Aimee Mann

Video Lyrics

Tell me why I feel so bad, honey
TV's flat and nothing is funny
I get sad and stuck in a cone of silence
Like a big balloon with nothing for ballast
Labeled like a bottle for Alice
Drink me down or I'll drown in a sea of giants
And tell me, "Baby, baby, I love you
It's nonstop memories of you
It's like a video of you playing
It's all loops of seven-hour kisses
Cut with a couple near-misses
Back to the scene of the actor saying:
'Tell me, baby, baby – why do I feel so bad?'"
Tell me why I feel so bad, honey
Fighting left me plenty of money
But didn't keep the promise of memory lapses
Like a building that's been slated for blasting
I'm the proof that nothing is lasting
Counting to eleven as it collapses
And tell me, "Baby, baby, I love you
It's nonstop memories of you
It's like a video of you playing
It's all loops of seven-hour kisses
Cut with a couple near-misses
Back to the scene of the actor saying:
'Tell me, baby, baby – why do I feel so bad?'"
Baby, baby, I love you
Baby, baby, I love you
But baby, I feel so bad

That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart Lyrics

I drew a picture of you
You and your anchor tattoo
And saw the face that I knew
Covered in shame
You drew a bird that was here
A kind of sweet chanticleer
But with a terrible fear
That the cage couldn't tame
That's how I knew this story would break my heart
When you wrote it
That's how I knew this story would break my heart
So, like a ghost in the snow
I'm getting ready to go
'Cause baby, that's all I know –
How to open the door
And though the exit is crude
It saves me coming unglued
For when you're not in the mood
For the gloves and the canvas floor
That's how I knew this story would break my heart
When you wrote it
That's how I knew this story would break my heart
That's how I knew this story would break my heart
When you wrote it
That's how I knew this story would break my heart

She Really Wants You Lyrics

Sitting in your father's basement
Waiting for the phone to ring
Still in your pajamas, baby
She made up some excuse to see you
You said you didn't feel a thing
Tired of all the dramas, maybe
But still
The moment you hear
The moment you know
I'm sure you'd come running, baby
Sure
The moment you hear
That she really wants you
Packing up your old apartment
Sealing up another box
Wondering what made you choose her
And moving house when you're a stoner
Everything you come across
Makes you feel like such a loser
But still
The moment you hear
The moment you know
I'm sure you'd come running, baby
Sure
The moment you hear
That she really wants you
'Cause the stray that you found
That looked so cute at the pound
Now has you putting her down as rabid
If it was badder than bad
Well, then – you oughta be glad
You can break it like another habit
But still
The moment you hear
The moment you know
I'm sure you'd come running, baby
Sure
The moment you hear
That she really wants you
Oh, sure
The moment you hear
The moment you know
I'm sure you'd come running, baby
Sure
The moment you hear
That she really wants you

Little Bombs Lyrics

From the 22nd floor
Walking down the corridor
Looking out the picture window down
On Sycamore
While perspective lines converge
Rows of cars and buses merge
All the sweet green trees of Atlanta burst
Like little bombs
Or little pom-poms
Shaken by a careless hand
That drives them off
And leaves again
Life just kind of empties out
Less a deluge than a drought
Less a giant mushroom cloud
Than an unexploded shell
Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel
On the 22nd floor
Found a notice on my door
While outside, the sun is shining on
Those little bombs
Those little pom-poms
Life just kind of empties out
Less a deluge than a drought
Less a giant mushroom cloud
Than an unexploded shell
Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel
Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel
Inside a cell
Of the Lennox Hotel

King of the Jailhouse Lyrics

The king of the jailhouse
And the queen of the road
Think sharing the burden will lighten the load
So they pack up their troubles
In an old Cadillac
That's her in the mirror, asleep in the back
Baby, there's something wrong with me
Baby, there's something wrong with me
Baby, there's something wrong with me
That I can't see
That I can't see
And they don't give the answers
At the end of the test
So you can't simply stand there and hope for the best
So wake me up at the border
When we reach Mexico
I'll tell you a secret I don't even know
Baby, there's something wrong with me
Baby, there's something wrong with me
Baby, there's something wrong with me
That I can't see
That I can't see
Honey, I don't wanna turn around
And go back there – do you?
I think you know something I don't know
That I need to
Baby, there's something wrong with me
Baby, there's something wrong with me
Baby, there's something wrong with me
That I can't see
That I can't see
That I can't see

I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas Lyrics

I was thinking I could clean up for Christmas
And then, baby, I'm through
Four more weeks that couldn't make any difference
Except maybe to you

But I've tried to use that trick
Like a carrot on a stick
So I was thinking I could clean up for Christmas
Then, baby, I'm through

I was thinking I could clean up for Christmas
And then, baby, I'm done
One less fucker trying to get in the business
Of the prodigal son

Where I know I can't compete
Once I'm off of Hastings Street
So I was thinking I could clean up for Christmas
Then, baby, I'm done

'Cause I can't live loaded and I can't live sober
And I've been this way since the end of October
And I know enough to know
That, baby, when it's over, it's over
And it's over
'Cause, baby, I'm done

I was thinking I could clean up for Christmas
And then call it a day
Tell you I'm sorry that I made you a witness
To my moral decay

And that, once upon a time
I believed it was a victimless crime
I was thinking I could clean up for Christmas
Then call it a day
Then call it a day
Then call it a day

I Can't Help You Anymore Lyrics

That summer was just crazy hot
We walked the fairground parking lot
And with our secret handshakes
Sealed the deal completely
But I'm too close to know just what
Will keep Pandora's boxes shut
And so I'll fail you badly
When you really need me
'Cause I don't know
What I should know ?
That I can't help you anymore
No, I can't help you anymore
No, I can't help you anymore
I'll get a pen and make a list
And give you my analysis
But I can't write this story
With a happy ending
Was I the bullet or the gun
Or just a target drawn upon
A wall that you decided
Wasn't worth defending?
And I should know
But I don't know
That I can't help you anymore
No, I can't help you anymore
No, I can't help you anymore
Anymore
No, I can't help you
'Cause baby, look what I have done
The ruins just go on and on
I've got to let it go now, or it will drag me under
So I can't help you anymore
No, I can't help you anymore
No, I can't help you anymore
Anymore
No, I can't help you anymore

I Can't Get My Head Around It Lyrics

I want to believe
If you tell me so
I want to believe
'Cause you oughta know
That kicking is hard
But the bottom's harder
So I'm taking your card
But I cannot get my head around it, baby
I cannot get my head around it, baby
'Cause that's just not the way
You make me feel
I want to believe
But, baby, I'm dry
I want to believe
But you testify
And I'll pour the drinks
Like a true believer
Whose god never blinks
But I cannot get my head around it, baby
I cannot get my head around it, baby
'Cause that's just not the way
You make me feel
No, that's just not the way
You make me feel
No, that's just not the way
You make me feel
Like way more real than real
The world inside the glass
That struggles to conceal
The wreckage on the overpass
I cannot get my head
I cannot get my head
I cannot get my head around it, baby
'Cause that's just not the way
You make me feel
No, that's just not the way
You make me feel
No, that's just not the way
You make me feel

Goodbye Caroline Lyrics

Put on your shoes, girl
I'm goin' to the coast
Where every loser
Gives up what hurts the most
And all those haunted
Unlucky guys get told
Who's really wanted
And who just can't stay sold
Goodbye, Caroline
You're my favorite faith healer
Goodbye, everything
Say I gave to the house dealer
Who could only really let you down
Put on your coat, babe
My luck is winding down
I'll get your suitcase
And pull the car around
Goodbye, Caroline
You're my favorite faith healer
Goodbye, everything
Say I gave to the house dealer
Who could only really let you down
Where it's lit day for night
And the clocks wear their faces bowed
Where the hands and cuffs gleam white
As they hang on a nicotine cloud
Goodbye, Caroline
Goodbye, everything
Goodbye, Caroline
You're my favorite faith healer
Goodbye, everything
Say I gave to the house dealer
Who could only really let you down
Who could only really let you down
Who could only
Let you down
Let you down
Let you down
Let you down

Going Through the Motions Lyrics

Something isn't right
I don't know how I know
But baby, it's despite
Your dog-and-pony show
I can hear it coming
You're only going through the motions, baby
With your engines humming
You're just going through the motions, baby
Feel like I'm in jail
With you and Mr. Hyde
A guy who leaves a trail
About a mile wide
So it starts already
That you're just going through the motions, baby
You can throw confetti
But you're still going through the motions, baby
Going through the motions, baby
They'll have a big parade
For every day that you stay clean
But when the trumpets fade
You'll go under like a submarine
And you won't see it coming
No, you won't see it coming
You could have it made
Up there in San Rafael
But baby, I'm afraid
I'll never see you well
Because I've seen the tally
And you're just going through the motions, baby
To a big finale
That comes from going through the motions, baby
Going through the motions, baby
Going through the motions, baby
You're just going through the motions, baby

Dear John Lyrics

Cotton candy was king
On the midway that spring
When I saw you in the ring on the lawn
Dear John
Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on
Oh, the lectures I gave
So the girls would behave
While the band played all your favorite songs
Dear John
Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on
But numbers come up and you're left to the fates
Though I always thought you were one of the greats
Once somebody stationed in Kuala Lumpur
Said he thought you went out, but he couldn't be sure
And the midway I knew
Where the sky was so blue
With the memory of you is gone
Dear John
Throwing kisses so Richmond's unfortunates can go on [Repeat: x5]

Beautiful Lyrics

You pulled up and parked your El Dorado
We said "hi" and kissed with some bravado
I got out my camera and was laughing
Happy it was you I'm photographing
And we drove to the ferry
Like the cat and canary
I said, "Baby, it's scary
When it's so beautiful
Why does it hurt me
To feel so much tenderness?
Beautiful
You little wonder, you"
Maybe then I held your hand and kissed you
I know once I just hauled off and hit you
'Cause I can't even stand it
'Cause I don't want to end it
To be perfectly candid –
Baby, you're beautiful
Sometimes it hurts me
To feel so much tenderness
Beautiful
Wish you could see it, too
And all I have to do today
Is make you happy
The only thing you have to say
Is, "It's all lovely, baby"
Late that night, we checked into the Bellevue
Held you close, but, baby – couldn't tell you
And we stayed in our Calvins
And we swore we'd be best friends
And I looked through the zoom lens
And thought you were beautiful
Sometimes it hurts me
To feel so much tenderness
Beautiful
Baby, I'm dazzled
By the view
Beautiful
You don't need to tell me
I'm completely powerless
Beautiful
I wish you could see it, too
I wish you could see it, too
I wish you could see it, too
Baby, how I see you

Observatory Lyrics

She was married to somebody else
I was lonely and lived by myself
Baby, that's a battle you can't win
So we met and we started the clock
Did that help -- no it did not
But I guess I knew that going in
And watched the sweeping second hand
But at least I was calm
On the road to the big observatory
Where the planets were hung
And the stars swung around the second story
And we stumbled upon
A room where a luminous moon was waning
And I knew I had leapt into the great beyond
But at least I was calm
Fun is fun, but when push comes to shove
When it's done, we'll deny it was love
She will say Jim -- this was a mistake
And the room where we looked at the sky
Will be there with its telescope eye
Just another sentry kept awake
Watching over silverlake
But at least I was calm
On the road to the big observatory
Where the planets were hung
And the stars swung around the second story
And we stumbled upon
A room where a luminous moon was waning
And I knew I had leapt into the great beyond
But at least I was calm
And you'll be glad to leave with dignity intact
She won't be sad so much as matter-of-fact
Like it was doomed and hopeless as a suicide pact
But at least I was calm
On the road to the big observatory
Where the planets were hung
And the stars swung around the second story
And we stumbled upon
A room where a luminous moon was waning
And I knew I had leapt into the great beyond
But at least I was calm
Yeah, at least I managed to stay calm

Nightmare Girl Lyrics

I'm distilling everything she said into a potion
But it's always going to my head in slow motion
Oh nightmare girl
Things are getting weirder
At the speed of light
Nightmare girl
All this fever dreaming kills my appetite
For love and restless nights
Once she wanted me to exercise her self-possession
And then failing that she wanted lives and vivisection
Oh nightmare girl
Things are getting weirder
At the speed of light
Nightmare girl
All this fever dreaming kills my appetite
For love and restless nights
I'm on a train to Brooklyn
I'm on the IRT
I've gotta think I'm saving the day
I get a call in the night
I get a call at three
I gotta go and make it OK
'Cause things are getting weirder at the speed of light
Nightmare girl
All this fever dreaming kills my appetite
Nightmare girl
Things are getting weirder
Things are getting weirder
Things are getting weirder

Fighting the Stall Lyrics

It's all right once you're in the air
Just hope there's altitude and prayer
And if we survive the takeoff
The chances of accident are small
As long as there's some procedure
For fighting the stall
Fighting the stall

So now we're drawing straws to see
Just who will get the duty free
When you're on auto-pilot
And running on fumes and alcohol
The moment of truth deciding
Fighting the stall
Fighting the stall

And I'll go down in flames just for the hell of it all
Because I couldn't take
Standing in place
Waiting to fall
Fighting the stall
Fighting the stall

So we'll attempt the landing
And spiral into a fireball
'Cause that was the understanding
Fighting the stall
Fighting the stall

Real Bad News Lyrics

You don't know, so don't say you do--
You don't
You might think that things will change,
But take my word--
They won't
You paint a lovely picture,
But reality intrudes
With a message for you
And it's real bad news
I was undecided like you
At first
But I could not stem the tide of overwhelm
And thirst
You try to keep it going, but a lot of avenues
Just aren't open to you
When you're real bad news
I've got love and anger
They come as a pair
You can take your chances
But buyer beware
And I won't
Make you feel bad
When I show you
This big ball of sad isn't
Worth even filling with air
And baby, let me tell you
You can get some things confused
Like whose secrets are whose
And that's real bad news
Real bad news
Real bad news

The Moth Lyrics

The moth don't care when he sees the flame
He might get burned, but he's in the game
And once he's in, he can't go back
He'll beat his wings till he burns them black
No, the moth don't care when he sees the flame
No, the moth don't care when he sees the flame
The moth don't care if the flame is real
'Cause flame and moth got a sweetheart deal
And nothing fuels a good flirtation
Like need and anger and desperation
No, the moth don't care if the flame is real
No, the moth don't care if the flame is real
So come on, let's go, ready or not
'Cause there's a flame I know, hotter than hot
And with a fuse that's so thoroughly shot, away
The moth don't care if the flame burns low
'Cause moth believes in an afterglow
And flames are never doused completely
All you really need is the love of heat
No, the moth don't care if the flame burns low
No, the moth don't care if the flame burns low
So come on, let's go, ready or not
'Cause there's a flame I know, hotter than hot
And with a fuse that's so thoroughly shot, away

Lost In Space Lyrics

Lost in space above all drifting
To a place where planets shifting
The moon erased, it's features lifting
The glare
But I am the stuff of happy endings
Though mostly bluff, belief suspending
But close enough for just pretending
To care
And I'm pretending to care
When I'm not even there
Gone but I don't know where
Well she's the faith and I'm the devil
Who keeps the pace and clears the rubble
And lost in space, fills up the bubble
With air
By just pretending to care
Like I'm not even there
Gone but I don't know where
It split like a cell
And man cannot tell
The lie from parallel
So baby beware
I'm just pretending to care
Like I'm not even there
Gone but I don't know where
Gone but I don't know where
Gone but I don't know where

It's Not Lyrics

I keep going round and round on the same old circuit
A wire travels underground to a vacant lot
Where something I can't see interrupts the current
And shrinks the picture down to a tiny dot
And from behind the screen, it can look so perfect
But it's not

So here I'm sitting in my car at the same old stop light
I keep waiting for a change, but I don't know what
So red turns into green turning into yellow
But I'm just frozen here on the same old spot
And all I have to do is to press the pedal
But I'm not
No, I'm not

People are tricky, you can't afford to show
Anything risky, anything they don't know
The moment you try, well, kiss it goodbye

So baby kiss me like a drug, like a respirator
And let me fall into the dream of the astronaut
Where I get lost in space that goes on forever
And you make all the rest just an afterthought
And I believe it's you who could make it better
though it's not
No, it's not
No, it's not

Invisible Ink Lyrics

There comes a time when you swim or sink
So I jumped in the drink
'Cause I couldn't make myself clear
Maybe I wrote in invisible ink
Oh, I've tried to think
How I could have made it appear
But another illustration is wasted
'Cause the results are the same
I feel like a ghost who's trying to move your hands
Over some Ouija board in the hopes I can spell out my name
What some take for magic at first glance
Is just sleight-of-hand depending on what you believe
Something gets lost when you translate
It's hard to keep straight
Perspective is everything
And I know now which is which and what angle I oughta look at it from
I suppose I should be happy to be misread
Better be that than some of the other things I have become
But nobody wants to hear this tale
The plot is clichéd, the jokes are stale
And baby we've all heard it all before
Oh, I could get specific but
Nobody needs a catalog
With details of love I can't sell anymore
And aside from that, this chain of reaction,
Baby, is losing a link
Though I'd hope you'd know what I tried to tell you
And if you don't I could draw you a picture in invisible ink
But nobody wants to hear this tale
The plot is clichéd, the jokes are stale
And baby we've all heard it all before
Oh, I could get specific but
Nobody needs a catalog
With details of love I can't sell anymore

High on Sunday 51 Lyrics

The monkey knows how you'll react
Creating want by holding back
Like some reverse pyromaniac
Let me try, baby, try
I propped my window up and then
I turned my back to lure you in
To rifle through what I might have been
Let me try, baby, try
Baby please, let me begin
Let me be your heroin
Hate the sinner but love the sin
Let me be your heroin
We have crossed the Rubicon
Our ship awash, our rudder gone
The rats have fled but I'm hanging on
Let me try, baby, try
Baby please, let me begin
Let me be your heroin
Hate the sinner but love the sin
Let me be your heroin

Guys Like Me Lyrics

Guys like me
We don't know how it feels
Absentee
Even closing the deal
With every player there's a payoff in the final reel
But never with guys like me
Cause guys like me
We look good at the gate
But you'll agree
With the odds on the slate
And put your money on a bona-fide heavyweight
And take it off guys like me
Take off guys like me
They'll pull you close but never really
Looking warm but feeling chilly
You'll describe us as "impassioned"
When it's just a front we've fashion
Cause guys like me
We all vow to become
Clear and free of the fife and the drum
And block the circulation till we all completely numb
Let's hear it for guys like me
Let's hear it for guys like me
Let's hear it for guys
Guys like me

Today's the Day Lyrics

Better pack your bags and run
Or stay until the job is done
Or maybe you can sit and hope
That providence will fray the rope
And sink like a stone
Or go it alone
And isn't it enough - for you?
Isn't it enough?
So better pack your bags and run
And send it to oblivion
Where you don't look like anyone
That anyone would care about
And do what you do
'Til it buries you
And isn't it enough - for you?
Isn't it enough?
And baby - isn't it enough?
Like major reno at the bluff
Wondering aloud if help is on the way
And baby, isn't this your chance
To make a break with circumstance
Isn't it enough to prove today's the day?
Isn't it enough to prove today's the day?

This Is How It Goes Lyrics

This is how it goes
You'll get angry at yourself
And think you can think of something else
And I'll hear the clanging of the bells
'Cause I can't stop you baby...

'Cause I don't have the bribery in place
No bright shiny surface to my face
So I won't go near the market place
With what I'm selling lately
'Cause this is how it goes

'Cause it's all about drugs
It's all about shame
And whatever they want
Don't tell 'em your name

This is how it goes:
One more failure to connect
With so many how could I object?
And you, what on earth did you expect?
Well, I can't tell you, baby
When this is how it goes

'Cause it's all about drugs
It's all about shame
And whatever they want
Don't tell 'em your name

So I'll try to hold on
While you try to let go
You won't tell me it's gone
But, baby, I'll know
Baby, I'll know
Baby, I'll know

Humpty Dumpty Lyrics

Say you were split, you were split in fragments
And none of the pieces would talk to you
Wouldn't you want to be who you had been
Well baby I want that too
So better take the keys and drive forever
Staying won't put these futures back together
All the perfect drugs and superheros
Wouldn't be enough to bring me up to zero
Baby, I bet you've been more than patience
Saying it's not a catastrophe
But I'm not the girl you once put your faith in
Just someone who looks like me
So better take the keys and drive forever
Staying won't put these futures back together
All the perfect drugs and superheros
Wouldn't be enough to bring me up to zero
So get out while you can
Get out while you can baby I'm pouring quick sand
And sinking is all I have planned
So better just go
Oh, better take the keys and drive forever
Staying won't put these futures back together
All the perfect drugs and superheros
Wouldn't be enough to bring me up to zero
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put baby together again
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put baby together again

Pavlov's Bell Lyrics

Oh Mario, sit here by the window
Stay here 'til we reach Idaho
And when we go
Hold my hand on take-off
Tell me what I already know
That we can't talk about it
No, we can't talk about it

Because nobody knows
That's how I nearly fell
Trading clothes
And ringing Pavlov's Bell
History shows
There's not a chance in hell, but

Oh Mario. we're only to Ohio
It's kinda getting harder to breathe
I won't let it show
I'm all about denial
But can't denial let me believe?
That we could talk about it
But we can't talk about it

Because nobody knows
That's how I nearly fell
Trading clothes
And ringing Pavlov's Bell
History shows but rarely shows it well
Well, well, well

Oh Mario, why if this is nothing
I'm finding it so hard to dismiss
If you're what I need,
Then only you can save me
So come on baby. give me the fix
And let's just talk about it
I've got to talk about it

Because nobody knows
That's how I nearly fell
Trading clothes
And ringing Pavlov's Bell
History shows
Like it was show and tell
So tell me
That's how I nearly fell
By ringing Pavlov's Bell
So, baby, show and tell
Oh Mario, Mario

You Never Loved Me Lyrics

Boy, when you go, you go
Three thousand miles just so I'll know
You never loved me
You never loved me
Then when you're gone, you're gone
I know the tumbleweed lexicon:
You never loved me
You never loved me
Three thousand miles to sit in a room
With a vanishing groom
Till it undoes me
A helium cell like a hermit crab shell
Was a blank, you could tell
It never was me
'Cause you will never love me
You never loved me
Boy, when you're through, you're through
Nobody argues the point like you
You never loved me
You never loved me
And hey, when you're right, you're right
We'll stipulate that I lost the fight
You never loved me
You never loved me
Three thousand miles to sit in a room
With a vanishing groom
Till it undoes me
A helium cell like a hermit crab shell
Was a blank, you could tell
It never was me
'Cause you will never love me
You never loved me

Stuck In the Past Lyrics

Stuck in the past
Like drawing rings around Saturn
The shadow is cast
But now it follows a pattern
I don't know what that arrangement was
I could never tell
But you could
I had hopes, but the hopes all fell
Leveled with the smell
Of new wood
Stuck in the past
I plan it only on paper
Guess I'm the last
A living memory of vapor
I don't know what that arrangement was
I could never tell
Like you could
I had hopes, but that's just because
Hoping was a well
Where you stood
I had all this time while Houston dozed
Where I almost had a line composed
But the moment passed, the hatch is closed
Stuck in the past
Where I'll be pulling that lever
It happened so fast
And then it happens forever
I don't know what that arrangement was
I could never tell
Like you could
Stuck in the past
Just drawing rings around Saturn

Simple Fix Lyrics

Here we go again, around and round
Here we go again, around and round
We're babies passing for adults
Who've loaded up their catapults
And can't believe the end results
So here we go again
Here we go again, it's obvious
Here we go again, the two of us
We've just become our worst mistakes
The rattles of two rattlesnakes
The antidote that no one takes
So here we go again
But let's call a spade a spade
I'm going nowhere
I'm stuck in this hole, afraid to make a move
So once more around the track, another lap
And I think I can get it back, to where we prove:
There's a simple fix for the wrong mix
It's a simple fix for the wrong mix
Here we go again, back to the well
Here we go although we both can tell
We're just campaigning for the win
The prizes of adrenaline
We act it out, so it stays in
So here we go again
But let's call a spade a spade
I'm going nowhere
I'm stuck in this hole, afraid to make a move
So once more around the track, another lap
And I think I can get it back, to where we prove:
There's a simple fix for the wrong mix
It's a simple fix for the wrong mix

Rollercoasters Lyrics

Rollercoasters and ferris wheels
You like how it feels
Round and round till you lose yourself in the air
All those complicated deals
Your desperate appeals
Calling out to a god you know isn't there
So high as you fell looking down on the tops of the trees
And all you can do is say
Please, please, baby please
You were conjuring that year
A ghost engineer
Building gods who could put the clock in reverse
Breathing thinner atmosphere
So thin you could hear
Angels telling you boy, you're making it worse
So high as you fell looking down on the tops of the trees
And all you can do is say
Please, please, baby please
Please give me height
Spirals or spite
Falling or flight, the boosters ignite
So high as you fell looking down on the tops of the trees
So high
And all you can do is say
Please, please, baby please
Rollercoasters and ferris wheels
You like how it feels

Poor Judge Lyrics

Falling for you was always falling up
Leather books and surplus government chairs
I rose like smoke, or the steam from your cup
A wave of heat where the lighter flares
You might have found some other reason
To burn me like a tissue screen
My heart is a poor judge
And it harbors an old grudge
Falling for you was a walk off a cliff
A dream of a car with the brake lines cut
The only way you can stop it is if
You turn around, keep the windows shut
You might have found some other reason
To leave me in that dark ravine
My heart is a poor judge
And it harbors an old grudge
And I can see your light on
Calling me back to make the same mistake again
And I'll say no, when you ask me, no, when you ask me, no when you ask again
'Cause I won't let it past me, won't let it past me
Won't let it past til I see that I'm last and then
Falling for you was a last ditch plan
You sized me up with your thumb on the scale
I came up short, but you do what you can
The hammer's nothing without the nail
You might have had some other reason
To lead me to the guillotine
But your heart is a poor judge
And it harbors an old grudge
And I can see your light on
Calling me back to make the same mistake again

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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.

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...

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

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)

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...'

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

All Over Now Lyrics

Though I let you steer
You a cavalier
Inch became a light year
It was pathetic
Oh you can write the play
And every word I say
But I don't have to stay
To see the credits
'Cause it's all over now
Yes it's all over now
And I'm free
I was one of few
Who'd stick up for you
And so you never knew
You were a punch line
I could not convince or trust you
To pick up on my hints, must you
Leave your fingerprints
On everything I called mine
Well that's all over now
Yes it's all over now
And I'm free
Yes I'm free
From your interference
Which had the appearance
Of making it clear that
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
And I warn you now
The velocity I'm gathering

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

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.

That's Just What You Are Lyrics

In our endeavor we are never seeing eye to eye
No guts to sever so forever may we wave goodbye
And you're always telling me that it's my turn to move
When I wonder what could make the needle jump the groove
I won't fall for the oldest trick in the book
So don't sit there and think you're off of the hook
By saying there is no use changing 'cause

That's just what you are
That's just what you are

Acting steady always ready to defend your fears
What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears
By suggesting that a change might be a thing to try
Like it would kill you just to try and be a nicer guy
It's not like you would lose some critical piece
If somehow you moved point a to point b
Maintaining there is no point changing 'cause

That's just what you are
That's just what you are

Now I could talk to you till I'm blue in the face
But we still would arrive at the very same place
With you running around and me out of the race

So maybe you're right, nobody can take
Something older than time and hope you could make
It better, that would be a mistake
So take it just so far

'cause that's just what you are
That's just what you are
That's just what you are

Acting steady always ready to defend your fears
What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears
You're like a sleepwalking man, it's a danger to wake you
Even when it is apparent where your actions will take you

chorus:
That's just what you are
And that's just what you are
That's just what you are
That's just what you are

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

Build That Wall Lyrics

She's been a long time on the phone
Courting disaster in an undertone
She's feeling nostalgic
And feeling that fall
How could anyone ever fight it
Who could ever expect to fight it when she
Builds that wall

Maybe it's one where time will tell
Maybe it's one where it's just fare-thee-well
I hear her coming
As she walks down the hall
How could anyone ever fight it
Who could ever expect to fight it when she
Builds that wall

I know the choice is made
I can tell, I said, by your guilty face
And I never was wrong to fight it
How does anyone ever fight it?

You couldn't pin this one on me
You knew my thoughts so far as I could see
Well, I'd say it's hopeless
But you make the call
Cause I never was wrong to fight it
And if given the chance, I guess I'll learn to
Build that wall

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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