• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Anywhere - Stroke 9
• Latest Disaster - Stroke 9
• Kick Some Ass - Stroke 9
• 100 Girls - Stroke 9
• Not Nothin' - Stroke 9
• Make It Last - Stroke 9
• We Were Wrong - Stroke 9
• Tear Me In Two - Stroke 9
• Visualize - Stroke 9
• Reject - Stroke 9
• Something Else Mind - Stroke 9
• Refrigerator - Stroke 9
• Please Wait - Stroke 9
• Down Down - Stroke 9
• Not Nothing - Stroke 9
• Not Nothin' (in album Bumper to Bumper) - Stroke 9
• Little Black Backpack (in album Bumper To Bumper) - Stroke 9
• Lead the Way - Stroke 9
• Just Can't Wait - Stroke 9
• Extra Track - Stroke 9
• Down - Stroke 9
• Do It Again - Stroke 9
• Bingo - Stroke 9
• Washin' + Wonderin' - Stroke 9
• Vacuum Bag - Stroke 9
• Stop Saying Goodbye - Stroke 9
• Little Black Backpack - Stroke 9
• One Time - Stroke 9
• City Life - Stroke 9
• Angels - Stroke 9
• Don't Worry - Stroke 9
• Washin' N Wonderin' / Washin' + Wonderin' - Stroke 9
• Tail Of The Sun - Stroke 9
• Something Else Mine - Stroke 9
• Something Else In Mind - Stroke 9
• Letters - Stroke 9
• California - Stroke 9
• Are You In This? - Stroke 9
• All U Can Take - Stroke 9

Everyday something new comes my way
And helps me get through the past
Anyway, I can't say how long I've been away
But I feel at home at last
I'm aware there's something around me
Saving me, protecting me
That won't let me crash
Everyday something new comes my way
And I feel at home at last
Anywhere is everywhere and I don't care
As long as I can feel this is real I'm not scared to let you in
Everywhere is far from there and I don't care as long as this is real
When you're gone then I won't feel this good again.
Anytime I can't say what's on my mind
And remember how good things have been
I relax and reattach to the past
And we feel like one again
It erases all the care in our way
And we feel like one again
Feel this good again

We met one Monday night where my friend bartends and always gives me drinks for free.
I caught you staring, or were you comparing the guy you were talking with to me.
Then you said: "This place is dead, and this drink is going to my head.
Take me home." I will, if you chill, there's still time to kill and this night just started looking better.
She bought herself a guitar, and she learned a few chords.
She wrote me a song that goes like this:
Get out, get dressed, you're just like the rest, there's only one thing you're after. You're
still the same self-centered bastard. You stay out all night with your shady friends just
getting plastered. This relationship's just my latest disaster.
I thought that I was doing everything right and giving her everything she needs. But I wake up
one morning and all that she's left is a break-up note that reads:
You don't, and you won't ever see my side of things...
Ahh come on. I would, if I could, but everything I thought was good would just upset her.
Our points of view will never meet.
I always miss what's incomplete.

How many people wanna kick some ass?
I used to be a nerd
Grew up in the suburbs
Nothing there ever went wrong
I made it up in this song
I talk about the hood
I say stuff like it's all good
Tell people I'm down with all the cool kids downtown
When I've never even been there
How many people wanna kick some ass?
I do I do
And how many people sick of holding it back?
I am
Well I am too
So don't lay another finger on her
She's mine and I still want her
If you put your hands upon her
You're a goner goner
And how many people sick of holding it back?
I am I am
And how many people wanna kick some ass?
I would if I could
But I'm really just a sensitive artist
Perpatrating like I am the hardest
So spin your cap around to the back
You think you rhyme but you can't rap
Loosen that strap a little more
Till your axe hits the floor
Flip off your fans
Make em cheer
Try to look sincere
Anger today's fashion
So sing another song about bashing someone's head in
How many people wanna kick some ass?
I do I do
And how many people sick of holding it back?
I am
Well I am too
So don't lay another finger on her
She's mine and I still want her
If you put your hands upon her
You're a goner goner
And how many people sick of holding it back?
I am I am
And how many people wanna kick some ass?
I would if I could
But I'm really just a sensitive artist
Perpatrating like I am the hardest
Acting like I'm not the smartest
I'm really just a sensitive artist
Awwwww Yeahhhh
So don't lay another finger on her
She's mine and I still want her
If you put your hands upon her
You're a goner goner
And how many people sick of holding it back?
I am I am
And how many people wanna kick some ass?
I said how many people wanna kick some ass?
How many people wanna kick some ass?
Whatcha gonna do when your sick of holding it back?
I think I kick some ass
How many people wanna kick some ass?
I would if I could
But I'm really just a sensitive artist
Perpatrating like I am the hardest
Acting like I'm not the smartest
I'm really just a sensitive artist

100 girls or maybe more
Who left me passed out on the floor
I know it might be wrong
I had to write this song
For a hundred girls and hundreds more
There was Katherine in Manhattan
Her mouth was always laughin'
She's always a distraction
'Cuz she always wants some action
At 1 she took me in a cab
2 in a Soho bar
3 she got real bad and jumped me in a subway car
These are Mary's voodoo ways
We would stay in bed for days
In an alligator haze
In her swampy Southern place
She broke me down on Bourbon Street
Curled up at her feet
As Mary flashed the parades
I fixed myself with hurricanes
100 girls or maybe more
Who left me passed out on the floor
I wish I heard you tell me
Make up your mind
Wake up
Make up your mind make up your mind
This is Daisy, this is crazy
Always telling me I'm lazy
Her endurance would amaze me
And her swearing didn't phase me
It was based upon a sweet lie
Like a butterfly she showed herself in many phases
And had a thing for public places
Late at night in Fenway Park
She led me naked through the dark
Daisy let me suffer there, smothered in my underwear
There was Alison and here's the thing
I thought that she was 17
She was 18 but looked 16
And told me she was 23
Valerie who hated money
Stuck me to the sheets with honey
Caroline from Amsterdam took off with some other band
Megan, Kim and the rest
I love you all and that's the test
If I wake up in time how will I make up my mind

Hello I'm sitting here
Thinking and writing
Writing and talking
Without you
Situated in the corner of the corner
So far from nothing
Suspecting not accepting
That it's true
It really hits me when I'm
Walking into the market
I hear things I used to say
Is it wrong to be here anyway
Fade away
What was I thinking when I thought I could make you stay
What was I thinking when I thought I was right
Not nothin'
I'm on to something here
It's all becoming clear
Clearly confusing
Less than amusing
Castrated like a corpse to a coroner
So close to nothing
Forgetful not regretful
Of what I am
It really hits me when I'm
Hanging with other monkeys
Thinking of shit to say
Is it wrong to be here anyway
I'm on to something
It's something I'm on to

The fire flickers out, making movies on her skin
And in the embers she remembers all the places that she’s been
Four letter words fly from her mouth
She thinks she’s breaking ground
Time takes it toll, she feels his soul
And everything around and I say
The way that you feel now
It’s cool as long as I know
The way it’s gonna be
Make it last for an hour
We’ll never feel this way again
Make it all that you want
And everything that I need
The booze reaches her blood
She forgets his name
The wood has turned to cold
But our desire feeds the flame
Will we surrender to the night?
Or will our conscience win the fight?
She won’t regress, but can’t confess
That everything’s alright and I say
The way that you feel now
It’s cool as long as I know
The way it’s gonna be
It’s gonna take more
Where we gonna go…
Make it last for an hour
We’ll never feel this way again
Make it all that you want
And everything that I need
Make it last make it last ‘cause you’re not making me
Any promises, make it last
Make the best of what you see
You give to me what I need to see,
You can’t feed my imagination
You give to me what I need to see, it’s a twisted fascination
But you know that he’ll
Close all the doors just close ‘em all

Well I'm singing this song as loud as I can
As I drive too fast with my best friend
I don't wonder if you're wondering where I am
Cause I don't care if I ever see you again
Well I'm sick of being compared to what you had before
I'm sick of being what you don't want anymore
I'm sick of being used, bruised, and ignored
Because that's just not what friends are for
You were wrong
For me you were so wrong
I'd only come over to get it on
Well I've got to admit that it's time to move on
Don't give me shit, don't give me lip
Don't make me lose my grip on everything that I've known all along
Well I wasted two years trying to make you mine
Then I wasted two more as I missed every sign
That you weren't what you seemed like you were which is fine
Cause I don't know who I am most of the time
But what I do know I can't show for fear that I'll throw it away
Like every word that you say
Like all the things that you're saving for a rainy day
And all the times that you wouldn't have it any other way
Well it's the day before our last day together
We realize it wasn't meant to last
We used to think that it would be forever
But we never thought forever'd go this fast
And now we're singing this song as loud as we can
As we drive to fast again and again
I don't wonder cause now I know where we stand
And I don't care if I ever see you again

I know it's hard please try to coax me
Try to elevate me to the level of choice
A scarlet sky, a silver moon is a veil before my eyes
How can she be so in tune
Tear me in two
And bore a little hole
That I can see right through
Your diversions my digression
Take me apart
You enbumber my progression
And then you save me
It slips by, it slips by
Much to my suprise
And you think that I drink too much
Yeah, well I don't mind
I don't mind
I think of all the time we've wasted
I think of all our time apart
Your scathing tongue is not the one

i can think about it for many
hours but i can't explain it for many
more all this talking ultimately devours
all my resource for understanding at
this moment of helpless recklessness i
awoke from my crazy dream it was
over and i was sober the grass was
yellow that should have been green
i don't even need my hands to touch
you and i don't even need my heart to
feel you i don't need my arms around
you i just visualize
now all alone and very bored disliking
the feeling of being abhorred it's too
late and i'm too sorry not for what i've
done but for who i am don't worry
'cause i'm in no hurry every move you
make is so calculated i'll get through
and so will you we've had and we'll
have our chances

No one tastes like you
And no one wastes me with their words like you do
And no one can change my views
Like you do
Do you really think I wanted this to fail
And do you really think this crazy world will get better
And do you really think this crazy world will get better
No one tastes like you
No one wastes me with their words like you do
And nothing between us is assumed
And no one can change the fact that I was sold on you
I'm the reject that you never accepted
I'm the reject that you always neglected
I'm the reject that you never accepted
Now I'm left wrecked and forever affected
There's nothing left to do
There's nothing left to say and no more to lose
I miss all the things you knew
There's no excuse
And now when I'm all alone
There's nothing else I can see
There's nothing else I can be anymore

well i waited for the sun to
come up along with everything that i
had thought of would it come to mind
again and again would i be something
in the something out there be there in
the end
it was very upsetting to me 'cause my
dilemma was only mine then you tore
my soul in two with a single blow and
i'm just sitting around trying to figure
out which way to come which way to
go but she had something else in mind
for me then i felt around for whatever i
could just to get away from it all like i
should and i heard a little something in
the wind that told me to stop thinking
about where it's coming from but just
be happy that it's blowin'
it was very enticing to me 'cause my
decision was only mine then you
chopped my heart in two with a single
blow and i'm just sittin' around trying
to figure out which way to come,
which way to go then i waited for the
sun to go down but in my heart i want
it to stick around i've been sitting here
for hours, you say i'm wasting time but
i just can't recall my body feeling so
much like its mine

she has a great figure and
i'm just trying to figure into her picture
she thinks there's something very
wrong with me she may be right
there's nothing left nothing but
emptiness in my refrigerator she gets
very quiet when i say that i'm getting
flustered and i may need out she
knows there's something very wrong
with me as i walk out and slam the
door to the back of her car
when she's not around i feel so very
down, up, and all around and ever
since i lost her i've been found
she still has a great figure and i'm still
trying to figure into her picture she
knows there's something very wrong
with me but is it right to throw it all
away in the trash compactor
she thinks i said i believe in her but i
really said i'll be leaving her
now its the morning of my departure and i'm sad that she's sad now we're both sad isn't
that sad she fulfills my greatest fears, i push a tear as she squeezes one last goodbye from
the juicer

lets just say for the moment
that i said to be quiet when i know i'll
be hoping that my wrongs will be right
lets just say i'm sorry, lets just be
please wait for me
i can't even tell you how much i need
to see you again please do your part
to be kind 'cause you know its my
heart milking my mind you would
leave and i would stay it's not like me
to be this way

(AKA the Bumper to Bumper Version)
you are so down inside
you are so
you are so down inside
you are so
down inside
frozen fingers on my skin
guilty hands clutching gin
your tin, thin eyes can't see within
soul to soul, shin to shin we burn
and the silence won't subside
as i crawl to your scaly side
your eyes could never hide
my eyes and all their pride
carving out a piece for me
saving three for you
squeeze me tight and that's all
carving out a piece for me
saving three for you
squeeze me tight and that's all
my shoulder to your face so warm
dim light from moon outlines our form
sinewy and shiftless and so forlorn
between here and there and everywhere you're torn
carving out a piece for me
saving three for you
you squeeze me tight and that's all
waiting, waiting for you
to call out my name
speak to me
and say that it's alright
to be on the wrong track
just call out my name
and speak to me
and say its alright to be on the wrong track
can you feel it
can you feel it
waiting, waiting for you
to call out my name
speak to me
and say that it's alright
to be on the wrong track
(AKA the Nasty Little Thoughts Version)
Frozen fingers on my skin
Guilty hands clutching gin
Your tin, thin eyes can't see within
Soul to soul and skin to skin we burn
And the silence won't subside
As I crawl to your scaly side
Your eyes could never hide
My eyes and all their pride
My shoulder to your face is so warm
Dim light from the moon outlines our form
You're sinewy and shiftless and so forlorn
Between here and there and everywhere you're torn
Carving out a piece for me, saving three for you
Squeeze me tight and that's all
Waiting........waiting for you
To call out my name, speak to me
And say that it's alright to be on the wrong track
Call out my name, speak to me
And say that it's alrigh to be on the wrong track
There's a warm breeze in the city tonight
Soft light makes every sad sight seem alright
And I'm spinning around and we're holding tight
Soul to soul and face to face we turn.....

hello i'm sitting here,
thinking and writing writing and
talking, without you situated in the
corner of the corner, so close to
nothin' suspecting, not accepting that
it's true it really hits me when i'm
walking into the market hearthings i
used to say is it wrong to be here
anyway
i'm on to something here it's all
becoming clear clearly confusing less
than amusing castrated like a corpse
to a coroner so close to nothing
forgetful not regretful of what i am it
really hits me when i'm hanging with
other monkeys thinking of shit to say
is it wrong to be here anyway
fade away what was i thinking when i
thought i could make you stay what
was i thinking when i thought i was
right

hello i'm sitting here, thinking and writing
writing and talking, without you
situated in the corner of the corner, so far from nothin'
suspecting, not accepting that it's true
it really hits me when i'm
walking into the market
hear things i used to say
is it wrong to be here anyway
fade away
what was i thinking when i thought i could make you stay, yeah, yeah
what was i thinking when i thought i was right
not nothin
not nothin
i'm on to something here
it's all becoming clear
clearly confusing
less than amusing
castrated like a corpse to a coroner
so close to nothing
forgetful not regretful
of what i am
it really hits me when i'm
hanging with other monkeys
thinking of shit to say
is it wrong to be here anyway
fade away
what was i thinking when i thought i could make you stay, yeah, yeah
what was i thinking when i thought i was right
not nothing
not nothing
fade away
what was i thinking when i thought i could make you stay, yeah, yeah
what was i thinking when i thought i was right
not nothing
not nothing
it really hits me

The Bumper to Bumper version of this song has explicit lyrics. The band, and their management, made a decision to alter the lyrics for the version on Nasty Little Thoughts, so that the song would have mass appeal and not have to be altered for radio or television.
AKA the Bumper to Bumper Version
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i know it, it's a shame
a shame i can't show it
and i see it, i can see it now
but i'm so far below it
and i believe you, yes i do
the things that you say are so true
and i, well i trust you,
thought i could trust you now
in everything that you do
don't wanna, don't wanna talk about it
i say why not
don't wanna think about it
i say there's got
to be some good reason
for your little black backpack
up, smack, turnaround he's on his back
don't want to tango with you
i'd rather tangle with him
i wanna smash his fucking head in
and this shouldn't concern you except that
just don't expect to get your
bloody black backpack back
i feel you, yes i can
what about that don't you understand
and i sense you, its something sensual
but its less than i planned
don't wanna, don't wanna talk about it
i say why not
don't wanna think about it
i say there's got
to be some good reason
for your little black backpack
up, smack, turnaround he's on his back
don't want to tango with you
i'd rather tangle with him
i wanna smash his fucking head in
and this shouldn't concern you except that
just don't expect to get your
bloody black backpack back
not gonna get it back
no, no, no
aw, no, no, no
not gonna get it back
no, no
there you go
aw baby, no, no, no
don't wanna, don't wanna talk about it
i say why not
don't wanna think about it
i say there's got
to be some good reason
for your little black backpack
up, smack, turnaround he's on his back
don't want to tango with you
i'd rather tangle with him
i wanna smash his fucking head in
and this shouldn't concern you except that
just don't expect to get your
bloody black backpack back
don't want to tango with you
i'd tather tangle with him
I wanna smash his fucking head in
and this shouldn't concern you except that
just don't expect to get your
bloody black backpack back
AKA the Nasty Little Thoughts Version
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Well I know it's
It's a shame
A shame I can't show it
And I see it
I can see it now
But I'm so far below it
Don't wanna
Don't wanna talk about it
I say why not?
Don't wanna think about it
I say there's got to be some good reason
For your little black backpack
Up, smack, turnaround he's on his back
and
Don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
And this shouldn't concern you except that
Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back
And I can feel you
Yes I can
What about that don't you understand?
And I sense you
It's something sensual
But it's less than I planned
Don't wanna
Don't wanna talk about it
I say why not?
Don't wanna think about it
I say there's got to be some good reason
For your little black backpack
Up, smack, turnaround he's on his back
and
Don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
And this shouldn't concern you except that
Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back
You're trying to find a reason for the way you feel tonight
You're mind is lined with layers of lead
Have you heard one thing that I've said?
Don't wanna talk about it
I say why not?
Don't wanna think about it
I say there's got to be some good reason
For your little black backpack
Up, smack, turnaround he's on his back
and
Don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
And this shouldn't concern you except that
Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back
Don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
And this shouldn't concern you except that
Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back

Well she says she's got it figured it out
She thinks it's getting better
I don't believe this and I'm never gonna let her
Well she says she's strong
I say she's crazy
She says I'm wrong
And I say well maybe
When she's lying on the floor
And she can't take no more
She knows the word to this one
You lead the way
Away from here
Well there's a conversation
That's never gonna happen
It's about a relationship
And we're sitting there laughing
She thinks she's strong
Well I think she's crazy
She thinks I'm wrong
And I say well maybe
When she's lying on the floor
And she can't take no more
She knows the word to this one
I sympathize with what she's in
It's face the music time again
She looks to me to sing along

Another summer coming with the feeling it brings
Another reason to avoid all the permanent things
Before you know what time it is it's time to go
And reattach all the strings
But you got me going
So many places
You got to be knowing
What that look on my face is
I just can't wait
I just can't wait
I just can't wait for you to say
That you want me
That you want me
I just can't wait for you to say that you want me
Well you need sunlight for things to go right
It just takes a taste you know
And every single little bit of love that I spread is coming straight for you
Would it be all right to go out tonight
It doesn't matter where we go
You're the only one that I want to be near
And try to get to know
ÔCause you got eyes that I would love to look through
A life that I can't wait to get in to
As long as I can see what you see
As long as it's what you believe
As long as I can see what you see
As long as it's what you believe
Feeling all alone in my little head again
Feels so good just to sit and take it in
Back home in my big bed again
You're gone and I'm spent
But wherever you are
I want to be
I can't stop thinking about what you did to me

*change rattles*
~repeat throughout~
shake your money
shake your money
shake your money
shake your booty (booty)
tell 'em how it's gonna be
tell 'em how it is
*dog barks*
woooo
yeah-yeah-yeah
woooo
ugh

Frozen fingers on my skin
Guilty hands clutching gin
Your tin, thin eyes can't see within
Soul to soul and skin to skin we burn
And the silence won't subsie
As I crawl to your scaly side
Your eyes could never hide
My eyes and all their pride
My shoulder to your face is so warm
Dim light from moon outlines our form
You're sinewy and shiftless and so forlorn
Between here and thereand everywhere you're torn
Carving out a piece for me, saving three for you
Squeeze me tight that's all
Waiting... waiting for you
To call out my name, speak to me
And say that it's alright to be on the wrong track
Call out my name, speak to me
And say that it's alright to be on the wrong track
There's a warm breeze in the city tonight
Soft light makes every sad sight seem alright
And I'm spinning around and we're holding tight

You Instantly awakened my imagination
Old fashioned infatuation
I can be anything that you want me to be
And you can have me in every position that you dreamed
I know you've got a wild streak
You're a freak
You're alone in your bed with graphic images in your head
Let me do what I want to do with you
Let me tie you down pick you up and
Flip you all around
Let me tell you how sexy you are
As I'm going down on you in the car
If feeling this good is a sin
Let's do it all over again.
Just when I thought this might get boring
Wake me up in the morning by pouring
Honey on my body and licking it off
You're taking me to concerts and you're taking off your top
I know you've got a wild streak
You're a freak
Then you're back in our room with the bride and the groom
This is it
This is great
This is what I always wanted
Where do we go from here
That's the question of the year
I think you're fine
I think you're hot
This is what I always dreamed of
The one thing I forgot
Was to get to know you

caught me faking, at least i
tried totally mistaken, unidentified
hypocrisy, shamelessly fortunately
before i could plant the seed
i want to tell you everything but i can't
i want to tell you all these things let's
just forget it
my quote unquote sick mind cannot
understand, just undermine analyzing
everything picking apart every seam
just for a sign
it seems that you have found lately
something better to do with your time
and your mind lets just forget it
call me hard, insolent tainted by the
thoughts of all that i resent believe i
can do as i said been collecting dust
inside this hollow head

This just in...where to begin
Grin and bear it, it's bare and grim
Adoration, titillation, I'm the victim now
Because she's figured me out
She lights my candle, she has a handle on me
It's going well but I'm scared as hell
That she'll figure me out
She thinks it's sacred to be naked
But I don't care, 'cause she's had me there
You see she's figured me out
And I wanna shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god if she hears me she'll come running in...
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans
These are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate
At a later date
Well the word is out, what's it all about
Doubtless shady, no shadow of doubt
In moderation, this sensation would be fabulous
But she's figured me out
She's in my shower for an hour
She's just washin' and wonderin'
And trying to figure me out...
And I wanna shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god if she hears me she'll come running in...
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans and these are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate...
It's a little bit of something that I feel...
Oh man, I just can't deal...
And other than this distance that has covered me
Can't you see that you have smothered me
Well, you're not there, just stay out there
Just when I was on to something else

You'll never know what happened to me
It's just one of those things
I was sitting by myself
And my thoughts started pouring out
Remember that time on our trip
You asked me where we were going
I said, "Barcelona"
You said, "That's not what I meant"
Maybe I'll never get it
I just don't think I'm like that
Don't like planning stuff out
It never happens that way
I'm like a vacuum bag
That holds all that old dirt
Remember that time we found
Your mom's Valium and took it
Don't hate me, don't regret me
Don't ever forget me
Wherever you go, whatever you do
Don't say I never loved you
That summer when we wore no shoes
And we danced on the fourth of July
And we listened to your sister's records
And Brampton came alive
Even then you knew what you wanted
Even then I had no clue
Well, I was just living in the moment
And the moment was all about you
Remember that time in LA
You asked me, "What we were doing"
I said, "We're doing fine"
You said, "Here we go again"
And I'm like a vacuum bag
That holds all that old dirt
Remember that time we said
We'd be together forever?
Don't hate me, don't regret me
Don't ever forget me
Wherever you go, whatever you do
Don't say I never loved you
'Cause it matters to me
Can you hear me?
Everyday I ask the same thing
Will you ever know what happened to me?
It happens everyday
And you wonder what went on
It's there and then it's gone
Well, maybe I'm sentimental
And I start to reminisce
And every time I do
I still want to tell you this
Don't hate me, don't regret me
Don't ever forget me
Wherever you go, whatever you do
Don't say I never loved you
Don't hate me, don't regret me
Don't ever forget me
Wherever you go, whatever you do

You never do know which way you should go when you run
But don't take it from me, I can't make you see how far you've come
And if I shook you all up, said you were good enough
Could I be the one
Please don't expect me to offer you truth
When the next one in line might be better for you
You think I'd be sad but it just makes me madder
The harder I try there's just more left to lose
You're facing frustration and intoxication
Stop saying goodbye, another location
Won't give you the answer, it has it's own cancer
Stop saying goodbye, it isn't the answer
Well, it isn't just me
There are others who need you around
But you're nowhere tonight
'Because you know that you might let them down
The ones who adore you will all be there for you
Just give them a chance and don't put up a fight
Kill the ignition and make a decision to stay where you are
And start living your life
You're facing frustration and intoxication
Stop saying goodbye, another location
Won't give you the answer, it has it's own cancer
Stop saying goodbye, it isn't the answer
It's your life to build or burn down
Just try to learn from what you've found
It's your life to build or burn down
Just try to keep your feet on the ground
And stop saying goodbye, and stop saying goodbye
You're facing frustration and intoxication
Stop saying goodbye, another location
Won't give you the answer, it has it's own cancer
Stop saying goodbye, it isn't the answer

I know it
It's a shame
A shame I can't show it
And I see it
I can see it now
But I'm so far below it
Don't wanna
Don't wanna talk about it
I say why not?
Don't wanna think about it
I say there's got to be some good reason
For your little black backpack
Up, smack, turnaround he's on his back
Don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
And this shouldn't concern you except that
Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back
I feel you
Yes I can
What about that don't you understand?
I sense you
It's something sensual
But it's less than I planned
Don't wanna
You're trying to find a reason for the way you feel tonight
Your mind is lined with layers of lead

I gave up 'cause I couldn't feel
And I gave in 'cause it sounded like a steal
Spending time on my back now
Thinking 'bout the facts now
How 'bout this and how about that...
Well here we go
I like to think I'm on top of things
But this life will bring what it will bring, you know
I like to think I'm on top of things
But this life will bring what it will bring
And my less than large brain is contorting the synapses
Sent from the ends of my dangling nerves
Give me just one time
Two times
You know it's where I'm at
I'm waving as I go
I got up, I never thought I'd get there
My mid doesn't mind 'cause my mind won't dare
Wake up, shake up and wind up on my back
How 'bout this and how about that
I wanna wipe the plastic smile off my face
I wanna win without entering the race
I want to say what I mean and mean what I say
I just need something to mean anything
Give me just one time
Two times
You know it's just where I'm at
I'm waving as I go
You gotta give me just one time
Two times
YOu know it's just here I'm at
I'm waving as I go
I just wanna get through
I don't know how I'm gonna do it

What's your story send it over to me
I'll take a look and see what there is to see
At least jot a few things down
Anything to let me know I'm in your head
And not on the ground
With the cigarette butts
From the mouths of all those little sluts who want me
I'm lying here withthe negative thoughts running my brain
Over again look where I've been, feel me try, feel the sky
Feel that your able
To do what it is you need to when
This city life is dragging
This city life is dragging us down
Don't push me
Don't push me
Don't push me
Anyway, well I can barely face the day
Is it already a quarter to ten?
How can I drag my body from this bed again
When I feel so heavy from the weight of nothing
It's not about you as I said
Now it's a quarter to two, another night run through
Without connecting
To anything
This city life is dragging us down
I'm already so far away from where I need to be
I'm already so far away
We move a mile a minute
Just to keep ourselves in it
Now I think we've come to far not to win it
What is it?
If I wasn't here all of this shit would just go on anyway
If you weren't here
Everything would just go on anyway
That's what you learn
Why do you stay

If it's not that far from where we are
I'd like to wait if I could
Until the day that the angel comes around
I won't find the solace that I'm seeking
You can't make me run, you can't make me free
The only thing I trust is what's inside of me
If I rely on you what am I gonna do
When you crush and kill the core connecting us
Protecting us, in all we go through
So sad and hard it hurts for awhile
I feel it all... stop feeding off me
Don't ask me how you will survive
Or try to stay together amputated
Is this my conviction... will it last forever?
Do I belong to this?
Don't try to make me love, 'cause you can't make me see
The only time I'll know is when happiness is free
I won't rely on you...
'cause that won't get me through
All we've got is this crazy core connecting us

Woo hoo
Well it's hard to say what's on someone's mind
If a woman looks mean she might really be kind
She's smart, well-dressed, smells good, likes sex
But you can't get over her, can't get past her, can't get around your last
disaster
Let it go while your pride's intact
Don't vow to get her back
Look there, you're well aware
You blew that one and now you care
But when you walk around you think you see her everywhere
Don't worry, you'll find her
It's just a little reminder
Don't worry, you'll find her
It's just a little reminder
And just when you think that you're over something
One little sound it like rushes right in
Then it's on and then it's off and then you're sad
And then you're not
But you want to go for her
Want to impress her
But can't get past her predecessor
You're workin' through it though then the radio plays a song you know brings
her back
Look there, she's everywhere
You can't escape it's just not fair
And you still walk around with that stupid blank stare
You think you know what life's about
You're lucky now
You think you know what love's about
You'll work it out

This song appears on both Bumper to Bumper and Nasty Little Thoughts, but according to the album books the lyrics are slightly different. Also, you may have noticed that for some reason the title of the song was changed from "N" to "+". I don't know who made this decision or why they decided to make it.
Washin' N Wonderin'
(AKA the Bumper to Bumper Version)
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this just in, where to begin
grin and bear it, it's bear and grim
adoration, titilation
I'm a victim now
because she's figured me out
she lights my candle
she has a handle on me
it's goin well but I'm scared as hell
that she'll figure me out
she thinks it sacred
to be naked
but I don't care
she's had me there
you see she's figured me out
and I want to shout
at the top of my lungs now
but oh my god
if she hears me she'll come runnin in
these are my hands
these are my faults
these are my nasty little thoughts
I wrote em down for you to contemplate
at a later date
well the word is out, what's it all about
doubtless shady, no shadow of doubt
in moderation this sensation would be fabulous
but she's figured me out
she's in my shower, for an hour
she's just washin' n wonderin
and trying to figure me out
well, you're out there, just stay out there
I won't hear but be careful man
hey careful man
and I'm sleeping now
you'll be creeping round
just when I was on to something else
that's when she figures me out
Washin' + Wonderin'
(AKA the Nasty Little Thoughts Version)
------------------------------------------
This just in...where to begin
Grin and bear it, it's bear and grim
Adoration, titilation, I'm the victim now
Because she's figured me out
She lights my candle, she has a handle on me
It's going well but I'm scared as hell
That she'll figure me out
She thinks it's sacred to be naked
But I don't care, 'cause she's had me there
You see she's figured me out
And I wanna shout at the top of my lungs now
But oh my god, if she hears me she'll come running in...
These are my hands, these are my faults
These are my plans
These are my nasty little thoughs
I wrote 'em down for you to contemplate
at a later date
Well the word is out, what's it all about
Doubtless shady, no shadow of doubt
In moderation, this sensationwould be fabulous
But she's figured me out
She's in my shower for an hour
She's just washin' and wonderin'
And trying to figure me out...
It's a little bit of something that I feel...
Oh man, I just can't deal...
And other than this distance that has covered me
Can't you see that you have smothered me
Well, you're out there, just stay out there
Just when I was on to something else
That's when she figures me out

This is the summer that'll never come
It's like someone's holding on to the tail of the sun
I wanna waste time and walk the line
From any beat routine to where I'm feeling alright
I can't holdout, I don't care about offending
The world's decending...
I know it's way too short, it rarely lasts too long
I'm finding the floor, but when I look down, it's gone
This is the way it should be
I've never had the propensity to work, breed and die
I prefer to spend mine on the fly
The be'ers got to be and the flee'ers got to flee
But as for me, well...don't worry about me
I know it's way too short, it rarely lasts too long
I'm just finding the floor but when I look down, it's gone
I know it's way too short, it rarely lasts too long
I'm finding the door, but when I turn around
When I turn around it's gone
It seems like today I'm looking back
Well maybe tomorrow I'll see further
Than my little head allows me to
I'll be cruising then I'll crack
Oh something better happen to these feelings

well i waited for the sun to
come up along with everything that i
had thought of would it come to mind
again, and again would i be something
in the something out there be there in
the end
it was very upsetting to me 'cause my
dilemma was only mine then you tore
my soul in two with a single blow and
i'm just sitting around trying to figure
out which way to come, which way to
go but she had something else in mind
for me then i felt around for whatever i
could just to get away from it all like i
should and i heard a little something in
the wind that told me to stop thinking
about where it's coming from but just
be happy that it's blowin'
it was very enticing to me 'cause my
decision was only mine then you
chopped my heart in two with a single
blow and i'm just sittin' around trying
to figure out which way to come,
which way to go then i waited for the
sun to go down but in my heart i want
it to stick around i've been sitting here
for hours, you say i'm wasting time but
i just can't recall my body feeling so
much like its mine

come on, yeah
well i waited for the sun to come up
along with everything that i had thought of
would it come to mind again, and again
would i be something in the something out there
be there in the end
well, it was very upsetting to me
my dilemma was only mine
then you tore my soul in two just with a single blow
and i'm just sitting around trying to figure out
which way to come, which way to go
but she had something else in mind for me
yeah, she had something else in mind
something else in mind
then i felt around for whatever i could
just to get away from it all like i should
and then i heard a little something in the wind that told me
to stop thinking about where it's coming from
but just be happy that it's blowin'
it was very enticing to me
'cause my decision was only mine
then you tore my soul in two just with a single blow
and i'm just sitting around trying to figure out
which way to come, which way to go
then i waited for the sun to go down
but in my heart i want it to stick around
i've been sitting here for hours, you say i'm wasting time
but i just can't recall my body feeling so much like its mine
it was very exciting to me
'cause I knew that it was my time
then you chopped my heart in two with a single blow
and i'm just sittin' around trying to figure out
which way to come, which way to go
but she had something else in mind for me
yeah, she had something else in mind
something else in mind

You're leaving me here, dear
Alone with all your letters
You're letting it go, no
Like innocence and feathers
You're putting it down
Sounds slipping into songs
You're leaving me here, dear
Alone with all my wrongs
You're pulling away
Pray you're making the right choice
You're pulling away
Stay and listen to my voice
To my voice
Sooner or later you will long
When you wake you will see
Sooner or later all the songs
That make you shake will be by me
Sooner or later all the throngs of feelings
We used to appreciate will come rushing back
You're thinking about
How you thought you knew me better
You're looking around town
And wondering how I met her
You're pulling away
Pray you're making the right choice
You're pulling away
Stay and listen to my voice
To my voice
Sooner or later all the throngs or feelings
We used to appreciate will come rushing back
When you wake you will see
Don't wake me as you leave
Don't make me believe I have a chance in hell
Don't tell me what I know too well
Don't wake me
As you're leaving me here dear
Alone with all your letters
Don't let it go of your innocence and feathers
Now I find that every sound reminds me of our song
Since you left me here dear
Alone with all my wrongs

I can't change how the feelings will be shown
Don't blame you, you're nervous on your own
propose the worst and i'm the first in line
despite the rest, It's not a bad sign
that you mean the world to me...
and the city and my soul disagree
last time round fast, I'll see you on the way down
life's a funny thing when you can't bring yourself to face it if you want to
now i'll shake here, for your sake dear
I was raised and I was born here
I couldn't leave California if I tried to
Can't say now where I'm gonna go
When I figure it out, you'll be the first to know.
Do you understand that it's out of these hands of mine
Despite our plans I've got to draw the line
And you still mean the world to me...
the city and my soul disagree
last time round fast, I'll see you on the way down
life's a funny thing when you can't bring yourself to face it if you want to
now i'll shake here, for your sake dear
I was raised and I was born here
I couldn't leave California if I tried to...
if I tried to...
if I tried to...
if I tried to...
I can't change how feelings will be shown
I don't blame you, you're nervous on your own
propose the worst and I'm the first in line
Last time round fast
I'll see you on the way down
Life's a funny thing when you can't bring yourself to face it if you want to
now I shake here, for your sake dear
I was raised and I was born here
I couldn't leave California if I tried to
and Now I shake dear, for your sake dear
I was raised and I was born here
I could't leave California If I tried to...

Sit still, take a trip into my eyes
You're unstable still to my suprise
Be honest but never catch my lies
Don't say you're the one who always tries
And don't say...
Really are you in this
'cause I can feel you pulling away
Not to mention all the things you'd never say
Now my visions gone to hell
I keep it in a box... with my memories
Don't bother with me... I can't take it
I'll be in the road with less a load
You're feeling used... a little bit confused
Don't say...
Really are you in thise
'cause I can feel you pulling away
Not to mention all the things you'd never say
So really are you in this
'cause I can feel you pulling away
Not to mention all the things you'd never say
The only thing that you really should say
More than a little bit confused about this 'n that
Can I have back all the things we lose
I'll be on the road with less of a load

there's a place in my head
it's full of memories and i can't even
take a peek there's a place , full of
broken promises and i can't even
bring myself to speak
i know now everything about you and
i can't even try to seperate the past
from every ensuing day i try to show
that i can grow but i can't give all you
can take and i believe it all works out
when i'm in your arms
hey, if it feels so much like the way it
should then it doesn't matter if its
wrong if it feels so much like the way
it should maybe you're better off when
i'm gone
i can't stand the way our lines are
crossing as i just lie here tossing,
turning with the fan above my head i'm
falling down, i'm on the ground you're
in the air, you're all around and i do
believe it all works out when i'm in
your arms