1 - Here in the studio, 2 - As they're turning down the lights, 3 - I lick my lips to start the first line-- 4 - How can this girl be me? 5 - "Oh, little thing, are you looking lost?" 6 - The vertigo, the need to lose.
7 - Ooh, ooh... 8 - They try to trip me up and tapes begin to spin. [ca. 0'35] 9 - I feel a little sick and hope my notes are in. 10 - I try to put it all in, do it for you. 11 - Don't even know you but I need you to love me, too.
12 - They try to trip me up and tapes begin to spin. [ca. 0'50] 13 - I feel a little sick and hope my notes are in. 14 - I try to put it all in, do it for you. 15 - Don't even know you but I need you to love me, too.
16 - Scares me silly, but it gets me going, [ca 1'05] 17 - Like a Romeo. 18 - Scares me silly, but it gets me going, 19 - Like a Romeo. 20 - Scares me silly, but it gets me going.
21 - Swimming amid the cans, [ca. 1'39] 22 - I wonder can I goad myself into another take, 23 - And keep the mood? 24 - It's like a film - such balance. [ca. 1'48] 25 - I close my eyes to the cello solo, and ache. 26 - The music will never let me blow away - you-oo
27 - You know the feeling when you're on the right track. [ca. 2'02] 28 - You fall in love and you're never gonna turn it back. 29 - It's recording you, they're so sensitive. 30 - Oozing without me, spilling over with secrets.
31 - You know the feeling when you're on the right track. [ca. 2'16] 32 - You fall in love and you're never gonna turn it back. 33 - It's recording you, they're so sensitive. 34 - Oozing without me, spilling over with secrets.
35 - Scares me silly, but it gets me going, [ca. 2'31] 36 - Like a Romeo. 37 - Scares me silly, but it gets me going, 38 - Like a Romeo. 39 - Scares me silly, but it gets me going.
This is the hardest lyrics-nut to crack! What a wishy-washy! - line 10/14: "I try to put it all into it for you." - line 21: "Singing" or "Swinging" - line 24: uncertain - line 25/26: "..and ache. The.." uncertain. Also puctuation, lineage uncertain. Sounds like "an-eightnic", maybe an adjective? " - you-oo" at the end uncertain, possibly just a "yoohoo". - line 29/33: uncertain - line 30/34: Complete mystery.