Waiting for Kirsten-Jens Lekman

[ti:Waiting for Kirsten] [ar:Jens Lekman] [al:An Argument With Myself] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Waiting for Kirsten - Jens Lekman [00:16.31]We were waiting for Kirsten me and Joel [00:20.12]'Cause we found out the name of her hotel [00:23.53]With the folköl and an evening paper [00:27.81]In which she spelled out my name letter by letter [00:40.12]Well I grew up outside this city [00:43.93]Where the local Estrella chips factory [00:47.93]Had paved the way to your grave and to your destiny [00:51.68]So what can a suburban boy like me do [00:53.77]When she mentions me [00:59.98]Except compromise a portion of his dignity [01:03.67]Another club another beer another hour -- [01:07.73]Squint at the clock up at the church tower [01:11.56]"What she's doing here you think " [01:13.67]"I heard she's filming with von Trier " [01:15.84]"Hey Klara how's your night [01:17.29]Did you know about Kirsten Have you seen her " [01:20.25]She says:"Yeah she was here [01:22.22]But she was turned away at the door " [01:27.53]I know I know I can't believe no one told her before [01:31.91]That in Gothenburg we don't have VIP lines [01:35.87]In Gothenburg we don't make a fuss about who you are [01:40.15]In Gothenburg we don't have VIP lines [01:43.82]But then I bit my tongue [01:45.62]And the taste of blood was so strong [01:52.45]'Cause times are changing Kirsten: [01:56.43]Göta Älv is slowly reversing; [01:59.74]They turned a youth-center into a casino; [02:03.36]They drew a swastika in your cappuccino [02:07.81]And the VIP lines are not to the clubs [02:11.78]But to healthcare apartments and jobs [02:15.82]"Hey buddy can I borrow five grand [02:19.71]'Cause my dad's in chemo [02:22.07]And they wanna take him off his plan " [02:27.85]I said in Gothenburg we don't have VIP lines [02:31.89]I said in Gothenburg you're not worth less [02:34.83]And you're not worth any more [02:35.91]I said in Gothenburg we don't have VIP lines [02:39.93]But then I bit my tongue [02:41.80]And the taste of blood was so strong [02:48.35] [03:04.48]At the end of the night me and Joel [03:08.04]Went back and sat outside her hotel [03:11.71]And drank beer after beer 'til the sun came up [03:15.52]And since she didn't show up [03:17.94]Joel said I had to man up [03:19.69]And write a note of affection [03:21.38]And leave it in the reception [03:23.86]And I wrote this confession [03:25.31]With the lipstick from his girlfriend [03:27.87]On the back of our receipt [03:32.92]But the receptionist said I was drunk [03:36.34]And asked me to leave