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Tie Me Up With Jackets Lyrics
Same goes for you: I like my meatballs in a dish
And I like other people, too.
As the saying goes, I'm pretty miffed.
But I'd love to see you in the nude...
With faux fur coats tied around your head,
Japanese children in your bed
And then she looked at me and said,
"I don't like Simple Kid."
Holding hands with Elouise,
Taking smoke breaks as you please,
You've got a lot of fancy toys
Christmas jumpers, lovely noise.
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me,
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
And I can't compete with all you talk about,
You're so informed.
Yet you talk just like a lout, you say
Yo La Tengo like you're selling perfume.
Like a brand new sound for modern man,
Invented by cartoons.
So tie me up with jackets,
And fumigate my room
It smells like socks and tastes like Apple Schnapps,
But you can live there too.
And we'll play
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me,
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
Cha! Cha! Cha! Cha!
Chimps don't like baths!
Cha! Cha! Cha! Cha!
Chimps don't like baths!
Cha! Cha! Cha! Cha!
Chimps don't like baths!
Cha! Cha! Cha! Cha!
Chimps don't like baths!
And I like other people, too.
As the saying goes, I'm pretty miffed.
But I'd love to see you in the nude...
Japanese children in your bed
And then she looked at me and said,
"I don't like Simple Kid."
Holding hands with Elouise,
Taking smoke breaks as you please,
You've got a lot of fancy toys
Christmas jumpers, lovely noise.
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me,
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
You're so informed.
Yet you talk just like a lout, you say
Yo La Tengo like you're selling perfume.
Like a brand new sound for modern man,
Invented by cartoons.
And fumigate my room
It smells like socks and tastes like Apple Schnapps,
But you can live there too.
And we'll play
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me,
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
(Lovely noise) lovely noise
Lovely noise that makes you love me.
Chimps don't like baths!
Cha! Cha! Cha! Cha!
Chimps don't like baths!
Cha! Cha! Cha! Cha!
Chimps don't like baths!
Cha! Cha! Cha! Cha!
Chimps don't like baths!
Song Info
Submitted by
polkadot.peekaboo On Jan 23, 2009
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Awesome song :D
I think it's about being drunk, or high, and she's singing about how she's feeling. I think this because to be honest the lyrics are uttter nonsense and that's what the world seems like when you're intoxicated. Or maybe she's just mad. :P
In fact, it probably is about being mad. "Tie me up with jackets." could be a reference to straight jackets. Hmm.
In fact, it probably is about being mad. "Tie me up with jackets." could be a reference to straight jackets. Hmm.
love this band, went to see them on sunday in belfast & they're all as dead on as you'd imagine. i get the impression it's about two people who like each other; & all the random things each one likes and their colourful flaws almost spills over into reality when you think about them?
the part after the first chorus is "you say 'yo la tengo' like you're selling perfume"
Huh, I always though the end line was "Just don't like Bats", as in they agree on all these things and she's so enamored with him that liking bats would be the only thing he could do wrong. Which is especially amusing as there's a band from Dublin called Bats who were the other big hyped Irish band when they started out.
But on listening back to it, it's quite obviously chimps don't like bats :(
"Lovely noise that makes you love me." ? I thought it was "Lovely noise - it means she loves me" and "Chimps don't like bats!" - "Chicks don't like THAT" ok, fuuucking great..the whole meaning of this song is officially ruined to me ;(
swear to god it is chicks dont like that
but but but not a clue what its about been trying to read it forever
I'm pretty sure the ending is... "Chimps don't like baths"
I like to think is says "faux fur coats" instead of "overcoats".