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Belle & Sebastian - I Want The World To Stop (Official Video)
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[Verse 1]
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the understanding)
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the) Afternoon
The night, the night
[Verse 2]
Let me step out of my shell
That's wrapped in sheets of milky winter disorder
Let me feel the air again, the talk of friends
The mind of someone my equal
[Verse 3]
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the understanding)
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the) Afternoon
The night, the night
[Verse 4]
Tinseltown has followed me from Tinseltown
To grey adorable city by the docks
The girls are walking, moving air, the sun hangs low
The girls don't care as they paint themselves at dusk
[Verse 5]
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the understanding)
The night, the night
[Verse 6]
Towns' and cities' populations up and grow
The workers move to the suburbs
In between I watch and go
I run alongside rush hour traffic
A prayer for every car
[Verse 7]
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the understanding)
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the afternoon then)
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the understanding)
I want the world to stop (I want the world to stop)
Give me the morning (Give me the) Afternoon
The night, the night
[Verse 8]
I wanna write a message to you
Everyday at 10 o'clock in the evening
Yellow pearl, my city is this
Is your art, this is your Balzac
Your Brookside and your Bach
Written by: Chris Geddes, KILDEA BOBBY, Mick Cooke, Richard William Colburn, Sarah Ann Martin, Stevie Jackson, Stuart Murdoch

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