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from Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves (2007)
It's autumn in Gothenburg
I'm walking home to my suburb Rain falls hard on the city On every homeless kitty Oh, please God bring relief Even if it's only brief Then she says that we were just make-believe But I thought she said maple leaves So we talked for hours And you cried into my sheets And you said you hated your body That it was just a piece of meat I disagree I think you're beautiful But it's impossible To make you understand That if you don't take my hand I'll lose my mind completely Madness will finally defeat me She said it was all make-believe But I thought you said maple leaves And when she talked about a fall I thought she talked about a season I never understood at all I thought she said maple leaves And when she talked about the fall I thought she talked about Mark E. Smith I never understood at all I never understood at all I never understood at all |
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from Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves (2007)
Oh no, Goddamn
I missed the last tram I killed a party again Goddamn, Goddamn I wanna sleep in my bed I wanna clean up my head Don't wanna look this dead Don't wanna feel this dread I killed a party again I ruined it for my friends Well you're so silent Jens Well maybe I am, maybe I am Now at the central station No time for being patient I feel like going home But at the same time I don't Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab And I've heard all the stories 'bout the black cabs and the way they drive But if you take a ride with them You may not come back alive They might be psycho killers But tonight I really don't care So I say turn up the music Take me home or take me anywhere Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab You don't know anything So don't ask me questions You don't know anything So please don't ask me any questions You don't know anything So don't ask me questions Just turn the music up And keep your mouth shut Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab |
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from Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves (2007)
I don't want a girl who hangs on every word I say
Who shows me off to her parents over roast beef on Sunday I don't want a girl who thinks she has to fake I don't want a girl who laughs at every little joke I make I just want someone To share my life with I just want someone To share my life with I don't want a girl who thinks there's only me to please I don't want a girl who thinks it's fun to tease I don't want a girl who thinks she has to cater for my every needs I don't want a girl to go down on her knees I just want someone To share my life with I just want someone To share my life with And that someone could be you That someone could be you you could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone |
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from Jens Lekman - Rocky Dennis (2007)
If you ever need a stranger
To sing at your wedding A last minute choice Then I am your man I know every song, you name it By Bacharach or David Every stupid love song That's ever touched your heart Every power ballad that's ever Climbed the charts You think it's funny My obsession with the holy matrimony But I'm just so amazed to witness true love And true love can be measured Through these simple pleasures They are waiting there for you To be discovered I would cut of my right arm To be someone's lover And maybe I'll meet her there tonight At the wedding buffet I walk up to her When she's caught the bouquet And oh, it's just like a whirlwind |
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from Jens Lekman - You Are The Light (2007)
Yeah, I got busted
So I used my one phone call to dedicate A song to you on the radio Yeah, I got busted In custody, I imagined our melody Being played on a grand piano I saw your face in front of me It was perfect clarity I saw a light in the end of the tunnel And it was you 'Cause you are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that Yeah, I got busted I painted a dirty word on your old man's Mercedes-Benz 'Cause you told me to do it Yeah, I got busted But soon they released me 'cause the cops were sad And they didn't know how to prove it Oh, I saw your face in front of me It was perfect clarity I saw a light in the end of the tunnel And it was you 'Cause you are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that It's all so obvious, so obvious Why would anyone need a map or a compass? It's so beautiful To be guided by you 'Cause you are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light, light You are the light, light |
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from Jens Lekman - You Are The Light (2007)
You're looking
For me in the demonstration Well I have already lost patience You might find me sitting by On the pavement Maybe not cause I have shrunk I fell in love with a punk And she took my breath Now there's nothing left But love enough to feed a family I just want to feed Emily With lukewarm English beer And vegan pancakes I saw her in the anti-war demonstration Was a sweet sensation of love When I was sixteen I hung out with the kids who lacked it And the punks who were born and let her jacket The kind of punks that place themselves in brackets She was one of them back then She was somebody's girlfriend And I was no one I had nothing And the skies were clear blue skies And her eyes were clear blue eyes And her thighs were about the same size as mine And we were walking In the anti-war demonstration Was a sweet sensation of love Of love It was a sweet sensation of love... |
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from Jens Lekman - You Are The Light (2007)
A man walks into a bar
Orders a beer and a bowl of peanuts But the bar turns into a spaceship And the bartender gives him a hair cut I can't remember the end of that joke You once told it to me when we smoked On your father's expensive cigars All I remember is the part of a man walking into a bar How many lovers does it take To put a light bulb into a socket? And why did Mona Lisa smile? I have the answer written down in my pocket I just remember I laughed 'till I cried Because you told it with your funny voice Your southern dialect makes me rejoice Those special times we had When love was just a silly gag I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart Summer night on a gravel road You told me about your childhood friend Veronica Who was claimed to have swallowed a toad And I picked up my harmonica I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart A man walks into a bar Orders a scotch and a bottle of coke But the laughter is gone in his heart You never told me the end of the joke |
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from Jens Lekman - You Are The Light (2007)
Yeah, I got busted
So I used my one phone call to dedicate A song to you on the radio Yeah, I got busted In custody, I imagined our melody Being played on a grand piano I saw your face in front of me It was perfect clarity I saw a light in the end of the tunnel And it was you 'Cause you are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that Yeah, I got busted I painted a dirty word on your old man's Mercedes-Benz 'Cause you told me to do it Yeah, I got busted But soon they released me 'cause the cops were sad And they didn't know how to prove it Oh, I saw your face in front of me It was perfect clarity I saw a light in the end of the tunnel And it was you 'Cause you are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that It's all so obvious, so obvious Why would anyone need a map or a compass? It's so beautiful To be guided by you 'Cause you are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light, light You are the light, light |
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from Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (2004)
Oh happy birthday, happy birthday.
Little Lisa, today is your day. Sing hallelujah, you know they blew ya'. There are too many candles in your cake. But don't you worry, there's no hurry. The Jehovas are standing by your door. And they're offering eternal suffering. Eternal life, but you say no. Turn on the radio, clean the windows. Do it in slow-mo, as the day unfolds. Oh how the sun shines inside you, just like I do. These days are gold. The nights are silver. They make you shiver. Tomorrow the Jehovas will come by. And they will ask you of an excuse not to accept eternal life. But I love you, yes I love you. But I would never kiss your lips. 'Cause there's a friendship, a lovely kinship. Here's a tulip to match your eyes. Oh drinking cheap wine to bosanova. You're a supernova in the sky. The Jehovas, in their pull-overs are no Casanovas, like you and I. Oh happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you. Oh happy birthday, happy birthday, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Oh happy birthday, little Lisa. Happy birthday to you.' |
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from Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (2004)
Yeah, I got busted
So I used my one phone call to dedicate A song to you on the radio Yeah, I got busted In custody, I imagined our melody Being played on a grand piano I saw your face in front of me It was perfect clarity I saw a light in the end of the tunnel And it was you 'Cause you are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that Yeah, I got busted I painted a dirty word on your old man's Mercedes-Benz 'Cause you told me to do it Yeah, I got busted But soon they released me 'cause the cops were sad And they didn't know how to prove it Oh, I saw your face in front of me It was perfect clarity I saw a light in the end of the tunnel And it was you 'Cause you are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that It's all so obvious, so obvious Why would anyone need a map or a compass? It's so beautiful To be guided by you 'Cause you are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light You are the light by which I travel into this and that You are the light, light You are the light, light |
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from Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (2004)
If you ever need a stranger
To sing at your wedding A last minute choice Then I am your man I know every song, you name it By Bacharach or David Every stupid love song That's ever touched your heart Every power ballad that's ever Climbed the charts You think it's funny My obsession with the holy matrimony But I'm just so amazed to witness true love And true love can be measured Through these simple pleasures They are waiting there for you To be discovered I would cut of my right arm To be someone's lover And maybe I'll meet her there tonight At the wedding buffet I walk up to her When she's caught the bouquet And oh, it's just like a whirlwind |
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from Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (2004)
Oh Silvia, I was dancing to Michael Jackson
Oh Silvia, when I heard your German accent Oh Silvia, and I went down on my knees for her majesty Your royal highness is that how you shall be adressed Oh her highness, I'm always at your service Oh her highness, will you listen when I now confess I've been hurting again, a cold black diamond The same kind of pain that I had when I was seven Do you remember when I shook your hand Oh Silvia, I took my bike to the cemetery Oh Silvia, and I claimed my territory Oh Silvia, smoked a cigarette, blew smoke rings in the face of death And this town will be cold when it gets hit by a comet by the harb we found a boat with your name written on it and I had blood in my mouth when I spit Oh Silvia Oh her highness, I heard you say in some interview that feminism was something that didn't suit you a lack of interest perhaps, or maybe you're just stupid and inbreed But I still remember when I saw you as a godness Your picture on my wall so gentle and modest Do you see these tears in my face I thought we had a deal that the one who falls from grace would be the one to kneel Now it's just you and me, Silvia Don't shed no useless tears Oh Silvia, no one will care in a hundred years No one will ever forget your name they'll look after your grave but it's not the same, you say Now it's just you and me, Silvia It's just you and me It's just you and me |
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from Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (2004)
I met her in a snowstorm I was outdoors plowing
She just walked up to me and said "Hey boy how's it going?" I admired her straightforwardness and brushed away my fringe As a signal of well being and excepting her challenge We went home to her place and cooked up some chili Warmed us from the inside 'cause the outside was chilly We had to be quiet to not wake up her family But I made a high-pitch sound when her cold fingers touched me She said: Schh, please be quiet I know you don't want to but please deny it She said: Schh, please be quiet I know you don't want to but please deny it When people think of Sweden I think they have the wrong idea Like Cliff Richards who though it was just porn and gonorrhea And Lou Reed said in the film Blue in the Face That compare to New York City Sweden was a scary place They seem to have a point after meeting with this girl Maybe not Cliff Richards but Lou had surely met her The doubt in her eyes when I said I wanted to kiss her For the sake of liking her not because of the blizzard She said Schh, please be quiet I know you don't want to but please deny it She said Schh, please be quiet I know you don't want me but please deny it 'Cause the cold Swedish winter is right outside And I just want somebody to hold me through the night The cold Swedish winter is right outside And I just want somebody to hold me through the night In 2000 years this place will be covered by ice And the people who dig us up will be in for a big surprise When they're carefully studying our calcium nourished bones They'll find enclosed, our hearts of stone Singing that The cold Swedish winter is right outside And I just want somebody to hold me through the night The cold Swedish winter is right outside And I just want somebody to hold me through the night |
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from Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (2004)
Oh Julie, meet me by the vending machine
Oh Julie, I'm gonna buy you a wedding ring Eating French fries by the dock of the bay Lots of ketchup and mayonnaise You said this town's too big for our hearts You can't tell where it ends or starts Oh Julie, put on your jacket tonight Oh Julie, the ticket inspector's out of sight What will you do when you graduate? If you stay here you will suffocate And all your friends are moving to London While the cherry trees are still in blossom Oh Julie Oh hold me, hold me for the sweet hereafter The end with you can be very fatal Somehow we forget to pray for the angels Then the angels make sure that our hearts are devoured. Make us jump from the Eiffel Tower Oh Julie, you know that I ain't for hire But you can have me. You can trade me for your cigarette lighter Take a step from the humdrum Step out of the museum They said we had hit the bottom But the cherry trees are still in blossom Oh Julie, you know that I ain't for hire But you can have me I would invite you back to the invention of fire Oh Julie |
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from Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (2004)
She worked in my postoffice.
In my zip code, in my postal area. Aaaah. I don't think we should reveal her name. She'll remain anonymous, but we can call her Maria. I met her at university. She stared at me, I stared right back at her. We went out for a coffee or two. It all felt new, I can tell you. But she turned out to be a psychogirl. They all fall for me, psychogirls. They are drawn to me, mysteriously, I don't know why. Just turn around now, psychogirl. I can't be your guy, I can't dry your tears from your eyes. She sent me an SMS. But it felt more like an SOS, a cry for help. I know your life has been a mess. You cried yourself to sleep as a child. In your mommy's dress and your summerdress. But stop following me psychogirl. I have enough problems to deal with on my own. Just turn around now psychogirl. Your eyes are like knives, cutting in to my walls. And if I'd be your psychologist, who would be the psychologists psychologist? If I'd be your psychologist, who would be the psychologists psychologist? If I'd be your psychologist, who would be the psychologists psychologist? Aaaah. |
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from Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (2004)
Everyday make a fine loaf of bread
And after work just before sunset You hang down to the city park There you're alone with the burbs in the dark And I've seen other people do that too But they're old and you're twenty-two They lost hope and soon they'll be gone They'll just vanish with the setting sun But I know, yes I know, They're flying within you again, But I won't let them get you 'Cause you're my only friend You're my only friend When I said I wanted to be your dog I wasn't coming on to you I just wanted to lick your face Lick those raindrops from the rainy days You can take me for a walk in the park I'll be chasing every single lark I'll be burying all the skeleton bones Peeing on every cold black stone But I know, yes I know, They're flying within you again, But I won't let them eat you 'Cause you're my only friend My friend My only friend You're my friend |
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from Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog (2004)
She said let's put a plastic bag over our heads
and then kiss and stuff 'til we get dizzy and fall on the bed. We were in heaven for five or six minutes, then we passed out and I was so in love I thought I knew what love was all about. In church on sunday making out in front of the preacher. You had a black shirt on with a big picture of Nietzsche. When we had done our thing for a full christian hour, I had made up my mind that there must be a higher power. A higher, higher power. A higher, higher power. At a Christmas-party, I'd hold your hair when you vomit, I'd help you up to brush your teeth, and then I'd kiss your stomach. We lie still on your bed, the room is lit only by the tele and it's a perfect night for feeling melancholy. A higher, higher power. A higher, higher power. Higher, higher power. Higher, a higher power. A higher, higher power. A higher, higher power. |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
At the department of forgotten songs
There is a crying girl, she's lonely She's just sixteen or forty-five She's been abandoned for almost all her life She can remember the boy who kissed her But it was meant for her evil b-side sister |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
It's autumn in Gothenburg
I'm walking home to my suburb Rain falls hard on the city On every homeless kitty Oh please god bring relief even if it's only brief that she says the dreamer just make-believe but I thought she said maple leaves So we talked for hours and you cried into my sheets you said you ghated your body that it was just a piece of meat, i disagreed I think you're beautiful but it's impossible to make you understand that if you don't take my hand i lose my mind completely Madness will finally defeat me She said it was all make-belief but I thought you said maple leaves and when she talked about the fall I thought she talked about the season I never understood at all I thought she said maple leaves and when she talked about the fall I thought she talked about Mark E Smith I never understood at all I never understood at all I never understood at all |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
I'm standing here waiting for you to come
In the sky some kind of strange sky phenomenon Feels strange to have you as a friend But I'd rather be your friend Than to never see you again I'd rather be your friend You stare at the sky, colours reflecting in your eye Could it be what they call the northern lights But here, and at this time of year It's like someone spilled a beer All over the atmosphere It's like someone spilled a beer And I called out your name Like the name of a coming hurricane I called out your name Like you call out when you're in hurting pain I called out your name But you're a part in a heavenly silver rain You and I are not the same We are divided by the smoke of an aeroplane Of an aeroplane A flock of birds in the sky Flying south, they know this place will die And I wish they could take me with them But I would not be accepted 'Cause I can't dance the funky chicken I can't dance the funky chicken I'm standing here waiting for you to come In the sky some kind of strange sky phenomenon |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
I've got my pockets full of money
I'm gonna spend it all tonight I got my pockets full of money I'm gonna spend it all tonight A whole month's salary Gonna set it to flames On some girl I just met recently I barely know her name Cha cha, cha cha, cha cha Cha cha, cha cha Well, take me someplace decent Where we meet up with your friends Where the people are pleasant Where the music never ends Where the music never ends Cha cha, cha cha, cha cha Cha cha, cha cha, cha cha I can say that you are pretty That would make me a liar But you turn my legs to spaghetti And set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire Set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire You set my heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come, I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire I'll come running with a heart on fire |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
Oh no, Goddamn
I missed the last tram I killed a party again Goddamn, Goddamn I wanna sleep in my bed I wanna clean up my head Don't wanna look this dead Don't wanna feel this dread I killed a party again I ruined it for my friends Well you're so silent Jens Well maybe I am, maybe I am Now at the central station No time for being patient I feel like going home But at the same time I don't Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab And I've heard all the stories 'bout the black cabs and the way they drive But if you take a ride with them You may not come back alive They might be psycho killers But tonight I really don't care So I say turn up the music Take me home or take me anywhere Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab You don't know anything So don't ask me questions You don't know anything So please don't ask me any questions You don't know anything So don't ask me questions Just turn the music up And keep your mouth shut Black cab, black cab Black cab, black cab |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
I don't want a girl who hangs on every word I say
Who shows me off to her parents over roast beef on Sunday I don't want a girl who thinks she has to fake I don't want a girl who laughs at every little joke I make I just want someone To share my life with I just want someone To share my life with I don't want a girl who thinks there's only me to please I don't want a girl who thinks it's fun to tease I don't want a girl who thinks she has to cater for my every needs I don't want a girl to go down on her knees I just want someone To share my life with I just want someone To share my life with And that someone could be you That someone could be you you could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone You could be that someone |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
Blind girl I missed you
I missed you so much I've been sending letters, trying to call you but I can't seem to get in touch I bet your mom and dad was scared of me or maybe they just care about their dollars I think back upon summer camp and I think I wanna show you more colours here's white, here's black here's the colour of my heart as I'm starting to crack deep red, dark blue I think I'm in love with you (think I'm in love with you) blind girl I wish you were here I wish we come closer I wish you had met my family my mom and Bulldozer I think upon summer camp on New Year's eve, when we danced and I could sit and watch my life go by where I could take a tiny chance, 'cause someday I'll be stuffed in some museum scaring litte kids with the inscripture "carpe diem" something I never did but can you remember how we rode shiny horses and we set courses for the sky and the ocean and I tried to explain it to you but it was too huge blind girl I miss you blind girl I miss you blind girl I miss you |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
Early September and the kids start school
Leaves are floating in a swimming pool I wish I had a proper reason to cry A reason not so abstract More like a broken clause in a contract All those things you're supposed to do I could have done them if I had you You could have made me a righteous citizen I could have made all those right decisions But now I don't know who my friend is Can you tell me, Rocky Dennis? Now I don't know who my friend is Can you tell me, Rocky Dennis? Mama told me I was born a lion Mama told me I was born with a belly to lie on Mama told me I was born a liar Mama told me I was born with a heart to rely on But now I don't know who my friend is Can you tell me, Rocky Dennis? Now I don't know who my friend is Can you tell me, Rocky Dennis? Can you tell me, can you tell me tonight? Oh, oh, oh Oh, tonight Can you tell me tonight? |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
Oh Julie, meet me by the vending machine
Oh Julie, I'm gonna buy you a wedding ring Eating French fries by the dock of the bay Lots of ketchup and mayonnaise You said this town's too big for our hearts You can't tell where it ends or starts Oh Julie, put on your jacket tonight Oh Julie, the ticket inspector's out of sight What will you do when you graduate? If you stay here you will suffocate And all your friends are moving to London While the cherry trees are still in blossom Oh Julie Oh hold me, hold me for the sweet hereafter The end with you can be very fatal Somehow we forget to pray for the angels Then the angels make sure that our hearts are devoured. Make us jump from the Eiffel Tower Oh Julie, you know that I ain't for hire But you can have me. You can trade me for your cigarette lighter Take a step from the humdrum Step out of the museum They said we had hit the bottom But the cherry trees are still in blossom Oh Julie, you know that I ain't for hire But you can have me I would invite you back to the invention of fire Oh Julie |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
Oh, I still remember "Regulate" with Warren G
Could that have been back in the sweet summer of 1993 It was a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill Oh, the sound of distant carnival drums The Spanish guitar someone strums It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill My heart goes like, Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Oh, the memories come a-streamin' When I'm walking 'round day-dreaming It's a sweet summer's night in Hammer Hill Oh, the memories come a-streamin' When I'm walking 'round day-dreaming It's a sweet summer's night in Hammer Hill My heart goes like, Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no no no Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no no no no no Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no no no no no Oh no no no no It's coming back to me Oh no no no It's coming back to me Oh no no no It's coming back to me It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill My heart goes like, Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom Oh, can you hear the beat of my heart? Bom-a-bom-a-bom-a-bom-bom-a-bom |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
A man walks into a bar
Orders a beer and a bowl of peanuts But the bar turns into a spaceship And the bartender gives him a hair cut I can't remember the end of that joke You once told it to me when we smoked On your father's expensive cigars All I remember is the part of a man walking into a bar How many lovers does it take To put a light bulb into a socket? And why did Mona Lisa smile? I have the answer written down in my pocket I just remember I laughed 'till I cried Because you told it with your funny voice Your southern dialect makes me rejoice Those special times we had When love was just a silly gag I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart Summer night on a gravel road You told me about your childhood friend Veronica Who was claimed to have swallowed a toad And I picked up my harmonica I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart I know why Mona Lisa smile Da Vinci must have been a really funny guy And laughter is the only way into my heart A man walks into a bar Orders a scotch and a bottle of coke But the laughter is gone in his heart You never told me the end of the joke |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
Oh I still remember when you
Could that have been back in the sweet summer of 1993 It was a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill Oh the sound of distant carnival drums The spanish guitar someone strums It was a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill My heart goes like Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart? Oh, the memories come a-streamin', when I'm walkin' round here dreamin' It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill Oh, the memories come a-streamin', when I'm walkin' round here dreamin' It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill My heart goes like Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart? Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no no no no no!) Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no no no no no!) Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no!) Oh no (Oh no no no no no!) Oh no no no no, It's come back to me Oh no no no no, It's come back to me It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill My heart goes like Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart? Bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum bu bum Can you hear the beat of my heart? |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
Would you stand up for this kind of beauty?
Cause this kind of beauty won't stand up for you. It won't lift a finger for some lazy dreamer. Here it comes the average dirty word, pardon my French But I'm sitting on an park bench, watching yearning cats milk-fed little brats. And they say: Love won't pick the slanted or the slick or the lovesick, and I'm lovesick. So I say F-word, f-word pardon my French but it's bs, bs can't you feel the stench? F-word, f-word pardon my French but it's bs, bs. Summer evening, cats are screaming for love. Is summer evening, the cats screaming for love. So I say F-word, f-word pardon my French but it's bs, bs can't you feel the stench? F-word, f-word pardon my French but it's bs, bs can't you feel the stench? F-word, f-word pardon my French but it's bs, bs can't you feel the stench? F-word, f-word pardon my French but it's bs, bs can't you feel the stench? F-word, f-word pardon my French but it's bs, bs can't you feel the stench? F-word, f-word pardon my French but it's bs, bs. |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
I still wear these worn out jeans
I have to wear long-johns undeneath Down by the harbour there's a cool cool breeze I've never wondered if oceans can freeze Strings on my fathers old guitar the position of the northern star the clock-like beat of the budgies heart tick-tick-tick now they know where you are I try the light () from the Xerox-machine the gentle beat of a tambourine And it's like I can't stand to see you with another man I just don't wanna see good love fall into the wrong hands Behind the craze there's a pretty sunset water shines like tiny bells I feel the warmth in the cigarette but everything else And it's like I can't stand to see you with another man I just don't wanna see good love fall into the wrong hands I try the light () from the Xerox-machine the gentle beat of a tambourine And it's like I can't stand to see you ruin our plans I just don't wanna see good love fall into the wrong hands fall into the wrong hands |
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from Jens Lekman - Oh You'Re So Silent, Jens (2007)
It's autumn in Gothenburg
I'm walking home to my suburb Rain falls hard on the city On every homeless kitty Oh please god bring relief even if it's only brief that she says the dreamer just make-believe but I thought she said maple leaves So we talked for hours and you cried into my sheets you said you ghated your body that it was just a piece of meat, i disagreed I think you're beautiful but it's impossible to make you understand that if you don't take my hand i lose my mind completely Madness will finally defeat me She said it was all make-belief but I thought you said maple leaves and when she talked about the fall I thought she talked about the season I never understood at all I thought she said maple leaves and when she talked about the fall I thought she talked about Mark E Smith I never understood at all I never understood at all I never understood at all |
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from Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
There will be no kisses tonight
There will be no holding hands tonight 'Cause what is now wasn't there before And should not be I know I've broken some hearts, I understand Some firecrackers blow up in your hand Oh, I fuckked up, I've always tried to be true But I would never kiss anyone Who doesn't burn me like the sun And I remember every kiss Like my first kiss Like my first kiss When I think back on that night It was lovely Vital aching In your dad's 240 But I would like to keep the memory Of that kiss as it is Things get more complicated when you're older Before you know it, you are somebody's soldier You get a gun and you name it After a girlfriend But I swear I'll never kiss anyone Who doesn't burn me like the sun And I will cherish every kiss Like my first kiss Like my first kiss Like my first kiss |
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from Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
I took my sister down to the ocean
But the ocean made me feel stupid Those words of wisdom I had prepared All seemed to vanish into thin air Into the waves I stared I picked up a seashell To illustrate my homelessness But a crab crawled out of it Making it useless And all my metaphors fell flat Down on the rocks where we sat She asked where you are But sister it's the opposite of hallelujah It's the opposite of being you You don't know 'cause it just passes right through you You don't know what I'm going through You don't know what I'm going through You don't know what I'm going through We made our way home on the bikes we had borrowed I still never told you about unstoppable sorrow You still think I'm someone to look up to I still don't know anything about you Is it in you too You've got so much to live for little sister You've got so much to live for But sister it's the opposite of hallelujah It's the opposite of being you You don't know cause it just passes right through you You don't know what I'm going through You don't know what I'm going through You don't know what I'm going through |
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from Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
Nina I can be your boyfriend
So you can stay with your girlfriend Your father is a sweet old man But it is hard for him to understand that you wanna love a woman Nina i can be your boyfriend if it puts an end to all this nonsens first time i see you in Berlin And you don't tell me anything Until outside your dad's apartment Oh God, Jesus Christ I try to focus on your eyes we're having dinner with your family now keep a steady look at your left eyebrow it it's raised, it means yes, if it's not it means take a guess Hey! you! stop kicking my legs- i'm doning my best can you pass the figgs Your father puts on my record he says so tell me how you met her i get little nerversed and change the subject and put my hand on some metal object he jokes and tells that's a lie detector he takes out the booklet and starts reading so i heard you're moving out next season i say! yeah, New York is nice that time of year almost as green an it is here He says i thought you were moving to Sweden? oh God! what have i done? i came to Berlin to have some fun then it turned into buffalo 456 on your fathers wall a big crucifix guess thats why he wont let you go his catholic heart is big and slow you know i'll do anything for love but Nina what were you thinking of? but Nina i can be your boyfriend So you can stay with your girlfriend Your father is mailing me all the time he says he just wants to say hi i send back "out of office", auto-replies" Nina i just want to check in cause i think about you every second so i send you this postcard just to say don't let anyone stand in your way yours truly. Jens Lekman Don't let anyone stand in your way... |
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from Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
If I had to choose a moment in time
To take with me into eternity I would choose this This moment with you in my arms I know we've lost the final battle I know we are prisoners I can hear chains rattle But I'm a prisoner of this moment with you in my arms You in my arms You in my arms You in my arms I have a love I have a love for this world A kind of love that will break my heart A kind of love that reconstructs and remodels the past That adds a dryness to the dry august grass That adds the sunshine to the magnifying glass And makes me fight for something that just can't last You in my arms You in my arms You in my arms You in my arms If I had to choose a moment in time To take with me into eternity I'd choose this moment with you in my arms You in my arms You in my arms You in my arms You in my |
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from Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
I am leaving you because I don't love you
I am leaving you because I don't love you Oh, it's the knowledge It's the knowledge It's the knowledge Of future clarity That makes my voice tremble With greater dignity I am leaving you because I don't love you I am leaving you because I don't love you I'm sorry I have to be this brutally honest, Nicole But my excuses were babies of snow that I just could not hold So you pick up your asthma inhaler and put it 'gainst your lips Oh, those lips I've loved, that I was dreaming of They're still red and soft, I'm so sorry I couldn't love you enough I'm so sorry I couldn't love you enough I'm so sorry But I'm leaving you because I don't love you I am leaving you because I don't love you So you pick up your asthma inhaler and put it 'gainst your lips Oh, those lips I've loved, that I was dreaming of They're still red and soft, I'm so sorry I couldn't love you enough So sorry I couldn't love you enough I'm so sorry |
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from Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
I was slicing up an avocado
When you came up behind me With your silent brand new sneakers Your reflection I did not see It was the hottest day in August We were heading for the sea For a second my mind started drifting You put your arms around me You put your arms around me You put your arms around Blood spraying on the kitchen sink "What's this" I have time to think I see the tip of my index finger My mind is slowly creating a link From your mouth speaks your lovely voice The softest words ever spoken What's broken can always be fixed What's fixed will always be broken You put your arms around me You put your arms around me You put your arms around me You put your arms around I must of passed out on the porch Dreamt I was carried in a Kangroo's pouch When I wake up,I'm in the waiting room On a dirty Hospital couch My hand is wrapped in toilet paper And my body is wrapped in the breeze You're siting next to me reading the paper I put your arm around me |
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from Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
Shirin, Shirin, Shirin, Shirin
Shirin, Shirin, Shirin, Shirin When Shirin cuts my hair it's like a love affair Let those locks fall to the ground or let them stay there I show her my passport, what I looked like But she just smiles and lets me know it's gonna be all right Shirin, Shirin, Shirin, Shirin Shirin, Shirin, Shirin, Shirin When Shirin cuts my hair her mama's sitting in the rocking chair She tells me stories from the war in Iraq 'cause they were there Shirin pulls my head to the side But in the mirror I can see a tear in her eye Shirin, Shirin, Shirin, Shirin Shirin, Shirin, Shirin, Shirin Your hands are soft Your hands are soft just like silk You're a drop of blood You're a drop of blood in my glass of milk Your hands are soft Your hands are soft just like silk You're a drop of blood You're a drop of blood in my glass of milk When Shirin does her magic to my frizzy straws Immigration and tax representatives stumble upon their lawns What if it reaches the government That you have a beauty salon in your own apartment (I won't tell anyone) Shirin, Shirin, Shirin, Shirin (I won't tell anyone) Shirin, Shirin, Shirin, Shirin (I won't tell anyone) |
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from Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
What have you done to my heart?
The Spanish girl pointed at me and said "silencio" Making a little gesture as if switching off a radio Sliding her fingers 'cross her lips as if shutting a zipper I clearly got the message, I didn't need to ask her Making the reverse zipper 'cross my lips, opening for conversation Signaling the international sign of reckless contemplation Shrugging her shoulders and lifting up the hand that rested on her thigh Her middle finger extended until its simple message could not be denied I turned 17 and I swore to never speak a word again But then someone came along and ruined everything It was a strange time in my life People seem to think a shy personality equals gifted But if they would get to know one I'm sure that idea would have shifted Most shy people I know are extremely boring Either that or they are miserable from all the shit they've been storing I turned 17 and I swore to never speak a word again But then someone came along and ruined everything It was a strange time in my life I had a good time at the party when everyone had left I flirted with a girl in sign language 'cause she was deaf It was a strange time in my life It was a strange time in my life |
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from Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
In a tiny tiny southern Swedish country town
Two acres of field and a gas station riding on my moped, looking for fun staring into the blood red sun on the country road is a boulevard with neon lights and night open bars in my kachet a pack of playing cards just jacks, jokers, and the queen of hearts my heart beating, beating like Ringo as I pull into the drive-in bingo who do the people in the country wanna look like the people in the city? when the people in the city aren't the slightest pretty i want the people in the country to wear flannel shirts and saggy jeans all covered in dirt I want the people in the counrty to be open and kind but most times I've met those with a narrow mind with a big black dog to bite your behind if they ever find out you're not one of theif kind all these thoughts as I open up a zingo Friday night at the drive-in bingo so this is what they do out here for fun? they play bingo and let their engines run? tonight's jackpop is a pig, hey that's criminal! G042! ooh, I'm going diagonal! I'm gonna gather up a few of my friends as many fits into an army tent just bring out savings and a botttle of wine to the Friday night's reversal of time! this little south-west vallage shoudn't cost that much maybe a handful of silver or a hundred bucks we could have wild wild parties in that big old lodge and the windmil's perfect for movies and such we could fake our deaths to get insurance money and take on hippie names I'd be Snowphish, you'de be Sunny, we could start a little farm with little white bunnies just cause watching them copulates is very funny there's a cow and an ostrich just wating for you! a glass of apple cider just waiting for you! the smell of 1952 just waiting for you! and all i"m doing here is just waiting for you... a daydream, I'm caught up in limbo Friday night at the drive-in bingo |
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from Jens Lekman - Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo (2007)
In a tiny tiny southern Swedish country town
Two acres of field and a gas station riding on my moped, looking for fun staring into the blood red sun on the country road is a boulevard with neon lights and night open bars in my kachet a pack of playing cards just jacks, jokers, and the queen of hearts my heart beating, beating like Ringo as I pull into the drive-in bingo who do the people in the country wanna look like the people in the city? when the people in the city aren't the slightest pretty i want the people in the country to wear flannel shirts and saggy jeans all covered in dirt I want the people in the counrty to be open and kind but most times I've met those with a narrow mind with a big black dog to bite your behind if they ever find out you're not one of theif kind all these thoughts as I open up a zingo Friday night at the drive-in bingo so this is what they do out here for fun? they play bingo and let their engines run? tonight's jackpop is a pig, hey that's criminal! G042! ooh, I'm going diagonal! I'm gonna gather up a few of my friends as many fits into an army tent just bring out savings and a botttle of wine to the Friday night's reversal of time! this little south-west vallage shoudn't cost that much maybe a handful of silver or a hundred bucks we could have wild wild parties in that big old lodge and the windmil's perfect for movies and such we could fake our deaths to get insurance money and take on hippie names I'd be Snowphish, you'de be Sunny, we could start a little farm with little white bunnies just cause watching them copulates is very funny there's a cow and an ostrich just wating for you! a glass of apple cider just waiting for you! the smell of 1952 just waiting for you! and all i"m doing here is just waiting for you... a daydream, I'm caught up in limbo Friday night at the drive-in bingo |
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from Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself [ep] (2011)
옌스 렉만~
유유사랑 The Opposite Of Hallelujah Jens Lekma.. Sipping On The Sweet Water Jens Lekma.. You Are The Light (by which I travel into this and that) Jens Lekma.. 곡 20 | 담기 4 | 추천 1 |
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from Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself [ep] (2011)
옌스 렉만~
유유사랑 The Opposite Of Hallelujah Jens Lekma.. Sipping On The Sweet Water Jens Lekma.. You Are The Light (by which I travel into this and that) Jens Lekma.. 곡 20 | 담기 4 | 추천 1 |
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from Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself [ep] (2011)
옌스 렉만~
유유사랑 The Opposite Of Hallelujah Jens Lekma.. Sipping On The Sweet Water Jens Lekma.. You Are The Light (by which I travel into this and that) Jens Lekma.. 곡 20 | 담기 4 | 추천 1 |
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from Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself [ep] (2011) |