You kissed me on the forehead
Now this kiss is giving me a concussion
We were love at first sight
Now it's crush
It's crushing
Now choose two stops through the city though
I'm lost easily
I took to the desert but my heart just whines
And deceive me

Now we're in love again
And you're wherevers
I'm not a child I know
We're not going steady

You're pain's gigantic but it's not as big as your ego
Promise not to abandon you, please let me go

Now I've been hurting your feelings
Yeah they were worth protecting
They say I'm too kind and sentimental
Like you could catch affection

Oh in your eyes there's a sadness
Enough to kill the both of us
Are those eyes overrated?
They make me want to give up on love

I'll brace myself for the holiness
Say hello to feelings that I detest

This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again

This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again
This maudlin career has come to an end
I don't want to be sad again



Lyrics submitted by doda, edited by turninto

Track duration: 03:18

"My Maudlin Career" as written by Tracyanne Campbell

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  • +2
    General Comment:the best album of 2009.
    Flag summerteeth99on January 18, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:the best album of 2009.
    Flag summerteeth99on January 18, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:this song is so beautiful. i really can't get tired of it, i could listen to it over &over.
    Flag annaisfancyon January 08, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Lyrics transcribed from the booklet included with the "My Maudlin Career" CD. Parts in brackets were erronesouly left out of the booklet lyrics despite obviously being a part of the song. Parts enclosed in parentheses are in the booklet lyrics despite not actually being in the recorded version. Sans the bracketed and parenthetical parts, everything else from the booklet checks out to my ears.

    You kissed me on the forehead (in Spain)
    Now these kisses give me concussion
    We were love at first sight
    Now this crush is crushing
    I retraced your steps through the city of romance lazily
    I took to the desert with your harshest words
    And they saved me

    I'll bail you out again I've got the readies
    I'm not a child I know we're not going steady
    Your pain's gigantic
    But [it's] not as big as your ego
    I promise not to abandon you
    Please let me go

    I harbored worried feelings
    Like they were worth protecting
    You say I'm too kind and sentimental
    Like you could catch affection
    In your eyes there's a sadness enough
    To kill the both of us
    Are those eyes overrated?
    They make me want to give up on love

    I'll brace myself for the loneliness
    Say hello to feeling[s] that I (despise) [detest]
    This maudlin career must come to an end
    I don't want to be sad again
    This maudlin career must come to an end
    I don't want to be sad again
    [This maudlin career must come to an end
    I don't want to be sad again

    This maudlin career must come to an end
    I don't want to be sad again
    This maudlin career must come to an end
    I don't want to be sad again]
    Flag BrentLongon July 26, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I take the "career" part to mean her singing career, i.e. writing and singing, primarily about her feelings, and mostly about her relationships.
    Flag Technophobiaon June 29, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Maudlin - adjective - 1. tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental 2. foolishly or mawkishly sentimental because of drunkenness.


    That's what Maudlin means and the career is her relationship that must feel like a chore/job.
    Flag JimmieNeverDieson May 15, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i thought it was my modeling career, then i saw the album and song title (and had no idea what maudlin meant [and still don't])
    Flag pavement33on May 13, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I hear:

    "we were love at first sight
    now this crush, it's crushing
    I chased your steps through the city of romance lazily,
    I took to the desert with your heart, she (?) and deceives me"

    I definitely do not hear:
    "Now we're in love again
    And you're wherevers"


    she says something else, don't know what.

    then I think it's
    "now I've been wearing your feelings,
    like they were worth protecting"

    and maybe it's "I embrace" instead of "I'll brace"... not sure.

    Flag letmegohomeon March 17, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Godammit man this song is way too good.
    Flag Laffz-A-Loton March 15, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I am certain that there are mistakes here, but I listened and re-listened and still couldn't figure several parts out. The parts I'm least confident of have the (?)s.

    Please leave any corrections you have! This post was really just meant as a starting point for people with better ears than mine.
    Flag dodaon February 13, 2009   Link

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