THE FRATELLIS Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied LYRICS
album: "Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied" (2015)
Me And The Devil
She said, "I know that there will come a time
When I get nothing from the blood and the wine"
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
You'll find me a silver chain
They'll deny me and whisper my name
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'll carry myself half way blind
Through each and every doorway I can find
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna lose my lonely mind for you
Well there's an answer if only I knew
It'll carry my heart home to you
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm digging the dirt for a sign
And pray to let my little light shine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm going to lose my lonely mind for you
I'm going to lose my lonely mind for you
I'm going to lose my lonely mind for you
Tell a woman that's beautiful, lie for me
Make all of your promises right in front of me
Keep me in line but do it honestly
Make it real, make it slow, stay alive for me
Come on, babe where the line goes dead
I'll be fire, I'll be rain, I'll be joy, I'll be dread
Come on, baby don't be shy
All I want is you and I
Out on the street I'll be every face
There'll be no man alive
That can take my place
Give it up, let it go
The sooner you do the sooner I'll go
I'm digging the dirt for a sign
And I'll pray to let my little light shine
And set my heart on the line
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm gonna sell this soul of mine
I'm going to lose my lonely mind for you
I'm going to lose my lonely mind for you
I'm going to lose my lonely mind for you
I'm going to lose my lonely mind
I'm going to lose my lonely mind
I'm going to lose my lonely mind for you
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Impostors (Little By Little)
You wear your mask, I'll wear mine
They don't come cheap, but they fit just fine
You can be her and I can be him
We can both sink when the rest don't swim
Little by little by little by little by little by little by little
Little by little by little by little by little by all day long
We can pretend that our fates are entwined
The beautiful lies the beautiful kind
Everybody knows that the sun still sets
And everybody gives and everybody gets
Little by little by little by little by little by little by little
Little by little by little by little by little by all day long
Little by little by little by little by little by little by little
Little by little by little by little by little by all day long
I can be the one that you just can't shake
Till you swear that your eyes go blind
We can disappear till the sun burns a hole
In the life that we left behind
And I just won't stop till my heart gives way
And you and I are a long lost myth
There's nothing very much that you wouldn't do
To be the last of the men that you romanced with
The last of the men that you romanced with
Little by little by little by little by little by little by little
Little by little by little by little by little by all day long
Little by little by little by little by little by little by little
Little by little by little by little by little by all day long
You wear your mask I'll wear mine
They donэt come cheap but they fit just fine
We can pretend that our fates are entwined
The beautiful lies the beautiful kind
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Baby Don't You Lie To Me
Well little girl you can roll your eyes at the very sight of me
Do everything in spite of me
But baby don’t you lie to me
I’ll take your mood swings
I’ll dig a hole in your dishonesty
I will kneel down in your company
But baby don’t you lie to me
I’ll be your red-cheeked lover
And your man of regret
There’ll be no desert too dry and no ocean too wet
I’ll be your punchbag substitute
I’ll sharpen your claws
When you come tumbling down you’re still in my thoughts
Well there’s just one thing baby I could never abide
No matter how much you beg no matter how hard you try
You can tell me that I’ll never be free
But baby don’t you lie to me
Well little sister I can handle the thought of you despising me
Dancin’ on my grave and baptising me
As long as baby you don’t lie to me
I’ll bend until you have broken my will
I’ll be no enemy
You’ll never hear so much as a complaint from me
As long as baby you don’t lie to me
Well you can take my house
Don’t take my pride
Take all my valentines cards and tear them open wide
Chase my friends, ruin my name
I won’t ever fight back I’ll be easy to blame
Well there’s just one thing baby I will always despise
Not the crack of your whip or the hatred in your eyes
I got only one reasonable plea
Baby don’t you lie to me
Burn my house, throw me out, pull me down, sell my clothes
I’ll dig you out of a hole when your ignorance shows
I’ll be anything you need me to be
Baby don’t you lie to me
Every time your lips move baby
Someone somewhere’s bound to cry
I don’t even think you’re quite aware of how or why
Life for you could be so easy
If you’d only shut your mouth
Every time you feel those words come
Runnin’ out [x12]
Ahhhhh
There’s just one thing baby I could never abide
No matter how much you beg no matter how hard you try
You can tell me that I’ll never be free
Baby don’t you lie to me
Drag my name and reputation over the cold hard stones
Break my heart up into pieces honey
Shatter my bones
You can kill me with your repartee,
Baby don’t you lie to me
Well there’s just one thing baby I will always despise
Not the crack of your whip or the hatred in your eyes
I got only one reasonable plea
Baby don’t you lie to me
Burn my house, throw me out, pull me down, sell my clothes
Oh Yeah!
I’ll dig you out of a hole when your ignorance shows
I’ll be anything you need me to be
Baby don’t you lie to me
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Desperate Guy
Pleased to meet you baby I'm your fool
I'm the patron saint of the cruel
There's a dark room in my soul
When I hear your name baby I lose control
Here me now here me now
Here me now here me now
There's nothing very much
I wouldn't do to catch your eye
And you can't see me now see me now
See me now see me now
There's just too many things I'm haunted by
I'm no loser but I can't win
I'm the right man in the wrong skin
I could be our holy ghost
But I'll be deaf dumb and blind when you need me most
Here me now here me now
Here me now here me now
There's nothing very much
I wouldn't do to catch your eye
And you can't see me now see me now
See me now see me now
There's just too many things I'm haunted by
And though my nights are strange
There's a voice inside my head
I would not change
every now and then I see my friends pass by
but I've got nothing more to say
except a long goodbye
And though I try
It's clear to see that I'm a desperate guy
Pleased to meet you baby I'm your fool
I'm the patron saint of the cruel
There's a dark room in my soul
When I hear your name baby I lose control
Here me now here me now
Here me now here me now
There's nothing very much
I wouldn't do to catch your eye
And you can't see me now see me now
See me now see me now
There's just too many things I'm haunted by
And though my nights are strange
there's a voice inside my head
I would not change
Every now and then I see my friends pass by
but I've got nothing more to say
except a long goodbye
And though I try It's clear to see that I'm a desperate guy
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Thief
Well she's made of fire
and she's made of wind
She can take you higher
but she's not your friend
She don't beg, crawl, rise, fall
Well she's in no doubt that she just can't lose
She got no way out, she's no one's muse
She don't need, pray, bleed
Gets the job done any old way
No one ever told her that the world was under her skin
She goes to sleep in every place you know you never have been
Turn yourself around and she won't be there
You just won't see her cause she just don't care
Change you name and bury your dead
Leave some space for her in your head
Well she's in no doubt that she just can't lose
She got now way out, she's no one's muse
She don't need, pray, bleed
Gets the job done any old way
No one ever told her that the world was under her skin
She goes to sleep in every place that you know you never have been
Turn yourself around and she won't be there
You just won't see her cause she just don't care
Change your name and bury your dead
Leave some space for her in your head
Throw away your rights and wrongs
leave them in the dust
Forget the day that you were born
she'll take whatever she must
Well she's made of fire
and she's made of wind
She can take you higher
but she's not your friend
She don't beg, crawl, rise, fall
Well she's in no doubt that she just can't lose
She got no way out, she's no one's muse
She don't need, pray, bleed
Gets the job done any old way
No one ever told her that the world was under her skin
She goes to sleep in every place you know you never have been
Turn yourself around and she won't be there
You just won't see her cause she just don't care
Change your name and bury your dead
Leave some space for her in your head
Throw away your rights and wrongs
leave them in the dust
Forget the day that you were born
she'll take whatever she must
Take whatever she must
Take whatever she must
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Dogtown
There's a snakeskin bedroom
bang in the middle
of a funny little place called Hell, oh well
Everybody there's got trouble by the dozen
it's a lonely little place to dwell
Hope I don't make the trip to the floor
You told me once
"I want it but you wanted it more"
I know kung fu you know nothing
but together we can make it real, good deal
Digging our own way out of every prison
with my brain and your high heels
Love your myth coupled with your vast ocean
Take my eyes as the prize for your devotion
Oh take me to El Ray I got this real need to pray
Come find me where the vampires
all keep their heads on display
I'm a new man living in a old skin
I've been dead to you ever since Berlin
Oh teacher I'm restless just say the word
and I'll be blameless
Make me a saint I'll be the voice of restraint
I'll take their bullwhips and stones
without a hint of complaint
I met God in Dogtown isn't it a funny thing
to know you've died? Dove's cried
Angels wept just as if I was a brother
and sang the blues for my bride
I've been keeping time in a skeleton soul band
don't it make your heart just bleed? Indeed
Keeping my nose clean hoping I can crash land
back where I've got mouths to feed
I'll be home once I've paid for my confusion
You'll see me in the fires
of your own disillusion
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Rosanna
You could be the silver, I could be the gold
Running out of time and of ideas
we could be a sight to behold
Falling out of windows
Kicking in doors
Waiting on a sign to define
you could be mine and I could be yours
Tell me why baby do you cry
do you have to be so unkind?
Casting spells on the punch drunk women
that your boyfriend left behind
So take it slow let all this go Rosanna
I'll be your friend there'll be no end until I see you smile
You could be the fever I could be the fix
We could sow the seed of the need you agreed
that you'd needed for your kicks
Tripping over headstones
Sleeping in graves
Baby you're a mess I confess but I guess
that I'll save you one of these days
Tell me what do you cry
do you have to be so unkind?
Casting spells on the punch drunk women
that your boyfriend left behind
Call my name I could be to blame
for the hole in your golden heart
I could marry you till the cows come home
though we're living half a world apart
So take it slow let all this go Rosanna
I'll be your friend there'll be no end until I saw you smile
Rosanna take it slow
Rosanna let it go
Rosanna I need to know
Rosanna take it slow
Rosanna let it go
Rosanna I need to know
So take it slow let all this go Rosanna
I'll be your friend there'll be no end until I saw you smile
So take it slow let all this go Rosanna
I'll be your friend there'll be no end until I saw you smile
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Slow
If I had an audience
I'd cover my face
Lock away myself
In a lonesome place
If I'd had a premonition
Of how this would be
I would still have begged
And took you home with me
Still have done it all
Done it hopelessly
And bury myself when all I could see
Well I lost my heart when my back was turned
If you see it could you let me know?
And if you've got to leave me, baby
Won't you do it slow?
If I had a crystal ball
I still wouldn't see it all
I swear I didn't do it
Just to make you crawl
And if I had a audience
I'd ask them to leave
How can I give them what I can't recieve?
How can I pray when I just don't believe?
And sometimes it takes
All your heart just to breath
Well I lost my heart when my back was turned
If you see it could you let me know
And if you've got to leave me baby
Won't you do it slow?
There's nothing I wouldn't give in this world
To be the man you met long ago
And if you've got to leave me baby
Won't you do it slow?
If you've got to leave me baby
Won't you do it slow?
Oh let me see
Don't linger at my door
Tell me again
Was it to you I swore
That noone would play
With your heart anymore?
Well I lost my heart when my back was turned
If you see it could you let me know
And if you've got to leave me baby
Won't you do it slow?
If you've got to leave me baby
Won't you do it slow?
If you've got to leave me baby
Won't you do it slow?
If you've got to leave me baby
Won't you do it slow?
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Getting Surreal
Everybody knows when tell me again
Fatten up the pig and baby let's pretend
That I could see the joke
at the beginning or the end
Let me know the secret honey
then I'll be your best friend
Alakazam, Kalakazoo, Salaam
Meet me in the jungle
where they never give a damn
If your clothes don't fit
or if your marriage is a sham
They never weigh a woman
by the kilo or the gram
If you go to make it baby make it real
Get up of your knees and tell me how do you feel?
Nothing untrue can ever be revealed
Cover my eyes this is getting surreal
Written in the stars is a great big lie
that you'll never get to see
until the minute that you die
and by the time you get to heaven
your a whole another guy
It's maybe just as well
that you never had a third eye
Little pig little pig lock your door
Take the gun from the wall
and then even up the score
I don't even know who the sun shines for
And I don't believe what I believe any more
If you got to make it baby make it real
Get up off your knees and tell me how do you feel?
Nothing untrue can ever be revealed
Cover my eyes this is getting surreal
Hollywood death smile flash me a grin
Laughing gas don't cut it when you're rotten within
Nothing untrue can ever be revealed
Cover my eyes this is getting surreal
Well it's hotdog logie in a grapefruit time
Flutter your eyelids and honey you'll be fine
Throw me your sins
and I'll keep them with mine
You got a headful of stone
and that's something divine
Get a little head rush, swallow a fly
Cut off your memories
and hang them out to dry
It was a beautiful noise
but now it's tumbling by
I was never here there was no you and I
If you got to make it baby make it real
Get up off your knees and tell me how do you feel?
Nothing untrue can ever be revealed
Cover my eyes this is getting surreal
Hollywood death smile flash me a grin
Laughing gas don't cut it when you're rotten within
Nothing untrue can ever be revealed
Cover my eyes this is getting surreal
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Too Much Wine
I'm trying to keep my brains from getting dry
There's only way I know
I'm gonna bolt shut the windows
barricade the door
And let all of my judgements go
I'll take the meat from the table talk
straight while I'm able
Till I'm nothing less than a crime
Until my heart stops beating
I'm gonna drink myself too much wine
Well I know I'm getting nowhere
creeping up the backstair telling myself
I'm in pain
Even I don't believe me
I'm threatening to leave me
Till only my dumbness remains
Well even schoolgirls deride me
There's something dead inside me
I'd give away my blood for a sign
Until my ship comes in
I'm gonna drink myself too much wine
Too much wine, too much wine
Too much wine
I'll be your best kind of friend
I'll be submissive to the end of the line
And when the clock strikes seven
they can cut me down in my prime
I'll be your last witchdoctor
I'll be anything for too much wine
I'm trying to keep my brains from getting dry
There's only way I know
I'm gonna bolt shut the windows
barricade the door
And let all of my judgements go
I'll take the meat from the table talk
straight while I'm able
Till I'm nothing less than a crime
Until my heart stops beating
I'm gonna drink myself too much wine
Too much wine, too much wine
Too much wine
I'll be your best kind of friend
I'll be submissive to the end of the line
And when the clock strikes seven
they can cut me down in my prime
I'll be your last witchdoctor
I'll be anything for too much wine
Too much wine, too much wine
Too much wine
I'll be your best kind of friend
I'll be submissive to the end of the line
And when the clock strikes seven
they can cut me down in my prime
I'll be your last witchdoctor too much wine
I'll be anything for too much wine
I'll be your last witchdoctor too much wine
I'll be anything for too much wine
I'll be your last witchdoctor too much wine
I'll be anything for too much wine
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Moonshine
Moonshine
Moonshine
I may be bleedin' but I feel just fine
Moonshine
Moonshine
I wish to God you would send me a sign
My future's on its knees
It don't do its best to please
My crooked spine
Moonshine
Moonshine
I got the troubles of this whole world combined
Moonshine
Moonshine
I bet my whole life on this useless design
And I don't see no place
That I can show this shameful face
Without fear of decline
Never knowin'
Is the most evil feelin'
And every answer here
Is none too appealin'
I'm just waitin' in line
Prayin' hard when it comes, it's divine
Have I been blind, moonshine?
Moonshine
Moonshine
I'm going up to Graceland where they built me a shrine
Moonshine
Moonshine
I'll take all your problems if you'd only take mine
And we'll go with the girls
They got empty beds and curls
We won't be easy to find, moonshine
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Down The Road And Back... Again
She never came from Miami FLA
She never found herself
like other girls they say
She had the kind of face
you'd never ever miss, invisible in bliss
She couldn't understand
why nobody felt like this
She walked a mile in a faithless pair of heels
Just to imagine how it looks and how it feels
To be the kind of girl that everyone, that everyone adored
High upon the scoreband
Smiling through her teeth
Wild as thunder underneath
High, high in the sky
out of reach of you and I
Witnessing the days go by
don't it make a poor girl cry?
Oh Lord it's a sin all this pain we're living in
Don't it make your poor head spin
Down the road and back again
La la la la down the road and back again
La la la la
He never told himself ambition wasn't real
He taught his eyes to think
and his brain how to feel
He got his wires crossed
and couldn't raise a smile
Made sense once in a while
Counting down the days
till his clothes came back in style
He couldn't see how anything
was right or wrong
He knew the words and tune
but didn't know the song
He spoke a language
that he couldn't barely speak
An out of date technique
Though he was just blood and bone
he always felt unique!
High, high in the sky
out of reach of you and I
Witnessing the days go by
don't it make a poor girl cry?
Oh Lord it's a sin all this pain we're living in
Don't it make your poor head spin
Down the road and back again
La la la la down the road and back again
La la la la down the road and back again
La la la la down the road and back again
La la la la down the road and back again
Each and every last one in denial
Counting every minute till it seems worthwhile
Dragging behind them every last heartache
Singing "Jesus Forgive me"
for their own sake
In a fever
Nothing better
When your souls at stake...
High, high in the sky
out of reach of you and I
Witnessing the days go by
don't it make a poor girl cry?
Oh Lord it's a sin all this pain we're living in
Don't it make your poor head spin
Down the road and back again
La la la la down the road and back again
La la la la down the road and back again
La la la la down the road and back again
La la la la down the road and back again
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Medusa In Chains
Turn off the light when you leave
Switch off that evil sound
I'm trying hard not to breath
till I'm on solid ground
Sometimes that's just how it goes
Take it from someone who knows
Eyes wide, tongue tied
She replied I'm lost inside
I'm not your miracle man
I'm not your spirit guide
Before this whole thing began
I had some sense of pride
Just one more night with your lips
Your company is hard to eclipse
Weak kneed, yes indeed, guaranteed
Make my heart bleed
Give me a reason to breathe
don't let my sun go down
I'll make you stand and receive
I'll be your sacred ground
Be my Medusa in chains, petrified
Only your beauty remains
Tell me baby, one more time
Won't you be a friend of mine?
Put out your E cigarette
take off your sequined shawl
Just try your best to forget
that I once made you crawl
Just one more sway of your hips
I love the way your confidence slips
You should be outlawed, Dear God!
Every single breath I applaud
Give me a reason to breathe
don't let my sun go down
I'll make you stand and receive
I'll be your sacred ground
Be my Medusa in chains, petrified
Only your beauty remains
Tell me baby, one more time
Won't you be a friend of mine?
