We watch you
Your expert double exes
It's just like you
To paint those whiter fences

It's so polite, it's so polite
It's offensive, it's offensive
It's so unright, it's so unright
It's a technical, accept it

But who needs love when there's Law And Order?
And who needs love when there's Southern Comfort?
And who needs love at all?

We stalk you
Your expert, double exes
We oxidized you in your sleep
There's no exit, there's no exit

You're on a roll, you're on a roll
No one gets it, no one gets it
Your honor, no, your honor
Can't you protect us? Protect us

But who needs love when there's Law And Order?
And who needs love when there's Southern Comfort?
And who needs love when the sandwiches are wicked
And they know you at the Mac Store?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, I'm so excited
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, the blacks and beat kids

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, I'm getting frightened
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Someday, someday Leeds United

La ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba
Ba, da da, da, da
Da da, da, da, da, da, da, da
Da, da da, da

Bugsy Malone came to carry you home
And they're taking you all to the doctor
Verbally vices, all sugary and spices
It's nice but it's not what I'm after

Sure, I admire you, sure, you inspire me
But you've been not getting back so
I'll wait at the Sainsbury's, counting my change
Making bank on the upcoming roster

And we'll stop you
Your expert double exes
Oh yeah, big stack hold of extra care
Two exes, oh, oh, oh

That never talking thing you do
Is effective, it's effective
And your shoulder's icy cold
Oh, than a death wish, than a death wish

But who needs love when there's Law And Order?
And who needs love when there's Dukes Of Hazzard?
And who needs love when the sandwiches are wicked
And they know you at the Mac Store?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm so excited
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
The blacks and beat kids

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm so excited
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
When I think about Leeds United

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ouch, I'm getting frightened
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
The blacks, the blacks, the blacks and beat kids

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
It's so exciting
Someday, someday, someday, someday
Someday, someday Leeds United


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    First, I wanna say that i have no idea what the hell this song is actually about. Knowing Amanda, it might mean nothing at all, lol. But here's what I think.

    I know this might sound overly simple, but after thinking about this for a while, I really think it's just about drowning yourself in tv and liqour after a shitty breakup. The 'double exes' line could be about some you maybe dated, broke up with, and then went back to again.

    I think the whole 'whiter fences' thing is that maybe the person is in a sterotypical 'white picket fence' scenerio now, and maybe that type of thing.

    'It's so polite, it's so polite, it's offensive' could be about how you see someone you used to be with and they treat you like they barely even know you and you've never been in their pants. The next line is just her reapeating how wrong the fakeness between them feels.

    'we stalk you your expert double exes we oxidize you in your sleep there's no exit there's no exit

    you're on a roll you're on a roll no one gets it no one gets it your honor no your honor can't you protect us, protect us'

    I think this is about how maybe she's stll into him a little and is following him, and maybe he's in a position of power, but he's full of shit, and doesn't actually do his job properly, just getting by on charm. Maybe she was his mistress? I have no idea what the chorus could possibly mean, but based on whether or not Leeds United, is actually a good team I think that 'someday, someday, leeds united' could be a metaphor about how someday he'll get what's coming to him.

    'bugsy malone came to carry you home and they're taking you all to the doctor burberry vices all sugary spices it's nice but it's not what i'm after'

    Maybe she realizes that she's pregnant ang tries to tell him. He thinks she's trying to blackmail him, but she doesn't care about his money.

    sure, i admire you sure, you inspire me but you've been not getting back so

    She's being sarcastic, talking about how full of himself he is.

    i'll wait at the sainbury's countin my change making BANK on the upcoming roster

    I think maybe she's betting on the games... or it could be like a fantasy football type thing that she's making some money off of...

    and we'll stop you your expert double exes oh yeah, a big stock holder extra cold with 2 X's

    More sarcasm. She's drinking so much Exxtra Cold beer, to 'stop' her memories of him, that she feels like she could be a stockholder in the company.

    that never talking thing you do is effective it's effective your shoulder's icy colder-oh than a death wish than a death wish

    He's being childish and not talking to her, hoping that it'll make her go away.

    and obviously, all the who needs love when.... lines are all her trying to convince herself she doesn't need him.

    bentonselecton August 20, 2009   Link

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