Released: June 25, 2001
Songwriter: Julian Casablancas
Producer: Gordon Raphael
[Verse 1]
Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone, tried to take control
Oh, I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
We shared some ideas
All obsessed with fame, says we're all the same
Oh, I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
[Pre-Chorus]
Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back
[Chorus 1]
I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train
I'll try, but you see, it's hard to explain
I say the right thing but act the wrong way
I like it right here, but I cannot stay
I'm watching TV, forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young and they are too old
The joke is on you, this place is a zoo
You're right, it's true
[Verse 2]
He said he can't decide
I shake my head to say, "everything's just great"
Oh, I just can't remember
I just can't remember
[Pre-Chorus]
Raised in Carolina
She says, "I'm not like that"
Trying to remind her
When we go back
[Chorus 2]
I say the right thing but act the wrong way
I like it right here, but I cannot stay
I'm watching TV, forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young and they are too old
Oh man, can't you see, I'm nervous, so please
Pretend to be nice so I can be mean
I missed the last bus, we'll take the next train
I'll try, but you see, it's hard to explain
Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone, tried to take control
Oh, I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
We shared some ideas
All obsessed with fame, says we're all the same
Oh, I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
[Pre-Chorus]
Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back
[Chorus 1]
I missed the last bus, I'll take the next train
I'll try, but you see, it's hard to explain
I say the right thing but act the wrong way
I like it right here, but I cannot stay
I'm watching TV, forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young and they are too old
The joke is on you, this place is a zoo
You're right, it's true
[Verse 2]
He said he can't decide
I shake my head to say, "everything's just great"
Oh, I just can't remember
I just can't remember
[Pre-Chorus]
Raised in Carolina
She says, "I'm not like that"
Trying to remind her
When we go back
[Chorus 2]
I say the right thing but act the wrong way
I like it right here, but I cannot stay
I'm watching TV, forget what I'm told
Well, I am too young and they are too old
Oh man, can't you see, I'm nervous, so please
Pretend to be nice so I can be mean
I missed the last bus, we'll take the next train
I'll try, but you see, it's hard to explain
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- Is This It (2001)
- The Adults Are Talking
- Someday
- Reptilia
- Ode to the Mets
- At the Door
- Selfless
- Last Nite
- Is This It
- Why Are Sundays So Depressing?
- Barely Legal
- You Only Live Once
- The Modern Age
- Hard to Explain
- Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus
- Call It Fate, Call It Karma
- Welcome to Japan
- Bad Decisions
- Threat of Joy
- Soma
- Under Cover of Darkness
- Eternal Summer
- Not the Same Anymore
- I’ll Try Anything Once
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