I've been waitin' by your window for three long nights (can't do it, I just can't do it)
Won't you come out baby, won't you make it all right (don't make me, just don't make me)
You say it ain't workin' but I must disagree (don't wanna, I just don't wanna)
Is something burning out here or is it just me? (don't wanna, I just don't wanna)
And you say you just won't do it (don't make me)
Well you say we're just good friends (can't do it)
But you know it happened once (don't wanna)
And you know it could happen again
You make me feel cheap
I've been thinkin' about you, girl, since I met you last week (can't do it, I just can't do it)
I know it sounds cliche but I can't even sleep (don't make me, just don't make me)
You're actin' so cold and I'm feelin' like dying (don't wanna, I just don't wanna)
I can't believe you're giving up, you're not even trying (don't wanna, I just don't wanna)
And you say it's done and over (can't do it)
It was only for one night (don't make me)
But you're makin' me feel so cheap (don't wanna)
Don't you know that I'm not that kind of guy?
You make me feel cheap
And you say you just won't do it (can't do it)
Well you say we're just good friends (don't make me)
But you know it happened once (don't wanna)
And you know it could happen again
You make me feel cheap
Well you told me I was special and I swallowed that line (can't do it, I just can't do it)
You took what you wanted but you won't give me mine (don't make me, just don't make me)
Now I'm down and desperate won't you give me a hand (don't wanna, just don't wanna)
Tell me I more than just a one night stand (don't wanna, just don't wanna)
And you say it's done and over (can't do it)
It was only for one night (don't make me)
But you're makin' me feel so cheap (don't wanna)
Don't you know that I'm not that kind of guy?
You make me feel cheap
I hope you know this ain't no social call
We've been through this before
When you die, and say that's all
Behind you close the door
Summer's short, and when it's gone
Winter turns a leaf
When you cry the whole day long
Nighttime's such a relief
You lie
Don't give a shit about anyone
I can't trust anyone
You lie, cheat, steal, killed my faith
I just learned the truth about you
You think I can't live without you
Lies you spin, build my cage
Authority, advanced age
Warp my mind, your social process
It's your gain, it's my losses
Damage has all been done
You betrayed me, better run
You lie
Hope you know this ain't no social call
We've been through this before
When you die, and say that's all
Behind you close the door
You lie
Don't give a shit about anyone
I can't trust anyone
You lie, cheat, steal, killed my faith
I just learned the truth about you
You think I can't live without you
Lies you spin, build my cage
Authority, advanced age
Warp my mind, your social process
It's your gain, it's my losses
Damage has all been done
You betrayed me, better run
You lie
Don't give a shit about anyone
I can't trust anyone
Another early motel morning
Bourbon sits thick on her tongue
Neon flashes on a plastic tray
What about me?
Doris reaches for a smoke
Dented pillow, goodbye note
She’s ready for another lonely day
What about me?
She’s lost hope in tomorrow for today
“What about me?”
Back into the cocktail dress
Peroxide hair, God, such a mess
Fix lunch for the boy without a dad
What about me?
Hustle tips until 2 A.M.
Find another man again
Until dawn forget what makes her feel so sad
What about me?
She’s lost hope in tomorrow for today
“What about me?”
Just another lonely person in this cold dark world
Stopped looking for emotional messiahs long ago
Just another lonely person in this cold dark world
Look the other way now!
Only sees what she believes
No more love, no more dreams
They’re shattered like the chipped nails on her hand
What about me?
Been so long there’s no more tears
Desperate cries that no one hears
Can’t you see her, don’t you understand?
What about me?
She’s lost hope in tomorrow for today
Haven't I seen your face before
Weren't you down on the kitchen floor
Grandma lost her hearing aid
Let's go have fun with the maid
Wetspots, when I talk to you
Wetspots, give you a clue
Can't help it, can't hide my thoughts
Can't help it, can't hide these spots
When you hold my hand that way
My emotions hit the fray
Can't hold back my strong emotions
Can't control this magic lotion
Wetspots, when I talk to you
Wetspots, give you a clue
Can't help it, can't hide my thoughts
Can't help it, can't hide these spots
I don't know if you know what I feel down so low
All I know is a sudden surge
I'm a normal growing boy
Got a normal growing urge
Wetspots, when I talk to you
Wetspots, give you a clue
Can't help it, can't hide my thoughts
Can't help it, can't hide these spots
Wetspots
I read the books in school
Books that serve as my country’s tools
No mention of our guilty scores
The Dresden bombs of the second war
When was it that they killed JK?
Hey man, that’s before my day
60 minutes had a show last night
Something’s still not sitting right
I feel betrayed
What’s the matter with the world today?
You sigh and say
What the hell’s with these kids these day?
It’s getting late, quit fucking around - Want our trust, give us truth
See some trust, when we see some proof - Want our trust, give us truth
Give me trust and give me the truth, oh yea
You’re in the bar and you watch TV
Can’t believe just what you see
Angry kids in a cold dark world
Is that a boy, or is that a girl?
So your kid’s disillusioned by nine
Could’ve swore you had a better time
Soda shops and the drive-in, too
But did your parents have to lie to you?
I feel betrayed
What’s the matter with the world today?
You sigh and say
What the hell’s with these kids these day?
It’s getting late, quit fucking around - Want our trust, give us truth
See some trust, when we see some proof - Want our trust, give us truth
Give me trust and give me the truth, oh yea
I feel betrayed
What’s the matter with the world today?
You sigh and say
What the hell’s with these kids these day?
It’s getting late, quit fucking around - Want our trust, give us truth
See some trust, when we see some proof - Want our trust, give us truth
Give me trust and give me the truth, oh yea
I don’t claim to have the fix
I’m too dumb for politics
Every answer stems from the heart
Always chance for a better start
Truth and trust has taken a kick
So much phoniness it makes me sick
Were Holden Caulfield alive today
He’d overdose before he could say
I feel betrayed
What’s the matter with the world today?
You sigh and say
What the hell’s with these kids these day?
It’s getting late, quit fucking around - Want our trust, give us truth
See some trust, when we see some proof - Want our trust, give us truth
I've got some time on my hands
That time is red I understand
I lost the chance to hesitate
I deal cards like awful fate
All the voices tend to get so loud
Riotous cries of a murderous crowd
To turn away, that would be my sin
I'll never give up, they'll never win
The endless war that I've begun
Spreads like a black spot on a lung
I act alone and that's understood
I speak for all that's true and good
To stand for life means there'll be no choice
Sometimes you kill to extinguish a voice
To turn away, that would be my sin
I'll never surrender, they'll never win
The end of my innocence lies loaded on the floor
So many children die, I never noticed it before
Come back to me, my innocence, I will not turn away
Salvation's never cheap, I will not fade away
I act upon God's will
I aim for endless thrills
I can still see the moon on the night we met
It was shining like the grin of a fool
You got into the van, drew all over the roof
I don't know why, but I thought it was cool
You were all Doc Martens and Clove cigarettes
Black Beauties and Blue Label beer
And though I licked every one I finally lost count
Of all the holes pierced round your right ear
All of the nights spent in harmless crime
When will I have a better time?
The whine of youth, bitter roar
The whine of youth, hear me snore...
Ten years later standing in Cozumel
Left foot on a poisonous fish
You almost died and your mouth turned blue
All I thought of was your lipstick
A lifetime gone and my only art left
Is Vicodin and PS2
I think now and then what might have been
Bald, broke and morally screwed
Those were the days, God, we kicked some ass
Sunk the skiff of off Key West
Crystal, tripe and calm incest
Soul of a poet, mind is a mess
Guilty by excess
Bought by a chick half Cherokee
She kicked my ass while she sang to me
Shot my foot in an UP storm
Just trying to stay warm
Jim Harrison is trying to kill me!
Jim Harrison is trying to kill me!
Stomach lining stuffed with grouse
Puttanesca capered sauce
Ate the snout trying to look cool
Painted my pants with puke
Taking the literary literal
Ending up with the usual
Drinker with a writing problem
What's a word that rhymes with problem?
You stupid thing, you meant everything you said
The ironies are flying right overhead
You risked my trust for the worst sucker bets
Your closest friend is the latest you've met
Well now how can you think that the best is ahead
When the last bridge is warm to the touch
I used to think that the stars wouldn't lie
But tell me how will you stand without your carbonated crutch?
I hope you're happy now
Because the fortune's a lie
You'll choke on the bone
Of everything you deny
Look around you now
At the fortune you hold
The price will be paid
When you're standing alone
You walk the streets and covet all you see
When I stood so close that you never saw me
You've copped all your shit and you call it your art
You think with your dick but say it comes from the heart
You sold out everything to move up on a hill
And live among everything that you hate
I gotta admit you had me tapping my foot
I'm not talking about the kind of clothes she wears
Look at that stupid girl
I'm not talking about the way she combs her hair
Look at that stupid girl
The way she powders her nose
Her vanity shows and it shows
She's the worst thing in this world
Look at that stupid girl
I'm not talking about the way she paints her toes
Look at that stupid girl
Well, I'm talking about the way she grabs and holds
Look at that stupid girl
The way she talks about someone else
That she don't even know herself
She's the sickest thing in this world
Look at that stupid girl
Well, I'm sick and tired
And I really have my doubts
I've tried and I've tried
But it never really works out
Like a lady in waiting to a virgin queen
Look at that stupid girl
She bitches 'bout things that she's never seen
Look at that stupid girl
It doesn't matter if she dyes her hair
Or the color of the shoes she wears
She's the worst thing in this world
Look at that stupid girl
Like a lady in waiting to a virgin queen
Look at that stupid girl
She bitches 'bout things that she's never seen
Look at that stupid girl
She purrs like a pussycat
Then she turns 'round and hisses back
She's the worst thing in this world
Look at that stupid girl
Unity a specialty surrounded by a mass
Individuality the sound of breaking glass
Insulated by the boys never face a threat
Try to argue with our logic see what you will
Strength In Numbers, Power in a crowd
Strength In Numbers, Noise is getting loud
Strength In Numbers, Go with the rest
Strength In Numbers, Never leave the nest
Gimme modern problems I get lost in a crowd
Friends, peers, family for a modern shroud
Eat up all the gossip and we go for current trends
Who needs independence when you got a lot of
Strength In Numbers, Power in a crowd
Strength In Numbers, Noise is getting loud
Strength In Numbers, Go with the rest
Strength In Numbers, Never leave the nest
Mother raised a snake A void responsibility
I lack a solid will and I lack integrity
Teenage confusions send me to the huddled flock
You think I'm ready for the world you're in for quite a shock
My insecurity leads me to dress like this, hang out here
Put this music in your ear
Individuality, so frightening to the crowd
Strength In Numbers, Power in a crowd
Strength In Numbers, Noise is getting loud
Strength In Numbers, Go with the rest
Dear son, how’ve you been?
I got your card and the bottle of gin
What’s new, let me see
Seems there’s no love left between your mother and me
She gets half the house, I’m getting my share
Of half this life we’ve built in twenty-three years
But there’s no guilt, I’ve opened my cage
You’ll like my new girl, she’s about your age, oh yea
Can you blame me? Separate peace
I’ll do what’s right, what’s right for me
And I’ve found my separate peace
Understand me, can’t you see, I don’t care
And son, your mother’s just fine
I see her in the market from time to time
She got drunk, wrecked the car
Trying to get home from the corner bar
This life’s too cold to be straight
I guess a little drink, it helps her escape
She’s gave up, disillusioned in men
But in that little bottle she’s found a new friend
Can you blame me? Separate peace
Do what’s right, what’s right for me
And I’ve found my separate peace
Understand me, can’t you see, I don’t care
Understand me, can’t you see
Let me go, just set me free
Oh son, I almost forgot
Your brother left his body in a parking lot
I guess it happens all the time
These goddamn kids cross the needle and line
What happened, I can’t understand
He left so early, he was such a young man
Oh well, now he’s just gone
And are you coming home for the holidays, son? Oh yea
Can you blame me? Separate peace
Do what’s right, what’s right for me
And I’ve found my separate peace
Understand me, can’t you see
[x2]
The doors are slamming upstairs
And only quarter to ten
I surely don't need the trouble
But I've always liked a woman with a bad taste in men
You say the boy was a son of a bitch
Who pulled the usual stuff
You've had it right up to here
Well I guess your expectations have been lowered enough
You been around, you been screwed around
You're just the kind of lover I need
When you've got nothing to lose
Then you're ready for me
Sister, I'll never lie
My truth is bad enough
So don't say I never warned you
Did I sin last night, did I spend the night with you
(last night did I spent the night with you)
Now depression sets in and my headache's right on cue
I need to know (need to know), I need to know (need to know)
Did I sin last night, did I spend the night with you
(last night did I spent the night with you)
Only one thing I know - I'm out of control
I'm out of control, I'm out of control
Saturday morning and I feel so bad again (again, I feel so bad)
I've done it before and I'm running out of friends
I need help (need help), I need help (need help)
Saturday morning and I feel so bad again (again, I feel so bad)
Only one thing I know - I'm out of control
I'm out of control, I'm out of control
Saturday morning and I feel so bad again (again, I feel so bad)
I've done it before and I'm running out of friends
I need help (need help), I need help (need help)
Saturday morning and I feel so bad again (again, I feel so bad)
Only one thing I know - I'm out of control
I'm out of control, I'm out of control
Only one thing I know - I'm out of control
I'm out of control, I'm out of control
I'm out of my head with worry that I did something wrong last night
(last night that I did something wrong last night)
Lately I'm forgetting the best times of my life
I need help (need help), I need help (need help)
Lately I'm forgetting the best times of my lie
(last night did I spend the night with you)
Only one thing I know - I'm out of control
I’m not the kind to cry on a dime - Still I’ve had my thoughts
I’ve seen movies before - Sat hopeful in the dark
I’ve seen books at the store - Sweet Harlequin romance
Book ends, lights go on - love can’t stand a chance
Can it be the truth?
There is no love
Can it be there is no love?
In love, death do you part - Changes one fine day
Dear dad married again before my voice had changed
Love dies, illusion remains - I hear top forty songs
Lone housewives sing to the radio - Wonder what went wrong
Can it be the truth?
There is no love
Can it be there is no love?
I’m not the kind to cry on a dime - Still I’ve had my thoughts
I’ve seen movies before - Sat hopeful in the dark
I’ve seen books at the store - Sweet, sweet Harlequin romance
Book ends, lights go on - And my love can’t stand a chance
I guess I’m not quite as naïve as I used to be
Just can’t always believe everything you see
Still I sit in the dark watch the film unroll
Gotta have a sliver of hope in this cold dark world
Can it be the truth?
There is no love
Can it be there is no love?
You bitch and moan about the Holocaust
A drastic crime in the modern day
Where were you in World War Two
Were you proud of the American Way
Adolph really caught your eye
Ain't it fun to knock the Warsaw Zone
But you turned the other way
When we screwed some of our very own
Manzanar Concentration Camp
It wasn't in a country so far
Manzanar
In fact in your own backyard
Your arm bears a swastika
So vouge in this anger hype
You wanna be fucking cruel
Why don't you wear the stars and stripes
Pearl H. really shook you up
Too close to you and mom
You had to show your real strength
You had to drop A fucking Bomb
Manzanar Concentration Camp
It wasn't in a country so far
Manzanar
Don't want to talk to you
So much pain that you put me through
Only one thing on my mind
Life goes on, life goes on
And you hurt me to a large amount
And you knocked me down for the count
I'll get back up, brush off my pants
Life goes on, life goes on
Where were you when I needed you last night
I'd hold you girl but you just ain't worth the fight
Life goes on
Life goes on
And the hurt, it still remains
Time will cure this bit of pain
Cried before, I'll cry again
Life goes on, life goes on
Made me look like a fool
Sitting up for a bitch like you
I never want to see your face again
Life goes on, life goes on
Where were you when I needed you last night
I'd hold you girl but you just ain't worth the fight
Larry Walters was a man who saw his dream take flight
Have you ever been afraid but told you had to fight?
We all keep dangerous thoughts contained like gasoline
Larry took his bottle of hopes and opened it with his teeth
Take me with you when you fly away from here
Show me the truths that lie just beyond my fears
Larry Walters, how does it feel
When your fantasy becomes real
Larry Walters, is my earth still round?
Larry Walters, don't you ever come down
I used to sit up on the roof though terrified of heights
I grew to love my neighbor's dog who growled all through the night
If only I could fly away and finally touch the truth
I'd shiver in the stratosphere, I'd let go my balloons
I've seen your light but I can't break free of this 9 to 5
Let's drink a toast to the human condition
Three sins of gin and an act of contrition
We place our bets with the best of intentions
Two steps ahead of a group intervention
Hate crime, suicide
The chance of a lifetime
Race wars, homicide
Another lovely day
Kill the moonlight
Strangle the stars
Give me black nights
Kill the moonlight
I wrote the book on exact indecision
I'm bored to tears with a life in the system
I'd wreck this place if I had a good excuse
I'll search my memory for some childhood abuse
Drunk sex, ugly lust
I ground my inner child
False pride, prejudice
Saturday burned like a star
On your bike, go and find your car
She left the ring, took the cats
And she's never looking back
Ain't it time to find your religion?
The neighbors already got a petition
You talk about your awkward positions
And the rain's coming down just on you
Met a man with no need for guilt
The monument to rage was built
We drowned a boy in the blood he spilled
And the rains falling down just on you
Here comes your world down again
And your thoughts pool like rain
What's with your love of pain?
Is your idea realistic?
This point of view is egotistic
Has the world become so small
It shits and bleeds and moves just on you
Hear the cries of drastic crimes in the modern day
Greed and crime and ugly lust, I just don’t know what to say
Tell me how the world’s fucked up - How you’d rather die
What’s the use of being angry if you don’t know why
Why must you complain the way you do?
So you bitch, now tell me what to do - to do
I’ll take my chances anyway [x2]
Every boy dreams of the day he’ll die young in a blaze
Like his favorite rock star - Which one died today?
Worship one who turned from life - could not take a stand
Make a martyr out of one who dies by his own hand
Why must you complain the way you do?
So you bitch, now tell me what to do - to do
I’ll take my chances anyway [x2]
Tell me about the nice guys - the charm of defeat
Pessimistic attitude finds darkness so damn sweet
Don’t accuse my attitude as holier than thou
I simply recognize my sins and I want to change it now
Why must you complain the way you do?
So you bitch, now tell me what to do - to do
I’ll take my chances anyway [x3]
In our time
Nothing we do means nothing
And that's fine
We don't live our life for all of them
The late nights
Drinking to block out the pain
Right now
I'm feeling so numb again
And I don't mind you taking it away from me
And it don't mean that much and can't you see
That you can do what you want and I won't even try
But one more thing, I just wanna know why
I wanna know why
I wanna know why
They're looking at me that way
Tell me why
They got nothing nice to say
I don't like
The image they force on me
Nice guys
They don't finish last for free
And I don't mind you taking it away from me
And it don't mean that much and can't you see
That you can do what you want and I won't even try
But one more thing, I just wanna know why
I wanna know why
Do you know
How I feel in the night
All alone
I don't even care what seems right
The late nights
Drinking to block out the pain
Right now
I'm feeling so numb again
And I don't mind you taking it away from me
And it don't mean that much and can't you see
That you can do what you want and I won't even try
But one more thing, I just wanna know why
I wanna know why
I wanna know why
She's in the door breathing hard and fast
I swear that girl's gonna drive me mad
I said some things that I never should
The kind of things that feel so good
I hate myself for hating her
Nothing that a couple drinks won't cure
Now I'm out with a good excuse
To meet the boys and play some pool
But oh some things just won't work out
No matter how you shout
Now she's back home thinkin'
Me, I've gone drinkin'
Tell me Dean
How anyone could be so mean
She don't kiss you, don't understand
About as warm as the ball rack in your hand
Fill mine up one last time
Gonna play Hank Williams with my last dime
It's about time that I went home
And forgive the girl, she's all alone
Well, it's one last drink after this last drink
Then I guess I'll hit the road
I'm going home
There's one more lie after this last lie
But I do this all the time
Please take me home
Back home
The lights are out, the car was gone
Took the jockey off the lawn
Took the cash but she left my name
Left my picture but she took the frame
Saw the note by the telephone
And I knew right then I was all alone
Took two martinis in a Flintstones cup
Before I had the nerve to pick it up
But oh, I gotta hand it to that girl
She always had a way with words
She put it so succinctly
Didn't learn a goddamn thing
Is it only half way through Lent?
This hundred bucks is getting awfully warm
And it ain't going to the rent
I want a chance for something more
Or something different at least
All I got's a shot at hope
To get me through one more week
Is it wrong to use that cash
Her teeth are pretty straight
Over under's at fifty four
That one dude's groin is strained
All I know about myself is nothing's ever enough
Screw the payment on the truck and the rest of that boring stuff
It's gamblin' time
In Sam's Town I double down
The bitch holds back my king
The fucking horse dropped down in class
She hasn't learned a goddamn thing
I dream of jet black roulette wheels on a velvet ocean of green
I've grown so fond of this weekend life, no responsibilities
I'm not ready for the real world, wake me up when I'm twenty-three
I've grown so fond of this weekend life, no responsibilities
I'm not ready for the real world, wake me up when I'm twenty-three
Eat mom's pills, drink dad's beer
Anything to forget my fear
Got no job, got no girl, got nothing at all
Sounds like a life of misery, still I'm having a ball
Eat mom's pills, drink dad's beer
Anything to forget my fear of life, of life
I live in my own little fantasy, I won't listen to you
You tell me to act more seriously, hey man, fuck you
Eat mom's pills, drink dad's beer
Anything to forget my fear
Eat mom's pills, drink dad's beer
Faith, bourbon and dignity
Faith, bournon and dignity
I've been sold out and didn't even yawn
At 22 I would have buried your lawn
I pass the time like there's no more tomorrows
Each day becomes a yesterday
I remember your promised charms
Just out of reach like Sinn Fein arms
Faith, bourbon and dignity
Getting by on what you left me
Faith, bourbon and dignity
Living life on one out of three
I drink and I bleed, complain and sit
These are the days alone with the dog
The world just don't need you
These are the words I convince myself
That I'm right, that I'm of use
This is the work that I'd love to have
But then I'm in no shape to choose
This is the phone that I watch all day
Always still as a trophied moose
Climb out of bed at 10
Go through the ads and chew through another pen
Everyone I meet has a previous appointment
Everything I need is a potential disappointment
Every day I try to hold on another day
Everyone, everything, and every day
We used to dream of the astronauts
Bouncing off a glowing moon
Now we don't want to talk about it
Or be defined by what we do
Before you leave that job
Get her!
Orphan mother how will you feed your kids
One burst of passion and your life hit the skids
Dropped out at sixteen and you work everyday
Their father's got a girlfriend, went surfing today
Sex has nothing to do with love
Only one night and you know because
Double standard boys want more and more
Girls catch the fever and we call them whores
Used to have dreams of love and romance
Torn dress when you got home from the dance
Now you realize the truth of your fears
Now your dreams get washed away with your tears
Sex has nothing to do with love
Only one night and you know because
Double standard boys want more and more
Girls catch the fever and we call them whores
Just trust me, I'll be kind. You need it? You're so blind.
Get her!
Don't you understand the rules of our game
Who are you I can't remember your name
You feel betrayed and nobody cares
But who ever told you that life was fair
Sex has nothing to do with love
Only one night and you know because
Double standard boys want more and more
Father Finn, dressed in black
Slivers from his ruler lodged in my ass
Catholic boy, Catholic school
Live and die by the same ten rules
Genuflect, pass the plate
The priest hears your problems but he can't relate
Cleanse your soul, then you sin
Back to confession then sin again
Catholic boy
Catholic boy
On your knees, now you stand
Following a path you can't understand
Young and dumb, then you rebel
Start to look around and you question hell
Catholic boy
Catholic boy
Bless me father for I have sinned
Don't ask what I've done, where I've been
It's time to swallow a bitter tear
Nothing means nothing if you're insincere
Father Finn, dressed in black
Slivers from his ruler lodged in my ass
Catholic boy, Catholic school
Live and die by the same ten rules
Catholic boy
Catholic boy
Catholic boy
Might as well call ahead
Turn off the church light
We’ll tell them that we’re staying out with our friends
We won’t be home tonight
Only stopped off to change
Left my wounded way
Took the old pamphlets out of my coat
You can’t be sure these days
Can’t be sure these days
Oh, I can’t afford it
Nothing left to lose
People have their needs
These are lonely days
Reach out their hearts like an open palm
Hunger is a pain
Set yourself up to fall
In trying to ease the pain
Don’t want to get hurt anymore
I’ll look the other way
Look the other way
Oh, I can’t afford it
Nothing left to lose
When I was younger, and I had a friend
Opened up my heart and spent my trust until the end
But things have changed and my friend’s not here
But that’s all past and tomorrow gets no tears
Please don’t ask of me
To fill some empty space
If I had something left, I’d give it to you
But that’s not the case
Got a busted light
No more love or hate
I spent too much on my young illusions
That was my mistake [x3] yea
Oh, I can’t afford it
Nothing left to do
Oh, I can’t afford it
Poor baby, can't get to sleep
'Cause now no one's safe
Soul crushed by the TV screen
They went and killed your faith
You count the scars on the ceiling's face
You haunt the darkened rooms
So it can happen any time and place
The common sense of doom
You've seen death from above
And now murderous rage
Suspect mercy
These are your better days
Your innocence has always been your world
Your world's been attacked
You'll never close your eyes again
I lie awake with my fists like rocks of hate
One midnight call kills the night like an earthquake
I've heard of animals that mate for life
Sad cries of widowed birds falling through the sky
I squeeze this book like I want to break its spine
I've read this paragraph six or seven times
I feel the weight of the air upon my skin
Give me some reason for the world we've been dropped in
I hear the loud machine, it won't shut off
We learn to live with it, regardless of the cost
I guess the best of intentions got a funny way of getting lost
Some days I can barely face it
Some days I can't hardly wait
She sums it up like Rod Sterling
People tell him he’s the one, tell him he’s the lucky one
Hit the singles bar tonight - Get another piece tonight
He takes her home in the morning light
This one night lust is all he knows
No more dreams of the perfect wife
Lost his dreams a long time ago
I’ve gone through the motions too long
I’ve been let down before
We’re all just fooling ourselves
But I can’t lie no more
I’m not afraid of life no more
Not a crying kid no more
Why you drink so much there, boy?
To kill the pain of understanding
I really try to keep my smile
But deep inside my soul’s still sore
What to do when lights go out
I guess that’s just what faith is for
Gone through the motions too long
And I’ve been let down before
We’re all just fooling ourselves
But I can’t lie no more
I lost all my dreams
Do dreams really matter?
I lost all my dreams
I’m here now, that’s what matters
Gone through the motions too long
And I’ve been let down before
We’re all just fooling ourselves
But I can’t lie no more
I lost all my dreams
Do dreams really matter?
I lost all my dreams
I’m here now, that’s what matters
I’ve been down that road before
I believed those metaphors
I’ve been down that road before
So they take the dreams away
So they take my dreams away
Now I see reality
I guess it happens every day
Keep ahead from day to day
it’s hard to have to wait so long
I prayed until my knees were bruised
But they still use guns and Ron’s still gone
Gone through the motions too long
And I’ve been let down before
We’re all just fooling ourselves
But I can’t lie no more
I lost all my dreams
Do dreams really matter?
I lost all my dreams
I’m here now, that’s what matters
If money talks, it also lives
The fat and pale faces show
In East L.A., a baby dies
Well, that's just the way it goes
In their white cars, they drive through slums
And talk of art and distant wars
They shake their heads, and click their tongues
As they reach to lock the doors
In every world, in every age
There's a "they"
And what do they say?
They say we're Airborne
The trapped generation of lies
They say we're Airborne
Dead innocents, aloft with bent desires
May I use "We"?, we're forced to see
The pain of life most every day
I'll have a drink, I'll close my eyes
Then I'll turn to fly away
And so we cry, misunderstood!
Our souls alive, red burning youth
But colors fade, and we might pale
And crash down in three piece suits
I asked a kid the other day
What they teach in this nuclear age
We had some fun in school today
We learned to get under our desks
So you had a little lesson on life today
Learned a little bit about the real way
Took a little trip to the darker side
Initiation to lust, greed, and lies
I’m sorry to hear that, my broken friend
Shall we sit and wait up for the end?
Now she acts like she never cared
Gave back the doll you won at the fair
Gave back the letters and the pictures and things
Only kept the pearls and the unpaid ring
This ain’t no book, man, it’s real life
No perfect love, no starry nights
What can we do?
After the lights go out
We’re still not through
After the lights go out
We all knew a long time ago
But we let your dreams, live a few weeks more
While you were home reading Krantz
She was out dancing every dance
This ain’t no book, man, it’s real life
No perfect love, no starry nights
What can we do?
After the lights go out
We’re still not through
After the lights go out
[x2]
Can’t you reach, exceed your grasp?
Quit those tears, get off your ass
Can’t tell for sure if the future looks bright
But you can’t paralyze last night
This ain’t no book, man, it’s real life
No perfect love, no starry nights
What can we do?
After the lights go out
We’re still not through
After the lights go out
I saw you outside; why'd you have to follow me?
You wanted free ride; I just pretended not to see
There was a light rain; I didn't think it was that cruel
I didn't stop then; it's only two blocks to the school
Steel wrapped around the pole
Hot blood streams on cold cement
Burnt flesh in the air
Don't blame me for this accident
I felt a sharp flash from the corner of my eye
I turned my head then I had the feeling something died
Steel wrapped around the pole
Hot blood streams on cold cement
Burnt flesh in the air
Don't blame me for this accident
I would've know then; death was so near that day
I would've stopped then; perhaps it's too late to say
I could've loved you; I sat by you in history
This life is so short; now you're just a memory
Steel wrapped around the pole
Hot blood streams on cold cement
Burnt flesh in the air
Don't blame me for this accident
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