Cold War Kids

Don't bother grandma 'cause she's right
Or you'll be in some mess

I see how you see her creaky bones,
Bitching 'bout IRS

Well, take a look child thr...

Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
Something is not right with me
How was I supposed to know?
Something is not right with m...

Whistle blowers, gotta get outta school
They don't want poets they want pigeons on a stool

You're examining fossils, defending criminals
I'm clock wa...

Strings attached, fake eye lashes
Broke apart the piggie bank for petty cash
Sensitive sister blush, and don't stare
Watch the children squabblin' in ...

Say the right things when electioneering
I trust I can rely on your vote
When I go forwards, you go backwards
Somewhere we will meet
When I go forward...

in  the  muck  and  the  mire
in  the  muck  and  the  mire
fell  asleep  with  stains
cake  deep  in  the  knees
what  a  pain
now  hang  me  up  to ...

Look up from the hymnal, around at the faces of families closing their eyes 
We're taking 
Communion and passing the offering hat around at the same t...

Sulking, walking round' the city after dark
Need protection, from street toughs  who clip the locks and rip the doors off rough, like cowards
Oh this ...

Sliver deceit,
Deft as a surgeon's knife carving through bone.
Pregnant with doubt.
You figured out,
Mouth full of sweets,
Rotting your teeth.
Lift up...

Don't bother grandma 'cause she's right
Or you'll be in some mess
I see how you see her creaky bones, *****in' 'bout IRS
Well, take a look child throu...

There＇s nothin ＇to do here
Some just whine and complain
Comin ＇and goin ＇
Asleep and awake
Tell me the story of how you ended up here
Nurses are fussi...

I was supposed to do great things
I know the road was long
But I wasn't raised to shoot for fame
I had the safety on
I cut my ties, I sold my rings
I ...

And I want to tell you my thoughts
But my thoughts are scattered like crows
I done whatever you want
I've gone from a mountain to a mole
I can see all...

A swollen tongue, a plastic gun
Red burn from an orange sun
These oil rigs will crack and run

I've wandered, seen visions
I never could fit in
I'm ou...

I was silent partner, I could use a shrink
But I have sympathy when you get up your seat
Before this mess becomes a disease
I have cracked the code on...

All This Could Be Yours -Cold War Kids
I was silent partner I could use a shrink
But I have sympathy when you get up your seat
Before this mess become...

And you got me like,
"Oh, what you want from me?"
(What you want from me?)
And I tried to buy your pretty heart
But the price too high
Baby you got me...

And when my heart won't break
And when my knees won't shake
Cause I'm a red blooded man
But I can't see behind the sun
(I can't see behind the sun)
A ...

woah, oh-oh-oh-oh
woah, oh-oh-oh-oh
this sailor boy's, going out to leave
tomorrow night, where will I be?
another town, or back to sea?
I'm most aliv...

Cold War Kids Lyrics - Meditations
Meditations are boring
Let me out on the stage
I get out all my rage
And then, I feel good until morning
Where's th...