On Two bicycles
On a hillside desolate
Could nature make a man of me yet?

Under this charming car
This charming man

Why ponder life's complexies
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat?

I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said it's crucial
That someone so handsome should care

I'm just a country boy
Who never knew his place
He said return the ring
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things

I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said it's crucial
That someone so handsome should care
La, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man,
La, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man

Ah! I'm just a country boy
Who never knew his place
He said return the ring
He knows so much about these things [Repeat: x3]


Lyrics submitted by c00kie, edited by Mellow_Harsher

This Charming Man Lyrics as written by Johnny Marr Steven Morrissey

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    Why does every band in existence feel the need to do a shitty Smiths cover?!!? I wish they'd stop. This goes for that Colin Meloy, as well. You do fine pretending to be frolicking troubadour with a blend of pretension and weirdness, so why also pretend to be Morrissey? Meloy and Gibbard look strikingly similar, and for some reason I'm convinved that they are the same person:

    Exhibit A: They both hail from the Pacific Northwest. Exhibit B: They both have huge round heads that have extreme similarities. With a little bit of modern plastic technology and some adhesive, one could easily 'transform' into the other.

    mrrochesteron January 05, 2006   Link

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