[ti:Melancholy Man] [ar:The Wake] [al:Late Night Tales: MGMT] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Melancholy Man - The Wake [02:05.90]Some people say that I'm a melancholy man [02:12.02]When all is said and done [02:13.84]It's just the way I am [02:18.01]The sun is blazing as I wander into town [02:23.91]A long grey overcoat which trails along the ground [02:30.24]And when I'm walking past the children in the park [02:35.12]They stop their games they shout my name [02:38.21]And run behind my back [02:42.15]If only they could see how happy I can be [02:47.29]But sometimes they must look away [02:50.35]Or so it seems to me [02:54.11]I think I'll always be a melancholy man [02:59.44]I know when all is said and done [03:02.22]It's just the way I am [03:05.93]But if you have the time [03:08.36]Please listen while you can [03:11.51]Does anybody understand [03:14.45]I'll always be a melancholy man [03:42.51]The sky is blue today [03:44.04]Here in your nowhere land [03:48.09]And how are you today my melancholy man [03:54.37]You saw us looking through a window of a bus [04:00.37]We smiled at you but you didn't smile at us [04:06.51]And when you're old and grey [04:08.75]Your days are at an end [04:11.50]You'll wish that you had somone who [04:14.71]You couls call a friend [04:18.65]Yet only I can see how happy you can be [04:23.63]Oh sometimes they must look away [04:26.73]Or so it seems to me [04:30.24]I think I'll always be a melancholy man [04:35.74]I know when all is said and done [04:38.67]It's just the way I am [04:42.45]But if you have the time [04:44.70]Please listen while you can [04:47.92]Does anybody understand [04:50.86]I'll always be a melancholy man [05:43.57]When all is said and done my melancholy man [05:55.66]The sky is blue today my melancholy man [06:06.96]And when no hope was left in sight [06:09.97]On that starry starry night [06:13.34]You took your life as lovers often do [06:19.36]But I could have told you Vincent [06:25.75]This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you [06:31.60]As beautiful as you my melancholy man