Charli XCX

[cartoon eyes 2,315]

Where's the booklet, I can only see the front cover

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Where's the booklet, I can only see the front cover

Click on 'more images'.

[Sitar 22,181]

"Live Life" is almost entirely indecipherable.

 

I'm afraid there's a lot of question marks and this may not illuminate everything, but whatever, I had to commit.

 

14 LYRICS:

 

!FRANCHESKAAR!

 

We already know, will add.

 

 

LUCY

 

When you first walked in the room I had this feeling

You were gonna build me up and then slowly tear me down

But then I looked behind the framework

And all of the ??? and gleams in your eyes

 

Cos your just a bad, bad girl with no brains inside your head

You keep giving it all this, talking like you know it, but you don’t know shit

Cos people cringe when you tell them a crazy fact

The way the words pour out don’t make you sound all that

 

Cos Lucy, no one wants you here…

 

The way your were slagging me all before you even met me

With your preppy ex boyfriend, that just wasn’t too nice

The way I caught you whispering and looking me up and down

Subtlety is clearly not your game

 

Cos you a mixed up girl, with no real friends in life

You get mouthy in a second but pipe down it don’t work on me

Cos people laugh when you get mad

Telling people how to run their lives is really quite sad yeah

 

Cos Lucy, no one wants you here…

 

I’ll do what I want, get out of my way, don’t just stand there say what you want to say

Get out of my face, cos you’ve got it wrong, just move along now on your own

Don’t get on my nerves, I got my contacts, don’t try and control me you’ll get knocked back

Back into your place, right where you belong, Lucy take a good listen to this song yeah

 

Cos Lucy, no one wants you here…

 

 

CHAS’S SONG

 

It was twenty-five past nine at night and I was really bored

So I sat down with my guitar but I needed some new chords

I spoke to my good friend called Chas, he was an indie boy

With skinny jeans and ??? shoes and hair all over the shop

 

And he said, Oh girl just use a good chord combination

That will make the boys go goo-goo eyed and give them imagination, honey

You need a sweet and simple melody that you can sing along to

An indie tune that’ll make the girls swoon, that the boys can dance to

 

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh…

 

I said it sounds ok, he said Of course it does, you’re a magician on guitar

I said Thank you love, I’m not that great and wouldn’t go that far

I’ve got this friend called Paul and his brain ain’t small, he played the violin

But now he’s a rocker, a leather jacket shocker, I wish I could play like him

 

And he said…

 

For a dance…

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh…

 

And he said…

 

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh…

 

 

LEAVE ME

 

Now is the time, we’ve both crossed the line

It’s been way too long and now we both see, how we can really be

And I see your face and it reflects mind except mine isn’t stained with ??? and lines

Cos like you our friendship has withered

 

Quick go away for a long time

Before I change my mind

If you stay, I’ll only want more of you

So get out of my face

Get [out] of my ??? and leave me

To cry on the inside

 

Well I’ll call you again to see if we’re friends

But I think we both know that our friendship cannot continue

Well I’ll say that I’m fine and just wait for the time

‘till I know that I can live up to your expectations

 

Quick go away for a long time…

 

I didn’t love you

But oh when I’m not with you

I can’t help but want you, you so bad

 

Quick go away for a long time…

 

 

I’LL TEACH YOU A LESSON

 

Woke up one morning and your hair’s all over the shop

What happened last night? Well the only person who knows is the person lying next to

Get out of my bed and you ??? [your motivation]

Same old, same old, just a typical day it’s going ahead again

 

Oh boy why don’t you get some ???

Oh boy just have a ???

Oh boy just get some motivation

Cos your friends are all out getting drunk while your sitting at home having no fun

 

Come on, come on, Let’s go for a ride

Why don’t we go for a ride

Come on, come on, Let’s go for a ride

 

??? your hair, tie up your shoes

We’re gonna go to town, come on take the ??? you got nothing to lose

Scream and shout all your friends do it too

Come on what your waiting for, I told you before you got nothing to lose

 

Oh boy, well your seeming so much better

Since I ??? you on your ??? day

Oh boy, you know all the girls are all jealous of you

And their polishing their pumps with their mini skirt and the polka dots, just to try and impress you

 

Come on, come on, Let’s go for a ride...

 

Oh now your getting too good for me…

Stealing all my limelight and my backstage passes

But then you say,

 

Come on, come on, let’s go for a ride…

 

 

MACHINES

 

I sit up in my room at night

Hold on to my pillow tight

My dreams of being invaded by something I don’t know

I hear these words in my mind

I don’t know who put them there but they sure ain’t mine

Who’s inside everyone’s brain?

Cos recently everybody’s been acting all the same

 

But now I know who writes the songs, the machines do

Who rights the wrongs, the machines do

Who plants the bombs, the machines do

 

How did they get inside my head?

Making me feel so cold and dead

Are your thoughts are being captured as well?

Replacing originality with the same story we all tell

 

Who writes the songs, the machines do…

 

I don’t know where my words are from

I don’t know where my friends have gone

I keep trying to break these rules

But my words they never ??? through

What’s happening in the world today?

Seems like my mind has gone astray

It’s ok to lose control

But I’ve never felt so lost before

 

But now I know who writes the songs, the machines do…

 

Machines

 

 

SUPERMODELS AND HOLIDAY STUNNERS

 

Now I had to be honest with you, I thought you did fancy me just a little bit

It was like one of them twisted love tales, the endings didn’t quite fit

But you were different, a rock and roll ??? with your hair greased up all in leather

And I was a pretty girl polka dots, hair in curls, close friends all quite clever

 

It didn’t really happen to start with, I have to say

I thought that maybe I was wrong and you liked the girl you met on holiday

More than you liked me

 

But then I thought, Hey!

What does she have that I don’t?

Three Rolls Royces and a cruise boat

But you picked the tramp over the queen

 

And you know

I actually liked you

Made me laugh lots, made me giggle when I sipped my drink

Made my put more effort into my lyrics

 

It didn’t really happen to start with, I have to say

I thought you were obsessed by them model stunners

Like Lily Cole and that Brazilian chick

 

Well what do you say

When you think it’s time to walk away?

Just turn around and wave goodbye

Or come and politely kiss me on the cheek by my side?

 

Now that it’s over will you take my picture off your wall

Fill it with the holiday girl and Lily Cole

Or will you just leave me there to hang un-peacefully?

 

 

WATCH THE RAIN

 

Let it pour, let it fall down like your dreams

Let it go, let it flow away into the gutter

Let it wash all the colour away from yourself

Let it take away the pain

 

I remember when you asked me, do I ever watch the rain?

And I remember I was watching it then but I just didn’t want to say

And now when you look out your window it will never be the same

Cos when it pours down from now on, you’ll always think of my name, I’ll be in your brain

 

And if you get a leak in your roof just think of it like my problems falling through

And if you get a hole in your ceiling think of how I’ll be feeling, cold and all alone

Like a drifting leaf, falling from the [autumn] ???

Yet again and again

 

Watch it ??? from the sky like a child running away

Watch it roll off the pages, like a tear from my face

Hear the pitter pater on the pavement like the knocking on your door

??? the floor

 

I remember when you asked me, do I ever watch the rain?

And I remember I was watching it then but I just didn’t want to say…

 

And if you get a leak in your roof, think of it like my problems pouring through…

 

And I know you’re working me out, slowly but surely, slowly but surely

But I know you’ll never tell about my other side

And that’s why we all watch the rain, to wash away the secrets and the lies

Cos I know everyone watches the rain, sometimes

 

Watch it fall down, as you watch me fall for you

Cos you knew it was about you

But you didn’t have the guts to say

That you knew it was all for you

 

 

LIVE LIFE

 

What’s been going on they ???

Well people started [dealing] speed

And kids my age still smoking weed

Just so that they can get some sleep

Cos parents they get really mad when their children want to ???

And ??? hanging out with the ???

Who smoke ??? and pick fights with the chavvs

 

But they forget you can’t ???, no

You can’t ??? fine

Cos there’s always gonna be a ???

So just let them live their lives

 

(Here being the point that I got mad and quit.)

 

 

NEON FASHION AND GLOWSTIX

 

We already know, will add.

 

Interesting, though: The line is Skip along and try to get our Converse dirty like

 

 

MAURITIUS

 

It was a quarter to ten at night and she was feeling alright

Just been out shopping all day cos it was the school holidays

And she got back home, sat alone

Flicked on the computer and talked to her friends and this boy came online

He said he’d miss her, he said he liked her

Even though they were best friends and had been for such a long time

 

So she started to ask some questions

Just some random little thing

Cos she felt that if they were going to click

She’s need to know the details

 

He said My favourite colour is light blue

I like Irish ice cream

Whisky’s pretty yummy

And I like ???

I’d put kissing over hugging and laughing over tears

I like pizza and Mauritius but I ain’t been there in years

 

Well what a lovely, lovely boy

He seemed bright enough, he had a life and a good personality

But not much going on in the bedroom, if you know what I mean

But I guess it kind of adds to his appeal

This is the guy who said he liked her

And that she reminded him of something he could see but couldn’t quite reach

 

So she wrote all this down in a book

That she could look at any day

And it would always remind her of his smile

And his funny coloured hair

 

She said I like lots of different colours

And cookie dough ice cream

??? is the best even though it’s quite fattening

I’d put kissing over hugging and laughing over tears

I like pizza and I don’t think I’ve been to Mauritius

 

Is it good there, is it good there, does it have lots of sun?

Is it good there, would it be really, really fun?

He said I think it would be fun if we went there sometime

He said Let’s go

She said where?

To Mauritius

 

 

ALCOHOLIC

 

Oh I never noticed it before

How beautiful your line burnt

And I’m not really into the whole love song thing

But I’ll try it out just for you

 

This is my last chance

This is my last chance

And I ain’t taking any ??? this time no, no

This is your last chance

This is your last chance

To prove, to prove

You’ll be fine on your own

 

Now that I’ve warned you oh what you gonna do?

You put the broken bottles up against you lips and take a drink

Breathe in, breathe out

But we don’t care any more, no, no, no

 

This is your last chance

This is your last chance

And you ain’t taking any ??? this time no, no, no

This is our last chance

This is our last chance

To show them, to show them

We’ll survive on our own

 

On our own…

 

 

YET AGAIN

 

She listens to Yellowcard just to fit in with her friends, cos

They all know all the words

So she sings along just to click with them and

She tries to straight her naturally curly hair but

It don’t work, oh no it don’t, it looks just like a pile of ??? on top her head

 

Well yes, yes, yes, I’m banging on about her again

Cos I can’t get those things she’s been saying off my brain

And this time I ain’t mentioning no names

Cos that would make it too damn obvious

 

She helps out all the drunks who don’t really want to leave just

So she looks like some kind of Good Samaritan and

She gets her friends to break up her enemies girlfriends and boyfriends

And that kind of thing that they’ve got going on

 

Well yes, yes, yes, I’m banging on about her again…

 

Well she used to have a lot of love

But I reckon she locked it up and

I reckon she was one of those over possessive types, a girl comes up to her man

Calls out ‘???!’ and she turns all catty, [hisses] and scratches them away

 

Oh yes, yes, yes, I’m banging on about her again…

 

 

14

 

14’s all about being free

And that’s what they told me but what I am is free

Even though I’m in love

 

Say I’ll play in the woods with you

Say I’ll run through the river with you

Say I’ll ??? that free with you

Say I’ll take that bicycle with you and I’ll wheel it through the town

 

Cos that’s the kinda thing that people do when they are in love

Cos they’ve got their own indie song playing on repeat in their heart

Some people’s go SHOOBEEDOOOBAWAPBAPDOOO!

But mine goes something like this, cos I love you

 

You can drop me and pick me up again

If you promise you’ll ??? me any day

You can listen to my songs, anyway

Cos I know you won’t laugh

You can wear ??? clothes and

Dance along to the radio whilst

We walk back to your house along the main road

And you can drag me round Sainsbury’s in my golden pump shoes

 

Cos that’s the kinda thing that people do when they are in love…

 

Back to 14

It’s all about being free

I tried to ??? myself and write this

But it had to be done

I tried to ??? myself and write it

But it had to be done

 

 

LOL at her grammar, will consider doing a revision in English.

[drewby 9,225]

Well they definitely changed the lyrics to Machines when they redid it

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Well they definitely changed the lyrics to Machines when they redid it

Do you mind not boasting the fact that you have unleaked tracks? Don't worry, we know. It just gives off this "holier-than-thou" attitude that doesn't look good on anyone. 

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Do you mind not boasting the fact that you have unleaked tracks? Don't worry, we know. It just gives off this "holier-than-thou" attitude that doesn't look good on anyone. 

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"holier-than-thou"

[drewby 9,225]

Do you mind not boasting the fact that you have unleaked tracks? Don't worry, we know. It just gives off this "holier-than-thou" attitude that doesn't look good on anyone.

I mean I feel the same way when people discuss what's unleaked or who did what song or what's in circulation because that information isn't readily available either

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Well, I can see things are getting a little heated, so I'm just going to 

 

SHOOBEEDOOOBAWAPBAPDOOO!

[Sitar 22,181]

Definitely see Kate Nash inspiration in "Chas' Song" and "Mauritius"--I keep singing both in my head with the "Birds" melody.

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Definitely see Kate Nash inspiration in "Chas' Song" and "Mauritius"--I keep singing both in my head with the "Birds" melody.

Some guy on MySpace compared "Supermodels and Holiday Stunners" to Kate too...I really just wanna hear them all.

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I keep singing both in my head with the "Birds" melody.

There is so much I haven't heard. I'm such a flop stan.

[Sitar 22,181]

There is so much I haven't heard. I'm such a flop stan.

 

...of Kate Nash?

[comeintomybedroom 8,574]

...of Kate Nash?

I feel so stupid.

Anyway, I'm sure there's many Charli tracks I haven't heard.

[cartoon eyes 2,315]

I have been ADDICTED to Neon Fashion and Glowstix recently.

 

[comeintomybedroom 8,574]

How Can I is in my top 5.

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So Charli updated her website!

http://www.charlixcxmusic.com

[cartoon eyes 2,315]

How many MySpace accounts does this girl have, my god!

[comeintomybedroom 8,574]

I've never seen this?

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I've never seen this?

 

Oh my, this is lovely. Totally captures the song IMO.