The Strokes Album

Can't you see I'm trying, I don't even like it
I just lie to get to your apartment
Now I'm staying there just for a while
I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired

Is this it
Is this it
Is this it

Said they'd give you anything you ever wanted
When they lied I knew they were just stable
Children trying hard not to realise I was sitting right behind

Dear can't you see, it's them it's not me
We're not enimies, we just disagree
If I was like him, all dissing his Pa
He changes his mind, says I went too far
We all disagree I think we should disagree, yeah

Is this it
Is this it 
Is this it

Can't you see I'm trying, I don't even like it
I just lie to get to your apartment
Now I'm staying there just for a while
I can't think 'cause I'm just way too tired

Up on a hill, here's where we begin
This little story, a long time ago
Start to pretend, start pretending
It seems this game is simply neverending

Oh in the sun sun having fun, it's in my blood 
I just can't help it, don't want you here right now
Let me go
Let me go go go go go go go go

Leaving just in time
Stay there for a while
Rolling in the ocean
Trying to catch her eye
Work hard and say it's easy
Do it just to please me
Tomorrow will be different
So I'll pretend i'm leaving

I feel so different now
We trained at AVA
I wish you hadn't stayed
My visions clearer now but I'm unafraid
Flyin' over seas, no time to feel the breeze
I took too many varieties

Oh in the sun sun having fun, it's in my blood 
I just can't help it, don't want you here right now
Let me go, wooooooooo
Darling let me go go go go go go go go

Leaving just in time
Stay there for a while
Rolling in the ocean
Trying to catch her eye
Work hard and say it's easy 
Do it just to please me
Tomorrow will be different
So this is why I'm leaving

Soma is what they would take when hard times opened their eyes
Saw pain in a new way
High stakes for a few names
Racing with the sunbeams
Loosing against their dreams
In our eyes
I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes, 
Said I am
Stop
And go 
In your eyes

Let's go

When I saw her for the first time
Lips moved as her eyes closed
Heard something in his voice
"And I'll be there" he says
And he walks out
Somehow he was trying too hard
To be like them

I am
Stop
And go
In your eyes 
And I am
Stop
Oh darling let me go
Try it once and they liked it
(They) Try to hide it
Said I've been doing this twenty five years
Well I'm not listening no more
And his friends they keep asking for more
Oh yeah

Oh but that's it

I didn't take no shortcuts
I spent the money that I saved up
Aw mama runnin' out of luck
Well like my sister don't give a fuck
I wanna steal your innocence
To me my life it don't make sense
Your strange manners, I love you so
Why won't you wear your new trench coat

I should've worked much harder
I should have just not bothered
I never show up on weekdays
Somethin' that you learned yesterday
Drive you to work, you'll be on time
Your little problems, they're not yours they're mine
Come on listen to what I say
I've got some secrets that'll make you stay
I just want to turn you down
I just want a turn you around
You ain't never had nothin' I wanted but
I want it all, I just can't figure out
Nothin'

And all together it went well
We made pretend we were best friends
Then she said "Oh you're a freak"
They ordered me to make mistakes
Together again, like the beginnin'
It all works somehow in the end
The things we did the thing you hide
But for the record it's between you and I

I didn't take no shortcuts
I spent the money that I saved up
Aw mama runnin' out of luck
Well like my sister don't give a fuck
I wanna steal your innocence
To me my life it just don't make any sense
Your strange manners I love them so
Why won't you wear your new trench coat
I just want to misbehave
I just want to be your slave
You ain't never had nothin' I wanted but
I want it all, I just can't figure out
Nothin'

And all together it went well
We made pretend we were best friends
Then she said "Oh I can wait"
They ordered me to make mistakes
Together again, like the beginnin'
It all works somehow in the end
The things we did the thing you hide
But for the record it's between you and I

In many ways they'll miss the good old days
Someday, someday 
Yeah it hurts to say but I want you to stay 
Sometimes, sometimes
When we was young oh man did we have fun
Always, always
Promises they break before they're made
Sometimes, sometimes

Oh, my ex says i'm lacking in depth
I will do my best 
You say you wanna stay by my side
Darling your head's not right
I see alone we stand together we fall apart 
Yeah, I think I'll be alright
I'm working so I won't have to try so hard
Tables they turn sometimes. 
Oh someday. 
I ain't wasting no more time.

Trying, trying.

And now my fears, they come to me in threes 
So I, sometimes
They fade my friend, you say the strangest things
I find, sometimes

Oh, my ex says i'm lacking in depth 
Say I will try my best
You say you wanna stay by my side
Darling your head's not right
I see alone we stand together we fall apart 
Yeah, I think I'll be alright
I'm working so I won't have to try so hard
Tables they turn sometimes. 
Oh someday

I ain't wasting no more time

No choice now, it's too late
Let him go, he gave up 
Don't give up
Lisa said "Take time for me"
Dropping him down to his knees 
Oh just go

Take me away, see I've got to explain
Things they are changing such a permanent way 
Life seems unreal, can we go back to your place 
Ah you drink too much, makes me drink just the same

People try, felt so right 
Giving themselves good advice 
Looking down sometimes felt nice

He knows it's just a fact to kill to survive 
He's earning dollars when you're giving your life 
Let someone poor soul work 3 hours a day
The world is over and I don't care coz

I am with you, now I've got to explain
Things they are changing such a permanent way
Life seems unreal, can we go back to your place
You drink too much, makes me drink just the same

On the first time that I met your friends
A second time I thought it would last 
We all like it a little different

Last nite she said 
Oh baby I feel so down 
When you turn me off 
When I feel left out 
So I, I turned round
Oh baby don't care no more
I know this for sure 
I'm walking out that door

Well I've been in town for just about fifteen minutes now 
And baby I feel so down
And I don't know why
I've been walking for miles

And people they don't understand
Your girlfriends they can't understand
Your grandsons they won't understand
On top of this I ain't ever gonna understand

Last nite she said
Oh baby don't feel so down
When you turn me off
When I feel left out
So I, I turned round, 
Oh baby gonna be alright
It was a great big lie
Coz I left that night
Yeah

Oh people they don't understand
No girlfriends they don't understand
In spaceships they won't understand
And me I ain't ever gonna understand

Last nite she said 
Oh baby I feel so down 
She could turn me off
When I feel left out
So I turned round
Oh little girl I don't care no more
I know it's for sure
I'm walking out that door, yeah

Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone
Tried to take control
Oh I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way

We shared some ideas
All obsessed with fame
Says we're all the same
I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way

Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Tryin' to remind her
When we go back

I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I try, but you see
It's hard to explain
I said the right things
But act the wrong way
I like it right here 
But I cannot stay
I watched the TV
Forget what I'm told
Well I am too young 
And they are too old
The joke is on you
This place is a zoo
You're right, it's true

He said he can't decide
I shake my head to say
Everythings just great
Oh I just can't remember
I just can't remember

Raised in Carolina (she says)
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back

I say the right things
But act the wrong way
I like it right here 
But I cannot stay
I watched the TV
Forget what I'm told
I am too young 
And they are too old
I'll make it you see 
I'm ever so pleased
Pretend to be nice
So I can be mean
I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I try, but you see
It's hard to explain

Here in the streets so mechanised
Rise to the bottom of the meaning of life
Studied all the rules didn't want no part
But I let you in just to break this heart
Even though it was only one night
It was fucking strange

Nina's in the bedroom
She said time to go now
But leavin' it ain't easy
I got to let go
I got to let go
And the hours they ran slow
I said everynight she just can't stop sayin'
New York City cops
New York City cops 
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
New York City cops
New York City cops 
New York City cops
They ain't too smart

Well, kill me now, I let you down
I swear one day we're gonna leave this town
Stop
Yes I'm leavin' 
'Cause it just won't work
They act like Romans
But they dress like Turks
Sometime, in your prime
See me, I like the summertime

Nina's in the bedroom
She said time to go now
But leavin' it ain't easy
I got to let go
I got to let go
Oh! 
Trapped in an apartment
She would not let them get her
She wrote it in a letter
I got to come clean
The authorities they've seen
darling I'm somewhere in between
I said everynight every night, I just can't stop sayin'
New York City cops
New York City cops 
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
New York City cops
New York City cops 
New York City cops
They ain't too smart

You said you couldn't stay
You've seen it all before, I know 
And sold you on their way
Oh honey that's ok

No harm, he's armed
Settin' off all your alarms
When I find out
I hope it's you who set this trap

And stuffers rarely change
At least I'm on my own again instead of
Anywhere with you
Oh tell me it's all the same

And I've lost my place again
I know this is surreal
But I'll try my luck with you
This life is on my side
Oh I am your one
Believe me, this is a chance 
Oh, oh

Let's see what is for sale
He's trying not to give his job a chance 
It's never gonna be
It's sad, but I agree 
The signals don't seem right
It lasts for just one night, and then 
I'm sorry that I said
That we were just good friends

No harm, he's armed
Set it off all your alarms
Entranced, I can't
Be here in time I'll think about that

And I've lost my page again 
I know this is surreal
But I'll try my luck with you
This life is on my side
Well I am your one
Believe me, this is a chance
Oh, oh

Leave me alone
I'm in control
I'm in control 
And girls act too much
And boys act too tough
Enough is enough
Were on the minds of other men I know she was

I said just take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
Oh just take it or leave it 
And take it or leave it
Oh take it

I say, he's gonna let you down
He's gonna let you down
He's gonna let you down
And gonna break your back, for a chance
And gonna steal your friends, if he can
He's gonna win someday

I fell off the track
Now I can't go back
I'm not like that
Boys act too much
Girls act too tough
Enough is enough. 
Well on the minds of other girls I know he was.

I said just take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
Oh just take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
Oh take it

I say, he's gonna let you down
He's gonna let you down
He's gonna let you down. 
And gonna break your back, for a chance
And gonna steal your friends, if he can 
He's gonna win someday
Oh he