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Sketchead is coming to your party Hes walking up your drive and hes swinging all his keys around Sketchead, hes seen you with your top off He already knows your boyfriend, retain your introductions Sketchead, that cumbersome protagonist The pips in your quince, the eye behind the spy hole The itch you cant itch in your...
Under constant correction, a fraud, a fraud Someones perception, trying not to bore Im a cold-hearted kidder, applaud, applaud If youre the highest bidder, Im yours You think we have pathetic sets And were not sure of the etiquette Although we know theyre pathetic sets And were not sure of the etiquette And if you foun...
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven! Well, I wrote my number down I never wrote it down before Were gonna bring it over like something from a film But I didnt have the bottle at all Well, I were looking and you kept staring Your thoughts pairing up with mine And when youre so pretty and Im so shy You properly did g...
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory You were practicing a magic trick And my thoughts got rude As you talked and chewed On the last of your pick and mix Said Youre mistaken if your thinking that I havent been called cold before As you bit into your strawberry lace And then offered me your attention in the form of a...
He looks as if he hasnt slept His hair is purposely unkept In many doorways, people wept When you crafted your plan Shadows underneath the eyes And everywhere the bastard lies My lack of proof is your disguise You wont remember me Theres nothing really I can say But Sorry, mate and walk away I could be wrong on this, y...
She was marrying a matador and he was with the weather girl A very clever girl who stood out amongst several ones A terrible dilemma and forever hell regret the day He didnt make the rescue from the bullring Sulking wont get you nowhere, son Theres blood on your chin where youve bitten your tongue Smitten, but might no...
Betwixt and between, the fantastic dream and the fear Do you wonder where she is this afternoon? And does it get on your nerves, make you slightly perturbed That theres things that you dont know about her? And even the places that shes never been with you Seem awful empty without her You cant look into those eyes Down ...
That rock nroll, eh? That rocknroll, it just wont go away. It might hibernate from time to time, and sink back into the swamp. I think the cyclical nature of the universe in which it exists demands it adheres to some of its rules. But its always waiting there, just around the corner. Ready to make its way back through ...
Swinging room to room Planting something new Ive ridden the riddle, Ill do it again Back to the Wirral where it all began Wirral riddler Send a letter to me, baby Im on the edge of my seat Send a letter to me, baby Little illusion machine Riding through the gloom Something beautiful Hes ridden the riddle, hell do it ag...
Ooooo Oh spending all your money On trendy haircuts that you read were cool And youre probably alright But under these lights you look beautiful And I’m strugglin I cant see through your fake tan Yeah, you know it for a fact That everybody’s eating out of your hands But what do you know? Oh you know nothing Yeah, but I...
I want to see something that used to be in your eyes again Im waiting to see it You know its only a question of when And I know how much Im missing heaven You know that its missing And only you know Where you have been to Only you know What you have been through Theres better things Youre gonna get into And I wanna be ...
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When you left the house this evening You said youd be back in a little while But Ive been waiting for such a long time And this waiting is driving me wild And while I wait, I think about you Do you need me and Im not there? Are you planning to be without me? Do you have a new affair? Youre a bad, bad woman Youre a bad,...
Up from the pastures of boredom Out from the sea of discontent They come in packs like hungry hounds Up seekers of the dark enchantment They haunt the boulevards and bars They pray to wishing wells and stars They ride the hurricane of hope Not looking back, but on they go Toward the distance and deceiving And all the w...
3 more albums to go after this one! Here we go with #4: Nights out on the town and the comings and goings of love. This album is about that and only that. I mean...what else does a 20-something single male rock star have going on? Make no mistake about it, Alex Turner is a global rock star, with a rabid fan base on bot...
Just put your dukes up, John Yeah, put your dukes up, John You were preened and sanitised Struck dumb by good advice Your integrity was bruised Your celebrity a ruse They pulled the rug from under Made way for new pretenders Put your dukes up, John Put your dukes up, John Put your dukes up, John Put your dukes up, John...
Sank into their calculations and snorted on a stench Of their arithmetic Look for the boy who was hanging his head low More trophies and ideas to follow their pretend With a scowl in his pocket and a smile on his face He followed with obedience and fell in the nettles Afterwards those spiky whispers said he brought his...
I got my eyes on you, youre everything that I see I want your hot love and emotion endlessly I cant get over you, you left your mark on me I want your hot love and emotion endlessly Because youre a good girl and you know it You act so different around me Because youre a good girl and you know it I know exactly who you ...
My baby wants to drive the train But dont you let her, well, dont you let her touch the tracks I said, my baby wants to drive the train Well, all aboard, yeah, and dont forget to mind the gap Dont you let her, dont you know Shes sick and tired of Being in the background, the passenger Let her drive the train, oh Choo-c...
We got thrown in a riot van And the coppers kicked him in And there was no way he could win Just had to take it on the chin Smoked a bong a last night And stole somebodys telephone He thinks its all alright But theyve left him on his own, on his own But baby stop calling Over and over, yeah And give me some funny cigar...
Wont somebody let me out? Dont want to stick around no more Im sick of lookin at you strange Im sick of stickin to the floor Not one of you has got an ounce of style in ya Said, not one of you, no Well, fuck it all and break your nose If they keep on pushin you around If they keep on steppin on your toes And pick you u...
Meet you downstairs in the bar and heard Your rolled up sleeves and your skull t-shirt You say why did you do it with him today? And sniff me out like I was tanqueray Cause youre my fella, my guy Hand me your stella and fly By the time Im out the door You tear me down like Roger Moore I cheated myself Like I knew I wou...
Im a salt and milk Ive got no salt I cant salt at night The worlds growing milk I lost my milk to the milking stones I lost my salt to the salting stones
I said I wanted it long but she cut it short And now Im catching a cold I told you not but no crack in the doobie But it was already rolled Oh, I turned down my lights And my curtains werent closed I turned down my lights And my curtains werent closed Oh well, I turned down my lights And my curtains werent closed last ...
Diamonds are forever They are all I need to please me They can stimulate and tease me They wont leave in the night Ive no fear that they might desert me Diamonds are forever Hold one up and then caress it Touch it, stroke it and undress it I can see every part Nothing hides in the heart to hurt me I dont need love For ...
So whos that girl there? I wonder what went wrong so that she had to roam the streets She dont do major credit cards, I doubt she does receipts Its all not quite legitimate And what a scummy man Just give him half a chance, I bet hell rob you if he can I can see it in his eyes, yeah that hes got a driving ban Amongst s...
Watch me, watch me go Well Im struttin up ever so slow And now sting me, get in the groove Cause theyre bangin on the door Yes theyre hard and theyll make a move Were wakin up those sleepers You know were so mischievous Just what youll do to keep us entertained Were wakin up those sleepers You know were so mischievous ...
Space invaders flying home And theyre going to hit the sack And theyre probably going to die getting high Cause theyre mixing crazy moments with the crack And shes kissing all the boys Shes to clever to be slack But shes bound to go away for a day And shell like it, so she wont be coming back Baby, baby, baby Your good...
Shes been thinking, well fuck it all, were not going home today And shes been eating too much magic beans to walk home anyway And you cant fool me, come down to the dirty ground Put up your picture and the playful word will get around Yeah, word will get around, yeah Yeah, word will get around Everyones feeling alright...
Come and take a leaf out of my book Im a crack dealing crook Selling lots of rock and roll to the masses And I know if you wanna take a trip to the city We can go We can go Lets go, lets go, lets go, come on Come on, come on, come on, come on Lets go, lets go, lets go, come on Give me your switch card Ill book some f...
Theres always somebody taller With more of a wit And hes equipped to enthrall her And her friends think hes fit And you just cant measure up no You dont have a prayer Wishing you had made the most of her When she was there Theyve got engaged No intention of a wedding Hes pinched your bird And hed probably kick your hea...
Come in here dear boy have a cigar Youre gonna go far Youre never gonna die But if you try, I wont stop you Get a face tat and take some Xanax Well buy you a new liver By the way which one is FIDLAR Well dont you know the name of the game Its called the streaming train Well dont you know the name of the game Its called...
Set List, September 26th, 2013 Do I Wanna Know? Brianstorm Dancing Shoes Dont Sit Down Cause Ive Moved Your Chair Teddy Picker Crying Lightning Snap Out of It Evil Twin Old Yellow Bricks Whyd You Only Call Me When Youre High? Arabella Pretty Visitors I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor Cornerstone No. 1 Party Anthem ...
The mirrors image tells me its home time But Im not finished, cause youre not by my side And as I arrived I thought I saw you leavin Carryin your boots Decided that once again I was just dreamin Of bumpin into you Now, its three in the mornin And Im tryna change your mind Left you multiple missed calls And to my messag...
Strange, how you stopped loving me How you stopped needing me When he came along Oh, how strange Strange, you changed like night and day Just up and walked away When he came along Oh, how strange Well, I guess that I was just your puppet You held on a string To think I thought you really loved me But look what thoughts...
Ladies, youre damn right, you cant read a mans mind Were living in two tribes and heading for war Well, nobodys perfect, weve all gotta work it But fellas, were worth it so dont break the law Your calls late, big mistake You gotta hang about in limbo for as long as I take Next time, read my mind and Ill be good to you ...
Oh baby, Im wanting to do you a swap Ill give you anything, yeah In return for the noises youve got And I can see you want to be attended to Just count to twenty-nine and Ill attend to you Oh for sure... well certainly, yeah yeah yeah Wavin bye to the train or the bus Im ever so worried because... I dont want to get al...
Here come old flat top, he come Groovin up slowly, he got Ju-ju eyeballs, he want Holy rollers, he got Hair down to his knees Got to be a joker, he just do what he please He wear no shoeshine, he got Toe jam football, he got Monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola, he say I know you, you know me One thing I can tell you is: ...
In this room of darkness, I aint undercover But that wont stop my prowess rubbing off onto another Elevating higher as my bodys moving lower Now Ill reach my element, you better move over But he doesnt, he blocks my way I try to push past, but he wants to play So I sip his drink as I hold his gaze As we erupt into the ...
Do the bad thing Take off your wedding ring Oh it won’t make it that much easier It might make it worse Oh the nights like a whirlwind somebodies girlfriend Talking to me, but it’s alright she’s saying that he’s not gonna Slap me or try to attack me, he’s not the jealous type And I only need to get half an excuse and I...
Do I wanna know? If this feelin flows both ways? Sad to see you go, was sorta hopin that you’d stay Baby, we both know, that the nights were mainly made For sayin things that you cant say tomorrow day Crawlin back to you Ever thought of callin when Youve had a few? Cause I always do Maybe Im too Busy bein yours To fall...
Get on your dancing shoes Theres one thing on your mind Hoping they’re looking for you Sure youll be rummaging through Oh and the shit, shock, horror Youve seen your future bride Yeah, but its oh so absurd For you to say the first word so youre waiting and waiting and The only reason that you came So what you scared fo...
Alex Turner: I did find like the lyrics for it like not long ago like scribbled on like a piece of paper, it was quite funny Like find like the - Oh yea, like loads, yeah they were all sort of stuff about like cigarettes and stuff, I dont know but erm No no no, they were all, there were some stinkers in there Arguably ...
When you leave us through the patient doors That rattle in your ear will be the sound of our applause Rapturous, considered and due Oh the nasty laughter and desperate smirks Are tangled in the boredom where out brittle kisses lurk Well how can I believe you, when you cant believe your luck And the shards of past attra...
Im going back to 505 If its a seven-hour flight or a forty-five-minute drive In my imagination, youre waiting lying on your side With your hands between your thighs Stop and wait a sec When you look at me like that, my darling, what did you expect? Id probably still adore you with your hands around my neck Or I did las...
Yeah, Yeah Yeah, Yeah And Im sorry to interrupt scuse me but been amazing you and me, yeah its time to take a breather still Id hate to see you leave Cause 24 hours a day, 7 days of every week, I just lay it on the beat so you can play it on repeat Keeping them hours got me way behind on sleep, so imma fall back to my ...
Have you got colour in your cheeks? Do you ever get that fear that you cant shift the type That sticks around like summat in your teeth? Are there some aces up your sleeve? Have you no idea that youre in deep? Ive dreamt about you nearly every night this week How many secrets can you keep? Cause theres this tune I foun...
A song about a search for the Albert Hall I thought I saw you in the Battleship But it was only a look-a-like She was nothing but a vision trick Under the warning light She was close, close enough to be your ghost But my chances turned to toast When I asked her if I could call her your name I thought I saw you in the R...
Im a puppet on a string Tracy Island, time-traveling Diamond cutter-shaped heartache That come to find you four in some velvet morning Years too late, shes a silver lining Lone ranger riding through an open space In my mind when shes not right there beside me I go crazy cause here isnt where I wanna be And satisfaction...
He spoke a script Dipped in the sort of talk to make you keep the gaze Its all a trick The slicked back slimy arms have got a war to wage Hes got a laugh like a crackling wire And he wants to put the bite marks on you He wants to put the bite marks on you And he twists my guts As the only thing thats repelling as his i...
Advertise in imaginative ways, start your free trial today Come on in, the waters lovely Look, you could meet someone you like During the meteor strike, it is that easy Lunar surface on a Saturday night, dressed up in silver and white With coloured Old Grey Whistle Test lights Take it easy for a little while Come and s...
Its gotta be now, innit? Now, now You got the lights on in the afternoon An the nights are drawn out long And youre kissin to cut through the gloom With a cough drop coloured tongue And you were sittin in the corner with the coats, all piled high When I thought you might be mine In a small world on an exceptionally rai...
Trudging through the morning The tramp with the trampoline under his arm Shifts past your whiskers, so stark is the charm But the barking alarm waits coiled til the corner is turned And the bicycle wheels all struggle to move ’round In your muddy mind, blatantly caked and Unwilling to wind uncooperative time So he sits...
Discography Filmography Awards & Accomplishments Interviews 2016 ARTICLE NAME, PUBLISHER NAME, DATE PUBLISHED 2015 Arctic Monkeys
Brian, top marks for not trying So kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness Were grateful and so strangely comforted And I wonder, are you putting us under? Cause we cant get our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination Well, see you later, innovator We are the Arctic Monkeys from High Green, baby! Some want t...
Outside the cafe by the cracker factory You were practicing a magic trick And my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed On the last of your pick and mix Said, Youre mistaken if youre thinking That I havent been called cold before As you bit into your strawberry lace And then offered me your attention in the form of...
Were Arctic Monkeys This is I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor Don’t believe the hype Stop making the eyes at me Ill stop making the eyes at you What it is that surprises me Is that I dont really want you to And your shoulders are frozen Oh, but you’re an explosion Your name isnt Rio, but I dont like the sand And ...
Arabellas got some interstellar gator-skin boots And a Helter Skelter round her little finger And I ride it endlessly Shes got a Barbarella silver swimsuit And when she needs to shelter from reality She takes a dip in my daydreams My days end best when the sunset gets itself behind That little lady sittin on the passen...
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I just wanted to be one of The Strokes Now look at the mess you made me make Hitchhiking with a monogrammed suitcase Miles away from any half-useful imaginary highway Im a big name in deep space, ask your mates But golden boys in bad shape I found out the hard way that Here aint no place for dolls like you and me Every...
Well, the mourning was complete When there were tears on the steering wheel drippin on the seat Several hours or several weeks Id have the cheek to say theyre equally as bleak Its the beginning of the end The car went up the hill and disappeared around the bend Ask anyone, theyll tell you that its these times that it t...
Anticipation has a habit to set you up For disappointment in evening entertainment, but Tonight therell be some love Tonight therell be a ruckus, yeah Regardless of whats gone before I want to see all of the things that weve already seen I wanna see you face the jack— And of course its fancy dress And theyre all lookin...
Dancing in my underpants Im gonna run for government Im gonna form a covers band anorl Back there by the baby grand Did Mr. Winter Wonderland Say, Come ere, kid, we really need to talk? Bear with me, man, I lost my train of thought I fantasise, I call it quits I swim with the economists And I get to the bottom of it fo...
Break a mirror, roll the dice Run with scissors through a chip pan fire fight Go into business with a grizzly bear But just dont sit down cause Ive moved your chair Find a well-known hard man and start a fight Wear your shell suit on bonfire night Fill in a circular hole with a peg thats square But just dont sit down c...
Last night these two bouncers And one of thems alright, the other ones a scaryun His way or no way, totalitarian Hes got no time for you looking or breathing How he dont want you to, so step out the queue He makes examples of you, and theres nowt you can say Behind they go through to the bit where you pay And you reali...
Smile like youve got a straw in something tropical Ive got the party plugged right into my skull Wayne Manor, what a memorable NYE Good morning Cheeseburger Snowboarding Finally, theres a place with you through cloudy skies Every whimsical thought that enters my mind Look, there aint no limit to the length of the di...
Jesus in the day spa, filling out the information form Mama got her hair done, just popping out to sing a protest song Ive been on a bender back to that prophetic esplanade Where I ponder all the questions but just manage to miss the mark Hoo Good afternoon Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino Mark speaking Please, tell m...
Swimming In something new Toxicity This constant reminder of you What is this city With the skies speckled a’ white Cause I taste salt in the air I didn’t need this tonight Permanent memories Of you, you’re always there That burning taste you know It hanging in the air The whites of your eyes, dancing under headlights...
Hey, uh basically i have a penis Very cool Fat shit fat shit Piss on a bitch 7/10 on the problematic scale Fuck taxes
Get on your dancing shoes Theres one thing on your mind Oh, been there looking for you Sure, youll be rummaging through Oh and the shit, shock, horror Youve seen your future bride Yeah, but its oh so absurd For you to say the first word So youre waitin n waitin n... The only reason that you came So what ya scared for? ...
It feels like I only go backwards, baby Every part of me says, Go ahead I got my hopes up again, oh no, not again It feels like I only go backwards, darling I know that you think you sound silly when you call my name But I hear it inside my head all day Then I realise Im just holding on to the hope that maybe Your feel...
I wanna build you up Salt and milk I wanna break you down Salt and milk Im gonna reconstruct Salt and milk I wanna feel your love Salt and milk, aaaaah Salt and milk, aaaaah I wanna steal your soul Salt and milk I wanna rock and roll Salt and milk I wanna rock and roll Salt and milk I wanna rock and roll Salt and milk,...
I wish you would have smiled in the bakery Or sat on a tatty settee At a mutual friends gathering And the more you keep on looking, the more its hard to take Love, were in stalemate To never meet is surely where were bound Theres one in every town Just there to grind you down I wish I would have seen you in the post of...
In a foreign place, the saving grace was the feeling That it was a heart that he was stealing Oh, he was ready to impress and the fierce excitement The eyes are bright, he couldnt wait to get away And I bet that Juliet was just the icing on the cake Make no mistake, no And even if somehow we could have Shown you the pl...
This is the story of the 21 Above average But still Im average to everyone That I know No higher status here Just another stratosphere But why am I on land In my own land Since 03 we been Competing And Ive been beaten senselessly Repeatedly Every MEAP Every weak Test score that Ive gotten Ive gotten weaker By compariso...
Topless models doing Semaphore Wave their flags as she walks by and get ignored Illuminations on a rainy day When she walks, her footsteps sing a reckless serenade Ive been trying to figure out exactly what it is I need Called up to listen to the voice of reason And got the answering machine The type of kisses where te...
Are you mine? Are you mine? Are you mine? Are you mine? Im a puppet on a string Tracy Island, time-traveling Diamond cutter-shaped heartaches Come to find you four in some velvet morning Years too late, shes a silver lining Lone ranger riding through an open space In my mind when shes not right there beside me I go cra...
Have you got color in your cheeks? Do you ever get that fear that you cant shift the type That sticks around like summat in your teeth? Are there some aces up your sleeve? Have you no idea that youre in deep? Ive dreamt about you nearly every night this week How many secrets can you keep? Cause theres this tune I found...
Stop making the eyes at me Ill stop making the eyes at you What it is that surprises me Is that I dont really want you to And your shoulders are frozen Oh, but youre an explosion Your name isnt Rio, but I dont care for sand And lighting the fuse might result in a bang, b-b-bang-oh I bet that you look good on the danc...
My days end best when the sunset gets itself behind That little lady sitting on the passenger side Its much less picturesque without her catching the light The horizon tries but its just not as kind on the eyes As Arabella, oh As Arabella Just mightve tapped into your mind and soul You cant be sure In a cheetah print ...
Show me your groove Before I’m bouncing wall to wall Alex bby where is u at honeh Im thinking of buying a bunneh Or something like that Would you tell me ur alive Or should we not give a crap I miss alec I misss alex ALES WHERE ARE YOI I miss alex I miss alex Pls come back Give a sign Or are you too shy Tell us ur aliv...
I wanna be the one you run to When your mans not home baby come around four I wanna be the one to love you Since your girls don’t know that I got you on the floor It wouldn’t be too hard to fall for a nigga like me, like me I just need one night and you won’t be leaving these sheets, these sheets What if I told you you...