The Initial Friend Ep

Rilo Kiley The Initial Friend Ep Lyrics
1.Frug

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf
And I can hate your girl
I can tell ya that she's real pretty
I can take my clothes off
I cannot fall in love

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf
She cannot do the Smurf

And I can watch TV
I can shuffle off to Buffalo
I can do a back bend
I will not call you back
And I can start a book
I can make some Mac 'n Cheese
I can sleep twelve hours
You'll never see my eyes

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf
She cannot do the Smurf

And I can hate your girl
I can tell ya that she's real pretty
I can take my clothes off
I cannot fall in love
You'll never see my eyes
I will not call you back
I cannot do the Smurf
I cannot fall in love
I'll never fall in love
I cannot fall in love
I cannot fall in love
I cannot fall in love
I cannot fall in love

And I can do the Frug
I can do the Robocop
I can do the Freddie
I cannot do the Smurf
She cannot do the Smurf


2.Papillon

Papillon busted free
Though it took him 'til he was sixty-three
And nobody cared about the Goddamned inquiry
And Daga stayed on the farm
Though he found no cause for alarm
It was a hell of a swim but he still had two good arms

Gorillas are for eating
Don't you know it's true
I fell in love with you
And don't you think it's sad
'Cause here we both stand
Amidst the wreckage of our past

And I'll spend the day with you
We'll meet at your house after two
You're the most exhausting girl I ever knew
And when you let me leave I'll go
I'll let you get back to your phone
You mean well, Mel, but you're all talk and no show

Pick you lips 'til they're bleeding
Don't you know I fell
The lair of the queer devil
Is deeper than you thought
The computer's still on
And the webpage is alt.com

And I hope you'll come back soon
And I feel like a million buck today, a million bucks today
'Cause I know it can only go up from here
'Cause she says it's so much better after all

After all we been through
I can't get my mind off of you
It's a hell of a way to spend the whole day through
And you left your name on the bar
You hopped your little brown car
You moved in with Gramps and you got yourself a job

And the room is slowly sinking
But I can play guitar
And Morgan you're so far
Away from me tonight
And I'll try to make it right
By putting you in this here song

Oh yeah
Okay
Okay wait
Oh my God, Blake
That's what she said
In bed

Papillon busted free
We watched him at 4:53
And I'm glad you chose to spend the night with me


3.Always

I should've known
With a boy like you
Your middle name is always
I'd always love you
Uh-huh yeah
You let the needle drop
I think that you could do so much better
Those conventions are taking their toll on you

The phantom is disguised
It's horrifyin' right before your eyes
The phantom is inside

And I should've known
With a boy like you
Your middle name is always
I'd always want you
Uh-huh yeah

The phantom is disguised
It's horrifyin' right before your eyes
The phantom is inside
It's hideous right before your eyes
The phantom he's watchin' you
The phantom is watchin' you
You


4.85

I'm just of real sad folk and
'85 was our best year and
She says it gets much worse 'fore
It gets any better

So I take it with a grain of salt
For the other means I
Wonder why it doesn't keep her
Up at night night
Like it does me.

We talk the way you do and
I have a sweet or two for
My only plus you say they're
Gettin' bigger everyday

So I take it with a grain of salt
For the other means I
Wonder why it doesn't keep him
Up at night night
Like it does me.

I'll be in your car
I locked the keys in your car
I'll be in your car
For now

You wanna fool around, I ask
I get a sour reply
From the other wheel that always
Rises to the occasion

So I take it with a grain of salt
For the other means I
Wonder why it doesn't keep you
Up at night night

I'll be in your car
I locked the keys in your car
I'll be in your car
For now

I've been a mess for some time
Now I get what I deserve
For someone who leaves behind a
Life I can't do better

So I take it with a grain of salt
For the other means I
Wonder why it doesn't keep you
Up at night
Up at night
Up at night
Up at night
Like it does me


5.Sword

He fell on his sword
Not two years ago today
And if you haven't noticed
Been waitin' for you to take me away

If nothin' warrants nothin'
I'll galdly give you away
For every goddamned moment
There's something of mine that gets in the way
It's all in the movies I've seen
It's all in the movies I've seen

Lawrence of Arabia
He failed eleven plus
I never went to college
I'm sure it's obvious
I know it's off the subject
And I'm startin' to feel uncomfortable
'Cause when I talk about you
It's just like the movies I've seen

There I go I fucked it up for you I know
I should let you go
That's my reasoning
But there's no reasoning
With a melodramatic fool like me
Aw, fuck it, here's your love song
That you been askin' for
It's the best I could do without
Sayin' I love


6.Asshole

You woke up an asshole
I couldn't believe my eyes
I really hate my bad eye
And I thought you knew

You woke up my girlfriend
I can't believe my luck
I can't believe my bad luck
And I should've known

You told your friends about me
I'm not as smart as you
And all your stupid questions
I don't laugh at you

And I hope things work out well for you
And I am not comin' back
And you knew all along
And you stole my best line
And you're right
You know I'd go to fucking hell for you

There I go believin' you again
There I go believin' you again


7.Gravity

Then they came along in their giant truck
And they knocked you, they knocked you down
You shoulda seen yourself lyin' there all broken
Woah, gravity it got you good

I walked away pretendin' not to know you
And I hoped that you were still out cold
And I thought of the time you said I was your favorite
And that I looked like just like a holiday

Woah, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee

I was younger then, barely in high school
When you found me, you took me in
And then one day, you put me on the highway
You said that gravity was gonna do me in

Woah, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee
Oh, gravity-hee


8.Troubadours

It was an eight-minute ceremony
Everyone was there
The groom wore a black cape
The bride with diamonds in her hair
They've disappeared like the troubadours
They're not comin' back
We really knew how to have some fun
They're not alive, not one of 'em
Yeah

I sit alone in my room
I'm so damned depressed
I re-enact plays on the polo field
I've never ridden a horse
That's just the trouble with magazines
I get so involved
Recalling my days in North Africa
I've never crossed the Atlantic
Yeah

My parents lived a life less glamorous
Workin' away in Las Vegas
'72 Vista Cruiser
They even lived in it
I'll gladly tell you all about it
I can't remember it
I'll say 'Those were the days of the troubadours
They're not comin' back'
We really knew how to have some fun
Before my parents got divorced