"Let's Get Out of This Country" as written by and Tracyanne Campbell....
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
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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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...
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!