Released: January 29, 2001
Songwriter: Julian Casablancas
Producer: Gordon Raphael
[Verse 1]
Up on a hill, here's where we begin
This little story, a long time ago
Start to pretend, stop pretending
It seems this game is simply never-ending
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, in the sun, sun, having fun, it's in my blood
I just can't help it
Don't want you here right now, let me go
Oh, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go
[Chorus]
Leaving just in time, stay there for a while
Rolling in the ocean, trying to catch her eye
Work hard and say it's easy, do it just to please me
Tomorrow will be different, so I'll pretend I'm leaving
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 2]
I feel so different now, we trained in avia–
I wish you hadn't stayed, my vision's clearer now, but I'm unafraid
Flying overseas, no time to feel the breeze
I took too many varieties
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, in the sun, sun, having fun, it's in my blood
I just can't help it
Don't want you here right now, let me go, woo!
Darling, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go
[Chorus]
Leaving just in time, stay there for a while
Rolling in the ocean, trying to catch her eye
Work hard and say it's easy, do it just to please me
Tomorrow will be different, so this is why I'm leaving
Up on a hill, here's where we begin
This little story, a long time ago
Start to pretend, stop pretending
It seems this game is simply never-ending
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, in the sun, sun, having fun, it's in my blood
I just can't help it
Don't want you here right now, let me go
Oh, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go
[Chorus]
Leaving just in time, stay there for a while
Rolling in the ocean, trying to catch her eye
Work hard and say it's easy, do it just to please me
Tomorrow will be different, so I'll pretend I'm leaving
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 2]
I feel so different now, we trained in avia–
I wish you hadn't stayed, my vision's clearer now, but I'm unafraid
Flying overseas, no time to feel the breeze
I took too many varieties
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, in the sun, sun, having fun, it's in my blood
I just can't help it
Don't want you here right now, let me go, woo!
Darling, let me g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go
[Chorus]
Leaving just in time, stay there for a while
Rolling in the ocean, trying to catch her eye
Work hard and say it's easy, do it just to please me
Tomorrow will be different, so this is why I'm leaving
- All Areas Vol. 19 (2001)
- The Modern Age - EP (2001)
- 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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