French Navy Lyrics - My Maudlin Career - Camera Obscura

Spent a week in a dusty library 

Waiting for some words to jump at me 

We met by a trick of fate 

French navy my sailor mate 

We met by the moon on a silvery lake 

You came my way 

Said, I want you to stay 

You with your dietary restrictions 

Said you loved me with a lot of conviction 

I was waiting to be struck by lightning 

Waiting for somebody exciting 

Like you 

Oh, the thing that you do 

You make me go ooh 

With the things that you do (you do, you do) 

I wanted to control it 

But love, I couldn't hold it 

I wanted to control it 

But love, I couldn't hold it 

I'll be criticized for lending out my art 

I was criticized for letting you break my heart 

Why would I stand the disappointed looks 

Fully grown but I'm all on tender hooks 

Ooh with the looks 

On tender hooks 

Ooh, with the looks, the looks, the looks 

I wanted to control it 

But love, I couldn't hold it 

I wanted to control it 

But love, I couldn't hold it 

Relationships were something I used to do 

Convince me they are better for me and you 

We met by a trick of fate 

French navy, my sailor 

I wanted to control it 

But love, I couldn't hold it 

I wanted to control it 

But love, I couldn't hold it