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Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
  • 1. Ulysses

    Ulysses

    I sit and hear sentimental footsteps, then a voice say hi, so
    So what you got? What you got this time? Come on, let’s Get high.
    Come on Lexxo what you got next-o? Walking twenty five miles-o
    Well I’m bored, I’m bored, come on let’s get high

    I’ve found a new way
    Come on don’t amuse me
    I don’t need your sympathy
    La la la Ulysses.
    I’ve found a new way.

    Am I Ulysses? Am I Ulysses? No, but you are now, boy
    So sinister, so sinister but last night was wild
    What’s the matter there? Feeling kind of anxious? Feeling that hot blood grow cold?
    Yeah everyone everybody knows it everybody knows I

    La la la Ulysses.
    I’ve found a new way.

    Oh then suddenly you know
    You’re never going home

    No you’re not Ulysses

  • 2. Turn It On

    Turn It On

    It ain’t easy being this kind of lover
    when you never call
    It ain’t easy being this kind of lover
    Why don’t you ever call me?
    But I’m dedicated and I’m a forgiver
    I’m dedicated sure I’m a giver
    I’m dedicated yes I’m a forgiver
    I’ll forgive you always

    Although I know you turn it on yeah
    Turn It On

    You don’t want to know how I manage alone
    You don’t want to know what goes on when I’m on my own
    You don’t want to know how I plan on my own
    You don’t want to know how I know when you’re on your own
    I’ll never be alone
    Turn It On
    You know I’d follow you to Rome
    Turn It On
    I know the places you call home
    Turn It On
    You know I’ll get you on your own
    Turn It On

    You know I know where you are

    You know I can’t have another
    You Turn It On
    I can’t stop thinking of you
    You Turn It On
    If I can’t have you then nobody can
    Yeah Yeah Yeah

    You Turn It On
    You Turn It On
    You Turn It On
    You Turn It On
    You Turn It On
    You Turn It On
    You Turn It On

  • 3. No You Girls

    No You Girls

    Kiss me
    Flick your cigarette and then kiss me
    Kiss me where your eye won’t meet me
    Meet me where your mind won’t kiss me
    Flick your eyes at mine then hit me
    Hit me with your eyes so sweetly
    You know you know you know that
    Yes I love you I mean I’d
    Love to get to know you

    But do you never wonder?
    No?

    No you girls never know
    how you make a boy feel
    how you make a boy

    Oh
    Kiss me
    Yeah oh Flick your cigarette n then kiss me
    Kiss me where your eye won’t meet me
    Meet me where your eye won’t flick me
    Flick your mind at mine so briefly
    Oh you know you know you’re so sweetly
    Ooh you know I know you know that
    I love you I mean I
    I mean I need to love

    But do you ever wonder?
    No?

    No you girls never know
    how you make a boy feel
    how you make a boy

    Sometimes I say the stupid things I think
    I mean I
    Sometimes I think the stupidest things
    Because I never wonder
    how the girls feels

    No you boys never care
    You dirty boys’ll never care
    How the girl feels

  • 4. Send Him Away

    Send Him Away

    La la la la
    Baby can’t you let me stay tonight?

    I can’t seem
    To feel the envy
    I should feel
    Or maybe
    I don’t need
    The sour side
    Of love

    I don’t care his breath is in your hair
    I don’t care his skin is still between
    The still-warm fold of your sheets
    Send him away

    I don’t need
    To claim or own you
    Or maybe
    I would like to
    But I need
    Whatever side
    Of love
    Is there

    I don’t care his breath is in your hair
    I don’t care his skin is still between
    The still-warm fold of your sheets
    From the fold of your sheets
    Send him away

    Can’t you let me stay tonight?

  • 5. Twilight Omens

    Twilight Omens

    I wrote your name upon the
    Back of my hand
    Slept upon it
    Then I woke up
    With it backwards on my face
    Reading forwards from my mirror
    To my heart

    Twilight omens in my life

    Then I hear your name
    Hear the radio sing your name
    Should I give you a call
    What should I say?
    Maybe you still feel the same?

    I typed your number
    Into my calculator
    Where it spelled a dirty word
    When you turned it upside down
    You could turn my dirty world
    The bright way round

    Twilight omens in my life

    Then I heard your name
    Heard the radio sing your name
    Should I give you a call
    What could I say?
    Maybe I still feel the same?

    Twilight omens in my life

    I keep hearing your name
    I hear the radio sing your name

  • 6. Bite Hard

    Bite Hard

    You don’t know I
    sing these songs
    about you
    You don’t know the pseudonyms I assume
    For you

    Are you happier now
    that the gods are dying?
    Or do you dream of
    Heston with omniscient beard?

    You should be happier now
    With no one to pray to
    Or would you love to
    Break your knees from begging and praying?

    BiTE HaRD
    It’s a broken smile
    That’s breaking their hearts
    and breaking their mind
    BiTE HaRD
    It’s 5.05, your engines alive and
    We ride together
    BiTE HaRD

    I may be lonelier now
    But I’m happy alone honest
    It ain’t lonely alone
    What would we talk about anyway?

    Oh I never resort
    To kissing your photo – honest
    I just had to see
    How the chemicals taste there honey
    BiTE HaRD

    We ride together
    We die together

    I never
    No I never
    I just had to
    I just had to
    See now Honey
    BiTE HaRD
    It’s a broken smile
    That’s breaking their hearts
    and breaking their mind
    We ride together
    We die together

  • 7. What She Came For

    What She Came For

    I got a question for you
    Where’d you get your name from?
    Where’d you get your name from?
    Where’d you get your name from?
    I got a question for you
    Where do you see yourself in five minutes time?
    With a laugh like that
    Or a look like that
    You make us all feel gauche
    Like it’s a smutty joke
    With a laugh like that
    With a look like that
    Make us all just go
    La la la la

    Whoah Look Out
    You’re what she came for.
    You’re what she came for.
    No Question.
    No Doubt.
    Whoah Look Out
    You’re what she came for.
    She knows what she came for.
    Your Question?
    No Doubt.
    You’re what she came for

    I got a question for you
    Another question for you
    Do you feel the
    Do you feel the pressure?
    Why you wearing what you wearing?
    Where will your life begone
    In five minutes time?
    So say something stupid
    You know that you’d love to

    With a laugh like that
    With a look like that
    Make us all just go
    La la la la
    Whoah Look Out
    You’re what she came for.
    You’re what she came for.
    No Question.
    No Doubt.

  • 8. Live Alone

    Live Alone

    I want to live alone
    Because the greatest love
    Is always ruined by the bickering
    The argument of living
    So I’m want to live alone
    I could be happy on my own

    Live the rest of my life
    With the vaguest of feeling

    Wherever you are
    Whoever is there
    You know that I’ll be here
    Wishing I could be there

    So I’m going to live alone
    I’m not saying that our love is the greatest
    But I’m in love with you
    Want to stay in love with you
    So I’m going to live alone
    Yeah I’ll be happy on my own

    Live the rest of a life
    In the vaguest of feeling

    Wherever you are?

    In nyc when
    I get in a taxi
    I say ‘man’ to the driver so
    He’ll think
    Man!
    I can imagine
    having a drink with that guy?
    He’s alright?

    Wherever you are?

  • 9. Can’t Stop Feeling

    Can’t Stop Feeling

    The salt starts stinging again
    I can’t stop feeling no
    I won’t stop feeling
    The fun’s not fun anymore
    I can’t stop feeling
    No I won’t stop feeling
    You leave me here on my own
    You leave me here on the floor
    You can’t feel it
    You can’t feel it
    You can’t feel anymore
    Feel Anymore
    Feel Anymore

    The salt starts stinging again
    I can’t stop feeling no
    I won’t stop feeling
    Although we’re not us anymore
    I can’t stop
    No I won’t stop
    You leave me dancing alone
    You leave me to die on the floor
    You can’t feel it
    You can’t feel it
    You can’t feel anymore
    Feel anymore
    Feel anymore
    Feel anymore

    So boy you’re down and alone
    Your soul is broken again
    But you can’t stop moving
    No you won’t stop moving along

    You can’t feel it
    You can’t feel it
    You can’t feel it
    You can’t anymore
    Anymore
    Anymore
    Anymore
    You can’t anymore

  • 10. Lucid Dreams

    Lucid Dreams

    I’m going to give my aimless love
    My angry heart and my desire
    I woke with wings from lucid dreams
    Knew the reason I felt hollow
    Was that I no longer cared
    If there is some great truth or not

    I’ll dream a nation of you
    A new utopia for you to live in
    I’ll dream a nation of me
    A new ambrosia that we could live in
    Lucid dreams
    I’m living in Lucid Dreams

    The sweep slides on my stereo
    Short wave ride my rodeo
    Beat came from Addis Abylon
    I’m flying to Istanbul

    Oh so why don’t you meet me there?

    I’ll dream a nation of you
    A new utopia for you to live in
    I’ll dream a nation of me
    Another Narnia where we can live it
    Lucid dreams
    I’m living in Lucid Dreams

    Lucid dreams
    I’m living in Lucid Dreams
    I’m living on shortwave streams tonight
    Aaah!
    Lucid dreams
    I’m living in Lucid Dreams
    I’m living on shortwave streams tomight
    AAH
    I’m living in Lucid Dreams
    Uh huh yeah

  • 11. Dream Again

    Dream Again

    Don’t be afraid if you hear voices
    Or feel the sweet air
    Spoken upon you
    Sometimes the sound
    Of a thousand
    Whispering words
    Of hope will reassure
    Show me the future
    Will see us join together
    If the oceans split
    Or the mountains sigh
    Then I
    Will keep on dreaming
    I live to dream again

    Don’t be afraid if you’re descending
    The deepest despairs
    Without a handrail to guide you
    Sometimes the sound
    of a thousand
    whispering words
    Can confuse
    But when you’re sleeping
    They shift and slide together
    Bring meaning
    To the canyon’s cry
    So I
    I keep on dreaming
    I live to dream again

    Sometimes the sound
    of a thousand
    whispers are where
    you live a little fear
    But feel the future
    I feel us dream together
    I feel no fear
    I feel no fire
    Oh I
    I keep on dreaming
    I live to dream again

  • 12. Katherine Kiss Me

    Katherine Kiss Me

    Katherine kiss me
    Slippy little lips will split me
    Split me where your eye won’t hit me
    Yes I love you
    I mean I
    I’d love to get to know you
    Sometimes I say the stupid things I think
    I mean I
    Sometimes I think the stupidest things
    Oh and do you ever wonder
    How the boy feels

    Katherine kiss me
    Flick your cigarette then kiss me
    Flick your eyes at mine so briefly
    Your leather jacket lies in sticky pools of cider blackberry
    You glance a ricochet from every alpha male behind me
    Eyes like marbles on a washing machine
    Oh and do you ever wonder
    How the boy feels

    Katherine kiss me
    In the alleyway by jakeys
    Jacking in the sodium light
    Yes I love you
    I mean I
    I mean I need to love
    And though your open eyes stare bored upon
    The overflowing pipes above me
    Tonight
    I don’t mind
    Because I never wonder
    How the girl feels