The cribs

Can't go home right now, and that's the truth Julie Burchill's drinking free champagne on my roof The front door's off limits, at least to the likes of me See right here, right here, this is my story Slept in a stranger's flat in all my clothes In the mo...

We were cut and smelled of petals These scented promises had me Thinking that I was special For the new lease of life I had got Oh no, woah oh For a minute thought my heart had stopped Oh no, woah oh And the lessons that I had were lost Know you gotta...

Laid my cards on the table So she could see the light My efforts went wasted Due to fallen night... And I know But by the end of the evening I was in no doubt Of all of the things That you could live without And i know... I drag up ancient history...

Anna, you ever wonder why I’m here? To sit and call the girl queen’s man Is it awkward? Or our fake friends Some of the spaces before Ashore And I was only asking for what I knew is mine And I was only asking for what I knew is mine But I could never...

I'm alone and I'm cold Just another number on another row I'm alone and I'm cold Just another number on another row And I never knew my name And I never knew my name I'm alone and I'm cold Just another number on another row I'm alone and I'm cold Jus...

Sorry that it’s taken years We were victims of our own ideals But I’d rather be tied to myself than to anyone else 

Now and again I've got a lot to say And I can't afford you this one Oh yeah, she asks me where I'm going Now and again I'll find a friend who knows She asks me where I'm going Oh yeah, she asks me where I'm going Well if you're always in debt Baby don't...

You follow Aurora and hope no-one saw you, Peel back the screen door like everyone before, Cartoons run on repeat in the room across the street, So you go out to find her in some crappy roadside diner. You’re a long long way from home. And as the room go...

One of those fucking awful black days When nothing is pleasing and everything that happens Is an excuse for anger An outlet for emotions stockpiled, an arsenal, an armour These are the days when I hate the world Hate the rich, hate the happy Hate the co...

Dancing on the screen, I still see you as The star power you used to have (Rose tinted romance) Like a message from the past Embarrassed though I am I’ll still watch you through my hands (It’s a healthy interest I’ll never have) I’m feeling so ete...

Waiting for my friend to wake up So we can talk in the night like the old days Though you like the songs I sing to you all the words they are untrue but I'll promise, just like I always do though you like the songs I sing to you all the words are no lo...

I could be someone else if you'd rather Try to win you over like a new step father smart but still a sucker for whoever asks you i pictured the scene so you wont have to spell it out for me cos things go together better than other like manic depression and ac...

Meet me down in Chi-Town, in Logan Square underground You know the one, we were always there. Meet me down in Chi-Town, in Logan Square underground You know the one, we were always there. Forget the airport and cut my hair short Eat cookies and cream fro...

It came to me like a voice from above Or like a message in praise of platonic love And if you stand in the booth Then you don't have to sit with a stranger A perfumed gust drifts to my core I give you one last look Through a cross-hatched door But I'm a...

There's some powers on the slide I've been on worry side But the pressure always ends We've gone for hours now Where every second counts Cause I won't be around For too long, oho I'm scared of the truth Oho, never heard my call Stuck in the city sto...

Come on, I'll be a no one For you Got you wrong, it's not your fault Sometimes I'd rather feel cheap You can't keep suckling me I was trying so hard to ejoy everything That I ended up enjoying nothing Serious I'm really well fed I know greviously you n...

It was a purry scurry fruit What did I do? I signed all and more I didn’t approve Although I move I But that is something I just can’t pretend I’m feeling better that I won’t confess Our ways we need the end Our ways Burning two suns like you knowing...

Underneath your rainbow You bring me too my knees You keep me up at midnight Till the end of the day at least You don't have to hear the blood screams Of those living out their dreams So it makes no sense to you How they end up like they do Like they d...

So just give me a chance, you know I never wanted one You and I are seriously outnumbered Meet me outside we’ll run away like we’re kids Bonnie and Clyde or something just as stupid... Your scars are just a kiss from a past mistress Across a crowded room...

I may be leaving, but it's okay To say what you're feeling, but baby not for free It's called direction So many times I can see That the way that you are is rubbing off on me It's called direction Did you realise it's not quite time You look out the wi...

it’s a lie, it’s fake but it's the dream living outside of your means and all you want is that you’ll never be tomorrow always comes too fast for those who leave still came in last and how much right until there’s time that’s passed oh no cos you can’t...

Without love Without hate Oh without anyone who I even allowed To find out all of the little things I've been thinkin It's too easy for folks to get by There's no reason for someone to try To put walls around our misery And gently emasculate me You w...

Feelin' it in the bathroom, stumbilin' to the floor and I'm finding it hard to tell you, what my name is and I'm wanting to recline and the circumstances change from the ones i know about and you can't win and I'm feelin kind of strange just leave...

The necklace that brought to be free I sell myself, you change me But we all moved on And I did try to keep my will strong So why do I still dream of your house? I can't go, throwing up the side out And the pavement, of the street looks all odd It still...

There’s not much to say for me its ok you know girls like mystery They’ll know all the things I’ve read That’s ok don’t necessarily make it bad Leave me alone im just your enemy I’ve seen it all I’ve seen your jealousy They say love me till then end they onl...

It's so strange seeming Like a friend's mother's perfume That you can be what you want. Anointed genius, poets, good fucks Yeah you can be what you want Anyway Getting the feeling, spent all my splendour long ago And though I rarely see it Your other s...

If you combine flattery With a long history Then there are no easy answers You hid your face You hid your face in a place Where there are no easy answers In the name of everyone who met me Am I supposed to commit Hari Kari? With sword in hand I face d...

Now I'm haunted by dreams of you And all of the things that we've been through I'm sorry is nothing new I'm haunted by dreams of you Cos you was on our road The day we were told That you are not coming home I'm haunted by dreams of you I'm haunted by...

With your knife and your bottle and silver spoon No one knows what you're going to do So stay away from everything that isn't true Cause when I hung around with someone else Take your anger off the shelf And arrange it in a way that no one else could do...

Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters! Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters! Hey scenesters, hey hey scenesters! You lot are in trouble now (Someone's gonna cop it now) Someone's gonna cop it now Hey darling, hey hey darling! Hey darling, hey hey darling! Hey darli...

I think the world is a mobile phone And the future is a strip mall You didn't need me to tell you that It's synthetic love from no one I wish I was a housewife trying to gain your trust Don't you touch my finger so need to boast This is what you asked...

You should take it back in no circumstance I understand, remember the man on the street is wrong again I used to think I knew something that No - one else knew I was a fool When a lonely voice in a lonely town Just couldn’t tell I should have helped...

I'm a realist I'm a romantic I'm an indecisive piece of shit I'm a realist I'm a romantic I am indecisive and that's about it and you dream that's the same thing that's the same life you lead I don't agree and so you drink don't wanna think that's cos your m...

All the meek you should rejoice Now you've found your voice If you can't beat them don't join them Just post rumours on forums And I heard that it's curtains But I could not be certain What's that? We're history? Oh really, that's funny And now, you t...

I was born in 'The Merrie City' I've been trying to get out of it Nothing's changed since the 1950's I'm surprised all the time what I find out There must be something more Can't figure it out Still missing something and I've tried everything Love i...

In these passionate places There's a piece of me in every town And the dialect changes They never seem to wear me out Yes the war is over But no one ever told my heart That it's all a laugh because I'm throwing England to the dogs But anyway To be in...

Cut to the scene of a broken dream On a day of long shadows Tree lined streets, not even on the map Summer early evening glows Then ask your friends if you can learn to enjoy sorrow See you told her once, You told her twice, And now she's found herself...

Don't go home, fine by me But you just lost your dignity Living in the dusty room Staying in and making moves So someones had enough, someones had too much Imagine being like that, it must be bloody awful But I know that it's hard to see You should stay...

Why don't we take a walk? You know there's no one to tell us no Because you can't regret something that you'll forget And that's the beauty I like you because you're strange But you say that you need to change But if I dress you like me then you'll still...

You knew what to make But I’d listen to you’d say Just like money in my wallet I got bruises on my knees Without your mad thoughts The point Was lost Our jaded youth To talk these words that they So say you reach down at the end of my sleeve The bi...

First impressions can matter When disrespecting your partner But I hoped that they'd come good Although they never would So spare a thought for us lovers And the things you left behind Like kind words from the broken hearted Sweet words from a tortured...

Oh Glass Beach, you know nothing of me And I sense no curiosity Amuse yourself with feelings of how Like Libra you're growing fainter now Like yesterday's bouquet Looks a little sad today Confusion I'll greet like an old friend As tonight they set me...

And I'm learning how to fight kissing you goodnight But I still can't really tell you why I'm blue And I'm learning how to fight Kissing you goodnight And the reasons you'll never really find You took me out to breakfast I guess that means that's bette...

10 years on and 2001 is long gone So I didn't wanna write another leather jacket love song But you were a drug I couldn't hide from And I know, it's not the same for you In truth you're a saving grace But you never knew what If I was born at all, I knew...

Little birds in a box of tea just waiting to die Like a gift giver I will change the way that you see, or I’ll try But I know, it’s not even but try when you’re in Heaven to call me up It’s hard to believe in anything that I’ve learned in my life bu...

I, I, I, I can't find time for her oh no I, I, I, I can't find time for her oh no and I, I, I, I can't find time for her oh no I, I, I, I can't find time for her oh no ... Because I'm empty Because of M.T.V Because I'm empty Because of M.T.V oh no ARRG...

How hard can it be To get a slap on the back from a room full of morons? So you hate my sunglasses? Well your precious Leeds is dead Just so long as you know The clean and the green Make up you're music scene And shy away from the words That they've wr...

Have you noticed i've never been impressed by your friends from new york and london i'll level accusations like the press until you realise that you've dressed yourself in tatters because the man's needs man's needs are full of greed full of greed a man's nee...

You aren't allowed to say that you're better You aren't allowed to say that cause you're the hipster type You've got a lot to say, but don't mention The mirror kissing ways of the hipster type You aren't allowed to say anything We kicked around down wate...

You'll sleep tonight Dream dreams where i would die its alright its alright They did not come true Although they will do, in time It's alright, its alright fakes, liars, and stars of moving pictures whats the difference? Like all the parts that im not into bu...

It's not easy But it's harder to just admit it So it's all go through But I don't need this Or the mess I make But I don't believe it Cause I know I'll be safe by my own Hand in hand, we will never understand That all along, I was always Mr. Wrong Bu...

The wrong time, the wrong place Your talent scouts my lonely face Of all the things i can't replace Your talent scouts my lonely face Yeah Well it's alright, although i know you lied I don't mind It's alright, although i know you lied I don't mind T...

Some of em came from the North of England, Some came from abroad. Well, I've lied! And I've cheated! And they never found out! And it makes me feel down. You'll never quite know what it's like to be ignorant, 'Til you've spent time in our town. Cos th...

Lasted longer, well that's enough Promises honoured, acting tough Lasted longer, well that's enough It's easy to feel strong about something Of which no-one else knows a single thing Who would remember a down turned mouth? We start with next to nothing...

D'you think I'd have to choose? D'you think I'd wear brown shoes? D'you think that I'd ever have to read about this in the news? You're gonna have a go? Well I don't want to know I just thought that I should try and say hello To those who'd never exist withou...

Forget this, this revery It takes a foul to chop me While most went unspoken Pacific time's frozen Maybe your silence will tell me what I need Till I find what you're hiding from me Maybe, the angels have got you too I'm you can't say what you wanted t...

Only love To all my sisters, I promise you this I'll try and be brave for you I'll try and be brave for you You're sitting behind those words With no one to visit Head full of regret Sometimes I forget to You don't even have a clue Yeah You're better...

Pure O You had me hurting You should know that I was certain in my head When you know, you know I can’t change God-damn the times I thought of nothing but the things I couldn’t prove So perfect in my devising I load it all on you and your lonely hea...

When I was young I came upon A girl I met Now she wakes up just to see King's Cross scum beat down on me Saturday night facts of life At the knuckle, it's alright It's you and me You and me Come down properly, out they came Standing in the pouring r...

You are far more likely to Be devoured Than empowered by your own Sense of romance Oh doleful girl Alone in the world? Where did true love go? Well I'd like to know, ohhh-ohh This means everything to me Hope someone will see That those yesterdays w...

Cut off your nose despite your friends Breathing holes that will never end and Speak all you want or just pretend Cos she think she is a different class So she sits all day by the looking glass, oh It doesn't talk, it doesn't last But it's not what I've...

I know it's a simple story But where you gonna hear another one just like this? Another minute passing, waiting 'round for something to hit... And then I start to exist, when you were looking for me Why'd I have to leave and make you thought I'd run? Mayb...

I know I could be right But it's worth more than my life Had to leave some time Though it's not done yet Replaced by passers by I'm sure you'll forget Sure that she's right I just walked past her Like spring on broadway It don't matter Oh hey In my...

We stand here in ceremonial dress, With a knife in the garter. Like the love you never get to feel, This is the fame of the martyr. You are the California smile, You’re the cake decorator. “He has this plan which is keep doing exactly what it is you’re...

Give him what he needs Let him see what he sees Let me feel how he feels Leave him out to sea It's alright by me Let him stay in bed Until he is fed up You know he can't go on His life has felt so long Already to go You know He's so lonely Sick t...

Forget the fix Forget the false Experts with all the answers Was there something you Wanted to ask? In the summer of chances If you thought you'd hurt her Would you take it back? Never get a chance if something ever happens Yeah Nature versus nurtur...

Why can't I be like the one who went over? It's over, get over, woah-oh Why can't I be like the one who went over? It's over, get over, woah-oh Thought it wasn't right to tease me When no one was around And you turned me up, and you broke my heart And...

What's the point in compromise? Get your dignity and leave Don't be too abstract though Cos I need a signal like you wont believe You were always late but you always had a story But that's not over wait! You hardly even saw me You would always say you'...

And now I know in my mind its time to feel round cos that is the best way to deal this I find. Oh I don't know time goes so slow and maybe its time to let go I don't know. I know its not right Now i must wake i know i must take you home. How can I feel...

Because a guy I used to know Is returning now to show That the wrong way to be Is rubbing off on me I guess we were never going to be friends I've never really liked people that are too right on Mind you, I'd love to turn my back on everything I've preac...

Well I've been drinking for days and I'm happy to say That we've been leading you on so you'd do it our way You've had a little success but you're too hard to impress So raise your standards, change your number It's for the best And thought I don't want y...

It's been sometime since I first met you Noone thinks about you more than I do If you won't let me find you How am I gonna get through I was straight and acted like a fool You were drunk and unbelievably cool You won't find a friend who Knows you like...

What's the best thing about here? It's not the place, it's the people! But you wouldn't know, cause your people are not us It's pretty funny what happened And I wonder, if you'll remember The time we spent together? And I wonder if you liked us all the...

You're getting away from yourself You're getting away, oh woah ohohohoh You're getting away from yourself You're getting away, oh woah ohohohoh I saw something pretty today The sky was just running away, oh woah ohohohoh I think I was supposed to be scar...

I went to bed the very first time We talked the same We were talking about the things That really get her down Woah-oh, Woah-oh, I want you to remind me Woah-oh, Woah-oh, I want you to remind me I went to bed but spent too long Looking round We were t...

Tonight it seems unsure If I’d made it up but then We got nine hours or more It makes no difference Cos that thought drifts right in On a Foehn wind And tries to take me back So I might have to go Oh no No-one has to tell me I know I have to let it...

Well he's a creature without a care Except for the fact that he'll only wear The things he sees in magazines He is a victim of mass production I was brought up with my own beliefs And well, I prided myself on being free But the powers-that-be invaded me...

I lost my heart to a dancer An easy pick up for chancers What she saw in me, I don't know When she said she'd been behaving I found it hard to stop myself from laughing I think I'll head off, in fact You'd better dig me in deep guys I won't be coming ba...

A strange union the other day It's a dead Russian, the papers say But it would be nice if they realised That she thought 'he is mine' This town has got you down and I know I was helping you out While your hope died under northern skies and it shows I was help...

In the grey of yesterday A breeze blew over exposing A memory so small What is it here for Your virility, makes me forget empathy Dig your hole That's what we're here for To make you feel important cause you knew we were aborted It's the same things...

I have always had A real problem with getting down But it's alright you know I really don't mind that you know I know you've been sleeping around Your bed's full of idiots from town to town But it's alright you know I really don't mind that you know O...

In a radius of a thousand miles I find it strange no one makes me smile You should understand You still have to try When we're all the same I was almost right And evening comes and I feel no different Sorry my friend, I just can't do nothing Evening...

You and I You and I We should take the road less travelled We should take the road less travelled And I Will die You and I You and I We should always feel empowered We should always feel empowered And I die Will die And when you're feeling low Le...

I get the feeling they got you believing It's better to be loved than left out But it's like you told me It's nothing to do with acceptance It's all about escaping Then you heard that there's always someone Forget the wrong one Disregard your past But...

By the time they lost him, They'd realised he was a good lad. He no longer goes to parties, ços last time hurt bad. Yeah they were all laughing, Talking behind his back. They said he'd been asking strange things like this: 'Do you love me?' No Well don...