This Is Just a Modern Rock Song Lyrics

Emma tried to run away,
I followed her across the city,
She went out to the Easterhouse,
Because she liked the sound of it.

She didn't have a single penny,
She stuck a finger in the air,
She tried to flag down an aeroplane,
I suppose she needs a holiday.

I put my arm around her waist,
She put me on the ground with Judo,
She didn't recognise my face,
She wasn't even looking.

Laura's feeling just ideal,
Her horoscope was nearly perfect,
She's thinking of something to do,
Because she is The Birthday Girl.

She walked out to the edge of town,
She saw me lying in the park,
She took Emma by the hand,
They've got a lot in common.

I'll leave them to do what they want,
I'll leave them to do what they need to,
I'll go and play with words and pictures,
I'll admit I'm feeling strange.

[instrumental]

I'm not as sad as Doestoevsky,
I'm not as clever as Mark Twain,
I'll only buy a book for the way it looks,
And then I stick it on the shelf again.

Now I could tell you what I'm thinking,
But it never seems to do you good,
It's beyond me what a girl can see,
I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs.

This is just a modern rock song,
This is just a sorry lament,
We're four boys in corduroys,
We're not terrific but we're competent.

Stevie's full of good intentions,
Richards into rock 'n' roll,
Stuart's staying in and he thinks it's a sin,
That he has to leave the house at all.

[instrumental]

This is just a modern rock song,
This is just a tender affair,
I count "three, four" and then we start to slow,
Because a song has got to stop somewhere.

Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman to Open Old Wounds

May 2005

1. Dog On Wheels
2. String Bean Jean
3. Belle and Sebastian
4. Lazy Line Painter Jane
5. You Made Me Forget My Dreams
6. A Century of Elvis
7. Photo Jenny
8. A Century Of Fakers
9. Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie
10. Beautiful
11. Put The Book Back On The Shelf
12. This Is Just a Modern Rock Song
13. I Know Where The Summer Goes
14. The Gate
15. Slow Graffiti
16. Legal Man
17. Judy Is A Dick Slap
18. Winter Wooskie
19. Jonathan David
20. Take Your Carriage Clock And Shove It
21. The Loneliness Of a Middle Distance Runner
22. I'm Waking Up To Us
23. I Love My Car
24. Marx and Engels