Let's get out of this country
I'll admit I'm bored with me
I drowned my sorrows, slept around
When not in body at least in mind
We'll find a cathedral city
You can convince me I am pretty, oh

We'll pick berries and recline
Let's hit the road, friend of mine
Wave goodbye to our thankless jobs
Drive for miles and never turn off
We'll find a cathedral city
You can be handsome, I'll be pretty

What does this city have to offer me?
Everyone else thinks it's the bee's knees
What does this city have to offer me?
I just can't see
I just can't see, oh

Let's get out of this country
I have been so unhappy
Smell the Jasmine, my head will turn
Feel like getting confessional
We'll find a cathedral city
You can convince me I am pretty

What does this city have to offer me?
Everyone else thinks it's the bee's knees
What does this city have to offer me?
I just can't see
I just can't see, oh oh oh


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Let's Get Out Of This Country Lyrics as written by Tracyanne Campbell

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    This is definitely one of, if not my favorite song of all time. It's just amazing.

    frenchnerdon September 21, 2006   Link
  • 0
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    this song deserves a comment or two!!!

    dpknowleson June 26, 2006   Link
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    you can be handsom!

    emokiddon July 05, 2006   Link
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    handsome*

    emokiddon July 05, 2006   Link
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    Before this, all I had really heard was "books Written for Girls" and "Eighties Fan"...I liked them, but I'd have to say that this is THE song that made me a fan.

    velmaxcorganon September 28, 2006   Link
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    i love this song! the lyrics are just amazing, I have to sing along whenever it's playing.

    amarillison September 29, 2006   Link
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    this is the best, sweetest, feeling sorry for yourself song

    i live in new york city and used to think it was the greatest "the bees knees" (as does about everyone in the world i think), but as baggage and life start to add up around the place you live it's value starts to deteriorate.

    this song reminds me of my best friend and i's constant philosophizing and dreaming about leaving together forever...

    maud*on January 15, 2007   Link
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    I fell in love with TracyAnne Campbell after seeing video to this song and "Lloyd..."

    this-is-a-lowon February 10, 2007   Link
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    this is my favorite camera obscura song. the whole song.. and the ending is just so.. wow

    playgroundloveon March 03, 2007   Link
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    Yeah, this is the song that made me fan of them too. It's a pretty catchy tune with nice lyrics (specially for a sad and feeling-sorry-of-yourself day like maud said up there ;P) i'm goin' to two gigs of 'em in the next to days and i've never seen them live before so I hope they're are gonna amaze me live like they did with the studio album.

    By the way, as you'll probably know Camera Obscura has a very similar sound to Belle And Sebastian (A band which I actually like even more than this one) but the other day I knew one fact that surprised me and that explains the influence that B&S had over Camera Obscura: Tracyane's elder sister (Isobel Campbell) was a former member of that band.

    For the guys who don't know B&S yet, I suggest you to listen to all of their LP's, I'm sure you'll love then even more than Camera!

    HaiZuKion April 27, 2007   Link

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