Bei guten Texten darf Jarvis Cocker nicht fehlen, für mich der Meister der cleveren sarkastischen und trotzdem unglaublich berührenden Songtexte.
Von seinen neueren Sachen finde ich Leftovers textlich am gelungensten – die vielen Wortspiele lassen mich immer wieder grinsen:
I met her in the museum of paleontology
And I make no bones about it
I said if you wish to study dinosaurs,
I know a specimen whose interest is undoubtedTrapped in a body that is failing me
Well, please allow me to be succinct
I wanna love you whilst we both still have flesh upon our bones
Before we both become extinctThat’s what I told her: I wanna be your lover
And then I told her twice: I wanna be your loverWell, he says that he loves you like a sister
Well I guess, I guess that’s relative
He says that he wants to make love to you
Well instead of „to“, shouldn’t that be „with“?Oh, I told you once: I wanna be your lover
And now I’ve told you twice: I wanna be your loverAnd so I come to you filled with guilt and self-loathing
And I am praying that you could make me good
And so I fall upon your neck just like a vampire
Yeah, like a vampire who faints at the sight of bloodAnd I told you once: I wanna be your lover
I’m gonna say it again
And then I told you twice: I wanna be your loverWell this is my CV and I’ve got no one else to blame
So I will state, state my case, I will state it againCome and help yourself to leftovers
Got a little surplus love and affection
And getting cuddly, so won’t you cuddle me?
I could be your teddy bear… oh yeahI know I ain’t no eligible bachelor
This is no mouthwatering proposition
Make no mistake, you’re in big trouble, little lady
If we start a-hugging and a-kissing
And a-kissing, are you listening?‚Cause I told you once
And then I told you twice
And now I told you three times
And at the risk of repeating myself
I’m gonna say it againYeah
I wanna be your lover
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