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09 November 2009

Can *anyone* figure out what Nelly Furtado is saying here before Timbaland autotuned the hell out of her (2:00 — 2:35)? Apparently nobody on the internet has bothered to transcribe it in the last 3 weeks[More:]
Here's what I have so far:
I ain't some (mortal human?), I don't like sleeping alone
So come and pick me up as soon as you put down the phone

I (don't wanna?) get into trouble, later you'll carry me home
I (wanna?) go undercover, I just wanna rattle your bones

Yes I'm the one and only, but I'm not the only one
So let's work overtime unless you're (friends | feeling's ?) with the sun

Maybe we can start a riot, maybe we can (?) on this town
Maybe I'll be your vampire, we can (figure it?) out
Good luck with Nelly Furtado. I thought she was singing about a buffalo in "Maneater". "Make her want more buffalo".
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 November | 07:50
This is what I got without referring checking your version first:
I need somebody in bed I don't like sleeping alone
So come and pick me up as soon as you put down the phone
I want to get into trouble, later you'll carry me home
I want to go undercover, I just want to rattle your bones

Yes I'm the one and only but I'm not the only one
So let's make all the time on this ship fade and spin the sun (*)
Maybe we can start a riot, maybe we can burn this town
Maybe I'll be all on fire, we can figure it out


The (*) line is the only one that I'm not too confident about. It matches the sounds I'm hearing but... well, I'm dubious. In the next line, 'town' could be 'down', and there's something suspicious about 'all' in the very last line, because I'm pretty sure I'm hearing a 'd' sound in there - but 'old on fire' doesn't make a heap of sense.
posted by Wolfdog 09 November | 08:28
After listening to that enough times to rough out that much of the lyrics, I felt a deep urge to go listen to some Tony Furtado for a while.

Balance has been restored.
posted by Wolfdog 09 November | 09:27
I was once at the Virgin Superstore off Times Square, and Nelly Furtado was doing an appearance, with people lined up to meet and greet, downstairs.

From the street level, I craned my neck to see what she was doing and a security guy pushed me back. You had to pay to even see her from a distance, apparently.

posted by danf 09 November | 11:27
Going to have to mostly agree with Wolfdog's version, with a couple tweaks:

Yes I'm the one and only but I'm not the only one
So let's work overtime when this shift ends with the sun
Maybe we can start a riot, maybe we can burn this town
Maybe I'll be your vampire, we can figure it out


My poorly-filtered versions of her section if it helps anyone to refine/correct: version 1 and version 2.
posted by sysinfo 09 November | 11:44
Yep, yep, sysinfo's version has the ring of truth.
posted by Wolfdog 09 November | 11:47
Thanks Wolfdog, sysinfo and everyone. I think we got it!
posted by Firas 09 November | 20:59
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