spent 35 years on this couch
trying to figure it out
while everyone brought home a baby
always though they were missing out
they never cared what i talked about
now i'm afraid i'm too late for everything

i should've known
where this was gonna go
cuz i traded all of my time
waiting on these stars would align
aways the now or never kind
making every stupid bet with my life

so i put it all down on paper
they said that would matter later
but no one ever got smarter
now i'm just paying my rent
earning my dads respect
smiling my way through the death march

i should've known
where this was gonna go
cuz i wasted all my time
hoping these stars would align
aways the now or never kind
making every stupid bet with my life

Brooklyn Botanic Garden e.p.

I Should've Known

there aint a rose left in amarillo
there aint a diamond big enough for that hand
and if the levees gonna break on us
we better make it back out to the promised land

your mother always prayed you'd find someone
and your father just hoped he'd be right with the lord
so i sang hallelujah
like the words meant something to you
drop the top back
on  that old cadillac
and keep driving til we find the morning sun

there aint a road fast enough out of lubbock
there aint a bottle left on sunday at the corner store
and the levees gonna break on us
if we don't make it out to highway 84

your mother always prayed you'd find someone
and your father just hoped he'd be right with the lord
so i sang hallelujah
like the words meant something to you
drop the top back
on  that old cadillac
and keep driving til we find the morning sun

i hate everything in that rearview
yes i do

90 Miles To Hereford

i woke up in new york
a whole decade had gone
i never see my friends
i don't know the names of their kids
i don't get the calls anymore
when someone's in the hospital
i traded it for these songs
i lost it all cuz i'm always wrong

so come over tonight
park your car outside
under the streetlight
then we're gonna drink all nght
walk to the high school
walk to the wawa
walk to the 7-11
kill ourselves when the night's ending
why not

will you remember me like this
always drowning in politics
seeing the holes in it all
losing numbers i meant to call
playing cards that don't fall right
wondering what's in the dice
spinning a wheel that's already dead
betting on black when it's always red

come over tonight
don't you want to see what's inside
i always wanted to die
and you've never even seen me cry
i am the worst kind of friend
running as far as i can
looking back on my life
i wouldn't do any of it again
why not

I Miss All My Friends

Track 07: The Battle Hymn of the Revolution

Album: The Last of the Libertines

the battle hymn of the revolution

i remember a time when it all meant so much
i believed in little kids and stories of love
and i traveled around the world and i learned of the earth
and the universe don't give a fuck

so i did lots of drugs and i killed lots of bugs
i don't know why that's important but its gotta mean something
i learned a lot of lessons but none about love
because i'm pretty sure it don't exist

why'd you say you loved me when you certainly never did
why'd you hold me in your arms like i was a little kid
why'd you tell me i was never gonna be in love again
it was the meanest thing you said

so i gotta dog and i smoked some cigarettes 
and i know that it ain't healthy but at least i exist
there's no right way or wrong way you've just got to live
at least that's what you said

why'd you say you loved me when you certainly never did
why'd you hold me in your arms like i was a little kid
why'd you tell me i was never gonna be in love again
it was the meanest thing you said

The Battle Hymn Of The Revolution (Glory)

Track 01: I Want to Die

Album: The Last of the Libertines


I Want to Die

i heard you died
what'd you do that for
don't you know that no one
overdoses anymore
i know it's hard
your parents love god
they found your pills
and now they won't talk to you

but you and me we found a way
to snort away the things that they say
and the last thing the world needs
is another liar

you said 
do you want die
well its my first time

your mother found you on the floor
makeup a mess, stockings all ripped and torn
you called me a pussy, when we were in your car
i thought the cops would come, your pants were on the floor

but you and me we found a way
to snort away the things that they say
and the last thing the world needs
is another liar

you said do you want to die
well i'm scared to try

i heard you died
what'd you do that for
don't you know that no one
ods anymore
i know it's hard
your parents love god
they found your pills
and now they won't talk to you

you've had some practice i've not had
ambient, coke and pills is too much for anyone to have
when you said hey baby lets od
i said no way thats just not for me
but ill take what you have
don't hold back
i want to walk in to hell with you
yes i want to die

i want to die on my very first try


I Want To Die

Beyond The Outlaws

Heart On The Run

Rainbow Road

The End Of All This

Shaman Haman

Carmelita

A.D.

Tippy's Gonna Break

you're 19 years old and an expert in pain
i've seen you with a bloody nose in my street under the pouring rain
you got the cops called on me
now they're hanging around all night 
they don't understand love like yours comes at a price

chorus
it was 4th of july every night
with fireworks in your heart
and black rings around your eyes
you called it freedom but it looked like suicide
but that's alright cuz i love the fight

your father left his home country and brought you along
but he didn't count on miami streets and what they do before dawn
you gave it up real quick
and i met you in ny
dancing on the bar dressed like one of those warhol girls

chorus
it was 4th of july every night
with fireworks in your heart
and smoke coming out of your eyes
you called it freedom but it looked like suicide
but that's alright cuz i love the fight

where are all these rooftops you're singing from
have you found the right ledge yet to fall off of
it's alright it's alright
cuz you're the only one enjoying your life

chorus
it was 4th of july every night
with fireworks in your heart
and blood pouring out of your eyes
you called it freedom but it looked like suicide
but that's alright cuz i love the fight

It's Alright

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