Keep On Your Mean Side

The Kills Keep On Your Mean Side Lyrics
1.Wait

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Tell me what you've done yourself
I would like to know
Write it on the rocks and then
Tell me where to go

Why you say wait?
Wait

Tell me you're the lucky one
How fast you can throw
Tell me all the things you've done
I would like to know

Why you say wait?
Why?

Tell me how you like yourself
Tell me how you go
Unlike you were someone else now
I want to know

Why you say wait?
Why you say?
Oh, wait

Why you say?
Why you say, wait?

Why you say?
Why you say wait?

So tell me something bad you've done
Tell me 'bout your ghost
Tell me 'bout the game you won
And the one who lost

Why you say wait?
Wait

Tell me 'bout your magic touch
Every coin you toss
The cat get out, the dog get in
That's how it's always been

Why you say wait?
Why?

Now tell me what's so funny, man
Tell me, what'd I miss?
Write it on the rocks and then
Tell me how it is

Why you say wait?
Why?
Why you say
Oh wait?

Why you say?
Why you say wait?

Why you say?
Why you say wait?

Why you say?
Why you say wait?
Why you say?

It's not worth saving, when you say wait
Why you say?
It's not worth saving, when you say wait
Why you say wait?

It's not worth saving, when you say wait
Why you say?
It's not worth saving, when you say wait
Why you say wait?

Why
Nothing
When you say
Hmm
Nothing


2.Jewel Thief

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Jewel thief, where do you get all those pretty necklaces?
Jewel thief, where do you get all those silver pistols?
Jewel thief, where do you get all those animal heads?

With lovely posture you eat bread
Carefully chewing when they shot you dead
You look like a mannequin with your mouth full
Don't worry, baby, I'll take care of you

You got a million horses at your door
You got a feeling that you'll need a million more
I got a million horses of my own
In the evening, one by one they carry me home

I'll get your telephone, I'll run a comb through your dead thief
hair
Tell them you're not home, I'll wear your pretty clothes
And shoot your stolen guns
Jewel thief, you and I are gonna be best friends


3.Hand

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

I called her yesterday and she told me, that
Well, she was just talking me about the weather man on
television
And I'd thought you'd be interested in knowing about this
It's pretty interesting, but well, well
Before they actually put the weather man on the television
With the weather board
They just put the weather man's hand pointing to stuff

And sometimes, they drew on the boards like
They would draw clouds as rain
And, sometimes they would draw maybe, lightning
And, and sometimes a sun if it was gonna' be sunny
But the thing that they did the weather man had to get
Get to the station early because
There was, they had to get make-up put on their hand


4.Cat Claw

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

It's time to stand on top of fingers from the bell
Tell me sugar how you felt now, come on sugar, tell now
Can't stand your face until it took off
I wouldn't give a fuck but the love here is such a long walk

If this all goes well you won't have nothing
So tell you dead wrong, dead wrong and now you're long gone
Hang out for minute and re-think
Question, tell me what she'd done just one, 'cause I can't see
nothing

So, one, two and
You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it
You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it

Got my hand caught in a cat claw, scream
On everyone's that time looks around they're talking trees
You know never know who's coming, might easy be me, you know
Give up for my love, cause that's too much, fuck

So, one, two and
You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it
You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it

It's time to stand on top of fingers from the bell
Tell me sugar how you felt here, come on sugar, tell now
Can't stand your face until it took off
I wouldn't give a fuck but the love here is such a long walk

So, one, two and
You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it
You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it

You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it
You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it
You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it
You got it, I want it, you got it, I want it, you got it, I want
it


5.Monkey 23

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that

There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that

There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that

There's a monkey on my back
Makes me talk like that
There's a monkey on my back
Makes me act like that


6.Pull a U

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Pull a U in a sexy car
Got your black magic
And your two dollar
Pull a U in ya dust, dusty car
Got your black magic
And your two dollar love

Pull a U with that sexy look
Got your black magic
And your two dollar love
Pull a U honey and get me too
I'm your black magic
And your two dollar, go right

I'm not trying to wake you up
I'm not trying to wake you up

Don't clean it up, don't lean it back
Get on the hood, ain't nothing to lose
Sit at your two dollar love
They pull the string on everything
Your black magic
And your two dollar love, go right

I'm not trying to wake you up
I'm not trying to wake you up
I'm not trying to wake you up
I'm not trying to wake you up

Black magic and your two dollar love
Black magic and your two dollar love
Black magic and your two dollar love
Black magic and your two dollar love
Go right


7.Dropout Boogie

Lyricist:Herb Bermann, Don Van Vliet

You wanna do what, you wanna do what
I told you what, I told you what

You wanna do what, you wanna do what
I told you what, I told you what

Go to school, go to school
Just take, just take
Dropout, dropout

You getta job, you getta job
Dunno whattit, dunno whattit
What it's all about, what it's all about

You told her, ya love her, so bring her the butter
You love her, adapt her, you love her, adapt her
Adapt her, adapter, adapt her, adapter
What about after that? What about after that?

Support her, support her
She says she's no boarder
Getta job, getta job
You gotta support her

You told her you loved her
So bring her the butter
You love her, adapt her
You love her, adapt her
Adapt her, adapter


8.Gypsy Death & You

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

You knock on a door
She don't recognize your voice no more
So she got on an airplane, na na, na na na
Na na, not so long after

Stripped down from the fever
Laid down in her hotel bed
Wouldn't take no phone calls at all
Didn't want no more voices in her head

That's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel
If that's the way that you feel, honey, then
That's the way that you feel

In the blue part of the evening
Sometimes it's hot
She thinks she hears you coming
But she's stuck against the wall

Oh, she want, she want, so she do what she do
But now when she looks at you
She covers one eye 'cause she can see into your mind
She no longer wants to

That's the way that you feel
That's the way that you feel
If that's the way that you feel, honey, then
That's the way that you feel


9.Hitched

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Don't you leave me here, don't you leave me here
Get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get hitched

Get back, get by, get a room, give me 105
Don't lie, don't care don't answer if you call me there

Don't you leave me here, don't you leave me here
Get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get hitched

Lay down by the road, black rocks and a can of holes
Gone four, gone five sweating, cussing on the mean side

Don't you leave me here, say don't you leave me here
Get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get
Get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get hitched

Keep, keep on your mean side
Keep, keep on your mean side
Keep, keep on your mean side
Keep, keep on your mean side
Get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get hitched

Sit tight, getting by got a room, got my 10-5
Say it son, get gone smiling all like a dead-eyed dog

Don't you leave me here, don't you leave me here
Get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get
Get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get hitched

Get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get
Get my name stitched on your lips so you won't get hitched

Keep, keep on your mean side
Keep, keep on your mean side
Keep, keep on your mean side
Keep, keep on your mean side

Keep, keep on your mean side
Keep, keep on your mean side
Keep, keep on your mean side
Keep, keep on your mean side


10.Black Rooster

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

You want to cuss and fight
In the basement
The kid want to cuss and fight
In the basement
Warm black rooster, worn, white hand
The young kids got my name

You like to cuss and fight
In the basement
The kid like to cuss and fight
In the basement
Got a rattle snake on in the basement
The young snake's got my name

You wanna swing that hand
In the basement
The kid wanna swing that hand
In the basement
Drop your medicine, six white sons
The young snake's got my name

You want to cuss and fight
In the basement
The kid want to cuss and fight
In the basement
Got a rattle snake on in the basement
The young snake's got my name

I'm not comin' home again
I'm not comin' home again
I'm not comin' home again
I'm not comin' home again

You wanna fuck and fight
In the basement
The kid wanna fuck and fight
In the basement
Got a rattle snake on in the basement
The young snake's got my name

You wanna fuck and fight
In the basement
The kid like to fuck and fight
In the basement
Got a rattle snake, six white sons
The young kid's got my name

I'm not comin' home again
I'm not comin' home again
I'm not comin' home again
I'm not comin' home
I'm not comin' home again
I'm not comin' home again

You like to cuss and fight
In the basement
The kid like to cuss and fight
In the basement
Got a rattle skate on in the basement
The young snake's got my name


11.Fried My Little Brains

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Got six troubles, on my back
Like six little milk teeth, all gone bad
Won't move over, won't get gone
Won't move over

Fried my little brains
Fried my little brains
Fried my little brains
Fried my little brains

Only got ten minutes, better get me good
Pull out my little milk teeth, pull good
Won't move over, won't get gone
Won't move over

Fried my little brains
Fried my little brains
Fried my little brains
Fried my little brains

Won't move over, won't get gone
Won't move over, won't get gone
Won't move over, won't get gone
Won't move over

Fried my little brains
Fried my little brains
Fried my little brains
Fried my little brains


12.Superstition

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Superstition is your modern eye
With original skin and original lie
Your modern shell wants to feed itself
You got elected now, honey, so, what the hell

Superstition is your modern eye
With original skin and original lie
Your modern shell wants to kill itself
You got elected now, honey, so, what the hell

Superstition is your modern eye
With original skin and original lie
Your modern shell wants to feed itself
You got elected now, honey, so, what the hell


13.Fuck the People

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

You wanna warnin'
You got a warnin'

Bet you somethin'
I can get your mouth shut
Bet you somethin'
I can get your mouth shut

You wanna warnin'
You got a warnin'
Stab your back

You wanna warnin'
You got a warnin'
Stab your back

You wanna warnin'
You got a warnin'
Stab your back

Bet you somethin'
I can get your mouth shut
Bet you something'
I can get your mouth shut

You wanna warnin'
You got a warnin'
Stab your back

Hey, fuck the people
Hey, fuck the people

Last moon a cigarette
Hang myself on a chandelier
Laughin' at another
On a funny thing

Bet you somethin'
I can get your mouth shut
Bet you somethin'
I can get your mouth shut

You wanna warnin'
You got a warnin'
Stab your back

Hey, fuck the people
Hey, fuck the people

Bet you somethin'
I can get your mouth shut
Bet you somethin'
I can get your mouth shut

You wanna warnin'
You got a warnin'
Stab your back

Last moon a cigarette
Hang myself on a chandelier
Laughing at another
On a funny thing

Bet you somethin'
I can get your mouth shut
Bet you somethin'
I can get your mouth shut

You wanna warnin'
You got a warnin'
Stab your back

Hey, fuck the people
Hey, fuck the people
Fuck the people
Fuck the people


14.Kissy Kissy

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming
I'm gonna stab your kissy, kissy mouth
It's been a long time coming

It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming
I'm gonna stab your kissy, kissy heart
It's been a long time coming

It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming
I'm gonna burn your kissy, kissy claw
It's been a long time coming

I'm gonna burn your kissy, kissy claw
I'm gonna stab your kissy, kissy heart
I'm gonna stab your kissy, kissy mouth

It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming

It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming
It's been a long time coming

I'm gonna stab your kissy, kissy mouth
I'm gonna stab your kissy, kissy mouth
I'm gonna stab your kissy, kissy mouth


15.Gum

Tell me
Tell me do you like that
I like it I think
I think I like it very much
I think I like to chew gum very much

Do you like it when I chew gum
Do you like the sound it makes
Come on tell me
I'm doing this for you

I like this
But I'm doing this for you.
Would you do this for me
Would you chew gum for me
Would you make this sound for me

I like this sound I think
I'm making this sound for you
Would you make this sound for me


16.Sugar Baby

got no sugar baby now;
It's all I can do for to see peace with you,
And I can't get along this a-way
oh, i can't get along this a-way.

All I can do, all I can say;
gonna send you to your mama next payday,
Send you to your mama next payday.

Who'll rock the cradle, who'll sing the song
Who'll rock the cradle when I'm gone,
Who'll rock the cradle when I'm gone?
I'll rock the cradle, I'll sing the song,
I'll rock the cradle when you're gone.
I'll rock the cradle when you're gone.

Oh I've got no honey baby now;
Oh I've got no honey baby now;
i got no sugar baby now.

Said all I can say, all I can do,
And I can't make a living with you,
Can't make a living with you.


17.The Search for Cherry Red

In every car that passes me on the street
I search for the particular face
The lipstick trembles under boomlights
The lipstick my own brothers only trace

Was the birthday birthday ashtray
Carried all along this way now (and)
It was a gift from my little sister
On the very same day they took her away

And it's painted cherry red, cherry red now
All your dreams are cherry red inside your head
And it's painted cherry red, cherry red now
All your dreams are cherry red inside

In Hollywood I got the phone call
That made my heart and my limosine stall
Falling down in the hotel hall again
Little drunk from the Warners' Christmas ball

Cut by love and cut by switchblade
He's been gone nearly half a decade
Cut by love and cut by switchblade
He's been gone nearly half a decade

I still remember my brother
I see his face on the billboards
and the polaroids that stayed on my pillow 'til the very sunset
said, great day

And it's painted cherry red, cherry red now
All your dreams are cherry red inside your head
And it's painted cherry red, cherry red now
All your dreams are cherry red inside

And it's painted cherry red, cherry red now
All your dreams are cherry red inside your head
And it's painted cherry red, cherry red now
All your dreams are cherry red inside