MASS ROMANTIC

Album by: The New Pornographers

• JACKIE

Jackie, you yourself said it best when you sai, There's been a break in the continuu, The United States used to be lots of fu, Back when the man and the myt, Of the sands and the cliff, Composed a symphony to good works and better busines, Jackie, you... JACKIE lyrics »

• BREAKIN' THE LAW

I can never place the name with the face, I can never place the name with the face, Don't touch me, Don’t touch me up to the tee by the numbers, It's not much but I'm going under, It's not much but I'm going under, It's not much but I'm going under, Liar... BREAKIN' THE LAW lyrics »

• CENTRE FOR HOLY WARS

It's such a dream-like view from the ceilin, Where every feeling is a part of he fall, Kneeling out on the front lawn, Rise to occasions, grass stains and all, Exactly where we are, at the centre for holy wars, I hope it never comes down again, Floating... CENTRE FOR HOLY WARS lyrics »

• EXECUTION DAY

Oh blast I drank the wrong draft down, Two sips from your crown, The drops you left for me, Am I so easily appeased, Madrigal, why didn't you come out today, You promised to play, Marigold, why didn't you come out today, We promised to play fair, You were... EXECUTION DAY lyrics »

• LETTER FROM AN OCCUPANT

I'm told the eventual downfal, Is just a bill from the restauran, You told me I could order the moon, bab, Just as long as as I shoot what I want, What the last ten minutes have taught m, Bet the hand that your money's o, Where the hell have the 70's brought... LETTER FROM AN OCCUPANT lyrics »

• MASS ROMANTIC

Mass romantic fool wears Foster Grant, His books on tape ring tru, Like everyone wants to say "I love you" To someone on the radio, radi, The first voice in the hollowed star, Now the one true loves, and author o, "My Life Among the Kids Who Go to Shows... MASS ROMANTIC lyrics »

• MYSTERY HOURS

Always the true one, calm, selective, Staking a claim among the young defectives, Far off under the nighttime, baby, Crawl into the wave, Got to be cool now, unprotected, You come around every day to collect me, Far off into the nighttime, baby, Crawl... MYSTERY HOURS lyrics »

• THE BODY SAYS NO

People of earth, we have heard your statio, Sold your song to the United Nations, All on a dare to the heads of state, yeah, What could you do in the situation, You throw the voice you know wouldn't say yes, The body says no, no, no, no, The body says... THE BODY SAYS NO lyrics »

• THE FAKE HEADLINES

I wrote the news toda, In the tent outside the midway ride, And as my money fle, Singing to their pockets yo, Could only know your sham, Knowing what the good ones d, And when you see the bruises on my legs from kicking pills, yea, Then you see how recklessly... THE FAKE HEADLINES lyrics »

• THE MARY MARTIN SHOW

With a map of the endtime, I can follow a straight lin, to the old Mary Martin Show, Should we go, Since we learned the guitar parts, to the music that once started it off, Mary Martin, they don't come any closer than that now. (x2, With the musical guest... THE MARY MARTIN SHOW lyrics »

• THE SLOW DESCENT INTO ALCOHOLISM

I say, my, my slow descen, Into alcoholism it wen, To my head, where i really need i, With the views that remain untreate, I say my, my, my, my slow descen, Into alcoholism it went.., Something like this son, Something like this song.., Salvation holdout... THE SLOW DESCENT INTO ALCOHOLISM lyrics »

• TO WILD HOMES

First my trusty voice cracked, like it's not plain to see, A sidewalk step defaults on my debt to the order of society, Behold our first rate lady, as if you hadn't guessed, The homemade queen of every homecoming not so gently laid to rest, And then outside... TO WILD HOMES lyrics »