Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole

I choose my friends only far too well I’m up on the pavement, they’re all down in the cellar With their government grants and my i.q. They brought me down to size, academia blues Louise is a girl, i know her well She’s up on the pavement, yes she’s a weather girl And i’m staying […]

These Days - Lloyd Cole

You don’t need a lover in this climate You don’t need a boyfriend in your bed These days Pull a blanket round you baby If you’re looking for an early grave Mr. anderton will lead you to it He says Pull a blanket round you baby Some have said I`d go now rather than wait […]

Hey Rusty - Lloyd Cole

Hey rusty `s a long time Remember `s like yesterday Stealing cigarettes And laughing as they chased us Down the boulevards Then i got a job White collar Turn coat You just spun around and walked Said we wouldn’t meet again Hey rusty don’t hang up I feel so young Hey rusty don’t hang up […]

Big Snake - Lloyd Cole

High tide In the cool of the mist Walking in the shadows of the trade ships I`ll be your baby I will not be your man I will not be around when you call Oh daddy I`ll be daddy’s little girl Black water The warm summer rain Washes your tears in to the big snake […]

Sean Penn Blues - Lloyd Cole

The western minnesota intercollegiate circle Telephoned they said Hey sean could you mosey on down to our gala ball It reads mister maddonna kicks some beat poetry If i could i would i would i swear i would be better But it seems i am just a natural no good And whats more i like […]

Mister Malcontent - Lloyd Cole

Johnny stumbles johnny falls Under slogans Off the wall He sees where’s the sense He says call me mister malcontent A waste of space and alcohol Drinking rain and eating soil And slogans off the wall Cannot express himself at all Cut off my nose despite my face And i will not more longer wait […]

Jennifer She Said - Lloyd Cole

Jennifer we can’t go wrong let’s put it in writing Jennifer we can’t go wrong let’s do it right now Maybe you were a little hasty But they say love is blind Now her name on you Jennifer in blue Did you ever have a bad dream wake up and it not stop? Did you […]

Mainstream - Lloyd Cole

When am i ever going to kick the curse? I took my medication i feel worse Swimming is easy when you’re stuck in the middle of the mississippi All you have to do is crawl 15 years a big shot in a one horse town Riding the elevator shafts with your hip flask and your […]

29 - Lloyd Cole

Life begins at thirty So i have been told I can easily believe it The way i’m getting on Yeh i’m getting on You hang around backstreet bars For what you wish you knew You say give me something cheap Something i won’t want to keep Love’s not everything I was just hoping you might […]

From The Hip - Lloyd Cole

This one’s from the hip Oh mother you have sorely misjudged me It should have been whipped Out of me Without a father figured i Yeh i concluded then that i’m Not for spitting on This one’s from the hip My love i should have warned you about me It never got whipped Out of […]