Blur - Bad Day

Do you do anything you ever do?
No she said
Do you want anything you ever wanted?
No she said

She don't know how
How to feel
This is a bad day
This is a bad day
To know

Do you have anything you ever had?
No she said
Do you love anyone you ever loved?
Yes she said

She don't know how
How to feel
This is a bad day
This is a bad day
To know
She don't know how
How to feel
This is a bad day
This is a bad day
To know

Listen to the good, that's it for real

She don't know how
How to feel
This is a bad day
This is a bad day
To know
She don't know how
How to feel
This is a bad day
This is a bad day
To know
To know
To know

Blur - Swamp Song

It's bullshit
Oh my god
That's it

Give me good times
Give me saliva
Give me fever
I'm a believer, yeah, yeah

Give me insane
Give me space brain
Give me music and rhythm
Abandon us in love

Give me good times (I wanna be with you)
There no joke rhymes (I know you want me too)
Give me easy breathing (I wanna be with you)
Give me everything, everything, everything (I know you want me too)

Wakah, wakah
All the sounds
What you call this now?
Making better sound
Holy cow
Yeah!

Give me good times
And give me saliva
Give me fever
I'm a believer

Yeah, give me insane (I wanna be with you)
And gimme space brain (I know you want me too)
Don't leave me ever (I wanna be with you)
We'll live forever (I know you want me too)

Yes, we will
I know we will
(Whatcha, whatcha, whatcha say?)
(Whatcha want to?)

Give me good times
Give me saliva
Give me fever
I'm a believer
You know I am

Give me insane (I wanna be with you)
And give me space brain (I know you want me too)
Give me music, give me love (I wanna be with you)
Abandon us in love (I know you want me too)

Stick it in my veins
Stick it in my veins
Stick it in my veins
Yeah, yeah
Fuck you!

(Hey!) La-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
(Hey!) La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la
(Hey!) La-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
(No, no, no) La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la
Yeah!
La-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la
(Hey!) La-la, la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
(I've got no fear) La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la

Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep

Blur - The Heights

Suppose I'm on my own tonight
Suppose I've got to find the heights
I gave a lot of heart, so did you
Standing in the back row, this one is for you

Seeing through the coma in our lives
Something so bright out there, you can't even see it
Are we running out of time?
Something so momentary that you can't even feel it

I'll see you in the heights one day
I'll get there too
I'll be standing in the front row
Next to you

Seeing through the coma in our lives
Something so bright out there, you can't even see it
Are we running out of time?
Something so momentary that you can only be it?
So momentary

Blur - The Rabbi

On the last message you sent to me
You seem confused to get an offering
At the events that brought us to this juncture
'Cause where's the joy in this self-delusion?
We're all practitioners of vague illusions
Hieroglyphics and pictures

Careering round blind bends at high speed
The loneliness of the long-distance driver

I was lost (I was lost)
Lost (I was lost)
Then you saved me

Now who's gonna be tomorrow's heroes?
While the system grinds
To an unseemly halt
Apologize to the streets and the rivers
The port is out in the 1980s
There's no going back now
The message degraded
And the storms evaded

Careering round blind bends at high speed
The loneliness of the broken-hearted

I was lost (I was lost)
Lost (I was lost)
Then you saved me
Lost (I was lost)
(I was lost)
I was lost (I was lost)
Then you saved me
Lost (I was lost)
(I was lost)
I was lost (I was lost)
Then you saved me

Blur - Barbaric

Ah, who blinks first
You're gonna win
The fallen doves of lovers' vows
In the world all around us
And I'd like, if you've got the time
To talk to you about
What this breakup has done to me

I have lost the feeling that I thought I'd never lose
Now where am I going?
At what cost the feeling that I thought I'd never lose?
It is barbaric

Ah, you can't play to every taste
The powder keg of common cause
All of us carry trauma
And in lieu of an explanation
I will pour oil from the cup
On the pyre of abdication

You have lost the feeling that you thought you'd never lose
Now where are you going, darling?
At what cost the feeling that you thought you'd never lose?
And it is barbaric

Empty grove, winter darkness
We're taking down the scaffolds very soon
Crow dappled the lonely baubles on the plane tree
The can of soup and heating up to ten
Which leads me to the part
Where we agreed on different dreams

And that we'd lost the feeling that we thought we'd never lose
Now where are we going?
At what cost the feelings that we thought we'd never lose?
It is barbaric

We have lost the feeling that we thought we'd never lose
Now where are we going?
We have lost the feeling that we thought we'd never lose
It is barbaric, darling

We have lost the feeling that we thought we'd never lose
Now where are we going?
We have lost the feeling that we thought we'd never lose
It is barbaric

Blur - Ong Ong

(La la la)

I got on a boat on a hot sunny day
To get out of this town
'Cause the tarmac was melting and the people seemed to sway
Stuck in the underground

To the isle of the black kites and the wishing tree
I wanna be with you
On the slow boat to Lantau through misty seas
I wanna be with you

I pulled out the harbour with precession behind
And I'm feeling the love of you
So you better get to charge until I see you again
You know just what to do

If you're caught up in the gales on the junk boat sea
I wanna be with you
Whit the pilgrims the mountains in the high trapeze
I wanna be with you

If you're the landlord, the social on P.S.T
I wanna be with you
On an island of rainclouds and verdant seas
I will be there with you

Oh
(La la la)

Blur - The Narcissist

Looked in the mirror
So many people standing there
I walked towards them into the floodlights

I heard no echo
There was distortion everywhere
I found my ego
I felt rubato standing there

Found my transcendent
It played in mono painted blue
You were the pirot
I was the dark room

I’m going to shine a light in your eyes
You’ll probably shine it back on me
But I won’t fall this time
With godspeed I’ll heed the signs

I saw the solstice
The service station on the road
I took the acid
Under the white horses
My heart it quickened
I could not tear myself away
Became addiction
If you see darkness look away

I’m going to shine a light in your eyes
You will probably shine it back on me
But I won’t fall this time
With godspeed I’ll heed the signs

Oh glorious world
Oh potent waves valleys gone wild
Connect us to love and keep us peaceful for a while
I’m going to shine a light in your eyes
You will probably shine it back on me
But I won’t fall this time
With godspeed I’ll heed the signs
I’m a shine a light in your eyes
You probably shine it back it back on me
But I won’t fall this time with godspeed I’ll heed the signs
But I won’t fall this time with godspeed I’ll heed the signs

Blur - Trimm Trabb

I got no style
I'll take my time
All those losers on the piss again
I dose dose away

That's just the way it is
That's just the way it is

I've got trimm trabb
Like the flash boys have
And I can't go back
Let it flow, let it flow
I sleep alone
I sleep alone

That's just the way it is
Just the way it is
Just the way it is
Just the way it is
Just the way it is
That's just the way it is

I got trimm trabb
Like the flash boys have
And I can't go back
Let it flow, let it flow
I sleep alone
I sleep alone...

Blur - Oily Water

Lead in me and me in water

Dangling in my word

I swallowed too much oily water

It keeps slipping down my spine

In a sense of self decline

Growing fat on sound

It's only an early morning dream

And the whole world will be alright

My head is full of suspicion

I'm coming home sometime

I've swallowed too much oily water

It keeps slipping down my spine

In a sense of self in decline

Lying on my back

It's only an early morning dream

And so the whole world will be alright

Blur - Come Together

I don't understand
You're walking all over me
All over me to you
Well you must be mad
And you know you are
You should have known
I'd do anything for you

So why, why
Can't we come together? Why
Why, why
Can't we come together? Why

Inside my head
There's nothing left
It's all been taken out by you
And do I care?
Well you know I do
You should have known
I'd do anything for you

So why, why
Can't we come together? Why
Why, why
Can't we come together? Why

Now it's all been said
And you know it all
Then you should have known
I'd do anything for you

For you
For you
For you
For you

So why, why
Can't we come together? Why
Why, why
Can't we come together? Why

Blur - Country House

So the story begins

City dweller, successful fella

Thought to himself, "Oops, I've got a lot of money" (Lot of money)

Caught in a rat race, terminally

I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it

I'm paying the price of living life at the limit (To the limit)

Caught up in the century's anxiety

Yes, it preys on him (Preys on him)

He's getting thin (Getting thin)

Try the simple life

He lives in a house

A very big house in the country

Watching afternoon repeats

And the food he eats in the country

He takes all manner of pills

And piles up analyst bills in the country

Oh, it's like an animal farm

That's the rural charm in the country

He's got morning glory and life's a different story

Everything's going Jackanory (Jackanory)

Touched with his own mortality

He's reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac

It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland

(Close your eyes, try it)

Oh, it's a century's remedy

For the faint at heart (Faint at heart)

A new start (New start)

Try the simple life

He lives in a house

A very big house in the country

(Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why)

He's got a fog in his chest

So he needs a lot of rest in the country

He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh

Takes herbal baths in the country

(Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why)

But you'll come to no harm

On the animal farm in the country

In the country, in the country, in the country

Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why

Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why

Oh, he lives in a house

A very big house in the country

(Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why)

Watching afternoon repeats

And the food he eats in the country

He takes all manner of pills

And piles up analyst bills in the country

(Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why)

Oh, it's like an animal farm

That's the rural charm in the country

Oh, he lives in a house

A very big house in the country

(Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why)

He's got a fog in his chest

So he needs a lot of rest in the country

He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh

Takes herbal baths in the country

(Blow, blow me out, I am so sad, I don't know why)

But you'll come to no harm

On the animal farm in the country

Who's that? La-la

I wanna be, I wanna be

Blur - This is a Low

And into the sea

Goes pretty England and me

Around the Bay of Biscay

And back for tea

Hit traffic on the Dogger Bank

Up the Thames to find a taxi rank

Sail on by with the tide

And go to sleep

And the radio says

This is a low

But it won't hurt you

When you're alone

It will be there with you

Finding ways to stay solo

Up the Tyne, Forth and Cromarty

There's a low in the high forties

Saturday's locked away on the pier

Not fast enough, dear

And on the Malin head

Blackpool looks blue and red

And the Queen, she's gone 'round the bend

Jumped off Land's End

And the radio says

This is a low

But it won't hurt you

When you're alone

It will be there with you

Finding ways to stay solo

This is a low

But it won't hurt you

When you're alone

It will be there with you

This is a low

But it won't hurt you

When you're alone

It will be there with you

Finding ways to stay solo

Blur - Beetlebum

Beetlebum

What you've done

She's a gun

Now what you've done

Beetlebum

Get nothing done

You beetlebum just get numb

Now what you've done

Beetlebum

And when she lets me slip away

She turns me on all my violence is gone

Nothing is wrong

I just slip away and I am gone

Nothing is wrong

She turns me on

I just slip away and I am gone

Beetlebum

Because you're young

She's a gun

Now what you've done

Beetlebum

She'll suck your thumb

She'll make you come

'Cause she's your gun

Now what you've done

Beetlebum

And when she lets me slip away

She turns me on all my violence is gone

Nothing is wrong

I just slip away and I am gone

There's nothing wrong

She turns me on

I just slip away and I am gone

He's on, he's on, he's on it

He's on, he's on, he's on it

He's on, he's on, he's on it

He's on, he's on, he's on it

He's on, he's on, he's on it

He's on, he's on, he's on it

He's on, he's on, he's on it

He's on, he's on, he's on it

Blur - Go Out

I'm gettin' sad alone
Dancing with myself
Greedy go-getter goal
The luxury of stealth
I'm seedy and the whole
Dancing with myself
I get into my bed
I do it to myself

To the local,
To the lo-o-o, I go out
To the local
By myself
To the local

I did it to my head
There's nothing to be addressed now
There's nothing to get up about
Cause we do it all the time
The shepherd is undone
Done it all again
I get ready to go
The greed go-getter con

He going to the local
He going to the local
O-ohh
He going to the local
He going to the local

To many western men
It's a problem left undone
Imperious design
The purpose of luxury
A greedy go-getter in the sky bar
She all alone
She get ready to go
She does it with herself

She does it with herself
She does it with herself
She does it on her own
She does it on her own

Blur - Coffee and TV

Do you feel like a chain store?
Practically floored
One of many zeros
Kicked around bored
Your ears are full but you're empty
Holding out your heart
To people who never really
Care how you are

So give me Coffee and TV
Peacefully
I've seen so much
I'm goin' blind
And I'm brain-dead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away from this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start over again

Do you go to the country
It isn't very far
There's people there who will hurt you
'Cause of who you are

Your ears are full of the language
There's wisdom there you're sure
'Til the words start slurring
And you can't find the door

So give me Coffee and TV
Peacefully
I've seen so much
I'm goin' blind
And I'm brain-dead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away from this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start over again

So give me Coffee and TV
History
I've seen so much
I'm goin' blind
And I'm brain-dead virtually
Sociability
It's hard enough for me
Take me away from this big bad world
And agree to marry me
So we can start over again

Oh...we could start over again
Oh...we could start over again
Oh...we could start over again
Oh...we could start over again

Blur - Best Days

Door bells say goodbye to the last train
Over the river they all go again
Out into leafy nowhere hope someone's waiting out there for them
Cabbie has his mind on a fare to the sun
He works nights but it's not much fun
Picks up the london yo-yos
All on their own down soho
Take me home

Other people wouldn't like to hear you
If you said that these are the best days of their lives
Other people turn around and laugh at you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives

Trellick tower's been calling
I know she'll leave me in the morning

In hotel cells listening to dull tones
Remote controls and cable moans
In his drink he's been talking
Gets disconnected sleepwalking back home

Other people wouldn't like to hear you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people turn around and laugh at you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives, of our lives

Other people wouldn't like to hear you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people turn around and laugh at you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people break into a cold sweat
If you said that these are the best days of their lives
And other people turn around and laugh at you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives, of our lives

Blur - Death Of A Party

The death of the party
Came as no surprise
Why did we bother?
Should have stayed away

Another night
And I thought "Well, well"
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf

The death of the teenager
Standing on his own
Why did he bother?
Should have slept alone

Another night
And I thought "Well, well"
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf
Another night
And I thought "Well, well"
Go to another party and hang myself
Gently on the shelf

Blur - Girls And Boys

Streets like a jungle
So call the police
Following the herd
Down to Greece
On holiday
Love in the 90s
Is paranoid
On sunny beaches
Take your chances looking for

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Avoiding all work
Because there's none available
Like battery thinkers
Count your thoughts on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 fingers
Nothing is wasted
Only reproduced
Get nasty blisters
Du bist sehr schön
But we haven't been introduced

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

Blur - Sunday Sunday

Sunday Sunday here again in tidy attire
You read the colour supplement, the TV guide
You dream of protein on a plate, regret you left it quite so late
To gather the family around the table, to eat enough to sleep
Oh the Sunday sleep

Sunday Sunday here again a walk in the park
You meet an old soldier and talk of the past
He fought for us in two World Wars and says the England he knew is no more
He sings Songs of Praise every week but always falls asleep
For that Sunday sleep

Sunday Sunday, lalalala.....
Sunday

Sunday Sunday here again in tidy attire
You read the colour supplement, the TV guide
You dream of protein on a plate, regret you left it quite so late
To gather the family around the table, to eat enough to sleep
And Mother's pride is your epithet, that extra slice you will soon regret
So going out is your best bet, then bingo yourself to sleep
Oh the Sunday sleep

Blur - She's So High

I see her face
Everyday
I see her face
It doesn't help me
She's so high
I want to crawl all over her
I think of her
Everyday
I think of her
It doesn't help me
She's so high
I want to crawl all over her
She doesn't help me
She's so high
I want to crawl all over her