Jandek - Only Lover lyrics

You never smoke a cigarette when you are doing something

Only when you are half doing it

You are a teenage runt with a lot of cream, Sparky

Gone floating down a river to Madrid

And a car pull in softly

Waiting for the footsteps

How has she followed me here

The tent I went to wasn't mine

It was a cantaloupe's

Cantaloupes are so good to eat

When you dream of your Johnny in a shower

Gone floatin' down a river to Madrid

I love you my lady

I love you like I do

Why you make me so blue

A-kill me, kill me, kill me

Kill me, kill me

I think I'm a goner

When I see one of your shoes

Gone floatin' down a river to Madrid

You're the reason I live

You're the cause of my death

I love what I can't help

You took my success

Will you take my failure

After Arnie took a pill from the bottom

He wasn't ne'er the same

You ought to be gone floatin' down a river to Madrid

I hear you bought a new dress

A red the color of your kiss

Darlin' are you with me now

A-kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me, kiss me

Ohhh it's my time to die

When I think of your black lips

Gone floatin' down a river to Madrid

Found a painted pony in your breast

Can I tell you the rest

I love you goddess

Listen mister can you be my monkey

Feel my pulse take a stab at my arm

I wasn't meant to have a garden

Gone floatin' down a river to Madrid

Jezebel, you're my favorite

In your country I roam

Listen to me now, lady

Worst I had to tell you was I followed you here

First you made me promise that I wouldn't leave

Then I found my freedom

Gone floatin' down a river to Madrid

Lost some lovely on the way

You gave them back I heard you say

You're my only lover

Like a kangaroo I'm only half doing what I do

Jesus stares at me from the wall

And I think I like your bosom

Aw gone floatin' down a river to Madrid

Ahh, you hear my music

Oh, lord I think it's hard to tell

How she followed me here