Lake Street Dive

Hard times, hard times When I really need somebody to hold me tight And tell me I'm strong Last night, last night You were really there for me, so thank you For playin' along But I gotta be honest with you, baby This is not about love I gotta be hones...

I bought this camera To take pictures of my love Now that he's gone I don't have anybody to take pictures of Along some highway Is pretty good subjects I'm gonna make myself make use of this thing I'm taking landscapes I'm taking still lifes I'm taki...

I could spend ages reading the news I could spend days, singing the blues But I turn up the tv light Give up without a fight Better than pretending to know what's wrong and what's right I could spend ages asking myself why There's a million ways that I...

I met him once way after midnight he lit a smoke and I just stared He seemed to me like such a sore sight Bobby Tanqueray with his gorgeous face and hair I never see him on the weekends He rides the highways lined in bars His search for fame and fortune...

Hello I'm not gonna bite you Just want a light You got me wishing that I never said Hello Don't wanna fight you I don't got a right to This is what I get for being civilized I apologize I'll let you go in a minute If you want a goodbye It's not what...

Cuz I can’t stop your love I can’t stop I can’t stop Just can’t get enough I can’t stop No giving it up I can’t stop your love I can’t stop I can’t stop Just can’t get enough I can’t stop No giving it up I don’t want to feel this way Every time I...

Let me clear space for you to sit beside me You don't need your back against the wall Let me figure out how to surrender All I wanna do is take the fall I can tell you things that don't come easy Words I never tried to say before I see it in your eyes I...

Well you seem awfully nice So this won’t take long I’ve just got to let you know That you should be moving on If you want my advice I think it would be wrong For you to get close to me Well I can be sweet I can be perfectly kind I can be anything Sin...

He's a tall drink of gin With a world-weary grin And he always says just what he means Even as he draws you nearer Sees himself in the mirror I think, "How did he get in those jeans?" Yeah, yeah You know I met him at a distance Required no assistance...

Why won't you let me love you in the best way I know? We won't go out to dinner and we won't see a show. You'll know just how I love you when I got you alone. Baby it's true I'm in love, but I'm too shy. People are voyeurs darling, one thing on their mind...

Allow me to introduce myself I am the hottie you roll with, and I I am a body, a soul, and a mind Lately, you left me behind Now we don't seem to talk anymore We used to kick it like Joe and Obama Now you just leave me at home playin' mama You give you...

Elijah has brains and long legs and wears jeans at his hip and nary a girl in the world has been missed by his grip He’s long curly hair, that when wet, goes as far as his chin and his knowledge of poets and punks is debatably thin The thing i like most a...

Well I guess it would be nice If I could touch your body I know not everybody Has got a body like you But I've got to think twice Before I give my heart away And I know all the games you play Because I play them too Oh but I Need some time off from th...

It’s funny not to care, and to know so much like the way you do your hair, and what you like to eat for lunch I could use it to seduce you if the slightest desire was there It’s funny not to care It’s funny not to care, but to know firsthand all the reco...

Only a devil could be so bold to break a heart like yours No no, so cold but you’ve been there before You’re in a state of disrepair, you’re an answer to my prayers Well well, I’ll be there Thank the good lord For those godawful things That brought you...

If you're gonna tell them everything Tell 'em I'm a good kisser Tell 'em all the things you told me In your desperate whisper If you're gonna tell them everything Don't leave out the good part Tell 'em the way that you broke my heart When you told me th...

I hear you calling my name Every night, it's the same damn thing Is it just one thing you want from me? I'm getting tired of this game Everyone says the same damn thing All your sweet talk sounding cheap when I don't get what I need My heart starts slo...

We once were luminous lovers, just you and I We shone as brightly as the stars in the summer sky My light was only s'posed to shine on another guy So lover, hang on I've grown accustomed to the role of the crying one You brought me to another world where...

The first time you came around I knew that I wanted you I didn’t want to let it out I was playing it cool, playing it cool The second time you came around I could tell it wasn’t getting through I really tried to spell it out What I wanted to do, wanted...

It feels good to be over you, but it felt good to be under you so maybe it’s just you that feels good. I feel like I should be over you, and good girls do what they should do so maybe I’ll just do what I should. I should tell my mind to stop remembering....

Who you fooling now with your bookish smarts? quotin’ jamie joyce make me feel make me feel like a total arse got it down like a practiced art; like a perfect part Talk to me at night with your voice oily think you can’t be broke, what a joke what a joke...

I’m having so much fun on my own, I wanna tell somebody I’m having so much fun all alone, I wanna let somebody know How good it feels to be alone How good it feels to be alone I’m having so much fun by myself, I want the whole world to know That I don’t...

Hate casts a long shadow I know that I lie in it And let it rule my mind from time to time Escaping an old battle Clings on like a vine to me Whispers dirty lies in my ear (ahh-I) We didn't start this fight And I won't let it rule my heart tonight I c...

Can I tell you that it's too late that the rain will pour on in time Many times that I ignored you and it ain't even crossed your mind If you feel the urge to see me Well you'd best pretend you're blind I don't mean to be unkind But all the reasons I le...

I don’t really see you anymore I don’t really see you anymore You used to wait for me outside your door Now I don’t really see you anymore. I don’t really see you anymore I don’t really see you anymore You used to beg for me from on your floor Now I don...

When I had you to myself I didn't want you around Those pretty faces always made you Stand out in a crowd But someone picked you from the bunch One glance was all it took Now it's much too late for me To take a second look Oh oh baby, give me one more...

Love's an addiction baby There's a rehab for every kind Lay your head down baby Tell me what's on your mind You've got so many heartaches Take em one at a time Imagine each ones a man Takes a number, stands in a line If you draw the line baby I will...

You gave me something I understand You gave me loving In the palm of my hand I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel Let me roll it Let me roll it to you Let me roll it Let me toll it to you I want to tell you And now's the time I w...

I’m done with you I’m totally done with you I’m completely and utterly done with you. Just tell the truth did I ever stand a chance? Against all your rules or is that to much to ask of you? I am done with you I’m too old, you’re too cool. Trying’s t...

I know the outcome and I'm not blind I've been standing right here before and I do it every time I never think I lose, but it's a losing game and I'm breaking all the rules thinking that I'm gonna change Oh, it's good that these men don't know each...

You said I, I didn't do anythin' wrong But there musta been somethin' I could've done better Oh, boy you said I, I didn't do anythin' wrong But there musta been somethin' I could've done better Did you want me at home more? Was I runnin' around more than...

Walk four blocks, quicken your pace ‘til you’re tumbling lost my socks; thought I had bet on a sure thing Worn through Keds have nothing on drunk desperation it depends on just how much you want to take on who needs friends who think you’re just someone t...

Get out of bed ‘cause i swear you’ll see the death of me confined inside this space; it’s an empty April curse in the room under the stairs in this waterlogged land where I’m the only one on hand Let’s call a cab, ‘cause i swear you’ll see the death of me...

I can hear my neighbors making love upstairs Their love is rattling my tables and my chairs Keeping me awake The love they make it's keeping me awake While I’m just trying to get some sleep on the ground floor I don’t mind my neighbor making love upstairs...

[Intro] Another night wasted In my parents' basement I could almost taste it Why did I ever go back home? All night You got me runnin' like a rabid animal like a dog With no fight How will I ever find you in the darkness With no light [Instrumenta...

Everybody's tryin' to track us down Drivin' circles 'round this tiny town And I get lost, baby Tryin' to shake 'em off And I get tired Wrestlin' with my jealous mind I don't care if it's a sunny day No construction in the passin' lane Every light I ca...

When we were having a good time I got a little sentimental The rental of your love Was all that you gave up But I wanted it all I wanted it all When we were doing the slow climb The peak was a forgone conclusion To lose it broke my heart, I only got on...

You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far 'Cause you know it don't matter anyway You can rely on the old man's money You can rely on the old man honey It's a bitch girl but it's gone too far 'Cause you know it don't matter anyway Say money won't...

I know you know me as the girl who's always alone I know you never see me take anybody home I know you never see me cry Never see me say goodbye Now we're kissing on the sly But I don't think you know what I feel inside Can't you see this is only the be...

Ooh ooh ooh ooh o o o [x4] Look at those lights behind the trees don't the highway sound like the ocean? Lookin' at you right next to me the stillness feels like emotion. I got the feelin' You got the feelin' Don't you know what I mean? We're giddy...

Little hands hold the gavel Another one's about to fall down Get upset and unravel Another one's about to fall down Shame, shame, shame Shame, shame, shame on you Every place that you travel Another one's about to fall down Little face in the gravel...

I got a parrot of hair on my shoulder It’s apparent it’s there, and it’s bolder Like I show you my cards, I’m no folder Yes I’m a soldier Against everything square and unsightly Yes I know I look good, so don’t fight me All I need is a clip or a scrunchi...

So long Why’re you going away for so long? Why don’t you just stay where you belong? And then we’d never have to say “so long” So long The days while you’re away feel so long I’m wasting away while you are gone I wish we’d never had to say “so long” So...

I knew a boy way back when His name was Bobby and then He asked my daddy if I could go dancing But he could not make a pass Can't tell his elbow from ass He was completely inept at romancing Oh Bobby It's so painful to watch you Well in a crowd I cou...

I get your messages I read them all aloud My friends they roll their eyes shake their heads make a frown But it seems so well-intentioned and at once I'm beginning to fall There's no point to even mention you at all I am a cold and older double talki...

This magic moment So different and so new Was like any other Until I looked at you And then it happened Oh it took me by surprise I knew that you felt it too By the look in your eyes Sweeter than wine Softer than a summer night Everything I want I ha...

You're the kind of man that takes what he can and doesn't ask Well this trait I can't condone but I am told that in the state I acquiesce Occasionally a man for free is exactly what I need And how long has it been since I have given in to what I see was rig...

We love all the same songs We sing along in the car This drive wont feel too long with the radio on in the car Keepin away Keepin awake oh The feeling that everything is standing still when we’re back at home Dreading the sound of just one voice alone...

You might think you understand What turns a boy into a man You gotta search alone and worthy But that'll make a lonely girl that has the top and that rules the world A king who choose his crown over his queen Before he gets the notion he doesn't need yo...

You don't need a team of lawyers lookin' for evidence You don't need a piece of paper tryin' to prove your intent To be free You don't need to look back, easy, if you said what you meant You don't need your heart runnin' at a hundred percent All you need...

[Verse 1:] Would it be true to say that I ordered you Or is it you that ordered me? I could say you are the only one I see But I can't stop at two or three [Chorus:] And I am afraid to need you so And I am too sober not to know That you may be my prob...