I might go down for good
For this town is getting bigger and my blood’s not growing thicker
But I won’t work for nothing for somewhere they’re only grinning
In this god forsaken place, he knows what’s left to embrace
And if you had to go back to where it started, would you do it?
Would you keep the things you’ve got or the things you need
I’m heading for a fall
Now my misdeeds have been forgotten at the age of 27
The other day I cursed a bit more all the ones I settled down for
When she called, she said “Now I want a sonogram in 3D”
And tonight I didn’t eat to buy myself a thirty-inch screen
So that we can see our baby on DVD
If you think that they’ll all be on your side, no they won’t help her and I know why
Now the Senate decided I was white, and all the colors that are allowed
I don’t think they were ready this time around, oh but then she was 79
Since you say that we all should wait for you, then you should know we’ve got worries too
Do you have in your mind the way he died and all the remedies we have tried
I’ll be on my way out I know I know, I’ll be on my way out I know
And this bare chested guy
On the walls of the underground is not a man, he’s a spoilt child
Holding this book is what he found to despise you and show his pride
Now there’s no way you can rebel, now your car’s a living hell
And you can run, you can hide, but you cannot look in from outside
No you are mocked don’t even think ’cause the door is locked
If you think that they’ll all be on your side, no they won’t help her and I know why
Now the Senate decided I was white, and all the colors that back them down
I don’t think they were ready this time around, oh but then she was safe and sound
Since you say that we all should wait for you, then you should know we’ve got worries too
Do you have in your mind the way he died and all the remedies we have tried
I’ll be on my way out I know I know, I’ll be on my way out I know
(Now) don’t say you didn’t know it
The place is deep and you cannot go out. Beyond the shadow of a doubt
You’ve been fooled your mind’s been stolen you have to get it back in Poland
So if you need a tour operator what I want’s a fortune teller
If you lack some resources take advice from the moneylenders
But I fear you won’t find too many believers
There’s a theory that says when a bottle of perfume is getting empty
It starts smelling like the corresponding scent of the opposite sex
So all the efforts made to forget or move on are totally ruined
(‘Cause) it reminds you of her or him and there’s another theory that says hi
I would really like to know the truth
But she was killed when she was young
And I’m so weary when I’ve got no proof
I hate when the dream’s too long
Every man has a databank with dimensions stored in great detail
Of every female human he’s met, but we still don’t know what that’s for
Some girls happen to burn their dinners out of joy
For they think too much of a boy and forget the frying pan
Once I bought a coat and then home, I found a phone number in my pocket
So I thought the saleswoman wanted to go on a date with me
But it was only someone who had reserved it and left a note in it
Still I was grinning a bit since I got the last one of this kind
In five years you’ll tell me what happened and in ten you’ll tell me why
You are all that I despise and I wish that you were dead
If you look at the paintings on the wall
Something is wrong, something is wrong
Some of the girls waiting in the hall
Should be hung or kept still
‘Cause it’s important to see nice things
It soothes your eye, as soon as you find one, it soothes your mind
Yes it’s important to look for beauty
Find something pretty and here is a charming being I’ve found
That’s why I’d be glad to see you ’round
Now I always go to the museum
No matter the painter, whatever the time
Do you prefer ancient or modern (art),
You’d better be honest (now), you’d better be mine
Even if one of these pictures went out of its frame
I would love you my living creature all the same
You don’t disappear in the rain
You know I used to live with you before I was alone
The situation’s new I can never get you on the phone
But you’re not anybody you’re not confused by Cohen
You’re not confused by Cohen
You don’t know how much I hated this boat I know it wasn’t its fault
If I could I would have fought I wanted it to explode
Before you got on board ’cause I was stranded in the harbour
In the harbour
Thank you anyway for all the things you did
For treating me so well when I was a kid
I cannot focus on the good times in the past
I can only observe that they will not last
I didn’t sleep so well, my room was hot as hell
So I opened the window and came out of the shadow
A tiny butterfly, the type that comes out at night
That comes out at night
It was attracted by the light, but soon it was burnt and blind
It started to fly around taking me by surprise
And as we speak now it’s still agonizing on the ground
Still agonizing on the ground
She was my bulb I was her butterfly
She was my flower as I was flying around
I put my body way too close
When you go away that’s when it hurts the most
Now I can’t see either of you I couldn’t stand the view
You’re my worst enemy and my faithful horse and me
We’ll come to attack you on a cold and misty night
Prepare to feel fright
It’s crazy how when you lie on your bed you also lie to yourself
Until the moment you rise ’til you open your eyes
The world keeps going round so forget about your lies
Forget your lies
If you knew all my sacred songs
I’d give you my secrets soon
If you ask me where she belongs
I’d say try in the afternoon
‘Cause in the morning her mind always changes
And in the night her body swims in the Ganges
Be with me my insolent child
Or excellent comforter
If one day you grow wild
We’ll be able to go further
Why should I never be free and always have to repeat
The tricks I’ve learned when I was in my painful retreat
Down in the rich neighbourhood
The robots took my soul
They said the contract was so good
They made me sign it all
In the old days of our new life,
You will be warm, you will be fine
With the same wrinkles on your hands
Making faces to your friends
Sometimes the wind will give you a chill
That’s because you don’t wear your scarf
When you wander on the hill
And run like a dwarf
Forgive me when I think of you
My right eye cries and my left one too
There’s a small sun that shines in my mind
There’s a big girl I cannot find
Someone in South America
Has lit nineteen candles for you
And you will hear them flicker
When we are through
Sleeping beneath this cherry tree
You dreamed it cherished you and me
And as we held each other’s hand
Some of our fingers were not tanned
You said “let’s make all these fruits mine”
For me it’s only a matter of time
I’ll wait for them to fall down
On this hard ground
When she speaks of him her eyes don’t lie
You can say the girl’s in love
She just looks above
It makes you sigh
Tell him to stay by her side
Sometimes I think that she’s looking at me
But it’s only in a dream
She just looks at him
And that’s for the best
‘Cause I don’t have much rest
Then she tells me that she likes the way I’m dressed
And my face turns to red
I just got out of bed
She went down from her nest
Or was it just a test?
When the lights go down she seems so old
You can think of her at eighty-two
She drinks tea too
But he remains bold
Until the tea gets cold
I know her, she’s short haired, her breasts are small she looks like a boy
Though she’s not there, I see her everywhere
I know her, she’s made up, sometimes so much her eyes can’t see
Or don’t wanna see the loneliness in me
Now that I succeeded in recognizing you
Only by the sound of your steps
Maybe there’s no need for me to see you again
Your image forms itself so well
I know her but she does not really know me she just hangs around
If I were a flower, she would be my bee
Some mornings I find it hard to just open my eyes to put my lenses on
And some nights to hear songs
Did you know that for a week and all along the way
I could follow you on holiday?
My heart is a compass that always points to you
No matter where you are or what you do
‘Cause she tires me, she makes me understand she could dance all night
And so could I, but never at the same time
I don’t know how she is going to end up surely like the rest
In spite of the size of her chest
Don’t trust me I’m not the one you think
I ask questions but I don’t listen to the answers
Don’t be afraid of the dark we just kissed in the park
I never recovered from the day I drowned in you
The wind has driven me insane
Let’s stay inside again
All of the demons went out of the box
Beware when you change the locks
The Polish plumber came he raped your wife and killed your kids
He found your lover in the sink and gave her orchids
He asked your colleagues whether you were such a good worker
They said they didn’t like your way so they would find another
And rain will fall for two weeks
All over the land
Very few will understand
Many will call you freaks
He sends pictures of him to his parents thinking they’ll be proud
He dresses in a way to always be seen inside a crowd
Oh, what a wasted day spent with the dullest guys on Earth
They had never renewed their wardrobes since their birth
He likes his girlfriends to be pretty
He feels equal to them
He likes his boyfriends to be ugly
He feels superior to them
He likes his girlfriends to be ugly
He feels superior to them
He likes his boyfriends to be pretty
He feels equal to them
