New York City Moves to the Sound of L.A. (Live At the BBC)

Hey, let's get right back to the basics
Every movement made up was useless
Same old shit with a brand new sound
Write it off as progress, it's pointless

Not sure who you were in the 80's
Stole all your ideas from other cities
Get it straight when you're upside down
Things are looking stale, it's time to turn around

I was sick of the feeling
And sick of image and sound
And getting far without leaving
Thanks for letting me down

Now I know that it's all been done before
And will all be done again
So pick up the trends, you dumb Americans
Now I know that it's all been done before
And will all be done again
So pick up the trends

Burn it down and rip out the pages
The kids are all right through the ages
Making sure that it works for now
Cut your hair and paint your stupid faces

Let's pretend that we can get together
Yeah, yeah, let's enjoy one another
Useless talking about that now
Everybody still likes to fuck around

Taking too long to catch up
Going back to the past
And things are moving much farther
To falling back on their ass

Now I know that it's all been done before
And will all be done again
So pick up the trends, you dumb Americans
Now I know that it's all been done before
And will all be done again
So pick up the trends

New York City loves to mess around
With the L.A. sound, the L.A. sound
New York City loves to mess around
With the L.A. sound, the L.A. sound

Come on
New York City loves to mess around
With the L.A. sound, the L.A. sound
New York City loves to mess around
With the L.A. sound, oh yeah, the L.A. sound

Now I know that it's all been done before
And will all be done again
So pick up the trends, you dumb Americans
Now I know that it's all been done before
And will all be done again
So pick up the trends, oh, come on swim