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TRACK LISTING
1.  She's Thunderstorms
2.  Black Treacle
3.  Brick By Brick
4.  The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
5.  Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
6.  Library Pictures
7.  All My Own Stunts
8.  Reckless Serenade
9.  Piledriver Waltz
10. Love Is A Laserquest
11. Suck It And See
12. That's Where You're Wrong


1.  She's Thunderstorms

[Intro]


[Chorus]
            
She's Thunders

  
torms,
            
Lying on her f

 
ront,
             
Up against the

  
 wall,
             
She's Thunders

 
torms,

   

[Verse]
           
I've been feel

        
ing foolish,
           
You should try

 it,
             
She came and s

       
ubstituted,
              
the peace and 

  
quiet,
           
for acrobatic 

           
blood, flow, c

oncertina
          
Cheating heart

       
beat,
      
Rapid fire.

 

[Chorus]
            
She's Thunders

  
torms,
            
Lying on her f

 
ront,
             
Up against the

  
 wall,
             
She's Thunders

 
torms,
            
Hear who's you

  
r host,
            
Sounds as if s

             
he's pretty cl


ose,
             
When the heat 

              
starts growing

  
 horns,
             
She's Thunders

 
torms.

[Verse]
           
She's been loo

              
p the looping,
          
Around my mind

,
        
Her motorcycle

 boots give
      
Me this kind o

f
         
Acrobatic bloo

   
d, concertina
       
Cheating heart

beat
    
Rapid fire,

 

[Chorus]
            
She's Thunders

  
torms,
            
Lying on her f

 
ront,
             
Up against the

  
 wall,
             
She's Thunders

            
torms, in an u

       
nusual place,
             
When you're fe

          
eling far away

,
             
She does what 

              
the night does

                
 to the day.

        

            
She's Thunders

  
torms,
            
Lying on her f

 
ront,
             
Up against the

  
 wall,
             
She's Thunders

        
torms,
             
Thunderstorms,

  
             
Thunderstorms,

  

  


2.  Black Treacle

[Intro]


[Verse 1]

Lately I've be

en seeing thin

gs
             
Belly button p

   
iercings
             
In the sky, at

       
 night
             
When we're sid

          
e by side

    
And I don't me

an to rain
              
On anybody's c

    
abriolet
             
One of those g

              
ames you're go

        
nna lose
             
But you wanna 

             
play it just i

  
n case

[Chorus]
              
Now it's getti

             
ng dark and th

           
e sky looks st

icky
              
More like blac

             
k treacle than

    
 tar
             
Black treacle,

            
 somebody told

     
 the stars
            
You're not com

              
ing out tonigh

 
t
            
And so they fo

              
und a place to

         
 hide

[Verse 2]

Does it help y

ou stay up lat

e?
              
Does it help y

         
ou concentrate

?
              
Does it tune y

             
ou in when you

             
 chew your chi

n?
             
Am I ruining y

         
our fun?


And you talk t

he talk alrigh

t
              
But do you wal

              
k the walk or 

            
catch the trai

n?
             
You wanted it,

            
 you got it
              
But you don't 

            
want it now

[Chorus]
              
Now it's getti

             
ng dark and th

            
e sky looks st

icky
              
More like blac

             
k treacle than

    
 tar
             
Black treacle,

            
 somebody told

     
 the stars
            
You're not com

              
ing out tonigh

 
t
            
And so they fo

              
und a place to

         
 hide

[Bridge]
              
And now I'm ou

             
t of place and

             
 I'm not getti

        
ng any wiser
              
I feel like th

             
e Sundance Kid

             
 behind a synt

  
hesizer
            
And I tried la

             
st night to pa

           
ck away a laug

h
             
Like a key und

       
er the mat
             
But it's never

           
 seems to be t

here
              
When you want 

      
it

[Outro]
            
Black treacle

 
            
Black treacle

 
            
Black treacle

   


3.  Brick By Brick

[Intro]
  
  

[Verse 1]
              
I wanna build 

           
you up, brick 

   
by brick
              
I wanna break 

           
you down, bric

     
k by brick
            
I'm gonna reco

             
nstruct, brick

    
 by brick
             
I wanna feel y

   
our love

[Chorus]
            
Brick by brick

  
        
Ah, ah-ah, ah,

 ah!
            
Brick by brick

  
        
Ah, ah-ah, ah-

ah!
      

[Solo 1]
      
      

[Verse 2]
(Actually N.C. but in theory it plays just like verse 1)
              
I wanna steal 

           
your soul, bri

      
ck by brick
             
I wanna rock a

            
nd roll, brick

    
 by brick
             
I wanna rock a

            
nd roll, brick

    
 by brick
             
I wanna rock a

  
nd roll

[Chorus]
            
Brick by brick

  
        
Ah, ah-ah, ah,

 ah!
            
Brick by brick

  
        
Ah, ah-ah, ah-

ah!
      

[Solo 2]
(tempo change from 134 to 98 bpm)
      
      

[Verse 3]
              
I wanna brick 

           
by brick, bric

     
k by brick
             
I wanna blow b

            
y blow, brick 

   
by brick
             
I want an empt

            
y soul, brick 

   
by brick
              
I wanna brick 

 
by brick by br

ick by

[Chorus]
[tempo change from 98 to 134)

            
Brick by brick

  
        
Ah, ah-ah, ah,

 ah!
            
Brick by brick

  
        
Ah, ah-ah, ah-

ah!
      

            
Brick by brick

  
        
Ah, ah-ah, ah,

 ah!
            
Brick by brick

  
        
Ah, ah-ah, ah-

ah!
      


4.  The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala

[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
             
Just when thin

              
gs are getting

          
 complicated i

              
n the eye of t

   
he storm
             
She flicks a r

           
ed-hot revelat

             
ion off the ti

         
p of her tongu

e
             
It does a doze

           
n somersaults 

             
and leaves you

      
 supercharged
             
Makes me wanna

           
 blow the cand

              
les out just t

             
o see if you g

           
low in the dar

k

[Refrain]
             
Shalalala

 
             
Shalalala

 
             
Shalalala

 
       
Shalalala

[Verse 2]
             
Home sweet hom

           
e, home sweet 

             
home, home swe

          
et booby trap
             
I took the bat

              
teries out my 

           
mysticism and 

             
put them in my

          
 thinking cap
             
She's got a te

           
lescopic halle

             
lujah hanging 

          
up on the wall
             
For when it ge

           
ts too complic

             
ated in the ey

          
e of the storm

[Refrain]
             
Shalalala

 
             
Shalalala

 
             
Shalalala

 
       
Shalalala
      
Ohwoahoh...

[Verse 3]
             
And in a hellc

             
at spangled ca

              
vern, when you

             
r judgement's 

        
on the run
           
And you're act

             
ing like a str

              
anger, cause y

   
ou thought it 

looked like fu

n
             
And did you ev

             
er get the fee

              
ling that thes

             
e are things s

            
he's said befo

re?
          
Her steady han

            
ds may well ha

             
ve done the de

          
vil's pedicure
             
What you waiti

           
ng for? Sing a

           
nother fuckin'

             
 Shalalala

[Refrain]
             
Shalalala


             
Shalalala


             
Shalalalaaa

    


5.  Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair

[Intro]
    (x2)

[Verse 1]
            
Break a mirror

  
           
Roll the dice

  
            
Run with sciss

     
ors
            
Through a chip

              
 pan fire figh

   
t
            
Go into busine

              
ss with a griz

        
zly bear
     
But just  don'

              
t sit down 'ca

              
use I've moved

          
 your chair

[Instrumental]
    (x4)

[Verse 2]
            
Find a well kn

             
own hardman
            
And start a fi

     
ght
            
Wear your shel

        
l suit
            
On bonfire nig

    
ht
            
Fill in a circ

              
ular hole with

              
 a peg that's 

    
square
     
But just  don'

              
t sit down 'ca

              
use I've moved

          
 your chair

[Chorus]

           
Ooh... Yeah, y

     
eah, yeah!
           
Ooh... Yeah, y

     
eah, yeah!

[Verse 3]
[this part doesn't include chords but I will add them where they should go)

            
Bite the light

      
ning
            
And tell me ho

             
w it tastes
            
Kung Fu fighti

    
ng
            
On your roller

         
 skates
            
Do the macaren

              
a in the devil

      
's lair
     
But just  don'

              
t sit down 'ca

              
use I've moved

          
 your chair

[Chorus]
           
Ooh... Yeah, y

     
eah, yeah!
           
Ooh... Yeah, y

     
eah, yeah!

[Outro]
     
(several times

 
)


6.  Library Pictures

 [Intro]
N.C
I'm in a vest

[Verse 1]

Library pictur

es of the quic

kening canoe

The first of i

ts kind to get

 to the moon

Trust some ell

ipses to chase

 you 'round th

e room
           
Through curly 

              
straws and met

           
aphors and goo


[Verse 2]
             
  Been watchin

           
g all the neon

             
 blossom   fli

    
ckering
             
  You look as 

           
if you've all 

             
forgotten  whe

            
re you've been
             
 Going riding 

            
through the th

            
under suckle  

         
fuzz canyon
             
 Ten, nine, ei

            
ght, seven, si

             
x, five, four,

             
  three, two, 


one

[Verse 3]
           
Library pictur

              
es of the quic

             
kening canoe
              
The first of i

              
ts kind to get

        
 to the moon
           
Give me an een

              
y, meeny, miny

      
, moe
           
Or an ip, dip,

              
 dog shit rock

     
 and roll


7.  All My Own Stunts

[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
          
  Caricatures 

            
of your wrecki

             
ng ball gown
            
In my mind all

        
 the time
             
I wanna be in 

           
that damsel pa

             
tterned alley
           
Where you go f

           
or a smoke
         
And sorrow slo

           
w dances, the 

             
phones are lig

         
hting up
           
Taking no chan

           
ces, close but

            
 never close e

     
nough

[Chorus]
          
     Been watc

           
hing cowboy fi

            
lms on gloomy 

     
afternoons
            
Tinting the so

  
litude
            
Put on your da

          
ncing shoes an

           
d show me what

 to do
             
I know you've 

       
got the moves

[Verse 2]
           
All my own stu

           
nts, high noon

            
 has changed i

       
ts tune
           
Linking arms, 

            
sinking hearts
         
And sorrow slo

           
w dances aroun

             
d the edges of

          
 her eyes
           
Taking no chan

           
ces, the last 

            
one out to win

        
 a prize

[Chorus]
          
     Been watc

           
hing cowboy fi

            
lms on gloomy 

     
afternoons
            
Tinting the so

  
litude
            
Put on your da

          
ncing shoes an

           
d show me what

 to do
             
I know you've 

       
got the moves

[Instrumental break]
     
     

[Outro]
  
Woah-oh-oh x3
 

N.C.
I'm from High Green
N.C.
I'm from High Green


8.  Reckless Serenade

[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
            
  Topless mode

            
ls doing semap

hores
             
wave their fla

             
gs as she walk

             
s by and get i

  
gnored
            
  Illumination

             
s on a rainy d


ay
             
When she walks

             
 her footsteps

             
 sing a reckle

       
ss serenade

[Chorus]
           
  I've been tr

              
ying to figure

             
 out exactly w

#           
hat it is I ne

ed
            
Call up to lis

              
ten to the voi

         
ce of reason
            
And got the an

        
swering machin

e

[Verse 2]
             
  The type of 

            
kisses where t

     
eeth collide
             
When she laugh

       
s, the heaven'

s hum
             
A stun gun lul

  
laby
             
 Those twinkli

    
ng vixens
             
With the shini

          
ng spiral eyes
             
Their hypnosis

             
 goes unnotice

             
d when she's w

       
alking by

[Chorus]
           
  I've been tr

              
ying to figure

             
 out exactly w

#           
hat it is I ne

ed
            
Call up to lis

              
ten to the voi

         
ce of reason
            
And got the an

        
swering machin

e

[Bridge]
           
  I left my me

              
ssage but did 

             
he fuck get ba

      
ck to me
            
And now I'm st

             
uck, still won

             
dering how it'

          
s meant to be

[Outro]
             
Singing a reck

      
less serenade,

        
 reckless sere

nade
        
Reckless seren

         
ade, reckless 


serenade

      
   

        
Reckless seren


ade
            
Reckless seren

 
ade
        
Reckless   ser

   
enade

  


9.  Piledriver Waltz

[Intro]


[Verse]

I etched the f

ace of a stopw

atch

On the back of

 a raindrop
             
And did a swap

              
 for the sand 

      
in an hourglas

s.
            
I heard an unh

           
appy ending it

 sort of sound

s like you're 

leaving
             
I heard the pi

              
ledriver waltz

            
, it woke me u

              
p this morning

  
.

[Chorus]
              
You look like 

            
youve been for

              
 breakfast at 

           
the heartbreak

      
 hotel
              
And sat in a b

              
ack booth by t

            
he pamphlets a

           
nd the literat

  
ure on how to 

lose.
            
Your waitress 

            
was miserable 

            
and so was you

 
r food.
              
If you’re gonn

            
a try and walk

              
 on water make

              
 sure you wear

      
 your comforta

ble

shoes.

[Verse]
            
Mysteries flas

           
hing amber go 

              
green when you

              
 answer but th

  
e red on the r

est of
              
the questionna

    
ire never chan

ges.
            
I heard the ne

              
ws that youre 

          
planning to sh

oot me out of 

a cannon.
             
I heard the pi

              
ledriver waltz

            
, it woke me u

              
p this morning


.

[Chorus]
              
You look like 

            
youve been for

              
 breakfast at 

           
the heartbreak

      
 hotel
              
And sat in a b

              
ack booth by t

            
he pamphlets a

           
nd the literat

  
ure on how to 

lose.
            
Your waitress 

            
was miserable 

            
and so was you

 
r food.
              
If youre gonna

            
 try and walk 

              
on water make 

              
sure you wear 

      
your comfortab

le

shoes.

          
 Ooooh  Piledr

                             
iver

[Outro]
   
   


10. Love Is A Laserquest

[Verse]
             
Do you still f

              
eel younger th

         
an you thought

 you would by 

now
           
or, darling, h

              
ave you starte

           
d feeling old 

yet?
             
Don't worry, I

              
'm sure that y

           
ou're still br

eaking hearts
              
with the effic

           
iency that onl

             
y youth can ha

#
rness.
             
And do you sti

              
ll think love 

     
is a laserques

t?
           
Or do you take

              
 it all more s

       
eriously?
              
I've tried to 

             
ask you this i

        
n some daydrea

ms that I've h

ad,
              
but you're alw

           
ays busy being

             
 make-believe.

[Chorus]
             
And do you loo

              
k into the mir

       
ror to remind 

yourself you'r

e there?
             
Or have somebo

              
dy's good-nigh

              
t kisses got t

    
hat covered?
              
Well I'm not b

              
eing honest, I

            
'll pretend th

             
at you were ju

         
st some lover.

[Verse]
             
Now I can't th

              
ink of there w

   
ithout thinkin

g of you,
           
I doubt that c

              
omes as a surp

 
rise.
             
And I can't th

              
ink of anythin

       
g to dream abo

ut,
           
I can't find a

            
nywhere to hid

e.

[Chorus]
             
And when I'm h

              
anging on by t

        
he rings aroun

d my eyes
             
and I convince

              
 myself I need

   
 another.
              
And for a minu

              
te it gets eas

            
ier to pretend

              
 that you were

           
 just some lov

er.

[Bridge]
   

[Chorus]
             
When I'm pipe 

              
and slippers a

    
nd rocking cha

ir,
             
singing dreadf

              
ul songs about

  
 summer.
              
Well I've foun

              
d a better met

            
hod of pretend

              
ing you were j

         
ust some lover

.
             
Well I've foun

              
d a better met

            
hod of pretend

              
ing you were j

         
ust some lover

...


11. Suck It And See

[Verse]
             
Your love is l

              
ike a studded 

         
leather headlo

ck
           
Your kiss it c

              
ould put creas

             
es in the rain
             
You're rarer t

              
han a can of d

             
andelion and b

#
urdock
           
And those othe

              
r girls are ju

             
st post mix le

     
monade

[Chorus]

Suck it and se

e
             
you never know

    

Sit next to me
          
Before I go
           
Jigsaw women w

             
ith horror mov

 
ie shoes
           
Be cruel to me

            
, 'cause I'm a

      
 fool for you

[Verse]
             
I poured my ac

              
hing heart int

    
o a pop song
           
I couldn't get

              
 the hang of p

    
oetry
             
That's not a s

              
kirt girl, tha

              
t's a sawn off

  
 shotgun
           
And I can only

              
 hope, you've 

             
got it aimed a

   
t me

[Chorus]

Suck it and se

e
             
you never know

    

Sit next to me
          
Before I go
           
Jigsaw women w

             
ith horror mov

 
ie shoes
           
Be cruel to me

            
, 'cause I'm a

 fool for

[Instrumental]
      

[Bridge]
          
Blue moon girl

              
s from once up

       
on a Shangri-L

a
           
How I often wo

#            
nder where you

   
 are
          
You have got t

              
hat face that 

             
just says "Bab

              
y I was made t

             
o break your h

      
eart"

[Chorus]
         
Suck it and se

e
           
you never know
        
Sit next to me
         
Before I go
             
Jigsaw women w

             
ith horror mov

      
ie shoes
           
Be cruel to me

             
, 'cause I'm a

          
 fool for you


12. That's Where You're Wrong

[Verse]

Pussyfooting
Setting sun

Make a wish th

at weights a t

on
     
There are no h

andles for you

 to hold
      
And no underst

anding where i

t goes
 

Jealousy
In Technicolor

Fear by name
Love by numbers
    
Streetlight am

ber
Wanderlust

Clouded rainbo

w
Blunderbuss

[Chorus]

She looks as i

f she's blowin

g a kiss at me
And suddenly the sky is a scissor

Sitting on the

 floor with a 

tambourine
Crushing up a bundle of love

Don't take it 

so personally
You're not the only one

That time has 

got it in for,

 honey
That's where you're wrong
 

[Verse]

All the old fl

ames
Fastened on

Make a wish th

at weights a t

on

There are no h

andles that yo

u can hold
       
And no underst

anding where i

t goes

[Solo]
 

[Chorus]

She looks as i

f she's blowin

g a kiss at me
And suddenly the sky is a scissor

Sitting on the

 floor with a 

tambourine
Crushing up a bundle of love

Don't take it 

so personally
You're not the only one

That time has 

got it in for,

 honey
That's where you're wrong
             
 That's where 

         
you're wrong
              
That's where y

      
ou're wrong
 
Ooohh
 






CREDIT
1.  She's Thunderstorms
MyNameIsRamone
2.  Black Treacle
elliotsmith101
3.  Brick By Brick
Pelusteriano
4.  The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala
Szillard
5.  Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair
leofisk
6.  Library Pictures
cooper30
8.  Reckless Serenade
arianarianarian
9.  Piledriver Waltz
(Unregistered Author)
10. Love Is A Laserquest
dknwx
11. Suck It And See
dknwx
12. That's Where You're Wrong
dknwx

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