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I never thought a moment spoke so well
as the second when you tried to be kind
Stumbling over the telephone ringing
Looking for your voice on the line
There was an orange lipped girl with her knees crossed
Sitting on the carpetted coal
She was holding onto the money
and I was doing what I was told
There was an undercover cop
Parked right across the road
Step away from the window
You better move slow
Yeah, I was only there for a minute, I swear
I know he can't see me or
Doesn't even care
I hate pretending I'm like you
So let's cut out the fire with scars
Hanging all the lions on the floor
Searching through the piles of dust
Filling all the pockets with coal
There was an undercover cop
Parked right across the road
Step away from the window
You better move slow
Yeah, I was only there for a minute, I swear
I know he can't see me or
Doesn't even care
This is just what it was like
And for one kiss there's a moment
'Cause I was just along for the ride
Do you believe him, Love
in the art of persuasion?
There was an undercover cop
Parked right across the road
He's looking right at me, I think we'd better go
Yeah, I'm headed for the door and switching off the light
We look like we just got here, but we've been here all night
as the second when you tried to be kind
Stumbling over the telephone ringing
Looking for your voice on the line
Sitting on the carpetted coal
She was holding onto the money
and I was doing what I was told
Parked right across the road
Step away from the window
You better move slow
I know he can't see me or
Doesn't even care
Hanging all the lions on the floor
Searching through the piles of dust
Filling all the pockets with coal
Parked right across the road
Step away from the window
You better move slow
I know he can't see me or
Doesn't even care
And for one kiss there's a moment
Do you believe him, Love
in the art of persuasion?
Parked right across the road
He's looking right at me, I think we'd better go
We look like we just got here, but we've been here all night
Song Info
Submitted by
rainebm1185 On Feb 10, 2006
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Does this song remind anyone else of Store Bought Bones and Steady as She Goes by The Raconteurs?
No?!?
Sounds like you could make a nice movie about bank heists from this...
Love the drum session at the end btw
I picture an awkward boy and a really awesome girl inside her house, the boy is purchasing drugs but he really doesn't know what he's doing there, and the cop is about to come in, so the make a run for it and push off the floor, through the roof, and into the stars, and when the cop finally busts through the door, he finds the two of them with their fingers intertwined, laying with their eyes closed on the floor, surrounded by a sprinkling of coke...anyone else get this visual? Ah well, I'm too damn creative for my own good, I guess...