Bonnie McKee - Everything But You/Hot City/AG (Live @ YTMA)
Everything But You, Hot City & American Girl at Youtube Music Awards Pre-Party.
starts at 24:08.
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The audience was dead all night, but I'm just excited to hear some new songs. EBY is a potential smash. HC is giving me "Paradise City" by Gun N Roses teas. These seem a lot more representative of the 80s sound she said she was going for.
I deciphered most of the lyrics from "Everything But You" but by the end of the bridge it's almost impossible. I'll have to keep working on it.... and then do "Hot City" later.
The lyrics are quintessential Bonnie though. Maybe even more so than American Girl.
Quote:
Everything But You
I put on my boots, my red leather coat
The one with the silver spikes
The one you used to tell me that you liked the most
I'm ready to move, my nail's looking fly
Yeah, I got everything a girl could want except for you by my side
(Whoa) I love my friends, yeah, they got my back
(Whoa) They don't know about the nights we had
(Whoa) It doesn't matter
(whoa) Cause you're not mine anymore
Chorus
But I know that I'll be alright
Cuz I know time is on my side
I have got everything but you baby, everything but you baby
I'll be alright
Cuz I know time is on my side
I have got everything but you baby, everything but you baby
When I'm alone I picture your face
The way that you used to smile
Every time I sang along to Ace Of Spades
So turn up the lights
Remember the highs
Yeah, I had everything a girl could want when I had you by my side
(Whoa) I hear that song on the radio
(Whoa) The same **** everywhere I go
(Whoa) It doesn't matter
(whoa) cuz you're not mine anymore
Chorus
But I know that I'll be alright
Cuz I know time is on my side
I have got everything but you baby, everything but you baby
I'll be alright
Cuz I know time is on my side
I have got everything but you baby, everything but you baby
Got sunglasses, fake lashes, and everything
I got hair-dye, got wi-fi, and everything
Got my girls in bikinis that drink big (??)
My phones always ringing a melody(?)
Got that vintage t-shirt you were looking for
(?)
(?)
Chorus
But I know that I'll be alright
Cuz I know time is on my side
I have got everything but you baby, everything but you baby
I'll be alright
Cuz I know time is on my side
I have got everything but you baby, everything but you baby
She should maybe work on her live performances
The whole thing just felt a bit awkward to me. I'm no critic or anything, idkkkk still.
Those new songs though >>>>>>>> I'm actually excited to see what she puts out.
Here's the Hot City lyrics. Once again, there were a few spots that I couldn't understand what she was saying. Any help in figuring them out would be appreciated.
Quote:
Hot City
I wanna waste a little time with you
I got no money, got no mind to lose
Wanna go where the tears that you cry are shining-shining so pretty
A fallen angel in a Chevrolet
I'm on your (???) with my daddy say
He don't know where we go when we go
So let's go to hot city
When you're close to me, boy, you make my temperature rise
Wanna feel that heat, won't you take me to paradise
Chorus
Come on let's go to hot city!
Fire up the boulevard
(Hot city!) Stealing cars and breaking hearts
(Hot city!) Just a rebel in the dark
(Whoa oah oah - whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)
(Hot city!) All the girls and all the boys
(Hot city!) Yeah we're young and unemployed
(Hot city!) Get in the streets and make some noise
(Whoa oah oah - whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Take off your shirt I wanna feel your skin
Sweet chemicals are sinking in
How I love, how I love, how I love it when you like to get gritty
Looking like a dirty magazine
Peeling out like a tangerine
Here we go, here we go, here we go, we'll live it up in hot city
When you're close to me, boy, you make my temperature rise
Wanna feel that heat, won't you take me to paradise
Chorus
Come on let's go to hot city!
Fire up the boulevard
(Hot city!) Stealing cars and breaking hearts
(Hot city!) Just a rebel in the dark
(Whoa oah oah - whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)
(Hot city!) All the girls and all the boys
(Hot city!) Yeah we're young and unemployed
(Hot city!) Get in the streets and make some noise
(Whoa oah oah - whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Palm trees and pink skies
Be my ride or die
Two electric hearts
Til we kiss the stars
Chorus
Come on let's go to hot city!
Fire up the boulevard
(Hot city!) Stealing cars and breaking hearts
(Hot city!) Just a rebel in the dark
(Whoa oah oah - whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)
(Hot city!) All the girls and all the boys
(Hot city!) Yeah we're young and unemployed
(Hot city!) Get in the streets and make some noise
(Whoa oah oah - whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh)