The Libertines
The Libertines

01   Can't Stand Me Now (03:23)

"An ending fitting for the start
You twist and tore our love apart
Your light fingers through the dark
Shattered the lamp, into darkness it cast us..."

"No, you've got it the wrong way round
You shut me up, and blamed it on the brown."

Cornered, the boy kicked out at the world
The world kicked back, a lot fucking harder

If you wanna try, if you wanna try
There's no worse you could do, uh oh oh
I know you lie, I know you lie
I'm still in love with you, uh oh oh

Can't take me anywhere
I'll take you anywhere
You can't take me anywhere
I can't take you anywhere
I'll take you anywhere you wanna go, oh

You can't stand me now

Have we enough to keep it together?
Or do we just keep on pretending
And hope our luck is never ending?
You tried to pull the wool
I wasn't feeling too clever
And you take all that they're lending
Until you needed mending

If you wanna try, if you wanna try
There's no worse you could do, uh oh oh
I know you lie, all you do is make me cry
And all those words, they ain't true

I can't take me anywhere
I can't take you anywhere
You can't take me anywhere
Well, I won't take you anywhere
I take you anywhere you want to go, oh

You can't stand me now

02   Last Post on the Bugle (02:32)

If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh, somehow you'll know
You'll know
Thinking of your love

Slyly they whispered away
As I played the last post on the bugle
I heard them say
"Oh, that boy's no different today
Except in every single way."

If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh, somehow you'll know
You'll just know
Thinking of your love

Oh, I was carried away
Caught up in an affray
And as they led him away, he sang,
"We'll meet again some day;
Oh my boy, there's a price to pay."

If I have to go
I will be thinking of your love
Oh, somehow you'll know
I don't know how, but you'll know
Thinking of your love

La la-la, la-la la-la...

Inside I felt so, so alone
Locked in a room
Waiting 'til kingdom come
Although I felt elated
I felt like I was scum

I was carried away
Caught up in an affray
As they led him away, he sang,
"We'll meet again some day;
Oh my boy, there's a price to pay."

Feel like I have never been away
Though it's been longer than I could possibly say
I've been wandering the market
Carrying a sign, saying the end of
The world is nigh
I'm glad to see we're still tight
The bonds that tie a man are tight
Yet we do what we do
With ritual habituality
All through the night

03   Don't Be Shy (03:03)

Don't be shy
Don't be shy
For if you are shy for tomorrow
You'll be shy for one thousand days
Hey
Don't be shy
Don't be shy
Don't let the tide of your soul
Drown your nights and flood your days

But still its better to be shy than screaming drunken old queen
who's always got to have his way

But don't be coy with me
I am to clever to follow you down
To the dark and stormy weather, babe
The bracket's wider now
So whats your pleasure?
Swallow your pride
But please...

Don't be shy
Don't be shy
For if you are shy for tomorrow
You'll be shy for one thousand days
Now is your time to shine
Dance and hear your song
or you may wake up one day in the last chance saloon
to find your last chance has been and gone
Don't be shy
Don't be shy
For if you are shy for tomorrow
You'll be shy for one thousand days
hey hey hey.

04   The Man Who Would Be King (03:59)

05   Music When the Lights Go Out (03:02)

Is it cruel or kind not to speak my mind
And to lie to you, rather than hurt you?
Well I'll confess all of my sins
After several large gins
But still I'll hide from you
And hide what's inside from you.

And alarm bells ring
When you say your heart still sings
When your with me
Oh darling please forgive me
But I no longer hear the music
Oh no no no no no

And all the memories of the pubs
And the clubs and the drugs and the tubs
We shared together
They'll stay with me forever
But all the highs and the lows
And the tos and the fros
They left me dizzy

Oh darling please forgive me
But I no longer hear the music
Oh no no no no no

Well I no longer hear the
Music when the lights go out
Love goes cold in the shades of doubt
The strange face in my mind is all too clear
Music when the lights come on
The girl I thought I knew has gone
And with her my heart it disappeared

Well I no longer hear the music
Oh no no no no no

And all the memories of the fights and nights
Under blue lights and all the kites
We flew together
Love thought they'll fly forever

But all the highs and the lows
And the tos and the fros
They left me dizzy
Oh won't you please forgive me

But I no longer hear the music
Oh no no no no no

Music when the lights go out
Love goes cold in the shades of doubt
The strange face in my mind is all too clear

Music when the lights come on
The girl I thought I knew has gone
And with her my heart it disappeared

But I no longer hear the music
Oh no no no no no
And I no longer hear the music

06   Narcissist (02:10)

Professionally trendy in the glow of Clapham sun
There's life after work and it can be such fun
You see all the models in magazines and on the walls
You wanna be just like them
Cause they're so cool

They're just narcissists
Well wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day
They're just narcissists
Oh, what's so great to be Dorian Gray?
Every day
We're living in a looking glass
As the beauty of life goes by
You're going to be so old
You're going to grow so old
Your skin so cold
Well they're just narcissists
Well wouldn't it be nice to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day
Such narcissists
What's so great to be Dorian Gray?
Every day

They're just narcissists
Wouldn't it be great to be Dorian Gray?
Just for a day
Just for a day

07   The Ha Ha Wall (02:29)

If you get tired of hanging around
pick up a guitar and spin a web of sound
Then you could be strung out all day
with your lovers and clowns
(but now I find myself still hanging around..)

It's been a long war and now I'm tired and dirty
Still not dirty enough for you my love

We've been thieving, we stole the light from the dawn
But when I come round on your floor I wish I'd never been born
Can you see me? Can you see through it all?
I'm empty lost and alone oh won't you heed my call?

It's been a long war, now we're tired and dirty
Still not dirty enough for you my love....

08   Arbeit macht frei (01:13)

Roll a gasper
The guard said he could stay alive
But he shoveled and burned his friends to die
People to die, oh the gate read:
Arbeit macht frei

In her rollers
And a gasper
She's cleaning the steps in a mean street
Where no policemen walk the beat
Her old man, he don't like blacks or queers
Yet he's proud we beat the Nazis
How queer

Arbeit macht frei

09   Campaign of Hate (02:10)

There's a campaign of hate
It's waiting at the school gates
Not for what I am aware
It must be what she wrote, what she writes
And you swore that you'd swear
To you remember why you came
Not to play follow the leader, no no

Poor kids dressing like they're rich (mods)
Rich kids dressing like they're poor (oh my God)
White kids talking like they're black
I tried it with Charlene and I spent three days on my back
Cuz she said, "Baby, I like the cut of your J.I.B.
Oh, don't believe them when they say
That you don't get nothing for free."
It's all for free, follow me now

There's a campaign of hate
It's waiting at the school gates
There's a campaign of hate
It's waiting at the school gates
There's a campaign of hate
It's waiting at the school gates
There's a campaign of hate
It's waiting at the school gates
Faster!
There's a campaign of hate
Waiting at the school gates
There's a campaign of hate
Waiting at the school gates
There's a campaign of hate

10   What Katie Did (03:49)

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang

Oh what you gonna do, Katie?
You're a sweet sweet girl
But it's a cruel, cruel world
a cruel, cruel world.

My pins are none too strong, Katie
Hurry up, Mrs Brown
I can feel it coming down
& it won't take none too long

But since you said goodbye
Polka dots fill my eyes
And I don't know why

Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang
Shoop shoop, shoop de-lang-a-lang

What you gonna do Katie?
You're a sweet, sweet girl
But it's a cruel, cruel world
a cruel, cruel world

Safety pins are none too strong Katie
they hold my life together
And I never say never
And I never say never again

But since you said goodbye
The polka dots fill my eyes
And I don't know why

Since you said goodbye
the polka dots fill my eyes
And I don't know why
Say you want
Say you will
Say you won't but don't leave me standing
Say you will, it's up to anyone
That's what they all like to know

And since you said goodbye
the polka dots fill the sky
And I don't know why

11   Tomblands (02:06)

In the land of the gouching skiving sun
There's bodies in the room, lad
Never an honest day's work is done
They call it the Tomblands

No, they're never gonna get me no
Never gonna get me no
Never gonna get me no

Fifteen holes in the dealer's chest
Yo ho ho he was a mini martial man
Social unrest
Pieces of eight in the jukebox

Oh, you know
Didn't wanna be the one to tell you
She was only 14
Sussed out your dirty sorded little scene

12   The Saga (01:53)

A problem
Here comes a problem
You let down your friends
And you let down the people
And you let down yourself Oh oh oh oh
And only fools, vultures and undertakers
Will have any time for you

A Problem, here comes a problem
When you lie to your friends
And you lie to your people
And you lie to yourself
And the truth's too harsh to comprehend
You just pretend there isn't a problem

I am a pimp and they say
And in my bed you dig my bed
I dig my grave

The truth's too hard to comprehend
You just pretend there isn't a problem
No I ain't got a problem
It's you with the problem

13   Road to Ruin (04:21)

How can we make you understand
All you can be is right given in your hand
You won't need money
Trust in me, take me by the hand
Give us a chip
Dreams are strewn across the sand
You won't need money

And all the pimps, punks, pederasts, jugglers and fools
They drive me crazy, are climbing the walls
show me the way, the way to the store
Cause I'm so sick, so sick of it all
But when the penny drops

Trust in me, take me by the hand
Cashing your chips strewn across the sand
You won't need money

And all the pimps, punks, pederasts, jugglers and fools
They drive me crazy, it's no good at all
show me the way, the way to the store
Cause I'm so sick of it all
But when the penny drops...

14   What Became of the Likely Lads / France (05:54)