Jens Lekman

She said let's put a plastic bag over our heads and then kiss and stuff 'til we get dizzy and fall on the bed. We were in heaven for five or six minutes, then we passed out and I was so in love I thought I knew what love was all about. In church on Sunday mak...

I'm a little lost Without you Well that could be an understatement Now I hope that I have paid the cost To let a day go by and not Call on you Cause I'm so busy, so busy Thinking about kissing you And now I want to do that Without entertaining another thought...

A man walks into a bar orders a beer and a bowl of peanuts but the bar turns into a spaceship and the bartender gives him a hair cut i cant remember the end of that joke you once told it to me when we smoked on your fathers expensive cigars all i remember is t...

Nina I can be your boyfriend so you can stay with your girlfriend Your father is a sweet old man but it is hard for him to understand that you wanna love a woman Nina I can be your boyfriend if it puts an end to all this nonsens First time I see you in Berlin...

Oh, I still remember "Regulate" with Warren G. Could that have been back in the sweet summer of 1993? It was a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill. Oh, the sound of distant carnival drums, The spanish guitar someone strums, It's a sweet summer's night on Hamm...

There will be no kisses tonight there will be no holding hands tonight cause what is now wasn't there before and should not be I know I've broken some hearts, I understand some firecrackers blow up in your hand oh I f**ked up, I've always tried to be tr...

Once I was a bully I couldn't stand weakness in somebody´s side to understand it fully you gotta be haunted by the same black dogs as I and spend your days worrying that you never see the surface Once again it's February and it's time to celebrate our birthda...

Plant a tree for all the dead people Who's been hurt in love and war When that tree comes in to leave It’s all forgive and forgiven, forgiven The forest is getting smaller and smaller Be good Do all the things you should Be good Do it as you wish you would B...

Jennifer called to me about her latest admirer Said someone should make a pamphlet called So you think you’re in love with Jennifer There were guys with steady girlfriends Panic in that were I Jenny please, let’s never become like that Become like that,...

Oh no, God damn I missed the last tram I killed the party again God damn, God damn I want to sleep in my bed I want to clean up my head Don't want to look this dead Don't want to feel this dread I killed the party again I ruined it for my friends "Well, you'...

Boisa-Bis-o-Boisa Goisa-Gis-o-Gisa [x8] Spider baby see the daylight burst cry mommy as they rehearsed nice spiders always finish last spider baby's having mommy for breakfast I played the piano for them I've written a piece for them called spider symphony n...

We lay still in the grass watching parakeets flying in and out of closed windows And you said It can't solve my problems neither can I solve yours we'll never be as beautiful as the parakeets in Istanbul and we'll never be impossible and do impossible thing...

Do you remember the riots in Gothenburg in the summer of two thousand and one Boy, we sure had fun I held your hand so proud it was shaking from what I learned was doubt in the warm summer sun And I saw my face on a screen they filmed us from a helicopter The...

There are many reasons for blushing I know every single one and the reason why my face is red is not of sickness nor of sun it's cause I'm thinking I'm thinking of her 'cause everytime I do I drive into the ditch and burst out in a song like Jonathan Richman...

Would you stand up for this kind of beauty? Cause this kind of beauty won't stand up for you. It won't lift a finger for some lazy dreamer. Here it comes the average dirty word, pardon my French But I'm sitting on an park bench, watching yearning cats milk-f...

In a tiny tiny southern Swedish country town two acres of field and a gas station riding on my moped, looking for fun staring into the blood red sun on the country road is a boulevard with neon lights and night open bars in my jacket a pack of playing cards j...

Oh happy birthday, happy birthday. Little Lisa, today is your day. Sing hallelujah, you know they blew ya'. There are too many, candles in your cake. But don't you worry, there's no hurry. The Jehovas are standing by your door. And they're offering, eternal su...

I'm on my way to the USA, so give me your address And I will send you the only white dove from New York City, And call out your zip code on the Grand Canyon. I know you don't really read my letters, The very thought of not knowing the exact location Of the roo...

Well I know that I fall in love too easy, I just sit back and pluck a little daisy. Oh loves me, loves me not, I wanna fill her heart with forget-me-nots So she'll think of me, In Barcelona. I don't know if she's worth 900 Kronor, 'Cause that's a ticket from...

It's Friday night on tram number nine, All the people I see have clouds in their minds, But me I am alone, Having a little party on my own. The loneliness is not my issue, I still remember the night that I kissed you, And there's been plenty more since that,...

You're looking For me in the demonstration Well I have already lost patience You might find me sitting by On the pavement Maybe not cause I have shrunk I fell in love with a punk And she took my breath Now there's nothing left But love enough to feed a famil...

i am leaving you because i don't love you i am leaving you because i don't love you well it's the knowledge, it's the knowledge, it's the knowledge of future clarity that makes my voice tremble with greater dignity i am leaving you because i don't love you...

If I could cry it would feel like this If I could cry it would feel like this Oh If I could cry if I could cry if I could cry if I could cry it would feel like this If I could cry it would feel like this If I could cry it would feel like this If I could c...

If you ever need a stranger to sing at your wedding a last minute choice then I am your man I know every song, you name it by Bacharach or David every stupid lovesong that's ever touched your heart every power ballad that's ever climbed the charts You think...

íf i had to choose a moment in time to take with me into eternity i would choose this, this moment with you in my arms i know we've lost the final battle i know we are prisoners, i can hear chains rattle but im a prisoner of this moment with you in my arms y...

The Spanish girl pointed at me and said, "silencio" Making a little gesture as if switching off a radio Sliding her fingers 'cross her lips as if shutting a zipper And I clearly got the message; I didn't need to ask her Making the reverse zipper 'cross my lip...

Early September and the kids start school Leaves are floating in the swimming pool I wish I had a proper reason to cry A reason not so abstract More like a broken clause in a contract All those things your'e supposed to do I could have done them if I had you...

Oh Julie, meet me by the vending machine Oh Julie, I'm gonna buy you a wedding ring Eating french fries by the dock of the bay lots of ketchup and mayonnaise You said this town's too big for our hearts you can't tell where it ends or starts Oh Julie, the fut...

Love is still a mystery Love is still a mystery It's still the greatest novel in modern history When I was young, I thought I'd understand I thought I'd grow old and then I'd understand But there was nothing to understand, so it slipped right out of my hand I...

It's autumn in Gothenburg I'm walking home to my suburb Rain falls hard on the city on every homeless kitty Oh please god bring relief even if it's only brief that she says the dreamer just make-believe but I thought she said maple leaves So we talked for ho...

This is no time for breaking up this is no time for breaking up this is no time no time for breaking up This is no time for breaking up this is no time for breaking up this is no time for breaking up this is no time for breaking up I knew this day was gonna...

You wake up so early fresh snow on the window two feet meet the cold floor to pick up the rainbow of yesterdays commercials and mail a bright and colorful tail As silent as santa you reach out your antenna to paint my mood and I will work for food but I would...

(The Past) The Past - well let me tell you about the past The Past is filled with broken joys, silent toys(?) laughing girls and teasing boys Was I ever in love? I called it love I mean - it felt like love There were moments... well, there were moments... (Th...

there's a reason why I have a picture of Mick Jagger above my bed it's there to remind me that the people all buy resistant shoes so I think these people hate the blues run sisters, join me if you hate me there's no problem in fact that's all I asked for whe...

I've got my pockets full of money I'm gonna spend it all tonight I've got my pockets full of money I'm gonna spend it all tonight a whole months salary gonna set it to flames on some girl, we just met recently I barely know her name cha cha, cha cha, cha cha...

They say you can't judge a man Until you've walked a mile in his shoes So I stole your shoes And I walked a mile in them And I still won't consider you a friend The shoes were a pair of Nikes I do admit I liked these White and navy blue You're a dick in pretty...

She worked in my postoffice. In my zip code, in my postal area. I don't think I should reveal her name. She'll remain anonymous, but we can call her Maria. I met her at university. She stared at me, I stared right back at her. We went out for a coffee or two....

Fourteen years old and dreaming dreams bigger than their actual meaning tuning in to 105.3 coming home from school 2:30 kicking off my shoes so dirty tuning in to 105.3 radio NRJ as free as commercial radio can be but when I was fourteen that was freedom to...

I remember memories of girls I've met, their voices sound much clearer on my cassette, I remember parties and the people there, I remember punk rock chicks with orange hair. So come on, come on, It's only me and my tape recorder, Come on, come on, Alcohol tak...

Blind girl I missed you I've missed you so much I've been sending you letters, trying to call you But I can't seem to get in touch I bet your mom and dad are scared of me Or maybe they just care about their daughters I think back upon summer camp and I think...

What are you gonna do on Christmas Eve Please don't spend it with your family I know you love your mommy But she's more like a mummy She's so empty, She's so empty So run away with me She's so empty She's so empty So run away with me Yeah I know it's been a...

Shirin Shirin Shirin Shirin Shirin Shirin Shirin Shirin When Shirin cuts my hair it’s like a love affair Let those locks fall to the ground or let them stay there I show her my passport what I look like But she just smiles and lets me know it’s gonn...

You remember your first kiss? Well how can I forget? My hand still shivers from the very thought of it Well sometimes I almost regret it like I regret my regrets I see myself on my deathbed saying "I wish I would have loved less" But that's when the feeling...

I'm standing here waiting for you to come In the sky some kind of strange sky phenomenon Feel strange to have you as a friend But I'd rather be your friend Then to never see you again I'd rather be your friend You stare at the sky, colours reflecting in your...

I don't want a girl who hangs on every word I say Who shows me off to her parents over roast beef on Sunday I don't want a girl who thinks she has to fake I don't want a girl who laughs at every little joke I make I just want someone to share my life with I j...

I took my sister down to the ocean but the ocean made me feel stupid those words of wisdom I had prepared all seemed to vanish into thin air into the waves I stared I picked up a sea-shell to illustrate my homelessness but a crab crawled out of it making it u...

I still wear these worn out jeans I have to wear long-johns underneath Down by the harbour there's a cool, cool breeze I've never wondered if oceans can freeze The strings on my fathers old guitar The positions of the northern stars The clock-like beat of the...

Did you take tram number seven to heaven Did you eat your banana from Seven Eleven I'm driving in my daddy's car life is aching in my heart if we someday have to part where do I go when you take Tram number seven to heaven Tram number seven to heaven Tram num...

Everyday make a fine loaf of bread And after work just before sunset You hang down to the city park There you're alone with the burbs in the dark And I've seen other people do that too But they're older than your twenty-two They lost hope and soon they'll be...

Yeah I got busted so I used my one phone call to dedicate a song to you on the radio Yeah I got busted in custody I imagined our melody being played on a grand piano I saw your face in front of me it was perfect clarity I saw a light in the end of the tunnel...

i was slicing up an avocado when you came up behind me with your silent brand new sneakers your reflection i did not see it was the hottest day in august and we were heading for the sea for a second my mind started drifting you put your arms around me you put...

(Saying in Swedish: Det här är en låt av Scout Niblett) We're all gonna die, we're all gonna die. We're all gonna die, we're all gonna die. We don't know how and we don't know when. We don't know how and we don't know when. We're all gonna die, we're all gonn...