《Ballad Of Tindersticks》歌词

[00:00:00] Ballad Of Tindersticks - Tindersticks

[00:00:02] The first time we flew it

[00:00:04] It was cheap and cramped

[00:00:07] The vodka running out

[00:00:08] Half-way across the Atlantic

[00:00:11] Even the steward screamed

[00:00:12] And joined in it

[00:00:14] We didn't think we were

[00:00:15] Going to make it

[00:00:18] Now we're stretched out in wide

[00:00:19] Furry seats

[00:00:21] Flicking through menus

[00:00:23] A walk to the bar and there's

[00:00:25] As much screw-top champagne

[00:00:27] As we can drink

[00:00:29] We're so easy

[00:00:33] Taking turns having

[00:00:35] Our photos taken

[00:00:36] Sitting in front of smoked windows

[00:00:40] Decanters of cheap

[00:00:41] Whiskey in our hands

[00:00:44] Drive into Manhattan on a date

[00:00:46] With a starlet who's just talent

[00:00:52] That's what people

[00:00:53] Pay the money to see

[00:00:55] Who're we to argue

[00:00:58] Five hours now

[00:00:58] It's been going on

[00:01:01] And still we're watching all of it

[00:01:04] Can you really believe all this

[00:01:07] Can he really lie in bed at night

[00:01:09] And marvel at his own genius

[00:01:11] When do you lose the

[00:01:12] Ability to step back

[00:01:14] And get a sense of

[00:01:15] Your own ridiculousness

[00:01:18] They're only songs

[00:01:21] Midnight and it's all over

[00:01:25] Now it can really make us laugh

[00:01:27] We're standing on our heads

[00:01:29] Drinking sours of Crystel Schnapps

[00:01:32] Now we're unable to

[00:01:33] Step back or step forward

[00:01:37] Swallowing a swallow

[00:01:39] Tasting it again

[00:01:40] It's not so unpleasant

[00:01:42] Perhaps it's an acquired taste

[00:01:45] The first time

[00:01:46] It makes you sick

[00:01:48] Then little by little

[00:01:49] It becomes delicious

[00:01:52] Showbiz people

[00:01:54] Always there to be interested

[00:01:55] In what you have say

[00:01:57] We are artists

[00:01:59] We are sensitive and important

[00:02:02] We nod our heads earnestly

[00:02:04] Already half-way down the champagne

[00:02:08] On our way to leaving the place dry

[00:02:12] A $2 000 bar bill

[00:02:14] Showbiz picks up the tab

[00:02:16] And we're on our way laughing

[00:02:19] Laughing at what

[00:02:23] Los Angeles

[00:02:25] Eight days in

[00:02:27] And our sense of irony's

[00:02:28] Running pretty thin

[00:02:30] All the friends we've made

[00:02:33] It's 2 a m

[00:02:34] It's closing time at the Dresden

[00:02:37] Marty and Layton play one last

[00:02:39] Sleepy "Strangers in the Night"

[00:02:42] And the last of the martinis

[00:02:43] Dribble down our chins

[00:02:47] We're sitting

[00:02:47] Chasing the conservation

[00:02:49] Around the table

[00:02:51] Jesus how long have

[00:02:52] I been in this state

[00:02:54] The limousine's still waiting outside

[00:02:57] Anything you want to do

[00:03:00] Anywhere you want to go

[00:03:02] We're on our way to the airport

[00:03:05] And a plane to Vegas

[00:03:09] So many nights lying in bed shaking

[00:03:13] Dreaming of pushing my daughter

[00:03:14] Around the supermarket

[00:03:17] The joy of seein' all those colors

[00:03:19] And shapes reflect

[00:03:20] In her wide eyes

[00:03:25] My head leaning on the window

[00:03:27] And we're driving through

[00:03:28] The empty L A streets

[00:03:30] And everything seems silent

[00:03:31] And beautiful

[00:03:33] A guy's face hits the floor

[00:03:36] Police revolvers glistening

[00:03:37] In the streetlight

[00:03:40] Onto Melrose and lurching

[00:03:42] Through a sea of Halloween transvestites

[00:03:46] The flight's canceled

[00:03:47] But it doesn't matter

[00:03:49] We turn this corner to a way

[00:03:51] That takes us wherever

[00:03:54] Up to sunset

[00:03:57] We creep up the drive

[00:03:58] To the Shattuck

[00:04:00] The suite Belushi died in

[00:04:02] Or the one Morrison hung

[00:04:04] Out the window

[00:04:06] Oh I'll go for Jim's

[00:04:08] I would fancy a hotel

[00:04:09] Window-hanging

[00:04:10] Myself tonight man

[00:04:13] Straight over to the mini-bar

[00:04:15] Open the champagne

[00:04:17] One sip and it's left

[00:04:19] To wake up to

[00:04:21] Anyone hungry

[00:04:23] A team of uniformed waiters

[00:04:24] Lay out an elaborate table

[00:04:27] For all us to ignore

[00:04:29] Oh the irony

[00:04:32] How we're used to living

[00:04:43] And back in London

[00:04:44] On a cold Friday night

[00:04:46] Do you want another drink

[00:04:48] Well I could try

[00:04:51] Perhaps we could

[00:04:51] Make it to the Atlantic

[00:04:54] 600 yards twenty minutes later

[00:04:58] We're pushing through

[00:04:58] The waiting crowd

[00:05:01] All fish eyes

[00:05:03] An exclusive door policy

[00:05:05] Exclusively for arseholes

[00:05:08] And tonight

[00:05:09] Well a nod of our heads

[00:05:12] And we're inside

[00:05:14] Falling down the red

[00:05:15] Velvety stairs

[00:05:18] Limbs flaying

[00:05:20] Hands searching for

[00:05:21] Something to steady

[00:05:24] Pick ourselves up

[00:05:25] Nothing broken

[00:05:27] Just aches in the morning

[00:05:30] No one seems to notice

[00:05:33] I find a table

[00:05:35] Champagne arrives

[00:05:37] I've been so drunk

[00:05:39] I sit and look at you

[00:05:41] We try and talk for

[00:05:42] The first time in a long time

[00:05:45] Drunken confession

[00:05:47] You shiver

[00:05:48] It made you feel sick

[00:05:52] We use the rent money

[00:05:53] To pay the bill

[00:05:54] Bumping shoulders

[00:05:56] We stumble out into Soho

[00:05:58] Slipping over the sleeping bags

[00:06:00] Shouting for taxis