Honey In The Sun lyrics - Camera Obscura

A half full moon in Mexico City I think of you
When I saw the Southern Cross I wished you had too

I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew
But it's as warm as saxophones
And honey in the sun for you

I've been spending half the year
In a plane going up and down
You've been seeing other people from a nearby town
Been obsessing and getting depressed about us
Excess baggage and other stupid band stuff

I wish my heart was cold
But it's warmer than before
I wish my heart was as cold as the morning dew
But it's as warm as saxophones 
And honey in the sun for you

When you said the veins in my left hand
Were shaped like a tree
Was that the very last time you really looked at me?
I'm in training to become as cold as ice
I'm determined to protect my feelings disguise
When I said I didn't love you I told you a lie
There no one above you although I try
Would you laugh at the time I spent calling your name
Over and over and over and over again?

The trouble is I got me close to hating me
When I wake up in the morning its your face I see
Where you once made me feel less afraid
You've got me pouring myself all over this page

"Let's Get Out Of This Country" (2006)




Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken lyrics - Camera Obscura

He said "I'll protect you like you are the crown jewels", yeah
Said he's feeling sorrier for me the more I behave badly
I can bet

Hey Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken
'cuz I can't see further than my own nose at this moment

Jealousy is more than a word, now I understand
You can't stay a girl while holding a boy's hand

Hey Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken
'cuz I can't see further than my own nose at this moment
Hey Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken
'cuz I can't see further than my own nose at this moment

I've got my life of complication here to sort out
I'll take myself to an east coast city and walk about

Hey Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken
'cuz I can't see further than my own nose at this moment
Hey Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken
'cuz I can't see further than my own nose at this moment
Hey Lloyd I'm ready to be heartbroken
'cuz I can't see further than my own nose at this moment

Tears For Affairs lyrics - Camera Obscura

Shedding tears for affairs
I'm a funny little thing
I can tell you this for nothing
Affairs don't win

Can you handle one more dirty secret one more dirty night?
Is it true what they say?
Will it make us go blind?

You had to drive
Look me in the eye
Whisper don't cry

I'll take an interest in Illustration
It should be a laugh
Your words are with me still
They whisper in the grass

Shedding tears for affairs
I'm a stupid little thing
I can tell you this for nothing
You won't win

You had to drive
(I didn't want to)
Look me in the eye
(I found it hard to)
Whisper don't cry
(I had to whisper don't cry)
So I cried

Come Back Margaret lyrics - Camera Obscura

Come back Margaret he wants to adore you
Come back Margaret I'd like to explore you
Can't you see the tears in my eyes?
With the love for him I disguise

I like the free days with no expectations
I like it my way with no limitation
Still you see the tears in my eyes
With the love for him I despise

Darling you will always be around
Whether my mood's up or if it's down
In dreams I try to take you far away
But you never stay
No you never stay
No you never stay

Darling you will always be around
Whether my mood's up or if it's down
In dreams I try to take you far away
But you never stay
No you never stay

Darling you will always be around
Whether my mood's up or if it's down
In dreams I try to take you far away
But you never stay
No you never stay
No you never stay

Dory Previn lyrics - Camera Obscura

Fed up of girls in pretty dresses
With boys who want to teach them a lesson
Sick of the sight of my old lover
Went under sheets and covers to get away from him

He can't see what it once meant to me
I think it's time I put him out of my mind

So I took a glimpse of Montana
Now nothing else matters
I'll heal eventually
How I adore you Dory Previn
Turned you up to eleven for the band's ears to bleed

I can't see what he once meant to me
Do you think it's time I put it out of my mind?
Do you think it's time I put it out of my mind?

I can't see what he once meant to me
Do you think it's time I put it out of my mind?
I can't see what he once meant to me
Do you think it's time I put it out of my mind?

I can't see what he once meant to me
Do you think it's time I put it out of my mind?
I can't see what he once meant to me
Do you think it's time I put it out of my mind?
I think it's time I let my love for him die

The False Contender lyrics - Camera Obscura

I once had a love but soon had enough
He was a false contender
He got so thin there must have been deep sorrow gnawing away at him

What will I do?
Will it always be you?
I hope and I pray he’ll leave me one day

We were so sweet under the Copper Beach
You left a mark you sunk your teeth
Into the back of my neck, oh let’s not pretend I needed the lesson that you taught me well

What will I do?
Will it always be you?
I hope and I pray he’ll leave me one day
What will I do?
Must it always be you?
I hope and I pray he’ll leave me one day
Leave me one day
Leave me one day
Leave me one day

Let's Get Out Of This Country lyrics - Camera Obscura

Let's get out of this country
I'll admit I am bored with me
I drowned my sorrows and slept around
When not in body at least in mind
We'll find a cathedral city
You can convince me I am pretty

We'll pick berries and recline
Let's hit the road dear friend of mine
Wave goodbye to our thankless jobs
We'll drive for miles maybe never turn off
We'll find a cathedral city you can be handsome I'll be pretty

What does this city have to offer me?
Everyone else thinks it's the bee's knees
What does this city have to offer me?
I just can't see
I just can't see

Let's get out of this country
I have been so unhappy
Smell the Jasmine my head was turned
I feel like getting confessional
We'll find a cathedral city you can convince me I am pretty

What does this city have to offer me?
Everyone else thinks it's the bee's knees
What does this city have to offer me?
I just can't see
I just can't see

Country Mile lyrics - Camera Obscura

Silver birch against a Swedish sky
The singer in the band made me want to cry
We're all inside our own heads now
We are leaving new friends, leaving this town
And I wish you could be here with me
I would show you off like a trophy
The road it winds, it twists, it turns, oh my stomach burns

Once again I'll be the foolish one
Thinking a blink of these lashes would make you come
Don't you worry, don't get in a state
I don't believe in true love anyway
Oh, who's being pessimistic now?
I could document this as our first, as our last row
The more you look forlorn, the more to you I warm

I won't be seeing you for a long while
I hope it's not as long as these country miles
I feel lost
I feel lost

No, I won't be seeing you for a long while
I hope it's not as long as these country miles
I feel lost
I feel lost

If Looks Could Kill lyrics - Camera Obscura

Tell me where it all went wrong 
Maybe I can make it better 
Tell me where it all went wrong 
Don't you know that you really upset her 
When you act like a man who is cross with every woman he's never had 
If it's true looks could kill and you will be the first to make me mad 
Then you'll have to go 
Maybe you'll have to go

Is this the kind of fate you could contemplate 
A breakdown at my very sight 
I promise hidden words of tenderness in every single line that I write 
Still you act like a man who is cross with every woman he's never had 
If it's true looks could kill and you will be the first to make me mad 
Then you'll have to go 
Maybe you'll have to go 

Tell me where it all went wrong
Tell me where it all went wrong
Tell me where it all went wrong
Tell me where it all went wrong

Don't you know that you really upset her 
When you act like a man who is cross with every woman he's never had 
If it's true looks could kill and you will be the first to make me mad 
Then you'll have to go 
Maybe you'll have to go

Is it true looks could kill?
Is it true looks could kill?
Is it true looks could kill?
Yeah it's true looks could kill

I Need All The Friends I Can Get lyrics - Camera Obscura

I can see that you are leading her on
I think I know what you are
I can see that you are leading her on
I know what you are

You can't see that you're just the same as all the stupid people you hate
I'm not saying I'm free from blame because I need all the friends I can get

A long distance call to a mystery blond it wasn't good for business
But you say that she cries when she hears the bird's song
You want to soothe her distress

You can't see that she's just the same as all the stupid people you hate
I'm not saying I'm free from blame because I need all the friends I can get

Can't you see that you are leading her on
You say you're feeling listless
The people are tired and commitment has gone
To this I've been a witness

You can't see that I'm just the same as all the stupid people you hate
I'm not saying I'm free from blame because I need all the friends I can get
I need all the friends I can get x6

Razzle Dazzle Rose lyrics - Camera Obscura

Rose, I’m feeling older
I was as lucky as a four-leaved clover
I tried to be happy it wasn't easy
When I choose my colour it will be Razzle Dazzle Rose

Rose, I’m feeling older
Courage my love it makes me bolder
Expecting softness can lead to foolishness
When I choose my colour it will be Razzle Dazzle rose

"I Love My Jean" (2005)




I Love My Jean lyrics - Camera Obscura

Of a'€š the airts the wind can blaw 
I dearly like the west 
For there the bonnie Lassie lives 
The Lassie I love best 
There's wild-woods grow, and rivers row 
And mony a hill between 
But day and night my fancy's flight 
Is ever wi'€š my Jean! 

I see her in the Dewy flowers 
I see her sweet and fair 
I hear her in the tuneful‚ birds 
I hear her charm the air 
There's not a bonnie flower, that springs
By a fountain, shaw, or green 
There's not a bonnie bird that sings 
But minds me oh my Jean!

Marathon Not A Sprint lyrics - Camera Obscura

Honey you were good for me but I can't deny my need to be free grows 
I resigned myself to climb the stairs to your 
winning thighs and endless prayers alone 
My new-found confidence you hate, everything put down to fate 
Nothing less or more 
It's a marathon and not a sprint 
That's what we said before we quit
Love should grow 
Should boast 

I feel I'm doing time 
With someone not on my side 
A mystery divide 
Brings me close 
To who I love the most 

A friend from the capital came to visit 
Will she comfort me or does she want to gossip 
Who knows? 
I'll take these worries to the park 
I won't come home until after dark 
Noone will know except you of course 
I'll go swimming and ride a bike 
Maybe turn into someone that you'd like 
It's a marathon and not a sprint 
That's what we said before we quit 
Love should grow, should boast

A Red, Red Rose lyrics - Camera Obscura

O my Luve's like a red, red rose 
That's newly sprung in June 
O my Luve's like the melodie 
That's sweetly play'd in tune 

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass 
So deep in luve am I 
And I will love thee still, my Dear 
Till a, the seas gang dry 

Till a[?] the seas gang dry, my Dear 
And the rocks melt wi[?] the sun 
I will love thee still, my Dear 
While the sands [?] life shall run 

And fare thee weel, my only Luve! 
And fare thee weel, a while! 
And I will come again, my Luve 
Tho[?] it were ten thousand mile!

"Underachievers Please Try Harder" (2003)




Suspended From Class lyrics - Camera Obscura

You're such a beautiful writer
That's not all you are
I'm sorry about making a pass
It was subtle but I think that you grasped
The meaning intended
I can be a friend to you
I won't pretend
I'm not interested in breaking your heart
It's not love no it's nothing like that
I'll leave that to lookers like him
Oh he's such a delicate thing
Now it's such a fragile thing that we have

I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class

We could go out dancing
But, in truth it is the last thing that I have on my mind
Please say if I'm way out of line
I won't need telling twice
Now he wants to kiss
He says he can't resist
You're going to have to keep it hidden inside
I've a feeling that pigs might fly, might fly

I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class

You're such a beautiful writer
And that's not all you are
I'm sorry about making a pass
It was subtle but I think that you grasped
The meaning intended

I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse
I should be suspended from class
I don't know my elbow from my arse

Keep It Clean lyrics - Camera Obscura

Does it make you happy to ignore me on streets?
I guess by now you think I'm weak
I wish you would have said something before now
I wouldn't share a bag of chips with you
And in my opinion you don't have a clue
I'm being cruel, I'm being cruel

I don't want to be part of your scene
I'll stay with him; I'll keep my nose clean

You're the one pretending to be licking stamps
All alone in a room following lines on maps
It's clear you don't want me here
How about I send you a book on nutrition?
Stop spoon-feeding me non-fiction
Just for a while, I will fake a smile

I don't want to be part of your scene
I'll stay with him; I'll keep my nose clean

Oh, why did you say she was a friend of mine?
I thought it was me you couldn't stand
I'm confused
I will win; you will lose
You've taken to phoning my house when you're drunk
And then confessing all your love
I wish you would have said so before now

I don't want to be part of your scene
I'll stick with him; I'll keep my nose clean

A Sisters Social Agony lyrics - Camera Obscura

You bruise like a cherry my darling girl
Words can mean nothing to some in this world
I want you to know I thought about you last night
I cried
Play indie rock if that's what you want
Quote Mike Leigh films it will turn them all on
I heard you were going on a first date
That's great

Don't apologise
Try your best not to disguise
To get misty eyed at times is fine
Sometimes it feels like you're the only one
A freckle appeared on your lip from the sun
Those kids that you run with, they put you down
Make no sound

Teenager lyrics - Camera Obscura

For your birthday she sent you a card
She didn't sign her name she gave an autograph
Now she's trying to call your bluff
She your true love?

We knew the boy who went from Mod to Ted
She asked matter of fact had he gone off his head
He was uncomplaining as a tree
Not a thing like me

You're not a teenager
So don't act like one
Sure she is a heartbreaker
Does she have one?
Is it down to me, down to me?
We both rarely speak

I went for a stroll after dark
I thought of you and her while staring at the black
I didn't have you down for being easily led
Or the girl well read

You're not a teenager
So don't act like one
Sure she is a heartbreaker
Does she have one?
Is it down to me, down to me?
We both rarely speak

Before You Cry lyrics - Camera Obscura

No sense no style
I said I loved you for a little while
When you cried no
High speed became go slow
Come back this time
Wishful thinking is going to make you mine
Push turns to shove
I got no more room for love

I hope you hear me
I can't stand you next to me
Get lost goodbye
I'll smile before you cry
I love you baby
Please don't hate me
You're feeling a little sad tonight but you'll be alright

Your Picture lyrics - Camera Obscura

My friend, she told me such a story
But she didn't know what I knew
I laughed with my friend when she got to the end
I knew we were laughing at you

She told me that you made some money
You got yourself framed on the wall
And people come by and they look at your face
And they say it's the fairest of all

Of course you protest, that's what you do best
And you're modest and shy to the end
You're watching them as they're looking at you
And you know it was money well spent

She told me you'd given up drinking
To be with somebody you knew
And you tried to get into the Bible
But it never got into you

You've still got some loyal disciples
I suppose that I'm one of the few
I shouldn't have laughed, 'cause I mean you no harm
But my friend got to me before you

So next time I see you, I'll be pleased to see you
I hope you'll be pleased to see me
I'll visit your picture, I won't have the nerve
To tell them that they've got you all wrong

Number One Son lyrics - Camera Obscura

Took a walk in the park for a laugh we drank sparkling wine
Oh yeah it was dark trees could not be identified
The girl you were with did she have you on your knees?
I shut my mouth my ears I don't want to hear you please
Now you're skipping school going to listen to records
Wrapped up in mohair dissing your elders
Dip a chocolate finger take a sip from my cup
Remember what you're dad said "button your lip"

You've got to toughen up for him
He's the kind who will do you in
I should know that it's no fun
You will never be No. 1
No. 1 son
God I've tried to help but I think I just hinder
Ask a better girl could she ever be kinder
Love unlike lightning can strike you twice
I don't know much, but here's my advice

You've got to toughen up for him
He's the kind who will do you in
I should know that it's no fun
You will never be No. 1
No. 1 son

Let Me Go Home lyrics - Camera Obscura

Hurry up, baby, 'cause we're going somewhere tonight
One glass of wine and you're mine and you know I just might...
You know I just might
You know I just might

Well the room goes boom to the sound of Temptations and more
Twisting and turning that girl's looking good on the floor
Good on the floor
Good on the floor

Well the four walls they collide
Until the blue-eyed girl decides to let me go home
Let me go home

Host plays "Ghost in my House", gets a fist in the eye
Vinyl is crushed in the rush for the liquor supply
The liquor supply
The liquor supply

Supremes in our dreams
Do we quit bein' obscene on the stairs[?]
Daylight appears through the curtains and nobody cares
Nobody cares
Nobody cares

Well the four walls they collide
Until the blue-eyed girl decides to let me go home
Let me go home

Daylight appears through the curtains and nobody cares
Supremes in our dreams
Do we quit bein' obscene on the stairs

Books Written For Girls lyrics - Camera Obscura

You can compliment me on the style of my hair
Give me marks out of ten for the clothes I wear
You probably thought I had more upstairs
I disappoint you, I can see through your perfect smile
He likes to read books written for girls
Prides himself on being a man of the world
In the darkest of places he gets his thrills
He will disappoint you, if you see through his perfect smile

I think separation is ok
You’re no star to guide me anyway
You only wanted me to play the fool
Play by your rule
Now my door has swollen from the rain
God knows we’ll never see her face again
People get shattered in many ways
They can disappoint you if you see through their perfect smiles

I think separation is ok
You’re no star to guide me anyway
You only wanted me to play the fool
Play by your rule

Knee Deep At The NPL lyrics - Camera Obscura

We went out dancing it was time we had fun 
We didn't leave till three I know we're not the only one's 
When we got outside the snow had started to fall 
I made a ball I threw it at Gavin because he's tall 

Now we have this snow up to our knees 
A Walking wonderland is always bound to please 
I know it's true to say my smiles been weak 
I wonder if you know by now I've fallen deep 

I can hear you calling to me in the morning 
How can I be falling in love with you 
I can hear you calling to me in the morning 
How can I be falling in love with you 

You can offer me a penny for my thoughts 
They're not worth a damn they're not worth a lot 
I've been getting loose with my tongue and my hands 
How can I expect you to understand who I am? 

I can hear you calling to me in the morning 
How can I be falling in love with you 
She's doing her own thing 
Still making my heart sing 
She is moving along to the beat of a song 
It's true 
I'll keep you safe and warm tonight 
I'll keep you safe and warm tonight 
I'll keep you safe and warm tonight

Lunar Sea lyrics - Camera Obscura

For the Lunar sea see the river moon
And you've got it
Match the finest words to the greatest tune
And you bought it
See me cross in style
Walk the longest mile in a minute
Where do drifters go?
Wonder if they know there’'s no limit

At the rainbows end
Find a perfect friend say you’'re sorry
Make me dream at night
Break my heart on sight don’'t you worry
Swept the sounds of love from the skies above
And I knew it
Swim the seas of blue just to drown in you
And I blew it

You hear it, the shiver in spine don’'t come near it
I love it, you soar and you cry rise above it
Got my lunar sea for you’r river moon
If you let it
Match my finest words to your greatest tune
Won’'t forget it

You hear it, the shiver in spine don’'t come near it
I love it, you soar and you cry rise above it
Fly by lunar sea lullaby

I Don't Want To See You lyrics - Camera Obscura

I can't believe that I'm writing this down
I can't believe I've got you in a song
I don't want to be a whining girl I'd rather not be in your world
I stole a magazine from a Laundromat
The posters in the bag they were breaking my back
All I wanted was a bench to rest my weary legs
I sat and had a greet, I have done my best

I'll get my operation on the N. H. S
Will it cure my blushes will it bring out my best?
Some will say I was a woman pretending to be a girl
I will make no comment of this I've had my fill
This can't go on
When is it going to stop?
You casually walked back to your room tonight
Take the flight of stairs and softly dim the light
Fantasize about how happy you'd be with a girl tonight

I don't want to see you down
I don't want to see you hanging around
I don't want to see you down
I don't want to see you hanging around

Footloose And Fancy Free lyrics - Camera Obscura

Buy me an advent calendar 
It seems the thought of days without you make me sadder 
Don't visit me now; you make me want to do myself in 
I'll see you sometimes, but I won't see you soon 
I won't see you soon

I know some things about you; I won't spill the beans 
'Cause there's a spool in my own camera that's never been seen 
I could write it all down; I know it won't be enough 
I want you to be happy with someone to love 
Someone to love 

And it won't be me 
Said it won't be you 
Pretty soon we'll agree to be free 
Footloose and fancy free
Footloose and fancy free
Footloose and fancy free