Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Beck
Vocals
David Ralicke
Trombone
Joey Waronker
Drums
Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Percussion
Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Synthesizer
Smokey Hormel
Acoustic Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Beck Hansen
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Beck
Producer
Nigel Godrich
Producer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
John Sorenson
Assistant Engineer
Lyrics
Oh when they beat
Upon a broken guitar
And on the streets
They reek of tropical charms
The embassies lie in hideous shards
Where tourists snore and decay
When they dance in a reptile blaze
You wear a mask
An equatorial haze
Into the past
A colonial maze
Where there's no more confetti to throw
You wouldn't know what to say to yourself
Love is a poverty you couldn't sell
Misery waiting in vague hotels
To be evicted
You're out of luck
You're singing funeral songs
To the studs
They're anabolic and bronze
They seem to strut
In their millennial fogs
'Til they fall down and deflate
You wouldn't know what to say to yourself
Love is a poverty you couldn't sell
Misery waiting in vague hotels
To be evicted
Oh and now you've had your fun
Under an air-conditioned sun
It's burned into your eyes
Leaves you plain and left behind
Oh see them eyes and fall
Into the jaws of a pestilent love
You wouldn't know what to say to yourself
Love is a poverty you couldn't sell
Misery waiting in vague hotels
To be a victim
Writer(s): Beck David Hansen
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