757. Mary Jo - Belle & Sebastian

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 and back again
She doesn't want to sleep
Well who could blame her if she wants?
The night to follow day and back again
She doesn't want to sleep
Well who could blame her, if she sleeps?
Well who could blame her, if she sleeps?
Well who could blame her, if she's sleeping?

Mary Jo, back with yourself
For company, keep telling yourself you're young
It'll happen soon

Mary Jo, no one can see
What you've been through
Now you've got love to burn

It's someone else's turn to go through hell
Now you can see them come from twenty yards
Yeah, you can tell
It's someone else's turn to take a fall
And now you are the one who's strong enough to help them
The one who's strong enough to help them
The one who's strong enough to help them all

Mary Jo, you're looking thin
You're reading a book, "The State I Am In"
But, oh, it doesn't help at all
What you want is a cigarette
And a thespian with a caravanette in Hull

Because life is never dull in your dreams
A pity that it never seems to work the way you see it
Life is never dull in your dreams
A sorry tale of action and the men you left for
Women, and the men you left for
Intrigue, and the men you left for dead

Q.I know you said Mary Jo was pure fantasy but I was wondering then, what inspired you to write that song?

A. Seeing a woman for a fleeting moment across the street from where I lived for a short spell. in the moment between someone coming into a flat, putting on the lights, and then closing the curtains. i think the women had a nurse's uniform on, but I could be wrong because it was just a blink. she had time to glance in my direction, and the glance held it all.

756. Nothing but a blur from a bullet train - Lambchop

Wearing a halo of mist
Glowing pink and purple
In the afternoon light
Sprawling from a hub
Gave way to patches of green

The wine colored country
Unfolded as we tumbled
Into our rooms
And our travel kinks
Floated away
As we stroked the sunrise
Stained the lake a hazy pink

With the jade tree green rivers
And the apple trees
And the thoughts of wearing our sun screen
And evergreens
Are layered
Like feathers
At your feet

Nothing but a blur from a bullet train
A picturesque
Old teahouse
With a carp pond
As we trundled out of the tunnel
As we trundled out of the tunnel

755. Listen - Lambchop

When things blink just right
Like they're blinking here tonight
From the corner of my eye
They came, to be

Tell your trouble to
Someone stuck here just like you
Sucking in the smoke
Like it's going out of style

And i'll listen,
To what you have to say
You said it any way to me
And you'll listen
Special at work
It's really not a chore to me

So put me in a bag
And bury me in rags
The lady upstairs,
She makes you strong

Can't make it to the bar
Can't make it to the bed
Caught up and confused
Would you give it up for this

And i'll listen
To what you've got to say
You said it anyway, though you're not, not too sure
You'll listen
Because it means that much to you
You're everything i do, or see

They may not work it out

754. Tap out - The Strokes

They found our city under the water
Gotta get my hands on something new
You don't want to be without this
Something isn't adding up

Decide my past
Define my life
Don't ask questions
Cause I don't know why

Someone
Didn't wanna know their name
Drifting
You don't wanna know what's going down
Even though I really like your place
Somehow we don't have to know each other's name

They found our city under the water
I began to listen to your eyes
You don't want to live without it
Leaving others in a bind

Decide my past
Define my life
Don't ask questions
Cause I don't know why

Someone
Didn't wanna know their name
Drifting
You don't wanna know what's going down
Even though I really like your place
Somehow we don't have to know each other's name

Someone
I didn't wanna know their name
Drifting
You don't wanna know what's going down
Even though I really like your place
Somehow we don't have to know each other's name

Decide my past
Define my life
Don't ask questions
Cause I don't know why
I don't listen
And I don't speak
But list the talent
But I don't know why

753. State of the art (A.E.I.O.U) - Jim James

Daylight come
Daylight go
How far will it reach
Ain't nobody know
When the dawn breaks
The cradle will fall
And down come baby
Cradle and all
Now I know you need the dark
Just as much as the sun
But you signin' on forever
When you ink it in blood

A.E.I.O.U.
E.I.O.U.
A.E.I.O.U.

I used the state of the art
Technology
Supposed to make for better living
Are we better human beings?
We've got out wires all crossed
Our tubes are all tied
And I'm straining to remember
Just what it means to be alive
A life worth living
Now you can feel it in your chest
Buildin' like little bullets
Just building up the nest
And you build it up strong
And you fill it up with love
And you pray for good rain
All from the lord above

A.E.I.O.U.
E.I.O.U.
A.E.I.

I sued my state of the art
Tech-nology
Now don't you forget it
It ain't using me
Cause when the power's goes out
I got over me
Cause the power's goin' out
I think the power's goin' out
I mean it, the power's goin' out
I really mean it the powers goin' out

752. The time is now - Moloko

You're my last breath
You're a breath of fresh air to me
Hi, I'm empty
So tell me you care for me

You're the first thing
And the last thing on my mind
In your arms I feel
Sunshine

On a promise
A day dream yet to come
Time is upon us
Oh but the night is young

Flowers blossom
In the winter time
In your arms I feel
Sunshine

Give up yourself unto the moment
The time is now
Give up yourself unto the moment
Let's make this moment last

You may find yourself
Out on a limb for me
Could you accept it as
A part of your destiny

I give all I have
But it's not enough
And my patience is shot
So I'm calling your bluff

Give up yourself unto the moment
The time is now
Give up yourself unto the moment
Let's make this moment last

Give up yourself unto the moment
The time is now
Give up yourself unto the moment
Let's make this moment ... last

And we gave it time
All eyes are on the clock
But time takes too much time
Please make the waiting stop.

And the atmosphere is charged.
In you I trust.
And I feel no fear as I
Do as I must.

Give up yourself unto the moment
The time is now
Give up yourself unto the moment
Let's make this moment last.

Give up yourself unto the moment
The time is now
Give up yourself unto the moment
Let's make this moment last

Tempted by fate
And I won't hesitate
The time is now
And I can't wait

I've been empty too long
The tender night has gone
And the time has gone
And the night is young
The night is young.
Let's make this moment last.

Give up yourself unto the moment
The time is now
Give up yourself unto the moment
Let's make this moment ... last.

The night is young.

You're the first thing
and the last thing on my mind
The night is young.
The night is young.

Let's make this moment ... last.