[ti:The Blues Are Still Blue] [ar:Belle and Sebastian] [al:The Life Pursuit] [offset:500] [00:00.00]Belle and Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue [00:12.68] [00:14.68] [00:16.68]Look at the kid from school [00:20.15]He’s teaching mamas and papas how to be a little cool [00:24.21]He’s changing fashion, the way he dress [00:28.75]The tracksuits are old, and the hoody’s way too moody [00:32.43]For a kid with the will to funk [00:34.78]He dances in secret; he’s a part-time punk [00:38.41] [00:40.91]She’s getting off the plane [00:44.28]She wants to write a thesis on the population underprivileged [00:48.77]The kids fighting up the lane [00:52.44]Shop lifting, just drifting [00:54.59]Like The Switchblade And The Cross [00:56.37]But if there’s trouble she’s got the moves [00:58.87]She’s taking an elementary class in Kung fu [01:02.60] [01:04.97]I left my washing in the launderette [01:08.76]You can put some money on it, you can place a little bet [01:12.40]That when I see my washing [01:14.95]The black will be grey and the white will be grey [01:18.38]But the blues are still blue [01:20.78] [01:23.01]I』m crying out for my mum [01:26.67]If the malady don』t go away we』re in a little trouble [01:30.61]With the boss of the company [01:34.83]I』m a singer, a swinger I』m a layabout but laying on [01:38.89]The dock in the lazy sun [01:40.98]Will never quite relegate me to a bum [01:44.60] [01:47.02]I left my lady in the launderette [01:50.76]You can put some money on it, you can place a little bet [01:54.36]That when I see my lady [01:57.01]The black will be white and the white will be black [02:00.36]But The Blues Are Still Blue [02:02.70] [02:26.45]Baby, I love your face [02:30.63]I』ve been creeping round this town because… [02:32.85]Well, creeping’s just my way [02:34.41]But with a little wink I』ll be there [02:38.41]I』ll be excited for a week, [02:40.22]but then excitement starts to fade [02:42.45]I know your young, but you』re out of touch [02:44.89]You』re French, your vocabulary’s not quite formed [02:48.89] [02:50.95]I left my homework in the launderette [02:54.46]I got a letter from my mamma which my stoopid dog has ate [02:58.39]I hid behind the fence [03:00.36]Here comes the deputy head with the bark of a bulldog [03:04.70]He’s not making much sense [03:06.73] [03:26.90][03:08.86]I left my lady in the launderette [03:30.55][03:12.33]You can put some money on it, you can place a little bet [03:34.09][03:16.30]That when I see my lady [03:36.81][03:18.90]The black will be white and the white will be black [03:40.21][03:22.30]But the blues are still blue… [03:42.68][03:24.75] [03:52.17] [03:56.16] [04:00.18] [04:05.56]END