Are you working hard my darling, we're so worried, always thinking of you and we just want you to be so happy, keep on going. I don't want no 9 to 5, telling me that I'm alive and ‘Man, you're doing well!' Have you got some money saved up for those rainy day...

I sleep in late Another day Oh what a wonder Oh what a waste. It's a monday It's so mundane What exciting things Will happen today? The yard is full of hard rubbish it's a mess and I guess the neighbours must think we run a meth lab We should ammend...

I know that I let you down You're not keen on what you found When's the funeral? Do you want me to come? I'm not what you're looking for My house has an open door You need a lock and key I love all of your ideas You love the idea of me Lover, I've...

I walk slowly to the store You don't live here anymore You used to live round the corner (cigarettes and alcohol) Last week I turned twenty four You don't call me anymore We used to speak every morning I was sleeping on the floor. I still get the mail...

[Verse 1] At the end of every season I'm spent up Keep thinking this will be the one Hesitation lingers till I'm unreasonable As if you care, I know you got your own stuff Going on [Chorus] You must be having so much fun Everything's amazing You're s...

[Verse 1] The city looks pretty when you been indoors For 23 days I've ignored all your phone calls And everyone's waiting when you get back home They don't know where you been, why you gone so long Friends treat you like a stranger and Strangers treat y...

[Verse 1] Yes, they say whoever pays The piper calls the tune Oh, let's avoid the truth Make you all feel special And your desperation stinks I can smell it on your breath A certain absolute anosmic Got yourself to blame for this [Chorus] (Tell me h...

If you see me when I'm feeling down, I don't know if I want you around Don't want you around… I don't really like any of your friends, but it's not that hard for me to pretend Hard to pretend… Come on Davey, let's go plant a tree. You bring the spade, I'll...

Jen insists that we buy organic vegetables And I must admit that I was a little skeptical at first A little pesticide can't hurt Never having too much money, I get the cheap stuff at the supermarket But they're all pumped up with the shit A friend told me...

Tell me when you're getting bored and I'll leave I'm not the one who put the chain around your feet I'm sorry for all of my insecurities, but they're just a part of me "Envy is thin because it bites but never eats" That's what a nice old Spanish lady once...

You said we should look out further I guess it wouldn't hurt us We don't have to be around all these coffee shops Now we got that percolator Never made a latte greater I'm savin' twenty three dollars a week We drive to a house in Preston We see police a...

Tell me what you're thinking, what you're thinking about Tell me when you're finished maybe I'll come around Had enough to bring me all the way to the ground I don't have to tell you what I'm thinking about You have made your bed, I know better than to sle...

Oliver Paul, twenty years old Thick head of hair, worries he's going bald Wakes up at quarter past nine Fair evades his way down the 96 tram line Breakfast on the run again, he's well aware He's dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere Feeling si...

I feel stupid, I feel useless, I feel insane I feel toothless, man you’re ruthless, oh yeah I go to Loving Hut, I get my hair cut, I feel the same I feel putrid, I’m getting used to it, these days You said, “It’s only in your head They’re probably thinki...

[Verse 1] Darkness depends on where you're standing Jump the creek and watch the sunshine swim You found inner-peace in the inner northeast Gotta a momentary bend Give me dreams, upstream, low dan-tian screaming [Chorus] You gotta learn your place Don...

I got drunk and fell asleep atop the sheets But luckily, I left the heater on And in my dreams, I wrote the best song that I’ve ever written Can’t remember how it goes I stayed drunk and fell awake; I was cycling on a plane And far away I heard you say you li...

[Verse 1] You know what they say No one is born to hate We learn it somewhere along the way Take your broken heart Turn it into art Can't take it with you Can't take it with you [Chorus] I don't wanna I don't wanna know [Verse 2] Empty bottle blu...

[Intro] I'm not your mother, I'm not your bitch I hear you mutter under your breath Put up or shut up, it's all the same It's all the same, never changes, never changes [Verse 1] I'm not your mother, I'm not your bitch D-did I stutter a little bit? Si...

Watermarks on the ceiling I can see Jesus and he's frowning at me I see a dead seal on the beach The old man says he's already saved it three times this week Guess it just wants to die I would wanna die too With people putting oil into my air But to be...

I masturbated to the songs you wrote Resuscitated all of my hopes It felt wrong but it didn't take too long Much appreciated are your songs. Doesn't mean I like you man It just helps me get to sleep And it's cheaper than Temazepam. I under-estimated y...

Don't you have anything better to do I wish that someone could hug you Must be lonely Being angry Feeling over-looked You sit alone at home in the darkness With all the pent-up rage that you harness I'm real sorry Bout whatever happened to you I wann...

[Verse 1] I don't know a lot about you but You seem to know a lot about me so I take a little time out, I take a little time out I'm sorry that I lost my patience You deserve better, it's true [Chorus] I need a little time out I need a little time out...

Please don't dominate the rap, Jack, if you've got nothing new to say. If you please, don't back up the track this train's got to run today. I spent a little time on the mountain, I spent a little time on the hill I heard some say "Better run away", others say...

You always get what you want And you don't even try Your friends hate it when its always going your way But I'm glad that you've got luck on your side You're saying definitely maybe I'm saying probably no You say "You sleep when you're dead," I'm scared...

I sing high, you sing low I swing by, and you're not home Oh, oh, O-detta won't you come home. I sing plain, you sing pretty. Everything you say sounds easy Oh, oh, O-detta won't you come home. 

I was busy underwater seeing how long I could hold my breath. A drowning flower caught my eye and I had to come on up for air. Just because you're older than me, doesn't mean you have to be so condescending. I still see the same things that you see, I'm a l...

I love you, I hate you, I'm on the fence, it all depends Whether I'm up or down, I'm on the mend, transcending all reality I like you, despise you, admire you What are we gonna do when everything all falls through? I must confess, I've made a mess of what...

I say "dance", you say "dance" I say "France", you say "France" You're from Adelaide, I'm from Hobart I say "Hugh", you say "Grant" I say "pot", you say "blunt" You're from Adelaide, I'm from Hobart We couldn't be more contrary if we tried Oh chalk an...

I found you at the store, pretty as porcelain You are worth so much more, than what you're going for Don't let them handle you, you better start praying That ain't no way to be, I got a colour TV I'll listen a thousand times, you can repeat yourself If it...

In my wallet is a photo of you The day we split I ripped it in two Stuck it back together with glue. Tear my posters down from the wall Don't wanna worship no dead heroes Everything I owned I sold. I got lost somewhere between here and there, I'm not su...

I stare at the lawn, it's Wednesday morning It needs a cut but I leave it growing All different sizes and all shades of green Slashing it down just seems kind of mean In a way it's a a shame you get a way Thinking it's just a game Who am I to deny myself...

Do you have any siblings? I got a brother, Blake, he’s four years older than me And I guess he always will be Yeah he’s clever and he’s got a cool girlfriend (hey Hayley) Aw but wait, now that they’re engaged so I hope they have kids so I can be a cool au...

[Verse 1] Don't come with your arms swinging Throw them around me Some kind of sweet relief I hope you never leave [Pre-Chorus 1] It's all the same to me Just bring yourself You know your presence is present enough I got a front row seat It's all th...

[Intro] One, two, three, four [Verse 1] Before we get started it I'll clean this up No use drinking from a leaking cup You know what I mean? Not really, it seems And we get going, we'll keep it saying Changes as good as a holiday I'm not claiming I'm...