Midnight Boom

The Kills Midnight Boom Lyrics
1.U.R.A Fever

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Walk you to the counter
(What you got to offer?)
Pick you out a solder
(Look at you forever)

Walk you to the water
(Your eyes like a casino)
We ain't born typical

Find a piece of silver
(Pretty as a diagram)
And go down to the Rio
(Put it in my left hand)

Put it in a fruit machine
(Everyone's a winner)
Laughin' like a seagull

U.R.A fever
U.R.A fever
Ya ain't born typical

U.R.A fever
U.R.A fever
Ya ain't born typical

Livin' in a suitcase
(Meet a clown, fall in love)
Went down to have you over
(Going 'round a break up)

Take you to a jukebox
(That's the situation)
Pick you out a number
(And that's our arrangement)

Dancing on the legs
Of a newborn pony
Left, right, left, right
Keep it up, son

Go ahead and have her
Go ahead and leave her
You only ever had her
When you were a fever

I am a fever
I am a fever
I ain't born typical

I am a fever
I am a fever
I ain't born typical

We are a fever
We are a fever
We ain't born typical

We are a fever
We are a fever
We ain't born typical

We are a fever
We are a fever
We ain't born typical

We are a fever
We are a fever
We ain't born typical


2.Tape Song

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

You've got to
You've got to
You've got to
You've got to

Tape ain't gonna fix it
Honey, it ain't gonna stick
Tape ain't gonna fix it
Honey, it ain't gonna stick to you

Six kinds of glue
Won't hold you, won't hold you
Oh my oh, oh my

You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead
You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead

You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead
You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead

Time ain't gonna cure you
Honey, time don't give a shit
Time ain't gonna cure you
Honey, time's just gonna hit on you

I said, 'Time ain't gonna cure you
Honey, time don't give a shit'
Time ain't gonna cure you
Honey, time's just gonna hit on you

You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead
You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead

You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead
You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead

And time ain't gonna cure you
Honey, time don't give a shit
Time ain't gonna cure you
Honey, time's just gonna hit on you

I said, 'Six kinds of glue
Won't hold you, won't hold you'
Oh my oh, oh my you've got to
You've got to, you've got to

You've got to go straight ahead
Go straight ahead
You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead

You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead
You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead

You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead
You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead

You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead
You've got to
You've got to go straight ahead


3.Getting Down

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

It's going on fire
I want you to know
My spirit's alive
I want you to know

I'm getting down
With the awkward moments
I'm getting down
With the sour kiss

I'm getting down
With the rumors
In the back of the car
I'm getting down with it

We're single
When you get to the top
Single when you want me
When you want me to stop

Or we could, we could crash
We could, we could, bum, bum
We can take it, we could
We could take it, take it in turns

Getting down, I'm getting down
With your new vocation
I'm getting down
With your cute cut wrists

I'm getting down
With the kisses
And cross stitches on it
I'm getting down with it

Here's a message
From my old coat pocket
My spirit's alive
I want you to know

I'm getting down
With the young drunk lovers
I'm getting down
With the one way pack

I'm getting down
With the city and the pity of it
I'm getting down with it


4.Last Day Of Magic

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

We're two parties, two parties ending
What if you move? What if you hide?
There's only so much you can miss
Before we both collide

A little tornado, a little hurricane roar
Last day of magic, where are you?
A little tornado, a little hurricane roar

We're two parties, two parties ending
I'll be the man with the broom
If you'll be the dust of the room
And there's only so much you can hide
Before I corner you

Last day of magic, where are you?
A little tornado, a little hurricane roar

Last day of magic
Coming through the eye of the storm
And I hold on to
A little tornado, a little hurricane roar

I'll be the man with the broom
If you'll be the dust of the room
And there's only so much you can hide
Before I corner you

Last day of magic put the whole ride through
The eye of the storm in a single room
A little tornado, a little hurricane roar

Cavalry come, cavalry go
Cavalry leave me alone
A little serenader
My little cup of cane roar

Last day of magic, where are you?
A little tornado, a little hurricane roar


5.Black Balloon

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Elevator straight into my skull
The escalator rises as it falls
I swear our jet is crashing in my mind
You can hold on but I wouldn't waste your time

And farewell, my black balloon
Farewell, my black balloon

I've stood in a thousand street scenes
Just around the corner from you
On the edge of a dream that you have
Has anybody ever told you it's not coming true?

Farewell, my black balloon
Farewell, my black balloon
(The weather had it's way with you)

Farewell, my black balloon
(If the weather had it's way with you)
Farewell, my black balloon

Farewell, my black balloon
Farewell, my black balloon
(If the weather had it's way with you)

Farewell, my black balloon
(If the weather had it's way with you)
Farewell, my black balloon
(If the weather had it's way with you)

Farewell, my black balloon
(If the weather had it's way with you)
Farewell, my black balloon


6.M.E.X.I.C.O.C.U.

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Running into trouble
Running into trouble
You've got heavenly eyes
Thousand highs

Always on a mission
To start loving and start kissing
It's a heavenly ride
You still got wheels, kid

If I go missing
Don't you worry for me
I'm just writing
My side of the story

Just like Jacky
I'm brighting my lips
Soaring my mind
Forever I find

Going down the coast of
M.E.X.I.C.O.C.U
I'm going down the coast of
M.E.X.I.C.O.C.U
Going down the coast of
M.E.X.I.C.O.C.U


7.Sour Cherry

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Shout when you wanna get off the ride
Shout when you wanna get off the ride
Shout when you wanna get off the ride
'Cause you crossed my mind, you crossed my mind

Oh, make my blood thump 7, 8, 9
Make my heart beat double time
Now I'm the only sour cherry on the fruit stand, right?
Am I the only sour cherry on the fruit stand?

Shout when you wanna get off the ride
Shout when you wanna get off the ride
'Cause you crossed my mind, you crossed my mind

I'm a penny in a diamond mine
We could be movers or we could be shakers
If we could just shake something out of the blue
And get off the ride

I'm the only sour cherry on the fruit stand, right?
Am I the only sour cherry on the fruit stand?
Am I the only sour cherry on the fruit stand, right?
Am I the only sour cherry on your fruit stand?

Go home, go home, it's over
G-g-go home, it's over
G-g-go home, go home, it's over
Go, go home, it's over

G-g-go home, go home, it's over
Go, go home, it's over
G-g-go home, go home, it's over
Go, go home, it's over

Now I'm the only sour cherry on the fruit stand
Am I the only sour cherry on your fruit stand?
Now I'm the only sour cherry on the fruit stand
Right am I the only sour cherry on your fruit stand?

G-g-go home, go home, it's over
G-g-go home, it's over
G-g-go home, go home, it's over
G-g-go home, it's over

G-g-go home, go home, it's over
Go, go home, it's over
G-g-go home, go home, it's over
G-g-go home, it's over


8.Alphabet Pony

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Easy, alphabet pony
Uh easy, alphabet pony

Funny monkey
Tore money loose in soda hands
Pink plastic Jesus on the dashboard
Just say it

Easy, alphabet pony
Uh easy, alphabet pony

No fun, I have
We got no money
Need a friend, a volcano dish
On a mountain top to live it

Easy, alphabet pony
Uh easy, alphabet pony
Easy, alphabet pony
Uh easy, alphabet pony

I cancel Sunday, cancel Monday
Don't look at me
I've been running on a note tomorrow
Roadie great speed

Na, na, na, need a punch
A pop a bang, a different song
Like a nice new pope

Yeah
Easy, alphabet pony
Uh easy, alphabet pony
Easy, alphabet pony
Easy, alphabet pony

Uh, we go up down
Up down, up down, telling you
We like the walk and the talk, don't stop
And fall into the quicksand

Sharp teeth, dry heat
Can't breach too many sins
And don't forget my cigarettes
And get something that we can drink

Easy, alphabet pony
Uh easy, alphabet pony
Easy, alphabet pony
Easy, alphabet pony


9.What New York Used To Be

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Come on, come on drama
Come on draw, scratch and say it
Say it, make it to the bottom
Let it climb and drop an apple off the top

It's not I don't want to eat it
Need it, know it
Force and feed it, leave it, be it
Just keep it in this box

What easy used to be
What love used to be
What drugs used to be
What TV used to be

What music used to be
What luck used to be
What art used to be
What you used to be

Come on drama, come on, girl
You swing your mile longer
Love song surely tells the future
Then you stretched your mouth
And wonder

Water, shot of ecstasy
Secrets in the open bottle
You feed it, don't believe it
Just leave it in this box

What easy used to be
And what fun used to be
And what dreaming used to be
And what fame used to be

And what city used to be
And what fast used to be
And what low used to be
What New York used to be

What New York used to be
What New York used to be
What New York used to be
What New York used to be

Call me, come, come, come on
Tell me, come, come on
Tell me how much better
Whether you're gonna grasp that
Show me how it used to be


10.Goodnight Bad Morning

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

Steam's working, I see it in everyone
Like a lost idea under a light bulb sun
Your eyes, ready for takeoff, melt in your head
What a beautiful state we're in

Jailers in my mind are all dead
I love you so much, never forget
Our love, our secrets, coming undone
What a beautiful state we're in

Goodnight, another bad morning
Goodnight, another bad morning
Goodnight, another bad morning
Goodnight, another bad morning
Goodnight, another bad morning

Goodnight
(Another bad)
Goodnight
(Another bad)

Goodnight
(Another bad)
Goodnight, another bad morning


11.Cheap & Cheerful

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

I'm bored of cheap & cheerful
I want expensive sadness
Hospital bills, parole
Open doors to madness

I want you to be crazy
'Cause you're borin'
Baby, when you're straight

I want you to be crazy
'Cause you're stupid
Baby, when you're sane

I'm sick of social graces
Show your sharp-tipped teeth
Lose your cool in public
Dig that illegal meat

'Cause love is just a dialog
You can't survive on ice-cream
You got the same needs as a dog

It's alright
(It's alright)
To be mean
(To be mean)

It's alright
(It's alright)
To be mean
(To be mean)

I want you to be crazy
'Cause you're borin'
Baby, when you're straight

I want you to be crazy
'Cause you're stupid
Baby, when you're sane

It's alright
(It's alright)
To be mean
(To be mean)

It's alright
(It's alright)
To be mean
(To be mean)

It's alright
(It's alright)
To be mean
(To be mean)

It's alright
(It's alright)
To be mean
(To be mean)

I want you to be crazy
'Cause you're borin'
Baby, when you're straight

I want you to be crazy
'Cause you're stupid
Baby, when you're sane

I want you to be crazy
'Cause you're borin'
Baby, when you're straight

I want you to be crazy
'Cause you're stupid
Baby, when you're sane


12.Hook & Line

Lyricist:Jamie Hince, Alison Mosshart

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away

T-t-try your best in your heavy shape
Keep it quiet, keep it cool
Lipstick letters and souvenirs
Make a mockery of your fears

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away

T-t-try your best to make it matter
Tattoo it in the clouds above you
Mail it down with jealous bolts
Till it goes like a feather upon its own

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away

Come and shove
In me your real love
Whip a crack
You won't come back

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away

With your hook & line
Us to blow away
With your hook & line
Us to blow away