[ti:Diplomat’s Son] [ar:Vampire Weekend] [al:Contra] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Diplomat's Son - Vampire Weekend [00:12.29]Written by:Dave Taylor/Rostam Batmanglij/Chris Baio/Maya Arulpragasam/Frederick"Toots" Hibbert/Ezra Koenig/Chris Tomson/Wesley Pentz [00:24.59]It's not right but it's now or never [00:29.73] [00:34.18]And if I wait could I ever forgive myself [00:40.50] [00:44.32]On a night when the moon glows yellow in the riptide [00:50.65] [00:54.00]With the light from the TVs buzzing in the house [01:00.29] [01:03.95]Cuz I'm gonna cut it where I can [01:06.56]And then I'm gonna duck out behind them [01:08.92]If I ever had a chance it's now then [01:11.32]But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you [01:14.64] [01:19.11]To offer it to you would be cruel [01:21.99] [01:22.93]When all I want to do is use use you [01:26.99] [01:28.40]He was a diplomat's son [01:30.02] [01:30.83]It was '81 [01:32.44] [01:33.24]He was a diplomat's son [01:34.73] [01:35.55]It was '81 [01:37.00] [01:58.63]Dressed in white with my car keys hidden in the kitchen [02:04.50] [02:08.16]I could sleep wherever I lay my head [02:14.48] [02:18.47]And the sight of your two shoes sitting in the bathtub [02:24.61] [02:28.21]Let me know that I shouldn't give up just yet [02:34.22] [02:38.39]Cuz I'm gonna take it from Simon [02:40.62]And then I'm gonna duck out behind them [02:43.09]If I ever had a chance it's now then [02:45.44]But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you [02:48.81] [02:53.27]To offer it to you would be cruel [02:56.45] [02:57.06]When all I want to do is use use you [03:01.15] [03:02.49]He was a diplomat's son [03:03.61] [03:04.91]It was '81 [03:06.00] [03:07.28]He was a diplomat's son [03:08.92] [03:09.64]It was '81 [03:10.27] [03:26.34]I know you'll say [03:28.95]I'm not doing it right [03:31.16] [03:31.85]But this is how I want it [03:34.20] [03:38.80]I can't go back [03:40.78] [03:41.67]To how I felt before [03:43.57] [03:44.92]That night I smoked a joint [03:46.85]With my best friend [03:47.76]We found ourselves in bed [03:49.83]When I woke up he was gone [03:53.28] [03:54.80]He was a diplomat's son [03:56.66]It was '81 [03:58.75] [03:59.57]He was a diplomat's son [04:01.31] [04:01.86]It was '81 [04:03.61] [05:16.86]Looking out at the ice cold water all around me [05:23.36] [05:26.71]I can't feel any traces of that other place [05:32.92] [05:36.61]In the dark when the wind comes racing off the river [05:43.03] [05:46.43]There's a car all black with diplomatic plates