Futile Devices (Live) - Sufjan Stevens

I get out of bed at half past ten Phone up a friend who's a party animal Turn on the news and drink some tea Maybe if you're with me we'll do some shopping One day I'll read or learn to drive a car If you pass the test, you can beat the rest But I don't like to compete or talk street, street, street I can pick up the best from the party animal I could leave you Say good-bye Or I could love you If I try And I could And left to my own devices I probably would Left to my own devices I probably would Pick up a brochure about the sun Learn to ignore what the photographer saw I was always told that you should join a club Stick with the gang if you want to belong I was a lonely boy, no strength, no joy In a world of my own at the back of the garden I didn't want to compete or play out on the street For in a secret life I was a Roundhead general I could leave you Say good-bye Or I could love you If I try And I could And left to my own devices I probably would Left to my own devices I probably would Oh, I would I was faced with a choice at a difficult age Would I write a book? Or should I take to the stage? But in the back of my head I heard distant feet Che Guevara and Debussy to a disco beat It's not a crime when you look the way you do The way I like to picture you When I get home, it's late at night I pour a drink and watch the fight Turn off the TV, look at a book Pick up the phone, fix some food Maybe I'll sit up all night and day Waiting for the minute I hear you say I could leave you Say good-bye Or I could love you If I try And I could And left to my own devices I probably would Come on, baby Say good-bye I could love you If I try And I could And left to my own devices I probably would Left to my own devices I probably would Out of bed at half past ten The party animal phones a friend Picks up news about the sun And the working day has just begun Sticks with the gang at the back of the street Pass the test and he don't compete Drive the car, if you're with me Che Guevara's drinking tea He reads about a new device And takes to the stage in a secret life (I would if I could) Left to my own devices I probably would If I was left to my own devices I possibly would (I would if I could) If I was left to my own devices I probably would If I was left to my own devices I probably would I could leave you Say good-bye Or I could love you If I try And I could And left to my own devices I probably would Left to my own devices I probably would Come on, baby Left to my own devices I probably would

I'm a love kitten, Wish I were sittin'. On your lap and you were holdin' me Mmmmm, what a situation that would be Love kitten lookin' for lo-o-o-o-ve I'm a love kitty, Won't you say I'm pretty, Hold me tight until I purr Tie a ribbon in my fur Love kitten lookin' for lo-o-o-o-ve Chase me, chase me Round and round we'll go When you catch me I will never let you go 'Cause I'm a love kitten, How I wish I was gettin', All the kisses that you've got Mmmmm, only hope you've got a lot Love kitten lookin' for Love kitten lookin' for lo-o-o-o-ve L-o-o-o-ve I'm a kitten A love kitten Yay-yay-yay-yay Yay-yay-yay-yay-yay

Hi Tiger Teach me Tiger how to kiss you Show me Tiger how to kiss you Take my lips, they belong to you But teach me first, teach me what to do Touch me Tiger when I'm close to you Help me Tiger, I don't know what to do I know that you could love me to But show me first, show me what to do This is the first love that I have ever known What must I do to make you my very own? Teach me Tiger how to tease you Tiger, Tiger I wanna squeeze you All of my love I will give to you But teach me Tiger or I'll teach you Tiger Tiger Tiger

When a deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls And the stars begin to twinkle in the night In the mist of a memory you wander back to me Breathing my name with a sigh In the still of the night once again I hold you tight Though you're gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams And as long as my heart will beat, lover we'll always meet Here in my deep purple dreams Here in my deep purple dreams When a deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls And the stars begin to twinkle in the night Through the mist of a memory you wander back to me Breathing my name with a sigh In the still of the night once again I hold you tight Though you're gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams And as long as my heart will beat, lover we'll always meet Here in my deep purple dreams Here in my deep purple dreams

When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls And the stars begin to flicker in the sky Through the mist of a memory you wander back to me Breathing my name with a sigh In the still of the night once again I hold you tight Though you're gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams And as long as my heart will beat, lover we'll always meet Here in my deep purple dreams Here in my deep purple dreams