 Genius Lyrics
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The Kooks – Naive
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Featured on the Kooks' debut studio album Inside In/Inside Out, “Naive” was released on 2006 as the fourth single of the album. It’s the best-selling single of the Kooks, having
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David Bowie – Kooks
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On May 30, 1971, David Bowie’s wife Angie gave birth to a young baby boy, who they named Zowie. Bowie was listening to a Neil Young record at home when he heard the news he’d
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The Kooks – Crazy
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I remember when / I remember, I remember when I lost my mind / But there was something so pleasant about that place / Even your emotions had an echo / In so much space / And when
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Toby Leaman – Spooked By The Kooks
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Don't be spooked by the Kooks / Don't let them rule your [?] / Oh, who'd have known when we were young / That they would be the weirdos / When we were young, we were strange / We
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The Kooks – 25
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[Verse 1] / A fetish rosey cheeked is left alone / There is no justice / Yeah we know this from when we're young / The smoke dances in the mirror out of the gun / And she lost her
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The Kooks – She Moves in Her Own Way
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[Verse 1] / So at my show on Monday, I was hoping someday / You'd be on your way to better things / It's not about your make-up or how you try to shape up / To these tiresome paper
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The Kooks – Bad Habit
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[Verse 1] / Baby got her head down / Baby got her head down to the ground / Looking for a stranger / Looking for a stranger to love / You gotta dot your I's and cross your T's
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The Kooks – Junk of the Heart (Happy)
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[Verse 1] / Junk of the heart is junk in my mind / So hard to leave you all alone / We get so drunk that we can hardly see / What use is that to you or me, baby? / [Pre-Chorus
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The Kooks – Taking Pictures of You
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[Verse 1] / I have a secret I want to tell you / Each time that I close my eyes, I can feel you / I run away with my imagination / And I am blinded by your light, you fill up the
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The Kooks – Pamela
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[Chorus] / Oh, Pamela, what did you do? / You touched the ground and I fell in love with you / Oh, Pamela, what did they say? / I reached for your hand but you turned and walked
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The Kooks – Always Where I Need To Be
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“Always Where I Need to Be” is the second track and the first single to be released from The Kooks' sophomore album, Konk. Released on 31 March 2008, it peaked at number 3 in the
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The Kooks – Ooh La
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This song is rumored to be about lead singer, Luke Pritchard’s ex-girfriend, Katie Melua. Melua discovered success around about the same time as The Kooks.
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The Kooks – Modern Days
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[Verse 1] / Something's telling me I got to turn away / From the life I had, I shouldn't hesitate / Walk like an animal into the world of glass / Seems so fragile, yeah, nothing
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The Kooks – Connection
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[Verse 1] / I don't have time and it's Friday night / Been sleeping with two eyes open looking for you / For you / The kind of girl who won't apologise / Something cool in her
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The Kooks – Backstabber
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[Verse 1] / You're like a rock to a stone / So tell me, how can you break a broken soul? / I don't wanna feel no more / Baby, baby, I just wanna be adored / And something's telling
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The Kooks – Matchbox
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[Verse 1] / Viciously, she sleeps and walks along her lonely beat / She trips, falls into it all and I wish I’d bite my lip / And crawl up away from you, my little one / Oh, from
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The Kooks – Oasis
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[Verse 1] / You make me see things I never thought were possible / I feel free, I feel so irresponsible / Dancing in the mirror, look at what a state I'm in / How can I be the one
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The Kooks – Eskimo Kiss
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[Verse 1] / We had so much fun / She gave me an Eskimo kiss / We put our records on / And set sail, towards the sun / Ooh, it's so much fun / [Chorus] / She's like the rose without
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The Kooks – Westside
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[Verse 1] / I was living on the westside / When you brought me south / At first you didn't like the look of me / Your borders were closed / Although you said I'm bad company / We
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The Kooks – Stormy Weather
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[Verse 1] / Yes, I like stormy weather / From my window sill / But you ain't, yeah, you ain't so clever / You got it all made up / [Chorus] / But it feels like love, love, love
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The Kooks – Sway
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[Verse 1] / Say whatever you have to say, I'll stand by you / And do whatever you have to do to get it out / And not become a reactionary to hurt the ones you love / You know you
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The Kooks – If Only
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[Verse 1] / So hold your head and hold your tongue / But only say what you have to / And as a child, yes, I dreamed / Of holding her in the silver screen / She loved her man but
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The Kooks – Seaside
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A calming if not melancholic start to The Kook’s debut album, Inside In/Inside Out, “Seaside” is an acoustic opener that serves as a good introduction to the songs that follow it
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The Kooks – Forgive & Forget
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The song is about a womanizer (Frankie) who seduces a girl. After she “gives it away,” she confesses her feelings for him. Unfortunately Frankie tells her that if love is what she
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The Kooks – The Saboteur
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[Verse 1] / I am the saboteur and I'll let you into my world / Sometimes it's hard to live and sometimes it's hard to love you / I keep pushing you away, doing things so you won't
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The Kooks – Rosie
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[Verse 1] / See the same old crowd again / Wash my hands and shake my feet / And yes, I missed you all / Since I last saw you, I fell down the rabbit hole / As I wonder what we'd
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The Kooks – See the Sun
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[Intro] / Oh, you can have it all and wrap it in the world / You can have everything / You can have love and lots of other things / To make you think / But when it all comes down
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The Kooks – Cold Heart
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[Verse 1] / Drinking cherry cola like it's going out of fashion / You buy your own things while you make your own decisions / You don't care what anyone thinks, let them hang on
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The Kooks – Time Awaits
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[Intro] / And time waits for no man but you / And time waits for no man but you / Hold on and don't leave this town / Hold on and don't leave this town / [Verse 1] / Here we are
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The Kooks – Picture Frame
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[Verse 1] / I didn't notice anything strange / About the picture in your picture frame / It was drawn of a fountain in your Paris / Bought for a fiver most probably / Didn't mean a
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The Kooks – Suburbs (Demo)
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The chorus from this original demo was reused in popular single “She Moves In Her Own Way” from the band’s 2006 debut record, Inside In/Inside Out.
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The Kooks – Sofa Song
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[Verse 1] / Well, city freeze for I just realised I don't like you / Me and my girl are going out for some air / And I will do my best just to get under her dress / And catch you
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The Kooks – Time Above the Earth
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[Verse 1] / I've spent so much time above the earth / Thinking about life and each man's worth / How could one person be worth more than / A thousand people knocking on his door
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The Kooks – How'd You Like That
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[Verse 1] / Well, I was sleeping / Only in my head / Slipping in and out of time / And I was lifting / Always higher / And the women of heaven sang / They were singing / [Chorus
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The Kooks – Without a Doubt
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[Verse 1] / I was thinking of leaving / I was thinking of being someone else for a change / I was feeling bitter / There was always someone else to blame / But it's you that I come
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The Kooks – Gap
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[Verse 1] / So put a spanner in the works of your mind / It’s easier to work but I don’t mind / You’re better in defeat so just don’t try / To take away all the things so dear in
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The Kooks – Runaway
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[Verse 1] / Girl, I wanna be good to you / I never wanna do you no harm / I'm caught up in this fascination / Helping with your alarms / Ignore life if you want to, babe / Do what
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The Kooks & Milky Chance – Beautiful World
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[Verse 1] / Don't you know I got all I need / Guaranteed to make you feel better / See empty streets and blue blue skies / I'm climbing high, I better cut the tether / [Pre-Chorus
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The Kooks – Do You Wanna
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[Verse 1] / I was hoping that you had an atlas in your head / So fed up of the same old man / There's broken bedrooms and there are broken hands / You were so fed up of the same
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The Kooks – See Me Now
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[Verse 1] / Well, I've been a lot of places / I learned to tie my own tie too / I've met a lot of faces / I've got some questions I'd like to ask you / [Chorus] / If you could see
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The Kooks – Tick of Time
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[Intro] / But oh, honey, please, don't shed no tears / As long as I'm here / [Verse 1] / It's far too early in the morning to be trying to call you / And far too early in the
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The Kooks – Be Who You Are
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[Intro] / Ta, ta, ta, ta, ta-da-da-da / Ta, ta, ta-da-da-da / Ta, ta, ta, ta, ta-da-da-da / Ta, ta, ta-da-da-da / [Verse 1] / You don't know who you are / The road's gonna take you
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The Kooks – Eddie's Gun
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[Verse 1] / Did you see the way she looked at me? / Honey bee’s got two lies and she’s got me / [Chorus] / I tried to love her back / And then I shrunk back into my wrap / And in
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The Kooks – 17
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Everybody says I look seventeen / I have the skin, the skiniest mood / Come on, baby / Won't you come and dance with me? / You may think that I'm not fun / You may think I got it
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The Kooks – Shine On
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[Verse 1] / Safety pins holding up the things / That make you mine / About your hair, you needn't care / You look beautiful all of the time / [Chorus] / Shine, shine, shine on
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