Come When You Call

Come When You Call is the 11th song on TV Girl's 2014 album "French Exit"

[Verse 1]

The sound of mass confusion

Reverberated down the hall

Into the ears of a stoic roommate

Who put her headphones on

But in the space between the songs

(That's where she paid the most attention)

Beneath the crack on the door

(The candle flickered and got extinguished)

The reassuring hum of the freeway

As she drifted off to sleep

And it was five o'clock in the morning

You had no good reason to leave

[Chorus]

Ooh baby I'll come when you call (I'll come when you call)

I'll come when you call (I'll come when you call)

I'll come when you call (I'll come when you call)

I'll come but that's all (I'll come when you call)

[Verse 2]

Linda Ronstadt on the stereo

She was singing Warren Zevon

Hold me tighter, Carmelita

Make the night not last so long

And if it seems so peaceful now

(Why don't you wait until the morning light?)

And catch the eye of the stoic roommate

(As you leave without saying goodbye)

And if you're ever left to wonder

Why anything goes right

Thank the god of bad decisions

The queen of lonely nights

[Chorus]

Ooh baby I'll come when you call (I'll come when you call)

I'll come when you call (I'll come when you call)

I'll come when you call (I'll come when you call)

I'll come but that's all (I'll come when you call)

 

Her and Her friend

Her and Her Friend is the 10th song on TV Girl's 2014 album "French Exit"

[Verse 1]

I think it's funny how you could find yourself alone

With someone else in an ideal situation

Without a shred of good intentions between you

Much less a decent explanation

I couldn't tell you why she summoned me

Sometimes you get lucky

And they think that you were someone else

I can't remember what she said

Was she trying to tell me something

Or talking to herself?

[Chorus]

Go upstairs don't close the door

Why don't you give her what she's asking for?

Spill the drink onto the bed

That's just between her and her friend

[Verse 2]

But it made it hard to sleep

'Til her head felt even worse

And I hope that she felt miserable

When it was time to go to work

Her and her friend

Just did it as revenge

So any excess pain you feel

Isn't any consequence

But don't feel bad

'Cause you didn't stand a chance

You can make a hasty exit

That's how they handle it in France

Little consolation

Even if you always knew it

So any nasty things I say

Are purely therapeutic

[Chorus]

Go upstairs don't close the door

Why don't you give her what she's asking for?

Spill the drink onto the bed

That's just between her and her friend

Close the door, leave on the light

And kiss her for a little while

The liquor soaked into the sheets

She said, "It's getting late, you'd better leave"

[Outro]

I'm not budging until you tell me why

Please, go

Not until you look me straight in the eye and tell me why

Go away and never come back again

Go away, please, go away

Go away, please, go away...

Lovers Rock

Lovers Rock is the 9th song on TV Girl's 2014 album "French Exit"

[Verse 1: Brad Petering]

Are you sick of me?

Would you like to be?

I'm tryin' to tell you somethin'

Somethin' that I already said

You like a pretty boy

With a pretty voice

Who is tryin' to sell you somethin'

Somethin' that you already have

[Chorus: Brad Petering & Faith Harding]

But if you're too drunk to drive, and the music is right

She might let you stay, but just for the night

And if she grabs for your hand, and drags you along

She might want a kiss before the end of the song

Because love can burn like a cigarette

And leave you with nothin'

And leave you with nothin'

[Verse 2: Brad Petering]

While the others talked

We were listenin' to Lover's Rock

In her bedroom

In her bedroom

And if you start to kiss

And the record skips

Flip it over

And sit a little closer

[Chorus: Brad Petering & Faith Harding]

But if you're too drunk to drive, and the music is right

She might let you stay, but just for the night

And if she grabs for your hand, and drags you along

She might want a kiss before the end of the song

Because love can burn like a cigarette

And leave you with nothin'

And leave you with nothin'

(Now, how many men have you kissed?

Very few. 

But you offered me a kiss. Why?

Such a foolish reason, I'm afraid. I just wanted to kiss you.)

[Bridge: Brad Petering]

Du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du

Du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du

Du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du

Du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du

[Outro: Brad Petering, Faith Harding,]

Because love can burn like a cigarette (Du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du)

(Du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du)

And leave you with nothin' (Du-du, du-du-du-du, du-du)

And leave you with nothin' (Du)

 

Daughter of a Cop

Daughter of a Cop is the 8th song on TV Girl's 2014 album "French Exit"

[Verse 1]

Sneaking the pillow under the sheets

I know a place where everyone meets

But she knows a place

Where the cops don't go

And she'd be the one if anyone knows

[Pre-Chorus]

If half the fun was to cut and run

And the other half was getting caught

[Chorus]

Then don't stop (don't stop)

She was the daughter of a cop

Don't stop (don't stop)

The daughter of a cop

[Verse 2]

Making love is an easy thing to do

And she didn't feel like pushing herself

But don't be fooled

'Cause it could have been you

Or him or anyone else

[Pre-Chorus]

If half the fun was to cut and run

And the other half was getting caught

[Verse 3]

Then when the fix comes in

She'll get a slap on the wrist

And leave you in a cell to rot

[Chorus]

So don't stop (don't stop)

She was the daughter of a cop

Don't stop (don't stop)

The daughter of a cop

[Outro]

Don't stop (don't stop)

The daughter of a cop

 

The Blonde

The Blonde is the 7th song on TV Girl's 2014 album "French Exit"

[Verse 1]

Who's gonna pay attention

To the redheads of the world

Who's gonna call them up at night

When they're naked and alone

And who's gonna kiss the brown haired girls

Who's gonna wipe away their tears

And what about the black haired girls

Who's gonna whisper filthy things into their ears

[Chorus]

'Cause anyone who ever had a brain

Wouldn't stand out in the rain

Or keep it up for very long

Just to prove somebody wrong

And anyone who ever had a heart

Or sang a lonesome song

Would sell their little souls

Just to make it with the blonde

[Verse 2]

It's just unearned admiration

Are you sick of all the stares

You don't need to hide yourself away

You only need to dye your hair

But it won't do you any good

'Cause pretty soon your roots will be showing

And anytime you try to leave the room

They'll ask you just where the hell

Do you think you're going

[Chorus]

'Cause anyone who ever had a brain

Wouldn't stand out in the rain

Or keep it up for very long

Just to prove somebody wrong

And anyone who ever had a heart

Or sang a lonesome song

Would sell their little souls

Just to make it with the blonde

 

Talk to strangers

Pantyhose is the 6th song on TV Girl's 2014 album "French Exit"

[Verse 1]

There's a beautiful girl

And a handsome guy

She's sitting all alone

He's giving her the eye

They approach one another

They don't realize the danger

[Verse 2]

What will they say?

What do you think?

She'll crack another smile

He'll buy another drink

That isn't the important part

That happens later

[Chorus]

You should've listened to your mother

Don't ever talk to strangers

[Verse 3]

Lust turns to boredom

Boredom to lust

Diminishing returns

With each and every thrust

The energy's preserved

Just converted into anger

[Verse 4]

Don't take candy

Don't get in someone's car

Don't let anybody touch you

No matter who they are

The police are at your door

Turns out the killer was your neighbor

He seemed like such a normal guy

A little quiet, nothing major

[Chorus]

You should've listened to your mother

Don't ever talk to strangers

Ooh, don't ever talk to strangers

 

 The Getaway

The getaway is the 5th song on TV Girl's 2014 album "French Exit"

("You are very young. You are clever. And you are very beautiful. Because of your youth, you should be exceptionally valuable to us.")

("And I was very lonely. So I thought tonight I will have an adventure.")

("If I'm never to see you again I can forget you in a minute! You'll see!")

("She's just pretending.")

("You were wrong. I wasn't! I loved you!")

[Verse 1]

Well this thing that we had built

Was flaying into shreds

It was sharp and it was dry

Like the hair on a shrunken head

And all the king's men

Spread the pieces on the floor

By the time they fit together

We had forgotten what they were for

Pretending like she's beautiful

In the pictures I can see

But she only picks the good ones

And that's more than I can say for me

[Chorus]

But that's the way it always starts

You feel like Lily and the Jack of Hearts

Always making out like bandits

Until you get away and it falls apart

It falls apart

[Verse 2]

You're always dressed up like a priest

You're always drilling through the wall

Cracking the safe and skipping town

While poor Rosemary takes the fall

You're always looking for the future

Rinsing out the dye

Looking for a moral to the story

That sounded good and happened to rhyme

Rosemary on the gallows

Dressed like nothing's wrong

No funeral no flowers

For an outlaw in a song

[Chorus]

But that's the way it always starts

You feel like Lily and the Jack of Hearts

Always making out like bandits

Until you get away and it falls apart

It falls apart

("She's just pretending.")

("You were wrong. I wasn't! I loved you!")

[Chorus]

[Outro]

But that's the way it always starts (that's the way it always starts)

You feel like Lily and the Jack of Hearts