Lyrics - Paroles de chansons

We know of an ancient radiation
That haunts dismembered constellations
Of faintly glimmering radio stations
While Frank Sinatra sings Stormy Weather
The flies and spiders get along together
Cobwebs fall on an old skipping record
Beyond the suns that guard this roost
Beyond your flowers of flaming truths
Beyond your latest ad campaigns
An old man sits collecting stamps
In a room all filled with Chinese lamps
He saves what others throw away
He says that he'll be rich some day

We know of an ancient radiation
That haunts dismembered constellations
Of faintly glimmering radio stations
We know of an ancient radiation
That haunts dismembered constellations
Of faintly glimmering radio stations
While Frank Sinatra sings Stormy Weather
The flies and spiders get along together
Cobwebs fall on an old skipping record

Reluctantly crouched at the starting line
Engines pumping and thumping in time
The green light flashes, the flags go up
Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup
They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank
Fuel burning fast on an empty tank
Reckless and wild, they pour through the turns
Their prowess is potent and secretly stern
As they speed through the finish, the flags go down
The fans get up and they get out of town
The arena is empty except for one man
Still driving and striving as fast as he can
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup
But he's driving and striving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns
He's going the distance
He's going for speed
She's all alone in her time of need
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
He's going the distance

No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no wine
He's haunted by something he cannot define
Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse
Assail him, impale him with monster-truck force
In his mind, he's still driving, still making the grade
She's hoping in time that her memories will fade
'Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom he still burns

'Cause he's going the distance
He's going for speed
She's all alone in her time of need
Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
He's racing and pacing and plotting the course
He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse
He's going the distance
He's going for speed
He's going the distance

To me, coming from you
Friend is a four letter word
End is the only part of the word that I heard
All me morbid or absurd
But to me, coming from you
Friend is a four letter word
To me, coming from you
Friend is a four letter word
End is the only part of the word that I heard
Call me morbid or absurd
But to me, coming from you
Friend is a four letter word
When I go fishing for the words
I am wishing you would say to me
I'm really only praying
That the words you'll soon be saying
Might betray the way you feel about me

But to me, coming from you
Friend is a four letter word

She's writing she's writing she's writing a novel
She's writing she's weaving conceiving a plot
It quickens it thickens you can't put it down now
It takes you it shakes you it makes you lose your thoughts
But you're caught in your own glory
You are believing your own stories
Writing your own headlines
Ignoring your own deadlines
But now you've gotta write them all again
You think she's an open book
But you don't know which page to turn to, do you
You think she's an open book
But you don't know which page to turn to, do you
Do you ? do you ?

You want her confront her just open your window
Unbolt it unlock it unfasten your latch
You want it confront it just open your window
All you really have to do is ask
But you're caught in your own glory
You are believing your own stories
Timing your contractions
Inventing small contraptions
That roll across your polished hardwood floors

You think she's an open book
But you don't know which page to turn to, do you ?
You think she's an open book
But you don't know which page to turn to, do you ?
Do you? do you ?
You think she's an open book
But you don't know which page to turn to, do you ?
Do you ? do you ? do you ?

When you tried to kiss me I only bit your tongue
When you tried to get me together I only came undone
When you tried to tell me the one for me was you
I was in your mattress back in 1982
Daria, I won't be soothed
Daria, I won't be soothed over
Like smoothed over like milk
Silk, a bedspread or a quilt
Icing on a cake or a serene translucent lake

Daria, Daria, Daria
I won't be soothed - I won't be soothed

When you tried to tell me of all the love you had
I was cleaning oil from beaches seeing only what was bad
When you tried to feed me I only shut my mouth
Food got on your apron and you told me to get out

Daria, I won't be soothed
Daria, I won't be soothed over
Like smoothed over like milk
Silk, a bedspread or a quilt
Icing on a cake or a serene translucent lake

Daria, Daria, Daria
I won't be soothed - I won't be soothed

The land of race car ya-yas
The land where you can't change lanes
The land where large fuzzy dice
Still hang proudly
Like testicles from rear-view mirrors
The land of race car ya-yas
The land where you can't change lanes
The land where large fuzzy dice
Still hang proudly
Like testicles from rear-view mirrors

The land of race car ya-yas
Ya-yas
The land of race car ya-yas (x 2)
Race car ya-yas

At first I was afraid I was petrified
I kept thinking
I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
Just thinking how you'd done me wrong
I grew strong I learned how to get along
And so you're back from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
Without that look upon your face
I should have changed my fucking lock
I would have made you leave your key
If I'd have known for just one second
You'd be back to bother me

Oh now go walk out the door
Just turn around now
You're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one
Who tried to break me with desire ?
Did you think I'd crumble ?
Did you think I'd lay down and die ?

Oh not I I will survive
As long as I know how to love
I know I'll be alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I will survive I will survive

It took all the strength I had
Just not to fall apart
I'm trying hard to mend
The pieces of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights
Just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry but now I hold my head up high

And you see me with somebody new
I'm not that stupid little person
Still in love with you
And so you thought you'd just drop by
And you expect me to be free
But now I'm saving all my lovin'
For someone who's lovin' me

Oh now go walk out the door
Just turn around now
You're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one
Who tried to break me with desire ?
Did you think I'd crumble ?
Did you think I'd lay down and die ?

Oh not I I will survive
Yeah as long as I know how to love
I know I'll be alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I will survive I will survive

Stickshifts and safetybelts
Bucket seats have all got to go
When we're driving in the car
It makes my baby seem so far
I need you here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat
I need you to be here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat
But when we're driving in my malibu
It's easy to get right next to you
I say, "baby, scoot over, please"
And then she's right there next to me
I need you here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat
I need you to be here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat

Well a lot of good cars are Japanese
But when we're driving far
I need my baby - I need my baby next to me

Well, stickshifts and safetybelts
Bucket seats have all got to go
When we're driving in the car
It makes my baby seem so far
I need you here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat
I need you to be here with me
Not way over in a bucket seat

You won't admit you love me
And so how am I ever to know ?
You only tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
A million times I ask you
And then I ask you over again
You only answer
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps
If you can't make your mind up
We'll never get started
And I don't wanna wind up
Being parted, broken-hearted
So if you really love me say yes
But if you don't dear confess
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps

If you can't make your mind up
We'll never get started
And I don't wanna wind up
Being parted, broken-hearted

So if you really love me say yes
But if you don't, dear, confess
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps (x 3)

It's coming down it's coming down
It's raining outside you've nowhere to hide
She's asking you why you think it's funny
It's coming down it's coming down
She's leaving your house she had to get out
She's mad and she'll take her mattress with her

chorus :
It's coming down it's coming down (x 4)
It's coming down

You lie on the floor she's slamming your door
She's gone and she's wearing your red sweater

chorus

Heads of state who writhe and wrangle
Who look at your face from more than one angle
Can cut you from their bloated budgets
Like sharpened knives through chicken McNuggets
Now heads of state who ride and wrangle
Who look at your face from more than one angle
Can cut you from their bloated budgets
Like sharpened knives through chicken McNuggets

Shut the fuck up shut the fuck up learn to buck up
Shut the fuck up learn to buck up

Now nimble fingers that dance on numbers
Will eat your children and steal your thunder
While heavy torsos that heave and hurl
Will crunch like nuts in the mouths of squirrels
Now nimble fingers that dance on numbers
Will eat your children and steal your thunder
While heavy torsos that heave and hurl
Will crunch like nuts in the mouths of squirrels

Shut the fuck up shut the fuck up right now learn to buck up
Shut the fuck up learn to buck up

Now simple feet that flicker like fire
And burn like candles in smoky spires
Do more to turn my joy to sadness
Than somber thoughts of burning planets
Now clever feet that flicker like fire
And burn like candles in smoky spires
Do more to turn my joy to sadness
Than somber thoughts of burning planets

Last night I said to her
I didn't want to live inside a lie
If she wants him more than she wants me
Let this be she'll come back to me
She'll come back to me she'll come back
All day I wait and wait
To hear her footsteps on my walkway
She never came she never even called
She'll come back to me she'll come back to me
She'll come back

Somehow I know it won't last
Somehow I know it won't last too long

She'll come back to me (x 4)

She doesn't care whether or not he's an island
She doesn't care just as long as his ship's coming in
She doesn't care whether or not he's an island
They laugh, they make money he's got a gold watch
She's got a silk dress and healthy breasts
That bounce on his italian leather sofa
She doesn't care whether or not he's a good man
She doesn't care just as long as she still has her friends
She doesn't care whether or not he's an island
They laugh, they make money he's got a gold watch
She's got a silk dress and healthy breasts
That bounce on his italian leather sofa

She's got a serrated edge
That she moves back and forth
It's such a simple machine
She doesn't have to use force
When she gets what she wants
She puts the rest on a tray
In a zip-loc bag
She's got a serrated edge
That she moves back and forth
It's such a simple machine
She doesn't have to use force
When she gets what she wants
She puts the rest on a tray
In a zip-loc bag in the freezer

She doesn't care whether or not he's an island
She doesn't care just as long as his ship's coming in
She doesn't care whether or not he's an island
They laugh, they make money he's got a gold watch
She's got a silk dress and healthy breasts
That bounce on his italian leather sofa

I'm writing a song all about you
A true song as real as my tears
But you've no need to fear it
'Cause no one will hear it
Sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year
I'll tell all about how you cheated
I'd like for the whole world to hear
I'd like to get even
With you cause you're leavin'
But sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year

It's a good thing that I'm not a star
You don't know how lucky you are
Though my record may say it
No one will play it
Sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year

It's a good thing that I'm not a star
You don't know how lucky you are
Though my record may say it
No one will play it
Sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year