Franz Ferdinand

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Jacqueline

03 : 49

Tell Her Tonight

02 : 17

Take Me Out

03 : 57

The Dark of the Matinée

04 : 03

Auf Achse

04 : 19

Cheating on You

02 : 36

This Fire

04 : 14

Darts of Pleasure

02 : 59

Michael

03 : 21

Come on Home

03 : 46

40′

03 : 24

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Track Lyrics

Jacqueline Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Jacqueline was seventeen, working on a desk

When Ivor peered above a spectacle, forgot that he had wrecked a girl

Sometimes these eyes forget the face they're peering from

When the face they peer upon

Well, you know that face as I do, and how in the return of the gaze

She can return you the face that you are staring from

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday

That's why we only work when we need the money

It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday

That's why we only work when we need the money

[Verse 2]

Gregor was down again, said, "Come on, kick me again"

Said, "I'm so drunk, I don't mind if you kill me

Come on, you gutless

Yeah, I'm alive, oh, I'm alive

Oh, I'm alive and how I know it

Oh, but for chips and for freedom, I could die"

[Chorus]

It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday

That's why we only work when we need the money

It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday

That's why we only work when we need the money

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday

That's why we only work when we need the money

It's always better on holiday, so much better on holiday

That's why we only work when we need the money

Tell Her Tonight Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I only watched her walk, but she saw it

I only heard her talk, but she saw it

I only touched her hips, but she saw it

I only kissed her lips, but she saw it

[Chorus]

Gonna have to tell her tonight

[Verse 2]

She only flicked her eyes, but I saw it

She only swung her hair, but I saw it

She only shook her hips, but I saw it

She only licked her lips, but I saw it

[Chorus]

Gonna have to tell her tonight

[Bridge]

Have to tell her, you tell her tonight, yeah

Have to tell her, you tell her tonight, oh yeah

[Verse 1]

I only watched her walk, but she saw it

I only heard her talk, but she saw it

I only touched her hips, but she saw it

I only kissed her lips, but she saw it

[Chorus]

Gonna have to tell her tonight

[Outro]

Have to tell her, you tell her tonight, yeah

Have to tell her, you tell her tonight, oh yeah

Take Me Out Lyrics

[Intro]

So if you're lonely, you know I'm here waiting for you

I'm just a cross-hair, I'm just a shot away from you

And if you leave here, you leave me broken, shattered I lie

I'm just a cross-hair, I'm just a shot, then we can die

Oh, oh, oh

I know I won't be leaving here with you

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 1]

I say, don't you know?

You say you don't know

I say: take me out

I say you don't show

Don't move, time is slow

I say: take me out

[Verse 2]

Well, I say you don't know

You say you don't know

I say: take me out

If I move, this could die

If eyes move, this could die

I want you to take me out

[Chorus]

I know I won't be leaving here (With you)

I know I won't be leaving here

I know I won't be leaving here (With you)

I know I won't be leaving here with you

[Verse 3]

I say, don't you know?

You say you don't know

I say: take me out

If I wane, this could die

If I wait, this could die

I want you to take me out

If I move, this could die

Eyes move, this can die

Come on, take me out

[Chorus]

I know I won't be leaving here (With you)

I know I won't be leaving here

I know I won't be leaving here (With you)

I know I won't be leaving here with you

The Dark of the Matinée Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Take your white finger

Slide the nail under the top and bottom buttons of my blazer

Relax the fraying wool, slacken ties

And I'm not to look at you in the shoe

But the eyes find the eyes

[Chorus]

Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files

You must follow, leave this academic factory

You will find me in the matinée, the dark of the matinée

It's better in the matinée, the dark of the matinée is mine

Yes, it's mine

[Verse 2]

Time every journey to bump into you accidentally

I charm you and tell you of the boys I hate, all the girls I hate

All the words I hate, all the clothes I hate

How I'll never be anything I hate

You smile, mention something that you like

Oh, how you'd have a happy life if you did the things you like

[Chorus]

Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files

You must follow, leave this academic factory

You will find me in the matinée, dark of the matinée

It's better in the matinée, the dark of the matinée is mine

Yes, it's mine

[Bridge]

So I'm on BBC Two now

Telling Terry Wogan how I made it

And what I made is unclear now

But his deference is and his laughter is

My words and smile are so easy now

Yes, it's easy now

[Chorus]

Find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files

You must follow, leave this academic factory

You will find me in the matinée, dark of the matinée

It's better in the matinée, the dark of the matinée

You will find me and follow me through corridors, refectories and files

You must follow, leave this academic factory

You will find me in the matinée, dark of the matinée

Better in the matinée, the dark of the matinée is mine

Yes, it's mine

Auf Achse Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You see her, you can't touch her

You hear her, you can't hold her

You want her, you can't have her

You want to, but she won't let you

You see her, you can't touch her

You hear her, you can't hold her

You want her, you can't have her

You want to, but she won't let you

[Chorus]

She's not so special, so look what you've done, boy

She's not so special, so look what you've done

[Post-Chorus]

And now you wish she'd never

Come back here again

Oh, never

Come back here again

[Verse 2]

You see her, you can't touch her

You hear her, you can't hold her

You want her, and you can't have her

You want to, but she won't let you

Well, you see her, you can't touch her

But you hear her, you can't hold her

And you want her, and you can't have her

And you want to, but she won't let you

[Chorus]

She's not so special, so look what you've done, boy

She's not so special, so look what you've done

[Bridge]

And now I'm nailed above you gushing from my side

It's with your sins that you have killed me

Thinking of your sins, I die

Thinking how you'd let them touch you

How you'd never realise that I'm ripped and hang forsaken

Knowing never will I rise again

[Outro]

You still see her, oh, you hear her

Ooh, you want her, oh, you want to

You see her, and you still hear her

And you want her, and you still want to

Cheating on You Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Goodbye, girl, because I'm lonely

Goodbye, girl, it isn't over

Goodbye, girl, because it's only love

Goodbye, girl, you know you own me

Goodbye, girl, yes, I'm a loser

Goodbye, girl, you know it's only love

[Chorus]

I'm cheating on you, yeah

You're cheating on me

[Verse 2]

Goodbye, girl, you are are the only one

Goodbye, girl, although you own me

Goodbye, girl, you only owe me love

Goodbye, girl, well, if you're lonely

Goodbye, girl, why don't you join me?

Goodbye, girl, you know it's only love

[Chorus]

I'm cheating on you, yeah

I'm thinking of you, yeah

I'm cheating on you, yeah

I'm cheating on you

[Bridge]

Oh, watch out, watch out

I'm cheating on you

[Outro]

Goodbye, girl

This Fire Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Eyes burning a way through me

Eyes, destroying so sweetly

Now there is a fire in me

A fire that burns

[Chorus]

This fire is out of control

I'm going to burn this city, burn this city

This fire is out of control

I'm going to burn this city, burn this city

This fire is out of control

We're going to burn this city, burn this city

This fire is out of control

We're going to burn it, I'll burn it, I, I, I'll burn it down

[Verse 2]

Eyes boring a way through me

Paralyse, controlling completely

Now there is a fire in me

A fire that burns

[Chorus]

This fire is out of control

I'm going to burn this city, burn this city

This fire is out of control

I'm going to burn this city, burn this city

This fire is out of control

[Bridge]

Oh, how I burn for you

Burn, oh, how I burn for you

Burn, how I burn

How I burn, oh, how I

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

This fire is out of control

I'm going to burn this city, burn this city

This fire is out of control

I'm going to burn this city, burn this city

This fire is out of control

We're going to burn this city, burn this city

This fire is out of control

We're going to burn it, I'll burn it, I, I, I'll burn it down

Darts of Pleasure Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You are the latest contender

You are the one to remember

You are the villain who sends a

Line of dark fantastic passion

I know that you will surrender

I want this fantastic passion

Will have fantastic passion

[Chorus]

You can feel my lips undress your eyes

Undress your eyes, undress your eyes

Words of love and words so leisured

Words are poisoned darts of pleasure

Die, and so you die

[Verse 2]

You are the latest adventure

You're an emotion avenger

You are the devil that sells a

A line of dark fantastic passion

I know that you will surrender

I want this fantastic passion

Will have fantastic passion

[Chorus]

You can feel my lips undress your eyes

Undress your eyes, undress your eyes

Skin can feel my lips they tingle, tense anticipation

This one is an easy one, feel the word and melt upon it

Words of love and words so leisured

Words are poisoned darts of pleasure

Die, and so you die

[Outro (German)]

Ich heiße Superfantastisch!

Ich trinke Schampus mit Lachsfisch!

Ich heiße Superfantastisch!

Ich trinke Schampus mit Lachsfisch!

Ich heiße Superfantastisch!

Ich trinke Schampus mit Lachsfisch!

Ich heiße Superfantastisch!

Michael Lyrics

[Verse 1]

This is where I'll be, so heavenly

So come and dance with me, Michael

So sexy, I'm sexy

So come and dance with me, Michael

I'm all that you see, you want to see

So come and dance with me, Michael

[Pre-Chorus]

So close now, so close now

So come and dance with me

[Chorus]

Michael, you're the boy with all the leather hips

Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips

Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want

Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want

Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor

Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore

Michael waiting on a silver platter now

And nothing matters now

[Verse 2]

This is what I am, I am a man

So come and dance with me, Michael

So strong now, it's strong now

So come and dance with me, Michael

I'm all that you see, you want to see

So come and dance with me, Michael

[Pre-Chorus]

So close now, it's close now

So come and dance with me

[Chorus]

Michael, you're the boy with all the leather hips

Sticky hair, sticky hips, stubble on my sticky lips

Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want

Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want

Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor

Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore

Michael waiting on a silver platter now

And nothing matters now

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want

Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want

Michael, you're the only one I'd ever want

Only one I'd ever want, only one I'd ever want

Beautiful boys on a beautiful dance floor

Michael, you're dancing like a beautiful dance-whore

Michael waiting on a silver platter now

Nothing matters, oh, nothing matters, oh

Nothing matters, oh yeah

Come on Home Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live

I kind of find I like a life this lonely

It rips and pierces me in places I can't see

I love the rip of nerves, the rip that wakes me

So I'm dissatisfied, I love dissatisfied

I love to feel as though it's more than I need

[Chorus]

So come on home

Home

[Verse 2]

You're where you want to be, I'm where I want to be

Come on, we're chasing everything we've ever wanted

Replace you easily, replace pathetically

I flirt with every flighty thing that falls my way

But how I needed you when I needed you

Let's not forget we are so strong, so bloody strong

[Chorus]

Come on home

So come on home

Home

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Blue light falls upon your perfect skin

Falls and you draw back again

Falls and this is how I felt

And I cannot forget, and I cannot forget

[Chorus]

Come on home

So come on home

But don't forget to leave

40′ Lyrics

[Verse 1]

As I glance once upon the foam

Forty feet beneath my feet

The coldest calm falls through the molten veins

Cooling all the blood to slush, congeals around again

[Chorus]

Oh-oh, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la

Oh, and forty feet remain

[Verse 2]

Salt scales upon my drying arms

Burn my back beneath the sun

But I am cold beneath the burning rays

Looking down, looking down, down, down again

[Chorus]

Oh-oh, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la

Oh, and forty feet remain

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Oh, and forty feet remain

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Digging into Franz Ferdinand - what's your favorite track or standout moment? 🤘

Track Lyrics

Jacqueline Lyrics

Tell Her Tonight Lyrics

Take Me Out Lyrics

The Dark of the Matinée Lyrics

Auf Achse Lyrics

Cheating on You Lyrics

This Fire Lyrics

Darts of Pleasure Lyrics

Michael Lyrics

Come on Home Lyrics

40′ Lyrics