The Strokes - Barely Legal

I didn't take no shortcuts

I spent the money that I saved up

Oh, mama running out of luck

But like my sister, don't give a fuck

I wanna steal your innocence

To me, my life, it don't make any sense

These strange manners, I love 'em so

Why won't you wear your new trenchcoat?

I should have worked much harder

I should have just not bothered

I never show up on weekdays

And something that you learned yesterday

Drive you to work and you'll be on time

These 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 to turn you around

Oh, you ain't never had nothing I wanted, but

I want it all, I just can't figure out

Nothing

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 beginning

It all works somehow in the end

The things we did, the things you hide

But for the record, it's between you and I

Oh, I didn't take no shortcuts

I spent the money that I saved up

Oh, mama running out of luck

And like my sister, don't give a fuck

I wanna steal your innocence

To me, my life, it just don't make any sense

Oh, strange manners, I love 'em so

Why won't you wear your new trenchcoat?

I just want to misbehave

I just want to be your slave

Oh, you ain't never had nothing I wanted, but

I want it all, I just can't figure out

Nothing

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 beginning

It all works somehow in the end

The things we did, the things you hide

But for the record, it's between you and I

The Strokes - The Modern Age

Up on a hill is where we begin
This little story a long time ago
Stop to pretend, stop pretending
It seems this game is simply never-ending
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, oh, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go

Leavin' 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

Our fears are different here
We train in A-V-A
I wish you hadn't stayed
My vision's clearer now, but I'm unafraid
Flying overseas, 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
Darling let me g-g-g-g-g-g-go

Leaving just in time
Staying 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

The Strokes - Soma

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 against sunbeams
Losing against factories

In your eyes, I am
Stop, and go
In your eyes, 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

And I am
Stop, and go
In your eyes, and I am
Stop, oh darling let me go

Try it once and they liked it, and tried to hide it
Says I've been doing this twenty-five years
Well I'm not listening no more
And these friends they keep asking for more
Oh yeah, oh but that's it

The Strokes - Last Nite

Last night, she said:
"Oh Baby, I feel so down.
See, it turns me off,
when I feel left out."

So I turned 'round:
"Oh baby, don't care no more.
I know this for sure,
I'm walkin' out that door."

Well, I've been in town for just now 15 minutes now:
And baby, I feel so down
and I don't know why.
I keep walkin' for miles."

People, they don't understand.
Girlfriends, they can't understand.
Your Grandsons, they won't understand.
On top of this, I ain't ever gonna understand...

Last night, she said:
"Oh Baby, don't feel so down.
Oh, it turns me off,
when I feel left out."

So I turn 'round:
"Oh Baby, gonna be alright."
It was a great, big lie,
'Cause I left that night.

People, they don't understand.
No, girlfriends, they won't understand.
In spaceships, they won't understand.
And me, I ain't ever gonna understand...

Last night, she said:
"Oh Baby, I feel so down.
See, it turns me off,
when I feel left out."

So I turn 'round:
"Oh little girl, I don't care no more,
I know this for sure,
I'm walking out that door," yeah.