1.Technical (You're So)
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You have prosthetic wings
You drive a surveillance van
You're always doing seven things
You write the code for brain implants
There are no papers on you
The laws don't cover what you do
You and your think tank entourage
Are all counterculture demigods
You're so technical
You go hacking around the world
You're so technical
Baby, are you a boy or a girl？
You have some extra limbs
You look like a Swiss Army knife with wings
Dance like a Hindu deity
Best friends with Timothy Leary
You're so technical
You go hacking around the world
You're so technical
Baby, are you a boy or a girl？
You're a Libertarian
The death of the left was you
You look like Herbert Von Karajan
You live underneath the zoo
You're so technical
You go hacking around the world
You're so technical
Baby, are you a boy or a girl？
2.Sunset City
Lyricist：George Cates, Jack K. Pleis, Unknown Writer
Well, I don't care what people say
Life is too short to hang around
So I stay so long in a place
And then move on to the next town
Oh, Sunset City
I've got to see the world
Don't hold me too tightly
Don't whisper my name
Sad-eyed, baby
I'm not that kind of girl
When the dice stop rolling
There's no more to the game
When the time comes to say goodbye
And in the morning I'll be gone
For other towns and other lives
I'll catch the first train, bag in hand
And I won't miss you, and you won't cry
Oh, Sunset City
I've got to see the world
Don't hold me too tightly
Don't whisper my name
Sad-eyed, baby
I'm not that kind of girl
When the dice stop rolling
There's no more to the game
When the time comes to say goodbye
Oh, Sunset City
I've got to see the world
Don't hold me too tightly
Don't whisper my name
Sad-eyed, baby
I'm not that kind of girl
When the dice stop rolling
There's no more to the game
3.I Have The Moon
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
We have walked in ancient times
And we've been burned for many crimes
We have ended many lives
But we never really died
You have the sun, I have the moon
You have to fly around the world all day
To keep the sun upon your face
I'd like to come and comfort you
But I'd be blinded by the blue
You have the sun, I have the moon
You're bound to die under the sun
And I'll be doomed to carry on
You have become like other men
But let me kiss you once again
You have the sun, I have the moon
4.The Book of Love
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing
But I, I love it when you read to me
And you, you can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact, that's where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But I, I love it when you sing to me
And you, you can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I, I love it when you give me things
And you, you ought to give me wedding rings
I, I love it when you give me things
And you, you ought to give me wedding rings
5.Seduced ＆ Abandoned
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Seduced and abandoned and baby makes two
Baby, abandoned by you
Seduced and abandoned and what can I do？
I think I might drink a few
Seduced with a grin, I was taken all in
Taken in sin and in shame
Seduced by a smile, I walked down the aisle
Then waited awhile, no one came
Seduced and abandoned and baby makes two
Baby, abandoned by you
Seduced and abandoned and what can I do？
I think I might drink a few
Abandoned to weep, I collapsed in a heap
Dutifully sleeping all day
Abandoned to die, I did nothing but cry
In my one-ply negligee
Seduced and abandoned and baby makes two
Baby, abandoned by you
Seduced and abandoned and what can I do？
I think I might drink a few
Yes, I think I might drink a few and maybe the baby will too
6.Come Back From San Francisco
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Come back from San Francisco
It can't be all that pretty
When all of New York City misses you
Should pretty boys in discos
Distract you from your novel
Remember I'm awful in love with you
You need me like the wind needs the trees to blow in
Like the moon needs poetry, you need me
Come back from San Francisco
And kiss me, I've quit smoking
I miss doing the wild thing with you
Will you stay？ I don't think so
But all I do is worry
Pack bags, call cabs, and hurry home to me
You need me like the wind needs the trees to blow in
Like the moon needs poetry, you need me
You need me like the wind needs the trees to blow in
Like the moon needs poetry, you need me
When you betray me, betray me with a kiss
Damn you, I've never stayed up as late as this
7.Courtesans
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Well, courtesans shed no tears
When you leave them high and dry
They just go on, they just go on
To the next guy
'Cause courtesans only want
Compensation for their time
A few kind words, a few kind words
They need not rhyme
A sable coat, maybe a hat
Oh, I wish I could be like that
But courtesans are not like me
They don't take love very hard
Their hearts are free, their hearts are free
How avant-garde
If no one loves them when they're old
They'll sit and count their chains of gold
You say you'll love them till you die
And they don't care if it's a lie
'Cause courtesans don't believe
In anybody but themselves
And Santa Claus, and Santa Claus
And his twelve elves
8.Alien Being
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
You talk a lot about nothing at all
Watch TV shows about nothing at all
Think a lot about nothing at all
Listen to songs about nothing at all
You have no feelings
I think you are an alien being
You won't let me in
I think you are an alien being
You write the laws about nothing at all
Make 3d films about nothing at all
Stage happenings about nothing at all
Sound and light shows about nothing at all
You complain about nothing at all
Go insane about nothing at all
9.If There's Such A Thing As Love
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Now the clock is striking one
So we might as well begin it
As there's dancing to be done
And our time is not infinite
If there's such a thing as love
(Such a thing as love)
If there's such a thing as love, I'm in it
So you claim you love me too
Lloyd's of London guarantee it
Gaze into these eyes of blue
You do love me I decree it
If there's such a thing as love
(Such a thing as love)
If there's such a thing as love, give me it
When I was two and a half
My momma said to me
'Love is funny, you will laugh
Till the day you turn three'
Like a kitten up a tree
Needs a fireman to rescue it
So your fireman I will be
And I'll really get into it
If there's such a thing as love
(Such a thing as love)
If there's such a thing as love, let's do it
I thought I'd known love before
That was not it but I thought it
So I thought I'd win the war
Or I never would have fought it
If there's such a thing as love
(Such a thing as love)
If there's such a thing as love, I've caught it
If there's such a thing as love
(Such a thing as love)
If there's such a thing as love, I've caught it
If there's such a thing as love
(Such a thing as love)
If there's such a thing as love, I've caught it
10.I'm Tongue-Tied
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
I'm tongue-tied and useless
I'm weak-kneed and brainless and then
I mumble some jumble
You kiss me, I'm history
I'm tongue-tied and useless again
My heart pounds
I make sounds
My ears hum
My head pops
The shoe drops
I'm struck dumb
I'm tongue-tied and useless
I'm weak-kneed and brainless and then
I mumble some jumble
You kiss me, I'm history
I'm tongue-tied and useless again
You say things
The room swings
I feel things
I've no doubt
I'll black out
Grand love aint's
I don't die
I say, 'Hi'
How clever
I turn blue
I love you
For ever
I'm tongue-tied and useless
I'm weak-kneed and brainless and then
I mumble some jumble
You kiss me, I'm history
I'm tongue-tied and useless again
I'm tongue-tied and useless again
11.I Looked All Over Town
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
I wandered in these big blue shoes
Till we had nothin' left to lose
Nobody wants you when you're a circus clown
I should know, I looked all over town
I guess folks just don't like my face
They make out like I'm some disgrace
But nothin's gonna change this painted frown
I know, know, I looked all over town
Maybe somewhere I could be free
Somewhere they won't throw rocks at me
Somewhere this crazy hair could be my crown
But all my life, I've looked all over town
So whistling this circus tune
I inflated one more balloon
And as I floated up, I looked straight down
And I looked all over town
One last time, I looked all over town
12.I Was Born
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
I was born, I hate this part
Being someone new
Being torn
Seeing someone who died, as you grew
Growing older is killing a child
Who laughed and smiled at anything
Growing colder and less and less wild
And learning to say
I was young, then not so young
Scary either way
One more rung
Down that black ladder every day
One more floor down the elevator
To oblivion, what fun
But the singularly awful one
Is being born
13.In An Operetta
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Sing me the kind of song you hear in an operetta
In an operetta
Sing me the words I long to hear out of Violetta
In an operetta
She will fast be outcast from her castle with nary a friend
But since she's a princess, there's hints of a prince in the end
She'll enjoy some employ as a boy with her name changed to Pip
Soon by gum she'll become the brave captain of some pirate ship
Singing a thing fit for a King in an operetta
In an operetta
It's the all singing all dancing, Princess Violetta of the
operetta
In an operetta, within an operetta
14.Infinitely Late At Night
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
It was infinitely late at night
The stars are still out there
But they're all out of light
Don't worry about me, I'll be alright
It's just infinitely late at night
It's still getting later
And later and later
I feel like I'm in a falling elevator
I call for a drink
But I can't find the waiter
I really believe he's gone home
Oh God! I wish I could go home
But it's infinitely late at night
Is this a blackout
Or am I losing my sight？
It should have been noon now
The sun should be bright
But it's infinitely
The hour on the bar clock
It isn't finite
It's all black and white
Without the white
It's just infinitely late at night
15.Irma
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Irma waits by the window
Vaguely looking down at her socks
And humming, possibly her
Father will come home with a box
Of chocolates, possibly
Not father's memory
Was never what it once was
Shouldn't really drive anymore
Either as if in answer
With a sound like blowing up your
Ears, father's jeep crashes
Through Irma's wall she says
Bad words as several hundred
Boxes of her favorite kind
Of chocolate fill her bedroom
But she doesn't actually mind
16.Is This What They Used To Call Love？
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Feels like December, but it's May
I've gone as pale as Doris day
The blue sky's torn asunder
By clouds that warn of thunder
Is this what they used to call love？
Your face surrounds me everywhere
Like a kaleidoscope's nightmare
This outpouring of emotion
Is boring as an ocean
Is this what they used to call love？
Well, it mustn't be the chicken pox
I've never met a chicken
But whenever I get near you dear
My heart starts to sicken
In the ninth circle of this hell
My heart is burning and unwell
What demons lie within it？
I'll die in one more minute
Is this what they used to call love？
Is this what they used to call love？
17.I Don't Want to Get Over You
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I don't want to get over you
I guess I could take a sleeping pill and sleep at will
And not have to go through what I go through
I guess I should take Prozac, right and just smile all night
At somebody new, somebody not too bright but sweet and kind
Who would try to get you off my mind, I could leave this agony
behind
Which is just what I'd do if I wanted to but I don't want to get
over you
'Cause I don't want to get over love
I could listen to my therapist, pretend you don't exist
And not have to dream of what I dream of
I could listen to all my friends and go out again
And pretend it's enough or I could make a career of being blue
I could dress in black and read Camus
Smoke clove, cigarettes and drink Vermouth
Like I was 17, that would be a scream but I don't want to get
over you
18.A Pretty Girl Is Like ...
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
A pretty girl is like a minstrel show
It makes you laugh, it makes you cry, you go
It just isn't the same on radio
It's all about the makeup and the dancing and the oh
A pretty girl is like a violent crime
If you do it wrong, you could do time
But if you do it right it is sublime
I'm so in love with you, girl, it's like I'm on the moon
I can't really breathe but I feel lighter
A melody is like a pretty girl
Who cares if it's the dumbest in the world？
It's all about the way that it unfurls
A pretty girl is like a pretty girl
19.I Die
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
I die when you walk by so beautiful and strong
Each day you pass my way
In your bubble where nothin' goes wrong
You think your youth, a permanent truth
But here is a tear for your eye
Havin' forgotten how to cry, I die
You think your youth, a permanent truth
But here is a tear for your eye
Havin' forgotten how to cry, I die
20.All My Little Words
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You are a splendid butterfly
It is your wings that make you beautiful
And I could make you fly away
But I could never make you stay
You said you were in love with me
Both of us know that that's impossible
And I could make you rue the day
But I could never make you stay
Not for all the tea in China
Not if I could sing like a bird
Not for all North Carolina
Not for all my little words
Not if I could write for you
The sweetest song you ever heard
It doesn't matter what I'll do
Not for all my little words
Now that you've made me want to die
You tell me that you're unboyfriendable
And I could make you pay and pay
But I could never make you stay
Not for all the tea in China
Not if I could sing like a bird
Not for all North Carolina
Not for all my little words
Not if I could write for you
The sweetest song you ever heard
It doesn't matter what I'll do
Not for all my little words
It doesn't matter what I'll do
Not for all my little words
21.(Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I built a ship with my own hands to take us to the moon
I took a pen in my own hand and wrote you a hundred tunes
Now I'm crazy for you but not that crazy
I'm crazy for you but not that crazy
I pretended you were, Jesus, you were just dying to save me
I stood beneath your window with my ukulele
I made my yard a playground just in case we had a baby
Now I'm crazy for you but not that crazy
I'm crazy for you but not that crazy
I treated you like radium, I treated you like God
You were my glass menagerie, did you not find that odd？
I dwelt within and went without and broke my virgin flesh
I performed acts of devotion as if you were Ganesh
But now I'm crazy for you but not that crazy
I'm crazy for you but not that crazy
22.I Think I Need a New Heart
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Time stands still all I can feel is the time standing still
As you put down the keys and say, 'Don't call me please'
While the radio plays, I think I need a new heart
I think I need a new heart
You've lied too but it's a sin that I
Can't tell the truth 'cause it all comes out wrong
Unless I put it in a song so the radio plays
I think I need a new heart, just for you
I think I need a new heart
'Cause I always say I love you
When I mean turn out the light
And I say let's run away
When I just mean stay the night
But the words you want to hear
You will never hear from me
I'll never say happy anniversary
Never stay to say happy anniversary
So I think I need a new heart
I think I need a new heart
I think I need a new heart
I think I need a new heart
Give me time
23.A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Eligible, not too stupid
Intelligible, and cute as cupid
Knowledgeable, but not always right
Salvageable, and free for the night
Well my heart's runnin' 'round like a chicken with its head cut
off
All around the barn yard falling in and out of love
Poor thing's blind as a bat, gettin' up, fallin' down, gettin'
up
Who'd fall in love with a chicken with its head cut off？
Whoa Nelly
My wife doesn't understand me
Many dozens, hope to land me
I'm for free love and I'm in free fall
This could be love or nothing at all
But my heart's runnin' 'round like a chicken with its head cut
off
All around the barn yard falling in and out of love
The poor thing's blind as a bat, gettin' up, fallin' down,
gettin' up
Who'd fall in love with a chicken with its head cut off？
We don't have to be stars exploding in the night
Or electric eels under the covers
We don't have to be
Anything quite so unreal, let's just be lovers
Well, my heart's runnin' 'round like a chicken with it's head
cut off
All around the barn yard falling in and out of love
Poor thing's blind as a bat, gettin' up, fallin' down, gettin'
up
Who'd fall in love with a chicken with its head cut off？
It ain't pretty
24.Absolutely Cuckoo
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Don't fall in love with me yet
We only recently met
True I'm in love with you but
You might decide I'm a nut
Give me a week or two to
Go absolutely cuckoo
Then, when you see your error
Then, you can flee in terror
Like everybody else does
I only tell you this cause
I'm easy to get rid of
But not if you fall in love
Know now that I'm on the make
And if you make a mistake
My heart will certainly break
I'll have to jump in a lake
And all my friends will blame you
There's no telling what they'll do
It's only fair to tell you
I'm absolutely cuckoo
Don't fall in love with me yet
We only recently met
True I'm in love with you but
You might decide I'm a nut
Give me a week or two to
Go absolutely cuckoo
Then, when you see your error
Then, you can flee in terror
Like everybody else does
I only tell you this cause
I'm easy to get rid of
But not if you fall in love
Know now that I'm on the make
And if you make a mistake
My heart will certainly break
I'll have to jump in a lake
And all my friends will blame you
There's no telling what they'll do
It's only fair to tell you
I'm absolutely cuckoo
It's only fair to tell you
I'm absolutely cuckoo
25.I Don't Believe In The Sun
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
They say there's a sun in the sky
But me, I can't imagine why
There might have been one
Before you were gone
But now all I see is the night
So I don't believe in the sun
How could it shine down on everyone？
Never shine on me
How could there be such cruelty？
The only sun I ever knew
Was the beautiful one that was you
Since you went away
It's nighttime all day
And it's usually raining too
So I don't believe in the sun
How could it shine down on everyone？
And never shine on me
How could there be such cruelty？
The only stars there really are
Were shining in your eyes
There is no sun except the one
That never shone on other guys
The moon to whom the poets croon
Has given up and died
Astronomy will have to be revised
I don't believe in the sun
How could it shine down on everyone？
And never shine on me
How could there be such cruelty？
26.Boa Constrictor
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I spend my evenings alone talking to your picture, babe
Love is wrapped around my heart like a boa constrictor, babe
My mother should have murdered me, what jury would convict her,
babe
For love is wrapped around my heart like a boa constrictor, babe
27.How Fucking Romantic
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
How fucking romantic
All the stars are out
Twinkling, twinkling, twinkling
And fluttering about
What a tacky sunset
What a vulgar moon
Play another charming
Rogers and Hart tune
How fucking romantic
Must be really waltz？
Drag another cliche
Howling from the vaults
Love you obviously
Like you really care
Even though you treat me
Like a dancing bear
Toss your bear a goldfish
As it cycles by
Don't forget to feed your
Bear or it'll die
28.I Thought You Were My Boyfriend (Single Edit)
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
You told me you loved me, I know where and when
Come sunrise, surprise, surprise, the joke's on me again
I know you don't love me, you know I don't care
Keep it hidden better did I say the world is fair
I thought I was just the guy for you and it would never end
I thought we were supposed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
I just hope you're happy, stringing me along
While you're stringing, I'm here singing this, my saddest song
I wish I could see you, I wish I could sleep
Should I freak out？ Should I seek out someone I could keep？
I thought I was just the guy for you and it would never end
I thought we were supposed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
Love or not, I've always got ten guys on whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend, I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
I wanted you tonight, I walked around a lot
Wishing you were here to keep me from sleeping
With anyone who might, want me or even not
Some guys have a beer and they'll do anything, anything,
anything
I thought I was just the guy for you and it would never end
I thought we were supposed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought I was just the guy for you and it would never end
I thought we were supposed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
Love or not, I've always got ten guys on whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
29.I Don't Believe You
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
So you quote love unquote me
Well, stranger things have come to be
But let's agree to disagree
'Cause I don't believe you
I don't believe you
You tell me, I'm not not cute
Its truth or falsity is moot
'Cause honesty's not your strong suit
And I don't believe you
I don't believe you
You tell me of what once was
And all about buck, butch and buzz
How they were not like me because
But I don't believe you
I don't believe you
I had a dream and you were in it
The blue of your eyes was infinite
You seemed to be
In love with me
Which isn't very realistic
You may sing me, 'They were you'
And I start crying halfway through
But nothing else you say is true
So I don't believe you
I don't believe you
You may set your charm on stun
And say, 'I'm delightful and fun'
But you say that to everyone
Well, I don't believe you
I don't believe you
So you're brilliant gorgeous and
Ampersand after ampersand
You think I just don't understand
But I don't believe you
I don't believe you
I don't believe you
I don't believe you
30.I Wish I Had an Evil Twin
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
I wish, I had an evil twin
Running 'round doing people in
I wish I had a very bad
And evil twin to do my will
To cull and conquer, cut and kill
Just like I would
If I weren't good
And if I knew where to begin
Down and down we go
How low no one would know
Sometimes the good life wears thin
I wish I had an evil twin
My evil twin would lie and steal
And he would stink of sex appeal
All men would writhe, beneath his scythe
He'd send the pretty ones to me
And they would think that I was he
I'd hurt them and I'd go scot free
I'd get no blame and feel no shame
'Cause evil's not my cup of tea
Down and down we go
How low one would not need to know
All my life there should have been
An evil twin
31.I Thought You Were My Boyfriend
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
You told me you loved me
I know where and when
Come sunrise, surprise
Surprise, the joke's on me again
I know you don't love me
You know I don't care
Keep it hidden better
Did I say the world is fair
I thought I was just the guy for you
And it would never end
I thought we were supposed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
Love or not, I've always got ten guys
On whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
I just hope you're happy
Stringing me along
While you're stringing
I'm here singing this, my saddest song
I wish I could see you
I wish I could sleep
Should I freak out？
Should I seek out
Someone I could keep？
I thought I was just the guy for you
And it would never end
I thought we were supposed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
Love or not, I've always got ten guys
On whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
I wanted you tonight
I walked around a lot
Wishing you were here
To keep me from sleeping
With anyone who might
Want me or even not
Some guys have a beer
And they'll do anything
Anything, anything
I thought I was just the guy for you
And it would never end
(Thought you were my boyfriend)
I thought we were supposed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
(Thought you were my boyfriend)
I thought you were my boyfriend
Love or not, I've always got ten guys
On whom I can depend
(Thought you were my boyfriend)
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
(Thought you were my boyfriend)
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought I was just the guy for you
And it would never end
(Thought you were my boyfriend)
I thought we were supposed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
(Thought you were my boyfriend)
I thought you were my boyfriend
Love or not I've always got ten guys
On whom I can depend
(Thought you were my boyfriend)
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
(Thought you were my boyfriend)
I thought you were my boyfriend
32.I Can't Touch You Anymore
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You wanna know if we fell in love too fast
You wanna know if this is well too good to last
You're asking the wrong questions
You're opening the wrong doors
I love you, I can't touch you anymore
I can't touch you anymore
There's so much to hate you for
I love you, I can't touch you anymore
You wanna tell me 50 ways you've left your lovers
You wanna tell me how you've loved 200 others
You're asking the wrong questions
You're opening the wrong doors
I love you, I can't touch you anymore
I can't touch you anymore
There's so much to hate you for
I love you, I can't touch you anymore
33.All the Umbrellas in London
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
If I make it tonight it'll be all right
It'll make a good song or something
I've been trying to give myself reasons to live
And I really can't think of one thing
I drive around, I walk around in circles
'Cause I've got no sense of direction
And I guess I've got no sense at all
All the umbrellas in London couldn't stop this rain
And all the dope in New York couldn't kill this pain
And all the money in Tokyo couldn't make me stay
All the umbrellas in London couldn't stop this rain
I don't cry anymore, I go out the door
And I usually keep on walking
I will sit in the bar where the cocktails are
But I really don't feel like talking
I lie around and let the darkness fall
'Cause I've got a sense of perfection
And nothing makes much sense at all
All the umbrellas in London couldn't stop this rain
And all the dope in New York couldn't kill this pain
And all the money in Tokyo couldn't make me stay
All the umbrellas in London couldn't stop this rain
34.Born on a Train
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Some roads are only seen at night
Ghost roads, nothing but neon signs
But some nights the neon gas gets free
Turns into walking dead like me
And I've been makin' promises I know I'll never keep
One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep
I have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name
Baby, I was born on a train
I know that you were never young
And I know you probably won't get old
But honey, nobody's gonna hurt you anymore
And nobody's gonna make you wanna die
But I've been makin' promises I know I'll never keep
One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep
I have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name
Baby, I was born on a train
I'll go one cold and gray morning
And you won't remember anything
But some people don't believe in time
And some of us don't believe in life
But I've been makin' promises I know I'll never keep
One of these days I'm gonna leave you in your sleep
I have to go when the whistle blows, the whistle knows my name
Baby, I was born on a train
Baby, I was born on a train
35.Fear Of Trains
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
It was the army train that took her daddy from her
It was the Bible train that took her momma too
And that high loud whistle made her horse run away
But the straw the broke the camel's back was you
It was the government train that took away her childhood
It was the KKK that took away her past
It was the white man's will that hers be broken
But that barefoot girl could run too fast
Because the world's too cold for a girl like that
With a Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat
Everything she loved went down the dragon track
She had a fear of trains
In the beet fields of Montana
She's always coming on dead rails
To break the plow and whisper
'Honey, bound to live is bound to fail'
And in a park in San Francisco
Her momma shrieks about the Lord
And down the dead rails there's an echo
The wind is whistling all aboard
Because the world's too cold for a girl like that
With a Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat
Everything she loved went down the dragon track
She had a fear of trains
It was the wagon train that took away her country
It was the oil train that took away her land
She could have been the belle of the ponderosa
But that was not the fat man's plan
Because the world's too cold for a girl like that
With a Blackfoot soul and a cowboy hat
Everything she loved went down the dragon track
She had a fear of trains
36.Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Fido, your leash is too long
You go where you don't belong
You've been digging in the rubble
Gettin' bitches in trouble
Fido, your leash is too long
Fido, your leash is too long
I don't know where I went wrong
You scare me out of my wits
When you do that Shitzhu
Fido, your leash is too long
Fido, you've gone far enough
I must have all of your love
You just run out of luck
I don't care what you foxhounds do
But your leash is too long
37.Asleep And Dreaming
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I've seen you laugh at nothing at all
I've seen you sadly weeping
The sweetest thing I ever saw
Was you asleep and dreaming
Well, you may not be beautiful
But it's not for me to judge
I don't know if you're beautiful
Because I love you too much
I've seen you laugh at nothing at all
I've seen you sadly weeping
The sweetest thing I ever saw
Was you asleep and dreaming
I've seen you when your ship came in
And when your train was leaving
The sweetest thing I ever saw
Was you asleep and dreaming
38.I Shatter
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Bang, there was you
Too gold, too blue
You took the truth
I cried, you flew
You called me mad
(And I am mad)
As a hatter
Some fall in love
(Some fall in love)
I shatter
You make it rain
Too bleak, too stark
Should night not fall
You make things dark
You called me mad
(And I am mad)
As a hatter
Some fall in love
(Some fall in love)
I shatter
Bang, here am I
No one, nowhere
No ground, no sky
No light, no air
You called me mad
(And I am mad)
As a hatter
Some fall in love
(Some fall in love)
I shatter
39.All You Ever Do Is Walk Away
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Sad as a painted clown, a beautiful boy in an ugly town
But when your circus closes down, don't walk away from me
You've been asleep too long, the birds are bruises in the dawn
The pounds of flesh between us stretch as far as you can see
But all you ever do is walk away and I know if you'd only go
slow
You could see what it means to be making a scene with me
All you ever do is walk away and I think if you tried
You could find a little time for the life I can see in your eyes
Don't go, don't go
Sometimes you just explode and no one alive can break your code
You have a language of your own, an unconnected road
The people you called your friends, the places you won't go
again
The decades lost in finding them, you'll have to let them go
But all you ever do is walk away and I know if you'd only go
slow
You could see what it means to be making a scene with me
All you ever do is walk away and I think if you tried
You could find a little time for the life I can see in your eyes
Don't go, don't go
40.100,000 Fireflies
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
I have a mandolin, I play it all night long
It makes me want to kill myself
I also have a Dobro, made in some mountain range
Sounds like a mountain range in love
But when I turn up the tone on my electric guitar
I'm afraid of the dark
Without you close to me
I'm afraid of the dark
Without you close to me
I went out to the forest and caught
A 100,000 fireflies
As they ricochet 'round my room
They remind me of your starry eyes
Someone else's might not have made me so sad
But this is the worst night I ever had
'Cause I'm afraid of the dark
Without you close to me
I'm afraid of the dark
Without you close to me
Always close
You won't be happy with me
But give me one more chance
You won't be happy anyway
Why do we still live here
In this repulsive town？
All our friends are in New York
Why do we keep shrieking
When we mean soft things？
We should be whispering all the time
41.In My Car
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You were mean to me and broke my heart
Now you've gone away and we're apart
But I've got a special machine to take me where
Things turned out differently and you still care
In my car, I'm in my car
I'm taking a ride to somewhere inside
Where you never left and I never cried
Taking a ride to somewhere inside
Where you never left me and I never cried
At the speed of light in my car
Never comin' back to this world
I know where I belong, where I'm your girl
So I've got fuzzy dice to bring me luck
Roll me to a better place where we can rock
In my car, I'm in my car
I'm taking a ride to somewhere inside
Where you never left and I never cried
Taking a ride to somewhere inside
Where you never left me and I never cried
At the speed of light in my car
I'm in my car, in my car
I'm taking a ride to somewhere inside
Where you never left and I never cried
I'm taking a ride to somewhere inside
Where you never left me and I never cried
At the speed of light in my car
42.In My Secret Place
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Time swings like a wreckin' ball into things
Youth fades as quickly as a hit parade
But as the days go by in the gray world outside
Days grow on colorful trees
In my secret place
In my secret place
They'll sell you tickets for their carousel, don't pay
They'll get your money either way
You can go up and down, you can go round and round
But there's a better fairground
In my secret place
In my secret place
43.Desert Island
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I'll be the madness that carries you away
I'll be the sadness to light your darkest day
I'll be the desert island where you can be free
I'll be the vulture you can catch and eat
Desert island, love is all around
Desert island, where you can laugh aloud
Desert island, everywhere's a beach
Desert island, that's what I wanna be
We'll develop muscles from cracking coconuts
Let our clothing drop off, feel each other's butts
Start a better country where we can get things done
Make a fortune turning sand to silicon
Desert island, love is all around
Desert island, where you can laugh aloud
Desert island, everywhere's a beach
Desert island, that's what I wanna be
While we're still holding on
Counting days until we're gone
Can we spend some time alone
In our free love zone？
Desert island, love is all around
Desert island, where you can laugh aloud
Desert island, everywhere's a beach
Desert island, that's what I wanna be
Desert island, desert island
Desert island, desert island
44.Deep Sea Diving Suit
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You didn't have to say that I'm no good, 'cause I know
There's no point pointing pistols at me now, I'll just go
I never should have asked you to be kind but I'm slow
And I'm sorry but how can I get to you
Stuck in my fifty-pound lead boots
Stuck in my deep sea diving suit？
I never thought you'd turn on me, 'cause you're my best friend
You say I never offered you a thing in the end
And now you wouldn't trust me with a grain of sand
And I'm sorry but how can I get to you
Stuck in my fifty-pound lead boots
Stuck in my deep sea diving suit？
I'm sorry but how can I get to you
Stuck in my fifty-pound lead boots
Stuck in my deep sea diving suit？
45.Falling In Love With The Wolfboy
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
She can make you feel like filth
She can make you feel like a star
She will scratch till her hand is bloody
But she'll love you more for the scar
She remembers the recent past
She's something the cat dragged in
She's a trollop in paisley, so
Take her down to the woods where the wolfboy lives
So the villagers say
And the three of you evaporate into the night
Till you both fall in love with him
With a face like an African mask
And the strength of ten men
When she's wrong
She's in charge in the world at large
And her novels are all very long
She belongs on the astral plane
She's probably a hologram
Put her back in the padded cell
Take her down to the woods where the wolfboy lives
So the villagers say
And the three of you evaporate into the night
Till you both fall in love with him
So you'll dress head to foot in lame
And you'll dance in December snow
When the sky turns to wine you'll embrace
And forget everything that you know
She can tell you the will of the gods
Butter won't melt in her mouth, but you will
Don't bother to ask her name
Take her down to the woods where the wolfboy lives
So the villagers say
And the three of you evaporate into the night
Till you both fall in love with him
46.Dancing In Your Eyes
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
The summer came and passed us by
We didn't care, we just let it die
But when we dance, just you and I
When we walk hand in hand in the rain
When we're young and in love once again
We will dance in the autumn
With the leaves in our hair
When I look I'll be dancing in your eyes
When I look I'll be dancing in your eyes
You've gone away over the sea
You will return, it's meant to be
Never regret your time with me
When we walk hand in hand in the rain
When we're young and in love once again
We will dance in the autumn
With the leaves in our hair
When I look I'll be dancing in your eyes
When I look I'll be dancing in your eyes
47.Abigail, Belle Of Kilronan
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Abigail, can you feel my heart in the palm of your hand？
And do you understand why I can't stay？
Abigail, an evil wind is blowing through the land
And they need every man to drive it away
When I come home, if I come home
You'll be a grown woman
When I come home, if I come home
Don't be alone, Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
Abigail is gonna be the beauty of County Galway
And she will live always in a world of love
Abigail, I'm off to the war but you can be sure
I will know you're what I'm fighting for
I'm off to the war but you can be sure
I will know you're what I'm fighting for
I'm off to the war but you can be sure
I will know you're what I'm fighting for
When I come home, if I come home
You'll be a grown woman
When I come home, if I come home
Don't be alone, Abigail, Belle of Kilronan
48.Famous
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I know you've tried
I know you've cried
I know you've died
A little inside but
Baby, you could be famous
You could see your marble face all around
Baby, you could be famous
If you could just get out of this town
Just get out of this town now
Baby, you could be famous
You could sell the world a new look and sound
Baby, you could be famous
If you could just get out of this town
Just get out of this town now
You sold your soul to rock n' roll
Gave up control but here's your loophole
Baby, you could be famous
You could see your marble face all around
Baby, you could be famous
If you could just get out of this town
Just get out of this town now
Baby, you could be famous
You could sell the world a new look and sound
Baby, you could be famous
If you could just get out of this town
Just get out of this town now
You sold your soul to rock n' roll
Gave up control but here's your loophole
You are the queen of every scene
You are the king of everything
Baby, you could be famous
You could see your marble face all around
Baby, you could be famous
If you could just get out of this town
Just get out of this town now
Baby, you could be famous
You could sell the world a new look and sound
Baby, you could be famous
If you could just get out of this town
Just get out of this town now
You sold your soul to rock n' roll
Gave up control but here's your loophole
49.Acoustic Guitar
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Acoustic guitar, I'm gonna make you a star
Get your picture all over the world
Acoustic guitar, you can have your own car
Just bring me back my girl
She always loved the sound of your strum
You made her think, maybe, I wasn't so dumb
She tends to faint at the sound of a drum
'Cause she's focused and planned, maybe she'll come
Acoustic guitar, how lovely you are
With your inlays of mother of pearl
Be a good guitar and you could go far
Just bring me back my girl
She always said that you were the one
That could make her move her cute little bum
You understand where she's coming from
Which I obviously don't, or she wouldn't be gone
Acoustic guitar, if you think I play hard
Well, you could of belonged to Steve Earle
Or Charo or Gwar, I could sell you tomorrow
So bring me back my girl
You'd better bring me back my girl
50.I'm Sorry I Love You
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
A single rose in your garden dwells
Like any rose it's not itself
It is my love in your garden grows
But let's pretend it's just a rose
Well, I'm sorry that I love you
It's a phase I'm going through
There is nothing that I can do
And I'm sorry that I love you
Do not listen to my song
Don't remember it, don't sing along
Let's pretend it's a work of art
Let's pretend it's not my heart
Well, I'm sorry that I love you
It's a phase I'm going through
There is nothing that I can do
And I'm sorry that I love you
The rose will fade when summer's gone
The song will fade and I'll be gone
Because my heart is dying too
And it's all the same to you
Well, I'm sorry that I love you
It's a phase I'm going through
There is nothing that I can do
And I'm sorry that I love you
Well, I'm sorry that I love you
It's a phase I'm going through
There is nothing that I can do
51.Grand Canyon
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
If I was the Grand Canyon, I'd echo everything you say
But I'm just me, I'm only me and you used to love me that way
So you know how to love me that way
If I was Paul Bunyan, I'd carry you so far away
But I'm just me, I'm only me and you used to love me that way
So you know how to love me that way
If I was the Grand Canyon, I'd echo everything you say
But I'm just me, I'm only me and you used to love me that way
So you know how to love me that way
52.Busby Berkeley Dreams
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I should have forgotten you long ago
But you're in every song, I know
Whining and pining is wrong and so
On and so forth, of course, of course
But no, you can't have a divorce
I haven't seen you in ages
But it's not as bleak as it seems
We still dance on whirling stages
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
The tears have stained all the pages
Of my true romance magazines
We still dance in my outrageously
Beautiful Busby Berkeley dreams
And now you want to leave me for good
I refuse to believe, you could
You forget we're not made of wood
Well darling, you may do your worst
Because you'll have to kill me first
I haven't seen you in ages
But it's not as bleak as it seems
We still dance on whirling stages
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
The tears have stained all the pages
Of my true romance magazines
We still dance in my outrageously
Beautiful Busby Berkeley dreams
I haven't seen you in ages
But it's not as bleak as it seems
We still dance on whirling stages
In my Busby Berkeley dreams
The tears have stained all the pages
Of my true romance magazines
We still dance in my outrageously
Beautiful Busby Berkeley dreams
Do you think it's dangerous
To have Busby Berkeley dreams？
53.How to Say Goodbye
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
The only thing that I could ever feel
I can't believe it wasn't real
The only thing that I could ever feel
I can't believe it wasn't real
You can't open your mouth without telling a lie
But baby, you know how to say goodbye
The thing I spent my whole life waiting for
Has just walked out and locked the door
The thing I spent my whole life waiting for
Has just walked out and locked the door
You can't feel a thing and you won't even try
But baby, you know how to say goodbye
I'm overjoyed to hear about your wedding
I'm writing you to wish you every blessing
I'm overjoyed to hear about your wedding
I'm writing you to wish you every blessing
And I'm so happy I could cry
Oh baby, you know how to say goodbye
And I'm so happy I could cry
Oh baby, you know how to say goodbye
54.If You Don't Cry
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Softly the crystals falling on 17th Street
Do their dance and die and are gone
Millions of crystal balls roll around your feet
Nothing gets done
An hour goes by, she doesn't
If you don't cry, it isn't love
If you don't cry
Then you just don't feel it deep enough
Dying all day in thousands of little ways
Dancing alone and drinking a lot
Closing the clubs and haunting the cabarets
Looking for what
Another five years of your life
If you don't cry, it isn't love
If you don't cry
Then you just don't feel it deep enough
A year goes by, she doesn't
If you don't cry, it isn't love
If you don't cry
Then you just don't feel it deep enough
If you don't cry, it isn't love
If you don't cry
Then you just don't feel it deep enough
55.Bitter Tears
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Bitter tears keep me going
Through the years, freely flowing
What have you done
Only a gun could stop these bitter tears
The endless streets I walk along
You made them seem pretty
But now I dream in country songs
And wake in New York City
And the only beauty is
Is the world seen through the tears
Bitter tears keep me going
Through the years, freely flowing
What have you done
Only a gun could stop these bitter tears
I cry because it looks so good
I cry, why not, it's free
And there's nothing more interesting
Than crying constantly
And as I tell everyone
Cryin' all the time is fun
Bitter tears keep me going
Through the years, freely flowing
What have you done
Only a gun could stop these bitter tears
56.Don't Look Away
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Don't look away, I don't think I could stand it
So don't look away 'cause my heart couldn't handle it
There's a fire in your eyes and it's melting the ice
In my heart, so don't blink an eye
They're so beautiful open just let them cry
Or the spell will be broken, the moments in your gaze
Have been turning to days, in my heart we've never met
And yet we're in love, never forget one look is enough
Just as long as you don't look away
We can never be lovers, there's one chance to take
There won't be any others, I'll be spending my life
With your eyes like a knife in my heart
57.Either You Don't Love Me or I Don't Love You
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Lost roads and towns of which nobody's found the name
All the children drowned and there's no one around to blame
Lost roads and towns left to wilder in seed and snow
As the sun goes down, that's where I'd like to go
Every time you feel wonderful baby, I feel bad
Either you don't love me or I don't love you, oh yeah
When you remind me of all the good times, I feel sad
Either you don't love me or I don't love you, oh yeah
You and me in the waiting room of a
Disused railroad station, scavenging for a few antiques
We'll make a fortune, just have patience
If we find an old signal box, you can write your dissertation
58.Candy
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Candy, it's been really nice
But I've got to go
'Cause I can't be the part of your life
You don't wanna know
And I can't keep lying all the time
And I know you'll find a better man
They're all too easy to find
And I'll just go away somewhere
And slowly lose my mind
Candy, they called you a baby
They called you a whore
And I can't see the light at the end
For you anymore
And I can't keep lying all the time
And I know you'll find a better man
They're all too easy to find
And I'll just go away somewhere
And slowly lose my mind
Candy, I can't be the man
They want me to be
Maybe it was only with you
That I could be me
And I can't keep lying all the time
And I know you'll find a better man
They're all too easy to find
And I'll just go away somewhere
And slowly lose my mind
59.Epitaph for My Heart
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
'Caution, to prevent electric shock do not remove cover
No user-serviceable parts inside
Refer servicing to qualified service personnel'
Let this be the epitaph for my heart
Cupid put too much poison in the dart
This is the epitaph for my heart
Because it's gone, gone gone
And life goes on and on and on and death goes on
World without end
And you're not my friend
Who will mourn the passing of my heart
Will its little droppings climb the pop chart
Who'll take its ashes and
singing, fling them from the top of the Brill Building
And life goes on and dawn, and dawn and death goes on
World without end
And you're not my friend
60.For We Are The King Of The Boudoir
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Should time allow us to describe our prowess
It would be quite hard to overrate
For we are the king of the boudoir old thing
And the king doesn't like to wait
One tryst with me and you'll be spinning like a gyroscope
One tryst with me and you'll be pope
Should modesty allow us to describe our prowesslessness,
lessness
'Twould be hard to overstate
For we are the king of the boudoir it's true
And the king doesn't like to wait
One kiss from me and you'll be overjoyed and overawed
One kiss from me and you'll see God
For we are the king of the boudoir we are
And the king doesn't like to wait
61.Blue You
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
The moon was singing the blues
The stars in the sky harmonized singing it too
And I, far below was singing low and slow for you
And I know all the world was singing the blues
The Queen was singing the blues
The President played the saxophone sounded so along
lt was on the news
And from Ursa Minor in what looked like an all night diner
Came lonely luminous creatures whose only human feature
Was singing the blues soft and low
The blues was singing the blues
The dead in their graves and the Gods in their caves
They'd been waiting so long to sing the blue song about you
62.Crowd Of Drifters
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Sometimes the road is too long
You meet all kinds of people
Some of them cast no shadow
They have no reflections
Take a look in your photo book
I'm not there anymore
I was a traveling salesman
I got lost on the back roads
Fell in with a crowd of drifters
Sometimes the sun is too bright
And it burns you like acid
You get to love driving at night
The moon is so close you can kiss it
I used to remember you smiling and waving
I don't think I can anymore
I was a traveling salesman
I got lost on the back roads
Fell in with a crowd of drifters
We come, unnoticed, at sundown
At the start of a blackout
We set bonfires all over town
And it's over by morning
Sometimes we bring the rat and the wolf
And sometimes the worm
I was a traveling salesman
I got lost on the back roads
Fell in with a crowd of drifters
63.I Don't Really Love You Anymore
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
True, I'd give my right arm
To keep you safe from harm
(To keep you safe from harm)
And true, for you, I'd move to Ecuador
And I'd keep a little farm
Chop wood to keep you warm
(Chop wood to keep you warm)
But I don't really love you anymore
I don't have to love you now if I don't wish to
I won't see you anyhow if that's an issue
Because I am a gentleman
Think of me as just your fan
(Think of me as just your fan)
Who remembers every dress you ever wore
Just the bad comedian
Your new boyfriend's better than
(Boyfriend's better than)
'Cos I don't really love you anymore
There'll be someday
When your eyes do not enthrall me
I'll be numb
But realize you'll never call me
'Cos I've read your horoscope
And now I've given up all hope
(Now I've given up all hope)
So I don't really love you anymore
'Cos I've read your horoscope
And now I've given up all hope
(Now I've given up all hope)
So I don't really love you anymore
64.Drive On, Driver
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Drive on, driver
There's no one home
We've waited hours
She didn't come
It's such a pretty little ring
But it doesn't mean anything
Drive on
Drive on, driver
And don't you cry
I gave her everything
Money could buy
I always said that girl
Deserved the whole wide world
Drive on
And take me to the airport
I need to be extremely far away
So I can forget about her
I might forget about her someday
Drive on, Randy
It's all gone wrong
Have some brandy
Sing me a song
Something soft and low
Can we please just go？
Drive on
Something soft and low
Can we please just go？
Drive on
65.I'll Dream Alone
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Long and lonely nights I've waited for you
To put things to right, leaving you to do
Your thing without disturbance from me
Somehow I doubt you'll ever be back
I'll keep your things if you ever need them
The phone still rings and now that you're free
Of me at last, your time is your own
Go have a blast
And I'll dream alone without you
I'll dream alone if I must
Because I guess our little castle
In the sky just turned to dust
So I'll dream alone, that's showbiz
I'll dream alone from here in
And I'll be trying not to dream
Of what was once and might have been
If only I'd known I'll dream alone
Dreams we had a few but what kind of dream
Beats you black and blue, I wanted to scream
Don't go away but nothing came out
All I could say is
I'll dream alone without you
I'll dream alone if I must
Because I guess our little castle
In the sky just turned to dust
So I'll dream alone, that's showbiz
I'll dream alone from here in
And I'll be trying not to dream
Of what was once and might have been
If only I'd known I'll dream alone
66.Heather Heather
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Heather heather
We belong together
Like sex and violence
Like death and silence
Heather, heather we're birds of a feather
We have a duty to youth and beauty
And in your blood runs some of mine
And in your eyes I am divine
And in your head flows too much wine
My famous wine
Heather heather
We're like the weather
All mist and air, but always there
Heather heather
Put on some leather
And let's go dancing
'Twixt lasers glancing
67.Dreams Anymore
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
He put his fist through the window
And his foot through the door
'Cause she don't believe in his dreams anymore
No, she don't believe in his dreams anymore
And what's more, she's probably right
So, he drives through the night with his foot to the floor
'Cause she don't believe in his dreams anymore
Better hopelessly single than hopelessly poor
And she don't believe in his dreams anymore
No, she don't believe in his dreams anymore
And what for？ They just drag you down
If she's stuck in this town, she can work in the store
But she won't believe in his dreams anymore
68.All I Want To Know
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
All I want to know is do you still want me？
And, if not so, why do you still haunt me
Like a song, like a ghost, all night long？
That's almost all I want to know
All I want to know is can I still need you？
Are we still go, or did I misread you？
I won't settle for less
And that's not yet, I'll confess, all I want to know
I want to know now, on your mother's grave
Is there nothing, nohow, left to save？
Be brave, tell me tonight, or not at all
We don't have to fight
I can make last call, and play a little pinball
All I want to know is, you don't, do you？
Call me slow, but I can't see through you
Count to ten, tell me then
Will you love me again is all I want to know
69.Xavier Says
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Xavier says, 'Ha, ha, ha
We have nothing in common
See you round ta-ta
Slink back to your abominable lover
Zsa-Zsa, before I blow your cover
Tra-lala'
Zsa-Zsa's scene, tacky queen
You think there's no one but you
Get your crass little ass
Out and don't make me cut you
With how much you talk you'd think
That someone else was listening
Want a drink, Miss Thing？
'Slow gin fizz'', says Xavier
Zsa-Zsa orders and drinks come
'Here it is, teddy bear
To your health, you rat fink scum'
Xavier wheezes, â½I forgotâ
Before each line he sneezes quite a lot
70.Love Goes Home to Paris in the Spring
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I'm counting the habits you made me break
I'm counting the drugs you won't let me take
I'm counting my friends you won't let me see
I've had enough, you never give me anything
Don't you know love goes home to Paris in the spring？
Adding up the odds, I've waited for you
I'm counting the calls that never came through
I'm counting my friends you melted away
I'm counting the times you came for a day
I've had enough, you never give me anything
Don't you know love goes home to Paris in the spring？
71.Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
If you knew how I long
For you now that you're gone
You'd grow wings and fly home to me
Home tonight and in the morning sun
Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
Let's do it all day long
Let Abbots, Babbitts and Cabots
Say mother nature's wrong
And when we've had a couple of beers
We'll put on bunny suits
I long to nibble your ears
And do as bunnies do
Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
Let's do it all day long
Rapidly becoming rabid
Singing little rabbit songs
I can keep it up all night
I can keep it up all day
Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
Until we pass away
Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits
Until we pass away
72.Reno Dakota
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Reno Dakota there's not an iota of kindness in you
You know you enthrall me and yet you don't call me
It's making me blue
Pantone two ninety two
Reno Dakota I'm reaching my quota of tears for the year
Alas and alack you just don't call me back you have just
disappeared
It makes me drink beer
I know you're a recluse you know that's no excuse Reno
That's just a ruse
Do not play fast and loose with my heart
Reno Dakota I'm no Nino Rota, I don't know the score
Have I annoyed you or is there a boy who
Well he's just a whore
I've had him before
It makes me drink more
73.The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Andy would bicycle across town in the rain to bring you
Candy and John would buy the gown for you to wear to the
Prom with Tom, the astronomer who'd name a star for you
But I'm the luckiest guy on the lower east side
'Cause I've got wheels and you want to go for a ride
Harry is the one I think you'll marry
But it's Chris that you kissed after school
Well I'm a fool, there's no doubt
But when the sun comes out and only when the sun comes out
I'm the luckiest guy on the lower east side
'Cause I've got wheels and you want to go for a ride
The day is beautiful and so are you
My car is ugly but then I'm ugly too
I know you'd never give me a second glance
When the weather's nice all the other guys don't stand a chance
I know Professor Blumen makes you feel like a woman
But when the wind is in your hair you laugh like a little girl
So you share secrets with Lou but we've got secrets too
Well, one I only keep this heap for you
'Cause I'm the ugliest guy on the lower east side
But I've got wheels and you want to go for a ride
Want to go for a ride
Want to go for a ride
Want to go for a ride
74.The Cactus Where Your Heart Should Be
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
The cactus where your heart should be
Has lovely little flowers
So though it's always pricking me
My ardor never sours
The cactus where your heart once was
Has power to rend and flay
I stick because, I'm stuck because
I just can't tear myself away
75.Parades Go By
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I'll linger here
Your ring upon my finger, dear
And sing till dawn
A song of you and me and what and why
For time is all
I have to keep
Between these walls
And half asleep
The days go by
A million little nights
And days go by
And I don't mind
Parades go by
So many beautiful parades go by
Leave me behind
I'll sit and stare
How could I venture anywhere？
And let the centuries fall where they may
But never die
For I have loved
And so I lost
The world above
Beyond the moss
The days go by
A million little nights
And days go by
And I don't mind
Parades go by
So many beautiful parades go by
Leave me behind
The days goes by
(Goes by)
Parades go by
And I don't mind
Parades go by
(Parades go by)
Parades go by
Leave me behind
76.My Sentimental Melody
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I'm a hopeless romantic
You're a terrible flirt
Cool and unfazed
You're always amazed
When someone gets hurt
I live on the blue planet
That I saw in your eyes
But now I can't stay
Knowin' it's made
Of beautiful lies
But my sentimental melody
(Sentimental melody)
Like a long lost lullaby
(Lullaby)
(Will)
Will ring in your ears
Down through the years
Bringin' a tear to your eye
Goodbye
Love can kill people, can't it
Well it still might kill me
Each drop of rain
Is a glass of champagne
It's sweet and it's free
When I drink, I don't panic
When I drink, I don't die
When I'm far gone
It's all just a song
Just beautiful lies
But my sentimental melody
(Sentimental melody)
(Like a)
Like a long lost lullaby
(Will)
Will ring in your ears
Down through the years
Bringin' a tear to your eye
(To your eye)
Goodbye
77.The One You Really Love
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I do believe our love's in danger
I might as well be loving air
You look at me like I'm a stranger
You look at me like I'm not there
I gaze into your eyes of blue
But their beauty is not for me
You're thinking on someone who's gone
You're dreaming of the one you really love
You're dreaming of the one you really love
I made you mine or so it seemed
Though he is dead he haunts your dreams
I might as well be two feet tall
You never will love me at all
I gaze into your eyes of blue
But their beauty is not for me
You're thinking on someone who's gone
You're dreaming of the one you really love
You're dreaming of the one you really love
I gaze into your eyes of blue
But their beauty is not for me
You're thinking on someone who's gone
You're dreaming of the one you really love
You're dreaming of the corpse you really love
78.Papa Was a Rodeo
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
I like your twisted point of view, Mike
I like your questioning eyebrows
You've made it pretty clear what you like
It's only fair to tell you now
That I leave early in the morning
And I won't be back till next year
I see that kiss-me pucker forming
But maybe you should plug it with a beer, 'cause
Papa was a rodeo, mama was a rock 'n' roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas, love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand
Before you kiss me you should know, papa was a rodeo
The light reflecting off the mirror ball
Looks like a thousand swirling eyes
They make me think I shouldn't be here at all
You know, every minute someone dies
What are we doing in this dive bar？
How can you live in a place like this？
Why don't you just get into my car？
And I'll take you away I'll take that kiss now, but
Papa was a rodeo, mama was a rock 'n' roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas, love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand
Before you kiss me you should know, papa was a rodeo
And now it's 55 years later
We've had the romance of the century
After all these years wrestling gators
I still feel like crying when I think of what you said to me
Papa was a rodeo, mama was a rock 'n' roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas, love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand
Before you kiss me you should know, papa was a rodeo
What a coincidence, your papa was a rodeo too
79.When My Boy Walks Down the Street
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Grand pianos crash together when my boy walks down the street
There are whole new kinds of weather when he walks with his new
beat
Everyone sings 'Hallelujah' when my boy walks down the street
Life just kind of dances through ya from your smile down to your
feet
Amazing, he's a whole new form of life
Blue eyes blazing and he's going to be my wife
The world does the 'Hula-hula' when my boy walks down the street
Everyone thinks that he's petula so big and yet so petite
Butterflies turn into people when my boy walks down the street
Maybe he should be illegal, he just makes life too complete
Amazing, he's a whole new form of life
Blue eyes blazing and he's going to be my wife
Oh, shadows of echoes of memories
Oh, things that he brings that he found in the sea
Oh, shadows of echoes of memories of songs
Oh, how could he know that it won't be long？
Grand pianos crash together when my boy walks down the street
There are whole new kinds of weather when he walks with his new
beat
Everyone sings 'Hallelujah' when my boy walks down the street
Life just kind of dances through ya from your smile down to your
feet
80.Smoke Signals
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Well, you've got a really long name
It won't fit on any forms
You gave me all your mirrors and they made me deformed
You're sending smoke signals
I know your secret code
We travel in the plaid van and we give our puppet show
And we picnic in the winter on maple syrup and snow
You're sending smoke signals
I know your secret code
Well, you made a Molotov cocktail, and you threw it on the
ground
And it sent us flying and now we're flying about
You're sending smoke signals
I know your secret code
81.Railroad Boy
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I will not sing your ugly song
I won't put on your ugly play
I cannot join your ugly priesthood
And if I die I won't come home
Railroad boy of mine
I bought you crows and candelabra
And I went moth-eating with you
I held you down when you had seizures
And read to you at bedtime
Railroad boy of mine
We went to see a beaver dam
We went to see a coral reef
But life is more than going to see things
And that's too bad
Railroad boy of mine
Railroad boy of mine
82.Jeremy
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
We were young like the future, we were young and always wrong
We were young like our country, learning old ways to be young
Random driving around with you in my dilapidated car
Like Isadora Duncan II in impossibly long white scarves
Autumn leaves, diaries, Tennessee and Jeremy
Suddenly, willow trees, memories of Jeremy
Like a Galapagos turtle, we grow old and stay that way
Build a nest in the sand dunes, lay our eggs and walk away
I was writing our dreams down, making maps of an unseen plane
And I noticed anomalies that you'd rather not see explained
Autumn leaves, diaries, Tennessee and Jeremy
Suddenly, willow trees, memories of Jeremy
We drove, canopy down, in the scalding rain on the one day we
were young
The house we bought was really a lake, otters scampered down the
halls
There were whirlpools in the floor and sails
You're alone and it's over, you're alone with your gun
You're alone from now on you're all alone and you're not young
83.Underwear
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
A pretty girl in her underwear
A pretty girl in her underwear
If there's anything better in this world
Who cares
La mort, c'est la mort
Mais l'amour, c'est l'amour
La mort, c'est seulement la mort
Mais l'amour, c'est l'amour
A pretty boy in his underwear
A pretty boy in his underwear
If there's a better reason to jump for joy
Who cares
84.The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I met Ferdinand de Saussure
On a night like this
On love he said, 'I'm not so sure
I even know what it is'
'No understanding, no closure
It is a nemesis
You can't use a bulldozer
To study orchids'
He said, 'So we don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
But we are nothing, you are nothing
I am nothing without love'
I'm just a great composer
And not a violent man
But I lost my composure
And I shot Ferdinand
Crying, 'It's well and kosher
To say you don't understand
But this is for
Holland-Dozier-Holland'
His last words were, 'We don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
But we are nothing, you are nothing
I am nothing without love'
His fading words were, 'We don't know anything
You don't know anything
I don't know anything about love
But we are nothing, you are nothing
I am nothing without love'
85.Meaningless
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Meaningless？
You mean it's all been meaningless？
Every whisper and caress？
Yes, yes, yes, it was totally meaningless
Meaningless
Like when two fireflies fluoresce
Just like everything I guess
Less less yes, it was utterly meaningless
Even less a little glimpse of nothingness
Sucking meaning from the rest of this mess
Yes, yes, yes, it was thoroughly meaningless
And if some dim bulb should say
We were in love in some way
Kick all his teeth in for me and if you feel
Like keeping on kicking, feel free
Meaningless
Who dare say it wasn't meaningless？
Shout from the rooftops and address the press
Ha ha ha, it was totally meaningless
Meaningless
Meaning less than a game of chess
Just like your mother said and mother knows best
I knew it all the time but now I confess
Yes, yes, yes, how deliciously meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, effervescently meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, it was beautifully meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, it was profoundly meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, definitively meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, comprehensively meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, magnificently meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, how incredibly meaningless？
Yes, yes, yes, unprecedentedly meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, how mind-blowingly meaningless？
Yes, yes, yes, how unbelievably meaningless？
Yes, yes, yes, how infinitely meaningless？
86.You And Me And The Moon
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Brian Wilson 1960 and vine
Summer kisses in a Pendleton shirt
Songs and gentle words
Granted wishes
When I look in your eyes I go soft inside
And the sound of your voice sends shivers up my spine
And at the slightest touch we're in love
You and me and the moon
In a cool gay bar where the people are entertaining
When the sun pops in we'll still be talking and champagning
Underneath the strobe light, we'll dance all night
I'm a little bit shy, you're easy on the eye
And at the slightest touch we're in love
You and me and the moon
When you look in my eyes I go soft inside
And the sound of your voice sends shivers up my spine
And at the slightest touch we're in love
You and me and the moon
87.Queen Of The Savages
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
My girl is the queen of the savages
She don't know the modern world and its ravages
Instead of money she's got yams and cabbages
She lives in a dome
I don't care if I never get home
My girl is the queen of the jungle folk
You should see the things we see when we smoke
We think all of life is a funny joke
She's sharp as a tack
I don't care if I never get back
My girl is the queen of ten villages
We live on the fruits of her pillages
She eats other queens, she's very religious
She doesn't use a fork
I don't think I'll go back to New York
88.Old Orchard Beach
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Was there some part of you？ Tail or hunchback
That, when they cut it off, grew back？
You were a little girl with starry eyes
Now you're a sad young man and no one knows why
When we go dancing underneath the city in the catacombs
When we go dancing the strobe lights and the disco will bring us
home
I know Old Orchard beach is where you belong
You can go back but baby, that won't make you young
The wind will blow or it won't
The stars come out or they don't
The world goes round
Or we get thrown into the stars
When we go dancing underneath the city in the catacombs
When we go dancing the strobe lights and the disco will bring us
home
I know Old Orchard beach is where you belong
You can go back but baby, that won't make you young
The wind will blow or it won't
The stars come out or they don't
The world goes round
Or we get thrown into the stars
89.Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You were just like me, you were one big bruise
In the game of life with your playing too lose
You were Jessy James, I was William Tell
You were Daniel Webster, I was the devil himself
Two characters in search of a country song
Just make believe but so in love
Two characters been listin' all night long
For voices from Nashville above
Hell in eighteen wheels at a hundred per
We went crashing through the Jersey barrier
But the road went on over dale and hill
You were Calamity Jane and I was Wild Bill
Two characters in search of a country song
Just make believe but so in love
Two characters been listin' all night long
For voices from Nashville above
Two characters in search of a country song
Just make believe but so in love
Two characters been listin' all night long
For voices from Nashville above
90.With Whom To Dance？
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Moons in June I've given up on that stuff
Arms have charms but I've no hope of falling in love
The rest of life pales in significance
I'm looking for somebody with whom to dance
With whom to dance？ With whom to dance？
I'm looking for somebody with whom to dance
Rings and strings, what use have I for these things？
Bells and carousels I'd just be fooling myself
And you, you look like heaven
An angel who stepped from a dream
777 times lovelier than anything I've ever seen
91.Love Is Like a Bottle of Gin
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
It makes you blind, it does you in
It makes you think you're pretty tough
It makes you prone to crime and sin
It makes you say things off the cuff
It's very small and made of glass
And grossly over advertised
It turns a genius into an ass
And makes a fool think he is wise
It could make you regret your birth
Or turn cartwheels in your best suit
It costs a lot more than it's worth
And yet there is no substitute
They keep it on a higher shelf
The older and more pure it grows
It has no color in itself
But it can make you see rainbows
You can find it on the Bowery
Or you can find it at Elaine's
It makes your words more flowery
It makes the sun shine, makes it rain
You just get out what they put in
And they never put in enough
Love is like a bottle of gin
But a bottle of gin is not like love
92.The Night You Can't Remember
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Before you left your garrison
You'd had a drink, maybe two
You don't remember Paris, hon
But it remembers you
It's true, we flew to Paris, dear
Aboard an Army jet
The night you can't remember
The night I can't forget
You said I was terrific
It meant zilch to you, ah
But I have our marriage certificate
And I'll keep it till I die
You were an Army officer
And I just a Rochette
The night you can't remember
The night I can't forget
No rose conveyed your sentiments
Not even a petunia
But you've got vague presentiments
And I've got little Junior
You said, nobody loves me
And I said, wanna bet？
The night you can't remember
The night I can't forget
93.Washington, D.C.
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
W A S H I N G T O N, baby, D.C.
W A S H I N G T O N, baby, D.C.
Washington, D.C., it's paradise to me
It's not because it is the grand old seat
Of precious freedom and democracy, no, no, no
It's not the greenery turning gold in fall
The scenery circling the mall
It's just that's where my baby lives, that's all
Washington, D.C., it's the greatest place to be
It's not the cherries everywhere in bloom
It's not the way they put folks on the moon, no, no, no
It's not the spectacles and pagaentry
The thousand things you've got to see
It's just that's where my baby waits for me
W A S H I N G T O N, baby, D.C.
W A S H I N G T O N, baby, D.C.
Washington, D.C., it fits me to a T
It's not the people doing something real
It's not the way the springtime makes you feel, no, no, no
It ain't no famous name on a golden plaque
That makes me ride that railroad track
It's my baby's kiss that keeps me coming back
It's my baby's kiss that keeps me coming back
94.Long Vermont Roads
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Your eyes are long Vermont roads
With a tacky song on the radio
And your eyes are toothless young men
In Tennessee in the rain again
And fireflies never go to sleep
And country songs never help you sleep
After all those trains and all those breakdown lanes
The roads don't love you and they still won't pretend to
After all those days on God-forsaken highways
The roads don't love you and they still won't pretend to
Your eyes are the Mesa Verde
Big and brown and far away
And your eyes are Kansas City
In Kansas and in Missouri
After all those trains and all those breakdown lanes
The roads don't love you and they still won't pretend to
After all those days on God-forsaken highways
The roads don't love you and they still won't pretend to
After all this time and after all your crying
The roads don't love you and they still won't pretend to
The roads are dark and long and all those country songs
Well, they don't love you and they still won't pretend to
95.Love Is Lighter Than Air
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Summer, summer, summer
Slowly turned into fall
Me and my baby doll
Never went to the beach
Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere
Was a place we could run
On the sand with the sun
Always just out of reach
Somewhere sunny summer's
Marching to a different drummer, singing
Summer, summer, summer's
Gonna turn into fall
You and your baby doll
Better go to the beach 'cause
Love is lighter than air
It floats away if you let go
Love is lighter than air
It rises through the falling snow
A crime, crime, crime
Sin and illness is time
Neither reason nor rhyme
Can obstruct his bad dance
The nasty little swine
Slipped us mickeys in wine
Wove his hair into twine
And then tied our hands
We're forced to watch him wriggle
And endure his fulsome giggle
And his mime, mime, mime
Unforgivable mime
Our one chance is to climb
Into blimps of romance 'cause
Love is lighter than air
It floats away if you let go
Love is lighter than air
It rises through the falling snow
Love is lighter than air
It floats away if you let go
Love is lighter than air
It rises through the falling snow
96.Long-Forgotten Fairytale
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Someone told me you'd be here
Whispering these familiar things
Talking to my little pet
Smoking the same old cigarettes
I would have laughed
I saw you last in summertime
You said you hated long goodbyes
You said, â½There's nothing to explain
In every life a little rainâ
Etcetera
And a long-forgotten fairytale
Is in your eyes again
And I'm caught inside a dream world
Where the colors are too intense
And nothing is making sense
There's a floating town of Ire Down
In a mist of mystery
There's an old enchanted castle
And the princess there is me
Decked-out like a Christmas tree
I guess you've had your little joke
But I have lost my sense of humor
My medication's wearing off
For it's just not strong enough
To cover this
But then you kissed me like before
I found myself wanting more
And you tell that little lie
That kept me hypnotized
Another kiss
And a long-forgotten fairytale
Is in your eyes again
And I'm caught inside a dream world
Where the colors are too intense
And nothing is making sense
There's a floating town of Ire Down
In a mist of mystery
There's an old enchanted castle
And the princess there is me
Decked-out like a Christmas tree
If somebody told me I'd succumb
If someone said I'd be so dumb
After all the sleepless nights
When I turned on all the lights
I would have hit them
But I have turned
The other cheek
My voice trembles
My knees are weak
And you beat me once again
And I know what happens then
You raise the ante
And a long-forgotten fairytale
Is in your eyes again
And I'm caught inside a dream world
Where the colors are too intense
And nothing is making sense
97.The Way You Say Good-Night
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
So faraway and so alone
How could I ever take you home
You're beautiful, beautiful
You've got a devastating point of view
And everything you say is true
You're beautiful, beautiful
The night birds start to sing their favorite song
The way you say good-night
The night birds start to sing their favorite song
And the moon begins to sing
I kiss you and the sun goes down
How come it's always dark when you're around
You're beautiful, beautiful
The night birds sing their favorite song
The moon begins to sing
You're beautiful, beautiful
The stars begin their Busby Berkeley dance
The way you say good-night
And the night becomes a musical extravaganza
The way you say good-night
The way you say good-night
I dream of all day long
Oh, I could write a song
About the way you say good-night
The way you say good-night
I dream of all day long
Oh, I could write a song
About the way you say good-night
The way you say good-night
I dream of all day long
Oh, I could write a song
About the way you say good-night
98.Sweet-Lovin' Man
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
There's an hour of sunshine for a million years of rain
But somehow that always seems to be enough
When love falls from the sky, nobody ever asks why
You just take it or you leave it where it was
But there's just one kind of love
You can spend your life dreaming of
For the love of a sweet-lovin' man
Some have traveled far and wide
Some have given up and died
For the love of a sweet-lovin' man
Some have broken down and cried
Some have turned to dust inside
But I'll stay right here and hide
In the arms of my sweet-lovin' man
Until you've had sweet lovin'
There's no lovin' worth the name
But you can't go blind from crying all the time
And who said life was easy？ And who said a man was fair？
Well, I wish you well but keep your paws off mine
You can't buy one at the mall but he'll come if you just call
For the love of a sweet-lovin' man
Some have traveled far and wide
Some have given up and died
For the love of a sweet-lovin' man
Some have broken down and cried
Some have turned to dust inside
But I'll stay right here and hide
In the arms of my sweet-lovin' man
For the love of a sweet-lovin' man
Some have traveled far and wide
Some have given up and died
For the love of a sweet-lovin' man
Some have broken down and cried
Some have turned to dust inside
But I'll stay right here and hide
In the arms of my sweet-lovin' man
In the arms of my sweet-lovin' man
In the arms of my sweet-lovin' man
99.The Saddest Story Ever Told
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
We used to go out on the summer nights
And dance in the neon rain
We used to hold hands at the movie show
But we'll never hold hands again
Do, do, do, do come on
Do, do, do, do come on
Those days are gone
You and I were young those summer nights
You'll see the world diving for a girl
You'll never find and then we'll quietly grow old
The saddest story ever told
Once upon a time we fell in love
Or at least that's what you said
You say I can find someone else
But I just wish I was dead
Do, do, do, do come on
Do, do, do, do come on
Those days are gone
You and I were young those summer nights
You'll see the world diving for a girl
You'll never find and then we'll quietly grow old
The saddest story ever told
100.Roses
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Buy more stock in roses
Millionaires will always woo
Don't be shocked if roses
Make a millionaire of you
101.Kiss Me Like You Mean It
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
He is my Lord, he is my savior
And he rewards my good behavior
My secret soul
I know he's seen it
He says, 'Come here baby and
Kiss me like you mean it
He calls me baby
Says, 'Kiss me like you mean it'
He is my light and my salvation
He's always right, he's always patient
I pinch myself
It's like I'm dreaming it
He says, 'Come here baby and
Kiss me like you mean it
He calls me baby
Says, 'Kiss me like you mean it'
He is my love, he's always been it
He says, 'Come here baby and
Kiss me like you mean it
He calls me baby
Says, 'Kiss me like you mean it'
102.Promises Of Eternity
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
What if the show didn't go on？
What if we all got jobs and got to bed before dawn？
What if old Joe had to retire？
What if all the stage hands were let go or fired？
That's just like what the world would be
If you fell out of love with me
I can't let this happen to you
Don't you let it happen to me
What would our friends and family say？
If they could only see
If you let this happen to us
Don't think you'd be setting me free
Wasn't it you and I
Who made promises of eternity？
What if the lights didn't go on？
What if the velvet curtain had to be taken down？
What if the clowns couldn't be clowns？
And all those painted smiles gave in to plaintive frowns
What if no show ever happened again？
No seven, no eight and a half, no nine and no ten
All numbers and no mystery
No promise of eternity
I can't let this happen to you
Don't you let it happen to me
What would our friends and family say？
If they could only see
If you let this happen to us
Don't think you'd be setting me free
Wasn't it you and I
Who made promises of eternity？
I can't let this happen to you
Don't you let it happen to me
What would our friends and family say
If they could only see
If you let this happen to us
Don't think you'd be setting me free
Wasn't it you and I who made
Wasn't it you and I
Who made promises of eternity？
103.World Love
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
When the rhythm calls the government falls here come the cops
From Tokyo to Soweto viva la musica pop
We are black and white and we dance all night down at the hop
And the letters were tall on the Berlin Wall viva la musica pop
So if you're feeling low, stuck in some bardo
I even I know the solution
Love, music, wine and revolution
Love, love, love music, wine and revolution
This too shall pass so raise your glass to change and chance
And freedom is the only law shall we dance
This too shall pass so raise your glass to change and chance
And freedom is the only law shall we dance
So if you're feeling low, stuck in some bardo
I even I know the solution
Love, music, wine and revolution
Love, love, love music, wine and revolution
So if you're feeling low, stuck in some bardo
I even I know the solution
Love, music, wine and revolution
104.The Village in The Morning
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt, Robert Marshall Scott
Outside the rain is coming down
Inside it's warm and dry
You'll never find a cab uptown
So why not stay the night？
Why don't you call in sick tomorrow？
Let's sleep the day away
I've got pajamas you can borrow
Let's take a holiday
You can't leave the village in the the morning
You get tangled in the wheels of old Queen river
And you can't find the breath to whisper
Goodbye, whisper, goodbye
Why don't you stay until the weekend？
It should clear up by then
As your resolve begins to weaken
We'll become such good friends
And you could stay until the summer
And we can sleep through spring
And I can telephone my drummer
And have her get your things
You can't leave the village in the the morning
You get tangled in the wheels of old Queen river
And you can't find the breath to whisper
Goodbye, whisper, goodbye
Why don't you stay until we're old
And fall in love with life？
Why don't you stay until we're ghosts
We'll only seem to die
You can't leave the village in the the morning
You get tangled in the wheels of old Queen river
And you can't find the breath to whisper
Goodbye, whisper, goodbye
105.The Sun Goes Down And The World Goes Dancing
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
So the sun goes down and the world goes dancing
And the stars come out and they all go dancing
And there is nothing I'd like more
Than a twirl across this rickety old floor
Well, I don't know why but I just feel like dancing
I can't imagine why but I feel like dancing
And there is nothing in this world
That I'd like better than a twirl across your rickety old floor
Maybe it's you, you know your eyes are awful blue
Maybe it's more, maybe you're all I ever waited for
After all the endless nights
When I wished I could still cry
The sun goes down and the world goes dancing
And the stars come out and they all go dancing
And there is nothing I'd like more
Than a twirl across this rickety old floor
Well, I don't know why but I just feel like dancing
I can't imagine why but I feel like dancing
And there is nothing in this world
That I'd like better than a twirl across your rickety old floor
106.Time Enough For Rocking When We're Old
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
There'll be time enough for rocking when we're old
We can rock all day in rocking chairs of gold
But tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing, my love
There'll be time enough for rocking when we're old
There'll be time enough for talk in the nursing home
Darling, time enough to write an epic poem
But tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing
There'll be time enough for talking in the home, my love
There'll be time enough for sleeping when we're dead
You will have a velvet pillow for your head
But tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing
There'll be time enough for sleeping when we're dead, my love
There'll be time for sex and drugs in heaven
When our pheromones are turned up to 11
But tonight I think I'd rather just go dancing
There'll be time enough for sex and drugs in heaven, my love
And time enough for rocking when we're old
107.Strange Powers
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
On the ferris wheel
Looking out on Coney Island
Under more stars than
There are prostitutes in Thailand
Our hair in the air
Our lips blue from cotton candy
When we kiss it feels
Like a flying saucer landing
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
In Las Vegas where
The electric bills are staggering
The decor hog wild
And the entertainment saccharine
What a golden age
What a time of right and reason
The consumers king
And unhappiness is treason
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
The sun pours down like money
The moon runs down like mercury
The stars fall down like money
And you come down to me
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
And I can't sleep
'Cause you got strange powers
You're in my dreams
Strange powers
108.The Trouble I've Been Looking For
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Crows in the trees, Spanish hotels by the sea
We wave goodbye, airplanes draw swords in the sky
I'm so rich and you're so bored
Are you the trouble I've been looking for？
You go out and you slam the door
Are you the trouble I've been looking for？
My eyes still burn whether you leave or return
The flowers bloom when you walk into the room
I'm so rich and you're so bored
Are you the trouble I've been looking for？
You go out and you slam the door
Are you the trouble I've been looking for？
You stole it all and wrote my name on a wall
I've moved again, I've changed my name again
I'm so rich and you're so bored
Are you the trouble I've been looking for？
You go out and you slam the door
Are you the trouble I've been looking for？
109.Sad Little Moon
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
The saddest brown eyes I'll ever know
You gave up crying so long ago
But come outside and watch the snow
Softly falling
Sad little moon in the big black sky
All alone, hang your head and cry
Sad little moon in the timeless night
You may sleep but you will never die
You didn't need them, your Sunday friends
And so you watched them like grains of sand
Running one by one out of your hands
Softly falling
110.Sugar World
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Please forgive me for all the things I've done
Sugar, give me the love I need to carry on
Living, living without you, I'd just die
With you, with you I can hold my head up high
And tell the crowd that I'm so proud
It makes me want to cry
Sugar World, of you
Sugar World, what can I do？
Sugar World, you're so sweet
You're a Sugar World to me
Sugar save me, come on save me from myself
Enslave me, I never wanted anything else
Looking, looking into your candy eyes
Talking, talking about the day when
I can make a vow, but that's not now
It makes me want to cry
Sugar World, of you
Sugar World, what can I do？
Sugar World, you're so sweet
You're a Sugar World to me
Sugar World, of you
Sugar World, what can I do？
Sugar World, you're so sweet
You're a Sugar World to me
111.Torn Green Velvet Eyes
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You know the rain is gone
When the sky is full of dust
And the tears are gone
When your eyes are red as rust
And it just rains because it can
And you just cry until you can't
But I can feel my courage crumble
And my heart just turns to ice
When I see myself reflected
In your torn green velvet eyes
You know the night is gone
When the sunlight burns your eyes
And the cold is gone
When the room is full of flies
And it's all a waste of time
If you try to change your mind
And I can feel my courage crumble
And my heart just turns to ice
When I see myself reflected
In your torn green velvet eyes
But it's all a waste of time
If you try to change your mind
And I can feel my courage crumble
And my heart just turns to ice
When I see myself reflected
In your torn green velvet eyes
In your torn green velvet eyes
112.Take Ecstasy With Me
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You used to slide down the carpeted stairs
Or down the banister
You stuttered like a kaleidoscope
'Cause you knew too many words
You used to make ginger bread houses
We used to have taffy pulls
Take ecstasy with me, baby
Take ecstasy with me
You had a black snowmobile
We drove out under the northern lights
A vodka bottle gave you those raccoon eyes
We got beat up just for holding hands
Take ecstasy with me, baby
Take ecstasy with me
Take ecstasy with me, baby
Take ecstasy with me
113.The Flowers She Sent And The Flowers She Said She Sent
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I saw you standing at the airport
With your Chihuahua in your hand
Crying on the moving sidewalk
On your way to Disneyland
And the flowers she sent
And the flowers she said she sent
Are all equally dead
'You don't care anymore', she said
And the books she read
And the books that she said she read
Are all spread on the floor
You don't care about them anymore
I saw you closing your antique shop
With a boa 'round your throat
And you tremble like an ostrich
In your ostrich feather coat
And the flowers she sent
And the flowers she said she sent
Are all equally dead
'You don't care anymore', what she said
And the books she read
And the books that she said she read
Are all spread on the floor
114.Xylophone
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
To my dear, dear mother
I leave my only shoes
To my dear, dear mother
I leave my only shoes
By the time you read this
I will have died of the blues
Scream little choo-choo
Bang your xylophone track
Scream little choo-choo
Bang your xylophone track
You can wail all night long
But you can't bring her back
Bring her back
Can't bring her back
Bring her back
Can't bring her back
Bring her back
Can't bring her back
I've done so much crying
The flesh has left my bones
I've done so much crying
The flesh has left my bones
I can play my ribcage
Like a xylophone
115.Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Dance with me my old friend, once before we go
Let's pretend this song won't end
And we never have to go home
And we'll dance among the chandeliers
And nothing matters when we're dancing
In tat or tatters you're entrancing
Be we in Paris or in Lansing
Nothing matters when we're dancing
You've never been more beautiful
Your eyes like two full moons
As here in this poor old dance hall
Among the dreadful tunes
The awful songs we don't even hear
And nothing matters when we're dancing
In tat or tatters you're entrancing
Be we in Paris or in Lansing
Nothing matters when we're dancing
And nothing matters when we're dancing
In tat or tatters you're entrancing
Be we in Paris or in Lansing
Nothing matters when we're dancing
Nothing matters when we're dancing
116.Living In An Abandoned Firehouse With You
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You're in your own little world, an expensive birdcage
Like a plastic baby in a Faberge egg
I saw you today at the Cafe Blase
And thought of the nights when we had fire fights
Nameless seaside ghost town, that's where I go when I see the
moon
Living in an abandoned firehouse with you
You're in your own little head in a field of sunflowers
And there's blood in your mouth and there's rats all over town
Take me out to the beach and I'll tell you my secret name
Take me under the sea and we'll derail the trains
Let's run away into the caves
I still love you, I still love you baby
You're in your own little box with ribbons in your hair
and there's dust in your mouth and worms in the air
Hideous city of unknown words that's where I live when I go to
sleep
In an abandoned firehouse with you
Take me out to the beach and I'll tell you my secret name
Take me under the sea and we'll derail the trains
Let's run away into the caves
I still love you, I still love you baby
117.Suddenly There Is A Tidal Wave
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
You held me upside-down
Till I couldn't breathe anymore
Then you held me like a baby
Television, like wine and cigarettes
Like grains of sand and raspberry schnapps
Like a thousand sunsets
The boys talk like they own the world
The women keep their stupid diaries
But suddenly there's a tidal wave
And everything is sucked out to sea
There were probably birds
Outside our little room
I don't remember anything but you
We must have been the butt
Of all the jokes in the world
For trying to live like Pippi Longstocking
The boys talk like they own the world
The women keep their stupid diaries
But suddenly there's a tidal wave
And everything is sucked out to sea
The boys talk like they own the world
The women keep their stupid diaries
But suddenly there's a tidal wave
And everything is sucked out to sea
118.Lovers From The Moon
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
They say, everyone you touch, turns to gold
They say, we're too young, I think we're too old
Ugly as sin, pale, and thing
They've been wrong before
They say, you're a frog prince swollen with pride
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
Getting confused in Santa Cruz
Living in a dream
Touching across the room like lovers from the moon
Dancing all night to the tune of lovers from the moon
I'm not afraid to walk hand in hand
I think we were made to lie in the sand
Decadently by the sea, under the sun
Touching across the room like lovers from the moon
Dancing all night to the tune of lovers from the moon
119.Summer Lies
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
We used to dance like it was going out of style
When you loved me for a while
And I remember every word you ever said, every kiss
We used to sing all the oldest songs we knew
But the words were never true for you
Or was it all a game of solitaire played in the dark？
All the sweetest things you said
And I believed were summer lies
Hanging in the willow trees
Like the dead were summer lies
I'll never fall in love again
I whispered too but the things I said were true
And I gave up my whole world for you
I gave you all the best years of my life
And half the worst and now you're gone
I pine and wane, pale and wan, never knowing
When it's dawn, curtains drawn
Hiding in my room, wasting away, cutting myself
All the sweetest things you said
And I believed were summer lies
Hanging in the willow trees
Like the dead were summer lies
I'll never fall in love again
120.Kings
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
All day snow covered us
Night-time, it was always night
The people on the street were made of meat
Black girl, trucks ran us down, blue boy
The people on the sidewalk were traced in chalk
Whale embryos filled your enormous room
Screech-owl kachinas built your spiritual room
We were kings, kings, we were kings, kings
121.Tar-Heel Boy
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Tar-heel boy sings a song
'Bout a girl who ain't comin' home
By n by, by n by
She worked too long in the mill
She's gone to those rolling hills in the sky
We're barely off mama's milk
And we're locked in here weavin' silk
We can't buy, we can't buy
While you been off in Oregon
I been drinkin' here all alone
All night long, all day long
They shot a nine-year-old boy
For a hundred dollars
122.Tokyo A-Go-Go
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I was only doing my job for the company
With a gun in my pocket and no identity
I fell in love with you but we're not free
Tokyo a-go-go, Tokyo a-go-go
The dancing spies with evil eyes that walk the night
Tokyo a-go-go, Tokyo a-go-go
In colored scenes the dancing queens with lazer beams
You were just another boy only seventeen
Well designed for giving pleasure just a love machine
Now we've got to run away, we're turning green
Tokyo a-go-go, Tokyo a-o-go
The dancing spies with evil eyes that walk the night
Tokyo a-go-go, Tokyo a-go-go
In colored scenes the dancing queens with lazer beams
123.Josephine
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
If I were Napoleon, you could be my Josephine
We could go to drive-in films in my red convertible
If I were Napoleon, I might be in magazines
I'd write some science fiction, science fiction about you
You could be my Josephine, just you and your chaperone
Let you be my Josephine, Josephine
If I were Napoleon, you could be my lady love
Look into my soft blue eyes
Run your fingers through my hair
If I were Napoleon, you could be my turtle dove
Living out in Corsica in our summer cottages
And you could be my Josephine and we could be Siamese twins
Let you be my Josephine, Josephine
124.Strange Eyes
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Strange eyes, blue clocks without hands
Two lives lived in distant lands
Little blue mysteries
What did they see in me
Strange eyes, early Picassos
Call me even when you don't
If only from pictures
It having been three years
The follow me in all my dreams
Oh, God I'm still in love with You
Strange eyes, to little star charts
Plunge knives into my poor heart
As lovely as a tree
They endlessly recede
Strange eyes, two little whirlpools
Made by God to destroy fools
Two pearls of infinite cost
Two paradises lost
They swallow me in all my dreams
Oh, God I'm still in love with You
125.My Only Friend
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Billie, you're a miracle and God knows, I need one
Sing me something terrible that even dawn may come
You and me, we don't believe in happy endings
Hey, Lady Day, can you save my life this time？
Can you cry so beautifully, you make my troubles rhyme？
Hey, Lady Day, can you save my life again？
My only love has gone away
Will you be my only friend？
Billie, you're a genius, enough to be a fool
A fool to gamble everything and never know the rules
Some of us can only live in songs of love and trouble
Some of us can only live in bubbles
126.The Desperate Things You Made Me Do
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Time provides the rope but love will tie the slipknot
And I will be the chair you kick away
You don't even like anything you like or the people you know
And all of your reasons to stay alive died
I dedicate this song to you
For all the desperate things you made me do
I'd like to beat you black and blue
For all the agony you have put me through
Front seat stained with love, a back seat full of bibles
Purloined from the drawers of lost motels
They say when you're older you'll understand, you know it's a
lie
'Cause you've got a twisted and mangled heart
I dedicate this song to you
For all the desperate things you made me do
I'd like to beat you black and blue
For all the agony you have put me through
Down route 66, you pilfered love and green stamps
W.C. Fields with Mae West in your eyes
They say every clock's a blunt instrument, crushing the skull
But you've got a vise to rest your head in
I dedicate this song to you
For all the desperate things you made me do
I'd like to beat you black and blue
For all the agony you have put me through
127.Xylophone Track
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
To my dear, dear mother
I leave my only shoes
To my dear, dear mother
I leave my only shoes
By the time you read this
I will have died of the blues
Scream little choo-choo
Bang your xylophone track
Scream little choo-choo
Bang your xylophone track
You can wail all night long
But you can't bring her back
I've done so much crying
The flesh has left my bones
I've done so much crying
The flesh has left my bones
I can play my ribcage
Like a xylophone
128.Punk Love
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Punk rock love
Punk love, punk love
Punk rock love
Punk love, punk love
Punk rock love
Punk love, punk love
...
129.No One Will Ever Love You
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
If you don't mind
Why don't you mind
Where is your sense of indignation
You are too kind, much too kind
Where is the madness
That you promised me？
Where is the dream for
Which I paid dearly？
When things go wrong, I sing along
It is the nature of the business
But you're not here
To make my sad songs more sincere
No one will ever love you honestly
No one will ever love you for your honesty
No one will ever love you honestly
No one will ever love you for your honesty
130.Love Is Like Jazz
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Love is, love is like jazz
You make it up as you go along
And you act as if you really know the song
But you don't and you never will
So you flaunt your mistakes and you make them until
They were, you
Love is like jazz
Same song a million times
Same song a million times in different ways, in different ways
'Strange Fruit' with and without wind chimes
It's divine, it's asinine, it's depressing
And it's almost entirely window dressing
But it'll do
131.You're My Only Home
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I will stay if you let me stay
And I'll go if you let go
But I won't go far away
Because you're my only home
And I will hide what you want hidden
And I'll roam if you say roam
But I'd just as soon you didn't
Because you're my only home
When you cancel dinner plans
When you cross the street and you don't take my hand
When you make impossible demands
I wish I didn't understand
I will stay if you let me stay
And I'll go if you let go
But I won't go far away
Because you're my only home
And I will hide what you want hidden
And I'll roam if you say roam
But I'd just as soon you didn't
Because you're my only home
132.The Dreaming Moon
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
With an ivory pipe and a cummerbund
In the dead of night on the autobahn
With the long ago on the radio
And the dreaming moon
We were young and in love
In a burning town but the fire went out
I'm alone again now and I finally know
How cool to be cold with the dreaming moon
I'll begin again with another new name
And a whole new life, full of fortune and fame
But in the 100th year, I'll be right back here
With the dreaming moon
133.Save a Secret for the Moon
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I know all the names of your tears
And numbers of these lonely years
I know all the someones some days
Don't believe them anyway
When you love someone
You can't always tell the sun
It will be twilight soon
Save a secret moon
In a darkened room
Write it on a black balloon
Then watch it fade from view
Save a secret for the moon
I can show you sadder poetry
Than you ever dreamed there could be
I know all the saddest people
Most of them are dead now
When you love someone
You can't always tell the sun
It will be twilight soon
Save a secret moon
In a darkened room
Write it on a black balloon
Then watch it fade from view
Save a secret for the moon
134.When the Open Road Is Closing In
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Time, measured in dotted yellow lines has passed you by
And I never said, an honest thing to you in all my life
Hard times go slowly and the good times never come
The world is a motor inn in the Iowa highway slum
When the open road is closing in
And you can't say where it ends and you begin
When every truck stop dive's you another five years off your
life
When the open road is closing in
And the dotted yellow lines begin to spin
When the sky begins to fall on everything you like at all
You won't be coming home again
Ciao, you keep on drowning in the roads between the towns
Now I have been closing all the shutters in the house
Well, I know, you'll be back when every tree is turning brown
You'll find, the house is empty and the swing set's fallen down
135.Very Funny
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Everybody knows but me
When you go where you shouldn't be
Everybody knows but me
Where you go when you're feeling free
Everybody knows but me
So you go there for a laugh
You just go to take photographs
To believe that, I'd be daft
But yes I think you go for a laugh and you say
I love you honey, very funny
136.Two Kinds Of People
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
There are two kinds of people
A, my love and I
B, other
Two kinds of people
1, the gray and
2, me and my lover
All people fall into two camps
That ever twain shall be
Those lost in darkness without lamps
And then, my love and me
All people fall into two camps
That ever twain shall be
Those lost in darkness without lamps
And then, my love and me
137.Love In The Shadows
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
The woman with no nose
I know where she goes
The old guy with the gold eye
We go back, he and I
Don't smile, we don't do that here baby
Love in the shadows
Was never hard to find
Sometimes the moon glow
Plays tricks on your mind
Love in the shadows is the only kind
The whispers you hear
Are not sweet nothings
Let's have one more beer
And I'll tell you something
Don't laugh, I think you're beautiful
Love in the shadows
Was never hard to find
Sometimes the moon glow
Plays tricks on your mind
Love in the shadows is the only kind
138.Smoke and Mirrors
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Someone else's world goes by
As my train runs through this night
Someone else's rain comes down
But no rain can touch me now
Smoke and mirrors
Special effects
A little fear, a little sex
That's all love is behind the tears
Smoke and mirrors
We were foolish, you and I
But there's no reason to cry
We put on a lovely show
But that's all, I had to go
Smoke and mirrors
Special effects
A little fear, a little sex
That's all love is behind the tears
Smoke and mirrors
We were foolish, you and I
But there's no reason to cry
We put on a lovely show
But that's all, I had to go
I don't know the stations names
I'll spend my life on this train
Fumée et miroirs
Effets speciaux
Un peu de peur
Un peu de sexe
Sous les lârmes
L'amour n'est que sa
De la fumée et des miroirs
139.Zebra
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
So we got married in Venice in June, so what？
We circled the earth in a hot air balloon, so what？
And the rest of our lives
Is one long honeymoon
Well, that doesn't mean we're in love
If you really loved me
You'd buy me a beautiful pearl
But you've already bought me
All of the pearls in the world
So there's one thing I crave
When my days become ho-hum and blah
I want a zebra
We've got so many tchotchkes
We've practically emptied the Louvre
In most of our palaces
There's hardly room to manoeuvre
Well I shan't go to Bali today
I must stay home and hoovre
Up the gold dust
That doesn't mean we're in love
If you really loved me
You'd buy me the Great Pyramid
Oh, I'm so forgetful, you already did
But there's one think I need
If you won't think I'm greedy, my dear
Another zebra
Zelda looks lonely, I want a zebra
140.When You're Old And Lonely
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
When you're old and lonely
You will wish you'd married me
I could build a fire for you
And bring you cakes and tea
When you're cold and hungry
I'll be waiting by the phone
You can call me up and
Tell me how you're all alone, all alone
When you're old and lonely
And the rush of life is past
Days go by too slowly and
The years go by too fast
When your golden loneliness
Is heavier than stone
You can call me up and say
'My God, I'm all alone, all alone'
141.Lonely Highway
Lyricist：Stephin Ray Merritt
I'm never going back to Jackson
I couldn't bear to show my face
I nearly killed you with my drinking
Wouldn't be caught dead in that place
Lonely highway, only friend
You've got me to keep you warm again
Lonely highway, don't you cry
Let me hold you in my arms tonight
And as I hurdled down the highway
Passed the factories and the graves
I think of all the years I've wasted
I think of all the years I've saved
Lonely highway, only friend
You've got me to keep you warm again
Lonely highway, don't you cry
Let me hold you in my arms tonight
142.It's a Crime
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
It's a crime to fall in love
Heart and mind, and soul in love
It's a crime to fall in love, so hard, so hard
I shouldn't have bothered, 'cause you're just like all the
others
Now I know, and I won't do that again
I should've guessed that you'd be just like all the rest
Now I know not to go through that again
I'm still crying all night and all day
But if I show it, someone lock me away
Because it's a crime to fall in love
Heart and mind, and soul in love
It's a crime to fall in love, so hard, so hard
My mother said gently, you can buy her a Bentley
But my son, she'll only drive it away
I didn't listen, 'cause my brain was missing
And I only found it today
I was a man but now I'm only a child
And if it kills me I am going to smile
'Cause it's a crime to fall in love
Heart and mind, and soul in love
It's a crime to fall in love, so hard, so hard
You won't be hearing from me anymore
'Cause I can't see through my tears anymore
If it takes years to be any more than a jellyfish
I will not tell you this
Because it's a crime to fall in love
Heart and mind, and soul in love
It's a crime to fall in love, so hard, so hard
So hard, so hard, so hard, so hard, so hard, so hard
143.It's Only Time
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
Why would I stop loving you
A hundred years from now？
It's only time
It's only time
What could stop this beating heart
Once it's made a vow？
It's only time
It's only time
If rain won't change your mind
Let it fall
The rain won't change my heart
At all
Lock this chain around my hand
Throw away the key
It's only time
It's only time
Years falling like grains of sand
Mean nothing to me
It's only time
It's only time
If snow won't change your mind
Let it fall
The snow won't change my heart
Not at all
(I'll walk your lands)
I'll walk your lands
(And swim your sea)
And swim your sea
Marry me
Marry me
(Then in your hands)
Then in your hands
(I will be free)
I will be free
Marry me
Marry me
Why would I stop loving you
A hundred years from now？
144.Young And Insane
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
In this town there is nothing at all
But a brown school and a dead shopping mall
The record store is execrable
We sit around blowing bubbles
'Cause we're young and insane
And we're running away for the summer
We're deprived and depraved
And we won't get away with it
Young and insane
When you're free in an antique car
For a week you will know who you are
In uninhabitable we go out to jump in puddles
'Cause we're young and insane
And we're running away for the summer
We're deprived and depraved
And we won't get away with it
Young and insane
145.Too Drunk To Dream
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Sober, life is a prison
Shit faced, it is a blessing
Sober, nobody wants you
Shit faced, they're all undressing
Oh, sober, it's ever darker
Shit faced, the moon is nearer
Sober, you're old and ugly
Shit faced, who needs a mirror？
Oh, sober, you're a cromagnon
Shit faced, you're very clever
Sober, you never should be
Shit faced, now and forever
I gotta get too drunk to dream
'Cause dreaming only makes me blue
I gotta get too drunk to dream
Because I only dream of you
I gotta get too pissed to miss you
Or I'll never get to sleep
I gotta drink wine not to pine for you
And God knows that ain't cheap
I know you think I'm insane
I know it's not appealing
But till I'm feeling no pain
Guess what I'll be feeling？
I gotta get too drunk to dream
'Cause dreaming only makes me blue
I gotta get too drunk to dream
Because I only dream of you
I gotta get too fried to cry
Or I'll be crying all night long
I gotta get too high to sigh
Oh, my God, where did I go wrong？
So why do I get plastered？
And why am I so lonely？
It's you, you heartless bastard
You're my one and only
I gotta get too drunk to dream
'Cause dreaming only makes me blue
I gotta get too drunk to dream
Because I only dream of you
I gotta get too pissed to miss you
Or I'll never get to sleep
I gotta drink wine not to pine for you
And God knows that ain't cheap
And God knows that ain't cheap
146.Three-Way
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Three-way
Three-way
Three-way
147.Old Fools
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Old fools, dancing
Old fools who believe
That they can dance and sing
And fall in love
After all, love
Old wines, old shoes
Old lines who would've thought
They would ever reuse
Like I, love you
Surprise I, love you
Flowers, long drive
Old fools, new lives
Old fools, dancing
Old rules take the
Backseat to new romancing
Long drives, flowers
Old fools, new lives
148.Mr. Mistletoe
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I walk alone around the town
I used to walk with you
I watch the lonely snow come down
Down Seventh Avenue
Now dreadful decorations deck the air
And mistletoe is hanging everywhere
But you no longer care
Oh, Mr. Mistletoe, hanging above
Please go away, I've got no one to love
Oh Mr. Mistletoe, wither and die
You useless weed for no one have I
Oh, Mr. Mistletoe, how very rude
Couldn't you tell I'm not in the mood？
Oh, Mr. Mistletoe, go find your tree
Didn't you know there's no Christmas for me？
Oh, Mr. Mistletoe, go find your tree
Didn't you know there's no Christmas for me？
149.Till The Bitter End
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Through sleet and snow and storm and hail
Through every degradation and betrayal
Past rhyme and reason and beyond the pale
Darling, I will love you till the bitter end
And all the bitter moments till then
Through time and tomb and Tim and Tom
Through pro and con and quid pro quo and qualm
Through tidal wave and asteroid and bomb
Darling, I will love you till the bitter end
And all the bitter moments till then
And when your charms begin to fade
And when you feel old and afraid
I'll scratch beneath your shoulder blade and whisper
My love is deeper than I show
Remember what I said through sleet and snow
So even though I know you have to go
Darling, I will love you till the bitter end
And all the bitter moments till then
150.The Nun's Litany
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
I want to be a Playboy's bunny
I'd do whatever they asked me to
I'd meet people with lots of money
And they would love me like I loved you
I want to be a topless waitress
I want my mother to shed one tear
I'd throw away this old sedate dress
Slip into something a tad more sheer
I want to be an artist's model
An Odalisque Au Naturel
I should be good at spin the bottle
While I've still got something left to sell
I want to be a cobra dancer
With little Willie between my thighs
I may not find a cure for cancer
But I'll meet plenty of single guys
I want to be a brothel worker
I've always been treated like one
If I could be a back-street lurker
I'd make more money and have more fun
I want to be a dominatrix
Which isn't like me, but I can dream
Learn S＆M and all those gay tricks
And men will pay me to make them scream
I want to be a porno starlet
For that I'll wait 'til Mama's dead
I'll see my name in lights of scarlet
And get to spend every day in bed
I want to be a tattooed lady
Dedicated as I am to art
Character's bold, complex and shady
Will write my memoirs across my heart
151.Zombie Boy
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Two roosters I slew and with all of my might
I prayed hard for you in Haiti at night
Your skin has turned blue and your hair has turned white
Must be the voodoo of this Haitian moonlight
We can't take day trips but oh, those moonlight strolls
Dressed up in silk slips, high heels and mink stoles
You swivel your hips as I work the controls
No blood ever drips when I widen your holes
Zombie boy, Zombie boy
Zombie boy, Zombie boy
You seem to have died of some form of the pox
They left you inside, your tiny black box
I heard when you cried and I answered your knocks
Let's make you a bride with another two cocks
You look pretty good for so long in the ground
You smell like a sewer but you don't make a sound
I feed you ordure to keep Poopsie spellbound
I like to be sure you'll be sticking around
Zombie boy, Zombie boy
Zombie boy, Zombie boy
Zombie boy, Zombie boy
Zombie boy, Zombie boy
152.Wi' Nae Wee Bairn Ye'll Me Beget
Lyricist：Stephin Raymond Merritt
Wi' nae wee bairn ye'll me beget
Untwinkle, little ee, my ainly pang'll be regret
A maiden I will dee but I'll turn into a nightingale
My song will warm thy heart
Well, I'll turn into a threshing machine and tear thy bird apart
But I'll turn into a vampire and kiss you on the neck
Well, I'll turn into a silver cross and send thee back to heck
But I'll turn into a hydrogen bomb and atomize the air
Well, I'll turn into a cockroach and you'll see if I care
But I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything
Well, I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into
string
But I'll turn into God Himself and then you'll come to me
Well, I will not believe in you and then where will you be？
153.Stray With Me
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
When I wake in the morning
With sleep in my eyes
Stray with me
When I come home in the morning
And I'm too drunk for lies
Stray with me
When morning comes and I'm on tour
And no one knows where I am for sure
And you know I get lonely
Stray with me
When I'm boring and ugly
And I love you too much
Stray with me
When I can't stand your distance
And I can't stand your touch
Stray with me
Through wedding cakes and kids and wakes
Through what and whom and how long it takes
If only in my memory
Stray with me
154.Plant White Roses
Lyricist：Stephin Merritt
When I poured my heart out, blood flowed
I planted you, watered you with tears
And watched you grow away from me
So much for my green thumb
I've overstayed my welcome
Plant white roses and plan to cry
If I can't spend my life with you
Plant white roses, I wanna die
If I can't spend my life with you
When you're gone, I stumble and fall
I'm told you don't wanna stay around
Those trains call, you're all I need
But you need more than country songs
You need to be getting along
Plant white roses, I wanna die
If I can't spend my life with you
Plant white roses and plan to cry
If I can't spend my life with you
You'll have to stay
You'll have to stay and watch them grow
You'll have to stay
You'll have to stay and watch them grow
You'll have to stay
You'll have to stay and watch them grow
Plant white roses and plan to cry
If I can't spend my life with you
Plant white roses, I wanna die
If I can't spend my life with you
My life with you, my life with you
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