Aimee Mann

Amateur Lyrics

I'm told the case is now closed
So I can come to my senses
But when the question is posed
I'll have this meager defense

chorus:
I was hoping that you'd know better than that
I was hoping but you're an amateur
I was hoping that you'd know better
But I've been wrong before

Despite conclusions I drew
There was a chance you'd surprise me
And you'd be better than you
Cause I'd have left otherwise

chorus:
I was hoping that you'd know better than that
I was hoping but you're an amateur
I was hoping that you'd know better
But I've been wrong before

So I wasn't thinking clearly
So you didn't think at all
I thought was protocol

chorus:
I was hoping that you'd know better than that
I was hoping but you're an amateur
I was hoping that you'd know better
But I've been wrong before

I was hoping that,
I was hoping but you're an amateur
I was hoping that you'd know better
But I've been wrong before

Frankenstein Lyrics

(I still have the shake in my voice
And I'm going to sing you this song)

I don't know you from Adam, it could make my day
If you leave me a message I'll give it away
'Cause the most perfect strangers that you can talk to
Are the ones who pretend that you're not really you

Are with any attempts here to play Frankenstein
Come with plenty of chances for changing your mind
When you're building your own creation
Nothing's better than real than a real
Imitation

I won't find it fantastic or think it absurd
When the gun in the first act goes off in the third
'Cause it's rare that you ever know what to expect
From a guy made of corpses with bolts in his neck

If the creature is limping the parts are in place
With a mind of its own and a fist for a face
Say hello to your new creation
Now it's better than real
It's a real imitation

You may wonder what the catch is
As we batten down the hatches

And when later we find that the thing we devised
Has the villagers clamoring for it's demise
We will have to admit the futility of
Trying to make something more of this jerry-built love

And you'll notice it bears a resemblance to
Everything I imagined I wanted from you
But at least it's my own creation
And it's better than real
It's a real imitation

Stupid Thing Lyrics

Nothing was saving our day
There was nothing to say,
But you said something anyway
Claiming I stepped out of line
Which forced you to leave me,
As if that idea was mine.

chorus:
Oh, you stupid thing
Speaking of course as your dear departed
Oh, you stupid thing
It wasn't me that you outsmarted,
You stupid thing
Stopping it all before it even started

I bet you knew it would come
That's just like you, to sit back
And just play it dumb
One word of warning would help
But that sacrifice was made
Trying to save yourself

chorus:
Oh, you stupid thing
Speaking of course as your dear departed
Oh, you stupid thing
It wasn't me that you outsmarted
Oh, you stupid thing
Stopping it all before it even started

Maybe that's just how I am
To fall where I stand,
Or I'm weak for that kind of man
One who looks helpless and brave
But you turned into a coward
I don't care for the parts you saved.

chorus:
Oh, you stupid thing
Speaking of course as your dear departed
Oh, you stupid thing
It wasn't me that you outsmarted
Oh, you stupid thing
Speaking of course as your dear departed
Oh, you stupid thing
It wasn't me that you outsmarted:
Oh, you stupid thing.
Oh, you stupid thing.
Oh, you stupid thing.
Oh, you stupid thing.

Choice in the Matter Lyrics

Skip the cloak and dagger bit
Don't you know we're sick of it?
As much as I would like to stay
The message light just blinks away
And while I'm here you won't push play

So you leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter

You leave me no option to indulge in this
Exercise in cowardice
Ignorance without the bliss

chorus:
'Cause you leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter

You leave me no ...

'Cause I know where this boat will go
Pulled down by the undertow
It's lucky I know how to row

(so row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.
I hope you drown and never come back.)

'Cause you leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter

You leave me no

Backfire Lyrics

I've got some cookies from our junk food run
And here's a couple beers, so let's go create some fun
Supplies are limited and I'm all out
Of any explanation, of what I'm on about

chorus:
I'm tired of having to try to convince you
If I go along with you it all will backfire
I know you had plans, your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands and it isn't the way I pictured it either

Well, things felt weird but you said that's alright
That it was not a problem and we could just sit tight
And when you said that I was sure I cringed
'Cause you had no suspicion that I had come unhinged

Or just tired, I cannot say which but there's always a hitch
That will cause the whole thing to backfire
I know you had plans, your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands now, it's out of my hands now

I know you'd like to be the St. Bernard
Who rushes to the rescue when there's an avalanche
But in my panic I may pull too hard
And the novice lifeguard gets rushed off in the ambulance

I'm tired, I cannot seem to get a message to you
That the rescue you planned has just backfired
I know you had plans, your intentions were grand
But it's out of my hands now, it's out of my hands now
And it isn't the way I pictured it either

Save Me Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You look like a perfect fit
For a girl in need of a tourniquet

[Chorus]
But can you save me
Come on and save me
If you could save me
From the ranks of the freaks
Who suspect they could never love anyone

[Verse 2]
'Cause I can tell
You know what it's like
The long farewell
Of the hunger strike

[Chorus]
But can you save me
Come on and save me
If you could save me
From the ranks of the freaks
Who suspect they could never love anyone

[Bridge]
You struck me dumb
Like radium
Like Peter Pan
Or Superman
You will come to save me

[Chorus]
C'mon and save me
If you could save me
From the ranks of the freaks
Who suspect they could never love anyone
'Cept the freaks
Who suspect they could never love anyone
But the freaks
Who suspect they could never love anyone

C'mon and save me
Why don't you save me
If you could save me
From the ranks of the freaks
Who suspect they could never love anyone

Except the freaks
Who suspect they could never love anyone
Except the freaks who could never love anyone

Ballantines Lyrics

[intro]

It must be hard ringing the bells
Of doors that don't swing wide anymore
It must be hard hearing the sound
Of voices just inside of the door

[Chorus]

A man who couldn't hold your coat
Who's hung on ever antidote
So it must be hard watching the fellows gloat
Ballantines

[verse]

It must be hard seeing the same old crowd
Just pass you by in the street
It must be tough knowing your stuff
Could only horrify the elite

[Chorus]

You cut off everyone you know
Boy you told `em all where to go
Now it must be hard getting the same heave-ho
Ballantines

[verse]

Well, patrons at the bar in Lexington Kentucky
Who sprung for every drink you downed
With things the way they are it's not that kind of party
If what you've got might just be going around

[verse]

The fat cows won't be getting thin
Seeing the kind of jam you're in
Though the angels dance on the head of another pin

[outro]

Ballantines
Ballantines
Ballantines

Borrowing Time Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Get up, the needle has pricked a little finger
She wants the beautiful child the blood will bring her
You ask a question in the mirror
Alas, no answer could be clearer

[Chorus]
Get up (get up), you're borrowing time
Get up (get up), you're borrowing time

[Verse 2]
Get up, a substitute heart has just reprieved you
Beware, for flattery ruses have deceived you
No kings of yesterday falling
But you'll come when destiny's calling

[Chorus]
Get up (get up), you're borrowing time
Get up (get up), you're borrowing time

[Bridge]
I don't want anything anyway
I was happy with what I had yesterday
Who wants the whole weight of the world
When it'll drag you down, underground?

[Verse 3]
Today she's singing a song called Hallelujah
You stay, she's bringing the poison apple to you
Sun's up and reveille's playing
You know what everyone's saying

[Outro]
Get up (get up), you're borrowing time
Get up (get up), you're borrowing time
Get up (get up), you're borrowing time
Get up (get up), you're borrowing time

Columbus Avenue Lyrics

1, 2, 3, 4

[Verse 1]
Storefront, streetcars rattle
One more losing battle
What is Columbus Avenue to you now?

[Verse 2]
Last call tattoo parlor
Deathbed sword swallower
What is Columbus Avenue to you now?

[Chorus]
The place where you failed
To make your story go over
The place where you bailed
And let the bottom drag you under
Drag you under

[Verse 3]
Cheap shot paranoia
Exiled from Victoria
What is Columbus Avenue to you now?

[Chorus]
The place where you failed
To make your story go over
The place where you bailed
And let the bottom drag you under
Drag you under

[Bridge]
Where you moved with a ghastly precision
To the echos of bones in the air
Finding hope in an X-ray division
Of a world that's not there

[Verse 4]
Cafe sinners bother you
Empty pockets follow you
What is Columbus Avenue to you now?

[Chorus]
The place where you failed
To make your story go over
The place where you bailed
And let the bottom drag you under
Drag you under

What is Columbus Avenue to you now?

Freeway Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway
The road to Orange County leaves an awful lot of leeway
Where everyone's a doctor or a specialist in retail
They'll sell you all the speed you want if you can take the blackmail

[Chorus]
You know it
I know it
Why don't you
Just show it?
You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway
You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway

[Verse 2]
You got a lot of money, but you cannot keep your bills paid
The sacrifice is worth it just to hang around the arcade
You found yourself a prophet, but you left him on the boardwalk
Another chocolate Easter bunny, hollowed out by your talk

[Chorus]
You know it
I know it
Why don't you
Just show it?
You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway
You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway

[Bridge]
And everything I do is wrong
But at least I'm hanging on

[Outro]
You got a lot of money, but you can't afford
You got a lot of money, but you can't afford
You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway
You got a lot of money, but you can't afford the freeway
You got a lot of money, but you
Can't afford
You got a lot of money, but you
Can't afford

Great Beyond Lyrics

Go, honey go
Into the ocean
Go, honey go
Into the great beyond till you're good and gone
And you can hide away for when everything goes wrong
Honey, go

Go, honey go
If I were you I would leave this neighborhood
Away from people who never treat you like they should
Honey, go
Go

In the woods or in the ice and snow
Where there is no one else you know
You've really nowhere else to go
So honey go

Go, honey go
'Cause it's a dead end street
And it's a street in a town where winning isn't sweet
And every win is the beginning of defeat
So honey go
Go

It's Over Lyrics

[intro]

Everything's beautiful
Every day's a holiday, the day you live without it
Everything changes up, everything shifts and falls unless you care about it

[Chorus]

But you sit there in the darkness
And you make plans but they're hopeless
And you blame God when you're lonely
And you'll call it fate, when you show up too late and it's over

[verse]

Here on the boulevard, you were the golden boy
A mix of brains and muscle
That was a lucky break
Luck is a thing you make
Not just another hustle

[Chorus]

But you sit there in the darkness
And you make plans but they're hopeless
And you blame God when you're lonely
And you'll call it fate, when you show up too late and it's over

[verse]

'cause nothing can wait forever
They don't give unlimited chances in life;
They hand you the knife and tell you to cut it around

So baby let's fly;
Baby let's ride, baby let's ride

[verse]

Cause everything's beautiful, every day's a holiday
But days are getting shorter
The moon and the stars report the boulevard's last resort
And now your last supporter

[outro]

But you sit there in the darkness
And you make plans but they're hopeless
And you blame God when you're lonely
And you'll call it fate, when you show up too late and it's over

Little Tornado Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Little tornado
Bane of the trailer park
Lifting houses to leave your mark

[Verse 2]
Little tornado
Noah can build his ark
But he will never disembark

[Chorus]
Make it go faster
Baby go faster
Make it go twice the speed of you and me

[Verse 3]
Little tornado
You and the hurricane
Close your eyes and go campaign

[Chorus]
Make it go faster
Baby go faster
Make it go twice the speed of you and me

[Bridge]
Oh, no, no we don't
No we don't know

[Whistling]

[Verse 4]
Little tornado
Blew out the window pane
Left the inside to the rain

[Chorus]
Make it go faster
Baby go faster
Make it go twice the speed of you and me

[Outro]
Oh, no, no we don't
No we don't know
Oh, no, no we don't
No we don't know
Oh, no, no we don't
No we don't know

[Whistling]

Looking for Nothing Lyrics

[Intro]
Macka wants to ride on the Mouse and the Tilt-A-Whirl
Canada is looking for a smile from a pin-up girl

[Chorus]
But I ain't looking for nothing
Just spend the money I made
I ain't gotta do nothing today

[Verse 1]
Everybody's waiting for their thing just to come along
They all got something they can pin all their feelings on

[Chorus]
But I ain't looking for nothing
Just spend the money I made
I ain't looking for nothing today

[Verse 2]
I got high on the ferris wheel
Didn't like how it made me feel
So alone
Another cog in the loading zone

[Verse 3]
Macka went on home when the fireworks and rides were done
Canada got busted with a girl who was way too young

[Bridge]
But I wasn't looking for nothing
Not trouble, money or thrills
"Cause when you're looking for nothing
Babe, it's not the speed that kills

[Outro]
Oh I'm not looking for nothing
Just spend my money and go
I'm not looking for nothing
To put me in the rodeo

Medicine Wheel Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The day you left and you called me bitch
I called you selfish, better pull that switch
Put my son on amphetamines
He came home crying and there's your proof
Crying about nothing but a missing tooth
I did the right thing
You shade the truth almost everyday
Phone calls at night it's going to be okay

[Pre-Chorus]
Are you saddened baby, under the bridge?
Are you saddened baby, on Lake Street?

[Chorus]
Black marker on cardboard
Little drawing of a medicine wheel
Everything that's good, you steal
Everything that's good, you steal

[Verse 2]
Maybe you'll wake up in jail alone
And hold the handle of the one pay phone
And do the right thing
Like I once tried, though I bent the truth
A five dollar dent for a little lost tooth
There's a payback in front of me
'Cause once you were like a walking high
Breaking in motion through the parking lot

[Pre-Chorus]
Are you saddened baby, under the bridge?
Are you saddened baby, on Lake Street?

[Chorus]
Black marker on cardboard
Little drawing of a medicine wheel
Everything that's good, you steal
Everything that's good, you steal

Words of encouragement are just as real
Same effect as a smooth blue pill

[Pre-Chorus]
Are you saddened baby, under the bridge
Are you saddened baby, on Lake Street

[Chorus]
Black marker on cardboard
Little drawing of a medicine wheel
Everything that's good, you steal
Everything that's good, you steal
Everything that's good, you steal
From me

Phoenix Lyrics

[intro]

Got out of Phoenix, just in time
A box of kleenex, for the ride
The tumbleweeds said, their goodbyes
To javelinas and DUIs

[Chorus]

I don't want to abandon you but baby I've had my fill
You love me like a dollar bill
You roll me up and trade me in
And if you had the chance you will
And if you get the chance again

[verse]

It's hard to know when to cut and run
You balance heartache with your fun
And when the scales tip, you know you're done

[Chorus]

I don't want to abandon you but baby I've had my fill
You love me like a dollar bill
You roll me up and trade me in
And if you had the chance you will
And if you get the chance again

[verse]

Cause I know love doesn't change anything at all
I know love doesn't change a thing

[verse]

I wanted to believe in you and baby I believe it still
Baby I've just had my fill
You love me like a dollar bill
You roll me up and trade me in
And if you have the chance you will
And if you get the chance again
I know you'll do the best you can

[outro]

But baby love doesn't change anything at all
I know love doesn't change a thing

Stranger Into Starman Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I turned Stranger into Starman
In the Sunday New York Times
Like Anne Sexton with her star rats
Working backwards till it rhymes

[Chorus]
For the love of God you can't tell me again
For the love of God you can't tell me again

[Verse 2]
With a pencil and eraser I've rewritten all your crimes
I turned Stranger into Starman
In the Sunday New York Times

Thirty One Today Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Thirty-one today
What a thing to say
Drinking Guinness in the afternoon
Taking shelter in the black cocoon

[Chorus]
I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
But it's not, and I don't know where to turn

[Verse 2]
Called some guy I knew
Had a drink or two
And we fumbled as the day grew dark
I pretended that I felt a spark

[Chorus]
I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
But it's not, and I don't know where to turn
No, it's not, and I don't know where to turn
No, it's not, and I don't know where to turn

[Verse 3]
Easter comes and goes
Maybe Jesus knows
So you roll on with the best you can
Getting loaded, watching CNN

[Outro]
I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
I thought my life would be different somehow
I thought my life would be better by now
But it's not, and I don't know where to turn
No, it's not, and I don't know where to turn
No, it's not, and I don't know where to turn
No, it's not, and I don't know

True Believer Lyrics

[intro]

Nightly, you retrace your steps again
To return to the scene of the crime
It's uncanny how you hover in the air
Of the wreckage that you left behind

[Chorus]

I want you but you're a poltergeist
I want you but, baby, the price is high
I want you and now I've said it twice
So Mary, dim the lights

[verse]

Really, when you come into the room
It's not helping me, seeing you down
It's not easy in this phosphorescent gloom
Telling waking dreams apart anyhow

[Chorus]

I want you but you're a poltergeist
I want you but, baby, the price is high
I want you and now I've said it twice
So Mary, dim the lights

[verse]

Cups and saucers crashing in
But Houdini applauds the gag again
There no one's a true believer

[Chorus]

I want you but you're a poltergeist
I want you but, baby, the price is high
I want you and now I've said it twice
So Mary, dim the lights

[outro]

Cups and saucers crashing in
But Houdini applauds the gag again

Living a Lie (feat. James Mercer) Lyrics

[Verse 1 - James Mercer]
You can see yourself in the side mirror
Tossing your hair
If no one is there
Why do you care
Though I let you think there was no witness to
All of your crimes
I knew what you were:
A climber who climbs

[Chorus - Aimee Mann and James Mercer]
I'm living a lie
You're living it too
'Cause I live it with you
I'm living a lie
A lie I can't tell
So we wait for a crack in the shell

[Verse 2 - Aimee Mann]
No one bears a grudge like a boy genius
Just past his prime
Gilding his cage
One bar at a time
For every open arm there's a cold shoulder
Waiting to turn
People to blame
Bridges to burn

[Chorus - Aimee Mann and James Mercer]
I'm living a lie
You're living it too
'Cause I live it with you
I'm living a lie
A lie I can't tell
So we wait for a crack in the shell

[Bridge - James Mercer, Aimee Mann]
A girl comes around at a time when your ground
Is as shaky as leaves on a tree
Creating for you a persona or two
Or an out-and-out mythology
Now there's too many cooks but you like how it looks
When they're bowing and calling you "boss"
But the powers that were, were invested in her
And now winning means taking a loss

[Chorus - Aimee Mann and James Mercer]
I'm living a lie
You're living it too
'Cause I live it with you
I'm living a lie
A lie I can't tell
So we wait for a crack in the shell

Calling It Quits Lyrics

[Verse 1]
He's a serious mister
Shake his hand and he'll twist your arm
With Monopoly money
We'll be buying the funny farm
So I'll do flips, and get paid in chips
From a diamond as big as the Ritz

[Chorus]
Then I'm calling it quits
Calling it quits

[Verse 2]
Eyes the color of candy
Lies to cover the handicap
Though your slippers are ruby
You'll be led to the booby trap
And there's no prize
Just a smaller size
So I'm wearing the shoe 'till it fits

[Chorus]
Then I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits

[Bridge]
Now he's numbering himself among the masterminds
Calling it quits
'Cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines
Calling it quits
Lifting dialogue from Judy Garland story lines
Where get-tough girls turn into gold mines

[Verse 3]
All those Polaroid babies
Taking chances with rabies
Happy to tear me to bits

[Chorus]
Well, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Now he's numbering himself among the masterminds
Yes, I'm calling it quits
'Cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Now he's numbering himself among the masterminds
'Cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines

Deathly Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Now that I've met you
Would you object to
Never seeing each other again
'Cause I can't afford to
Climb aboard you
No one's got that much ego to spend

[Chorus]
So don't work your stuff
Because I've got troubles enough
No, don't pick on me
When one act of kindness could be
Deathly
Deathly
Deathly

[Verse 2]
'Cause I'm just a problem
For you to solve and
Watch dissolve in the heat of your charm
But what will you do when
You run it through and
You can't get me back on the farm

[Chorus]
So don't work your stuff
Because I've got troubles enough
No, don't pick on me
When one act of kindness could be
Deathly
Deathly
Deathly
Definitely

[Verse 3]
You're on your honor
'Cause I'm a goner
And you haven't even begun
So do me a favor
If I should waver
Be my savior
And get out the gun

[Chorus]
So don't work your stuff
Because I've got troubles enough
No, don't pick on me
When one act of kindness could be
Deathly
Deathly
Deathly
Definitely

The Fall of the World's Own Optimist Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's no charity in you
And that surprises me
I guess I thought you were
A golden idol
'Cause I called you majesty
On the balustrade
You watched me hunt for tips
I was obliged to pick up
From the passing trade

[Chorus]
Hey, kids-look at this
It's the fall of the world's own optimist
I could get back up if you insist
But you'll have to ask politely
'Cause the eggshells I've been treading
Couldn't spare me a beheading
And I'll know I had it coming
From a Caesar who was only slumming
Hey, kids-look at this
It's the fall of the world's own optimist

[Verse 2]
Well, I could have objections
Which you could override
But what's the point
We're only flogging the horse
When the horseman has up and died
Once I testified
And swore I'd never leave a stone unturned
I bet you're really glad that I lied

[Chorus]
Hey, kids-look at this
It's the fall of the world's own optimist
I could get back up if you insist
But you'll have to ask politely
'Cause the eggshells I've been treading
Couldn't spare me a beheading
And I'll know I had it coming
From a Caesar who was only slumming
Hey, kids-look at this
It's the fall of the world's own optimist

[Alt Chorus]
Hey, kids-look at this
It's the fall of the world's own optimist
I could get back up if you insist
But you'll have to ask politely
Yes, you'll have to ask politely
Yes, you'll have to ask politely

Ghost World Lyrics

Finals blew, I barely knew
My graduation speech
And with college out of reach
If I don't find a job
It's down to Dad and Myrtle Beach

So I'm bailing this town
Or tearing it down
Or probably more like hanging around
Hanging around

Everyone I know is acting weird
Or way too cool
They hang out by the pool
So I just read a lot and ride my bike
Around the school

Cause I'm bailing this town
Or tearing it down
Or probably more like hanging around
Hanging around

And all that I need now is someone
With the brains and the know-how
To tell me what I want... anyhow

12th of June, a gibbous Moon
Was this the longest day?
I'll walk down to the bay
And jump off of the dock and watch
The summer waste away

Then I'm bailing this town
Or tearing it down
Or probably more like hanging around

Then I'm bailing this town
Or tearing it down
Or probably more like hanging around

Hanging around
Hanging around
Hanging around
So tell me what I want

How Am I Different Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I can't do it
I can't conceive
You're everything you're trying to make me believe
Cause this show is
Too well designed
Too well to be held with only me in mind

[Chorus]
And how am I different?
How am I different?
How am I different?

[Verse 2]
I can't do it
So move along
Do you really want to wait until I prove you wrong?
And don't tell me
Let me guess
I could change it all around if I would just say yes

[Chorus]
But how am I different?
How am I different?
How am I different?

[Post-Chorus]
And just one question before I pack
When you fuck it up later
Do I get my money back?

[Verse 3]
I can't do it
And as for you
Can you in good conscience even ask me to
Cause what do you care
About the great divide
As long as you come down
On the winner's side

[Chorus]
And how am I different?
How am I different?
How am I different?

[Post-Chorus]
Just one question before I buy
When you fuck it up later
Do I get my money back?

Driving Sideways Lyrics

At least you know
You were taken by a pro
I know just how you feel
She talked a perfect game
Deflecting all the blame
You took the jack
And changed the flat
And got behind the wheel

Now you're
Driving sideways
Taken in by the scenery
As you're propelled along
And your companion
Will not help you to navigate
For fear she may be wrong
For fear she may be wrong

And you will say
That you're making headway
And put it in overdrive
But you're mistaking speed
For getting what you need
And never even noticing
You never do arrive

'Cause you're
Driving sideways
If you roll down the window, you'll see
You're where you don't belong
And your companion
Will not help you to navigate
For fear she may be wrong
For fear she may be wrong

And you're powered by
The hopeful lie
That it's just around the bend
And when this, by default
Comes screeching to a halt
Let's hope that you
Know what to do
To start it up again

Driving sideways
Hitting scan on the radio
So she can sing along
And she'll sit
Thinking you're gonna handle it
Until she's proven wrong
Until she's proven wrong
Until you prove her wrong
(Driving sideways)

It Takes All Kinds Lyrics

[Verse 1]
As we were speaking of the devil
You walked right in
Wearing hubris like a medal
You revel in
But it's me at whom you'll level
Your javelin

[Chorus 1]
Wasn't that just our dear friend Ron?
Throwing your weight around the sun
Happier now that you've become
What you hated

[Verse 2]
I'm surprised I even thought I
Had half a chance
I was just one in a million
Of also-rans
Who was sure to be your victim
Of circumstance

[Chorus 2]
Once you were just our dear friend Ron
Selling the soul you swore upon
Spreading the word that you've become
What you hated

[Bridge]
And if I don't understand...
Well, I guess it takes all kinds

[Verse 3]
I would like to keep this vision
Of you intact
When we'd hang around and listen
To Bacharach
And you loved the world you lived in
And it loved you back

[Chorus 3]
Once you were just our dear friend Ron
Now you look out for number one
Who would've guessed that you'd become
What you hated

[Outro]
And I guess it takes all kinds

Just Like Anyone Lyrics

[Verse 1]
So maybe I wasn't
That good a friend
But you were one of us
And I will wonder
Just like anyone
If there was something
Else I could've done

[Verse 2]
So maybe it's true that
Your cry for help
Was oh, so very faint
But still I heard
And knew something was wrong
Just nothing you could put your finger on
And I will wonder
Just like anyone
Just like anyone

Nothing Is Good Enough Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Once upon a time
Is how it always goes
But I'll make it brief
What was started out
With such excitement
Now I gladly end with relief
In what now has become a familiar motif

[Chorus]
That nothing is good enough
For people like you
Who have to have someone take the fall
And something to sabotage
Determined to lose it all

[Verse 2]
Critics at their worst
Could never criticize
The way that you do
No, there's no one else I find
To undermine or dash a hope
Quite like you
And you do it so casually, too

[Chorus]
Cause nothing is good enough
For people like you
Who have to have someone take the fall
And something to sabotage
Determined to lose it all

[Bridge]
Ladies and gentlemen
Here's exhibit A
Didn't I try again
And did the effort pay?
Wouldn't a smarter man
Simply walk away?

[Verse 3]
It doesn't really help
That you can never say
What you're looking for
But you'll know it when you hear it
Know it when you see it
Walk through the door
So you say, so you've said
Many times before

[Chorus]
But nothing is good enough
For people like you
Who have to have someone take the fall
And something to sabotage
Determined to lose it all

Nothing is good enough

Red Vines Lyrics

[Verse 1]
They're all still on their honeymoon
Just read the dialogue balloon
Everyone loves you, why should they not?
And I'm the only one who knows
That Disneyland's about to close
I don't suppose you'd give it a shot
Knowing all that you've got

[Chorus]
Are cigarettes and Red Vines
Just close your eyes, 'cause, baby
You never do know
And I'll be on the sidelines
With my hands tied
Watching the show

[Verse 2]
Well, it's always fun and games until
It's clear you haven't got the skill
In keeping the gag from going too far
So you're running 'round the parking lot
'Til every lightning bug is caught
Punching some pinholes in the lid of a jar
While we wait in the car

[Chorus]
With cigarettes and Red Vines
Just close your eyes, 'cause, baby
You never do know
And I'll be on the sidelines
With my hands tied
Watching the show

[Bridge]
And tell me, would it kill you
Would it really spoil everything
If you didn't blame yourself
Do you know what I mean?

[Chorus]
Cigarettes and Red Vines
Just close your eyes, 'cause, baby
You never do know
And I'll be on the sidelines
With my hands tied
Watching the show
Watching the show

Satellite Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Let's assume you were right
And play the game of charm and strange and satellite
And when we've all had our fun
Deflate the stars and put away the sun
And so, we can call it a day

[Chorus]
'Cause I'll never prove that my motives were pure
So let's remove any question of cure
'Cause even though you've made it pretty obscure
Baby, it's clear
From here
You're losing your atmosphere
From here
You're losing it

[Verse 2]
So let's assume it was true
'Cause baby can't lift up a hand to swear to you
And what's the use of defense
The hangers-on are too far gone for evidence
And that one was lost from the first

[Chorus]
'Cause I'll never prove that my motives were pure
So let's remove any question of cure
'Cause even though you've made it pretty obscure
Baby, it's clear
From here
You're losing your atmosphere
From here
You're losing it

[Bridge]
So have it your way
Whatever makes the best résumé
Whatever you can throw in
Wash, rinse and spin til it's spun away
Okay
But I won't be sticking around

[Chorus]
'Cause I'll never prove that my motives were pure
So let's remove any question of cure
'Cause even though you've made it pretty obscure
Baby, it's clear
From here
You're losing your atmosphere
From here
You're losing it

Susan Lyrics

Oh Susan, you were clued-in
You knew just how this thing would go
A prognosis that was hopeless
From the very first domino
I guess I see it all in hindsight
I tried to keep perspective despite
The flash of the fuse, the smell of cordite

Now I'm in that place again
And I know he can't come in to get me
And someday he will live to regret me
Susan I can see it now

Oh Suzie, they get to me
They can really be wearying
So he threw me rope and buoy
Let me use his decoder ring
There must have been some kind of parade
We kissed for a while to see how it played
And pulled the pin on another grenade

But I'm in that place again
And I know he can't come in to get me
And someday he will live to regret me
Suzy I can see it now

Oh Susan, the hope of fusion
Is that the halo will reappear
It may be pure illusion
But it's beautiful while it's here
I had some trouble with the goodbye
I checked my roman candle supply
And watched the vapor-trail in the sky

But I'm in that place again
And I know he can't come in to get me
And someday he will live to regret me
Susan I can see it now
Susan I can see it now
Susan I can... see... it... now

You Do Lyrics

You stay the night at his house
With no ride to work
And I'm the one who tells you
He's another jerk
But you're the one who can succeed
You've only got to prove your need
And you do
You really do

The sex you're trading up for
What you hope is love
Is just another thing that
He'll be careless of
But though there are caveats galore
You've only got to love him more
And you do
You really do
Even when it's all too clear

You write a little note that
You leave on the bed
And spend some time dissecting
Every word he said
And if he seemed a little strange
Well, baby, anyone can change
And you do
You do
You really do

Brother's Keeper Lyrics

Ladies and gents, fold your tents, 'cause we have a winner
Come see your Jane try to train every devil in her
There's not a man alive who could tame this creature
You better leave the professor behind, see what time will teach her

And when we've all collected a spectacular sum
We'll get a little glimpse of the disaster to come

You can justify what happens then
'Cause how could you have known
Leave the dust to dust and say "amen"
Put "sorry" on the stone
You're not not your brother's keeper, now
Your brother's on his own
That's how the seeds of avarice are sown

Shit's just a trick and each week's full of compromises
She'll push for a fish like a seal clapping for its prizes
There's not a man alive who could wake this sleeper
Oh, tie the rope, hide the dope, sure there's hope, but denial's cheaper

And when've all collected a spectacular sum
We'll get a Holy Roller in to rattle the drum

You can justify what happens then
'Cause how could you have known
Leave the dust to dust and say "amen"
Put "sorry" on the stone
You're not your brother's keeper, now
Your brother's on his own
That's how the seeds of avarice are sown

And after the fail, you can wail as they drag the river
Silence the band, wring the hand that you didn't give her
And every man alive has to sign a waiver
To put a coin in the plate, so that fate won't return the favor

You can justify, oh yes you can
You've got the microphone
Tell them dust is dust and men are men
And men all act alone
You're not your brother's keeper, now
Your brother's on his own
That's how the seeds of avarice are sown
How the seeds of avarice are sown

Barfly Lyrics

Spent my nights in a sleeping bag smelling kerosene
Thinking fog and sand
Was gonna keep me clean
Feeding all the bluejays at the wrong address
Where they went instead
I could only guess

Tell the barfly
Who runs this town
You won’t get high
You’ll just get down
Tell the barfly
It’s on his dime
You won’t get high
So do the time

Took a breath full of iodine and I overdosed
And the tide crept high
Like a watery ghost
And no one needs your kind
Of a dope sick clown
You can always find
Sitting one seat down

Tell the barfly
Who rolls the dice
Your numbers up
So roll it twice
Tell the barfly
It’s on his dime
You won’t get high
So do the time

Honey, I’m not the one who’s of use to you now
I get an hour’s sleep at night
And I can’t see how
You deserve all the mess that even guilt won’t allow

Tell the barfly
Who runs this town
You won’t get high
You’ll just get down
Tell the barfly
It’s on his dime
You won’t get high
So do the time

Crazytown Lyrics

I guess this movie must’ve opened wide
Another girl who threatens suicide
You called the cops but then she denied every word
And you know you’ll be the one who’s paying the tab for her
You’re out there trying to flag a cab
And for who?
A girl who lives in Crazytown
Where craziness gets handed down
Who? whoever’s gonna volunteer
Will only end up living here

A plot like this will always have a twist
The girl’s a dream who never did exist
Just like the last one, and she enlisted a fool
And you thought, Oh, it’s all fun
When you’re writing songs for her
But now son, you’ll be posting bond, and for who?
A girl who lives in Crazytown
Where craziness gets handed down
Who? whoever’s gonna volunteer
Will only end up living here

And you don’t want to go that route
Cause that’s not what you’re all about
But you just can’t seem to get out of it
You’re still out there, raising a doubt
And for who?
A girl who lives in Crazytown
Where craziness gets handed down
Who? whoever’s gonna volunteer
Will only end up living here

Disappeared Lyrics

Somehow, I wound up on your bad side
Til now, I guess I had a free ride
But now I join the queue
Of people dead to you
The one-time chosen few

That's all, that's it
You got yourself disappeared
The atom split, and you got back-engineered
You're a forgotten face behind a beard
That's it, that's all
You're gone

Though I've been master of the thankless task
Nearby are questions you just have to ask
Was every enemy
Bad as you made him be?
Or were they just
Some gullible stooge like me?

That's all, that's it
You got yourself disappeared
The atom split, and you got back-engineered
You're a forgotten face behind a beard
That's it, that's all
You're gone

And everyone who knew you, said they'd been there too
And soon enough I'd see the mill you put them through
That "Irish Goodbye" you do

That's it, that's all
You got yourself disappeared
A curtain call
At which your absence was cheered
You're a forgotten face behind a beard
That's it, that's all
You're gone

Gamma Ray Lyrics

You build bombs, you’re familiar with explosions
The flat palms of the holiday
But there’s slime crawling back up from the ocean
You can’t keep everyone at bay
Gamma Ray
Gamma Ray

It all starts with an accident or failure
It all starts with a great big bang
And guess who's gonna have to play the jailer?
And guess who’s gonna lead the chain gang?
Gamma Ray
Gamma Ray

And one thing leads to another and none of it's good
None of it's good
None of it's good

There’s some flaw that you cannot help but foster
There’s some weakness you can’t forgive
And from that, you’ve been turned into a monster
A nightmare that you force yourself to live
Gamma Ray
Gamma Ray

And one thing leads to another and none of it’s good
None of it’s good
None of it’s good

Gumby Lyrics

Gumby, I just can’t do anything
Can’t do anything right
Don’t ask me
If I’ll help when helping you
Just means someone to fight

It’s so hard putting on your clothes
You don’t even move to cover your skin
Why move, moving is how things begin
The front yard taken by the crows
Blackguards with their shiny pieces of tin
So much fury
You bury it in

Gumby, we should call your daughter
Please, call your daughter again
You must see
Things are getting harder and
Getting more out of hand

Dude, you’re not even that old
How bad must it be to be bad as this
All day, filling a bottomless pit
All these trinkets bought and sold
All tokens you’ve thrown down to the abyss
There’s a bottom that you’ll never hit

And I don’t know just how you explain this
To a kid with nowhere to live
Tell her that the father she has means well
But just has nothing to give

Gumby…
You should call your daughter again
Don’t call me…
Call your daughter

Labrador Lyrics

Daisy, you
Shouldn't do the things you do
But you're just so incapable of changing
You lie so well
I could never even tell
What were facts in your artful rearranging

But I came back for more
And you laughed in my face and you rubbed it in
Cause I'm a Labrador
And I run
When the gun
Drops the dove again

When we first met
I was glad to be your pet
Like a Lab I once had that we called Maisie
But fetching sticks
Was the best I had for tricks
You got bored
You got mad, then you got crazy

But I came back for more
And you laughed in my face and you rubbed it in
'Cause I'm a Labrador
And I run
When the gun
Drops the dove again

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer
Daisy, Daisy, do
Remember good old Maisie, how she waited at the stairs for you

Daisy, dear
I could almost shed a tear
But let's shine in the time we have remaining
You're a tough old gal
But a dog is just a pal
And believe me, my dear
I'm not complaining

'Cause I came back for more
'Cause I knew even you did the best you could
And I'm a Labrador
And with me, you could see it was understood
That I'd come back for more
Daisy, Daisy do
'Cause I'm a Labrador
I'd come back for more
The loyal Labrador

Red Flag Diver Lyrics

Red flag diver
Jump to me
Red flag diver
Jump to me
I’m just floating here
In a big red sea
Red flag diver, dive in

Red flag diver
Swim to me
Red flag diver
Swim to me
You’ll be miserable
But I’ll be free
Red flag diver, dive in

Cause first I’ll want it
And then I won’t want it
And then I’ll just scuttle it all
On rocks where sirens call
You can blame my daddy
The playboy caddy
Who never kept his eye on the ball
The whitecaps rise and fall

Red flag diver
Dive for me
Red flag diver
Dive for me
I’m as good for you
As I can be
Red flag diver, dive in

Cause first I’ll want it
And then I won’t want it
And then I’ll just scuttle it all
On rocks where sirens call
You can blame my daddy
The playboy caddy
Who never kept his eye on the ball
The whitecaps rise and fall
The whitecaps rise and fall

Slip and Roll Lyrics

You went from moonlighting
But you came out fighting
I saw you larger than life
Throwing your knife
Gone into deep hiding

But you were so charming
That it was disarming
I wondered what was behind
Having to find
An army that keeps arming

Oh, Slip and roll, honey
Stick the jab, kid
Don‘t just trade punches
Like your father did
Cause this playing the odds
Isn’t fooling the gods
So slip and roll til you’re willing to take the hit

So we just keep hoping
Although the deck’s sloping
You’re thinking, Throw me a bone
Or leave me alone
To do what they call coping

Oh, Slip and roll, honey
Stick the jab, kid
Don‘t just trade punches
Like your father did
Cause this playing the odds
Isn’t fooling the gods
So slip and roll til you’re willing to take the hit

And you can take it, take it, take it, take it
We’ve all seen that guy take it on the chin
Oh, take it, take it, I know you can take it
But when will you take something in

Oh, Slip and roll, honey
Stick the jab, kid
Don‘t just trade punches
Like your father did
Cause this playing the odds
Isn’t fooling the gods
So slip and roll til you’re willing to take the hit

And you can take it, take it, take it, take it
We’ve all seen that guy take it on the chin
Oh, take it, take it, I know you can take it
But when will you take something in
When will you take something in

Soon Enough Lyrics

Everybody’s got their differences
Too bad
Here’s a circumstance in which the stakes are high
Everybody’s got their secrets out
So sad
Go around the room and see who doesn’t cry

Soon enough
You’ll be free to write it off
You don’t know enough
To call a bluff
And the one who does
Will never ever tell

Soon enough
You can say we made it up
Just for fun I guess
To make a mess
Cause what’s more fun
Than other people’s hell

So go ahead and say you’re done with it
It’s cool
Baby you can go whatever way you choose
Though you ought to kill the whole vindictive bit
Cause you’ll
Someday realize there’s ties you’ll want to use

Soon enough
You’ll be free to write it off
You don’t know enough
To call a bluff
And the one who does
Will never ever tell

Soon enough
You can say we made it up
Just for fun I guess
To make a mess
Cause what’s more fun
Than other people’s hell

I Should've Known Lyrics

I should thank you almost
No one could kill it off until you bled it
But I got rid of that ghost
Though certain habits still remain embedded
With this shadow of doubt
Baby it was you who fed it
Well, I don't know what else to say but I think you get it
I should've known that it was coming down to this
I should've known you would betray me but without the kiss
I should've known the kind of set up it is
And always isn't always
When it's not your photograph that I've been keeping
But you're still living those days
When I'd stay awake just to watch you sleeping
You delivered that blow
But it left a mark on me that you're not seeing
Well, I don't know what else you hear but it's not me weeping
I should've known that it was coming down to this
I should've known you would betray me but without the kiss
I should've known the kind of set up it is
I should've seen the cracks in the ceiling and the mirror covered up with dust
But I was busy talking on the phone
I should've seen the obstacles but I said this house was built for us
Hello... is anybody home?
I should've known the minute that we hit the wall
I should've known the writing was up on the stall
I should've known 'cause Rome was starting to fall
Oh, I should've known
Well tell me this
Who was ever gonna tell you so
That I should thank you almost
I should've known
That I should thank you almost

Charmer Lyrics

When you’re a charmer
The apples fall
And you’re quite the little collector
You got ‘em all

When you’re a charmer
People respond
They can’t see the hidden agenda
You got going on

But when you’re weak it’s the Holy Grail
You’re two for one, it’s a fire sale
And that’s a wall that you cannot scale
So you’re forced to burrow under

When you’re a charmer
The world applauds
They don’t know that secretly charmers
Feel like they’re frauds

When you’re a charmer
You hate yourself
A victim of sideshow hypnosis
Like everyone else

And then your thinking goes black and white
And you’re all hunger and appetite
This is a battle you cannot fight
No, you only can surrender
No, you only can surrender

Could've Been Anyone Lyrics

Its so hard not to blame you
Its hard not to put all the blame on you
cause you knew from the start
There was one little part you would not let through
Im sure there were even moments when you thought
You might someday finish what you'd begun,
But that could've been anyone
Could've been anyone
I lost my place in the sun
Well, never mind
It could've been anyone.
So we all make mistakes
It just figures you'd make me the biggest one
I was saving it up
Now its spent and I don't know
What I spent it on
Now I find if you try hard enough
You can wear it down til its just about gone,
til you could've been anyone
You could've been anyone
Lost your place in the sun
Well, never mind
Could've been anyone.
Your pattern is different
Than what it implies
The words may be true but
I realize
It isn't description so much as disguise.
Don't worry, you can learn to live without
You've got a lifetime of that to draw upon
And anyway
It could've been anyone
You lost your place in the sun
Lost your place in the sun
Oh, you lost your place in the sun
Well, never mind
It could've been anyone
Never mind
Never mind
(I think that's enough now)

Fifty Years After the Fair Lyrics

Fifty years after the fair
The picture I have is so clear
Underneath the clouds in the air
Rose the Trylon and the Perisphere
And that for me was the finest of scenes
The perfect world across the river in Queens
Fifty years after the fair
I drink from a different cup
But it does no good to compare
Cause nothing ever measures up
I guess just for a second we thought
That all good things would rise to the top
And how beautiful it was, tomorrow
We'll never have a day of sorrow
We got through the '30s but our belts were tight
We conceived of a future with no hope in sight
We've got decades ahead of us to get it right, I swear
Fifty years after the fair
Fifty years after the fair
I live in tomorrow town
Even on a wing and a prayer
The future never came around
It hurts to even think of those days
The damage we do by the hopes that we raise
But how beautiful it was, tomorrow
We'll never have a day of sorrow
We got through the '30's but our belts were tight
We conceived of a future with no hope in sight
We've got decades ahead of us to get it right, I swear
Fifty years after the fair

4th of July Lyrics

Today's the fourth of July
Another June has gone by
And when they light up our town I just think
What a waste of gunpowder and sky
I'm certain I am alone
In harboring thoughts of our home
It's one of my faults that I can't quell my past
I ought to have gotten it gone
I ought to have gotten it...
Oh, baby, I wonder if when you are older
Someday
You'll wake up
And say, 'My God, I should have told her
What would it take
But, now here I am and the world's gotten colder
And she's got the river down which I sold her'
So that's today's memory lane
With all the pathos and pain
Another chapter in a book where the chapters are endless
And they're always the same
A verse, and a verse, and refrain
Oh, baby, I wonder if when you are older
Someday
You'll wake up
And say, 'My God, I should have told her
What would it take
But, now here I am and the world's gotten colder
And she's got the river down which I sold her
And she's got the river down which I sold her...'

I Could Hurt You Now Lyrics

This is for the one who was false
who taught me about building walls
one who could always turn it around
to leave me here on shaky ground
this is for the one who made good
in someone else's neighborhood
one who was never anything but
the shifty eye of sheer bad luck
once I thought that I would never forget
and I have not quite done that yet
but I could hurt you now
I could hurt you now
this is for the time that I lost
the death of who I thought I was
the things in which I cannot believe
for fear I'll wear them on my sleeve
things I know that will never be returned
but I crossed that bridge before it burned
so I could hurt you now
I could hurt you now
(listen, sonny boy
you just don't get it, do you)
I could hurt you now
(tell you what I'll do
I'll get that message to you)
Maybe it leaves an invisible scar
but I have not come quite that far
but I could hurt you now
(listen, sonny boy
you just don't get it, do you)
I could hurt you now
(tell you what I'll do
I'll get that message to you)

It's Not Safe Lyrics

All you want to do is something good
So get ready to be ridiculed and misunderstood
'Cause don't you know that you're a fucking freak in this world
In which everybody's willing to choose swine over pearls
And maybe everything is all for nothing
Still you'd better keep it to yourself
'Cause God knows it's not safe with anybody else
You can take your own advice and try again
But a thousand compromises don't add up to a win
And they'd be happy if you'd only cover your tracks
But the trail of crumbs you've left won't help you find your way back
So maybe everything is all for nothing
Still you'd better keep it to yourself
'Cause God knows it's not safe with anybody else
God knows it's not safe with anybody else
You can play along, but you'll just end up wrong somehow, won't you
But you're the idiot who keeps believing in luck
And you just can't get it through your head that no one else gives a fuck
So maybe everything is all for nothing
Still you'd better keep it to yourself
'Cause God knows it's not safe with anybody else
God knows it's not safe with anybody else
God knows it's not safe with anybody else
It's not safe with anybody else
God knows it's not safe with anybody else
Play that guitar
But you're the idiot who keeps believing in luck
The speaker is out of the picture
I'm talking to the microphone
The microphone thinks that I'm talking
But I'm not talking at all
I'm singing to you

Long Shot Lyrics

You fucked it up
You should've quit
Till circumstances
Had changed a bit
You fucked it up
You jumped the gun
I swore you off but
You climbed back on
And when you said
Of course you know
Could I be blamed
If I'd wished it so
I don't think so
You fucked it up
Or was it you
'Cause when you said it
I said it too
What of it
And all that stuff
I knew before
Just turned into
Please love me more [Repeats]

Par for the Course Lyrics

It's par for the course
You bet the wrong horse
You put down the phone and cried
For yourself
And for what
You couldn't have
A plea
That won't do
Now that she
Serves it to you
And I don't even know you
I don't even know you anymore
I don't even know you
I don't even know you
It's all you deserve
The loss of the nerve
The grade of the curve
Has brought you to this
By the boat that you missed
You clung to the raft
So she swerved out of your path
And I don't even know you
I don't even know you anymore
I don't even know you anymore
You loved her a lot
But she lost the plot
And timing is everything
In this game
So let's have
A moment of blame
Think how
It could have been
Well you should
Have said it all then
And I don't even know you
I don't even know you anymore
I don't even know you anymore
I don't even know you anymore
I don't even know you anymore

Ray Lyrics

Ray, as of today
I can't say things will ever be the same
And that could be a shame
'Cause though I think I know
Another lonely exile when I see one
And you appear to be one
Still
I'm playing it down 'cause I could really be found
If you've got it to spare
I'm playing it cool but it's terribly cruel
'Cause I ought to be there
And Ray, what can I say
You don't know me and it's just wishful thinking
To keep myself from sinking
And hence, no evidence
To support any theory I have handy
That you could understand me
And so
I'm playing it down 'cause I could really be found
If you've got it to spare
I'm playing it cool but it's terribly cruel
'Cause I ought to be there
('Cause you're as bad off as me)
And Ray, can we repay
Ourselves for days that we've
lost through indecision
With one of recognition
If so, then here I go
'Cause some things you know
And some you just believe in
And hope it comes out even
I'm playing it down 'cause I could really be found
If you've got it to spare
I'm playing it cool but it's terribly cruel
'Cause I ought to be there
I ought to be there
I ought to be there

Sugarcoated Lyrics

You looked the part of
The poor brave martyr
And guess who broke your heart
Whoever has it
Sugarcoated
When they wrote it
I would've believed it too
I would've believed it too
I would believe it
I'm so relentless
And you're defenseless
Until the pencil stops
You'll be the one who's
Sugarcoated
Overloaded
Do you believe it's true
Do you believe it's true
Do you believe it
And out of your mouth
Comes a stream of cliches
Now I have given you so much rope
You should have been hanging for days
But you keep spinning it out
Spinning it out [Repeat: x5]
It wasn't nice though
I came back twice so
Now I'm the Antichrist
If I had been as
Sugarcoated
Self-promoted
They would've believed me too
They would've believed me too
Would you believe me too
Would you believe it too

Superball Lyrics

I'm a superball
You can bounce me once and I ricochet
Around the room
I'm a superball
If I pick up speed get out of my way
I'm a sonic boom
And I warn you now
The velocity I'm gathering
Will knock you down
Send the chairs and lamps all scattering
'Cause I'm a superball
If you think there'll be no aftershocks
Well I'm a superball
Read the fine print on the back of the box
Stick to slinkies, hot wheels, alphabet blocks
And I warn you now
The velocity I'm gathering
Will knock you down
Send the chairs and lamps all scattering
It's got nothing to do with me
It's got nothing to do with me
It's got nothing to do with me
It's got nothing to do with me
It's got nothing to do with me
It's got nothing to do with me
It's got nothing

You Could Make a Killing Lyrics

There is nothing that competes with habit
And I know it's neither deep nor tragic
It's simply that you have to have it
So you can make a killing
Oh you can make a killing
Oh you can make a killing
I wish I was both young and stupid
Then I too could have the fun that you did
Till it was time to pony up what you bid
So you could make a killing
Oh you could make a killing
Oh you could make a killing
I could follow you and search the rubble
Or stay right here and save myself some trouble
Or try to keep myself from seeing double
Or I could make a killing
Or I could make a killing
Oh I could make a killing
Yeah I could make a killing
I could make a killing

You're With Stupid Now Lyrics

I don't know how to break the news
It's pretty clear you'll be asked to choose between
What you lack and what you excuse
In this tug of war
You can't say that they didn't warn you
Though you'd rather that they just ignore you
Cause your devices are not working for you anymore
What you want, you don't know
You're with stupid now
You don't know how to manufacture
Sturdy bones with a hairline fracture
The crazy will of a Margaret Thatcher
That they've all got
Though you pay for the hands they're shaking
The speeches and the mistakes they're making
As they struggle with the undertaking
Of simple thought
What you want, you don't know
You're with stupid now
What you know, you don't want to know
You're with stupid now
What you want, you don't know
You're with stupid now
What you know, you don't want to know
You're with stupid now
So on with the show

I've Had It Lyrics

We made it down to New York
with everything intact
but as for getting back -
it was Boo who made the joke,
they don't give you any hope
but they'll give you plenty of rope
And Dan came in from Jersey
he went to get the drums
and if Buddy ever comes
we can get it off the ground
I hope someone's coming down
'else I can't see hanging around
Oh, experience is cheap
if that's the company you keep
and a chance is all that I need
and I've had it
I've had it
So we all just started playing
and then something strange occurred -
not a person stirred
oh, it started out one way
but it turned out to be okay
and I felt that someone should say -
Oh, experience is cheap
if that's the company you keep
and before you know that it's free
you've had it
you've had it
Like most amazing things
It's easy to miss and easy to mistake
For when things are really great
It just means everything's in its place
When everything was over
and we loaded up the van
I turned and said to Dan,
Dan, I guess this is our prime
like they tell us all the time
weren't you expecting some other kind?
Oh, experience is cheap
if that's the company you keep
but I'll never get that disease
'cause I've had it
I've had it

Jacob Marley's Chain Lyrics

Well, today a friend told me this sorry tale
As he stood there trembling and turning pale
He said each day's harder to get on the scale
Sort of like Jacob Marley's chain

But it's not like life's such a vale of tears
It's just full of thoughts that act as souvenirs
For those tiny blunders made in yesteryear
That comprise Jacob Marley's chain

Well, I had a little metaphor to state my case
It encompassed the condition of the human race
Nut to my dismay, it left without a trace
Except for the sound of Jacob Marley's chain

Now there is no story left to tell
So I think I'd rather just go on to hell
Where there's a snowball's chance that the personnel
Might help to carry Jacob Marley's chain

Help to carry Jacob Marley's chain...

Mr. Harris Lyrics

So he's retired
lives with his sister in a furnished flat
he's got this suit that
he'll never wear outside without a hat
his hair is white but he looks half his age
he looks like Jimmy Stewart in his younger days.
And honestly, I might be
stupid to think love is love
but I do
and you've waited so long and
I've waited long enough for you.
My mother's calling
from where she's living up in Troy, Vermont
she tries to tell me
a father figure must be what I want
I've always thought age makes no difference
am I the only one to whom that's making sense?
And honestly, I might be
stupid to think love is love
but I do
and you've waited so long and
I've waited long enough for you.
The day I met him he was raking leaves
in his tiny yard.
Of course I know that
we've only got ten years, or twenty, left
but to be honest
I'm happy with whatever time we get
depending on which book you read
sometimes it takes a lifetime to get what you need.
And honestly, I might be
stupid to think love is love
but I do
and you've waited so long and
I've waited long enough for you.

Put Me On Top Lyrics

I should be knocking on the door of the pearly gates
Why keep a poor man alive in a job he hates
I've heard that good things will come to he who waits

I should be riding on a float in the hit parade
Instead of standing on the curb behind the barricade
Another verse in the doormat serenade

Won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
Won't you put me on top or change the odds
Won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
Or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
Oh, at least put some hope in the box for me

Cause it's only black and white and not a lot of each
There's a remote on the shelf, but it's out of reach

Won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
Won't you put me on top or change the odds
Won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
Or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box
Put some hope in the bottom of the box for me
I need it

(Oooh, put me on top)

Won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
Won't you put me on top or change the odds
Won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top)
Or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box

Put me on (oooh, put me on top)
Won't you put me on top again (change the odds)
Or at least put some hope (oooh, put me on top)
Put some home in the bottom of the box
Oh, at least put some hope in the bottom of the box

Way Back When Lyrics

Well, I guess that this is now the end
who'd have thought
my old friend
we signed the papers and we capped the pen
But I remember you from way back when
'Good evening, ladies and gentlemen
welcome David-what's-his-name-again'
Things change -
the old cliche
if we knew now what we knew yesterday
oh, we couldn't give it away.
I was working at a record store
I knew you,
you knew the score
some kind of deal is what we're looking for
Time came, and disappeared
no one steered and
it got weirder
help was needed, no one volunteered.
Things change,
you got to wait a bit
what made me think that I could weather it?
you're down before you even notice
you've been hit
And through it all I wondered where the bus
was taking you
who knew?
and even though my one and one was always
making two
I never thought that I was breaking you.
We were victims of the old taboo
but people change
we changed too
just make it count before they get to you.
Things change -
baby, hold the phone! -
they'll shoot you down like you was Al Capone
Oh, you better go it alone.
Well, I guess that this is now the end
the paper's signed -
forget the pen
wonder if we'll ever meet again?

Knock It Off Lyrics

Seattle finally couldn't hold her
It made no difference what you told her
You say you're sorry but now what is that?
You oughta knock it off
You had your chances but now they're gone
Oh baby knock it off
You can't just stand there on her front lawn
An overdose is almost clearer
A diagnosis is a mirror
You can't unsee it when you look like that
You oughta knock it off
You had your chances but now they're gone
Oh baby knock it off
You can't just stand there on her front lawn
C'mon get in the car, it's over
You're just building up more regret
You don't get any four-leaf clover yet
You can't look sideways or behind you
I'm sure she knows just where to find you
She made her choices and now that is that
You oughta knock it off
You had your chances but now they're gone
Oh baby knock it off
You can't just stand there

Goose Snow Cone Lyrics

Lookin' into the face of the goose snow cone
Should be shaking it loose but you do it alone
Every look is a truce and it's written in stone
Gotta keep it together when your friends come by
Always checking the weather but they wanna know why
Even birds of a feather find it hard to fly
Thought I saw at my feet an origami crow
It was only the street hidden under the snow
Always snatching defeat, it's the devil I know
Gotta keep it together when your friends come by
Always checking the weather but they wanna know why
Even birds of a feather find it hard to fly
Lookin' into the face of the goose snow cone
I could pick up the pace but I couldn't go on
I just wanted a place but I ended up gone
Gotta keep it together when your friends come by
Always checking the weather but they wanna know why
Even birds of a feather find it hard to fly
Lookin' into the face of the goose snow cone

Good for Me Lyrics

What a waste of a smoke machine
Took the taste of the dopamine
And left me high and dry
Call the cops, call the cavalry
Spin the tops that'll dazzle me
And give me a new supply
There's a layer below, underneath all the layers that I knew
So I pay when you go but it only convinces me that you are
Good for me
Good for
Just a little bit of what I need
To soothe an appetite that I can't feed
Isn't that good for me?
Accessorizing before the fact
Alibis couldn't stay intact
As guilty as a gun
So you dig, so you move some earth
Tunnel down out of Leavenworth
Or set the fuse and run
Blasting deep underground, getting down to the Continental Shelf
I'll pretend I'm surprised by the lies that I'm telling to myself
That you're good for me
Good for me
Good for
Under cover of your rifle fire
I slipped the traces and I tripped the wire
Isn't that good for me?
And in the searchlight I can see
The rotors kicking up debris
The cloud, the dust, the blades are me
Good for me

Lies of Summer Lyrics

Saw you at the fall
Picture on a closed-circuit
Boy you lost it all
Thinking you could rework it
Stole a credit card and ran away
Back in Louisville they called the play and now
We'll all rewind and just
Listen for the lies of summer
Who gets hurt the most
The guys that you would call brother
Girls that loved a ghost
A ghost that had a sick mother
Now you're waiting for the meds to take but it
Takes a miracle to heal this break and now
We'll all rewind and just
Listen for the lies of summer
If the doctor will just sign this pass
I put my hand up on the plexiglass
And scan your face, to see if you're in there
Wait a sec I gotta write this down
'Cause once they put you in a paper gown
They leave no trace, like you've never been there
So we'll all rewind and just
Listen for the lies of summer
We'll all rewind and wait to hear

Patient Zero Lyrics

They served you champagne like a hero
When you landed, someone carried your bag
From here on out, you're patient zero
Smelling ether as they hand you the rag
Life is good
You look around and think
"I'm in the right neighborhood"
But, honey, you just moved in
Life is grand
And wouldn't you like
To have it go as planned?
Go as planned
Hip hip hooray, hocus pocus
With some magic you can fly through the air
But when you're the guy pulling focus
There are people who will wish you weren't there
Life is good
You look around and think
"I'm in the right neighborhood"
But, honey, you just moved in
Life is grand
And wouldn't you like
To have it go as planned?
Go as planned
Go west, young man
Go west, take a real screen test
Doesn't count as a job well done
The locust had their day
The suckers pay and pay
Carmen Sternwood probably pull that trigger for fun
And in the hills, where all the sunshine, constant companion (constant companion)
Close enough to almost touch the lights of the canyon (lights of the canyon)
The lights of the canyon
But news filtered out of the transom
That a villain ended up with a part
You paid your respects like a ransom
To a moment that was doomed from the start
Life is good
You look around and think
"I'm in the right neighborhood"
But, honey, you don't belong
Life is grand
And wouldn't you like
To have it go as planned?
Go as planned
And in the hills, where all the sunshine, constant companion (constant companion)
Close enough to almost touch the lights of the canyon (lights of the canyon)
The lights of the canyon (lights of the canyon)
The lights of the canyon (lights of the canyon)
The lights of the canyon
The lights of the canyon

Philly Sinks Lyrics

It's always locusts, or floods, or drought
And then it's parties or prayer
He picks a girl he can live without
And puts her down over there
Philly thinks, and when he thinks he can't feel anymore
Philly drinks, and when he drinks, all the drunks hit the floor
Philly sinks, and when he sinks you go down
And when you do, you both drown
Congratulations, you hit the mark
You got the bird on the wing
The animatronic bloodhounds bark
The wind-up mockingbirds sing
Philly thinks, and when he thinks you can't feel anymore
Philly drinks, at least he did when you knew him before
Philly sinks, but now the glass is a girl
But now the girl is a frown
Well, you can put in your oar
But you're hoping for more
Like the gulls and the freighters they follow around
And if the rowing gets dull
Just knock a hole in the hull
And let the ocean swallow you down
Philly thinks, and when he thinks he can't swim anymore
Philly drinks, until the tide pulls away from the shore
Philly sinks, and when he sinks you go down
And when you do, you both drown

Momentum Lyrics

Oh, for the sake of momentum
I've allowed my fears to get larger than life
And it's brought me to my current agendum
Whereupon I deny fulfillment has yet to arrive
And I know life is getting shorter
I can't bring myself to set the scene
Even when it's approaching torture
I've got my routine
Oh, for the sake of momentum
Even though I agree with that stuff about seizing the day
But I hate to think of effort expended
All those minutes and days and hours
I have frittered away.
And I know life is getting shorter
I can't bring myself to set the scene
Even when it's approaching torture
I've got my routine
But I can't confront the doubts I have
I can't admit that maybe the past was bad
And so, for the sake of momentum
I'm condemning the future to death
So it can match the past.
When I can't confront the doubts I have
I can't admit that maybe the past was bad
And so, for the sake of momentum
I'm condemning the future to death
So it can match the past.

I Know There's a Word Lyrics

I know there's a word for this
I know there's a word for the way I'm feeling
I know there's a word for this
I know it, and it's on the tip of my tongue
and it won't go any further.

I know there's a word for this
I know, 'cause it's in the dictionary
and when I find what it is
I'll write it down in case it comes up again
I'll be certain to avoid it.

chorus:
So, take this down: I just feel so beat
and I think it's time to admit defeat
I thought I got mine
but that uphill climbing is never through.

I know there's a word for this
I know 'cause we've all at sometime said it
like when we were little kids
we'd fight each other 'til someone would give in
and you'd make him tell you 'uncle'.

chorus:
So, take this down: I just feel so beat
and I think it's time to admit defeat
I thought I got mine
but that uphill climbing
is never through.

Say Anything Lyrics

You see me as a judge
Though I deny it
And hold me like a grudge
Then justify it
But when you make such claims
In searching for something that explains
Please take a good look at our remains

'Cause if you were everything you say
Things would be different today
And maybe there's room for compromise
But signs that I get say otherwise
Say anything, 'cause I've heard everything

As hopeless as it seems
I wouldn't worry
You'll get your chance to tell
Your side of the story
And, raising your right hand,
Whatever defenses you had planned,
Remember that when you take the stand

If you were everything you say
Things would be different today
And though I'd be happy to believe
I'd have to be much more naive,
Say anything, 'cause I've heard everything
Now I've heard everything
Now I've heard everything

So why do I refuse
The truth, when I clearly cannot use
The comfort of one more lame excuse

chorus:
'Cause if you were everything you say
Things would be different today
And if you were everything you swear
We wouldn't be beyond repair
If you were everything you say
Things would be different today
And if there has got to be an if,
Get it over with
Say anything, 'cause I've heard everything
Now I've heard everything
Now I've heard everything

Wise Up Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's not what you thought
When you first began it
You got what you want
Now you can hardly stand it, though
By now you know

[Refrain]
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up

[Verse 2]
You're sure there's a cure
And you have finally found it
You think one drink
Will shrink you till you're underground
And living down

[Refrain]
But it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up [Bridge]
Prepare a list for what you need
Before you sign away the deed

[Refrain]
'Cause it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
Till you wise up

[Outro]
No, it's not going to stop
Till you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
So just give up