All the words I wish I wrote
Sometimes The Libertines say it all so perfectly;
"Tell me what can you want now you've got it all
The whole scene is obscene
Time will strip it away
A year and a day"
"There are fewer more distressing sights than that
Of an Englishman in a baseball cap
Yeah we'll die in the class we were born
That's a class of our own my love"
"And it's just like he's in another world
He doesn't see the danger on show
now he'll wind up like Joseph bloody in the hole"
"What became of the dreams we had?
Oh what became of forever?"
"When she wakes up in the morning
She writes down all her dreams
Reads like the book of Revelations
Or the Beano or the unabridged Ulysses"
"There's tears coming out from everywhere
The city's hard, the city's fair"
"If you've lost your faith in love and music
Oh the end won't be long"
"I've tried so hard to keep myself from falling
Back into my bad old ways
And it chars my heart to always hear you calling
Calling for the good old days
Because there are no good old days
These are the good old days"
"Daisy chains and school yard games
And a list of things we said we'd do tomorrow
A list of things we said we'd do tomorrow"
"She said "I'll show you a picture
A picture of tomorrow
There's nothing changing
It's all sorrow
Oh no please don't show me"
"Well wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day"
"We're living in a looking glass
As the beauty of life goes by"
"Now I've taken far too much to see
Or think or touch what's real
I'm stranded on this street that
Paved my only way home"
"New York city's very pretty in the night time
But oh don't you miss Soho?
Where everybody goes
La de di la de di da diddy"
"Oh my words in your mouth
Are mumbled all about
You're like a journalist
How you can cut and paste and twist"
"Jack drinks and smokes his cares away
His heart is in the lonely way
Living in the ruins
Of a castle built on sand"
"I get along just singing my song,
People tell me I'm wrong...
Fuck 'em!"
"Now something ain't quite right
You got the devil on your side,
Standing to your right, come on!"
"I've been meaning to tell you
A sentimental thing that occurred to me
I've been waiting to show you
A set of photographs
That'll make you laugh and smile"
"I can’t give you anything but love
(Love for love's own sake)
It came like a message from above
(All the love we make)
You watch out for those modern girls
(Who never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(Couldn't be more like pretence)"
"We string it up and string it along
And listen to those old time songs
And make believe that they were written for you and me"
"Choking and smoking to your angelic soul
Choking and smoking myself into a hole
Where the only way out is to sleep and to dream
And to cry out your name."
"The Arcadian dream has all fallen through
But the Albion sails on course"
"My darling was a preacher on the Albion stage
She might have been a preacher in the good old days
We're drinking whiskey in a brave new afternoon
Don't people realise they've rolled past my tomb"
"Strike a light
Raise your glasses
Drink a toast to the ruling classes"
"An ending fitting for the start
You twist and tore our love apart
Your light fingers through the dark
That shattered the lamp, into darkness it cast us..."
"Is it cruel or kind not to speak my mind,
And to lie to you rather than hurt you?
Well I'll confess all of of my sins
After several large gins
But still I'll hide from you,
Hide what's inside from you."
"A problem, becomes a problem
When you let down your friends
When you let down your people
When you let down yourself
Oh, and only fools, vultures and undertakers
Will have any time for you"
"You put your love upon me
Though I was but poor
We lived a twisted little fairy story
Up on the fifth floor"
"But since you said goodbye
Polka dots fill my eyes
And I don't know why"
"And you see I've brought you flowers
All collected from the Old Vic stage
Well I've been sitting here for hours, baby
Just chasing these words across the page"
"Her old man
He don't like blacks or queers
Yet he's proud we beat the Nazis?
(How queer...)"
"If you still love me
By morning
Oh you’ll find me waiting in the garden
By the cherry blossom tree
Bring tin cups of wine and cigarettes
Come to me in pirouettes
My darling
Save all your love for me"
"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"
"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"
"You said you live your life by the Albion creed
So pure in thought and word and deed"
And finally, because it's true;
"'cause blood runs thicker, oh
We're thick as thieves, you know"
"Tell me what can you want now you've got it all
The whole scene is obscene
Time will strip it away
A year and a day"
"There are fewer more distressing sights than that
Of an Englishman in a baseball cap
Yeah we'll die in the class we were born
That's a class of our own my love"
"And it's just like he's in another world
He doesn't see the danger on show
now he'll wind up like Joseph bloody in the hole"
"What became of the dreams we had?
Oh what became of forever?"
"When she wakes up in the morning
She writes down all her dreams
Reads like the book of Revelations
Or the Beano or the unabridged Ulysses"
"There's tears coming out from everywhere
The city's hard, the city's fair"
"If you've lost your faith in love and music
Oh the end won't be long"
"I've tried so hard to keep myself from falling
Back into my bad old ways
And it chars my heart to always hear you calling
Calling for the good old days
Because there are no good old days
These are the good old days"
"Daisy chains and school yard games
And a list of things we said we'd do tomorrow
A list of things we said we'd do tomorrow"
"She said "I'll show you a picture
A picture of tomorrow
There's nothing changing
It's all sorrow
Oh no please don't show me"
"Well wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day"
"We're living in a looking glass
As the beauty of life goes by"
"Now I've taken far too much to see
Or think or touch what's real
I'm stranded on this street that
Paved my only way home"
"New York city's very pretty in the night time
But oh don't you miss Soho?
Where everybody goes
La de di la de di da diddy"
"Oh my words in your mouth
Are mumbled all about
You're like a journalist
How you can cut and paste and twist"
"Jack drinks and smokes his cares away
His heart is in the lonely way
Living in the ruins
Of a castle built on sand"
"I get along just singing my song,
People tell me I'm wrong...
Fuck 'em!"
"Now something ain't quite right
You got the devil on your side,
Standing to your right, come on!"
"I've been meaning to tell you
A sentimental thing that occurred to me
I've been waiting to show you
A set of photographs
That'll make you laugh and smile"
"I can’t give you anything but love
(Love for love's own sake)
It came like a message from above
(All the love we make)
You watch out for those modern girls
(Who never seem to make much sense)
Mistake my plastic beads for pearls
(Couldn't be more like pretence)"
"We string it up and string it along
And listen to those old time songs
And make believe that they were written for you and me"
"Choking and smoking to your angelic soul
Choking and smoking myself into a hole
Where the only way out is to sleep and to dream
And to cry out your name."
"The Arcadian dream has all fallen through
But the Albion sails on course"
"My darling was a preacher on the Albion stage
She might have been a preacher in the good old days
We're drinking whiskey in a brave new afternoon
Don't people realise they've rolled past my tomb"
"Strike a light
Raise your glasses
Drink a toast to the ruling classes"
"An ending fitting for the start
You twist and tore our love apart
Your light fingers through the dark
That shattered the lamp, into darkness it cast us..."
"Is it cruel or kind not to speak my mind,
And to lie to you rather than hurt you?
Well I'll confess all of of my sins
After several large gins
But still I'll hide from you,
Hide what's inside from you."
"A problem, becomes a problem
When you let down your friends
When you let down your people
When you let down yourself
Oh, and only fools, vultures and undertakers
Will have any time for you"
"You put your love upon me
Though I was but poor
We lived a twisted little fairy story
Up on the fifth floor"
"But since you said goodbye
Polka dots fill my eyes
And I don't know why"
"And you see I've brought you flowers
All collected from the Old Vic stage
Well I've been sitting here for hours, baby
Just chasing these words across the page"
"Her old man
He don't like blacks or queers
Yet he's proud we beat the Nazis?
(How queer...)"
"If you still love me
By morning
Oh you’ll find me waiting in the garden
By the cherry blossom tree
Bring tin cups of wine and cigarettes
Come to me in pirouettes
My darling
Save all your love for me"
"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"
"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"
"You said you live your life by the Albion creed
So pure in thought and word and deed"
And finally, because it's true;
"'cause blood runs thicker, oh
We're thick as thieves, you know"