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Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff, yeah! and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite and I just might stop to check you out
Let me go on
Like I blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands I know you're the one
Body and beats, I stain my sheets, I don't even know why
My girlfriend she's at the end, she is starting to cry
Let me go on
Like I blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands I know you're the one
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite and I just might stop to check you out
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite and I just might stop to check you out
Body and beats, I stain my sheets, I don't even know why
My girlfriend she's at the end, she is starting to cry
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite and I just might stop to check you out
Let me go on
Like I blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands I know you're the one
I need someone a person to talk to
Someone who'd care to love, could it be you?
Could it be you?
Situation gets rough, then I start to panic
It's not enough, it's just a habit. Hey kid! You're sick
Well darling this is it
You can all just kiss off in the air
Behind my back I can see them stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time
Yeah! Yeah! -- Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah! Yeah! -- They do it all the time
Do it all the time -- They do it all the time
Do it all the time -- They do it all the time
Do it all the time
I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record.
Oh yeah! Well do get so distressed,
Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed.
I take 1 1 1 cos you left
And 2 2 2 for my family
And 3 3 3 for my heartache
And 4 4 4 for my headaches
And 5 5 5 for my lonely
And 6 6 6 for my sorrow
And 7 7 7 for no no no tommorow
And 8 8 I forget what 8 whas for
And 9 9 9 for a lost god
And 10 10 10 10 for everything, everything, everything, everything
You can all just kiss off in the air
Behind my back I can see them stare
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
They'll hurt me bad, they do it all the time
Yeah! Yeah! -- Yeah, they do it all the time
Yeah! Yeah! -- Yeah, they do it all the time
Do it all the time -- Do it all the time
Do it all the time -- Do it all the time
Time x 20
Do it all the time
Tell you man I'm stuck on this lovely girl
'f course to me she mean all the world
But then she like another guy
I fall down dead, she never see the tears I cry
Said: "Please, please, please do not go
Please, please, please do not go
Please, please, please do not go"
How long can the days go on -- Oh wo wo
When my love is so strong -- Oh wo wo
And I know I cannot tell a lie, Oh wo wo
I wanna see him go bye -- good bye -- bye -- good bye -- bye bye bye bye bye bye
Now I wonder, I wonder what see would say
Y'know if I told her, if I told her that I felt this way
Y'know it might make her turn, might make her turn, might make her turn either way
So all I can do is patiently pray pray pray pray pray
Said: "Please, please, please do not go
Please, please, please do not go
Please, please, please do not go"
How long can the days go on -- Oh wo wo
When my love is so strong -- Oh wo wo
And I know I cannot tell a lie, Oh wo wo
I wanna see him go bye -- good bye -- bye -- good bye -- bye bye bye bye bye bye
Tell you man I'm stuck, I'm stuck, I'm stuck on this lovely girl
And you know I could travel, I could travel over the whole world
And you know what she does, she turn around, she turn around, she likes another guy
What can I do I fall down dead, she never see the tears I cry
"Please, please, please do not go
Please, please, please do not go
Please, please, please do not go, oh oh
Please, please, please do not go, oh oh
Please, please, please you hurt me so, oh oh
Please, please, please you hurt me so, oh oh
Please, please, please I got something to show you
Please, please, please I got something to show you"
Day after day
I will walk and I will play
But the day after today
I will stop and I will start
Why can't I get just one kiss?
Why can't I get just one kiss?
Believe me somethings that I woudn't miss
But I look at your pants and I need a kiss
Why can't I get just one screw?
Why can't I get just one screw?
Believe me I'd know what to do
But something won't let me make love to you
Why can't I get just one fuck?
Why can't I get just one fuck?
I guess it got something to do with luck
But I've waited my whole life for just one...
Day after day
I get angry and I will say
That the day is in my sight
When I take a bow and say goodnight
Mo my momma, momma, mo my mum
Have you kept your eye, your eye, on your sun
I know you've had problem, you're not the only one
But when your sugar left, he left you on the run
So mo my momma, momma, mo my mum
Take a look now at what your boy has done
He's walking around like he's number one
He want downtown and he got him a gun
Say: "Don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
Don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
You know you've got my sympathy
But don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
Don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
Don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
You know you've got my sympathy
But don't shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me"
Broken down kitchen at the top of the stair
Can I mix in with your affairs
Share a smoke, make a joke
Grasp and reach for a leg of hope
Words to memorize, words hypnotize
Words make my mouth exercize
Words all fail the magic prize
Nothing I can say when I'm in your thighs
Mo my momma, momma, mo my mother
I would love to love you lover
The city's restless, it's ready to pounce
It goes here in your bedroom, ounce for ounce
Mo my momma, momma, mo my mother
I would love to love you lover
The city's restless, it's ready to pounce
It goes here in your bedroom, ounce for ounce
Said: "I'm giving you decision to make
Things to lose, things to take"
Just as she was ready to cut it up
She said, "Wait a minute honey I'm gonna add it up"
Add it up
Add it up -- Hey!
Add it up
Add it up -- Oh!
Add it up
Add it up -- See what you go
Add it up -- You gotta add it up
Add it up
Add it up -- Day...
Add it up
Add it up -- after day
Add it up
Add it up -- I get angry...
Add it up
Add it up -- and I will say
Add it up
Add it up -- That the day...
Add it up
Add it up -- is in my sight
Add it up
Add it up -- When I take a bow...
Add it up
Add it up -- and say goodnight
Add it up
Goodnight
People worry, what are they worryin' about today?
People worry, what are they worryin' about today?
Seems like there's a good reason to worry worry worry
Seems like there's damn good reason to worry worry worry
I'd sit around, I'd listen to your story
If I wasn't in such a hurry hurry hurry
And I'm so lonely, I don't think I can take anymore
And I'm so lonely, I just don't know what to do
And I'm so lonely, feel like I'm gonna crawl and die
I'm so lonely, feel like I'm gonna hack it apart
I'm so lonely, feel like I'm gonna crawl and die
I'm so lonely, feel like I'm gonna hack it apart
I'm gonna hack hack hack hack it apart
I'm gonna hack hack hack hack it apart
I'm gonna hack hack hack hack it apart
I'm gonna hack hack hack hack it
Seems like there's a good reason to be lonely lonely lonely
I gotta get something to somebody so it make me feel less lonely lonely lonely
I know I could do it, I I know I could do it, if if if I just wasn't so lonely lonely lonely
Have we got an army, we'll teach you how to act like a man
Have we got an army, man I mean to tell you we can fight
Have we got an army and we're gonna do it tonight
We're gonna do do do do it tonight -- Yeah!
We're gonna do do do do it tonight -- Alright!
We're gonna do do do do it tonight -- Alright!
We're gonna do do do do it tonight -- Yeah!
Do do do do it tonight -- There gonna pay pay pay pay it tonight
Do do do do it tonight -- There gonna pay pay pay pay it tonight
Do do do do it tonight -- There gonna pay pay pay pay it tonight
Do do do do it tonight -- There gonna pay pay pay pay it tonight
People worry, what are they worryin' about today?
People worry
Na you see I've learned my lessons
And I don't wanna hear about your confessions
Just last night I was reminded of
Just how bad it had gotten and
Just how sick I had become
But it could change with this relashionship
De-derange we've all been thru' some shit
And if we're a thing, I think this thing's begun
Oh! Tell me now -- what do I have to do?
Oh! Tell me now -- what do I have to do?
Oh! Tell me now -- what do I have to do?
Ah! To prove my love to you
Special favors come in 31 flavors
We're out of mints, pass the Life-Savers
I'm droppin' hints, candy for candy-coated tongue
You'd be so good, so very good for me
What do you thing? Tell me honestly
I'm wait wait wait w-wait wait waitin' for you to come
Oh! Tell me now -- what do I have to do?
Yeah! Tell me now -- what do I have to do?
Yeah! Tell me now -- what do I have to do?
Yeah! To prove my love to you
Third verse same as the first
Just last night I was reminded of
Just how bad it had gotten and
Just how sick I had become
But it could change with this relashionship
De-derange we've all been thru' some shit
And if we're a thing, I think this thing's begun
Oh! Tell me now, what do I have to do?
Yeah! Tell me now, what do I have to do? -- I'd do anything
What do I have to do? -- I'd do it all
What do I have to do? -- I'd do it all for you
What do I have to do? -- I'd climb a mountain
What do I have to do? -- I'd cross the ocean
What do I have to do? -- I'd do it all
What do I have to do?
Ah! To prove my love to you
Well you know I want your loving
But my logic tells my that it ain't gonna hapen
And then my defense'd say I didn't want it anyway
But you know sometimes I'm a liar
Could you ever want me to love you
Could you ever want me to care
Disregard my nervousness
Please ignore my vacant stares
Cos just what I've been thru'
Is nothing like where I'm going to
Give me some sign to pursue a promise
And your unhappi... ness is only a guess
Do you know what it's like to hate
When it's way down deep inside
Oh god! I hate what, what's been done to my life
I could rule the pain, I could rule the night
Or I would I ruin my salvation, ruin my mind
Rules your pain, rulers of the night
Ruin your salvation, ruin your minds
Two, three, four
You know I want your loving
But mister logic, mister logic, tells my that it ain't gonna hapen
And then my defense'd say, well I, I didn't want it anyway
But you know sometimes I'm a liar
Could you ever want me to love you
Could you ever want me to care
Disregard my nervousness
Please, please ignore my vacant stares
Cos just what I've been thru'
Is nothing like where I'm going to
Give me some sign to pursue a promise, a promise
And your unhappi
And your unhappi
And your unhappi
And your unhappi... ness is only a guess
Ain't had no fun, all the time jackin' around
Ain't had no fun, mess in my mind, I kick it around
But if it's alright with you and if it's alright yes I will
Ah! C'mon babe! Go 'head to the kill
I ain't no kid Chigago, I ain't no Al Capone
But there's a windy city in my bedroom alone
I said I don't live in Chigago I don't know no Al Capone
That bitch took my money and she went to Chicago
If I ain't already enough sick and alone
But if it's alright with you and if it's alright yes I will
Ah! C'mon babe! Go 'head to the kill
Ain't had no fun, jack jack jack jack jackin' around
Ain't had no fun, (where's it at) it's down, it's down, it's downtown
But if it's alright with you and if it's alright yes I will
Now if it's alright with you and if it's alright yes I will
And if it's alright with you and if it's alright yes I will
-- And if it's alright, and if it's alright, c'mon now it's alright, c'mon now it's alright
And if it's alright with you and if it's alright yes I will
-- And if it's, if it's, if it's, it's alright with you, I'm tired, I'm gonna say it's alright with me
Ah! C'mon babe! Go 'head to the kill
Beautiful girls, lovely dress
High school smile, oh yes!
Beautiful girls, lovely dress
Where she is now I can only guess
Cos it's gone daddy gone the love is gone
Said it's gone daddy gone the love is gone
Yeah! It's gone daddy gone the love is gone
Yeah! It's gone daddy gone the love is gone away
When I see you
Eyes will turn blue
When I see you
A thousand eyes turning blue
Cos it's gone daddy gone, the love is gone
Said it's gone daddy gone the love is gone
Yeah! It's gone daddy gone the love is gone
Yeah! It's gone daddy gone the love is gone away
Tell by the way that you switch and walk
I can see by the way that you baby talk
I can know by the way that you treat your man
I could love you baby 'til it's a cryin'
Cos it's gone daddy gone, the love is gone
Yes, it's gone daddy gone, the love is gone
Gone daddy gone -- The love is gone
Yes, it's gone daddy gone -- The love is gone
Beautiful girls, lovely dress -- Gone daddy gone the love is gone
Fifteen smiles, oh yes! -- Gone daddy gone the love is gone
Beautiful girls, lovely dress -- Gone daddy gone the love is gone
Where she is now I can only guess -- Gone daddy gone the love is gone
Cos it's gone daddy gone -- The love is gone
Yes, it's gone daddy gone -- The love is gone
Said it's gone daddy gone -- The love is gone
Yes, it's gone daddy gone -- The love is gone away
Gone away, away, away
Gone away
Gone away
Good feeling won't you stay with my just a little longer
It always seems like you're leaving when I need you here just a little longer
Dear lady, there's so many things that I have come to fear
A little voice says I'm going crazy to see all my world disappear
Vague sketch of a fantasy, laughing at the sunrise like he's been up all night
Ooo slippin' and slidin', what a good time but now have to find a bed, that can take this wait
Good feeling won't you stay with my just a little longer
It always seems like you're leaving when I know the other one just a little too well
Oh! dear lady, won't you stay with me just a little longer
Y'know it always seems, it always seems like you're leaving when I need you here just a little longer
La la la...
Crossed the path then I followed your face
It was hard to believe, it was hard to trace
I saw you today
Seems like I see you everyday
But there's something I figured out about you
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Yeah!
So ugly
I'm tellin' you straight
Your so ugly
Don't make a mistake
Cos your ugly
You could bet it on the bank
Say why? Why?
Why would I lie to you?
Why would I lie?
Why would I lie?
Cos your so ugly
All the time
Ugly
You ain't no friend of mine
Cos your ugly
You could bet it on the bank
Say why? Why?
Why would I lie to you?
Why would I lie?
Why would I lie?
With a smile or a frown
I'm so tired of you being around
Engaged in some sexual acts
We'll I'm just gonna have to tell you all the facts
What could that be? Well, here's a clue!
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Yeah!
So ugly
I'm tellin' you straight
Your so ugly
Don't make a mistake
Cos your ugly
I'm tellin' you that
I say why? Why?
Why would I lie to you?
Why would I lie?
Why would I lie?
Cos your so ugly
All the time
Ugly
You ain't no friend of mine
Ugly
You could bet it on the bank
Say why? Why?
Why would I lie to you?
Why would I lie?
Why would I lie?
Cos your so ugly
A lie lie lie lie
Your so ugly
A lie lie lie lie
Your so ugly
A lie lie lie lie
Your so UGLY
Ugly
So ulgy -- Ugly
So ulgy, so ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly ugly -- Ugly
Ugly -- Ugly
Ugly -- Ugly
Ugly -- Ugly
Ugly -- Ugly
Ugly -- Ugly
Ugly -- Ugly
Ugly -- Ugly
Ugly -- Ugly
Come on dad gimme the car tonight
Come on dad gimme the car tonight
I got this girl, I wanna....
Come on dad gimme the car
Come on dad gimme the car tonight
I tell'ya what, I tell'ya what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna pick her up
I'm gonna get her drunk
I'm gonna make her cry
I'm gonna get her high
I'm gonna make her laugh
I'm gonna make her...shh
Woman, woman, woman
She gotta knows she's it
Cos I'm gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
Gonna touch her
All over her body
And she can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
She can touch me
All over my body
Time goes by I can feel myself growing old
Burning inside making this boy turn out cold
What's wrong? What's right?
I don't care when I hate my life
What's wrong? What's right?
You know people don't care when they hate their life
But how can I explain personal pain?
How can I explain personal pain?
How can I explain my voice is in vain?
How can I explain the deep down ?
Driving, driving, driving,
Were driving, were driving, were driving
Hey dad! Speaking of driving
Come on dad gimme the car tonight
So much he don't understand
Jst might never make it to a man
Come on dad gimme the car
I ain't no runt
Come on girl gimme your...
Cos I ain't had much to live for
I ain't had much to live for
You know I ain't had much to live for
You know I ain't had much to live for
Violent Femmes.
Gordon Gano -- lyrics, lead vocals & rhythm guitar.
Brian Ritchie -- bass, lead and rhythm guitar, jaw harp & slide whistle.
Victor De Lorenzo -- drums, percussion & vocals.
Produced by Mark Van Hacke