Life Is Simple in the Moonlight

Lyrics

Animals on TV singing about some pain that they once felt
 There's no one I disapprove of more, or root for more than myself
 I wanted to pretend that it was better, better, better on the phone
 I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
 
 So we talk about ourselves and how
 To forget the love we never felt
 All the old jokes that work so well
 Universal truth was a moment's lie
 Don't try to stop us, don't try to stop us
 Don't try to stop us, get out of the way
 ♪
 Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see
 She sees her father in that old man's eyes, while secretly he stares at her thighs
 Animals on TV singing about some pain they felt at some point
 I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous
 What's the point?
 As I watched the velvet drapes appear
 And that door was closed for 40 years
 As we hide what we don't wanna hear
 As we hide what's really in our ears
 ♪
 He is coming from a part of hell
 Where lightning blue eyes don't go down well
 He can tell that we're oblivious
 It's addiction of routine as well
 Making fools out of the best of us
 Making robots of the rest of us
 Innocence itself in America today
 Is a crime just like Cornel West might say
 Don't try to stop us, don't try to stop us
 Don't try to stop us, get out of the way
 
 Animals on TV singing about some pain that they once felt
 There's no one I disapprove of more, or root for more than myself
 I wanted to pretend that it was better, better, better on the phone
 I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
 
 So we talk about ourselves and how
 To forget the love we never felt
 All the old jokes that work so well
 Universal truth was a moment's lie
 Don't try to stop us, don't try to stop us
 Don't try to stop us, get out of the way
 ♪
 Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see
 She sees her father in that old man's eyes, while secretly he stares at her thighs
 Animals on TV singing about some pain they felt at some point
 I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous
 What's the point?
 As I watched the velvet drapes appear
 And that door was closed for 40 years
 As we hide what we don't wanna hear
 As we hide what's really in our ears
 ♪
 He is coming from a part of hell
 Where lightning blue eyes don't go down well
 He can tell that we're oblivious
 It's addiction of routine as well
 Making fools out of the best of us
 Making robots of the rest of us
 Innocence itself in America today
 Is a crime just like Cornel West might say
 Don't try to stop us, don't try to stop us
 Don't try to stop us, get out of the way
 
 Animals on TV singing about some pain that they once felt
 There's no one I disapprove of more, or root for more than myself
 I wanted to pretend that it was better, better, better on the phone
 I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
 
 So we talk about ourselves and how
 To forget the love we never felt
 All the old jokes that work so well
 Universal truth was a moment's lie
 Don't try to stop us, don't try to stop us
 Don't try to stop us, get out of the way
 ♪
 Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see
 She sees her father in that old man's eyes, while secretly he stares at her thighs
 Animals on TV singing about some pain they felt at some point
 I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous
 What's the point?
 As I watched the velvet drapes appear
 And that door was closed for 40 years
 As we hide what we don't wanna hear
 As we hide what's really in our ears
 ♪
 He is coming from a part of hell
 Where lightning blue eyes don't go down well
 He can tell that we're oblivious
 It's addiction of routine as well
 Making fools out of the best of us
 Making robots of the rest of us
 Innocence itself in America today
 Is a crime just like Cornel West might say
 Don't try to stop us, don't try to stop us
 Don't try to stop us, get out of the way
 
 Animals on TV singing about some pain that they once felt
 There's no one I disapprove of more, or root for more than myself
 I wanted to pretend that it was better, better, better on the phone
 I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous and alone
 
 So we talk about ourselves and how
 To forget the love we never felt
 All the old jokes that work so well
 Universal truth was a moment's lie
 Don't try to stop us, don't try to stop us
 Don't try to stop us, get out of the way
 ♪
 Got to get to climb your tree in the light of the living ghost I see
 She sees her father in that old man's eyes, while secretly he stares at her thighs
 Animals on TV singing about some pain they felt at some point
 I didn't wanna tell you I was jealous, jealous, jealous
 What's the point?
 As I watched the velvet drapes appear
 And that door was closed for 40 years
 As we hide what we don't wanna hear
 As we hide what's really in our ears
 ♪
 He is coming from a part of hell
 Where lightning blue eyes don't go down well
 He can tell that we're oblivious
 It's addiction of routine as well
 Making fools out of the best of us
 Making robots of the rest of us
 Innocence itself in America today
 Is a crime just like Cornel West might say
 Don't try to stop us, don't try to stop us
 Don't try to stop us, get out of the way
 

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Song Details

Duration
04:15
Key
6
Tempo
135 BPM

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