That look you give that guy - Eels

16 mei 2021

Heel veel jaren geleden viel 16 mei op een dinsdag. Sommige dingen en gebeurtenissen onthoud je nu eenmaal. Dit deuntje bestond toen nog niet, en viel eigenlijk pas kort geleden op. Ergens in een tv-serie, op de achtergrond, uit een autoradio. En huppakee: binnen 2 seconden was duidelijk dat ie hier thuishoorde. Dat wordt geen film kijken vanavond.

If I could be that guy instead of me

I'd never let you down

Eels

I never thought that I could be so bold
to even say these thoughts aloud
I see you with your man, your eyes just shine
while he stands tall and walking proud

That look you give that guy
I wanna see
looking right at me
if I could be that guy instead of me
I'd never let you down

It always seems like you're going somewhere
better than you've been before
well, I go to sleep, and I dream all night
of you knocking on my door

That look you give that guy
I wanna see
looking right at me
if I could be that guy instead of me
I'd be all I can be, I'd be all I can be

I'm nothing like, what I'd like to be
I'm nothing much, I know it's true
I lack the style and the pedigree
and my chances are so few

That look you give that guy, I wanna see
looking right at me
if I could be that guy instead of me
I'd give you all I got

I never thought that I could be so bold
to even say these thoughts aloud
but if, let's say, it won't work out
you know where I can be found

That look you give that guy
I wanna see
looking right at me
if I could be that guy, instead of me
I'd never let you down
I'd never let you down