Julian Casablancas - Long Island BluesLyrics

I see a drug bust in your eyes. There are bruises on your thighs. I can see you're trying to hide All the darkness in your mind. You got sawdust on your toes From that sports bar down the road. You have beer glass in your feet. You say kiss me on the cheek. Some people get paid to talk Some people get paid to listen Some people buy a ticket And can't wait for intermission. Just like some might love you blindly Some might love you with conditions Some will love you like an unloved child Loves family traditions. Now she's tainted by the syringe Try to rhyme a word with orange I'm a cheap and ugly sinner To whose soul love is so foreign. So if you're sideways And if you wanna go my way Before a meteor shower Decides that you should be devoured Whether you're locked up in the tower Or if you charge them by the hour In mama's eyes you were a flower Forget the aftertaste of life gone sour. Will you finish what you started? Travel the seas you never parted Remember things you disregarded Communicate with the departed Believe in things you thought weren't founded Prepare to always be astounded Or keep your dreams and visions grounded It took a while but then I found it. No one inspired you in time So you left your love behind In a world that discourage One who's young and full of courage. You said you'd start at the bottom But instead you start at the top Be careful what you wish for On your lap it just might drop. It's a lonely life at the bottom It can be lonely too at the top Make sure your heart is singing Right until the day it stops. They all say dream But what they mean is be specific or obscene It's time to find some time to fail at makes you most happy. Sometimes you concentrate on lovers To forget everything else Sometimes you hate each other to forget you hate yourself. So if you're sideways And if you wanna go my way Before a meteor shower Decides that you should be devoured Whether you're locked up in the tower Or if you charge them by the hour Tell me you'll always be a flower Forget the aftertaste of life got sour. Will you finish what you started? Before you celebrate with a cigarette Remember things you disregarded Communicate with the departed Prepare to always be astounded Believe in things you thought weren't founded Don't keep those dreams and visions grounded It took a while but now I found it.