Playlist The Fratellis

the fratellis - a heady tale

Pull me up a chair
And keep your money
There's no guarantees
Won't you please forgive me?
But you know cold-blooded women make me sneeze
And I'll kick you out the door
If for just one minute you lie
They'll come crashing through the wall
And leave you crawling 'til the minute you die

Won't you sell a drink or three
And maybe we'll think clearer for a while
You may be an embarassment
But I love the way your clothes are never in style
If this much is too easy
I'm dying to be some kind of whore
Well you swear that you're original, I know
But I know I've seen those jealous eyes before

So steal a watch right off my wrist
Oh and shake me by the hand
We could disappear for days
And they wouldn't understand
Gypsy blood will get you far
And we will not miss you when you go

Tear another whole in my brown shoes
And we can all sleep for a while
Well I told you once before
I love your braces and your hesitant smile
Please don't get me wrong
It's only right that you can stamp on my heart
Well I see you and your friends someplace
You know I just can't tell you apart

And though they'll hunt you like a dog
But they won't take you alive
Cause your made big piles of money
Stacked up twenty storeys high
Well the boys in every bar
They will not miss you when you go

So steal the watch right off my wrist
Oh and shake me by the hand
We could disappear for days
And they wouldn't understand
Gypsy blood will get you far
Though it's far away from me
Look me up when you get home

Well they'll hunt you like a dog
But they won't take you alive
Cause you made big piles of money
Twenty storeys high
The boys in every bar
Well they'll miss you when you're gone
You can tell a Heady Tale
Will you both please scream along?
Lala
Lala
Lala...

the fratellis - acid jazz singer

Well let me tell you something
Let me tell you so
This could be the one thing
That you really need to know
You gotta stop once in a while
Shake off that face of yours

Cause nothing comes easy
Oh it just comes free
You could sing it better
If you sing for me, oh sister

Well I cannot claim
This advice is my own
I landed in the gutter
One night crawling home
She said don't you look rediculous
I checked her out meticulously

And I would've stopped to argue
But my teeth were broke
I said I'd love to condradict you
But my life's a joke, oh sister

And she said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table, and the secret's on the shelf
And it's a one time, keep it slow
Wind 'em up and here we go
Get a ride today
And you would still be here tomorrow

Some said she was saintly
Some she was a swinger
Me, I only knew her as the Acid Jazz Singer, come on

Well I'm a lucky man
But maybe so is she
And maybe this is just the way it has to be
It's all based on speculation
It's a crazy my occupation to me
And though I didn't much believe her
I was bound to call
I really didn't wanna miss a single thing at all
Oh sister

And she said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table, and the secret's on the shelf
And it's a one time, keep it slow
Wind 'em up and here we go
Get a ride today
And you may be here tomorrow

Some said she was saintly
Some she was a swinger
Me, I only knew her as the Acid Jazz Singer, come on

And she said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
The books are on the table, and the secret's on the shelf
And it's a one time, keep it slow
Wind 'em up and here we go
Get a ride today
And you may be here tomorrow

Some said she was saintly
Some she was a swinger
Me, I only knew her as the Acid Jazz Singer, come on

I haven't seen her lately
Well, I'll have to ring her
Put your hands together for the Acid Jazz Singer, come on

the fratellis - all along the watchtower

There must be some kind of way out of here,
said the joker to the thief
theres too much confusion,
I cant get no relief.

Business men they drink my wine,
plow men dig my Earth,
none with a level on their mind,
nobody out of this world.

No reason to get excited,
the thief he kindly spoke,
there are many here among us,
who think that life is but a joke,
but you and I, we've been through that,
and this is not our fate,
so let stop talking falsely know,
the hour is getting late.

All along the watchtower,
princes kept the view,
while all the women came and went,
barefoot servants too.

Outside in the cold distance,
a wild cat did growl,
two riders were approaching,
and the wind began to howl.

All along the tower,
everywhere,

everywhere I went...

the fratellis - baby fratelli

He said oh my, I don't know why
I was just busy watching everyone go by
Outside the shite bar, and you're a red car
Me and your girlfriend and your sister with the big scar

I said oh Christ, I told you twice
It's just not easy going through all these things thrice
What's this I wonder, you drive a bluebird
You got no money for the petrol, that's what I heard

And it's all right, she'll be sucking fingers all night
Wearing those shoes, oh any excuse to go to the gang fight
And oh she's alright, everybody says she's uptight
Sick in the head, first in the bed
So easy to be Friday's nightmare

I said oh no, oh please just go
You got no eyelids and sweet ella loves me so
She got my number, though I can't stand her
I can't help diggin her a hope I guess I wonder
And oh it's clear, you want me dear
It would be easier if I was never here
You got the money, and I got the reason,
I'll stick around with you for just another season

And it's alright, she'll be sucking fingers all night
Wearing those shoes, oh any excuse to go to the gang fight
And oh she's alright, everybody says she's uptight
Sick in the head, first in the bed
So easy to be Friday's nightmare

She's just getting along,
So don't tell me she's yours
Oh please tell me I'm wrong again
It's all in a day,
So what can you say?
Just sleep in yer shoes
With the winterbox blues
Any time you choose, Oh yeah

She said oh my, I don't know why
I was just busy watching everyone go by
What's this I wonder, you drive a bluebird
You got no money for the petrol, that's what I heard

And it's alright, she'll be sucking fingers all night
Wearing those shoes, oh any excuse to go to the gang fight
And oh she's alright, everybody says she's uptight
Sick in the head, first in the bed
So easy to be Friday's wonder...

the fratellis - baby s got a brand new second hand disguise

Wake me up when you've got something else to say
Your just pure white noise and soft blue sandals all the way
And everybody wants you to be way out of line
You were everybody else's way before you were mine
Burned out punched in let loose rattleskinned and fine

Please say nothing don't say anything at all
You make me uneasy oh you make me bawl
But I'll hang around your door till you take me to bed
Or you could sing a Waltzing Matilda instead
And I'd still be here waiting when you come around

Your so very simple, cynical and kind
I would say something but it's just too hard to find
And every single day you got a head full off bees
I would help you out but my pockets would freeze
Baby's got a brand new second hand disguise

Baby's got a brand new second hand disguise
Baby's got a brand new second hand disguise
Baby's got a brand new second hand disguise

the fratellis - babydoll

Baby doll
Do you believe they'll catch you when you fall?
And when morning comes, the sun is gonna shine
Don't forget
Your minor keys, your half-lit cigarette
'Cause when morning comes, God knows that you'll be mine

So let me in
I'm ready to beg and to sing for my sins
Not leave it to chance, a sweet coincidence
Well that's just crazy
And you know it's true

Well they said you was long gone
I just laughed and said
"All right, bring her home tonight"
And I heard you was graciously put on
I just laughed and said
"Good night, guess it's alright"

Baby doll
The men who hang like flowers in your hall
Are asking when your love is gonna show
And who knows why
The love you need will always pass you by?
Well I heard it's true
Your love is gonna grow

So let me know
'Cause I can stay, or honey I can go
Just to wherever you tell me so
I'll find my place there
And there I'll stay

Well they said you was burned out
I just laughed and said
"Come on, she's not burnt, she's just gone"
And it took me too long 'til I found out
Faces that you know the best, oh well I guess

And they laughed when you said you was leaving
Everybody knows you well, except for me, can't you tell?
And you once from the wings of the late show
Roses by your feet all red, for me you said

Baby doll, Baby doll, Baby doll, Baby doll...

the fratellis - boy done good

Well, okay, yes
You know I just won't deny it
It's me, and me alone
Who kicked up the riot
I did it for a laugh
You know I did it for a thrill
From the windowsill
I didn't pay my phone bill

Every night I've been looking
Over my shoulder
Got a kickin' once
Because I was older
It was just a bunch of girls
But they were prettier than me
Not especially
They were probably filthy

Oh, ooh lala

Stacie Anne lives in my street
She's a waster
I know her face
And the smell of her feet
I can taste her

Loves me not
And talks a lot
And she treats me so unkind
Tangles up my mind
Never shows me a good time

I go out every night
I just don't be lazy
If I didnt treat myself right
You'd think I was crazy

I don't work for money
But I get along just fine
Waste my fuckin' time
Gets myself a new headline

Oh, got big mean hands
And fabulous feet
And I'm gonna hear
A tip in the jar
Got a ten pound note
And a mysterious coat
And a direct line to the bar

You better run
Ah you better run

I'm no angel, I'm just a boy...

the fratellis - chelsea dagger

Well you must be a girl with shoes like that
She said you know me well
I seen you and little steven and Joanna
Round the back of my hotel oh yeah

Someone said you was asking after me
But I know you best as a blagger
I said tell me your name is it sweet?
She said my boy it's dagger oh yeah

I was good she was hot
Stealin' everything she got
I was bold she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear thank you dear bring yer sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it

Well you must be a boy with bones like that
She said you got me wrong
I would've sold them to you
If I could've just have kept the last of my clothes on
Call me up take me down with you
When you go I could be your regular belle
And I'll dance for little steven and Joanna
Round the back of my hotel oh yeah

I was good she was hot
Stealin everything she got
I was bold she was over the worst of it
Gave me gear thank you dear bring yer sister over here
Let her dance with me just for the hell of it

Chelsea Chelsea I believe that when your dancing
Slowly sucking your sleeve
That all the boys get lonely after you leave
And it's one for the Dagger and another for the one you believe

Chelsea Chelsea I believe that when your dancing
Slowly sucking your sleeve
That all the boys get lonely after you leave
And it's one for the Dagger and another for the one you believe

the fratellis - cigarello

Filthy rag dolls in the bed
I cant listen to what they said
Don?t get silly don?t get so sick
get some trousers and get some quick
All the wasters they come in threes
honey that?s no excuse to tease
Is this your house do you live here
your not as sick as you appear

In the day though your dumb in a way

And everybody?s giving me a hand me down
for my cigarello of yellow and brown
Everybody wants me to be there side show
a brown n yellow cigarello dancing under your window

Can we watch movies on your TV
don?t have to get dressed just for me
We could stay home and get drunk quick
I could wear your dress and your lipstick
Or we could go out and steal a car

both get loaded and drive real far
Is this your house do you live here your not as sick as you appear

In the day

And everybody?s giving me a hand me down
for my cigarello of yellow and brown
Everybody wants me to be there side show
a brown n yellow cigarello dancing under your window

And everybody?s giving me a hand me down
for my cigarello of yellow and brown
Everybody wants me to be there side show
a brown n yellow cigarello dancing under your window

And everybody?s giving me a hand me down
for my cigarello of yellow and brown
Everybody wants me to be there side show
a brown n yellow cigarello dancing under your window

the fratellis - country boys and city girls

I said I don?t get out too much I said
She said you said I said two times instead
I said oh please please please no, your just not funny ya know
So stick around here for a week or three or four
I passed out one time by your door
It was twenty to four but I just can?t be sure

Cinderella Cinderella she?s my very kind of fella
Part right half wrong oh you know it won?t be too long
And oh you know we country boys are only after sex and noise
Take me shake me I?m a real mess oh yes
I love the way you city girls dress even though your head?s in a mess

Well it was some kind of house by some kind of road
With some kind of peculiar dress code
All the boys had no style not one girl did she smile
I said your making me itch she said don?t
I said I?ll try my best she said I know that you won?t
Now it?s time to go home while I was chewing her bone

Baby doll baby doll climbing on the bedroom wall
Got no real friends at all maybe she?s a mother or two
But I think she?s into you
Take me home take me home call my mother on the phone
Ella was her name when I left but now she is Rose
Got no fingers or toe?s lost them everywhere that she goes , now

Lost them everywhere that she goes now(4x)

Cinderella Cinderella she?s my very kind of fella
Part right half wrong oh you know it won?t be too long
And oh you know we country boys are only after sex and noise
Take me shake me I?m a real mess oh yes
I love the way you city girls dress even though your head?s in a mess

Baby doll baby doll climbing on the bedroom wall
Got no real friends at all maybe she?s a mother or two
But I think she?s into you
Take me home take me home call my mother on the phone
Ella was her name when I left but now she is Rose
Got no fingers or toe?s lost them everywhere that she goes , now

the fratellis - creepin up the backstairs

She said ?I am Rosie? I said ?I thought you were Lucy?
She said ?No Rosie I told you so?
Was here with you sister but she was gone when I got back
I was up dancin for fun y?know
Of all the shitty little places I meet you it?s here
And now I?m freaking out
I heard you got a brand new name selling E?s in the dark
But hey it?s nothing to shout about

Don?t just say yes to tease me
Do your up most to please me
I don?t mean to be sleazy
Being you can?t be easy

When you?re creepin' up the backstairs
Mother?s nightmares
Falling in the front door, my, my
Climbing in the window
Get dressed let?s go
Take your brother?s car keys, bye, bye

Well I see your yellow fingers and your crucifix bones
All covered in cellophane
Was there when yer best friend said ?sweetheart?
I?m just here to get drunk again
I wouldn?t move if I was you
I wouldn?t want to get caught when the lights go out
She said ?you think you?re so special? I said
?Sunshine I?m just bored I?m just checking out?

the fratellis - dirty barry stole the bluebird

He stole it, he stole it
He crossed the wires
And flipped the bastard
He rigged it, he rigged it
His face was ugly
And not so much as a halo oh, yeah-lo
His favourite colour was black because he stole it, he stole it, he stole it, he stole it

And one fine day, now
It was typical
I was wonderful
He was critical
He lived down my street
Owned a Jaguar
No matter where you are
That?s a girlies car
All around you
He never seen a word
He's always out of work
He's never seen a word
Got no gyro
He didn?t need it though
He stole cars, ya know

Though he had the sneakiness to lie
Such a lazy way to die
Didn?t try
Well oh my

And all the girls were weepin when we said
That their bluebird days were dead
Go to bed
Oh instead

He stole it, he stole it
He crossed the wires
And flipped the bastard
He rigged it, he rigged it
His face was ugly
And not so much as a halo oh, yeah-lo
His favourite colour was black because he stole it, he stole it, he stole it, he stole it

And he chased them right down
From the batting cage
So we could catch him up
Smash his pretty face
Bang bang bang bang
With the bluebird and
We were getting tanned
by an armed band
He sped away
Past the studio
The cigarillo
And the fratellio
We got wased
Then we went to bed
Got the train instead

Though he had the cheekiness to lie
Such a lazy way to die
Didn?t try
Well oh my
(well oh my)

And all the girls were weepin when we said
That their bluebird days were dead
were dead
oh instead
Oh instead

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

He stole it, he stole it
He crossed the wires
And flipped the bastard
He rigged it, he rigged it
His face was ugly
And not so much as a halo oh, yeah-lo
His favourite colour was black because he stole it, he stole it, he stole it, he stole it

He swiped it, he swiped it
And we don?t care because we got us a payroll and banjo
??? a halo oh yeah-lo
His favourite colour was black because he stole it, he stole it, he stole it, he stole it

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

La la-la, la la-la,
La la-la, Laaaaa

the fratellis - doginabag

Well you got so good,
You live for the action,
Used to be a husband now you got yourself some satisfaction,
A dog in a bag and a bone.
But you're lost in the rain,
21 million miles from home.
You got brand new shoes,
A healthy fixation,
Atomic heart and a two for one education.
You're breaking my heart all the way.
With your dog in a bag I need your madness just to get through the day.

... o clock.
Too hot to sleep,
A rotten taste in my mouth,
And my eyes are deep.
There's nothing much really going on out here,
I'm holding on for dear life and one more beer.
I guess you could say it's a sick little show,
A bottle of troubles and a bed full of woe
It's easy to see without looking too far, you have to be a saint to be as sick as you are.

Half the world's asleep,
The rest of them are dreaming.
God forbid if you forget to close the door as you're leaving.
I hate to see you in a bind.

With a dog in a bag, sleeping next to your ridiculous mind.
With a dog in a bag, sleeping next to your ridiculous mind.
With a dog in a bag, sleeping next to your ridiculous mind

the fratellis - ella s in the band

Meeting every Tuesday in a club in Soho
I'm just dreaming on Rockefeller Plaza
Paul's in the hall with the bedroom plaything
He's wishing he could give her a damn good thrashing
Everybody cries, "Well, good for you, Paul!
We never liked her very much at all."
I'm just dreaming on Rockefeller Plaza

I'm just waiting on magic shoes, got three wee chords, and I just can't lose
I'm just finding my own way there, I lost my voice and I grew my hair

Well, brother John's long gone, keeps his nose clean
He's sucking on a black and white TV screen
Well, he says he got a girl and a paper memory
Pictures on the wall and a dog named Henry
I'm just dreaming on Rockefeller Plaza.
Well, Ella's in the band but she's always solo
She's dressed in rags and covered in dayglo
Banging on the drums like a big white throwback
Screaming all the while at her husband, poor Jack!
I'm just dreaming of Rockefeller Plaza

Well I'm just waiting on pigs to fly
Got cold dead brains and a reason why
I just better move half as slow
As be your dog and your one man show

I'm just waiting on magic shoes
Got three wee chords, and I just can't lose
I'm just finding my own way there
Oh I lost my voice and I grew my hair
I'm just waiting on pigs to fly
Got cold dead brains and a reason why
If I just didn't move half as slow
I'd be your dog and your one man show

the fratellis - everybody knows you cried last night

Whistle for the boys now don?t be shy
Give us all a song and a reason why
Baby got the bones and a hand me down
Says her heart is black but her eyes are brown
Give the boys a flash and they?ll love you so
Give the girl some cash cause your mother said so
And take em out to look at the queen
And any old girl who?s in between

Lay yourself down by the side of the bed
Oh you naughty girl you know you tickle me red
You look so dumb and you sound so twee
And you can only wish that you was married to me

Well, that?s what you get
Oh don?t get upset
Ridiculous you
Waiting in the queue oh whoopee doo
You could have been
The best that I?ve seen
Under the red light
Everybody knows you cried last night

Give us all a go till your face turns red
Little Greg said you went home instead
If you stick around you?ll get an alibi
And we?ll try and keep your pretty face bone dry
Rent a honey rent a honey one two three
Keeping all the boys from your door cant be easy
Well ruby said you was wrecked
But your was never well behaved the last time I checked

Lay yourself down by the side of the bed
Oh you naughty girl you know you tickle me red
You look so dumb and you sound so twee
And you can only wish that you was married to me

Well that?s what you get
Oh don?t get upset
Ridiculous you
Waiting in the queue oh whoopee doo

You could have been
The best that I?ve seen
Under the red light every body knows you cried last night

Lay yourself down by the side of the bed
Oh you naughty girl you know you tickle me red
You look so dumb and you sound so twee
You can only wish that you were married to me

Well that?s what you get
Oh don?t get upset
Ridiculous you
Waiting in the queue oh whoopee doo
You could have been
The best that I?ve seen
Under the red light
Everybody knows you cried last night
Everybody knows you cried last night