If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian
The Stars of Track and Field
Make a new cult every day to suit your affairs
Kissing girls in English at the back of the stairs
You're a honey with a following of innocent boys
They never know it because you never show it
You always get your way
They never know it because you never show it
You always get your way
Have you and her been taking pictures of your obsessions?
Because I met a boy who went through one of your sessions
In his blue velour and silk
You liberated a boy I never rated
And now he's throwing discus for Liverpool and Widnes
You liberated a boy I never rated
And now he's doing business
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field are beautiful people
Could I write a piece about you now that you've made it?
About the hours spent, the wilderness in your training
You only did it so that you could wear
Your terry underwear and feel the city air
Run past your body
Your terry underwear and feel the city air
Run past your body
Could I write a requiem for you when you're dead?
She had the moves she had the speed it went to her head
She never needed anyone to get her round the track
But when she's on her back she had the knowledge
To get her into college
But when she's on her back she had the knowledge
To get her what she wanted
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field are beautiful people
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field are beautiful people
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field are beautiful people
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field are beautiful people
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field you are
The stars of track and field are beautiful people
Seeing Other People
We lay on the bed there
Kissing just for practice
Could we please be objective?
Cause the other boys are queuing up behind us
A hand over my mouth
A hand over the window
Well if I remain passive and you just want to cuddle
Then we should be okay and we won't get in a muddle
We're seeing other people at least that's what we say we are doing
So how are you feeling?
I don't think you could be dealing
With the situation very well
You take a lover for a dirty weekend that's okay
When it's over you are looking at the working week through the eyes of a gigolo
You're kissing your elbow
You're kissing your reflection
And you can't understand why all the other boys are going for the
New tall elegant rich kids
You can bet it is a bitch kid
But if they don't see the quality then it is apparent
That you're going to have to change or
You're going to have to go with girls
You'd be better off at least they know where to put it
We lay on the bed there
Kissing just for practice
Could we please be objective?
Cause the other boys are queuing up behind us
A hand over my mouth
A hand over the window
Well if I remain passive and you just want to cuddle
Then we should be okay and we won't get in a muddle
We're seeing other people at least that's what we say we are doing
We're seeing other people at least that's what we say we are doing
We're seeing other people at least that's what we say we are doing
Me and the Major
Me and the Major could become close friends cause we
Get on the same train and he wants to talk to me
Me and the Major could become close friends cause we
Get on the same train and he wants to talk
But no there's too much history, too much biography between us
Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a
Number of things he'll take a guy like me oh yeah
Me and the Major don't see eye to eye on a
Number of things he'll take a guy like me and
Put him in the army cause the Queen's own army makes a man of you
He doesn't understand and he doesn't try
He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I
We're the younger generation, we grew up fast
All the others did drugs, they're taking it out on us
They're taking it out on us
They're taking it out on us
Me and the Major are from different worlds but if
I get stuck in the lift it's always with a toff
Me and the Major are from different worlds but if
I get stuck in the lift it's always with a man
Of noble standing who looks down on me like I was never born
I think the Major's going quite insane he goes
Along the pavement and comes back again oh yeah
I think the Major's going quite insane he goes
Along the pavement and comes back again
Like he is on parade, he's on parade at least he thinks so
Now he's swapping his tent for a sheltered home
He doesn't have a family and he's living alone
He remembers all the punks and the hippies too
And he remembers Roxy Music in seventy-two
He doesn't understand, no he doesn't try
He knows there's something missing and he knows it's you and I
We're the younger generation, we grew up fast
All the others did drugs, they're taking it out on us
They're taking it out on us
They're taking it out on us
I want a dance I want a drink of whisky
So I forget the Major and go up the town oh boy
I want a dance I want a drink of whisky
So I forget the Major and go up the town
Because the snow is falling
Yeah the snow is falling
The snow is falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling
Falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling
Falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling falling
Falling falling falling falling falling falling falling
Like Dylan in the Movies
Lisa's kissing men like a long walk home
When the music stops
Take a tip from me, don't go through the park
When you're on your own it's a long walk home
Well if they follow you, don't look back
Like Dylan in the movies
On your own
If they follow you
It's not your money that they're after, boy it's you
Pure easy listening, settle down
On the pillow soft when they've all gone home
You can concentrate on the ones you love
You can concentrate, hey now they've gone
But if they follow you, don't look back
Like Dylan in the movies
On your own
If they follow you
It's not your money that they're after, boy it's you
Yeah you're worth the trouble and you're worth the pain
You're worth the worry I would do the same
If we all went back to another time
I will love you over
I will love you over
I will love you
If they follow you, don't look back
Like Dylan in the movies
On your own
If they follow you
Tenderly you turn the light off in your room
If they follow you, don't look back
Like Dylan in the movies
On your own
If they follow you
The Fox in the Snow
Fox in the snow, where do you go?
To find something you could eat
Cause the word out on the street is you are starving
Don't let yourself grow hungry now
Don't let yourself grow cold
Fox in the snow
Girl in the snow, do will you go?
To find someone that will do
To tell someone all the truth before it kills you
They listen to your crazy laugh
Before you hang a right
And disappear from sight
What do they know anyway?
You'll read it in a book
What do they know anyway?
You'll read it in a book tonight
Boy on the bike, what are you like?
As you cycle round the town
You're going up, you're going down, you're going nowhere
It's not as if they're paying you
It's not as if it's fun
At least not anymore
When your legs are black and blue
It's time to take a break
When your legs are black and blue
It's time to take a holiday
Kid in the snow, way to go
It only happens once a year
It only happens once a lifetime, make the most of it
Second just to being born
Second to dying too
What else would you do?
What else would you do?
What else would you do?
What else would you do?
Fox in the snow (when your leg's looking black and blue)
Fox in the snow (it's not as if they're paying you)
Fox in the snow (when your leg's looking black and blue)
Fox in the snow (it's not as if they're paying you)
Fox in the snow
Fox in the snow
Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
Oh get me away from here, I'm dying
Play me a song to set me free
Nobody writes them like they used to so it may as well be me
Here on my own now after hours
Here on my own now on a bus
Think of it this way you could either be successful or be us
With our winning smiles
And us with our catchy tunes
Oh us now we're photogenic
You know, we don't stand a chance
Oh I'll settle down with some old story
About a boy who's just like me
Thought there was love in everything and everyone, you're so na�ve
They always reach a sorry ending
They always get it in the end
Still it was worth it as I turned the pages solemnly and then
With a winning smile
The boy with na�vety succeeds
At the final moment I cried
I always cry at endings
I always cry at endings
Oh that wasn't what I meant to say at all
From where I'm sitting rain
Falling against the lonely tenement has set my mind to wander
Into the windows of my lovers
They never know unless I write
"This is no declaration I just thought I'd let you know goodbye"
Said the hero in the story
"It is mightier than swords
I could kill you sure
But I could only make you cry with these words"
Cry with these words
Cry with these words
Cry with these words
Oh get me away, I'm dying
Get me away, I'm dying
Get me away, I'm dying
Get me away, I'm dying
Oh I'm dying
Oh I'm dying yeah
Oh I'm dying yeah
Oh get me away, I'm dying
Get me away, I'm dying
Get me away, I'm dying
Get me away, I'm dying
Oh I'm dying
Oh I'm dying yeah
If You're Feeling Sinister
Anthony walked to his death because he thought he'd never feel this way again
If he goes back to the house then things would go from bad to worse, what could he do?
He wants to remember things exactly as he left them on that funny day
And if there is something else beyond he isn't scared because
It's bound to be less boring than today
It's bound to be less boring than tomorrow
Hilary went to her death because she couldn't think of anything to say
Everybody thought that she was boring so they never listened anyway
Nobody was really saying anything of interest, she fell asleep
She was into S&M and bible studies
Not everyone's cup of tea she would admit to me
Her cup of tea she would admit to no one
Her cup of tea she would admit to me
Her cup of tea she would admit to no one
Hilary went to the Catholic Church because she wanted information
The vicar or whatever took her to one side and gave her confirmation
Saint Theresa's calling her, the church up on the hill is looking lovely
But it didn't interest, the only things she wants to know are
How and why and when and where to go
How and why and when and where to follow
How and why and when and where to go
How and why and when and where to follow
But if you are feeling sinister
Go off and see a minister
He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever
La la la la la la la
When she got back her spirituality was thrown into confusion
So she got a special deal on renting from the man at Rediffusion
"Look at me, I'm on TV, it makes up for the shortcomings of being poor
Now I'm in a million pieces," picked up for deliberation
By the people listening at home
By the people watching on the telly
By the people listening at home
By the people watching on the telly
But if you are feeling sinister
Go off and see a minister
He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
But if you are feeling sinister
Go off and see a minister
The chances are you'd probably feel better if you stayed and played with yourself
Mayfly
One, two, three, four
Lovesick on a sunny afternoon
You are tired of staying in
You are waiting for a sign
Mayfly woken up when skies are clear
I don't mind you coming near
Keep me company till she comes again
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Cause you saw him in the park
Cause you saw him at the bridges with the people in the dark
Cana was the start of something big
You were there in the beginning
You were there to see him play
Mayfly woken up when skies are blue
I don't mind the sight of you
Keep me company till she comes again
You are the one who's making do
I am the one who's privy to
Cause you saw him at the celebrations
Cause you saw him at the celebrations standing at the side
You had the moves to save the day
And you would love him anyway
Lovesick it came back upon yourself
You are the one left on the shelf
You are incapable of playing the fool
Longing, so what's different today?
You sent the boy and girl away
You are concerned with matters lofty
But puzzled so it makes you sick
Your diary's looking like the bible with its verses lost in time
Lost in meaning for the people who surround you
It's a crying shame
You know it's a crying shame
You know it's a crying shame
Mayfly woken up when skies are blue
I don't mind the sight of you
Keep me company till she comes again
Mayfly woken up when skies are clear
I don't mind the sight of near
Keep me company till she comes again
La la la la she comes again
La la la la she comes again
La la la la la
The Boy Done Wrong Again
The boy done wrong again
Hang your head in shame and cry your life away
The boy done wrong again
Hang your head in shame and cry your life away
Are you okay now?
Are you okay now?
On Saturday I was an angel shining fair
You shone louder, longer
You put my shine to shame
Put me to shame now
What is it I must do to pay for all my crime?
What is it I must do?
I would do it all the time
Do it all the time now
All that I wanted was to sing the saddest songs
And if you would sing along I will be happy now
The woodland spring has put the darkness from your thinking
If this town's your sinking ship then you know where to jump
Talking dirty for a hobby that's okay
Pour another glass of wine
I'll think of England this time
All I wanted was to sing the saddest songs
And if you would sing along
Oh if you would sing along
If you'd only sing along
I will be happier
Judy and the Dream of Horses
Judy wrote the saddest song
She showed it to a boy in school today
Judy where did you go wrong?
You used to make me smile when I was down
Judy was a teenage rebel
She did it with a boy when she was young
She gave herself to books and learning
She gave herself to being number one
Judy I don't know you if you're going to show me everything
Judy I don't know you if you're going to show me everything
Judy got a book at school
She went under the covers with a torch
Fell asleep till it was morning
She dreamt about the girl who stole a horse
Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping
Judy never felt so good except when she was sleeping yeah
Judy let's go for a walk
We can kiss and do whatever you want
But you will be disappointed
You will fall asleep with ants in your pants
Judy you're just trying to find and keep the dream of horses
And the song she wrote was Judy and the Dream of Horses
Dream of horses
Dream of horses
Dream of horses
The best looking boys are taken
The best looking girls are staying inside
So Judy where does that leave you?
Walking the street from morning to night
With a star upon your shoulder lighting up the path that you walk
With a parrot on your shoulder saying everything when you talk
And if you're ever feeling blue then write another song about your dream of horses
Write a song about your dream of horses
Call it Judy and the Dream of Horses
Call it Judy and the Dream of Horses
You dream of horses la da dum bop
You dream of horses la da dum bop
You dream of horses la da dum bop
You dream of horses