Singles is a 1992 American romantic comedy film written, co-produced, and directed by Cameron Crowe. The film stars Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, Kyra Sedgwick, and Matt Dillon.
Singles centers on the lives of a group of young people, mostly in their 20s, living in an apartment block in Seattle, Washington, and is divided into chapters. It focuses on the course of two couples' rocky romances, as well as the love lives of their friends and associates. The film stars Bridget Fonda as a coffee-bar waitress fawning over an aspiring musician (Matt Dillon) and Kyra Sedgwick and Campbell Scott as a couple wavering on whether to commit to each other. The events of the film are set against the backdrop of the early 1990s grunge movement in Seattle.
Cameron Crowe wrote the part of Janet Livermore specifically for Bridget Fonda to play. Jennifer Jason Leigh was Crowe's first choice for the role of Linda Powell. When she turned it down, Jodie Foster, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Robin Wright Penn were all under consideration before Kyra Sedgwick won the part.
What will one’s existence be?
Where will be hope to live?
I'm hurting from sorrow rather than from a wound.
The crimson tears won't stop…
Inside those crimson tears, I’m wondering what is the
sense of my existence
I closed myself to your reluctant mind
With your smile combined with hypocrisy, I understand
your foolish lie
I want to forget my dear and cruel you
I pray for your welfare and a little malice.
What should I find in despair? Make me realize.
Image is breaking.
This invisible grief is painful
Take away my sad blood. Destroy my scared face.
Am I only tumbling in pain?
I’m just crying… I still want to love you
Under this mask, I’m quivering in lamented weakness
Who am I only looking for, hating, and living for?
Laugh at my exposed wound
Can you be satisfied with the crime you spitted out
with your horrible voice? Again…
I'm just killing myself.
I’m just crying… I still want to love you
Under this mask, I’m quivering in lamented weakness
Holding my despair from your unreachable voice, I don’t
hesitate anymore
I can’t live with strength, nobody can save me
Who am I only looking for, hating, living for?
Laugh at my exposed wound
Can you be satisfied with the crime you spitted out
with your horrible voice? Again…
I'm just killing myself.
Even if I die in darkness, surrounded by my solitude,
would you cry for me?
An cynical perfect love
In order to break this disturbed mind, the shapeless
me, you didn’t yet…
Will you demand me again?
Do you remember?
Do you remember?
Do you remember?
How you were gonna stay free?
But they had plans for you
And things to do
The same thing goes for me
Well, well, I never
Saw it coming to me
But when I turned around to look at you
It was all that I could do
To see the distance
Everybody wants to run
And I'm no different
Feeling like the only one
In the beginning
Everything was so close
And it seemed that everywhere you go
Everybody knows
You don't remember
What you wanted to be
Well, they went 'round the class and you were last
The clock was fast, so no one asked
To see the distance
Everybody wants to run
And I'm no different
Feeling like the only one
Well, how long can you run?
How far and what for?
How far will you run
To get whatever you're after
Year after, year after year
Well, I've been looking
But I still can't see
How we get from A to B to C
And feel like we should be
Well, I've been running
But I've been running around
Now there's nothing left for me to do
But sit around and see the view
And see the distance
Everybody wants to run
And I'm no different
Feeling like the only one
Do you remember?
Do you remember?
Do you remember?
Montag Morgen fünf Uhr früh, der Wecker klingelt grell
Good morning singt das Radio, es ist lange noch nicht hell
In der vollen Straßenbahn, die selbe Drängelei
Im Laufschritt geht's dann ins Büro und Du sagst,
Du fühlst dich frei
Doch Du bist nur ein Sklave und du wirst es immer sein
Ja Du bist nur ein Sklave, warum siehst Du das nicht ein
Du bist nur ein Wassertropfen, kannst nichts ändern hier auf Erden
Doch aus vielen Wassertropfen können Wasserfälle werden
Deinen Chef kannst Du nicht ausstehen doch zum Grüßen stehst Du auf
Lächeln bis zum Feierabend jetzt aber nichts wie raus
Deine Frau und Deine Kinder warten schon zu Haus auf dich
So geht das schon seit Jahren doch das stört dich nicht
Denn Du bist...
Crazy crazy eyes
You'll look real fine
By the time
I make you mine
Crazy crazy eyes
You look real sweet
Something to eat
A wholemeal treat
Lets Go
Crazy crazy eyes
She's a kitten
Scratchin' and spittin'
And I've been bitten
Crazy crazy eyes
The deepest brown
Spinning round This love I found
What she bites, She will swallow
Where she goes, I will follow
Crazy crazy eyes
You'll look real fine
By the time
I make you mine
Crazy crazy eyes
You look real cool
You make me drool
I feel like a fool
Crazy crazy eyes
SINGLES
Rupert Holmes
Singles,
you & I are singles
Strangers
trying to stay warm in the snow
Maybe
we will wake as strangers
or maybe we will find
we have somewhere to go.
Couples
all start out as singles
Lovers
like to walk alone now & then
Even
married folks act single
if they should feel the need
to find themselves again
REFRAIN x2: Singles,
all my loves were singles,
Like the dollar bills that slip away
before you even know
Music,
pourin' out on singles,
finds a home
on someone's stereo
And like a stack of singles
We'll survive as singles
Trying
hard to match one shoe with one glove
Lovers,
'cause we share the same dreams
Dreams of what the world
can't have too many of
Like singles
doubled up with love
transcribed by dh
I?m sitting tight, I?m holding still
The flowers bite, the cobweb?s still
We walk in file, we stand in line
The drug is in and we did not
Since you?ve been so lonely
Pain will cease to tease you
Scars may not be ugly
A doll?s leg fits around you
Why is everybody burning sky
Misfit plug and chicken pie
Walk in file and dance in line
Straightedge tango sequins shine
The ground is steady, the stiff is stiff
The cobweb?s torn, the tide is tired
You?re so alone, you?re so awake
You wish, you?d never been awake
The knock goes off and the knock goes out
The city spills, there?s a lover who screams
The sickness fills when the night gets tough
You wish, you?d never been so so so skinny
Walk in line, dance in file
Sicking all night and working all day
Spin with fright when you?re finding no way
And the drums get dark in night or day
Sicking all night and working all day
See my granddad go
Walk in line, dance in file
Walk and dance in single file
Right up to the bread in here
Couldn?t find the bread in there
We couldn?t find the bread
And we couldn?t find the heart
And we worked so hard
We worked so heartbeat
If I look up there, if I look a fool
If I look up there, if I look a fool
Jack went up the, Jack came down the
Jack and Jill went up the hill
Jack came flying down the still
Jack, what?re you doing jack?
I don?t know, I?m back, oh no
I told you not to put on those trousers
Don?t put on the trousers
Don?t put on the trousers
Your dress is too starched
It?s too starched
You got a high class face today
You ought to have used nail polish
Lights out fast and sleep at night
Lights out fast and sleep at night
Turn the light out, get into bed
Cover yourself up
Your head, your head
Your head, your head
Sad little boy of the street
Hands of a thief
With the mind of a dreamer
Dodging the puddles with feet
Of a torero in an Arena
Sings an old Andalucian song
Dancing along
Using his dirty red coat as a cape
Rain thundering down
Sounds like the applause from
Hundreds of people
He feels free as the wind
Free as the swifts
Around the cathedral
Kneels to acknowledge his fame
Forgets all his pain
Little Toreador in the Rain
Bathed in a Rainbow of Pink
Purple and Blue outside La Molina
The pavement reflecting the neon
Lights this Torero in his arena
He looks down at his clothes
Imagining those
Worn of sequin, Gold and Brocade
He kneels and kisses the beast
Fearing the least
Knowing death will not find him
But maybe one day he will face
The Horns of the Devil
His childhood behind him
Brave young man from the streets
No more a thief
No longer a dreamer
Stands in front of the Beast
A golden Torero in an Arena
It starts to thunder and rain
Remembering that day
He danced like a fool on the wing of a dream
Sand turning to mud
Soon where his blood will splatter and mingle
Free, Free as an Angel
Up with the swifts
Around the cathedral
Never to be seen again
Dreams all in vain
There lies the Toreador in the rain
Little Toreador in the rain
Little Toreador in the rain
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It's Strictly Confidential
It was January, 1963
When Johnny came home with a gift for me
He said, "I bought it for you because I love you
And I bought it for you 'cause it's your birthday too"
He was so very nice, he was so very kind
To think of me at this point in time
I used to think of him, he used think of me
He told me to close my eyes
My gift would be a great surprise
I saw tears were in his eyes
He never meant to hurt me, oh God
Johnny, don't point that gun at me
There's so many ways our lives have changed
But please, I beg, don't do this to me
Johnny, don't point that gun at me
Can I save my life at any price?
For God's sake, won't you listen to me?
And though he was ashamed that he had took a life
Johnny came home with another wife
And he often remembered how it used to be
Before that special occasion, 1963
There was too many ways that you could kill someone
Like in a love affair, when the love has gone
He used to think of her, she used think of him
He told me to close my eyes
My gift would be a great surprise
I saw tears were in his eyes
He never meant to hurt me, oh God
Johnny, don't point that gun at me
There's so many ways our lives have changed
But please, I beg, don't do this to me
Johnny, you keep on using me
Can I change my life for any price?
Oh Johnny, won't you listen to me?
He told me to close my eyes
My gift would be a great surprise
I saw hatred in his eyes
But he never meant to hurt me, oh God
Johnny, don't point that gun at me
There's so many ways our lives have changed
But please, I beg, don't do this to me
Johnny, you keep on using me
Can I change my life for any price?
Oh Johnny, won't you listen to me?
I just want you to be mine
I don't want this world to shine
I don't want this bridge to burn
Oh Johnny, do you miss me?
I just want to feel for you
I will always feel for you
I will always feel for you
I will always feel for you
I will always feel for you
You're pretty, oh so pretty
why waste your time just sitting
here a-listening to this dead-eye bitch?
do nothing, eat your chocolate,
drink your wine, she won't let you
make your way across her empire line!
what's eating you is a mystery
but go home with her one more time
and you know you'll be history
watch movies with the lights on
sit still; keep her tights on
do you see this once and timeless week?
go on, say something clever
just act(s) it, she will never
take you higher than her attic room
what's eating you is a mystery
but go home with her one more time
and you know you'll be history
she'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come
from your fears!
she'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come
from your fears!
is she a femme fatale?
that's what she wants you to think
she'll never lead him astray
but it's the best she can do
but is she going away?
no, she'll always be here,
waiting for you
back here on earth
your mother call your mother
even she's surprised that this is how you want to spend
your nights indoors
you never call too often. what's up?
have forgotten what it's like to have her on all fours?
what's eating you is a mystery,
but go home with her one more time
and you know you'll be history..
she'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come
from your fears!
she'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come
from your fears!
is she a femme fatale?
that's what she wants you to think
she'll never lead him astray!
but it's the best she can do
but is she going away?
no, she'll always be here,
waiting for you
back here on earth
there's a train at
the station
it's leaving
this morning
it'll take you
away from
this girl that's
so boring
don't turn around just walk away
don't turn around just walk away
don't turn around JUST WALK AWAY
she'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come
from your fears!
she'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come
from your fears!
is she a femme fatale?
that's what she wants you to think
she'll never lead him astray!
but it's the best she can do
but is she going away?
no, she'll always be here,
waiting for you
back here on earth
I said I wanna come over
you said 'ok just come over'
your friends are all on the couch
your friends said 'let's walk around'
I'll pretend your friends are my friends
and kinda try not to offend them
but I won't let you see anything real
let you know, there's limits to--
CHORUS:
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopeed talking an hour ago
It's a predictable point of view
this group dynamic caters to
it's a particular point of view
I think you know when it caters to you
(and if you do know don't act like you
don't cuz it's really annoying, and if
you don't know, well, let's just say,
you're a lot lot stupider than I thought.)
I'll pretend your friends are my friends
but I don't wanna hear you defend them
in fact that kind of insults me and
I kinda don't really wanna be here right--
CHORUS:
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago
I stopped talking an hour ago, ago...
OK: Your whole thing put me in
negative space for way too long
the only thing I managed to say during
that time was 'I hate danger'.
what I really should have said is:
'you're so not dangerous. you're so
not what you say you are at all.'
It's that ole devil called love again
Gets behind me and keeps giving me that shove again
Putting rain in my eyes
tears in my dreams
and rocks in my heart.
It's that sly old sun of a gun again
He keeps telling me that I'm the lucky one again
But I still have that rain
still have those tears
And those rocks in my heart.
S'pose I didn't stay
ran away
wouldn't play
The devil
what a potion he would brew?
He'd follow me around
build me up
tear me down
Till I'd be so bewildered
I wouldn't know what to do.
Might as well give up that fight again
I know darn well he'll convince me that he's right again.
When he sings that sorry song I'm just gonna tag along
With that ole devil called love.
He'd follow me around
build me up
tear me down
. . .
With that ole devil called love.