The Libertines - The Libertines Album Lyrics

An ending fitting for the start
you twist and tore our love apart
your light fingers through the dark
that shattered the lamp and into the darkness cast us...

No you've got it the wrong way round
you shut me up and blamed it on the brown
cornered the boy kicked out at the world...the world kicked back
alot f*ckin' harder now

If you wanna try, If you wanna try
there's no worse you could do (oh oh oh)
I know you lie (I know you lie)
I'm still in love with you (oh oh oh)

Can't take me anywhere (Cant take you anywhere)
Can't take me anywhere (wouldn't take you anyway)
I'll take you anywhere you wanna go

by YOU CAN'T STAND ME NOW YOU CAN'T STAND ME NOW CAN'T STAND ME NOW
CAN'T STAND ME NOW

Have we enough to keep it together?
or do we just keep on pretending (and hope our luck is never ending..)
You tried to pull the wool I wasn't feeling too clever,
you tool all that they're lending
until you needed mending...

If you wanna try...etc

YOU CAN'T STAND ME NOW

If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh somehow you'll know
You will know
Thinkin of your love
Slyly they whispered away
As I played the last post on the bugle
I heard them say
Oh that boy's no different today
Except in every single way
If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh somehow you'll know
just know you'll
thinking of your love

Oh, I was carried away
Caught up in an affray
as they led him away, he sang
we'll meet again some day
oh my boy, theres a price to pay

If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh somehow you'll know
I don't know how but you'll know
I'll be thinking of your love
la-la-la-la-la
la-la-la-la-la
Inside I felt
so, alone
locked in a room
waiting till kingdom come
although I felt elated
I felt like I was scum
I was carried away
caught up in affray

as they led him away, he sang
we'll meet again some day
oh my boy, theres a price to pay

Feels like I've never been away
Though it's been longer than I can possibly say
I've been wandering the market
carrying a sign, saying the end of...

The world is nigh
I'm glad to see we're still tight
The bonds that tie a man are tight
yet we do what we do
with rituality
all through the night

Don't be shy
Don't be shy
For if you are shy for tomorrow
You'll be shy for one thousand days
Hey
Don't be shy
Don't be shy
Don't let the tide of your soul
Drown your nights and flood your days

But still its better to be shy than screaming drunken old queen
who's always got to have his way

But don't be coy with me
I am to clever to follow you down
To the dark and stormy weather, babe
The bracket's wider now
So whats your pleasure?
Swallow your pride
But please...

Don't be shy
Don't be shy
For if you are shy for tomorrow
You'll be shy for one thousand days
Now is your time to shine
Dance and hear your song
or you may wake up one day in the last chance saloon
to find your last chance has been and gone
Don't be shy
Don't be shy
For if you are shy for tomorrow
You'll be shy for one thousand days
hey hey hey.

Another secret for ya

I've been told if you want to make it in this game
You got to have the luck
You got to have the look

To make what I quite like to make it through the night
My heart beats slow fast, I don't feel right
With a sleight of hand I might die
What about you over there?
Do you think I care?
Well I know you know I know you know I know
And to the man who would be king
I would say only one thing
And to the man who would be king
I will say only one thing
La la la-la-la-laa la la la-la-la-laa

I lived my dreams today
And I have lived it yesterday

And I'll have lived it tomorrow
No don't look at me that way
Well I heed the words you say
But my heart has gone astray
You watched friendship slip away
But it wasn't s'posed to be that way
I lived my dreams today I lived it yesterday
And I'll be living yours tomorrow
Anything else to say?
I lived my dream today I lived it yesterday
And I'll be living yours tomorrow
So don't look at me that way!

What's about you, Nancy my dear
What's about you, Nancy my dear
What's about you, Nancy my dear

What will you do when she comes here?
Oh she'll kill me
Oh, I don't wanna kill me

And to the man who would be king
I will say only one thing
And to the man who would be king
I will say only one thing
La la la-la-la-laa la la la-la-la-laa

It was a newspaper joke

Perish the day when they heed what you say
They'll take you away if they don't like what you say
They don't like what you say

So come what may but I'll never stay

I'll never stay

is it cruel to be kind not to speak my mind and to lie to you rather than hurt you
well ill confess all of my sins after several large gins but still ill hide from you, hide whats
inside from you
and alarm bells ring.when you say your heart still sings.when your with me, oh darling please
forgive me
but i no longer hear the music oh no no no no
and all the memories of the pubs and the clubs, and the drugs and the tubs we shared together
will stay with me forever..
but all the highs and the lows and the to's and the fro's they left me dizzy oh wont you please
forgive me

but i no longer hear the music oh no no no no

well i no longer hear the music when the lights go out love goes cold in the shades of doubt the
strange fate in my mind its all too clear, music when the lights come on the girl i thought i
knew has gone, and with her my heart it dissapeard

well i no longer hear the music oh no no no no and all the memories of the fights and the nights
and the blue lights and the kites we flew together i thought theyd fly forever

but all the highs and the lows and the to's and the fro's they left me dizzy oh wont you please
forgive me

but i no longer hear the music oh no no no no

well i no longer hear the music when the lights go out love goes cold in the shades of doubt the
strange fate in my mind its all too clear

i no longer hear the music when the lights go out the girl i thought i knew has gone and with
her my heart has disapeard
but i no longer hear the music oh no no no no and i no longer hear the music

Professionally trendy in the glow of Claphams sun
There's life after work and it can be such fun
You see all your models in magazines and on the walls
You wanna be just like them
Cause they're so cool

They're just narcissists
Well wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day
They're just narcissists
Oh, what's so great to be Dorian Gray
Everyday?

We're living in a looking glass
As the beauty of life goes by
You're going to be so oh
You're going to grow so old
Your skin so cold

Well they're just narcissists
Well wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day
They're just narcissists
Oh, what's so great to be Dorian Gray
Everyday?

They're just narcissists
Well wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day
Just for a day

If you get tired of hanging around
pick up a guitar and spin a web of sound
Then you could be strung out all day
with your lovers and clowns
(but now I find myself still hanging around..)

It's been a long war and now I'm tired and dirty
Still not dirty enough for you my love

We've been thieving, we stole the light from the dawn
But when I come round on your floor I wish I'd never been born
Can you see me? Can you see through it all?
I'm empty lost and alone oh won't you heed my call?

It's been a long war, now we're tired and dirty
Still not dirty enough for you my love....

Roll a
Gasper
The guard said he could stay alive but he shovelled and burned his friends to die
People to die
Oh the gate read
Arbeit macht frei

In her rollers
And a gasper
She cleaned the steps of a mean street where no policeman walked the beat
Her old man
He don't like blacks or queers
Yet he's proud we beat the Nazis...
How queer

Arbeit Macht Frei

There's a campaign of hate
It's waiting at the school gates
Not for what I am aware
It must be what she wrote, what she writes
You swore and you swear

Do you remember why you came?
Not to play follow the leader
No no

Poor kids dressing like they're rich
(mods)
Rich kids dressing like they're poor
(Oh my God)
White kids talking like they're black
Well I tried it with Charlene
And I spent 3 days on my back
Ah she said maybe I like the cut of your J.I.B.

I don't believe them when they say
That you don't get nothing for free
(It's all for free)
There's a campaign of hate
It's waiting at the school gates
There's a campaign of hate

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang



Oh whatcha gonna do, Katie?

You're a sweet sweet girl.

It's a cruel, cruel world

It's a cruel, cruel world.



My pins are none too strong, Katie

Oh hurry up, Mrs Brown

I can feel it coming down

it won't take none too long



But since you said goodbye

There're polka dots in my eye

And I don't know why



Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang de-lang



Whatcha gonna do Katie?

You're a sweet, sweet girl

It's a cruel, cruel world

It's a cruel, cruel world



And my safety pins are none too strong

But they hold my life together

You know I never say never

I never say never again



Oh but since you said goodbye

There are polka dots in my eye

And I don't know why



Since you said goodbye

There are polka dots in my eye

And I don't know why



And since you said goodbye

There are polka dots in my eye

And I don't know why

In the land of the gauching skiving sun
There's bodies in the room, lad
Never an honest day's work is done
They call it the Tomblands

No, they're never gonna get me no
Never gonna get me no
Never gonna get me no

Fifteen holes in the dealer's chest
Yo ho ho he was a mini martial man
Social unrest
Pieces of eight in the jukebox

Oh, you know
Didn't wanna be the one to tell you
She was only 14
Sussed out your dirty sorded little scene

No, they're never gonna get me no
Never gonna get me no
Never gonna get me no

A problem
Here comes a problem
You let down your friends
And you let down the people
And you let down yourself Oh oh oh oh
And only fools, vultures and undertakers
Will have any time for you

A Problem, here comes a problem
When you lie to your friends
And you lie to your people
And you lie to yourself
And the truth's too harsh to comprehend
You just pretend there isn't a problem

I am a pimp and they say
And in my bed you dig my bed
I dig my grave

The truth's too hard to comprehend
You just pretend there isn't a problem
No, no I ain't got a problem
It's you with the problem

How can we make you understand
All you can be is right given in your hand
You won't need money
Trust in me, take me by the hand
Give us a chip
Dreams are strewn across the sand
You won't need money

And all the pimps, punks, pederasts, jugglers and fools
They drive me crazy, are climbing the walls
show me the way, the way to the store
Cause I'm so sick of it all
But when the penny drops

Trust in me, take me by the hand
Cashing your chips strewn across the sand
You won't need money

And all the pimps, punks, pederasts, jugglers and fools
They drive me crazy, it's no good at all
show me the way, the way to the store
Cause I'm so sick of it all
But when the penny drops...

Please don't get me wrong
See I forgive you in a song
We'll call the likely lads
But if its left to you,
I know exactly what you'd do
With all the dreams we had
Just blood run's thicker, oh
We're thick as thieves, you know
If that's important to you
Its important to me
I tried to make you see
But you don't wanna know
You dont wanna know!

If you pipe all summer long
Then get forgiven in a song
Well that's the touch, my lad
They sold the rights to all the wrongs
And when they knew you'd give me songs
Welcome back, I said

The blood runs thicker,oh
We're thick as thieves, you know
If thats important to you
It's important to me
I tried to make you see
But you don't want to know
You don't want to know

Oh what became of the Likely Lads?
What became of the dreams we had?

Oh what became of forever?

Oh what became of forever?
Though, we'll never know

Please don't get me wrng
See I forgive you in a song
We call the Likely Lads
We all bought the ones
We taught 'em all we wrote the songs
That's filled with dreams we have
But blood runs thicker, oh
We're thick as thieves, you know
If that's important to you
It's important to me
I tried to make you see
But you don't want to know
You don't want to know!

Oh what became of the Likely Lads?
What became of the dreams we had?

Oh what became of forever?
Oh what became of forever?
We'll never know