Cornerstone

Album: Humbug (2009)
Charted: 94
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  • I thought I saw you in the Battleship
    But it was only a look alike
    She was nothing but a vision trick
    Under the warning light
    She was close
    Close enough to be your ghost
    But my chances turned to toast
    When I asked her if I could call her your name

    I thought I saw you in the Rusty Hook
    Huddled up in wicker chair
    I wandered up for a closer look
    And kissed whoever was sitting there
    She was close
    And she held me very tightly
    'Til I asked awfully politely
    "Please, can I call you her name?"

    And I elongated my lift home
    Yeah, I let him go the long way 'round
    I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
    And kept my shortcuts to myself

    I thought I saw you in the Parrot's Beak
    Messin' with the smoke alarm
    It was too loud for me to hear her speak
    And she had a broken arm
    It was close
    So close that the walls were wet
    And she wrote it out in Letraset
    "No, you can't call me her name"

    Tell me, where's your hiding place?
    I'm worried I'll forget your face
    And I've asked everyone
    I'm beginning to think I imagined you all along

    I elongated my lift home
    Yeah, I let him go the long way 'round
    I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
    And kept my shortcuts to myself

    I saw your sister in the Cornerstone
    On the phone to the middle man
    When I saw that she was on her own
    I thought she might understand
    That she was close
    Well, you couldn't get much closer
    She said, "I'm really not supposed to, but yes
    You can call me anything you want" Writer/s: Alex Turner
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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