Long Island Blues Lyrics - Singles - Julian Casablancas

I see a drug bust in your eyes 

F C 

There are bruises on your thighs 

F C F Am G 

I can tell you're trying to hide, all the darkness in your mind 

C 

You got saw dust on your toes 

F C 

From that sports bar down the road 

F C F Am G 

You have beer glass in your feet, you say kiss me on the cheek 

C 

Some people get paid to talk 

F C 

Some people get paid to listen 

F C F Am G 

Some people buy a ticket and can't wait for intermission 

C 

Just like some will love you blindly 

F C 

Some will love you with conditions 

F C F Am G 

Some will love you like an unborn child loves family tradition 

C 

Now she is tainted by the syringe 

F C 

Trying to rhyme a word with orange 

F C F Am G 

I'm a cheap and ugly sinner, to who soul love is foreign 

F 

So if you're sideways 

C 

And if you wanna go my way 

G 

Before a meteoric shower 

C 

Decides the earth should be devoured 

F 

Whether you're locked up in a tower 

C 

Or you're charging by the hour 

G 

In mama's eyes you are a flower 

C 

Forget the after taste if life got sour 

F 

Will you finish what you started 

C 

Travel the seas you never parted 

G 

Remember things you disregarded 

C 

Communicate with the departed 

F 

Believe in things you thought weren't founded 

C 

Prepare to always be astounded 

G 

Or keep your dreams and visions grounded 

C 

It took a while but then I found it. 

C 

No one inspired you in time 

F C 

So you left your love behind 

F C F Am G 

In a world that can discourage one who is young and full of courage 

C 

You said you'd start at the bottom 

F C 

But instead you start at the top 

F C F Am G 

Be careful what you wish for because on your lap it might just drop 

C 

So it's a lonely life at the bottom 

F C 

Can be lonely too at the top 

F C F Am G 

Make sure your heart is singing right until the day it stops 

C 

They'll say dream but what they mean 

F C 

Is be specific or obscene 

F C F Am G 

It's time to find some time to fail at what makes you most happy 

C 

Sometimes you concentrate on lovers 

F C 

To forget everything else 

F C F Am G 

Sometimes you hate each other to forget you hate yourself 

F 

So if you're sideways 

C 

And if you wanna come my way 

G 

Before a meteoric shower 

C 

Decides the earth should be devoured 

F 

Whether you're locked up in the tower 

C 

Or if you charge 'em by the hour 

G 

To me you'll always be a flower 

C 

Forget the after taste if life got sour 

F 

Will you finish what you started 

C 

Before you celebrate with a cigar lit 

G 

Remember things you disregarded 

C 

Communicate with the departed 

F 

Prepare to always be astounded 

C 

Believe in things you thought weren't founded 

G 

Don't keep those dreams and visions grounded 

C 

It took a while but now I found it.