Anthems for Doomed Youth
The Libertines
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Barbarians
03 : 36
2
Gunga Din
02 : 58
3
Fame and Fortune
03 : 07
4
Anthem for Doomed Youth
04 : 26
5
Youâre My Waterloo
04 : 19
6
Belly of the Beast
04 : 06
7
Iceman
04 : 58
8
Heart of the Matter
03 : 29
9
Fury of Chonburi
02 : 40
10
The Milkmanâs Horse
03 : 23
11
Glasgow Coma Scale Blues
03 : 12
12
Dead for Love
05 : 15
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Barbarians Lyrics
[Verse 1 : Carl Barât]
This one's for your heart and for your mind
The melodies in 4/4 time
You get in right and it rings true
And now they're coming out in droves
Out of the burrows to the shows
There's nothing else to do
[Chorus : Carl Barât]
All I want is to scream out loud
And have it up with a mental crowd
Cause I believe somehow
The world's fucked but it won't get me down
[Verse 2 : Peter Doherty]
Here's to the thug you can't cultivate
Working his scrubs by the prison gate
Your mum, your son in law and your lonely nights too
They boxed off your heart, you boxed out your mind
You collect your food in 4/4 time
To cope with your lonely life too
So great shakes to change the rhythm
Feed the monkey play the pipe
It's a given, it's a gibbon on your back
What will a better man do?
[Chorus : Carl Barât & Peter Doherty]
All I want is to scream out loud
And have it up with a mental crowd
Cause I believe, and how
All I want is to scream out loud
And have it up with a mental crowd
Cause I believe, somehow
The world's fucked but it won't get me down
I said, ah no
I said woo
And all your lonely nights too
All I want is to scream out loud
And have it up with a mental crowd
Cause I believe, and how
All I want is to scream out loud
And have it up with a mental crowd
Cause I believe, somehow
The world's fucked but it won't get me down
I said, ah no
Woo
Gunga Din Lyrics
[Verse 1: Peter Doherty]
Woke up again to my chagrin
Getting sick and tired of feeling sick and tired again
I tried to write, because I got the right
To make it look as if I'm doing something with my life
Got to find a vein, it's always the same
And a drink to ease the panic and the suffering
I woke up again
Dreamt of Gunga Din
[Chorus]
Oh, the road is long
If you stay strong
You're a better man than I
You've been beaten and flayed
Probably betrayed
You're a better man than I
[Verse 2: Carl Barât]
Woke up again to my evil twin
The mirror is fucking ugly and I'm sick and tired of looking at him
Been up all night, I'll probably pick a fight
'Coz I can't help it, I'm bastard in the morning
So I try to write, I think I have the right
A little drink-y now and then to help me just to see the light
Just another day, it feels like nothing's changed
Oh fuck it, oh here I go again
[Chorus]
Oh, the road is long
If you stay strong
You're a better man than I
You've been beaten and flayed
Probably betrayed
You're a better man than I
[Bridge: Peter Doherty/Carl Barât]
What's the point in me now?
I can't chase you nohow
Oh, leave me alone
I've got those Monday blues
Straight from Sunday blues
[Chorus]
Oh, the road is long
If you stay strong
You're a better man than I
You've been beaten and flayed
Probably betrayed
You're a better man than I
[Outro]
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 what are you doing, you stupid fucking idiot?
Wake up!
Hey!
Fame and Fortune Lyrics
[Verse 1: Pete Doherty]
Seeking fame and fortune
We walk the streets of London
Looking for the crossroads everywhere
Holed up in squats in theatre bars
Thereâs a slasher on the Holloway boulevard
Screaming: "Monkey, monkey, mon-key everywhere"
[Chorus: Pete Doherty/Carl Barât]
Like tin soldiers responding to the call
To Camden we will crawl
One and all
Oh down to Trash and Lordy Lord
By icons we were lured
One and all
[Verse 2: Carl Barât]
Seeking fame and fortune
Old Nick says: âcome on then, Iâll meet you in the shadows by Rochester squareâ
The deal was done, the trade was rough
Doubloons down for a double bluff
Dip your quill in your bleeding heart
Sign there and there and there
[Chorus: Peter Doherty/Carl Barât]
Like tin soldiers responding to the call
To Camden we will crawl
One and all
Oh down to Trash and Lordy Lord
By icons we were lured
One and all
[Bridge: Peter Doherty/Carl Barât]
Oh, they were as boys, tell me what then did they know
What was it they learned and where did they go
Now listen to the voice of the city morning air
If youâre looking for something thatâs never been there
[Verse 3: Pete Doherty]
If youâre seeking fame and fortune
Walking the streets of London
Looking for the crossroads everywhere
Hold on to your dreams, however bleak it seems
The world they may not listen, but the devil may care
[Chorus: Pete Doherty/Carl Barât]
Like tin soldiers responding to the call
To Camden we will crawl
One and all
Oh down to Trash and Lordy Lord
By icons we were lured
One and all
Youâre My Waterloo Lyrics
[Peter Doherty]
You'll never fumigate the demons
No matter how much you smoke
So just say you love me
For three good reasons
And I'll throw you the rope
You don't need it
Because you are the survivor
Of more than one life
And you're the only lover I had
Who ever slept with a knife
But you're not Judy Garland
Oh just like me you've never really had a home of your own
But I'm not Tony Hancock baby
Until the dawn
We'll stone the crows
We'll stone the crows
We'll stone the crows
And you see I've brought you flowers
I've brought you flowers, all collected from the Old Vic Stage
Well I've been sitting here for hours, baby
Just chasing these words
Across the page
Cause you're my Waterloo
Well I'll be your Gypsy Lane
I'm so glad we know just what to do
And exactly who's to blame
And you're my Waterloo
I'll be your Stanley Park
Well I'm so glad we know just what to do
And no one's left
Stumbling around
Fumbling around
Tumbling around
In the dark
Always in the dark
You're my Waterloo
I'll be your Calvary
Well I'm so glad we know just what to do
And everyone's gonna be happy
Everyone's gonna be happy
Everyone's gonna be happy
But of course
Iceman Lyrics
[Verse 1 : Peter Doherty]
He was just a young boy in the city
Clouds of smoke he sought to find his dreams
Suedehead and his pipe he wove through the white city
The hows-your-father bookie's runner scene
[Verse 2 : Carl Barât]
She was just a young girl in the city
Struggling with life love and money
Weaving through the streets and looking so so pretty
The rummest sort Stockwell had ever seen
The rummest sort Stockwell had ever seen... seen
[Chorus]
I've spent my days in the haze with the iceman
I've spent my nights wandering the wards
I've spent my days in the haze with the iceman
It means the iceman is always on call
[Verse 3 : Peter Doherty]
She started work on the last day of November
Spilling drinks in a seedy cabaret show
He met her on the first day of December
Outside a a bookshop on the Charing Cross road
[Verse 4 : Carl Barât]
Those winter nights they'd walk along the river
He'd chain-smoke and she'd stare up at the sky
And say this life, this love, this river has to end
But just for now we have all the time
Just for now we have all the time... time
[Chorus]
Don't spend your days in the haze with the iceman
Don't spend your nights wandering the wards
Don't spend your days in the haze with the iceman
Because it means nothing at all
[Bridge]
Don't spend your days in the haze with iceman
(Don't spend your days in the haze with the iceman)
Don't spend your nights wandering the wards
(Don't spend your nights wandering the wards)
Don't spend your days in the haze with the iceman
It means nothing at all
[Chorus]
Don't spend your days in the haze with the iceman
Don't spend your nights wandering the wards
Don't spend your days in the haze with the iceman
It means nothing at all
[Outro]
Just for now we have all the time
Just for now we have all the time
Fury of Chonburi Lyrics
6 ContributorsFury of Chonburi LyricsNinth track of Anthems for Doomed Youth. Chonburi is a Thai province where the album was recorded.Fury of Chonburi!
Fury of Chonburi!
Fury of Chonburi!
Well, everytime I see the Pigman
Taking sides to split
Riding jokes like Trojan horses
Of the Apocalypse
And I do wish him well
I got him under my spell
I think he'll do just fine
If he can toe the line
Fury, fury carry me merrily to hell
I'm Nagar in his sanctity
I'll rise from where I fell
Fury of Chonburi!
Fury of Chonburi!
Fury of Chonburi!
Yeah well, I felt I saw the Pigman
In a photofit
On a wanted poster
On the Sukhumvit
Oh no I don't know what he did man
But I stand by my brother
Oh yeah we're gonna make it big man
One way or the other
Fury, fury carry me too merrily to hell
Jiggers defying gravity the CPS as well
You see him lowering the tone
And bringing out the bone
Kathmandu's a steep old climb!
Fury, fury carry me merrily to hell
Like a much maligned deity
Or beloved I can't tell
Fury, fury carry me merrily to hell
And exorcise my soul for me
It doesn't serve me well
The time is not on my side
Time is nowhere left to hide
Fury of Chonburi!
The Milkmanâs Horse Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They just don't make that kind of license anymore
For that way of life anymore
That type of world anymore
[Chorus]
What you done
Get out of my dreams you scum
They weren't meant for anyone
They weren't meant for anyone but me
[Verse 2]
In my cinematic mind
I see battles fought at sea
I awake in dawn's empire
It must be lonely being you being me
[Chorus]
What you done
Get out of my dreams you scum
They weren't meant for anyone but me
What you done
I just get so overrun
Impossible dreams they come for me
Poor me
[Bridge]
For the worlds they never see
This beatific reverie
By wind-swept kisses heavens reign
Lovers rise to fall and fall and rise again
[Chorus]
What you done
Get out of my dreams you scum
They weren't meant for anyone but me
What you done
I just get so overrun
These hellful filled dreams they come for me
What you done
Get out of my dreams you scum
They weren't meant for anyone but me
Poor me