You called me late last Monday
Back from a weekend holiday
A roadtrip journey out of town
Out with your mates and their friends
Didn't even know she'd be with them
Collision course that's going down
HEY! HO! Once more!
Always the very last to know
Don't let the cat our of the bag
My friend you must know now
Don't ever let her go
Your secret worth more than your pride
You said you didn't plan it
Would never dream it'd happen
Just sort of fell into her hands
Well listen to my words now
Don't turn another good thing down
You'll never have this chance again
Oh, no, Once more!
Always the very last to know
Don't let the cat our of the bag
My friend you must know now
Don't ever let her go
Your secret more less than your pride
You never told me
What was wrong or what was right
You never told me
Why you couldn't sleep at night
I know you've heard this before
But I'll say it once more
You've done all you can
And you can't do any more
But thats alright
'Cause I'll just wait and see
That you realize
You never told me
You never told me
You never you never
You never told me
And I know that things have changed
As I know they always do
And I know we're not the same
To think we were I was a fool
But I never thought I'd see
Even in my darkest dream
'Cause full circle will remain
The most unkindest cut of all
You never told me
Why you were never around
You never told me
Why you were so popular in town
I know that it's true
That the damage is done
That you wasted my time
While you were out having fun
But that's alright
'Cause I'll just wait and see
That you realize
You never told me
But you left me every sign
So obvious for all to see
But I turned i turned and looked away
'Cause I could not bare the thought
So I shifted all the blame
So it didn€™t hurt so much
Now the weight is crushing me
I€™ve got to rise and push it off
You never told me
Why you left and went away
You never told me
That this would happen to me today
I know now that you€™re gone
I€™m feeling so good
I always thought you€™d leave
But never knew you would
But that's alright
€˜Cause I€™ll just wait and see
That you realize
You never told me
I had a bad day so I said to myself
I wanna have fun, gunna raise some hell
Gunna show this world my time has come
Gunna go and blow up everyone
So I went to the store and bought me some gas
Poured it into my old man's flask
Called all my friends to join along
And now....
I wanna throw a bomb
Gunna throw a bomb tonight
Second day was as bad as the first
I thought it'd get better, it only got worse
Had a flat tire, was late to work
Then I got fired cause me boss, he's a jerk!
So I called up my girl
she gave me the boot
I ain't got no money
or a bite of food
Can't take no more
Gunna blow up the town
Yeah I.....
I wanna throw a bomb
Militia, Freemen, IRA
Feminists, Panthers, Radical gays
Zapitistas down by Mexico way
Right to lifers have your say
Shiites, contras, break away
Anarchist punks in the USA
Once you start you're here to stay
So come on everybody, Lets bomb today
(Mustard Plug does not endorse the use of explosives...
in the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn, "It's a joke son")
Murder In Tulip City.
The story you're about to hear is true.
Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
This could happen to any city.
It could happen to your city, but it didn't.
It happened in Tulip City.
Murder In The Tulip City!
In Tulip City you have the right to remain silent.
You have the right to attorney.
You have the right to wear funny wooden shoes.
You have the right to eat rusks.
You have the right to redeem double coupons on Tuesdays.
But most of all, you have the right to fear for your life
As you tread in the shadow of the Dutch Mafia.
Murder In The Tulip City!
My name's Agent 357.
I've seen a lot of destruction in my day.
But nothing that compares to Tulip City.
Bodies floating down the Grande,
Poison windmill cookies,
People mowing their lawns on Sundays.
You see, nothing is as obscene and unsightly
As when decent, honest, hard-working, upstanding people
Take control of the underground.
Close my eyes but I can't shake my head.
Still not over those words you said,
tossin' and turnin' rolling in the night.
She's tying knots, seems that nothing is right.
Sweat on my brow, my adrenaline's flowing,
eyes burning red, my anxiety's growing.
As soon as I'm asleep, it will be tomorrow,
and that just fills my head full of sorrow.
Insomnia's got the best of me,
I've got no choice but to stare at the ceiling.
Insomnia has a hold on me,
you don't even know the stress I'm feeling.
Clock on the wall's moving faster and faster,
your voice in my mind like a broken record.
Tossing and turning, rolling in the night.
She's tying knots, seems that nothing is right.
Feeling my heart, pounding like a drum,
reminding me again that my day was too long.
Drank all my wine that my cuboard is bare,
get it going on(get it moving)
listen up children, heed the words i say
there are people here amongst us, who have lost their way
some people have forgotten what its all about
rock-n-roll is here to make you dance and shout
they cower in the backround, and they sneer and whine
time to take it back,do ya hear my cry...hey, hey!
can ya help me?(can you help me now?)
can ya break me?(can you break me now?)
yeah i know what you're thinking
cuz i thought it too
but if you think you're to smart
you're a fucking fool!
there is only one salvation that can save your soul
time to testify to the rock-n-roll
the musics coming harder and the feeling is right
can you make it moving
can you move it tonight
I know a guy who lives in a box
He built it himself of cement and rocks
And he'll never come out though I beg and plead
He's got all that he wants if not all that he needs
You see he couldn't take the world and what it's done to him
He just had to escape, had to shut himself in
Now his walls are his friends so he's never alone
And he's never bothered in his cubic home
Living in a box
Every night and day
Living in a box
And I'm here to stay
Living in a box
There's no escape
And though I try
I can never get away, HEY!
Out in my box that is also my van
Just another six weeks of one night stands
And I can't get away, cause it's where that I go
From the van to the club to our nightly hotel
You see it takes me to places, even took me to you
I got no choice, I gotta pay my dues
Worth it or not, there's no escape from my cell
One hour of fun for twenty three of Hell
Living in a box for so long
I got to find my way out to go on
And what I got is no time for you
I'm in my box without a thing to do
Look at yourself, you're living the same
Locked behind walls that your brother has made
You were born in a box, you work in a box, you live in a box AND YOU'LL DIE IN A BOX
So much more that's outside your sphere
But you walk on by never knowing how near
So much more than the walls do show
But if you're not very careful then you'll never know!
Looking back,
From where I came
At a choice I made
That was one big mistake
Cause in the crowd
I tried to hide
Couldn't keep the pace
So I had to break the stride
Can't punch the clock
Can't walk the walk
Abhor the rut
And never stop
Your life is not for me
Every step
that I tried to take
was a step behind
Lost in the wake
And every truth
It became a lie
One question asked
That question is €œwhy?'
I'm giving up but I'm not giving in
I'll make the stand
Not to stand in line.
Lolita,
I wanna meet ya
I wanna take you in my arms and squeeze ya,
'cause you amaze me,
ya really slay me
and every touch just drives me crazy.
But the world won't accept the way I feel,
and the man says that our love ain't real.
If only our love, they could only see,
but today our love can never be.
Every time that we're together
I get the feeling that its never been better
your love just blows me away.
Tell me that you're thinkin' of me
and that you put no one else above me,
I need ya baby right now!
Lolita,
Since I met ya,
Girl you know I could never forget ya.
And I know now,
I'm making my vow,
that we're gunna be together somehow.
just a minute at a time
will you ever see it my way
see it my way
til we can see eye to eye
will you ever take it all away
take it all away
i cant fake it
and you wont try
i cant leave until you
find
that we fall
behind
theres too much i cant keep in touch
and thats why i still mind
that we all
should find
another chance to really look
and leave this all behind, all behind
another time another line
take it back until you find a way
til you find a way
that we need to recognize
find a way now how to realize
why we need to try
time has come you think it's over
yeah ya had enough
burned out and over-rated
time to give it up
but then the spark ignites the flame
and now you realize why you came
you know it's hardly over
it's not enough
and you can't live without it
you can't sleep til you've got it
no way to ignore it
it's not enough
you had thought you gave it up
just the breath before you gulp
no use holding back now
it's not enough
no need to justify it
don't be afraid
back in another corner
there's another way
stop adding to your own oppression
gotta give in to your obsesion
you've gotta give in to..it's not enough
just when you think it's over
you know it's hardly over
just when you think it's over
you know it's not enough
What were you thinking when you took all these lives in your hand
What were you doing, was your death considered in your plans
You took so many, You took so many with you on your way
You even took our friend, but those you left now face the day
I wasn't like you (4x)
What were you planning when you took them on your path across the land
What were you doing, when you had them eating from your hands
Now that you left them I'm glad that I wasn't left behind
You may have controlled them, but you never got into my mind
Who will be your leader
Who will be your guiding light
Who will lead you barefoot
Barefoot in, into the night
Since the day I met you
I couldn't forget you
Put my mind right into a blender
Cause I couldn't understand you
I worked and I fretted
I mentally sweated
Put my brain on overdrive
Worked my mind just to make you mine
Seems the more I learn
Through my troubles and stuff
The most important fact
Is that I think, i think too much
My goal was then drafted
The seduction was crafted
I executed my strategy
But you never would come to me
Every course had been taken
So my hope was forsaken
But when ambition was thrown away
It was then that you came my way
It's causing me trouble
It's costing me double
The price I pay is my sanity
Author of my own tragedy
Try to fix what ain't broken
Voice out what's been spoken
Gotta learn just to let it go
Instead of fighting the undertow
When you got no place to go
And you know there's better things in life
You want it, we got it
Come to us, we got it figured out
Your solution, your medication
We have it, you need it
Cuz you know we've done this thing before
Yeah ya know we're professionals
Tonight we're gunna wake the dead
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
This time's even better than before
Bottoms up, we'll burn the place down
And you know the hour is happy
Everywhere, everyone they all agree
The price is nice, the product's guaranteed
You want it, we got it
So come around, no hesitation
Join your friends, you won't regret it
We have it, you need it
Open up your ears my friend
I'll tell you a story that never ends
About the band that plays for you now
It started back in '91
started playin' just for fun
and couldn't stop ourselves, didn't know how
Then we began playing shows
And kids started tapping their toes
and people kept askin' for more
And even though we really sucked
We kept it up, didn't give a fuck
'Cause that's what the music is for
We're gunna take on the world
Common, Every boy, Every girl
We're gunna take on the world
Common, Every boy, Every girl
Then a man from Hollywood
He said to sign, he said we should
But we were to drunk to respond
€œYou'll be so rich€? yeah said the man
€œyou'll get a bus and leave the van€?
but we were too punk to move on
So we went back on the road
And kids kept on coming to shows
We sang, danced, and drank lots of beer
And so it goes, we'll never stop
We'll tour 'til we reach the top
We'll tour 'til the end of our years...
im, wasting my time
telling you why ive been so frustrated
you, you always knew, i was the end
now, now i must say
its in the way, ive been tempted baby
you, you always knew i would bend
i cant deny
the reason why
you got my cryin baby
im fooling no one but myself
now that you're gone
am im alone
i found the answer baby
ill keep my anguish to myself
im angled up
woven in knots
that you're spinning baby
you, you spun the web
where i await
when we are alon
i always know that my mind is made up
biding my time, risking my fate
I know you're happy when you smile
I know it's taken me awhile
I know I'm going out of style
10,000 miles from you
But everything is still O.K.
'Cause I'm closer everyday
Which is more than I would have to say
If I was next to you
Think of all the times and places
Step across the open spaces, that lead back to you
And you know that I won't let you go
Sometimes so near and now so far
Retrace the paces that have brought me here
Close my eyes and move along
Thinking, looking, hoping that I'll find a way
You know, that I, can't stop counting all the days
That you're not here to say
You know I miss you more
More than yesterday
I know sometimes that in my past
Lost direction had to ask
I know I wouldn't ever last
Without you
But everything is still O.K.
'Cause I'm closer everyday
Which is more than I would have to say
If I was next to you
What can I do?
Think of all the times and places
Step across the open spaces, that lead back to you
And you know that I won't let you go
Sometimes so near and now so far
Retrace the paces that have brought me here
Close my eyes and move along
Girl since the day your eyes met mine,
I knew it from the start
You were going to steal my heart
Then, a world of doubt led you astray
Into his arms you went to lay
And through my tears I looked away
So I'll wait and I'll pray
Til the day that you say that you will be mine
Yes I'll wait and I'll pray
Til the day that you say that you will be mine
Girl, its time we got real,
I'd be a fool to conceal
The world of love you make me feel
I know
I know our time will come
I know our time will come
I looked around
When you said that it was going down
And I found myself in another town
Where I knew you were for me
I though about
What you said
And if it would amount
To anything
And what you meant
When you told me that this way
Would be better
I didn't think that this was alright
I didn't think this would happen tonight
I didn't think this could happen to me
I spent my time
Avoiding ropes and chains
And things that bind
I tried them back
But Sadie didn't mind
She said she liked it all the same
I wanted out
But Sadie knew
Just what it was about
If anything
What she was getting out of me
For this she would know better
I'm not through with you yet (3x)
What you see is what you get
I'm not through with you yet (3x)
last call
one second left
a minute maybe more
too many complications I've forgotten what its for
my own consistency has kept me straight in line
i know I've often come here i just can't recall the time when
you told me to go that way
when i get paid'you told me that the right way
was always one more long step further from your last
take me to the park
don't leave me after dark
'cause i can't find my way around this town
even though I've been here
i can't remember last year
even though i know I've been around
another turn
another fork stuck in the road
i read the rules but don't remember all the codes
i took my chances now there is no helping me
i hope you leave a message somewhere
that ill surely see
you told me to go that way
when i get paid'you told me that the right way
was always one more long step further from your last
take me to the park
don't leave me after dark
'cause i can't find my way around this town
even though I've been here
i can't remember last year
even though i know I've been around
i can't remember why i tried
Saw an old friend, yeah just the other day
Went to his house, got lost along the way
Should've known better than to venture out that side of town
It's been a while since we had last talked
Knew things would change, but not the way I thought
It's funny how priorities change when you walk across the rail
Lost
I'm feeling lost
I'm feeling lost in the suburbs again
I gotta find my way out now
Driving home my hands upon the wheel
Driving in circles, more than how I feel
Got that funny feeling that I've been here once before
Every house, yeah they all look the same
Streets all alike, just different by the name
And I know it's true, 'cause I've seen it through the core
Mediocracy: just the status quo
But ya know, it's not the way to go
Conformity traps you in like a herd behind a wire
Some people flee, I'd rather face the storm
They run to the hills, for sheep it's just the norm
But I'd rather burn, than to never feel the fire
This song is over
you think it's just begun
It's the start where it all went wrong
Won't be the band aid
for your affliction
Every time it rains you think I'm a raincoat
And you say I said I wasn't gunna say I'm sorry
Like that song that I sang before
I know
that it hurts
This time it won't last forever
I'm sorry now
But not sorry enough no, no
I'm sorry now
It's too late to say I'm sorry.
And your friends say
You're a fool to believe
and they're right but not in the right way
I'm lost
as I try to decieve
it's a lie that we're speaking the same language
It's a sin to say I'm sorry that's its even over
As you bite down on that bullet
I know
that it hurts
This time it won't last forever.
I'm sorry now
But not sorry enough no, no
I'm sorry now
It's too late to say I'm sorry.
I know it's cruel, but
that we are through, and
I can't be the one you cry to
but it won't make a difference to you
If I could
You know I would
And I probably should
Since the first day that I met you
'Wanted to speak my mind, at least, you know I meant to.
Good intentions, getting me nowhere
Somehow got to find my way to tell you now.....
You don't know how much you mean to me
And my life can't be the same
But my hesitancy stands ten stories tall
I've got to find a way, to tell you now....
Someday....Right Now....Someday....
No use fighting, what I'm thinking
Sometimes saying nothing's, worse that lying
Gotta swallow, (my) reservations
Now's the time to spit out every word I say.....
Someday....Right Now....
The other day,
walking home,
in my sight,
caught the hate,
turn away,
Can't deny
Written on the wall.
And I thought
to myself
what could change
how'd it start
who are they
how can I
make €˜em take a fall
So far to go
Barely made a dent
Won't turn around
Not going back again
Every day
Money flows
Status Quo
Cities die
While they thrive
Zero Sum
Just the way it goes
Now's the time
You & I
Gotta try
to unite
Every side
Gotta fight
Gotta turn the flow
Must reach down, inside myself, and find your hate and root it out.
I saw it on a cereal box,
'said it costs just three mere bucks
I shipped it off with seven tops,
and waited by the mail.
In seven weeks it finally came,
I ripped the box without no shame,
I turned it on, it fell apart but that was just the start.
I know the time is right,
won't let the chance go by.
I'll give it one more try before I send,
before I send it back.
I met her at an Eastown bar,
I knew it wouldn't go real far.
I called her up, we had a date, another after that.
Then there was a sudden change,
the silly girl forgot my name,
I knew it was just all her game but it could not be the same.
im another world away
my old self locked in a cage
inside walls i have to stay
just a moment many day
what i left behind still lives
i can hear it when im still
weak connection, lines will cross
different lies, we co-exist
if i could only take that time
fade away and crawl inside i know
you worry that im far away
atleast you know that im still safe, im safe
now again i hear your voice
loudest when we havent spoke
ringing in my ears drowns out
the empty roaring of the crowd
im alone most of the time
repenting every single crime
absolution in a glass
but i wake up where i have slept
We were talking, just the other day
About small time things how we love to play
But the talk soon drifted to the darker things in life
And you mentioned, how your world had changed
When you found out how my worlds arranged
Well I guess my sin is not knowing when to lie
'Cause I'll never be, never be, what you want me to be
I'll never see, never see what you want me to see
And I know now, it's all just lost in your eyes
No I'll never be, never be what you want me to be
Never see, never see, what you want me to see
And I know now it's all just lost in your eyes
In your lies
I saw a picture of you and me
And it all rushed back how it used to be
All those feelings that were gospel such a long time ago
And I thought to myself that I wanted you back
But I know in my mind that it's only a trap
Well I guess those feelings are better just left alone
You know, when it all comes down to it, maybe we were just too much alike
But I know, when it comes down to it I guess it doesn't really matter
It's over
I went out with a girl just a little while
And I loved her so, though she cramped my style
Cause every time I'd reach she'd turn away
And every time I'd call she'd turn and say
"I'm sorry Dave, I got no time, I've got my life, my life is mine."
So after a year or maybe more
I finally got a clue, and I found the door
Well I've done it before and I'll do it again
I've seen the path and I've seen the end
I've said it before and I'll say it again
I think I'm better off just dating Miss Michigan
So a single man is what I am
And I'll play the field do what I can
I meet a girl she seems alright
So I say hello and I spend the night
Next thing I know she's at my door
And she's calling my house about ever hour
I know I'm wrong, cause I set my own trap
But all I want now is my solitude back
Oh baby, I know you're the one for me
When other girls treat me bad you're always right by my side
Sugar, no one could ever take your place
Cause you got everything I need
Ahw yeah honey you're the one for me, hands down
So I meet a girl I know is right
She's got it all she's just my type
So I take it slow, and I show I'm real
And I treat her right, show how I feel
Next thing you know I'm so in love
And it's only her that I'm thinking of
But I was such a fool I can see today
Should have known from the start that the girl was gay
MENDOZA!
I was hanging with my friends and they said I looked peaked
I said I met a girl and she's making me freaked
Like no other girl that I've known before
She's driving me wild, knocks me flat on the floor
yeah she stole my heart with a butter knife
And I can't get away even if I try
Mendoza, Mendoza, why can't you see?
That you're the only girl, you're the girl for me
Mendoza
You got me burning now
You got me reaching out
And I don't know how
That I'll make it without you
You got me hanging by a string and tied up in chains
Girl you gotta set me free cause you're holding the reigns
You got me living in the shadow of your mountain of love
Girl you gotta help me up send a rope from above
Cause there is only one girl who can rock my world
Just one little chick and I know that girl
Like a key to a lock, things can never be the same
Yeah I know that girl, Yeah I know her name...
She took a rusty stiletto and she slaughtered my heart
Wrapped her finger 'round my mind, that was only the start
Dumped cement in my stomach just to even the score
And when she was done I only asked for more, More, MORE!
Cause you're too much woman for a man like me
And my love grows faster than a growing weed
Mendoza, Mendoza, why can't you see
That you're the only girl, you're the girl for me
I think there's something, you should know
Time to hit the road, find the door, yeah ya gotta go
Cuz I been down this road now a million times
I've heard every one of your bullshit lines
If ya think I'm gunna listen just one more time
You got a problem now!
For all I've said
And all I've done
You'll never be
No you'll never be the one
You've come back, said ya mend't your ways
Your dimestore smile don't hide what you betray
I know you ain't no friend of mine
You better find a sucker further down the line
I seen the light and the truth is mine
Ya ain't welcome here
throw it right back in your face
this aint the other time
this aint the other place
persistence aint no saving grace
cuz you know better than to try me
looking back
i let it happen
looking back
i let you in
looking back
im looking forward and i wont let it happen, not again
not gonna wait til im dead
to realize what i had
to drown in my regret
the time is now and life is short
im swollowing my pride for the last time
right now it seems so clear to me
we spent our time in purgatory
and now it seems so clear to me
we're coming back
we're twice as strong
not gonna let it happen
been looking way to long
to long and now
not gonna happen not again
Spent too much time alone, just sitting by the telephone now
I've gotta find a place to go
I've got a right, I've got a dream, I gotta know
Why can't you see I need to find this place to go?
The wrong way
The right time
You know it
It'll be fine
I've spent my life trying to find, to open up what's deep inside
To find the truth to what I know
I've got a right, I've got a dream, I gotta know
Why can't you see I need to find this place to go?
It's getting late, I'm getting old
What I've said is already told
Now's the time to set things straight
What have I done what will I be?
What do I have what will I see?
Now I've got all I need to know
Don't know what you see
When you look at me girl
It's not plain to see
That's what frightens me now
'Cause I know, what I show
Might not be what I know
Yeah I been, beaten down
But you changed that for me
You'll never know how low I was before
'Cause I've been changed since you walked through my door
You can be my everything girl
You can be my reason why
Now you've changed up everything girl
Now I know the reason why
You can be my everything girl
You can be my reason why
Now you've changed up everything girl
Now I know the reason why I try
Girl you've blown my mind
I don't recognize me
Looking back at time
No longer dead inside me
Yeah I know, what I show,
Isn't what I'm thinking
So I'll say, to you now
While I got you listening
You'll never know how low I was before
'Cause I've been changed since you walked through my door
I don't know how it started but it can't end too soon
The way the tide is turning I think you're singing the wrong tune
You're addicted to an image you can never attain
The time and money spent enough to drive me insane
You're fronting like a billboard but easier to read
An ounce of introspection is what you probably need
You don't have care
Your bandwagon's rolling but it's going nowhere
I'm not buying in
You'll be all alone
You're all dressed up
With no place to go
I'm lookin' through the pages of a magazine
My stomach nearly turns at the images I see
A plastic persona fronts on every page
My blood starts to boil, I border on rage
Could you really be so jaded just to throw yourself away
I know what I see, cause I see it everyday
it's so plain to see
You're just another product, a commodity
So long ago, I knew you then
The truth be told, we were the closest of friends
And you were so much more than you'll ever know
So much deeper than appearances show
But you traded all you had for a glossy shine
And you choke down insincerity like vintage wine
Just thinkin' back to the friend I knew
I wish that things were different cause I won't be fooled
No more
It's only human nature
And I'm the same way
But if I had the chance
I'd throw it all away!
Don't let em take it all away
It's getting harder every day
Brothers, sisters, hear me say
'Til my very dying day
I'm down on my luck
I'm out on the streets
I'm at wits end and I've nearly been beat
See they've taken my home
They've taken my wife
They've taken my job
And they've taken my life
But there's one thing that they will not take
That I will hold til the end
Until my dying day
'Cause it's part of me
And it's time that we say
They will not take it all away!
I'm pounding the pavement
Through thick and thin
Good times and bad
You know I just can't win
I've been beat on, kicked on, insulted to my face
The whole bleedin' world things I'm a bleedin' disgrace
Yeah they can own my body but they'll never own my mind
So they better face the facts, 'cause now is the time
'Till we all join hands, and all of us say
They will not take it all away
Since the day I was born
I've been runnin' uphill
I work my fingers to the bone
Just to get my fill
And they still want more
It's getting harder everyday
Until there's nothing left
Until they take it all away
When I see you
and I know you don't see me
I try to imagine how it must be now
to walk this world alone
to walk this world alone
to carry on and do it on your own
With everybody working and everybody trying
with your hands in the air while their lying
everybody's doing their best and realizing
As we watch we see you falling further
the world's in custody for your murder
is there any hope for you
is there anything we can do
I look to see
Is the world's catching up to me
Would someone give me something to help me to believe
That you won't be left alone
That you won't be left alone
To carry on and do it on your own
You're making moves
You're making plans
Progress is in you hands
It's not your fault that nobody understands
the pains you feel
They are for real
they slow you down
and re-appear
just as soon as you
walk away from here
I work at the 7-11,
that's how I get all my pay.
Sometimes I work all the night,
sometimes I work all the day.
I sell junk to all of my friends,
I sell almost everything.
Pizza pies and chicken pies,
even eraseable pens.
I'm just an average guy,
every day I risk my life.
Please don't kill me tonight,
there's only a twenty in the register, alright?
Strange things happen to me every day,
my boss says you just learn to say:
all I do is wait and wait and pray:
"will I make it through another hectic day?"
Every hour I super sceme my life,
my parents wondering if I was raised up right.
I got three cameras to film the bloody sight
of people who may just murder me tonight.
My work also has it's benefits,
I get to watch people fit all that they can fit
into their coats and pockets with hand
because no one is afraid of the 7-11 man.
Cokes, jelly beans, and bagels so right,
eating packs of chewing gum all through the night.
Six more hours the sun will rise
and I'm just a working man who wants to survive.
Do you remember,
that feeling, that we had long ago
Well it's almost gone
I can sense it for an instant,
then like snow in my hand,
It melts away
Will we ever, accept that,
It's already gone.
Pushing, pulling, stretching,
Trying hard to force it into shape
But the harder that we work it
The less it will ever be the same.
Pushing, pulling, stretching,
Trying hard to force it into shape
Pushing, pulling, stretching,
Trying, it will never be the same.
Do you remember,
last summer, sitting in a rented car
As the night rolled by
And you said I wasn't trying
And I know you were right
Don't know why I lied
Will we ever, accept that
It's already gone
Pushing, pulling, stretching,
Trying hard to force it into shape
But the harder that we work it
The less it will ever be the same.
Pushing, pulling, stretching,
Trying hard to force it into shape
Pushing, pulling, stretching,
Trying, it will never be the same.
It's not the first time
It's not the last time
It's just high time
I think you had a talking to
Because they're talking
You know they're talking,talking
How the last time
You took it way too far
Going (going)
Over the edge!
Another phone call
Another text mess
All the while
I told you not to call again!
But you're not listening
We've hit a dead end
You better wake up
It's the last chance you'll ever have
And now the time has come
And we're face to face
Now is the time
This time I can't pretend
I never thought that it would end
I might have gave the wrong impression
Will it ever be the same again?
Will it ever be the same again?
When you look to your new friends
Do you remember where we've been?
Those times you can't forget
You can't be over it yet
I can't stay, anyway,
I know you wanted me to say, that today, it is over
What you say
What you don't say
It doesn't matter to me
Cause you'll never believe in me anyway
You know I really can't pretend
Were we ever really friends?
Or just waiting around together
So I could let you down again
So I could let you down again
I guess we never really said
That this would be the end
I'm just waiting for an answer
So we know what this all meant
What you say
(I yell out loud at a brick wall)
What you don't say
(You yell back loud with your withdrawal)
It doesn't matter to me
(It makes no difference to me now)
Cause you'll never believe in me anyway
Picture this:
You're caught inside a trap
You've burned up every bridge
You're never going back
Picture this:
Your hand inside a vice
You've got no one to blame
The cause: your own device
Time to wake up darling
Time to open your eyes
Rise and shine my darling
Time to wake up
From this nightmare
And we're saying
You had promised faith and compassion
You delivered strife and aggression
As you sugarcoat your transgression
The blood rolls down your fingers
Chapter Two
The stage already set
Now history repeats
How soon we all forget
Chapter Three
The money has been spent
The bags are coming home
Slow summer so Rick Johnson booked a show
At the Ice Pick, fucked up punk rock club
Used to go there way way back in the day
I walked in, seemed like nothing had changed
You can't go back, you can't go back
If you could would you want to anyway
We took the stage and the beer cans flew by
Then I saw him lurking out the corner of my eye
Fucking bonehead with a spray paint can
Drew a swastika on the wall to our back
I grabbed a hammer
I smashed the fucking wall
Woke up this morning
Another building torn down
Not by a plane
By a parking lot
Think of every person that has walked into the door
Think of every tear that was shed upon the floor
Every baby's cry answered, every lover's sigh met
And I know, yes I know, there was life inside it yet
I ask you...
Who benefits? When the contract has been signed?
Who benefits? Generations down the line
Who benefits? Who's the victim of the crime
Yeah the money's in your pocket and it happens every time
Never knew brick and mortar so easy to displace
Never knew steel and timber was so easy to erase
Just some greed, some greed, a touch of ego too
To crucify the memory of all we once knew
Don't let em take it all away
It's getting harder every day
Brothers, sisters, hear me say
'Til my very dying day
I'm down on my luck
I'm out on the streets
I'm at wits end and I've nearly been beat
See they've taken my home
They've taken my wife
They've taken my job
And they've taken my life
But there's one thing that they will not take
That I will hold til the end
Until my dying day
'Cause it's part of me
And it's time that we say
They will not take it all away!
I'm pounding the pavement
Through thick and thin
Good times and bad
You know I just can't win
I've been beat on, kicked on, insulted to my face
The whole bleedin' world thinks I'm a bleedin' disgrace
Yeah they can own my body but they'll never own my mind
So they better face the facts, 'cause now is the time
'Till we all join hands, and all of us say
They will not take it all away
Since the day I was born
I've been runnin' uphill
I work my fingers to the bone
Just to get my fill
And they still want more
It's getting harder everyday
Until there's nothing left
We met on the dance floor,
Quarter to one
Time slipping by like the gin in my cup
And the way you looked at me
I should have known
What was up, yeah
But I'm a fool for a better sounding story
And the way you talk is quite a leap from boring
So I thought I'd just sit around, watch the show
Didn't know then that I was in trouble
All this time
I'm waiting here for you,
My pride is on the line
Tell me, tell me, tell me what it's worth
Tell me. I'm still waiting
Face to face in my bathroom 10am
Bloodshot and under whelmed in the morning sun
And the way you looked away I should have known
What was up, yeah
But I'm an optimist in spite of knowing better
And I'll break every rule unto the letter
So I thought I'd just, wait around, sort it out
From what I remember
The first time I saw you
You gave me hope for something new
Do me a favor
So I can do one too
You gave me hope for something new
Now it's all I see
That what I really need
Is just you to hold on
The one that belongs
For you to hold to me
Give me a reason
A photograph or two
You gave me hope for something new
Turnin' up all mine
And why can't I be you?
You gave me hope for something new
I know I'm not perfect
And I hope you don't agree
As I send this out to you one more time
You told me I'm a real rat bastard
I'm telling you I can't deny it's true
But step inside this real rat bastard
You be me and I'll be, I'll be you
Since you left me I've been lower than a basement
Since you left me I have lost my only friend
I spit upon the womb that made me
I'll curse the world until the bitter end
I'm proud to be a real rat bastard
I'm proud to wear my scar upon my sleeve
I'll probably be a real rat bastard
Until the day that death is my reprieve
So love me as I wallow downward
Smile upon me as I stroll the avenue
Walk beside me as I sing my praises
Maybe someday you will be a bastard too...
We're both the same except for you've got class and style
To get you back I'd walk at least a half a mile
We're both the same except for poise and charm and grace
Shot rings out in the midday sun
Through the kitchen and past my mum
How can I live this way, how can it be done
Want to live like a man not prey on the run
All for a dollar do I find myself
With my eye on my back, never sleeping well
Looking for a way that will get me out
To a place where I don't have to hide and kill
Ticket comes my way from my uncle Jake
Yeah a one way ticket to the USA
But for a rudy straight from yard they got no work today
My dream it melts away, into a...
Puddle of blood, on the streets of gold
Don't try to buy my soul, it's already sold
I'm looking for a place, I'll never know
I gotta find a way out, out of here
Back on the streets with a glare in my eye
Knowing now that the gold was a lie
Instinct tell me what to do to survive
Rudie to gangsta, I and I
Kill another man for a corner of land
Just to rob another man for the coin in his hand
If mama see me now, she not understand
She just stare at the shadow of an empty man
All I ever wanted was some peace of mind
All I ever got: a shorter place in line
But you'll never know the man behind the life of crime
By now you think it's over
Countdown it's getting colder
Come on, tell me it's over
It goes on and on and on and on again
Tell me everything this time
I'll tell you everything is fine
Give me something I already know
Heard you had too much inside
and you won't let me ask you why
Come on let me tell you all we know
By now you think it's over
Countdown it's getting colder
Come on tell me it's over
It goes on and on and on and on again
Someone tell me that I'm right
Tell me it's too late tonight
Tell me that I have a ways to go
I can see it in your eyes
I don't want the next surprise
Come on let me tell you all we know
By now you think it's over
Countdown it's getting colder
Come on tell me it's over
It goes on and on and on and on again
By now you think it's over
Countdown it's getting colder
Come on tell me it's over
It goes on and on and on and on again
By now you think it's over
(It goes on and on again)
Countdown it's getting colder
(It goes on and on again)
Come on tell me it's over
(It goes on and on again)
Countdown, countdown come on
How can you say, you were the one
You were the one who thought things over
When you come, stone in hand
Now you come, you come against me
Well I've been to this place before
And I know when things are going amiss
Got to come together for us all
Don't bring your aggro to the crossroads
Life is too short
You wanna live that way?
Life is too short
Don't throw your life away
We spend our days preparing for a fight
A fight, a fight that never lets up
Take a step. A small step back
A small step back before you step to me
Don't get too hot. Too hot to see
Running fast down a dead end alleyway
Spent my money, pissin' all my time away
Take a break, just to meet you at the pub for a pint
Toss it back, faster than I really should
Forgot to savor, all the flavor that I could
Kicked my chair, spilled your drink, left the room
But as I walked away I heard these words ring out
Hit me, hit me, hit me with sensation
I'll hit it back with excitation
Hear my, hear my, hear my revelation
Hit the floor, feel the liberation
Knew a girl, a shadow of her former self
Just a phantom, living in her private hell
Had to show her all she threw away from her life
Life's a journey, not another losing fight
And it's over before you're gonna get it right
So you gotta drink up all the joy that you can
Electric pulse sent to my hand
Pen to paper, paper sent to man
2000 65 degrees
Written in our house amongst the trees
We've lived here since summer '94
Broken windows, hearts, maybe more
I've licked the stamp and mailed it out
Break the silence, can you hear me shout?
I hope they get it, oh I hope they get it
They're fine now. I'm copasetic.
We've set up goals. I hope I met it.
Absolution didn't seem so far away...
Finalize my favorite draft
Isolation is making me laugh
In these four walls I write it down
Absolute control of it now
I waited three days to hear from you
Wishing the words could stick like glue
Inside your brain you see mistakes
The first time I saw you you said you were drunk, too much beer, or so
you thunk. A night of drinking had clouded your head, and in another
day you wouldn't know what you said. You said you were sorry as you
drooled on my shoe, and I just laughed at one sight of you. You
couldn't walk straight and you slurred when you spoke, and I thought
it was just a joke.
I want to love you but you're too damn stoopid, I want to love you but
you're just plain dumb. I want to love you but you're head's full of
air, you're stone dumb but I don't care.
Well the second time I saw you you said you were sick, strong cough
syrup and many of it. Stomach cramps and a blistering fever, i carverd
your thoughts like a butcher's cleaver. your? you said it yourself.
You needed some rest, you felt like hell. All your medication had made
you slow, but it was yourself, how was I to know?
I want to love you but you're too damn stoopid, I want to love you but
you're just plain dumb. I want to love you but you're head's full of
air, you're stone dumb but I don't care.
The third time I saw you you hadn't slept a wink, not enough Zs you
just couldn't think. You tossed and turned the whole night long, and
when you awoke the world seemed wrong. It was much too early, your
eyes were lead, you said you felt like the living dead. Sleep
deprivation was the word today, but how should i have known you were
always this way?
I want to love you but you're too damn stoopid, I want to love you but
you're just plain dumb. I want to love you but you're head's full of
air, you're stone dumb but I don't care.
The last time i saw, you had nothing to claim, you couldn't think fast
enough to even explain. I looked into you eyes and could see your
teeth. It's strange enough, what you're saying to me... a rocket
scientist you will never be, you'll never be a master of philosophy.
But dumb as you are, I can plain to see, it doesn't take a brain to
see what you mean to me!
I want to love you but you're too damn stoopid, I want to love you but
you're just plain dumb. I want to love you but you're head's full of
Poodle doos and saddle shoes don't mean a thing to me,
it's your thigh high nylons that bring me to my knees.
Bring back the classic bob, and drop the shaggy crop.
In your thigh high nylons, my eyes are spinning and they won't stop.
Thigh high nylons, you're alright,
thigh high nylons, you're out of sight,
won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
Forget the floppy hippy skirt, and lose the sloppy dyes.
In your thigh high nylons, you'll always catch my eye.
No it's not the days of old, so take off that fur.
In your thigh high nylons is all you need and nothing more!
Thigh high nylons, so fine,
thigh high nylons, I'll make you mine,
won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
I caught you walking in the corner of my eye
and my field of vision was on your thigh highs.
I tried to make my move, but I hit the wall,
lying flat on the floor you make the call.
It wasn't that though, that i heard from the lips,
I take a watch at the swinging hips.
It was like that what was I to do
so I stepped on back and took a sip of my brew.
Said the first time that my face turned red,
you left me lyin' dead with a bullet in my head.
'Cause at the end of it all I just don't know
but your thigh high nylons are stealing the show.
Panty hose? NO, we need thigh high nylons.
Black thights? NO, we need thigh high nylons!
Bobby socks? NO, we need thigh high nylons.
Nothing compares to what i got my eyes on.
Whatever happened to the mini skirt,
that meant so much to me.
In your thigh high nylons, that's what I want to see.
What you wrap around your legs, that fabric of my life.
In your thigh nylons I got you in my sights!
Thigh high nylons, you're alright,
thigh high nylons, you're out of sight,
won't you get those thigh highs on tonight?
Thigh high nylons, so fine,
thigh high nylons, I'll make you mine,
One! Get off your seat!
Two! Stomp your boots to the beat!
Three! Throw your knees in the air!
Four! Like you don't care!
We don't want to see you slammin' in the pit, NO!
We don't want to see our girlfriends kicked, NO!
We just want to see you movin' faster and faster,
to the beat of the super ska master.
Phonys like to slam to the beat of ska,
we're not against that, but for us there's more.
To dance with us you needn't act like a jerk,
skankin's meant for fun, not for getting hurt!
Skankin' by numbers every night and day,
skankin' by numbers is the only way,
get off your seat and take a chance.
Skankin' by numbers is the only way to dance!
You can shave your head or pierce your nose, NOSE!
Dress up in flannels or rudeboy clothes, CLOTHES!
But where it matters is with your shoes,
that's where ska's for your stylin' moves.
Skankin' aint just dancing it's our way of life.
Away from trouble, away from strife.
Afraid of fun? Then you had better beware,
because on the dance floor, we don't have a care!
One! Get off your seat!
Two! Stomp your boots to the beat!
Three! Throw your knees in the air!
Four! Like you don't care!
Time to hit the floor, do it soon, SOON!
Ska music's set to fill the room, ROOM!
Have never skanked? Well it's time to start!
Soon you will be a rudeboy hot!
Finally we'd like to stop and thank our roots,
respect the Specials, Maytals, and Toots!
Wailing Wailers, Laurel Aitken, and (english) Beat,
but most of all the Skatalites, they're music complete!
Skankin' by numbers every night and day,
skankin' by numbers is the only way,
get off your seat and take a chance.
Skankin' by numbers is the only way to dance!
One! Get off your seat!
Two! Stomp your boots to the beat!
Three! Throw your knees in the air!
I remember how it used to be,
And all the things you said to me
You always taught me right from wrong
(Wrong from right, right from wrong)
'Til you went on a killing spree,
And killed your family
Why is this the way, things have to be?
Tell me!
Oh Mr. Smiley,
How could it be true,
The things they say that they knew?
I can't believe it! What has happened to you?
I took my time while thinking it through
Digging through facts, believing in you
Oh Mr. Smiley.
Give me a clue,
Why they said it was you,
I can't accept it! Tell me it's not true
Cause you were once so good to me,
Oh Mr. Smiley tell me how it could be!
You always had a smile on your face
(so big)
I never thought you'd become a criminal case.
Until I saw your face on my TV.
Was it just for entertainment?
Cause now you face solitary confinement
(in jail)
Why is this the way it has to be? Tell me!
Oh Mr. Smiley,
How could it be true,
The things they say that they knew?
I can't believe it! What has happened to you?
I took my time while thinking it through
Digging through facts, believing in you
Oh Mr. Smiley.
Give me a clue,
Why they said it was you,
I can't accept it! Tell me it's not true
Cause you were once so good to me,
Oh Mr. Smiley tell me how it could be!
Oh Mr. Smiley, what has happened to you?
Oh Mr. Smiley, what has happened to you?
Chewin' Chewin', Chewin' my gum. Chewin' Chewin', Chewin' my gum. I
didn't know that it could be so much fun, to spend my life just
chewin' gum. Chewin' Chewin', Chewin' my gum.
say it is a natural obsession, in fact it's on my very posession. So
super fruity, you're makin' me chew. I'm so glad that I found you
underneath the stool. With all the gum that passes my way, in my mouth
you will always stay. I
vow to stick with you through thick and thin,
even though the cavities are starting to set in.
Chewin' Chewin', Chewin' my gum. Chewin' Chewin', Chewin' my gum. I
didn't know that it could be so much fun, to spend my life just
chewin' gum. Chewin' Chewin', Chewin' my gum.
My friends say that it will never last, said soon your flavor will be
a thing of the past. But I don't listen to a wordt hey say because I
know that you were the best part of my day. With all the gum that
passes my way, in my mouth you will always stay. I vow to stick with
you through thick and thin, even though the cavities are startin' to
set in.
Chewin' Chewin', Chewin' my gum. Chewin' Chewin', Chewin' my gum. I
didn't know that it could be so much fun, to spend my life just
When I was just a little boy, I'd sit around all day. Thinking about
the future to pass the time of day. With my friends sittin' laughin',
they would mainly laugh at me, because I was always different, it was
all so plain to see. Didn't want to be a fireman, a cowboy, or a cop.
was always different like a sore thumb I stuck out. Because even in
my dreams I won't pretend to age, I knew a life of normacy was nothing
but a cage.
When I grow up, I don't want to be like you!
To be a barbarian would be a lot of fun. Sit around, eat raw meat in
the mid day sun. I'd dance around the fire, like a madman I would
yell, I'd smell a bit I'd fart a lot, I'd cut class and I'd belch. I'd
sack the Roman Empire and do with a grin. I'd set the cities all
ablaze... do it on a whim. And people would shriek as I was coming into
town, because I'd bring my minotaur to help me fry it down.
When I grow up, I want something fun to do. I don't know much, but
this much I know is true.when life is short, I
don't want to be like
you!
When I grow up I think I want to be white trash living in a trailer
park and sitting on my ass. I'd beat my wife, I'd kiss my kiss, I'd
pass out in the lawn. I'd steal my brewskies from my mom and often
kick my dog. I'd go to work an hour later, bitch about my boss.
And every friday night I think I'd bowl a round or two, because
standing watching monster trucks is just the thing to do!
When I grow up, I want something fun to do. I don't know much, but
this much I know is true.when life is short, I
don'
t want to be like
Drinkin' in the pub just the other night
This girl comes up to me and says "what would ya like?"
I said another beer another pitcher or two
Drank a few more rounds and the night was through
This is your brain
This is your brain on ska
This is your brain, this is your brain on ska!
Dancin' on the floor just hoppin' and skankin'
D.J. on the mic won't stop crankin'
Give me any music that'll move my feet
Give me any music with a two-tone beat
This is your brain
This is your brain on ska
This is your brain, this is your brain on ska!
Pork pie hats, and Fred Perry shirts
Drinkin' cheap beer and chasin' skirts
But what it's really all about is plain to see
Simply havin' fun and unity!
This is your brain
This is your brain on ska!
Your rosy lips tease me when you speak
and the way you smell just makes me freak.
The sound of your voice is giving me chills
and the warmth of your skin gives me such a thrill.
You're giving me willies and there's shivers down my spine.
One look at you logic's left behind.
Girl, you're an apple who is in my eye
cause you're as warm as fire and as sweet as pie.
One look at you and I don't want to be a loner.
Girl, you make me feel like a schoolboy with a boner.
Since you crossed my path nothing was the same.
Your simple chants caused a flux in my brain.
I can't hold my lunch and you're making me sweat.
My life is in chaos since the day that we met.
I trip on my feet, I walk into walls,
my voice is always quavering, not taking the fall.
When you're not around my heart's in despair,
but when you say my name girl, I'm walking on air.
Oi vay I'm giving up my hope.
I hawked at a pawnshop.
I should've known better, should've known to be a loan shark.
I made my mistake, made it from the start.
I should've followed my head instead of my heart.
Well, I got no choice, got to jump in the pool.
Gotta go head first though I feel like a fool.
Gotta say how I I feel. Gotta stake my claim.
Gotta act like a nerd, gotta go insane.
Gotta swallow my pride, it's really not bad to lose.
If there's a chance in hell than it's worth all I do.
Gotta mean what I say, gotta say what I mean,
cause you're the only honey who is making my scene.
Your rosy lips tease me when you speak
And the way you smell just makes me freak
The sound of your voice is giving me chills
And the warmth of your skin gives me such a thrill
Your giving me willies and shivers up my spine
One look at you and I'm just left behind
Girl your an apple that is in my eye
Cause your as warm as fart and as sweet as pie
One look at you and I don't want to be a loner (Chorus)
Girl you make me feel like a schoolboy with a boner
Since you crossed the path nothing was the same
Your simple chance got a bunch of my brain
I can't hold my lunch and your making me sweat
My life is in chaos since the way that we met
I trip over my feet
I walk into walls
My voice is always quivering
I'm taking the fall
When your not around my ozziness spare
But when you say my name girl I'm walking on air
One look at you and I don't want to be a loner (Chorus)
Girl you make me feel like a schoolboy with a boner
Ooi, hey, Ooi, hey
I'm giving up my hope
I'm hocking at the pawn shop
I should have known better
Should have known it be a long shot
I made my mistakes
Made them from the start
I should have followed my head instead of my heart
(It's my soap and I'll wash as fast as I want to)
Well I got no choice
Got to jump in the pool
Got to go head first though I feel like a fool
Got to say what I feel
Got to stake my claim
Got to act like a nerd
Got to go insane
Got to swallow my pride
It's really nothing to lose
If there's a chance in hell then its worth all I do
Got to mean what I say
Got to say what I mean
Cause your the only honey who is making my scene
One look at you and I don't want to be a loner (Chorus)
Girl you make me feel like a schoolboy with a boner
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