The Strokes

Slick back out of whack at your best. It's a nightmare, So I'm joining the army. Know how folks back out, I still call. Will you wait for me now? We got the right to live, fight to use it, Got everything but you can just choose it. I won't just be a

They found our city under the water Gotta get my hands on something new You don't want to be without this Something isn't adding up Decide my past Define my life Don't ask questions Cause I don't know why Someone Didn't wanna know their name Drifting

"Take It Or Leave It" Leave me alone I'm in control I'm in control And girls lie too much And boys act too tough Enough is enough Well, on the minds Of other men I know she was... I said, "Just take it or leave it And take it or leave it An

Well I don't feel better When I'm fucking around And I don't write better When I'm stuck in the ground So don't teach me a lesson 'Cause I've already learned Yeah, the sun will be shining And my children will burn Oh the heart beats in its cage I don

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

Whether you're in L.A., Sunny laid back L.A. Whether you're in New York, Comfort 'round your block. Whether you're in the U.K., Where the sky is dark And the grass is kinda green, You know like Central Park. Still my favorite place In this whole wide

If we don't watch the sun It will rise If we don't take our time It's not wise Putting posters up For your band (Hey, we're playing - come by) Now I'll tear them down With my hand I didn't want to notice Didn't know the gun was loaded Didn't really k

It's not the first time I'm watching you passing by I've tried too long to get back there But you're not on time Anymore Tried to believe in you for a second time You said the wall's closed in but you're crawling Back inside So please runaway So plea

barely legal 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 y

With all the noise above He tried to call his name The trial would go on The day is just begun Living in an empty world in an empty world in an empty world in an empty world The diamond cuts her eye The crowd behind went wild They weren't all that pr

One two, three Get dressed in your bed While she's asleep It isn't right But it isn't hard Tell me tell me won't you understand Show me show me show me a better plan It's summer lies It's someone else's nothing Here it comes now You ask me to stay Yo

"When It Started" Won't decide, but he won't debate Said, "Thanks my friend," but he was too late Oh why, oh why I don't know So you think things move pretty fast down here Well just wait my dear 'till you look up there Oh maybe someda

the strokes - evening sun they love you or they hate you but they will never let you be they'll thrill you or sedate you but they will never let you see in the evening sun in the evening sun encourage and derange you watch you walking scared alone de

I waited for ya I waited for ya I waited on ya But now I don't You didn't see it I didn't see it I didn't see it But now, oh, I do I play your game I play your game Now I play your game I play your game I take my chances alone Get on your horse and b

now we're out of time i said it's my fault i'ts my fault can't make good decisions it won't stop i can't stop give me some time, i just need a little time give me some time, i just need a little time give me some time, i just need a little time give

Razor blade, that's what i call love, I bet you pick it up and mess around with it If I put it down It gets extremely complicated. Anything to forget everything. You got to take me out, At least once a week Either i'm in your arms, Or i'm at your fee

Close the door Not all the way We don't understand We don't understand So don't you go and remind me I don't know a thing And some of us remember And some run out of place Can I wait for you down in an [...] Can I stand in your light just for a while

Animals on T.V. singing about some pain that they once felt There's no one I disapprove of more or root for more than myself I wanted to pretend that I was better, better, better on the phone I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous an

"Alone Together" No choice now, it's too late Let him go, he gave up I gave up Lisa says, "Take time for me" Dropping him down to his knees Ah, chest down... Take me away See I've got to explain Things, they have changed In such a perm

"Trying Your Luck" You said you couldn't stay You've seen it all before I know They sold you on their way Oh, honey, that's OK No harm, he's armed Setting off all your alarms When I find out I hope it's you who set this trap And storefronts rare