| Song | Waiting for Kirsten |
| Artist | Jens Lekman |
| Album | An Argument With Myself |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| We were waiting for Kirsten, me and Joel, | |
| 'Cause we found out the name of her hotel, | |
| With the folköl and an evening paper, | |
| In which she spelled out my name letter by letter. | |
| Well, I grew up outside this city, | |
| Where the local Estrella chips factory | |
| Had paved the way to your grave and to your destiny, | |
| So what can a suburban boy like me do when she mentions me | |
| Except compromise a portion of his dignity? | |
| Another club, another beer, another hour -- | |
| Squint at the clock up at the church tower. | |
| "What she's doing here, you think?" | |
| "I heard she's filming with von Trier." | |
| "Hey Klara, how's your night? | |
| Did you know about Kirsten? Have you seen her?" | |
| She says:"Yeah she was here, | |
| But she was turned away at the door." | |
| I know, I know, I can't believe no one told her before... | |
| That in Gothenburg we don't have VIP lines. | |
| In Gothenburg, we don't make a fuss about who you are. | |
| In Gothenburg, we don't have VIP lines. | |
| But then I bit my tongue, and the taste of blood was so strong. | |
| 'Cause times are changing, Kirsten: | |
| Göta Älv is slowly reversing; | |
| They turned a youth-center into a casino; | |
| They drew a swastika in your cappuccino. | |
| And the VIP lines are not to the clubs | |
| But to healthcare, apartments and jobs. | |
| "Hey buddy can I borrow five grand? | |
| 'Cause my dad's in chemo, | |
| And they wanna take him off his plan." | |
| I said, in Gothenburg, we don't have VIP lines | |
| I said, in Gothenburg, you're not worth less, and you're not worth any more. | |
| I said, in Gothenburg, we don't have VIP lines, | |
| But then I bit my tongue, and the taste of blood was so strong. | |
| At the end of the night, me and Joel | |
| Went back and sat outside her hotel | |
| And drank beer after beer 'til the sun came up, | |
| And since she didn't show up, Joel said I had to man up, | |
| And write a note of affection, and leave it in the reception. | |
| And I wrote this confession with the lipstick from his girlfriend | |
| on the back of our receipt. | |
| But the receptionist said I was drunk and asked me to leave. |
| We were waiting for Kirsten, me and Joel, | |
| ' Cause we found out the name of her hotel, | |
| With the folk l and an evening paper, | |
| In which she spelled out my name letter by letter. | |
| Well, I grew up outside this city, | |
| Where the local Estrella chips factory | |
| Had paved the way to your grave and to your destiny, | |
| So what can a suburban boy like me do when she mentions me | |
| Except compromise a portion of his dignity? | |
| Another club, another beer, another hour | |
| Squint at the clock up at the church tower. | |
| " What she' s doing here, you think?" | |
| " I heard she' s filming with von Trier." | |
| " Hey Klara, how' s your night? | |
| Did you know about Kirsten? Have you seen her?" | |
| She says:" Yeah she was here, | |
| But she was turned away at the door." | |
| I know, I know, I can' t believe no one told her before... | |
| That in Gothenburg we don' t have VIP lines. | |
| In Gothenburg, we don' t make a fuss about who you are. | |
| In Gothenburg, we don' t have VIP lines. | |
| But then I bit my tongue, and the taste of blood was so strong. | |
| ' Cause times are changing, Kirsten: | |
| G ta lv is slowly reversing | |
| They turned a youthcenter into a casino | |
| They drew a swastika in your cappuccino. | |
| And the VIP lines are not to the clubs | |
| But to healthcare, apartments and jobs. | |
| " Hey buddy can I borrow five grand? | |
| ' Cause my dad' s in chemo, | |
| And they wanna take him off his plan." | |
| I said, in Gothenburg, we don' t have VIP lines | |
| I said, in Gothenburg, you' re not worth less, and you' re not worth any more. | |
| I said, in Gothenburg, we don' t have VIP lines, | |
| But then I bit my tongue, and the taste of blood was so strong. | |
| At the end of the night, me and Joel | |
| Went back and sat outside her hotel | |
| And drank beer after beer ' til the sun came up, | |
| And since she didn' t show up, Joel said I had to man up, | |
| And write a note of affection, and leave it in the reception. | |
| And I wrote this confession with the lipstick from his girlfriend | |
| on the back of our receipt. | |
| But the receptionist said I was drunk and asked me to leave. |
| We were waiting for Kirsten, me and Joel, | |
| ' Cause we found out the name of her hotel, | |
| With the folk l and an evening paper, | |
| In which she spelled out my name letter by letter. | |
| Well, I grew up outside this city, | |
| Where the local Estrella chips factory | |
| Had paved the way to your grave and to your destiny, | |
| So what can a suburban boy like me do when she mentions me | |
| Except compromise a portion of his dignity? | |
| Another club, another beer, another hour | |
| Squint at the clock up at the church tower. | |
| " What she' s doing here, you think?" | |
| " I heard she' s filming with von Trier." | |
| " Hey Klara, how' s your night? | |
| Did you know about Kirsten? Have you seen her?" | |
| She says:" Yeah she was here, | |
| But she was turned away at the door." | |
| I know, I know, I can' t believe no one told her before... | |
| That in Gothenburg we don' t have VIP lines. | |
| In Gothenburg, we don' t make a fuss about who you are. | |
| In Gothenburg, we don' t have VIP lines. | |
| But then I bit my tongue, and the taste of blood was so strong. | |
| ' Cause times are changing, Kirsten: | |
| G ta lv is slowly reversing | |
| They turned a youthcenter into a casino | |
| They drew a swastika in your cappuccino. | |
| And the VIP lines are not to the clubs | |
| But to healthcare, apartments and jobs. | |
| " Hey buddy can I borrow five grand? | |
| ' Cause my dad' s in chemo, | |
| And they wanna take him off his plan." | |
| I said, in Gothenburg, we don' t have VIP lines | |
| I said, in Gothenburg, you' re not worth less, and you' re not worth any more. | |
| I said, in Gothenburg, we don' t have VIP lines, | |
| But then I bit my tongue, and the taste of blood was so strong. | |
| At the end of the night, me and Joel | |
| Went back and sat outside her hotel | |
| And drank beer after beer ' til the sun came up, | |
| And since she didn' t show up, Joel said I had to man up, | |
| And write a note of affection, and leave it in the reception. | |
| And I wrote this confession with the lipstick from his girlfriend | |
| on the back of our receipt. | |
| But the receptionist said I was drunk and asked me to leave. |