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My telephone never rings
She'd never call me
I hate myself today
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
And so I won't die
Someday I think I'll be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I deceive myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
Oh I can take a challenge
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old, I know it!
And I say hey kids (Hey kids)
I said hey kids (Hey kids)
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
That's right
I said some day we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old together
Well now
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won't die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and gray and sadness
And well I won't die now
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I say hey, you don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
[Now my telephone doesn't ring,
She'd never call me and I hate myself that day,
But we Modern Lovers can see through the sadness
And we say "don't die"
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
We've written a song saying how we want to see everyone
When we're all dignified and old and how you shouldn't die now,
Tempting as it sometimes seems
So with that thought in mind we say, ready 1, 2, 3, 4]
My telephone doesn't ring
Well she'd never call me
Well spring is sad today
But even I can see through the blinding miserable sadness
And so I won't die
Someday we'll be all dignified and old
Well my friends say I deceive myself
How I contradict myself
And I don't know if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
Well I can take a challenge
And so I won't die now
Someday we'll be all dignified and old, together
That's what I say hey kids (hey kids)
I said hey kids (hey kids)
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
I said some day we'll be dignified (hey kids, hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified (hey kids, hey kids)
Someday we will be dignified and old
Well now
See the mountain
My love and I we used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I'm not ashamed I can take it
I see through that death and sadness
So, I won't die
Someday I we'll be all dignified and old
Well now, look at the mountain
I stood alone in the mountain
And no girl understands me
But I can see through my loneliness and sadness
And so I won't die
Someday I'm gonna be dignified and old
I mean it now
???
Don't die!
Someday we'll be all dignified and old all right
My telephone doesn't ring
She'd never call me
??? Sad today
That even I can see
Through the blinding summer sadness
I say hey kids
Don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
But they say I deceive myself
And that I contradict myself
So I don't even know if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
I can take a challenge
And say hey kids
Don't die now
Someday we could be dignified and old together
I say hey kids (Hey kids)
I said hey kids (Hey kids)
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
That's right
I said some day we could be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old
Yeah yeah
???
Now now look at the desert
I sit alone in the desert
No girl understands me
But I can see through the blinding sadness
I say hey kids
Don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
Now
See the mountain
My love and I used to stand on the mountain
??? But I cry
But I can see
Through the death and the blinding sadness
I say hey kids
Don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
I say hey kids
Don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old
[We say, we want to end this set
On a positive note
We want to end this set of the modern lovers on a positive note
??? Loneliness together now
In the bleakness of the astral plane
???
And everyone knows how bleak that can be
We want, we want to talk now
We want to say
We want to say hey kids
We want to say
Don't die now
Cause someday we could be dignified and old together
We say it's not so bad
We say don't die now
Someday we could be dignified and old together
??? We say]
1 2 3 4
My telephone never rings
Well she'd never call me
I'm truly sad today
But I can see through this ??? miserable sadness
I tell you
I don't die now
Someday we could be dignified and old together
Well my friends say I deceive myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
Oh but I'm ???
???
Don't die
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
???
???
Someday we'll be dignified and old
Someday we'll be dignified
Someday we'll be dignified
Someday we'll be dignified and old
Well now
And see the mountain
??? Stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
??? I don't die
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and gray and sadness
And don't die
Someday we'll be all dignified and old together
Whoa, don't die
Someday we'll be all dignified and old together
[See you later]
[??? Modern Lovers ??? do tonight
???
Someday we're gonna be dignified and old together
???
We're gonna sing out about
The modern world
We're not depressed about the usa
??? The modern lovers ??? tonight
???
???
???
It may be sad
???
???
So I don't want to die now
Someday ??? dignified and old
The modern lovers ???
We believe in the song ???]
1 2 3
My telephone never rings
She'd never call me
And I hate myself today
But even I can see through this bitterness and sadness
And so I won't die
Someday I'm gonna be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I deceive myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
You know that I can take a challenge
And I don't want to die now
Someday I'm gonna be dignified and old
And I say hey kids (Hey kids)
I said hey kids (Hey kids)
I say someday we're gonna be dignified and old
I said some day we'll be dignified
Someday we'll be dignified
Someday we could be dignified and old together
Well now
See the desert
You know I'm alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through the ??? desert sadness
You that I don't want to die
Someday I'm gonna be dignified and old
Now see the mountain
I sat with this girl on the mountain
She's dead now, and I cry
But I can see through my loneliness and my sadness
And know that I don't want to die
Someday I'm gonna be dignified and old
I say hey kids
Someday we're gonna be dignified and old
[Well our telephone doesn't ring, my telephone doesn't ring
That is to say there's this girl who never calls me and makes you hate yourself and things like that
But then sometimes you can see through this awful sadness and then you think: I won't die now, I'll stay around so, so I can be dignified and old sometimes]
1 2 3 4
My telephone doesn't ring
Well she'd never call me
It's pretty sad today
But I can see through the black and miserable sadness
And say don't die
Someday we'll be dignified and old
Well my friends say I deceive myself
And that I contradict myself
And I don't know if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
Well I know how to take a challenge
And say: don't die
Someday we'll be dignified and old
And I say hey kids (hey kids)
I said hey kids (hey kids)
I say that someday we'll be dignified and old
I said some day we'll be dignified (hey kids, hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified (hey kids, hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old
Well now
Look at the desert
I sit alone in the desert
And no girl knows how to understand me now
But even I can see through this ??? sadness
And say: I won't die
Someday we're going to be dignified and old
Well now, see the mountains
All alone I used to stand on this mountain
The sun shines ??? she's dead, I cried
But even I could see
Through the blinding ??? sadness
And say: we won't die
Someday we'll be dignified and old
I say: don't die
Someday we'll be dignified and old
Em D Em My telephone never rings D Em She'd never call me D C I hate myself today D Em D C But I can see through this bitterness and sadness D And so I won't die C D C G Someday I'll be dignified and old Well my friends say that I deceive myself And that I contradict myself And I can't say if they're right But I'm not ashamed I can take a challenge And so I won't die Someday I'll be dignified and old, I know it! Bridge: C Am And I say hey kids (hey kids) C Am I said hey kids C D C I say someday we'll be dignified and old G That's right C D I said some day we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids) Em D Someday we'll be dignified (Hey kids, Hey kids) C D C G Someday we could be dignified and old together (Verse again) Well now Look at the mountain My girl and I used to stand on the mountain And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry But I can see through this death and the sadness And so I won't die now Someday I wanna be dignified and old Well now, see the desert I sit all alone in the desert And no girl understands me But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness And well I won't die now Someday I'll be dignified and old Now, you don't die now Someday we'll be dignified and old together [[Comments: I'm not really sure about the Hey Kids-part, it's just Something I figured out while singing the song, not while listening to The recording It sounds good, though Another thing, which I'm pretty Sure is not on the record, is the extra Em chord I usually play on the You don't die-part in the final verse]] C Em C D Now, you don't die, now! [[I just think it adds a bit of drama to the line (I'm not saying it Necessarily needs it!)]]
My telephone never rings
She'd never call me
I hate myself today
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I deceive myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
I can take a challenge
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old, I know it!
And I say hey kids (hey kids)
I said hey kids
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
That's right
I said some day we'll be dignified (hey kids, hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified (hey kids, hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old together
[[Verse again]]
Well now
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won't die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness
And well I won't die now
Someday I'll be dignified and old
Now, you don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
E
My telephone never rings
E
She'd never call me
D
I hate myself today
C D E D C
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
C D
And so I won't die
C D C
Someday I think I'll be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I deceive myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
Oh I can take a challenge
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I know it
And I say hey kids
(Hey kids)
I said hey kids
(Hey kids)
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
That's right
I said some day we'll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old together
Well now
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won't die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness
And well I won't die now
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I say, you, don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
My telephone never rings
She'd never call me
I hate myself today
But I can see through this bitterness and sadness
And so I won't die
Someday I think I'll be dignified and old
Well my friends say that I deceive myself
And that I contradict myself
And I can't say if they're right
But I'm not ashamed
Oh I can take a challenge
And so I won't die
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I know it
And I say hey kids
(Hey kids)
I said hey kids
(Hey kids)
I say someday we'll be dignified and old
That's right
I said some day we'll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we'll be dignified
(Hey kids, Hey kids)
Someday we could be dignified and old together
Well now
Look at the mountain
My girl and I used to stand on the mountain
And the sun shines, she's dead, and I cry
But I can see through this death and the sadness
And so I won't die now
Someday I wanna be dignified and old
Well now, see the desert
I sit all alone in the desert
And no girl understands me
But I can see through this bleakness and grey and sadness
And well I won't die now
Someday I'll be dignified and old
I say, you, don't die now
Someday we'll be dignified and old together
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