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I Can't Stay Mad At You lyrics - Camera Obscura

(originally by Skeeter Davis)

You can make me cry

You can break my heart

But I'll never say we're through

Even when I cry

I can't stay mad at you

You can run around

You can tell me lies

But there's nothing I can do

I'll never say goodbye

'Cause I can't stay mad at you

I got mad at you last night

'Cause you were holding another girl tight

But when I thought of all your charms

I bounced right back into your arms

One thing you'll know for sure

I won't be the one

To fall in love with someone new

I'll love you till I die

I can't stay mad at you

I bounced right back into your arms

One thing you'll know for sure

I won't be the one

To fall in love with someone new

I'll love you till I die

And I can't stay mad at you

You got me where you want me

You got me where you want me

You got me where you want me

You got me where you want me

Modern Girl lyrics - Camera Obscura

(originally by Sheena Easton)

He wakes and says "Hello," turns on the breakfast show

She fixes coffee while he takes a shower

"Hey, that was great," he said, "Wish we could stay in bed

But I got to be at work in less than an hour"

She manages a smile as he walks out the door

She's a modern girl who's been though this movie before

She don't build her world 'round no single man

But she's gettin' by doin' what she can

She is free to be what she wants to be

And all what she wants to be is a modern girl

It looks like rain again, she takes a train again

She's on her way again through London town

Where she peels a tangerine, flicks through a magazine

Until it's time to leave her dreams on the underground

She walks to the office like everyone else

An independent lady, takin' care of herself

She don't build her world 'round no single man

But she's gettin' by doin' what she can

She is free to be what she wants to be

And all what she wants to be is a modern girl

Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

She's a modern girl

Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

She's a modern girl

She's been dreaming 'bout it all day long

As soon as she's home, it's him on the telephone

He asks her to dinner, she says, "I'm not free

Tonight I'm gonna stay at home and watch my TV"

I don't build my world 'round no single man

I am gettin' by doin' what I can

I am free to be what I want to be

And all what I want to be is a modern girl

Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

She's a modern girl

Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na

She's a modern girl

Phil And Don lyrics - Camera Obscura

Phil and Don

What went wrong?

I see no reason to go on

Phil and Don

What went wrong?

I see no reason to go on

I'll take the slack from you

Give all my love to you

Might break my back for you

It's not enough, I know

Phil and Don

The saddest song

It breaks my heart to sing along

I'll take the slack from you

Give all my love to you

I'd break my back for you

It's not enough, I know

Phil and Don

I'll say, "So long"

So very nearly made me strong

You very nearly made me

Return To Send Her lyrics - Camera Obscura

"Don't disturb my bed," is what I should have said

But when you kissed me, my head started to sway

I took your picture, you bought me some literature

Honey, you make my day

I don't want to take advantage

Or do you any damage

But I'm not sure I can manage

To stay away

Oh, we have been tender, don't return to send her

The love that was coming your way

I should be brave, I should behave

Stay away for more than a day

I don't want to take advantage

Or do you any damage

But I'm not sure I can manage

To stay away

Don't be disheartened by this thing we started

I guess that's what I'm trying to say

I will defend you, my friend

I won't quietly walk away

I don't want to take advantage

Or do you any damage

But I'm not sure I can manage

To stay away

Roman Holiday lyrics - Camera Obscura

I've never had a Roman holiday

But I won't hold it against you

The look on your face when she told you she loved you

Was it priceless?

And now it seems you're well connected

You have your own flock of sheep

But I don't think they are lost

And I don't think they're discreet

I light a scented candle in my room

And I'll hold a good thought for you

You're hopeful, you said things would be okay

But they're doom and gloom

If I was good at hating, I'd hate you

If I was good at loving, I'd fall

I'd keep the company of a kid obsessed

And I'd tell them all

I knew you well for a short spell

I knew you well, who could tell?

Please don't tell

I've never had a Roman holiday

But I won't hold it against you

The look on your face when she told you she loved you

Was it priceless?

I knew you well for a short spell

I knew you well for a short spell

I knew you well for a short spell

I knew you well, who would tell?

The Blizzard lyrics - Camera Obscura

There's a blizzard comin' on

How I'm wishing I was home

For my pony's lame

And he can't hardly stand

Listen to that northern sigh

If we don't get home, we'll die

But it's only seven miles to Mary Anne

It's only seven miles to Mary Anne

You can bet we're on her mind

For it's nearly Christmastime

And I'll bet there's

Hot biscuits in the pan

Lord, my hands feel like they're froze

And there's a numbness in my toes

But it's only five more miles to Mary Anne

It's only five more miles to Mary Anne

That wind's howlin' and it seems

Mighty like a woman's screams

So we'd best be movin' faster if we can

Dan, just think about the barn

With the hay so soft and warm

It's only three more miles to Mary Anne

It's only three more miles to Mary Anne

Dan, get up, you ornery cuss

Or you'll be the death of us

I'm so weary but I'll help you if I can

Alright, Dan, perhaps it's best

That we stop awhile and rest

For it's still a hundred yards to Mary Anne

It's still a hundred yards to Mary Anne

Late that night the storm was gone

And they found him there at dawn

He had made it, but he couldn't leave ol' Dan

Yes, they found him there on the plains

His hands froze to the reins

He was just a hundred yards from Mary Anne

He was just a hundred yards from Mary Anne

The Nights Are Cold lyrics - Camera Obscura

(originally by Richard Hawley)

The fate of man is random so don't look down

The towns and the cities are all burning down

Your road is bitter like the whip off the wind

You want to get to the end but you don't know how to begin

You want to know how we got to where we are now

The nights are cold

The nights are cold

The nights are cold

Let my life and all its storms begin to blow

Take me here and there I don't care where I go

Ah, beauty is a dark cloud when you're alone

She says she has the answers but I really just don't know

You want to know how we got to where we are now

The nights are cold

The nights are cold

The nights are cold

The nights are cold

Ah, the only road I walk alone

Where beauty nails me to her cross

The World Is Full Of Strangers lyrics - Camera Obscura

Suddenly the world is full of strangers

I can sense a fog in my midst

I've been listening to lonely girls

Sometimes against my will

Don't ask me to love you when you know that I will

Send me someone with the night sky on their mind

Someone to share dreams and secrets

I've been listening to lonely girls

Sometimes against my will

Don't tempt to love you when you know that I will

I'll try to find somebody that's my kind

I'll try to find somebody that's my kind

Oh I'll try to find somebody that's my kind

Don't tempt me to love you when you know that I will

Oh we could see the world's edges together

How about some sun and a beach motel?

Been listening to lonely girls

Sometimes against our will

They want us to love them because they know that we will

Your Sound lyrics - Camera Obscura

Your familiar sound is waiting to be found here soon

We forcing flaw and trying hard to close this door

Another chance of this for some other winter instead we apply

The tiny pieces have fallen in between us I look for reasons why

It is important to remember what to do this year

And it doesn't help to say that you have felt this near

It's not so easy to know your face is trailing far behind

I can't help but wonder if we plummet further I'll never find the time

Could it be we're tired, fading

Would it help if I start walking away

Don't tell me to change

Don't tell me

Your familiar sound is waiting to be found here soon

Waiting for some flaws I'm trying to not close this door

Maybe we're tired, fading

Would it help if I start walking away

Don't tell me to change

Don't tell me to change

Don't tell me to change

Don't tell me

"Desire Lines" (2013)

• This Is Love (Feels Alright) lyrics - Camera Obscura
• Troublemaker lyrics - Camera Obscura
• William's Heart lyrics - Camera Obscura
• New Year's Resolution lyrics - Camera Obscura
• Do It Again lyrics - Camera Obscura
• Cri Du Coeur lyrics - Camera Obscura
• Every Weekday lyrics - Camera Obscura
• Fifth In Line To The Throne lyrics - Camera Obscura
• I Missed Your Party lyrics - Camera Obscura
• Break It To You Gently lyrics - Camera Obscura
• Desire Lines lyrics - Camera Obscura

This Is Love (Feels Alright) lyrics - Camera Obscura

When I found your girlfriend crying

I could have slapped you in the face

What lesson is she learning 

With you acting this way?

You are a good boy

She's a killer tease

You are both so deserving

You are both keen to please

We're going to listen to Kokomo

Desert island dreaming

Go forth or be lured

You're a good, good, good, good boy

She's a killer tease

You are both discerning

You are both keen to please

So turn out the light

Just give in to the night

This is love (feels alright)

You're a star on this fine night

We could turn down the light

To give in to the night

This is love (it's alright)

You're a star on this fine night

On this fine night

On this fine night

On this fine night

Troublemaker lyrics - Camera Obscura

It's late, we turn the TV off

It's old, makes the sound of a salt-shaker

You want to build fires on hot days

Feel the coolness of my gaze

I'm a troublemaker

Three years in and I call to crush what remains of this love

On a cold morning of you arriving

I was struggling for survival

It's late, we turn the TV off

It's old, makes the sound of a salt-shaker, a windbreaker

You want to build fires on hot days

Feel the coolness of my gaze

I'm a troublemaker

Three years in and I call to crush what remains of this love

It's going to be one hell of a year.

Keeping secrets in water tight compartments, Dear

It's giving me the fear

I fall down like a tonne of bricks

What makes me sick won't make me quit

I fall down like a tonne of bricks

What makes me sick won't make me quit

I knew what you were talking about

I knew what you were talking about

I knew what you were talking about

I knew what you were talking about

William's Heart lyrics - Camera Obscura

A postcard of Byron by the bed

It's a reminder of every word that he said

To die in the arms of a twenty year old

A figure of porcelain with moves so bold

You'd love to have a heart of gold

You would have to have come from a better mould

To die in the arms of a twenty year old, twenty year old

Ending the shift of a sleepless night

Tossing and turning and holding on tight

To die in the arms of a twenty year old, twenty year old

Want to know about William's heart?

Is it broken in two? Who's feeling bad?

Is there enough of a spark to sparkle again?

Is he lost?

Does he need a friend?

Lying to those who know you the best

Keeping a secret close to your chest

To die in the arms of a twenty year old, twenty year old

The agony of the late night pub

Talking too much, old age is a curse

Want to know about William's heart?

Is it broken in two? Who's feeling bad?

Is there enough of a spark to sparkle again?

Is he lost? Does he need a friend?

William where have you gone?

Will you return to me?

William where have you gone?

Please return to me

If it's a single man or a single malt

That I take in my arms when I'm feeling low

You'll say honesty has made me cruel

I say you're soft and you're made of wool

You are made of wool

New Year's Resolution lyrics - Camera Obscura

New year's resolution - to write something of value

New year's resolution - to write something would be fine

All I ever wanted was someone to rely on

All I ever wanted was somewhere to call home

You offer a friendship I can not reciprocate

So don't beg me, in a garden, for it not to end this way

I've been cool with you

I've been cool with you

I've been cool with you

The sooner you admit it I will too

New year's resolution - to kiss you like I mean it

With cheeks the colour of Rhubarb we'll be fine

Everybody's rushing around like they got a meeting

I just want to be here with a friend of mine

We decided to brave the elements of Spain

Because The Seven Year Itch was on telly again

I've been cool with you

I've been cool with you

I've been cool with you

The sooner you admit it I will too

I decided this pain was a landscape of blame

I decided to be only myself these days

I've been cool with you

I've been cool with you

I've been cool with you

The sooner you admit it I will too

Stay now

I wish that you would stay now

Stay now

You nearly went away now

Stay now

I wish that you would stay now

I wish you would stay now

You nearly went away now

Stay now

You nearly went away

Stay now

I wish you would stay now

Do It Again lyrics - Camera Obscura

Call my number

26 and three-quarters

Turn down the lights now

Let's do it again

You were insatiable

I was more than capable

And you fought in my corner

Would you do it again?

You, you, you're walking around

Can you see tears on this clown?

I said one more time around

Let's do it again

Let's do it again

Let's do it again

Let's do it again

Said 'Call my number'

26 and 3/4

Turn all the lights down

Let's do it again

You were insatiable

I was more than capable

And you fought in my corner

Would you do it again?

You, you, you're walking around

Can you see tears on this clown?

I said one more time around

Let's do it again

Let's do it again

Let's do it again

Let's do it again

You, you, you're walking around

Can you see tears on this clown?

I said one more time around

Let's do it again

Let's do it again

Let's do it again

Let's do it again...

Cri Du Coeur lyrics - Camera Obscura

I like to think when I'm driving

I like to daydream a little

I like to think about the people

The faces of the young and the old

I want to watch the whole story unfold

I'm gonna drive real fast now

Forget about my past now

I know I'm a fuck up

I know, a real tragedy

I never listen to people, you see

You can't say what's on your mind

Just go for it

Come on this time

I know, I know, I know I'll cry

I'll cry

Hot ideas in this cool head

Forget about what she said

Idolater of beauty

Cri du coeur

She's going to leave you always wanting more, wanting more

You can't say what's on your mind

Just go for it

Come on this time

I know, I know, I know I'll cry

I'll cry

I'll cry

Cri du coeur

Every Weekday lyrics - Camera Obscura

The last thing I want is to be tiptoeing around you

I want you to know that I'm proud of you

In my head you're nineteen going on ninety nine

You are Saturday and Sunday

Every weekday friend of mine

We got a little butter we took a little bread

It's there for the taking, come put us to the test

We're going to make a record then sail around the world

We might not storm the charts completely

but we'll do our very best

As long as I'm with you

I'll have a friend so true

There is nobody quite like me you say

There is no one half as good as you

I don't want to sound like I've written us off

The words and the feelings are pouring and

I can't turn them off

No I can't turn them off

I won't let you down

Take all of my time

But don't

Don't

No don't let me down

Fifth In Line To The Throne lyrics - Camera Obscura

I gave you a regal name

Cause you treat me like a queen

But like a queen I don't know when I'll be slain

Now, I'm fifth in line to the throne

How am I gonna tell my king

That I don't trust his throne, anymore

If you want me to leave, then I'll go

If you want me to stay, let it show

Do you want me to leave, let me know

Just let me know

I have seen your deepest flaws

I'm ashamed to say they made me want you more

But I was in awe

If you want me to leave, then I'll go

Do you want me to stay, let it show

If you want me to leave, let me know

Just let me know

If you want me to leave, then I'll go

If you want me to stay, let it show

If you want me to leave, let me know

Just let me know

Let me know

Let me go

I Missed Your Party lyrics - Camera Obscura

I'm genuinely sorry that I missed your party

You should try holding all the guilt I still carry

Is it any wonder that I say I'm burned out?

When you say you're bummed out.

'Cause I missed your party

Bourbon won't kill it, so I'll just have to will it

I won't drink the Kool-Aid, try not to be afraid

You say you can see all the goodness inside me, dear me

Say that you want me, for all that I can be

I listen to Billy Joel

I watch Flashdance again

I'm going to get through Walt Whitman

I'm going to be in bed by ten

The Roller Girls are rolling and the rocking boys are rocking

Am I just holding onto memories golden?

I could go out dancing to feel bodies close to my skin

I'd better stay in to face the trouble we are in

I listen to Billy Joel

I watch Flashdance again

I'm going to get through Walt Whitman

I'm going to be in bed by ten

I'm going to be in bed by ten

I listen to Billy Joel

I watch Flashdance again

I'm going to get through Walt Whitman

I'm going to be in bed by ten

I'm going to be in bed by ten

These days I'm well travelled

You can watch me unravel

I'm genuinely sorry that I missed your party