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Despair to the point till they provoke
The punchline before they have told the joke
The sheer desperation to be seen
Staring at the television screen
Despair to the point where they provoke
You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke
Sorry, sunshine, it doesn't exist
It wasn't in the top one hundred list
And it's the thousandth time, and it's even bolder
Don't be surprised when you get bent over
He told ya that you were dying for it
She saw it, and she grabbed it, and it wasn't what it seemed
The kids all dream of making it, whatever that means
Another variation on a theme
A tangle on the television and the magazine
Do you reckon that they do it for a joke?
Do you reckon that they make 'em take an oath
That says 'we are defenders
Of any poseur or professional pretender around?
When did your list replace the twist and turn?
Ah, the fist replaced the kissed-on concern
And if you're bothered, I don't want your prayers
Save it for the morning after
And it's the thousandth time, and it's even bolder
Don't be surprised when you get bent over
He told ya that you were dying for it
Let's have a game on the Teddy Picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick and you're getting thicker
Let's have a game on the Teddy Picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick, and you're getting thicker
Assuming that all things are equal
Who'd want to be men of the people
When there's people like you?
The punchline before they have told the joke
The sheer desperation to be seen
Staring at the television screen
Despair to the point where they provoke
You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke
Sorry, sunshine, it doesn't exist
It wasn't in the top one hundred list
And it's the thousandth time, and it's even bolder
Don't be surprised when you get bent over
He told ya that you were dying for it
She saw it, and she grabbed it, and it wasn't what it seemed
The kids all dream of making it, whatever that means
Another variation on a theme
A tangle on the television and the magazine
Do you reckon that they do it for a joke?
Do you reckon that they make 'em take an oath
That says 'we are defenders
Of any poseur or professional pretender around?
When did your list replace the twist and turn?
Ah, the fist replaced the kissed-on concern
And if you're bothered, I don't want your prayers
Save it for the morning after
And it's the thousandth time, and it's even bolder
Don't be surprised when you get bent over
He told ya that you were dying for it
Let's have a game on the Teddy Picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick and you're getting thicker
Let's have a game on the Teddy Picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick, and you're getting thicker
Assuming that all things are equal
Who'd want to be men of the people
When there's people like you?
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Track duration: 02:45
"Teddy Picker" as written by Alex Turner
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing
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This song is wrong everywhere.
This is the RIGHT lyrics:
THEY'VE sped up to the point where they provoke, the punch-line
before they have told the joke, PLENTY of desperation to be seen, staring at the television screen, sped up to the point where they provoke you to tell the fucking punch-line, before you have told the joke, "Sorry sunshine it doesn't exist. It wasn't in the top 100 list"
It's the 1000th time that it's even bolder,
don't be surprised when you get bent over,
they told you but you were dying for it
Saw it and she grabbed it and it wasn't what it seemed,
the kids all dream of making it, whatever that means
Another variation on a theme,
a tangle on the television and the magazine
Do you reckon that they do it for a joke?
Do you reckon that they make them take an oath that
says: "We are defenders of any poser or professional pretender around"
When did your list replace the twist and turn like a fist, replaced A KISS, DON'T CONCERN US WITH YOUR BOLLOCKS,
I don't want your prayer save it for the morning after.
Let's have a game on the teddy picker
"not quick enough can I have it quicker"
already thick and your getting thicker
PRESUMING all things are equal who'd want to be men of the people,
when there's people like you.
The punchline before they have told the joke
Can see a desperation to be seen
Staring at the television screen
They sped up to the point where they provoke
You to tell the fucking punchline before you have told the joke
Sorry sunshine it doesn't exist
It wasn't in the top 100 list
And it's the thousanth time that it's even bolder
Don't be surprised when you get bent over
They told you, but you were dying for it
She saw it and she grabbed it
and it wasn’t what it seemed
The kids all dream of making it
Whatever that means
Another variation on a theme
A tangle on the television and a magazine
D’ you reckon that they do it for a joke?
D’ you reckon that they make them take an oath?
That says that "we are defenders
of any poseur or professional pretender around"
When did your list replaced
The twist and turn like a fist
replaced the kissed-on concern
'Cause if your bothered
I don't want your prayer
Save it for the morning after
And it's the thousanth time that it's even bolder
Don't be surprised when you get bent over
They told you, but you were gagging for it
Let's have a game on the teddy picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick, and you gettin’ thicker?
Let's have a game on the teddy picker
Not quick enough, can I have it quicker?
Already thick, and you gettin’ thicker?
Assuming that all things are equal
Who'd want to be men of the people
When there's people like you?"
EN CASTELLANO:
RECOLECTOR DE OSITOS
"Se aceleraron al punto donde provocan
El remate antes de que hayan contado el chiste
La total desesperación por ser visto
Mirando la pantalla de televisión
Se aceleraron al punto donde te provocan
Decir el p… remate antes de que vos hayas contado el chiste
Lo sentimos, corazón, no existe
No estuvo en la lista de los TOP 100
Y es la milésima vez que es aún más audaz
No te sorprendas cuando te den vuelta
Te dijeron
Pero te estabas muriendo por eso
Ella lo vio y lo agarró y no era lo que parecía
Todos los niños sueñan con lograrlo, sea lo que sea que eso signifique
Otra variación sobre un tema
Un enredo en la televisión y en una revista
Reconoces que lo hacen como broma?
Reconoces que les hicieron hacer un juramento?
Que dice: “Nosotros somos defensores de cualquier presumido
o simulador profesional de por ahí”
¿Cuándo tu lista reemplazó los vaivenes
como el puño reemplazó la preocupación del beso?
Y si te molesta, no quiero tus plegarias
Guardátelas para la mañana siguiente
Y es la milésima vez que es aún más audaz
No te sorprendas cuando te den vuelta
Te dijeron
Pero te daban naúseas por eso
Tengamos un juego en el recolector de peluches
No es suficientemente rápido ¿lo puedo tener más rápido?
Ya sos denso y te estás volviendo más denso
Asumiendo que todas las cosas son iguales
¿Quién querría ser el hombre de la gente
cuando hay gente como vos?"
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Well for me I kinda think it is about celebrities...but I dont know maybe iam wrong...
Firstly, my interpretation is a very realistically modern motto based around the Arctic Monkey's home town of Sheffield.
Teddy picker is the name given to an almost sub-culture of people, usually men, who are beyond arrogance and think the world of themselves. Like the song says, they'll annoy you so much by telling you the "punch line before you have told the joke".
Then the song goes on to depict that one day, if those people stay like that then someone will choose to emit harm upon them, in this case the teddy picker has been told a "thousand times" and he's getting "bolder" and he was warned, before someone took it upon themselves to violently bring harm to him.
The term "get bent over" is often mistaken for meaning rape, when in retrospect it is a cruel modern day means of attack where a person is stabbed in the behind, effective and common as if caught, it is not attempt to murder but simply violent attack.