Gentlemen

Afghan Whigs Gentlemen Lyrics
1.Be Sweet

Ladies, let me tell you about myself
I got a dick for a brain
And my brain is gonna sell my ass to you
Now i'm ok, but in time i'll find i'm stuck
'cause she wants love, and i still want to fuck
Now that i'm ashamed, it burns
But the weight is off
Now that you're out of the way
I turn and i can walk
You showed no sympathy, my love
And this was no place for you and me to walk alone

On my grave, am i ok?
I'm sure i'm not
Ladies let me tell you about my love
She kept giving me more
But it wasn't enough
So understand
Now that i come to you
To understand my little self
To understand my little self

And baby you be sweet


2.Brother Woodrow/closing Prayer


3.Debonair

Hear me now and don't forget
I'm not the man my actions would suggest
A little boy, i'm tied to you
I fell apart
That's what i always do

This ain't about regret
My conscience can't be found
This time i won't repent
Somebody's going down

Feel it now and don't resist
This time the anger's better than the kiss
I must admit when so inclined
I tend to lose it than confront my mind

'cause it don't bleed and it don't breathe
It's locked its jaws and now it's swallowing
It's in our heart
It's in our head
It's in our love
Baby it's in our bed

Tonight i go to hell
For what i've done to you
This ain't about regret
It's when i tell the truth

And once again the monster speaks
Reveals his face and searches for release
A little boy is tied to you
Attracted only 'til it comes unglued


4.Fountain And Fairfax

Angel, i'm sober
I got off that stuff
Just like you asked me to
Angel, come closer
So the stink of your lies
Sinks into my memory
She said baby, forever, but i don't like to be alone
So don't stay away too long
Baby, forever, well it's tuesday now
I hear him breathing inside of her
Let me drink
Let me tie off
I'm really slobbering now
Let it stink
Let it dry up
It's impossible
How?

Angel, forever
Don't you promise me what you cannot deliver
Angel, together
I'll be waiting for you on fountain and fairfax


5.Gentlemen

Your attention, please
Now turn off the light
Your infection, please
I haven't got all night

Understand, do you understand?
Understand, i'm a gentleman

I stayed in too long
But she was the perfect fit
And we dragged it out so long this time
Started to make each other sick
But now i've got time for you
For you, you, you and me too
Well, come and get it, come and get it
'cause i'm done

Understand, do you understand?
Understand, i'm a gentleman

I waited for the joke, it never did arrive
And words i thought i'd smoke
Let me in i'm cold
All messed up but nowhere to go
You got indecision, and indecision is my enemy
Unlock the cabinet, hey hey hey
I'll take whatever you got
Now i'm on it, now i'm on it
And you're done

I waited for the joke
It never did arrive
And words i thought i'd choke
I hardly recognize


6.If I Were Going

What should i tell her?
She's going to ask
If i ignore it, it gets uncomfortable
She'll want to argue about the past
Still i think she believes me
Every word i say
I think i'm starting to believe it all myself
Go ask the gentlemen who play it
But hate to pay
And it don't bleed, and it don't breathe
It's locked its jaws & now it's swallowing
It's in our heart, it's in our heads
It's in our love, baby, it's in our bed
It holds my arms down, sits upon my chest
It waves its finger at me every night & day
And it don't rest
And it don't breathe and it don't bleed
It's locked its jaws and now it's swallowing
It's all a lie, it's nearly dead
It's in our hope, baby, it's in our bed


7.I Keep Coming Back

Lyricist:Austell, Graham

I wanna leave you but I just can't leave you
I keep coming back for little more of your love
I wanna go away but honey, I just can't stay
I keep coming back for little more of your love

And I can't understand when I try
As hard as anyone can
Each night I dream I wake up and scream
Oh baby, that I love you woman I love you

Oh baby, I realize I treat you wrong
But I'm so sorry let me come back were I belong
You see I'm your fool I lost my cool
Oh baby, that I love you woman I love you and I wouldn't lie

Oh, but I lay down and die
Oh baby, that I love you woman
Oh baby, that I love you woman
That I love you woman I love you


8.My Curse

You hurt me baby
I flinch so when you do
Your kisses scourge me
Hyssop in your perfume
Oh, i do not fear you
And slave i only use
As a word to describe the special way i feel for you
You look like me
And i look like no one else
We need no other
As long as we have ourselves
But i won't cry about it
Every time you get obsessed
Every time i came undressed
All ugly thoughts are gone
I'm sure we'll all be friends
I'll try to break your back
You'll try to make amends
Curse softly to me baby
And smother me in your love
Temptation comes not from hell but from above
And there's blood on my teeth
When i bite my tongue to speak
Zip me down, kiss me there
I can smile now
You won't find out ever
Hurt me baby
I flinch so when you do
Your kisses scourge me
Hyssop in your perfume
Oh i do not fear you
And slave i only use as a word to describe
The way i feel when i'm with you
If i have to lie about it everytime i came undressed


9.Now You Know

Since you're aware of the consequences
I can pimp what's left of this wreck on you
Bit into a rotten one, now didn't you?
Now i can watch you chew
Did you have blinders on my dear
Or were you just willing?
Or was i unaware of the damage a lie can do?
I thought you knew

Listen up
Drive it off
Punctuate it with a smoker's cough
Light it up
Stick around
I told you somebody's going down now
Spit it up
Get it out
Let me kiss that beautiful mouth
Tell me is it the same?
My sweetness, my everything
And is this condescending a comfort at all to you?
We bit into a rotten one
Now didn't we?
Well, baby now it's through


10.What Jail Is Like

I'll warn you, if cornered, i'll scratch my way out of the pen
Wired, an animal
The claustrophobia begins
You think i'm scared of girls
Well maybe
But i'm not afraid of you
You want to scare me then you'll cling to me no matter what i do
Tell you a secret
They shared a needle once or twice
I loved her, she loved me
We slept together a couple of times
You think i'm proud of this
Well maybe
But the shame you never lose
Infatuated with a lunatic and cornered by the muse
And it goes down every night
This must be what jail is really like
And i will scratch my way out of this pen, again

Lonely?
Maybe
Or maybe not
It all depends
Your ideal, your image
Your definition of a friend
If what you're shoveling is company
Then i'd rather be alone
Resentment always goes much further than it was supposed to go


11.When We Two Parted

Baby, i see you've made yourself all sick again
Didn't i do a good job of pretending?
You're saying that the victim doesn't want it to end
Good. i get to dress up and play the assassin again
It's my favorite
It's got personality
I should have seen this shit coming down the hall
Every night i spent in that bed with you facing the wall
If i could have only once heard you scream
To feel you were alive
Instead of watching you abandoning yourself
Baby you can open your eyes now
And please allow me to present you with a clue
If i inflict the pain
Then baby only i can comfort you
Out of the night we come
And into the night we go
If it starts to hurt you
Then you have to say so