Knee Socks & My Propeller (live at Reading Festival 2014)
You got the lights on in the afternoon And the nights are drawn out long And you're kissing to cut through the gloom With a cough drop coloured tongue And you were sitting in the corner with the coats all piled high And I thought you might be mine In a small world on an exceptionally rainy Tuesday night In the right place and time
When the zeros line up on the 24 hour clock When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste And your knee socks
Well you cured my January blues Yeah you made it all alright I got a feeling I might have lit the very fuse That you were trying not to light You were a stranger in my phonebook I was acting like I knew 'Cause I had nothing to lose When the winter's in full swing and your dreams just aren't coming true Ain't it funny what you'll do
When the zeros line up on the 24 hour clock When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste And your knee socks
The late afternoon The ghost in your room that you always thought didn't approve of you knocking boots Never stopped you letting me get hold of the sweet spot by the scruff of your Knee socks
You and me could have been a team Each had a half of a king and queen seat Like the beginning of Mean Streets You could Be My Baby
(All the zeros lined up but the number's blocked when you've come undone)
When the zeros line up on the 24 hour clock When you know who's calling even though the number is blocked When you walked around your house wearing my sky blue Lacoste And your knee socks.......
If you can summon the strength, tow me I can't hold down the urgency You've got to make your decent slowly And oil up those sticky keys. Coax me out, my love And have a spin of my propeller
It's a necessary evil No cause for emergency Borrow the beak of a bald eagle Oh, momentary synergy
Coax me out, my love Sink into tomorrow Coax me out, my love And have a spin of my propeller
My propeller won't spin and I can't get it started on my own When are you arriving? My propeller won't spin and I can't get it started on my own When are you arriving? My propeller won't spin and I can't get it started on my own When are you arriving? My propeller