The Life Pursuit Belle & Sebastian

swell They tug at sadness Like love tugging at your sleeve Is it worth the pain To walk into the void again?

Nothing In The Silence Belle & Sebastian

Life should be,fun for everyone. Every now and then I'm insecure, Let me show you life can be so pure Seize the day,wear a big,happy smile on your face.

Belle And Sebastian Belle And Sebastian

And the moment will come when composure returns put a face on the world put your back to the wall and you walk twenty yards with your head in the air down liberty hill where the fashion brigade look

Beautiful Belle & Sebastian

Beautiful She lay in bed all night watching the morning change She lay in bed all night watching the colours change She lay in bed all night watching the colours change into green and gold The

Play For Today Belle & Sebastian

to grow old Love is a guide The endless river of the soul But we are mean The dried up riverbeds of rock and stone Lust is my friend She comes to me when I am tired Life is a rope, death is a myth Love

Song For Sunshine Belle & Sebastian

Honey'd sweet apples, they're rotting away Millions of people never start in the race There's stuff on out plates that has not been alive Someone pays full price for my cheap flight life "Sunshine, we

Funny Little Frog Belle & Sebastian

out the life of a poet I am the jester in the ancient court You're the funny little frog in my throat My eye sight's fading, my hearing's dim I can't get insured for the state I'm in I'm a danger

The Boy Done Wrong Again Belle & Sebastian

The Boy Done Wrong Again The boy done wrong again Hang your head in shame and cry your life away The boy done wrong again Hang your head in shame and cry your life away Are you ok now?

The Boy Done Wrong Again belle & sebastian

The Boy Done Wrong Again The boy done wrong again Hang your head in shame and cry your life away The boy done wrong again Hang your head in shame and cry your life away Are you ok now?

Marx and Engels Belle & Sebastian

Marx and Engels There's misery in all I hear and see From the people on TV After their tea when life begins again They'll be happier than me There are a thousand meals being made on Saturday

I'm Waking Up To Us Belle & Sebastian

brave Where art defines their lives She was the one love of my life, and I let her go And if I look like death today then please let her know I never wanted to do harm to her I only wanted her to

Act Of The Apostle II Belle & Sebastian

Took the fence and the lane The bus then the train Bought an 'Independent' to make me look like I got brains I made a story up in my head if anybody would ask I'm going to a seminar!

Mary Jo Belle & Sebastian

Mary Jo Mary Jo, sitting alone Drinking tea, she just got home She wants, I don't know what you want Mary Jo, living alone Drinking gin with the telly on She wants The night to follow day

Scooby Driver Belle & Sebastian

Scooby Driver I'm coming over in the wrong direction I only want to be the centre of your attention For long enough to show you I'm worth the trouble that you take I want to see the way that you

Stop, Look and Listen Belle & Sebastian

I finally gave myself the time to see you I finally gave myself the time to see you I finally gave myself the time to see you for a while If only we could see past the veneer We'd see another side of you

Stop, Look and Listen (Edit) Belle & Sebastian

I finally gave myself the time to see you I finally gave myself the time to see you I finally gave myself the time to see you for a while If only we could see past the veneer we'd see another side of you

Piazza, New York Catcher Belle & Sebastian

We hung about the stadium, we’ve got no place to stay We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell About the saddest ending of a book you ever had to read The statue’s crying too and well he may

Read The Blessed Pages Belle & Sebastian

Love and pain and sorrow Keep the band together She was like my soulmate Whispered in my ear Love was playing music It was all we wanted Making plastic records Of our history How I knew it mattered To

Big John Shaft Belle & Sebastian

Big John Shaft I'll make another movie The same one as the year before Take a tired idea Put it in the hands of Hollywood I need to talk to someone I've been living someone else's life I don't

Mornington Crescent Belle & Sebastian

Mornington Crescent I think of you Rain in the southeast Men feeling blue Men with their bowlers Kids with their spats Ladies with chauffeurs Dogs wearing hats and jackets Rich apartments Old punk posters

Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie Belle & Sebastian

Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie Sunbeam shone, mousy girl on the end pew You'd stay home, oh if only they let you Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie Municipal pool, you're a junior life saver But you're

Asleep on a Sunbeam Belle & Sebastian

Asleep on a Sunbeam When the half light makes for a clearer view Sleep a little more if you want to But restlessness has siezed me now, it’s true I could watch the dreams flicker in your eyes

Shoot The Sexual Athlete Belle & Sebastian

Now I'm in a band people try to make me do things Kiss arses and pay tribute But I'm inclined today to do those things anyway And I don't care who hears it 'Cause I'm a fan of the Go-Betweens A fan of

Another Sunny Day (Explicit Ver.) Belle & Sebastian

Another sunny day, I met you up in the garden You were digging plants, I dug you, beg your pardon I took a photograph of you in the herbaceous border It broke the heart of men and flowers and girls

The Boy With The Arab Strap Belle & Sebastian

The Boy With The Arab Strap A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time The odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by When you've been inside Day upon day of this wandering gets

Sleep The Clock Around Belle & Sebastian

Sleep The Clock Around And the moment will come when composure returns Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall And you walk twenty yards with your head in the air Down the Liberty Hill

Sukie In The Graveyard Belle & Sebastian

she'd have to give it a go It didn't suit Sukie So she took her things and left Sukie was the kid, she liked to hang out at the art school She didn't enrol, but she wiped the floor with all the

Allie Belle & Sebastian

Allie, what would you do When there's bombs in the middle east, you want to hurt yourself When there's knives in the city streets, you want to end yourself When there's fun in your mother's house, you

Belle And Sebastian Belle & Sebastian

I left my school, I left my job You saw me looking like a slob When I was young You were the only fun in town Everyone thought it was a shame For Belle and the boy Sebastian Belle was okay but, oh Sebastian

Expectations Belle & Sebastian

they expect Start in Lingerie, and Doris is your supervisor And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art Your obsessions

If you find yourself caught in love Belle & Sebastian

If you find yourself caught in love If you find yourself caught in love Say a prayer to the man above Thank him for everything you know You should thank him for every breath you blow If you

Women's Realm Belle & Sebastian

Women's Realm I don't care whether you hear this I don't care if I'm alone here singing songs to myself There's nobody else around, around Meet you up at the Indian part of the town The town's

Woman's Realm Belle & Sebastian

I don't care whether you hear this I don't care if I'm alone here singing songs to myself There's nobody else around, around Meet you up at the Indian part of the town The town's shut down, the people

Perfect Couples Belle & Sebastian

I know some friends of mine Think about them all the time Why can't my life be like that I've seen them in the park Restauranting after dark Working out on their yoga mats Stars of the young dance hall

Nobody's Empire Belle & Sebastian

Lying on my bed I was reading French With the light too bright for my senses From this hiding place life was way too much It was loud and rough round the edges So I faced the wall when an old man called

If she wants me Belle & Sebastian

“You are too young to put all of your hopes in just one envelope” I said goodbye to someone that I love It’s not just me, I tell you it’s the both of us And it was hard Like coming off the pills that

The Everlasting Muse Belle & Sebastian

cross the line And look into the other side Forbidden to my kind Forbidden to my kind I need to hang out with my love The raven headed sprite I know I'll never dance like her Or keep her up at nine I

The Fox In The Snow Belle & Sebastian

The Fox In The Snow Fox in the snow, where do you go To find something you can eat?

The Fox in the snow belle & sebastian

The Fox in the Snow Fox in the snow, where do you go To find something you can eat?

The Cat With The Cream Belle & Sebastian

the freak parade I cover up my head and pray I'm praying for the light Down amongst the old city chambers Men in frocks debate all the policy changes Everybody bet on the boom and got busted Everybody

The Model Belle & Sebastian

The Model I will confess to you Because you made me think about the times You turn the picture on to me and I'll turn over The vision was a masterpiece of comic timing But you wouldn't laugh at

The Gate Belle & Sebastian

The Gate In the hope I'll forget I'll wait It's a chance I'll take oh yeah In the hope I'll forget I'll wait For the time In the spring I'll watch my step While the night-time passes by When

The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner Belle & Sebastian

I'll take a second of the day to think About the things that we have done this year The dog lies down, the pouring rain I'm underneath the smokers railway arch again The future's looking colorful it's

The Rollercoaster Ride Belle & Sebastian

The Rollercoaster Ride Hey people, looking out the window at the city below Hey people, looking out the window, full of fun and sorrow Hey people, looking out the window at the city below Hey people

The Party Line Belle & Sebastian

trod my head and took a step off into the dark Standing on the block of my tires Don't dance on the lights because the bears eat the pretty ones We are like the islands divided Jump to the beat of the

Black And White Unite Belle & Sebastian

Black And White Unite In the summer all the hikers hike out for the highest peaks All the children watch the cricket and they never wash for weeks In the suburbs young protestors write "Black And

I Want The World To Stop Belle & Sebastian

I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop) Give me the morning (give me the understanding) I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop) Give me the morning, give me the afternoon The night

Wrong Love Belle & Sebastian

I went looking for my darling I went looking for a sign And I found her in the morning Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm not what I could be I need a true love I went looking and I found one The wrong

I Know Where The Summer Goes Belle & Sebastian

I Know Where The Summer Goes I know where the summer goes When you're having no fun When you're under the thumb I know where the summer dwells If your underarm smells And your kitchen looks like

Boys Are Back In Town Belle & Sebastian

Told them you maybe living downtown Driving all the old men crazy The boys are back in town The boys are back in town I said the boys are back in town The boys are back in town The boys are back in town