Walkmen, The - The Rat Lyrics






You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
You've got a nerve to be calling my number
I know we've been through this before
Can't you hear me, I'm calling out your name?
Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
You've got a nerve to be calling my number
Can't you hear me, I'm bleeding on the wall?
Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

Can't you hear me when I'm calling out your name?

When I used to go out, I would know everyone that I saw
Now I go out alone if I go out at all

When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
Now I go out alone if I go out at all

When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
Now I go out alone if I go out at all

You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
You've got a nerve to be calling my number
I'm sure we've been through this before
Can't you hear me, I'm beating on your wall?
Cant you see me, I'm pounding on your door?





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  1. I.... B....

    Takes me back to the days of MTV 2

  2. M.... M....

    I saw the walkmen at Liverpool academy supporting the black keys in 2009!! how cool it was to go to a gig where i wanted see the support band as much as the headline act!!

  3. t.... j....

    How is this song so little known? It's fuuuuuuuucccccckkkiinng smashing

  4. L.... P....

    Sk8 barranquilla 2005 buenos tiempos el parche de la victoria !

  5. A.... C....

    This guy sounds like Rod Stewart.

  6. c.... ....

    WHAT A FUCKING RIDEEEEEEE

  7. P.... ....

    In my Top10 best songs ever

  8. T.... A....

    They would have been right at home at CBGB'S alongside the ramones, iggy and the rest back in the day

  9. T.... A....

    Im 54, and this takes me back to my punk roots every time I listen to it.

  10. T.... A....

    The drummer is incredible in this song

  11. T.... A....

    Im beating on your door

  12. D.... J....

    In this track the drums are everything

  13. a.... ....

    Setting: The Walkmen, sitting around the songwriting table, NYC, 2003.

    Drummer: "I have an idea. What if I just go off in this song? I mean, like, go absolutely bananas?"

  14. D.... T....

    This has always been an amazing track.

  15. T.... E....

    Here in 2019. Still the best.

  16. K.... M....

    Does anyone else hear Three Blind Mice?

  17. J.... H....

    Fucking tune an half this

  18. J.... H....

    Seen these at the academy, proper yank mancs... belting though

  19. y.... ....

    The intro reminds me of Three Blind Mice.

    y.... ....

    Or Hot Cross Buns 😂

  20. �.... �....

    it’s fucking perfect!!!! this song makes me cum 🔥

  21. R.... G....

    Guitarist is absolutely stunning......and I'm a straight bloke saying that

  22. A.... J....

    How am I just now hearing this.

  23. A.... S....

    Truth. Un-editeted. Un-filtered. Do we not miss raw fuckin' un-filtered energy? Christ...I cannot conceive of the current crises of ego-energised social media platform'd bollocks....

  24. T.... L....

    Music crime of the century that this isn’t well known

  25. E.... H....

    You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
    You've got a nerve to be calling my number
    I know we've been through this before
    Can't you hear me, I'm calling out your name?
    Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?


    You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
    You've got a nerve to be calling my number
    Can't you hear me, I'm bleeding on the wall?
    Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?
    Can't you hear me when I'm calling out your name?


    When I used to go out, I would know everyone that I saw
    Now I go out alone if I go out at all
    When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
    Now I go out alone if I go out at all
    When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
    Now I go out alone if I go out at all


    You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
    You've got a nerve to be calling my number
    I'm sure we've been through this before
    Can't you hear me, I'm beating on your wall?
    Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

  26. J.... H....

    The most english looking yanks ive ever seen in my life. ... fucking belting tune

  27. V.... ....

    *DIRT 2 WRC*

  28. c.... ....

    Amazing song. I don't really connect with this bands music overall, but this song is profound

  29. J.... P....

    What an epic song!!





    Modern classic for sure

  30. C.... T....

    Banging Chuuuuune 👊

  31. M.... 1....

    Most underrated song ever. Funny story, but MLB 2K7 brought me here first

  32. U.... 1....

    03:52 "he knows they nailed it"

  33. M.... F....

    This is a lot like early U2.

  34. M.... T....

    Great fuckin tune! Movie- Mulberry Street brought me here, wish I found this song sooner.

  35. M.... N....

    Would love to see The Killers doing a cover of this one ❤️

    M.... N....

    Would not remotely love to see The Killers doing a cover of this. This is better than anything they have ever done.

  36. d.... ....

    2005 19 years old me... Coming home late after a breakup... Turn on the tv... This thing hits me in the face so hard, still gives me the chills

  37. C.... T....

    Thought Dave Ghrol was a good drummer ! Wow

  38. G.... G....

    You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
    You've got a nerve to be calling my number
    I know we've been through this before
    Can't you hear me, I'm calling out your name?
    Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?


    You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
    You've got a nerve to be calling my number
    Can't you hear me, I'm bleeding on the wall?
    Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?


    Can't you hear me when I'm calling out your name?



    When I used to go out, I would know everyone that I saw
    Now I go out alone if I go out at all


    When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
    Now I go out alone if I go out at all


    When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
    Now I go out alone if I go out at all


    You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
    You've got a nerve to be calling my number
    I'm sure we've been through this before
    Can't you hear me, I'm beating on your wall?
    Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

  39. I.... ....

    Kicks ass up and down the road.

  40. C.... F....

    Just stumbled upon this by chance.... Holy shit.

  41. S.... L....

    Amazing. That's all....

  42. O.... M....

    Love the way he holds and attack the microphone.

    O.... M....

    somone else needing this song like me this week!! 🥰

  43. l.... l....

    Come to El Paso please!

  44. E.... A....

    Lonely and drunk driving to the desert this blasting. A cigarette dangling from the lips

  45. L.... V....

    This is the kind of song that will be around forever. You can dance to it when you are alone or by yourself. That drummer has to be in excellent shape. I have to take it off of loop or I will never leave the house. I will starve to death I am all out of groceries.

  46. A.... K....

    Like this song

  47. B.... B....

    Thanks Joe Talbot !

  48. H.... P....

    National anthem for baltimore

  49. f.... ....

    Rod Stewart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  50. R.... ....

    This is the perfect soundtrack to a drunk night out that goes down a miserable memory lane

  51. S.... W....

    fucking fantastic

  52. r.... g....

    Fuck yes in 2019 thumbs up^

  53. l.... b....

    so fucking good man...….

  54. v.... a....

    Doblenueve!!! ..rock en lima

  55. �.... ....

    awesome

  56. c.... ....

    This song got me through my divorce. Still feel kinda weird about those fucked up times. So glad depression didn't win, and I'm alive to tell my story.

  57. E.... S....

    2009 to 2019 still listen to the walkmen

  58. I.... h....

    wow - what man on earth can't relate to that?

  59. A.... U....

    Stop stealing, maybe?

  60. A.... U....

    Did you just monetize an artist's ENTIRE VIDEO?????

  61. R.... C....

    Damn! Love this song!

  62. B.... B....

    Still one of the best fucking tracks of all time

  63. l.... i....

    Kinda like ZODRHI !???

  64. G.... A....

    timeless classic

  65. B.... B....

    WHY IS THIS STILL SO FUCKING GOOD?

  66. p.... ....

    Too bad there aren't bands like this anymore. Loved this era and all the great NYC bands that release great records back then.

  67. S.... c....

    Whats wrong with this world. This band should be the one that winning all the prize out there and never split up

  68. v.... a....

    Doblenueve !!! rock en lima..

  69. F.... F....

    You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
    You've got a nerve to be calling my number
    I know we've been through this before
    Can't you hear me, I'm calling out your name?
    Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

    You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
    You've got a nerve to be calling my number
    Can't you hear me, I'm bleeding on the wall?
    Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

    Can't you hear me when I'm calling out your name?

    When I used to go out, I would know everyone that I saw
    Now I go out alone if I go out at all

    When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
    Now I go out alone if I go out at all

    When I used to go out I'd know everyone I saw
    Now I go out alone if I go out at all

    You've got a nerve to be asking a favor
    You've got a nerve to be calling my number
    I'm sure we've been through this before
    Can't you hear me, I'm beating on your wall?
    Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

  70. S.... C....

    Now I go out alone if I go out at all.... True

  71. L.... r....

    That man is drumming out his heart.

  72. M.... S....

    bump - cause the world needs this - desperately

  73. L.... P....

    great track

  74. A.... C....

    Brilliant tune

  75. J.... G....

    Drummer kicks fuckin ass!

    J.... G....

    He's really getting it

  76. D.... S....

    Can you call it a love child of the Strokes and Arctic Monkeys if the child comes first?

  77. F.... K....

    Has a Holden Caulfield vibe to it.

  78. k.... p....

    I was just told that this sounded like Naruto opening

  79. J.... H....

    Three of those guys were in Jonathan Fire* Eater in the mid-90's, including the drummer. They were an amazing band! Hamilton took over Stewart Lupton's duties. Stewart was a genius. RIP Stewart Lupton.

  80. F.... 1....

    I’m liking it

  81. F.... C....

    inspiring

  82. J.... C....

    Temoooooooooooooooooooooooooooon

  83. T.... ....

    Why so bloody angry?

    T.... ....

    Brilliant angst.

  84. D.... G....

    From DIRT 2 somebody

  85. m.... a....

    hasta cuando envejezca , presumire de esta canción

  86. J.... B....

    Wow. What a tune it still is. Just came up in my recommendations and i heard it for the first time in years.

  87. w.... ....

    very intense

  88. Y.... T....

    Omg what I've just discovered...!!!

  89. t.... u....

    Makes me nosatgic for a time I havent experienced yet

  90. p.... ....

    Miss, miss, miss the early 2000s NYC when this song was released. Magical time.

  91. P.... 5....

    My theme song

  92. g.... ....

    If i was tio ask a farvor then inm bleedying youn dooooorty

  93. A.... C....

    Props to the drummer

  94. z.... k....

    I'm here because of a podcast with Paul Banks. I DIG IT