Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
(Ah wah dis fada? Ah wah dis?)
I have a surprise fi unnuh, y'know?
Unnuh wan' see surprise?
(Yeah)
Ah-whoa, when me start sing
Come in like star
Everybody wan' know di girl , don't it? (Yeah)
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba
You see I met her on a monday
And her name was chill
From the what-the-hell family's
Relation to free will
Yeah she circled my circumference
Said she had some time to kill
Been combing the beach for a beautiful freak
And I just might fit the bill
She said
Ooh, I think I'm liking you
Ooh, do you feel the same way too?
I said, ooh, I think I do
I said, ooh, I think you're cute
I said, ooh, merci beaucoup
I said, ooh ooh
And maybe I'm calling you baby
And I might just say you're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
So we fell in love that summer
Underneath the Star Wars sign
Drinking cases of each other
And guitar and April Wine
And we lay down in the alley
As the sunlight hit the pine
And talked of all things great
Like the rose of Gertrude Stein
And we fell in love that summer
But it lasted eighteen weeks
Used to kiss her on the Hummer
Now I kiss her on the cheek
And I vividly remember
In a moment of recline
When she whispered in my ear
"I think I like both kinds"
She said, ooh, I think I do
I said, ooh, I think you're cute
She said, ooh, merci beaucoup
I said, ooh ooh
And maybe I'm chasing Amy
And I might just say you're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
(Love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
(So why don't you tell me what's great?)
When the puck hits the net
At the Stanley Cup game
And Miles hits the notes
When he sketches out of Spain
And the wedding gets you high
From the perfect catering
And love makes you lie
Even though you bought the ring
And you screw with your spine
And the minor chord change
And the more things change
The more they stay the same
But I'm looking for your kind
Yeah I'll drive through the driving rain
'Cause what was so wrong
From the very beginning
That we would have to change?
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
And maybe I'm calling you baby
And I might just say you're my love cliché
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
Yeah (come on)
That is smooth, folks that is smooth
I have a surprise fi unnuh, y'know?
Unnuh wan' see surprise?
(Yeah)
Ah-whoa, when me start sing
Come in like star
Everybody wan' know di girl , don't it? (Yeah)
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba, ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba
You see I met her on a monday
And her name was chill
From the what-the-hell family's
Relation to free will
Yeah she circled my circumference
Said she had some time to kill
Been combing the beach for a beautiful freak
And I just might fit the bill
She said
Ooh, I think I'm liking you
Ooh, do you feel the same way too?
I said, ooh, I think I do
I said, ooh, I think you're cute
I said, ooh, merci beaucoup
I said, ooh ooh
And maybe I'm calling you baby
And I might just say you're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
So we fell in love that summer
Underneath the Star Wars sign
Drinking cases of each other
And guitar and April Wine
And we lay down in the alley
As the sunlight hit the pine
And talked of all things great
Like the rose of Gertrude Stein
And we fell in love that summer
But it lasted eighteen weeks
Used to kiss her on the Hummer
Now I kiss her on the cheek
And I vividly remember
In a moment of recline
When she whispered in my ear
"I think I like both kinds"
She said, ooh, I think I do
I said, ooh, I think you're cute
She said, ooh, merci beaucoup
I said, ooh ooh
And maybe I'm chasing Amy
And I might just say you're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
(Love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
I'm feeling love (love cliché)
(So why don't you tell me what's great?)
When the puck hits the net
At the Stanley Cup game
And Miles hits the notes
When he sketches out of Spain
And the wedding gets you high
From the perfect catering
And love makes you lie
Even though you bought the ring
And you screw with your spine
And the minor chord change
And the more things change
The more they stay the same
But I'm looking for your kind
Yeah I'll drive through the driving rain
'Cause what was so wrong
From the very beginning
That we would have to change?
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
You're my love cliché
And I like it that way
And maybe I'm calling you baby
And I might just say you're my love cliché
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
I'm in love (love cliché)
Yeah (come on)
That is smooth, folks that is smooth
Lyrics submitted by weezerific:cutlery
Love Cliché Lyrics as written by Jayne Hill James Di Salvio
Lyrics © Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), Peermusic Publishing
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