The first single from the Arctic Monkeys' third album, Humbug.

The acoustic version has a third verse:

Oh, you were reading a book about some idiot

And telling me about another

I was so severely… Read More [Verse 1]

Outside the cafe by the cracker factory

You were practicing a magic trick

And my thoughts got rude as you talked and you chewed

On the last of your pick 'n' mix

Said, "You're mistaken if you're thinking

That I haven't been called cold before"

As you bit into your strawberry lace

And then offered me your attention in the form of a gobstopper

It's all you had left and it was going to waste

[Chorus]

Your pastimes consisted of the strange

And twisted and deranged

And I loved that little game you had called Crying Lightning

And how you'd like to aggravate the ice-cream man

On rainy afternoons

[Verse 2]

The next time that I caught my own reflection

It was on its way to meet you

Thinking of excuses to postpone

You never looked like yourself from the side

But your profile could not hide

The fact you knew I was approaching your throne

With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache

Stood and puffed your chest out like you'd never lost a war

And though I tried so not to suffer the indignity of reaction

There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw

[Chorus]

And your pastimes consisted of the strange

And twisted and deranged

And I hate that little game you had called Crying Lightning

And how you'd like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons

[Bridge]

Uninviting, but not half as impossible as everyone assumes you are

Crying Lightning

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Your pastimes consisted of the strange

And twisted and deranged

And I hate that little game you had called

Crying Lightning, Crying Lightning

Crying Lightning, Crying Lightning

Your pastimes consisted of the strange

And twisted and deranged

And I hate that little game you had called Crying