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Saturday Looks Good To Me – Dialtone lyrics
Beside the drum kit in the basement
I was trying to get to sleep
I heard your voice come through the floorboards
On my answering machine
But by the time I reached the phone's ring
The only thing still singing was the dialtone

I couldn't find you in my dreams
So I went out into the night
I heard you talking somewhere soft
Your voice bounced off a satellite
But by the time I reached the place
From where the sound originated
You were gone

But I smelled summer in those letters
That you sprayed with your perfume
I breathed your breath
And I was left swaying with the curtains in the room
In the knowledge you would leave me
Beneath the angry April moon where you first found me

You've got one too many lovers
But you're still my only friend
And you got more secret admirers
Than there are snakes in the garden
And by the time you're finished kissing
Whoever's come around hissing
You're spitting out poison

And all the people have their reasons
For the things they think they have to do
But none of the reasons you're speaking
Sound anything like the truth

Each one sounds like a composite
Each one sounds like a new excuse for letting go
So let go
If all that's left is letting go

As the x-ray clearly shows
This thing was broken long ago

The bars will close
And the ashtrays overflow

I won't be there on Thursday night
But I hope you all have fun
You may not recognize my absence
But I won't be the only one
Who goes missing from your party
As the stitches come undone
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Beside the drum kit in the basement I was trying to get to sleep I heard your voice come through the floorboards On my answering machine But by the time I reached the phone's ring The only thing still singing was the dialtone I couldn't find you in my dreams So I went out into the night I heard you talking somewhere soft Your voice bounced off a satellite But by the time I reached the place From where the sound originated You were gone But I smelled summer in those letters That you sprayed with your perfume I breathed your breath And I was left swaying with the curtains in the room In the knowledge you would leave me Beneath the angry April moon where you first found me You've got one too many lovers But you're still my only friend And you got more secret admirers Than there are snakes in the garden And by the time you're finished kissing Whoever's come around hissing You're spitting out poison And all the people have their reasons For the things they think they have to do But none of the reasons you're speaking Sound anything like the truth Each one sounds like a composite Each one sounds like a new excuse for letting go So let go If all that's left is letting go As the x-ray clearly shows This thing was broken long ago The bars will close And the ashtrays overflow I won't be there on Thursday night But I hope you all have fun You may not recognize my absence But I won't be the only one Who goes missing from your party As the stitches come undone Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: CEZAR CUNNINGHAM, CRAIG SERANI MARSH, DELANO THOMAS, MICHAEL PATRICK JARRETT, WALLACE WILSON
Dialtone lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Ultra Tunes
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