Club Country (Demo) - The Associates

She was crying out my name Standing in the driveway Little bare feet wearing her cotton dress in my way I still see the rain chasing tears down her face It was back in October when I said it's over and hid Behind the door Behind the shame of my conviction Beside myself Beside some empty pill prescription Can hear her screamin' now No baby don't, you making my heart hurt Don't say those words Take it back You know you don't mean that You swore when I wore your ring It meant forever I've got it on baby How can you say I lost it Oh, you promised Started crying while I was sleeping Waking up and reaching out To a bed as empty as the heart inside my chest So I gathered up some pictures Said I had some things to give her I let her read a letter I had written her to give her on the day we tied the knot I saw the tears I saw them fall as she read the part of my growing old I heard her words I heard her say it'll never work And hit my knees and cried No baby don't you're making my heart hurt Don't say those words Take it back You know you don't mean that You swore when you wore my ring It meant forever You've got it on baby How can you say you lost it Yeah and you promised We were different people then Look at all the hateful things we've said And I'm just as guilty But girl that's no way to be Take it easy baby I'm still broken Memories enough to tear me wide open When you see me girl you curse my name Makes me wanna say No, no baby don't You're making my heart hurt Don't say those words Take it back You know you don't mean that You know when you wore my ring We said forever But you took it off baby Safe to say we're through No matter what you do You know I'll always love you Well I have to I promised

Alons, viens encore, cherie. J'attendrai patiemment sous la lampe dans la vieille avenue. Then I may end. She had things to buy. I close my eyes. Yet I don't know why. I gave her money; said she knew someone. And she said she won't be long. Lamplight Keep on burning while this heart of mine is yearning. Lamplight Keep on burning till this love of yours is mine. I sat alone with my thoughts and laughed . Then saw your face in an old photograph. I didn't think that I could live without you but what am I to do? Lamplight Keep on burning while this heart of mine is yearning. Lamplight Keep on burning till this love of yours is mine Come home again dear. I have waited year after year under the lamp in our old avenue. If all in the world that's laughing, why should it make us cry? Ah...

The walls are built up stone by stone The fields divided one by one And the train conductor says Take a break, driver 8 Driver 8, take a break We've been on this shift too long And the train conductor says Take a break, driver 8 Driver 8, take a break We can reach our destination But we're still a ways away, but it's still a ways away I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged The bells are ringing through the town again The children look up, all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing And the train conductor says Take a break, driver 8 Driver 8, take a break We can reach our destination But we're still a ways away, but it's still a ways away But we're still a ways away, but it's still a ways away A way to shield the hated heat A way to put myself to sleep A way to shield the hated heat A way to put myself, my children to sleep He piloted this song in a plane like that one She is selling faith on the Go Tell Crusade Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again The fields of wheat is looking thin And the train conductor says Take a break, driver 8 Driver 8, take a break We've been on this shift too long And the train conductor says Take a break, driver 8 Driver 8, take a break We can reach our destination But we're still a ways away, but it's still a ways away But we're still a ways away, but it's still a ways away

Hypothermic ice cubes are melting down With prisoners from BSA and the Royal Crown A fertilizing agent for the parasitic fool Well, he drinks double hernias Spits out wooden stools A European throwback is spasmodicular If you can't do no good then sucker Don't you do no harm Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything Graphically perfect, totally intact On display credential, he said, shouted fact All important rubbish made to publish made to last All important rubbish made to publish made to last When I came around, I asked if you could dance (Woo) When I came around, I asked if you could dance (Woo) Anesthetists don't dance They have balls with masks in France Place your bets on ego, won't someone fire me? Curl darling, I'm on K, hopeless inspire me A million things to the individuals a million things A million things to the million singular eyes has everything Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything Graphically perfect, totally intact On display credential, he said, shouted fact All important rubbish made to publish made to last All important rubbish made to publish made to last Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything Graphically perfect, totally intact On display credential, he said, shouted fact All important rubbish made to publish made to last All important rubbish made to publish made to last Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything Message oblique speech We're still working on him Message oblique speech We thought of everything

She drove me far too far And then I drove her car The streets are long and wide I felt I had no place to hide My courage in a glass Ich liebe wass ist das? Are you my only friend? Temptation drives me round the bend So take me to the girl that I once knew Does she know what I've been going through? I've been searching for her everywhere I think my darling's gone; I didn't care Geneva is the city of our love Are these voices calling from above? Now no-one can ever take her place No-one in the whole wide human race Society's to blame This picture in a frame Picasso told me so I guess he ought to really know My flesh was always weak My tango less than chic Such grandeur took its toll And left me here a wretched soul So take me to the girl that I once knew Does she know what I've been going through? I've been searching for her everywhere I think my darling's gone; I didn't care Geneva is the city of our love Are these voices calling from above? Now no-one can ever take her place No-one in the whole wide human race So take me to the girl that I once knew Does she know what I've been going through? I've been searching for her everywhere I think my darling's gone; I didn't care Geneva is the city of our love Are these voices calling from above? Now no-one can ever take her place No-one in the whole wide human race

The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful I miss having you around Aggressive and ninety pounds But after an hour or so I wait, wanting you to go To where a thought's left alone In ventures through icy zones The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful You've done it for me again And, frankly, I'm stirred again With mouthfuls of sour grapes I try telling mirrored shapes Perhaps for a little while A war zone in Israel A citizen's feeling ill A stain on a gorgeous dress Bless me, bless you Just in time, I found you out just in time (Time's not just) You showed signs of leaving me, count to nine (Count it! Count it!) The best of you has always been wonderful (Bore me, bore me) The rest of you has always been terrible Well kind of ... well The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful Of letters I've kept and read The one that you sent me bled At edges, at odds with sense And still I sit on this fence Perhaps for a little while Knock out -- I'm on the floor (The floor, the floor) Knock out another door I'll never stay in your way All you have to do is say Just in time, I found you out just in time (Time's not just) You showed signs of leaving me, count to nine (Count it! Count it!) The best of you has always been wonderful (Bore me, bore me) The rest of you has always been terrible Well kind of ... well The best of you is wonderful The rest of you, so terrible The best of you is wonderful The best of you The rest of you The best of you What's left of you