Biography:
Jens Martin Lekman (born February 6, 1981 in Angered, Sweden) is a Swedish musician. He has released four albums and several EPs since 2003. His music can be described as guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings, with lyrics that are often witty, romantic, and lachrymose. His work is often compared to that of Stephin Merritt of the The Magnetic Fields, Jonathan Richman and Morrissey.
Lekman recorded and released much of his material privately from 2000 to 2003 on CD-R.
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Other songs:
- An Argument With Myself
- Your Arms Around Me
- A Man Walks Into A Bar
- A Postcard To Nina
- And I Remember Every Kiss
- At The Dept Of Forgotten Songs
- Become Someone Elses
- Black Cab
- Erica America
- Evening Prayer
- Every Little Hair Knows Your Name
- Happy Birthday Dear Friend Lisa
- Hotwire The Ferris Wheel
- How Can I Tell Him
- How We Met The Long Version
- I Want A Pair Of Cowboy Boots
- Julie
- La Strada Nel Bosco
- Maple Leaves
- Pocketful Of Money
- Postcard 17
- Rocky Dennis Farewell Song To The Blind Girl
- Shirin
- Sipping On The Sweet Nectar
- The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Love
- The Opposite Of Hallelujah
- To Know Your Mission
- Waiting For Kirsten
- Wedding In Finistere
- When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog
- You Are The Light
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[Intro]
D A Bm
A Mormon missionary walks through Vasa Allén
G F#m Em
Through a clear-as-crystal Gothenburg morning
A D G G/F#
Removing his suit jacket, loosening his tie
Em F#m G D A
Wiping the sweat from his neck and the sleep from his eyes
D A Bm A
It's 1997, the last morning of August
G F#m Em
At the corner of 7-Eleven he hears the broadcast
A D G G/F#
Another saint is lost, Lady Di's returned to stardust
Em F#m G A D
He listens to the tragic news, followed by the Top 10 tunes
[Interlude]
D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm
[Verse 1]
D A Bm
Will Smith, Puff Daddy, Gala, Chumbawamba
G F#m Em
On the other side of the street he passes Café Java
F#m G
Where no one listens to that crap
F#m G
Both coffee and hair dyed raven black
Em F#m G D A
All so sure of everything except one question
[Chorus]
D Bm
What's our mission?
G A
What are we here for?
F#m Bm
Who are we serving?
G A
What can we do?
D Bm
What's our mission?
G A
What are we here for?
F#m Bm
Who are we serving?
G A
What can we do?
[Verse 2]
C G D
He bumps into a teenage boy leaning 'gainst the fence
C G A
Who takes his headphones off and introduces himself as Jens
F#m G F#m G
Riffling through the Book of Mormon, says it's way too early in the morning
Em F#m G D A
Instead of talking about religion can we just talk about how it feels
[Chorus]
D Bm
To know your mission
G A
To know what you're here for
F#m Bm
To know who you're serving
G A
To know what to do?
D Bm
To know your mission
G A
To know what you're here for
F#m Bm
To know who you're serving
G A
To know what to do?
[Bridge]
Em
To have a dream
Em
A GPS in your heart
Bm
A path to follow
G
Through the dark
D
Well, Jens says, I write songs sometimes
A
But they're kinda bad
Em
So if that doesn't work out
A
I want to be a social worker just like my dad
D
I just want to listen to people's stories
A
Hear what they have to say
Em
My friends say, "Just be a shrink then"
A
But I don't know. I don't think I'll have the grades.
D
But in a world of mouths
A
I want to be an ear
Em
If there's a purpose to all this
A D Bm
Then that's why God put me here
[Post - bridge]
G A
I know what I'm here for
F#m Bm
I know who I'm serving
G A
I'm serving you
[Outro]
D Bm
G A
F#m Bm
G A
I'm serving you
D A Bm
A Mormon missionary walks through Vasa Allén
G F#m Em
Through a clear-as-crystal Gothenburg morning
A D G G/F#
Removing his suit jacket, loosening his tie
Em F#m G D A
Wiping the sweat from his neck and the sleep from his eyes
D A Bm A
It's 1997, the last morning of August
G F#m Em
At the corner of 7-Eleven he hears the broadcast
A D G G/F#
Another saint is lost, Lady Di's returned to stardust
Em F#m G A D
He listens to the tragic news, followed by the Top 10 tunes
[Interlude]
D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm
[Verse 1]
D A Bm
Will Smith, Puff Daddy, Gala, Chumbawamba
G F#m Em
On the other side of the street he passes Café Java
F#m G
Where no one listens to that crap
F#m G
Both coffee and hair dyed raven black
Em F#m G D A
All so sure of everything except one question
[Chorus]
D Bm
What's our mission?
G A
What are we here for?
F#m Bm
Who are we serving?
G A
What can we do?
D Bm
What's our mission?
G A
What are we here for?
F#m Bm
Who are we serving?
G A
What can we do?
[Verse 2]
C G D
He bumps into a teenage boy leaning 'gainst the fence
C G A
Who takes his headphones off and introduces himself as Jens
F#m G F#m G
Riffling through the Book of Mormon, says it's way too early in the morning
Em F#m G D A
Instead of talking about religion can we just talk about how it feels
[Chorus]
D Bm
To know your mission
G A
To know what you're here for
F#m Bm
To know who you're serving
G A
To know what to do?
D Bm
To know your mission
G A
To know what you're here for
F#m Bm
To know who you're serving
G A
To know what to do?
[Bridge]
Em
To have a dream
Em
A GPS in your heart
Bm
A path to follow
G
Through the dark
D
Well, Jens says, I write songs sometimes
A
But they're kinda bad
Em
So if that doesn't work out
A
I want to be a social worker just like my dad
D
I just want to listen to people's stories
A
Hear what they have to say
Em
My friends say, "Just be a shrink then"
A
But I don't know. I don't think I'll have the grades.
D
But in a world of mouths
A
I want to be an ear
Em
If there's a purpose to all this
A D Bm
Then that's why God put me here
[Post - bridge]
G A
I know what I'm here for
F#m Bm
I know who I'm serving
G A
I'm serving you
[Outro]
D Bm
G A
F#m Bm
G A
I'm serving you
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Jeremy Messersmi (...)
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Jeremy Riddle