kid a lyrics

Some of these lyrics are still being debated, but I believe they're mostly correct. I transcribed them from listening to both studio and live versions, and a little back-translation from the Japanese lyric sheet.

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everything in its right place

(kid a .....kid a.....)

everything, everything, everything, everything in its right place

in it’s right place, in it’s right place, in it’s right place, in it’s right place,

yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon 

yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon 

yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon

yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon

everything, everything, everything, everything in its right place

in its right place, in its right place, right place

there are two colours in my head

there are two colours in my head

what, what is that you tried to say?

what, what was that you tried to say?

tried to say? tried to say? tried to say? tried to say?

everything, everything, everything…..

kid a

I slipped away

I slipped on a little white lie



we’ve got heads on sticks

and you’ve got ventriloquists

we’ve got heads on sticks

and you’ve got ventriloquists



standing in the shadows at the end of my bed

standing in the shadows at the end of my bed

standing in the shadows at the end of my bed

standing in the shadows at the end of my bed



the rats and children follow me out of town

the rats and children follow me out of their homes

come on kids

the national anthem

everyone, everyone around here

everyone is so near

is holding on, is holding on 



and everyone, everyone is so near

everyone who's got the fear

is holding on , is holding on ……

yeah

how to disappear completely and never be found

that there, that’s not me

I go where I please

I walk through walls, I float down the liffey

I’m not here, this isn’t happening

I’m not here, I’m not here



in a little while, I’ll be gone

the moment’s already passed, yeah it’s gone

and I’m not here , this isn’t happening

I’m not here, I’m not here



strobe lights and blown speakers

fireworks and hurricanes

I’m not here, this isn’t happening

I’m not here, I’m not here

treefingers

instrumental

optimistic

flies are buzzing ‘round my head

vultures circling the dead

picking up every last crumb

the big fish eat the little ones

the big fish eat the little ones

not my problem, give me some



you can try the best you can

you can try the best you can

the best you can is good enough

you can try the best you can

you can try the best you can

the best you can is good enough



this one’s optimistic

this one went to market

this one just came out of the swamp

this one dropped a payload

fodder for the animals

living on animal farm



you can try the best you can

you can try the best you can

the best you can is good enough

you can try the best you can

you can try the best you can

the best you can is good enough

oh………



I’d really like to help you man

I’d really like to help you man

you're a nervous messed-up marionette

floating alone on a prison ship

you can try the best you can

you can try the best you can

the best you can is good enough

you can try the best you can

you can try the best you can

dinosaurs ruling the earth

dinosaurs ruling the earth

dinosaurs ruling the earth

oh…….

in limbo

(lundy, fastnet, irish sea

I got a message I can’t read

another message I can’t read...)



I’m on your side

nowhere to hide

trapdoors that open

I spiral down



you’re living in a fantasy world

you’re living in a fantasy world



I’m lost at sea

don’t bother me

I’ve lost my way 

I’ve lost my way 



you’re living in a fantasy world

you’re living in a fantasy world

you’re living in a fantasy world

the most beautiful woman in the world


come back, come back, come back

(lundy, fastnet, irish sea

I got a message I can’t read

another message I can’t read

fair isle, faeroes, hebrides

I got a message I can’t read

another message I can’t read...)

idioteque

who’s in a bunker, who’s in a bunker?

women and children first

and the children first, and the children…

I laugh until my head comes off

I swallow till I burst, until I burst, until I….

who’s in a bunker, who’s in a bunker?

I have seen too much, you haven’t seen enough

you haven’t seen...

I laugh until my head comes off

women and children first

and children first, and children…



here, alive, everything all the time

here, I'm alive, everything all the time



ice age coming, ice age coming

let me hear both sides, let me hear both sides, let me hear both...

ice age coming, ice age coming

throw it in the fire, throw it in the fire, throw him on the...



we’re not scaremongering

this is really happening, happening

we’re not scaremongering

this is really happening, happening, happening

mobiles working, mobiles chirping

take the money and run, take the money, run, take the money...



here, alive, everything all the time

here, alive, everything all the time...



the father's little children……

morning bell

the morning bell, the morning bell

light another candle, and

release me, release me



you can keep the furniture

a bump on the head

howling down the chimney

release me, release me, please 



release me, release me

where’d you park the car?

where’d you park the car?

clothes are all gone with the furniture

now I might as well, I might as well


sleepy jack the fire drill, round and round…



cut the kids in half, cut the kids in half

cut the kids in half



I wanted to tell you

but you never listen

I wanted to tell you

but you never listen

everyone talks to me

everyone lies to me

the lights are on

but nobody's home

everyone wants to be your friend

but no-one wants to be your slave

walking, walking….

everyone wants to be your friend

but no-one wants to be like you

because you’re walking, walking…..

motion picture soundtrack

red wine and sleeping pills

help me get back to your arms

cheap sex and sad films

help me get where I belong



I think you’re crazy, maybe

I think you’re crazy, maybe



stop sending letters

letters always get burned

it’s not like the movies

they fed us on little white lies



I think you’re crazy, maybe

I think you’re crazy

maybe I will see you in the next life