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The Strokes – Dine N’Dash Lyrics

Read the lyrics to “Dine N'Dash” by The Strokes from the album Reality Awaits.

The Strokes Dine N'Dash cover art
Artist The Strokes
Song release June 26, 2026
Genre Alternative
Duration 5:03

Dine N'Dash Lyrics


Do what you will, you can leave when you want
Leave if you want but I bet that you won’t
I see your problem and it’s nothing to hide
Find any sailor with that look in his eye
Opening up but there’s no one who really cares

Mistook the words of a wise man who once said
That birds of a feather die together

We could never afford it
We would dine and dash
I would always go last
No one’s gonna search me tonight
I would give you the easy way out
It’s going great

I will not surrender
Something in my brain
I will not defend them
Lies you told today
Fighting for the future
Watch the witches burn
I cannot defend them

Permission to speak?
Permission to launch?
Permission to sit?
Permission to die?

I sit him down, I tie him up
I beat it out of him alright
I beat his brains out till they’re on
The floor, until his family mourned
I’d shoot him now if he was here
I’d slit his throat from ear to ear
But I have sworn a life of peace
How can I reconcile this beast?

We could never afford it
So we dine and dash
I would always go last
No one’s gonna search me tonight
I would give you the easy way out

We could never afford it
Oh, we’d dine and dash
I would always go last
No one’s gonna search us tonight
I would give you the easy way out

Say, say what you want, it’s fine
One at a time we’re born
Nothing is off the table anymore
Life, life isn’t what they taught
Ah shit, I’m out of ammo
One in a million for sure
Say, I think I’m prejudiced
‘Cause I don’t like your face
Over time I’ll accept it though

I guess, you’re just an animal
Is that okay? I know…
Say you want it, say you want it