The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come To Expect Album Lyrics

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Aviation

Hot procession
Gloomy Conga of glum looking beauties
Strolling through the opening scene
Where'd you want it?
It's your decision honey, my planet or yours?
Sectoral heterochromia

Aviation in the evening
I can feel it coming on
Mama told me you should start as you mean
To go wrong
Or else you're never gonna get it right

Señorita
Well you need not come coke head close to me
Cause I can hear you perfectly clear from here

Aviation in the evening
I can feel it coming on
Mama told me you should start as you mean
To go wrong
Or else you're never gonna get it right

Elementary Hallelujahs
Annalise's dulcet tone
Aviation in the evening
I just can't leave it alone
I reckon I just might have broke the ice

The Colourama in your eyes
It takes me on a moonlight drive
It's the way you wing it
While you're figuring it out

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Miracle Aligner

Tell him what you want and baby he can find you anything you need
Tell him what you're needing, hey, oooh
Come on Miracle aligner, go and get 'em tiger
Get down on your knees, get down on your knees again

Fifty feet tall and revved up too high
All of our exchanges are by candle light, I just realised
He'll walk through the walls and creep up behind
Make sense of the maze that you were stuck outside, cover your eyes

Often the humble kind but he can't deny
He was born to blow your mind
Or something along those lines, tonight

Tell him what you want and baby he can find you anything you need
Tell him what you're needing, hey, oooh
Come on Miracle aligner, go and get 'em tiger
Get down on your knees, get down on your knees again

So what's the wish, he'll make it come true
Simple as a line out of a Doo Wop tune
He'll make the moves

Often the humble kind but he can't deny
He was born to blow your mind
Or something along those lines
Tonight

Tell him what you want and baby he can find you anything you need
Tell him what you're needing, hey, oooh
Come on Miracle aligner, go and get 'em tiger
Get down on your knees, get down on your knees again

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Dracula Teeth

The Railway Arch Confessional
I wrote your name in white emulsion
I drift away with silver faces on display

I wake up in an ice cold sweat and my skin
Starts to creep
You're hovering above my bed looking
Down on me
Haunted house sound effects
Dracula teeth

Lover boy's last resort
Secretly calls The Getaway Car
Lucky stars rattle the jaw
As the drawing bow

I wake up in an ice cold sweat and my skin
Starts to creep
You're hovering above my bed looking
Down on me
Haunted house sound effects
Dracula teeth

Lipstick on my pillow via my cheek
The full moon's glowing yellow and the
Floorboards creek
C'est Horrifique!

Threatening behaviour
Bounces round my mind
Enthusiasm paraphernalia
All over the side
(Dracula teeth)
Dracula teeth
(Dracula teeth)

Pinball machines on mute

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Everything You've Come To Expect

Tiger eyelashes, summer wine
Goosebump soup and Honey Pie
Piggy in the middle I'm the baddy's daddy
About to make my golden move
Apocalyptic lipstick campaign
Four Horsemen in a one horse race
The dance she does to Shadowplay
Appeals to an ancient impulse

[Chorus:]
Ghost Riders and The Rat and Parrot
Croc-skin collar on a Diamond Dog
Dirtbag Ballet by the bins down the alley
As I walk through the Chalet of the shadow of Death
(Everything that you've come to expect)
I guess the coastal air gets a girl to reflect
(Everything that you've come to expect)
I just can't get the thought of you and him out of my head
(Everything that you've come to expect)
Everything that you've come to expect

Hotel room Holy Bible
Hotel room free love revival
Baby it's a never ending spiral
'Looks a little bit like Paris

[Chorus]

Everything that I've tried to forget
(Everything that you've come to expect)
Everything that I live to regret
(Everything that you've come to expect)
Everything that you've come to expect

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The Element Of Surprise

There's a set of rickety stairs
In between my heart and my head
And there ain't much that ever bothers going up them
Here we go I made it again
And once it's started it's so tricky to stop
Suddenly reminded of things I thought I'd forgot
You've got me loosening up my grip on the plot

And it feels like
Your entrance just caused the temperature to rise
You'd got a look in your eyes
As you snuck in the side

And the place I thought I was at
Hasn't yet invited me back
The trouble with the chase is it's so easy
To crash
Why colour in the lines if you're just painting
It black?

I thought they were kisses but apparently not
Do you end all your messages with an 'X marks the spot'?
Just let me know when you want your socks
Knocking off

And It feels like
Your entrance just caused the temperature to rise
You'd got a look in your eyes as you snuck
In the side
Guess there's nothing like the element
Of surprise

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Bad Habits

Bad habits
Sick puppy
Thigh high
Knee deep

Do you wanna hold hands?
Should we go back down?
She wanna slow dance?

Should've known, little girl that you'd do me wrong
Should've known by the way you were showing off

Bad habits
Bad habits

Deep trouble
Red lollipop
Pale faces
Oh right
Delicious

Do you wanna hold hands?
Should we get back down?
She wanna slow dance?

Bad habits
Bad habits

There's a black infinity parked outside blocking somebody in

Should've known, little girl that you'd do me wrong
Should've known by the way you were showing off

Bad habits
Bad habits

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Sweet Dreams, TN

I just sort of always feel sick without you baby
I ain't got anything to lick without you baby
Nothing seems to stick without you baby
Ain't I fallen in love

It's just the pits without you baby
It's really just the pits without you baby
It's like everyone's a dick without you baby
Ain't I fallen in love

And all my pals will tell me's that I'm crazy
You bet I'm loopy alright!
And I just don't recognize this fool
That you have made me
Whoa I ain't seen him for a while
And as your shrinking figure blows a kiss
I catch and smash it on my lips
Darling I can't seem to quit
Completely falling to bits
I really might be losing it
The idea that you've existed all along's ridiculous
I don't know what to say

Baby we ought to f*ck
Seven years of bad luck out the powder room mirror
Could I have made it any clearer

It's love like a tongue in a nostril
Love like an ache in the jaw
You're the first day of spring
With a septum piercing
Little Miss Sweet Dreams, TN

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Used To Be My Girl

Colour pictures of re-entry
Voices calling down the hall
I wanted you to know
You're the only one that bent me
This far out of shape
Don't make no mistake

I'm a liar, I'm a cheat, a leech, a thief
The outside looks no good and there ain't nothing underneath
Darling can't you see, my heart melted in the heat
My heart melted in the heat like yours

First impressions of the century
Two way mirror one way street
Good cop bad cop routine
Black-light animal print boogie
Left in a heap a kiss on either cheek

I'm a phoney, I'm a fake, a fraud, a snake
Gimme all your love so I can fill you up with hate
Girl I'm in a state, my heart melted yesterday
My heart melted yesterday like yours

The odyssey, came down kind of hard on me
The here and now so suddenly
Became a different world
Finally, I slipped out of reality
It must all be imaginary
She used to be my girl

Used to be my girl
Used to be my girl
Used to be my girl
Used to be my girl

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She Does The Woods

Lazy afternoon strolls make for her howls at the trees
Going home with trouble written in dirt on her knees
There's nowhere else to be off into the long grass
I want her to drag me away
Every single footpath that I ever try and take
She'll circumnavigate

They pass us by and we're just out of view
They don't have a clue
They're in ones they're in twos
They're in sensible shoes
They're in purple cagoules
She'll jump in the river
You'll wish you're the water
And like no one else could
She does the woods

Faces made for daylight
Ought to be out of the house
You'd do the moon and back twice easy
Just to kiss half of her mouth
She's what it's all about

They pass us by and we're just out of view
They don't have a clue
They're in ones they're in twos
They're in sensible shoes
They're in purple cagoules
She'll jump in the river
You'll wish you're the water
And like no one else could
She does the woods

She turns my back to the earth and shows me that's where I'm meant to be
I hear the chirps from the birds as if they heard somebody coming
I see her lit from behind looking down on me
In front of a natural tapestry that's like a
Spirograph of branches that dance on the breeze

She'll jump in the river
You'll wish you're the water
She'll jump in the river
You'll wish you're the water
And like no one else could-
(She does the woods)

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Pattern

Come down tapping on the glass
As I lock the passenger door
Somehow it got in the back
Now I can't relax anymore
Last night got a hold of me
I can't wrestle free from my head
Sunlight banging on the wall
Begging me for more promises

And I slip and I slide
Like a spider on an icicle
Frozen in time
It's a trick of the light
I got a girl around the corner still
Trying to change my mind
And never in my wildest dreams
Has it occurred to me to try to go to sleep
Wonder whether I'll grow curious
When old Dr. Dusk comes to call for me
Midnight I'm like her specialty
She'll outmuscle me, certainly
In the end
Midnight has got the hots for me
And I'm about to be
Born again

Love hearts heavy in her hands
Oh no not again!
New regrets
Rough start but we all know that dance
Do those old boots remember the steps?

And I slip and I slide
Like a spider on an icicle
Frozen in time
It's a trick of the light
I got a girl around the corner still
Trying to change my mind

And never in my wildest dreams
Has it occurred to me to try to go to sleep
Wonder whether I'll grow curious
When old Dr. Dusk comes to call for me
Midnight I'm like her specialty
She'll outmuscle me, certainly
In the end
Midnight has got the hots for me
And I'm about to be
Born again

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The Dream Synopsis

Well we were kissing it was secret
We'd had to sneak beyond the kitchen
Both well aware that there'd be trouble
If the manager should find us
You'd got a leaning tower of pint pots in your hand
You can carry much more than I can

And a wicked gale came howling up through
Sheffield City Centre
There was palm tree debris everywhere and a Roman Colosseum
Isn't it boring when I talk about my dreams?

I'm in a building and I notice
That I'm surrounded by the ocean
I get a feeling, I start running
Don't really know why I am running
I never really know why I am running
'til I get caught
Want to wake up to my dream report?

And the snow was falling thick and fast
We were bombing down Los Feliz
It was You and Me and Miles Kane
And some kid I went to school with
Isn't it ugly when I talk about my...?

Visions of the past and possible future
Shoot through my mind and I can't let go
Inseparable opposing images
When can you come back again?

And a wicked gale came howling up through
Sheffield City Centre
There was palm tree debris everywhere and a Roman Colosseum
Isn't it boring when I talk about my dreams

It must be torture when I talk about my dreams

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The Bourne Identity

(iTunes Bonus Track)

Now I know jealousy
I caught you talking to the real me
Can't tell you how unhappy that shit makes me
If you hear him calling, promise you'll ignore him

He's kind of my enemy
Whenever I'm on to something good you see
He always waltzes in to spoil it for me
And I can see him starting, want to break my heart then That's the way to do it

Glass-bottomed ego
It's still afloat but can't you see the cracks appearing in the base?

[A veil/There?] ain't no ejector seat
When you're [honoured/haunted?] by the sweet smell of self-esteem
And you've got yourself as a backseat driver

Spilled the un-spillable beans
And I've dreamed every single impossible dream
I just can't remember any of the details
Let's just have a buzz because by the time I'm done f*cking beating myself up
There'll be nothing left to love

I feel like the sequel
You wanna see but you were kinda hoping they would never make

Yeah I'm the mystery man that's been unmasked
I'm getting caught in my own trap
I'm leaning in to kiss the past goodbye
Yeah I'll be leaving now, I'm making tracks
And I doubt that I'll be coming back
Oh the night is young, baby make it a blast
Cause you know it's growing up so fast

Glass-bottomed ego
I'm still afloat but can't you see the cracks appearing in the base?