Lisa Anne Loeb (born March 11, 1968), is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her last name is pronounced "lobe," as in "globe." She launched her career in 1994 with the song, "Stay (I Missed You)", which was included in the film Reality Bites. She was the first artist to have a number one single in the United States while not signed to a recording contract. Her five studio CDs include her major label debut, the gold-selling Tails and its follow-up, the Grammy-nominated, gold-selling Firecracker.
Loeb has also worked in film, television, voice-over work and children’s recordings. Loeb has appeared in two television series, Dweezil & Lisa, a weekly culinary adventure for the Food Network and Number 1 Single, a reality show on the E! Network in 2006 focused on her quest for love, success, career, and family.
Her children's music includes the albums Catch the Moon (2003), and Camp Lisa (2008). Her first joint children's book and album Lisa Loeb's Silly Sing-Along: The Disappointing Pancake and Other Zany Songs was published in 2011. In 2010 she founded the Lisa Loeb Eyewear Collection, which is based on her own designs.
Try me on
Take me home
The tags are on
It's still a loan
Warranty is in the sack
You can always take me back
Go window shopping again
Window shopping again
Scan the shelves for something red
It's different
It's brighter than the ones you had to have
They didn't last
They just fade
And you go window shopping again
Window shopping again
Window shopping again
Window shopping again
There's no stopping window shopping
Window shopping again
There's miles and miles of strip mall smiles
Waiting to check you out
And all the conversations
Not so subtle invitations
But isn't that what this is all about
Oops...there's a hole in the shrink wrap
You didn't notice that
Lucky you, they'll take it back
The warranty is in the sack
Besides there's always something more
Something better...a bigger store
To go...
Try me on
Take me home
The tags are on
It's still a loan
The warranty is in the sack
in an open room that echos well, this is where i can tell you everything.
this is where i meet my muse, and it feeds me.
and this is how i buy the sun, and it feeds me.
this is why i burn this candle, i light it so that i can handle this.
you're so still, you're so safe,
appear severe
you are so nochalant.
i'm so still
i'm so safe,
appear severe,
i am not.
this is where i meet my muse, and it feeds me.
this is how i buy the sun, and it feeds me.
i told david i won't die, and this is how i watch the sky.
this is why i burn this candle, i light it so that i can handle this.
you're so still,
you save face.
try to erase all you feel inside.
stand still,
i save face,
i misplace all the feelings i can't hide.
of all the rooms I've loved before, it's you i love inside this room.
they test me, can i train my evil eyes to see like they do -
sometimes, sometimes, sometimes.
of all the rooms I've loved before,
it's you i love.
I grew up where throwing rocks in canyons is not allowed
I grew up where growing up makes me awkward and proud
I grew up where it was a difficult drive to the airport
And I hope you have a good ride
?Cause my mother, you know, she doesn?t like to fly
I grew up where it was a difficult drive to the airport
But I grew up
School, school, swimming pool
I walk barefoot home from school
School, school
And mother, that?s a hard word
The things that you?re leaving
The things that you?re missing
The things you don?t know
And father, that?s a hard word
Things that you?re needing
The things that you?re missing
The things you don?t show
And how happy do you have to be to be happy?
How sad do you have to be to be sad?
And do you have to be sad?
Do you have to be?
We used to be best friends
Hanging out in the parking lot
like the day would never end.
You came up with all the plans
I€™ll be waiting by my window,
In your brother€™s car you€™ve come to rescue me
cause I need you to
Take me out, make me laugh
Never say now I want to go
back home, all alone
and it makes me sad, cause now you won€™t
Take me out, make me laugh
Never say now I want to go
back home, all alone
and it makes me sad, cause now you won€™t.
We used to dream all day.
Play guitar like a rock and roll star
Sing along while the record played
€˜round and €˜round and €˜round
we would never come down
Take me out, make me laugh
Never say now I want to go
back home, all alone
and it makes me sad, cause now you won€™t
Take me out, make me laugh
Never say now I want to go
back home, all alone
and it makes me sad, cause now you won€™t
Let me go
If I€™m the one you€™re holding on to
Let me go
cause after all this time I know that I€™m the one who can€™t let go.
Take me out, make me laugh
Never say now I want to go
back home, all alone
and it makes me sad, cause now you won€™t
repeat chorus
We used to be best friends.
Hanging out in the parking lot like the day would never end.
Take me back.
my friend's got a bruise on his leg, a bruise on his leg
everytime you speak.
my friend's got a bruise on his leg, where i press my knee
everytime you speak.
actually, bottom line, you tell the truth sometimes.
sometimes you tell the truth like you're pulling taffy.
my friend's got a bruise on his arm, a bruise on his arm
everytime you speak.
my friend's got a bruise on his arm, where i shove my elbow
everytime you speak.
actually, bottom line, you tell the truth sometimes,
and sometimes you tell the truth like you're pulling taffy.
my friend's got a bruise on his ribs where i poke my finger
everytime you speak.
my friend's got a bruise on his ribs, his rib cage is now numb
everytime you speak.
actually, bottom line, you tell the truth sometimes,
You say I only hear what I want to
And you say I talk so all the time so
And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leaving
Now I know that I did something wrong
'Cause I missed you
Yeah I missed you
And you say I only hear what I want to
I don't listen hard
I don't pay attention to the distance
That you're running or to
Anyone anywhere
I don't understand if you really care
I'm only hearing negative, no no no- bad
So I turned the radio on, turned the radio up
And this woman was singing my song
Lovers in love and the other's run away
Lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay
And some of us hover when we weep
for the other who was dying
Since the day they were born well
Well, this is not that
I think that I'm throwing but I'm thrown
And I thought I'd live forever
But now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever
But that won't take me anyhow
Or anywhere with you
And you said that I was naive
But I thought that I was strong
I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave"
But now I know that I was wrong
Cause I missed you
Yeah, I missed you
You said, "you caught me cause you want me
And one day I'll let you go"
You try to give away a keeper
Or keep me cause you know you're just so
Scared to lose
And you say, "stay"
You say I only hear what I want to
I'm stuck in my apartment on Eleventh Street, I push the pen around.
Something made me think of you, I jump into a cab going downtown.
Do you know what I really want?
I don't know what I really want.
Do you know what's going on?
What's going on?
Single me out, you've got my number.
(you've got my number)
If you wanna be my number one, single me out.
There'll be no other.
(There'll be no other)
If you wanna be my number one, single me out.
In a coffee shop on Sullivan, I pretend to read a magazine.
While I look over my shoulder to see if you're there looking for me.
Do you know what's going on?
Cause I know what's going on.
Yeah, I know what I really want.
What I really want.
Single me out, you've got my number.
(you've got my number)
If you wanna be my number one single me out.
There'll be no other.
(There'll be no other)
If you wanna be my number one single me out.
Tell me, can you hear me?
Cause I'm thinking out loud.
Tell me, would you pick me out of the crowd?
Yeah, I know what I really want.
Cause I know whats going on.
Yeah, I know what I really want.
What's going on
Single me out, you've got my number.
(you've got my number)
If you wanna be my number one, single me out.
There'll be no other.
(There'll be no other)
If you wanna be my number one, single me out
You've got my number.
(you've got my number)
If you wanna be my number one, single me out.
So many numbers.
I probably want to hold your hand
I probably want to kiss you
You'll probably misunderstand
I'll probably miss you
Lately it seem nothing's clear
I probably need my glasses
You come in and out of focus
I wonder if you notice
I probably love you
I probably love you
The grass is probably green
The sky is probably blue
I'd probably do anything for you
I probably love you
You probably know just what I'm thinking
You probably don't feel like I do
You probably think I'm crazy
It's probably true
Lately everything's changed
I hardly know who I am
My heart pounds
I can't sleep
I've come to this conclusion
What is it about you
That makes you different from the rest
You touch a part of me
I didn't know exsists
I probably love you
Probably do
Chorus
I probably love you
I probably love you
Oh, when I turned five I got a piece of cake,
the corner with the rose.
I leaned in close,
and I told him that I loved him, and he ran.
It made my heart stop.
It made my heart stop.
Now I understand that my heart doesn't stop,
even though it feels like it could explode.
Now I understand that my heart doesn't stop,
it beats on and on and on.
And in the afternoon I put on my best swimming suit,
and spied across the pool at all my friends,
but I sat on the steps, in the shallow end alone
because my heart stopped.
It made my heart stop.
I didn't get what I expected.
Reached out and I got rejected.
I couldn't have it cause I checked it off.
Felt sad, I didn't understand it.
Why would this happen to me?
But my heart, it didn't stop,
it beat on and on and on.
Now I understand that my heart doesn't stop,
even though it feels like it could explode.
Now I understand that my heart doesn't stop,
it beats on and on and on.
We need a kick start
We need a quick solution
We need a next step
If we're really going
If we're really going
We sit on our couch
While we watch our TV
And the phone doesn't ring
And it's perfect
To be here playing house
Is no comfort to me
It's just more of the same
Again and again and again
We need a kick start
We need a quick solution
We need a next step
If we're really going
If we're really going
Trying so hard
To dig ourselves out
Cause we're stuck and we're scared
And we're thinking
Things have to change
It's the thoughts that don't count
Can something be done?
Don't let this decision drag on
We need a kick start
We need a quick solution
We need a next step
If we're really going
If we're really going
We need a big push
To reach the right conclusion
So we can get there
If we're really going
If we're really going
Let's go.
We need a quick solution
We need a next step
To reach the right conclusion
We need a kick start
I know we're in September
And this is my house
And this is my town
But my clothes are in the case
And I am leaving
Don't tell me what you spent it on
You always lie
You always lie
And it's a decision
I am leaving
We used to say for fun
Lets say you lived
And then you did
You were the leader of us all
The perfect fall
You speak to the weak and old picture of me
Everybody says they wanna be free
And it's a decision
So I am leaving
The powder's in the kitchen
The spoon is on the floor
Your sister says it's different now
I don't believe her anymore
And I don't want your hand me downs
They're old
They're all worn out
I don't wanna hang around
I don't want your hand me downs
So now I'm in this hotel room
I'm free and droning on
But the musi's way too loud
I wanna skip to the next song
The glass is on the counter
The sheets are on the floor
Your sister says it's not the same
I don't believe her anymore
So you lie yourself to sleep tonight
But you won't think of me
Cuz your world revolves around you
Or so it seems
Or so it seems
And you can't get off
And I can't get on
Yourself is all you see
And I don't wanna hang around
I don't want your hand me downs anymore
You speak to the weak and old picture of me
Everybody says they wanna be free
And it's a decision
My forehead€™s splitting, I can feel a separation.
And me, here, full of life, waiting for that magic conversation.
That€™s why I thought that you should see her.
She€™ll tell our future.
Don€™t believe her.
Did you ask about love and forever
or did you ask her for her number.
I didn€™t go to the psychic myself
cause she didn€™t even know that I was
out of town
when I called
out of town
when I called.
I did that sitting on the bedroom floor.
Carpeted hallway, sitting on the bedroom floor.
I did that.
I did that.
I did that.
I did that.
I used to win at cakewalks on a Sunday afternoon,
stop on Lucky 11.
We€™d bring the cake home, in the back seat, in the station wagon.
Such a strange prize.
I did that sitting on a bedroom floor.
Carpeted hallways, sitting on a bedroom floor.
I did that.
I did that.
I did that.
I did that.
I smile, I show my teeth.
I smile, I show my teeth.
I make space.
I make space.
I lay back.
I lay back.
We were empty tonight.
We talked about the television.
Only I was talking, only I was talking.
Is this a future disaster? -Full of omens?
I don€™t believe in fate.
We talk about about a bad sign.
I think about a cut off date.
So I memorized your kiss
I memorized your lips
I memorized your kiss
I memorized your lips.
I did that,
sitting on a bedroom floor.
Carpeted hallways, sitting on a bedroom floor.
I did that.
Sitting on a bedroom floor.
Carpeted hallways, sitting on a bedroom floor.
Are you my cake?
Is this my fate?
What a strange prize
I want to taste.
I did that.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Mommy is playing her guitar
You can gaze at the stars
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
How I wonder what you are!
i did not want to be stuck
one second longer than i had to be there,
stuck inside the door.
i'm always scared i'll slam my fingers in the door
because the last time that i left
i slammed my fingers in the door.
when you want to get out,
you get up, and walk straight to the door.
not stop and think about it,
thinking that one second longer
that a car could hit me in it
If it's really love
You would follow it forever
Would you wander for me?
Even though you think I'm lost
And you know better
Would you wander for me?
This wandering is more than filling
Footprints right behind me
How far would you go outside
The lines just to find me
Letting go of anything that grounds us
Would you wander for me?
Even though there's darkness all around us
Would you wander for me?
'cause I'd wander for you
When you see that I am gone
To the edge and way beyond
Would you, would you, would you wander for me?
Doesn't matter where we are
We can be our northern star
Far above the earth and weather
Together
When you see that I am gone
To the edge and way beyond
Would you, would you, would you wander for me?
Would you wander for me?
If it's really love you'd follow it forever
She's got a boyfriend
All of a sudden
She's never had one before
She's looking for the thumbs-up
When they're walking through the door
She's showing him off
By making him talk
She's putting his hand in his pocket
It shows on her face
What she doesn't say
What she doesn't say
You don't know me
You don't know me at all
You don't know me
You don't know me at all
You don't know me
You don't know me at all
She doesn't know that we know
That we've been here before
We always pay attention
When she walks through the door
It's the clothes that she chooses
It's the words that she uses
She's trying hard to pretend
That it's not really happening
But we can see her smiling from afar
We don't see her much anymore
But we can hear her whistling
waiting for wednesday, my stomach doesn't hurt enough,
pain always is the sign.
waiting for wednesday, no proof of mine exists,
so l don't have to take it back.
don't want to show you good-bye.
show you good-bye.
show you good-bye.
show you good-bye.
but you're waiting for wednesday.
waiting for wednesday.
waiting for wednesday, i pray you'll put me on the spot.
i do believe you, that you'll love me that you'll leave me.
what will i do when you come near to me?
you'll put me on the spot.
you've been doing this a long, long time,
not that you're better than me,
but that you do it a lot.
Now i'm waiting for wednesday,
waiting for wednesday,
waiting for wednesday,
waiting for wednesday.
i'm gonna show you good-bye,
show you good-bye,
show you good-bye,
show you good-bye.
now I'm waiting for wednesday,
you're back from out of town,
the west is dry, your mind is clear,
and i don't want to be here,
i don't want to be here,
i don't want to be here,
to show you good-bye.
If I hold my breath
If I shut my eyes
If I disappear
Just for the afternoon
If I can't help shouting
If I lock you out
If it's not important
Completely unimportant
To anyone else but me
We could still belong together
And together is much better
We're okay so hey don't worry now
Oh wow
If I interrupt and
If I cut you off and
If I like attention
Other worse things I could mention
But if you make a mistake
We're through
Oh wow.
Yes I complicated I know
It's just my way but
If is a question
i didn't come this far for you to make this hard for me.
and now you want to ask me "how?"
it's like - how does your heart beat, and why do you breathe?
how does your heart beat, and why do you breathe?
why did you come here?
you weren't invited.
and you're on the outside - stay on the outside.
and now you want to ask me "why?"
it's like - why does your heart beat, and how do you cry?
how does your heart beat?
and there are some things that i'd like to figure out.
there are some things that i can do without -
like you and your letters that go on forever,
and you, and the people that were never friends.
with all the things that you could be,
you never could learn how to be me.
and now you want to ask me "how?"
it's like - how does your heart beat, and why do you breathe?
Driving I was...thinking
You're my flat tire
Too late at night in the pitch black, out of sight
And too fast driving
And too fast driving
And too fast driving
Driving I was...thinking
You're my flat tire
Not a blow out, but a screeching halt, lots of ice, no salt
And too fast driving
And too fast driving
And too fast driving
Don't want to think about how much, and what's the limit
Don't want to think about the limit and am I in it
Am I in it?
Am I in it?
Am I in it?
Am I in it?
Driving I was...thinking
You're my flat tire
You're gonna crash, you're stupid loud
You're reckless, you're spinning out
And too fast driving
And too fast driving
Stop
Go
Go
Tiptoe
Go
Stretch
Go
Jump, jump
Shake, dance
Stop
Go
One two, one two
Move, shake, shake it
Stop
Go
Dance, jumping
Look up at the sky
Jump, jump around
Rock and roll
Shake
Shake
Stop
Go
Come on
Hop, hop, hop
Stop
Go
Shoot a bow and arrow
One more time
I'll laugh
Stop
Go
Jump
Stop
One more time
Go
Shake
Shake
I walked away to get wisdom
But in the end I just walked home
And it drops me, drops me down
And I'm not feeling so good again
It was the same song and it's making me sad
Cause I think that it's happened
And it hasn't been had
And it drops me, drops me down
And I'm not feeling so good again
And I'm injured again
Yeah it's sick and I'm sucked in
Yeah I'm at it again
It's sick and I'm sucked in
It's sick and I'm sucked in
Cause I had some things so dear
Slip away and leave me here
And it drops me, drops me down
And I'm not feeling so good again
Yeah, it drops me, drops me down
One, two, three
I come from Alabama,
With the banjo on my knee,
I'm bound for Louisiana,
My true love for to see.
It rained all night the day I left,
The weather it was dry,
The sun so hot I froze myself,
Susanna, don't you cry
Oh, Susanna,
Oh, don't you cry for me,
I come from Alabama,
With the banjo on my knee.
I had a dream the other night
When everything was still
I dreamt I saw Susanna
Coming up a hill
Buckwheat cakes was in her mouth
Tears were in her eyes
I said I'd come to take her home
Susanna don't you cry.
Oh, Susanna,
Oh, don't you cry for me,
I come from Alabama,
With the banjo on my knee.
Oh, Susanna,
Oh, don't you cry for me,
I come from Alabama,
With the banjo on my knee
Oh, Susanna,
Oh, don't you cry for me,
I come from Alabama,
Groundhog lives way down in the hole
Groundhog lives way down in the hole
He's got to hide away from the cold
Oh, groundhog
Groundhog sleeping all winter along
Groundhog sleeping all winter along
Sleep right through the snow and the storms
Oh, groundhog
Dreams about the warm sunshine
Dreams about the warm sunshine
Chasing the bees and the butterflies
Oh, groundhog
Oh when will the winter end
Oh when will the winter end
Look out the window, it's snowing again
Oh, groundhog
One fine day the groundhog knows
One fine day the groundhog knows
He wakes up cause spring is close
Oh, groundhog
Up through the tunnel into the air
Up through the tunnel into the air
Don't see a shadow, spring is here
Lucky me
how bad could it be
to be alone for now
to be free
Oh, don't cry
the time, it passes by
just think of what you'll get when you're past this
So is it allright if I go?
Is it allright if I go?
Oh, don't cry
just think about the end
I'll find my best friend
at last
Lucky me
I'm ready for a ride
I'll jump off and take a drive
today
So is it allright if I go?
Is it allright if I go?
Is it allright if I go?
Oh, don't cry
it's time to say goodbye.
So is it allright if I go?
Is it allright if I go?
i'm going as far as i can go, away from here,
away from you, jake, and the hole you've sunk me into.
i wish that i could belong here, with you, and just be,
but that's not all that i'm about.
your life is built on accidents, like meeting me.
you write everything down in your grocery list - people do this.
even insects buzz like airplanes, why can't we fly away?
i'm going as far as i can go.
your dad died, cause his heart hurt, arking away his forty-five years,
dragging your mom along.
i don't want that, neither do you. neither do you.
if i am not fun, and i am not interesting,
perhaps i am not interested in you, neither are you.
you can't stand in front of an oven, cause it's warm,
and the fumes are dangerous.
i'm going as far as i can go.
away from here, away from you, jake, and the hole you've sunk me into.
i wish that i could belong here, with you, and just be,
Little red caboose
Little red caboose riding behind the train, choo choo
Get your ticket and get onboard
We're gonna ride the train, choo choo
Get your ticket and get onboard
We're gonna ride that train, choo choo
Little red caboose
Que linda la manita
Que tiene mi bebe
Que linda que bella
I control the sun
I turn on the stars
I make all the colors that you see as you circle me
I open up the sky
I control the speed
I can make the green lights flash
I can make you crash
Barely makes a sound
You stop when you slow down
I can't make you see things the way I see them
I can't make you feel things the way I feel them
I can't wait around for you
I've got better things to do
Cuz I control the sun
I cool down the heat
I can make the walls spin around and raise the ground
I control the world
I can make it flat
I can make the water deep so I can save you from the sea
Stop when you slow down
Afraid that you would drown
I pushed every button
I pulled every string
I've tried every lever
I've tried everything
Barely makes a sound
Stop when you slow down
Cuz I control the sun
I control the sun
If I can control the sun
Then why can't I have you?
when i'm done with thinking, then i'm done with you.
when i'm done with crying, then i'm done with you.
when i feel so tired, then i'm done with you.
everybody feels this way sometimes, everybody feels this way -
and i do.
you can't hear it, but i do.
you can't hear it, but i do.
you're trying to convince me that what i've done's not right.
i get so frustrated, i stay up every night.
you ask me for an answer, and i'm so tired and i'm up in the air.
everybody feels this way sometimes, everybody feels this way -
and i do.
you can't hear it, but i do.
you can't hear it, but i'm feeling this way
just because you say
i will be ignored.
i will be denied.
i could be erased.
i could be brushed aside.
i will get scared, and i will get shoved down,
but i feel like i do beause you push me around.
i'm starting to ignore you, i've doubted you so long.
i'm tired of over-thinking, i know you don't belong.
now i'm asking questions - no one pushes me around.
everybody feels this way sometimes, everybody feels this way -
and i do.
you can't hear it, but i do.
you don't seem angry, but i do.
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
Gonna build my nest in a big oak tree
Where no one can never bother me
If I was a little fish
I'd never bite a hook or a line
No I'd swim way out to the middle of the sea
And leave all you big fish behind
If I was a mole in the ground
If I was a mole in the ground
I would roop that mountain down
If I was a mole in the ground
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
Gonna build my nest in a big oak tree
Where no one can never bother me
Take me home, little bird, take me home
Take me home by the light of the moon
With the moon shining bright
And the stars are getting light
Take me home, little bird, take me home
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
I'm as free a little bird as I can be
Gonna build my nest in a big oak tree
What is Fais Do Do?
What does that mean?
Go to sleep
Fais do do, Colas mon petit frere
Fais do do, t'auras du lolo.
Maman est en haut,
Qui fait des gateaux
Papa est en bas,
Qui fait du chocolat.
Fais do do, Colas mon petit frere
Donguri korokoro donburiko.
Oikeni hamatte saa taihen.
Dojouga detekite konnichiwa.
Bocchan isshoni asobimasho.
Acorn rolling rolling over
Acorn fell into a pond.
Eel came out and said hi hello.
Hey, kid will you play with me
Acorn rolling rolling with joy
Acorn and eel play with joy
But acorn long for his mountain home
Can you catch the moon
And hold it in your hands
Cause I can catch the moon
And I do my moondance
I press my hands together
And slowly spin around
Tell my moonbird sister
To pick me up
And we'll go flying
Can you see what shines
When it's dark outside
Cause I can see the moonshine
When I look in your eyes
When I catch the moon
I throw it to you
And you'd be happy too
I do that for you
We can dance together
And slowly spin around
Cause you're my moonbird sister
I can see you, you're laughing
You can catch me
You'll be happy
I can see you
You're laughing
You can catch me
You'll be happy
I can see you
I'm so happy
You can catch me
I'm so happy
I can see you
Butterfly, close your eyes, butterfly
Fold your wings
Dream sweet dreams, butterfly.
When you feel the sun warm on your face again
You will fly
Spread your wings
Butterfly.
Butterfly, close your eyes, butterfly
Fold your wings
Beautiful things, butterfly.
When you feel the sun warm on your face again
You will fly
Spread your wings, beautiful things
There is a land I've heard about
Where the clouds are with many clouds
The air is clear, and I hear, the good times roll like water
There's a silver lake and a gold one too
You can paddle all around in a wooden canoe
In the big rock candy mountains
There is a land I've heard about
Where springtime's never over
The air is sweet, and your friends all meet
And you feel the four-leaf clover
I'm bound to go
Where there ain't snow
Where the rain don't fall
And the winds don't blow
In the big rock candy mountains
In the big rock candy mountains
There's a land that's fair and bright
Where the pennies grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
And the cows are in the meadows
And they're eating buttercups
I'm bound to go where there ain't snow
Where the rain don't fall
And the winds don't blow
In the big rock candy mountains
Oh, the buzzing of the bees in the peppermint trees,
And the soda water fountains
The lemonade springs and the bluebird sings
The heir is introduced
She waltzes through her ballroom
Swirling in her sequins, showing off her gown
She steps on her own train
She falls, she cracks her jaw
Aghast her husband giggles
He gasps
She slipped on spilled champaigne
Chorus:
And we crowd around the accident
We want to see the worst
We crowd around the accident
We want to see what hurts
They're leaning in the corner
He's buried in a baggie
They say he's mischevious sometimes
She's pretty, and her elbows are so pointy
They're dangerous talking in the locker room
His nose bleeds so profusely
But no one tell him he's the star
They watch like at the movies that he's famous for
CHORUS
Two stories about to fall
Boasting at the swing set, marching down the hall
She yelled, 'cause he upset her desk
Don't yell
He's picking sides, he's hitching rides to school
His father left in winter
He's no one's son
If I can poke her with a pencil, I can pop her with a gun
CHORUS
We think...
I'm glad it wasn't me
And turn up the TV
And squeeze our eyes shut, but leave a space to see
Have you ever looked me in the eye?
Have you ever told the truth
Come on don't lie
Have you ever tried to know me better?
Better than you do
Bitch and moan
Away from home
I sit and stare stare
At the phone
Do you wait for it to ring?
Do you wait for it to ring?
Come on tell me the truth
Is that your thing?
Do you demand a single thing?
I feel so selfish even asking
Do you know what I mean?
Do you know what I'm asking?
Oh won't you lavish me
Be fancy
Look me in the eye
Look me in the eye
I can't believe I am surprised
After all this time
I think you'd know my eyes
Never thought of myself as a bleeder
But I leech on to you
What could be sweeter?
Pie, of course
But what could be worse?
That you don't look me in the eye
Look me in the eye
Look me in the eye
I could be trembling when I talk to you
I could be making up all sorts of things that are not true
And I could tell a half truth but I cannot tell a lie
Oh, I could tell a story that is ten feet high
Ohh, my stomach flutters
And I feel sometimes ashamed, oh
I'm a castle with the broken shutters
And this is not a guessing game
My stomach flutters
And I feel sometimes ashamed, oh
I'm a castle with the broken shutters
And this is not a guessing game
Oh, I could make a plea so that you and I could be we
And I could say, "Oh, it's a must that you and I should be us"
And all the answers I would guess and you would be so, so impressed
But I would never get a, yes, 'cause I have not the guts to guess
Ohh, ohh, my stomach flutters
And I feel sometimes ashamed, oh
I'm a castle with the broken shutters
And this is not a guessing game
My stomach flutters
And I feel sometimes ashamed, oh
I'm a castle with the broken shutters
And this is not a guessing game
I could be listening but this is not a guessing game
Oh, I guess all the answers but this is not the same
I could be trembling, oh, I could be afraid
I could be wallowing, wallowing
Won't you wait for me on the platform where the plaid coats wait?
Won't you wait for me on the platform where the plaid coats wait?
'Cause I've been with you, and in your state,
You're just a pliable, just a dead wait on me.
You know, once I liked you, I liked you a lot.
You were, you were everything, you were everything I'd got.
Now you're poke-faced, like in a parking lot, and
I could pay you a dollar just to hollar a lot.
Once I liked you, I liked you a lot.
And you gave wonderful hugs, when I was with you.
You gave wonderful hugs, when I was with you.
In the slow mist, it wasn't and admirable trait.
You were dancing with another and your standing so straight.
She was like a pipe dream, not a bad position.
She had long legs, had a big breast, she was an apparition.
With tempestuous eyes, we said our goodbyes.
Pulse stopped, was petrified.
I saw you as you sat down and cried.
Do you feel down under?
That's the end of your lies.
Can't you capture a cultivated whim?
No, you can stick in your toe, but you can't jump right in.
Cause you say you've happened, but I know better.
You can't right this wrong now, cause I've met her.
And you gave wonderful hugs when I was with you.
You gave wonderful hugs when I was with you.
When I was with you,
But now, she's with you.
Opening my ears to hear the poison in your words,
I see the apple in your eye.
And your smile wraps around me like a snake, a rattler,
Your smile strangles all your lies.
I don't want to send you notes and daises.
I need to smile right through your face.
So touch my lips and feel the words.
That I want to say to you.
Pretty as picture but I am here so don't be scared.
Of eyes that are so blue.
Just let yourself look closer and try to see that part of me,
That is so in love with you.
If I could let it rain but move the clouds away,
I think the sun would come up and we would go out play
On the grass.
I can't believe half way things.
I guess it just to tough to give a lot not knowing nough.
I run around you but I want to jump right into you,
And fill you up with me and
We see what you would be.
But instead when you spoke of me
My ears would have me burning.
But if you talk to me then maybe you would be learning.
I don't want to send you notes and daisies.
I need to smile right through your face.
So touch my lips and feel words,
That I want to say to you.
Yesterday has been and gone
Tomorrow will I find the sun
or will it rain
Everybody's having fun except me I'm the lonely one
I live in shame
I said goodbye to romance [yeah]
Goodbye to friends, I tell you
Goodbye to all the past
I guess that we'll meet,
we'll meet in the end
I've been the king, I've been the clown
now broken wings can't hold me down
I'm free again
The jester with the broken crown
It won't be me this time around
to love in vain
I said goodbye to romance [yeah]
Goodbye to friends, I tell you
Goodbye to all the past
I guess that we'll meet,
we'll meet in the end
and I feel the time is right although I know that you just might say to me
what you gonna do
what you gonna do
But I have to check this chance
goodbye to friends and to romance
And to all of you
And to all of you
Come on now!
I said goodbye to romance [yeah]
Goodbye to friends, I tell you
Goodbye to all the past
I guess that we'll meet,
we'll meet in the end
and the winter is looking fine
and I think the sun will shine again
and I feel I've cleaned my mind
all the past is left behind again
I said goodbye to romance [yeah]
goodbye to friends, I tell you
goodbye to all the past
I guess that we'll meet,
we'll meet in the end.
Turn up the record barely
I won't let you sit lonely
Play the second note gently
Before the first disappears
Insomniac trends
The night never ends
Sweep the dimes off the bookshelves
Draw the shades down dim
Go out to the desert, abandon it all
Insomniac trends
The night never ends
Turn the record barely
I won't let you sit lonely
Pull the shades down slowly
Before the light reappears
The night never ends
Days were different when you counted them in hours.
There were some things that she never wanted again.
In fragmented words, too weak to hear,
There were some things that she never wanted again.
Like: do you want to be the man she once knew?
Do you want to be the woman she knew too.
Days were different when you counted them in hours.
There were some things that she never wanted again.
Like, she won't talk of blocks, and of time,
And of clocks and how they bind.
And the days that have passed so fast that you might
Bring the past to the present, and say it is your future life.
I'm waking up from a bed of past lives lived,
'Cause I'm living my life "half-life, half-lived."
Days were different when you counted them in hours.
There were some things that she never wanted again.
In fragmented words, too weak to hear,
There were some things that she never wanted again.
Like: do you want to be the man she once knew?
Do you want to be the woman she knew too.
Do you want to be the woman
She was you.
Days are different now,
They are ours.
And days are different now,
They are mine.
Come back home where the three orange suns
They set in the bottom of the globe yeah now.
Come back home where the three purple moons
They set in the bottom of the water yeah now.
You know that I've been there, and
I think you should beware; that
You know they all had faces too,
Like me.
Now Hadrian's wall, will not return,
It's crumbled to the land of nowhere;
No one sees it, no one hears it anymore.
And it scrapes my hands across the pavement,
Just to think about it,
Like the world around you does.
And you put on your crown, and your emeralds, and your rubies,
And you but on your crown.
Yeah, you put on your crown, and your emeralds and your rubies
But you can't run away like Dorothy and her dog.
Put on your crown, and your emeralds, and your rubies,
And you put on your crown.
Yeah, you put on your crown, and your emeralds and your rubies
But you can't run away just to come back.
Come back.
Come back home
Where the blue lights glow, and
The red ones glow 'til tomorrow yeah now.
Come back home
Where the three purple moons
They set in the bottom of the water yeah now.
You know that I've been there, and
I think you should beware; that
You know they all had faces too,
Like me.
When the wrinkles in your wrist are yelling,
"It won't hurt a bit!"
But you know it will,
'Cause tears and excuses wipe you off your feet
Yeah tears and excuses wipe you off your feet
Like the world around you does.
And it wipes you off your feet, like the world around you does.
And it scrapes you hands across the pavement,
Like the world around you does.
And you wish the world would,
Yeah you wish the world would change.
And you wish the world would,
Yeah you wish the world would change.
Change.
Change.
Now Hadrian's wall, will not return,
It's crumbled to the land of nowhere;
No one sees it, no one hears it anymore.
And it scrapes my hands across the pavement,
Just to think about it,
Like the world around you does.
And you put on your crown, and your emeralds, and your rubies,
And you but on your crown.
Yeah, you put on your crown, and your emeralds and your rubies
But you can't run away like Dorothy and her dog.
Put on your crown, and your emeralds, and your rubies,
Put on your crown.
And you put on your crown, and your emeralds and your rubies
But you can't run away just to come back.
Come back.
Come back.
We are birds we
Ran from the water.
And birds we take off
Over the ocean.
We fly in flock sometimes,
Fly in a V.
But we can fly solo,
I can tell you no.
And a sea fly lands on the edge of your footprint,
I'm closer to things on the ground.
There were flowers like lace
All covering paths, like the ones leading up to your door.
They were always there blooming and spreading.
Well how come I have never seen them before?
They grow in a garden or a wild field.
They're bright and their yellow.
Oh, you know.
You sung through all of my sorrows,
The closest that I could have found.
Now I have floated down
From the top of my tears, and
I'm closer to things on the ground.
And most of this room is empty,
And the furniture that is left is rearranged.
"And I can't play you my old songs," you said,
"My hand writing has changed."
The sofas are worn in,
And the foot stools are gone.
The lights set the room a glow.
And taking someone for granted sometimes,
One voice in is more than a sound.
It's like hitting myself in the face.
Now I'm closer to things on the ground.
We are birds we
Ran from the water.
And birds we take off
Over the ocean.
And we fly.
We fly.
We fly.
it's a bad day.
it's a train ride.
it's a bad day.
you're my medicine.
it's a snow day.
it's a full moon.
it's a snow day.
when'd you get down to my bones?
where'll i find that wishing stone?
the beads, the records,
all the calls, and the drinks alone.
first by mind, then by music
you'll make this all less confusing.
it's a slow dive down,
a fast distraction,
a strange fall forward -
my lame reaction.
it's a bad day.
it's a long ride.
It s a bad day.
you're my medicine.
it's a sinking feeling,
pulls me through the seat of chairs.
when will you come rescue me,
find solace, and then take me there?
you'll say, "you re not too tired for this life, and
it's not gonna matter if you fall down twice.
you're not too tired for this life, and
it's not gonna matter if you fall down twice."
when' d you get down to my bones?
where'll i find that wishing stone?
the beads, the records,
all the calls, and the drinks alone.
it's a bad day.
2 miles to go.
it's a bad day.
you're my medicine.
you'll say, "you're not too tired for this life,
and it's not gonna matter if you fall down twice.
you're not too tired for this life,
and it's not gonna matter if you fall down twice."
you're my medicine.
you're my medicine.
you're my medicine.
you're my medicine.
who would steal on sunday?
who'd made them believe make-believe?
who'd buy a prayer when you can pray for free?
if the way you held your coffee was the way you looked at me,
then i could take both my hands off the tv.
i've been sleeping on half of my bed lately,
and thinking about what you said to me,
"you're tipsy, you're turning, you are alive, you are burning.
lisa, won't you listen?
The moon shines for you.
you're tipsy, you're turning, you are alive, you are burning."
a sweet man will sing a seafaring song,
and a dear, strong woman coos gently along.
good guys at the cozy are servin' folks for free.
did you ever notice there are so many people in bands in the city?
i've been sleeping on half of my bed lately,
and thinking about what you said to me,
"you're tipsy, you're turning, you are alive, you are burning."
i will not judge you by the way you play your instrument.
no, that's true as fiction, sometimes i do,
but the moon shines halfway sometimes too.
lisa, won't you listen?
the moon shines for you:
you're tipsy and turning, you've got one foot on the floor.
you're alive, you are burning.
i see the lights move on the ceiling.
i see the stars up in the lights.
i see the moonbeams on your forehead there,
and i think about the garden of delights.
you see the curtains draped in front of me.
you see the sun come up alone.
you want to show me just what you can see,
and i, i turn away.
you see my face, you hate my words, i hate you too.
you see my heart, it likes the feeling that it gets when I'm with you.
i look right at your eyes, i look right through your eyes.
i change conversation thought for you.
i throw a look that you can't catch from far behind,
and you, you turn away.
you are my jesus boy, you're laying on a bedly cross,
i've got you taped up to the wall.
but really don't feel bad 'cause you do to me all the things i do to you.
i do to you.
i see the lights move on the ceiling,
i see the stars up in the lights.
i see the moonbeams on your forehead there
i want to be by myself, sometimes i do.
i don't want to be left behind, but sometimes i'm left by you.
i press my tongue to the top of my mouth,
'cause my jaw, it was tired with the thinking.
i stretched my toes to the end of the couch,
'cause my back, it was aching from sleeping.
so what is this weather, and what is this darkness,
and why do i feel so alone?
when will it snow, it's been raining for hours,
and why do i feel so alone?
and when i'm left at home, when you're with someone else i'm all alone.
you do not cheat me of my childhood.
you bring me blankets for the walls of my forts.
there is no anger with the eyebrow raised.
when you do the fantastic i am amazed.
so what is this weather, and what is this darkness,
and why do i feel so alone?
when will it snow, it's been raining for hours,
and why do i feel so alone?
you were leaving some bar, and you're coming downtown,
you're not ripping out stitches, but you want me around.
just to call you my love, just to call you my love.
you are the treasure custodian cleaning the moon for me.
scouring the sky so the stars would shine bright.
you stand straight-faced, and tip-toed on top of a ladder,
and wait.
and when i'm left at home, i'm all alone.
but i'd rather be alone with you.
so what is this weather, and what is this darkness,
and why do i feel so alone?
when will it snow, it's been raining for hours,
i told you i was sorry, i told you i was wrong,
i said it was an accident and don't tell anyone.
but you love to circle round and round, you're so misunderstood.
yeah, you love to circle round and round & you know that we should
forget about it -
let's forget about it
you lied about how much you knew, i thought you were my friend.
you lied upon the mattress, c'mon tell me where you've been.
you lied about this night apart, you lied about the room.
if you're gonna have to lie to me then
let's forget about it
let's forget about it
i'll stop crying on the mountain that we made
from the molehill where we spilt the milk.
so you say this never happened, perhaps not the way i thought.
did i throw this out of focus - or was it just the way we fought?
that it seemed to me you took this girl, but you swear to God it's not.
let's forget about it
let's forget about it
i'll stop crying, if you'll stop.
i'll stop crying, if you'll stop.
"it's not really poetry but it's pretty," he said.
as he raises his voice, she lowers her head.
"it make my heart heavy, you're lonely, i think.
oh rose, your're sad i suppose."
"Look in her bed and she's bound to be sleeping.
she's lying there dead - no, she's breathing."
furious rose, with your opiate eyes.
your languorous hum, that tone of surprise.
i've heard energy in adversity.
your smile: the soul of witchery.
you're not running away,
you're not running - are you?
lyrically longing, she's tearing the words from the page.
she's fearfully seething.
"bring me your blessings, a prayer, or a new pen.
- you don't know what i need."
"look in my bed and i'm bound to be sleeping,
i'm lying there dead, but i'm breathing.
and i'm barely balancing as it is,
and i don't want to drown in my dreams.
bring me wild plums and agrimony
- i bet you don't even no what that means."
furious rose, with your opiate eyes.
and your languorous hum, that tone of surprise.
i've heard the energy in adversity.
your smile: the soul of witchery.
you're not running away,
youre not running - are you?
gingerly peering, over his shoulder, removed herself from the room.
you want to dance with the angels?
then embroider me with gold, and i will fly with the angels,
and you can dance with me.
sing with the angels?
then show me a song and i will strum with the angels,
and you can sing with me.
but you want to fall fashionably in love with a woman,
in love with a life you'll adore, in love with a woman you'll adore.
under my wings, you'll start to ask yourself,
under my wings, you'll learn to fly.
under my wings, you'll come to understand how to hold on - if you want to.
or you can dream of the frog legs sitting in the church
in the glass, in the sand where your foot steps.
or you can dream of the angels in the air -
don't you see me?
i float in skies, in your eyes, in your eyes.
you want to dance with the angels?
then embroider me with gold, and i will fly with the angels,
and you can dance with me.
under my wings, you'll start to look for me.
under my wings, you'll want to cry sometimes.
under my wings, you'll find someone to hold onto - if you want to.
you want to dance with the angels?
then embroider me with gold, and i will fly with the angels,
she wanted to be a cowboy,
she was shootin' em down,
she was tramping around.
he walked in crooked with the clear blue eyes.
"there's a nice pool in my motel - you want to go for a swim?"
that night he moved in.
the time between meeting and finally leaving is
sometimes called falling in love.
the time between meeting and finally leaving is
sometimes called falling in love.
at night she'd wait for the sound of his feet on the doormat,
the sound of his hand on the doorknob,
the sound of her heart beating in her head.
he'd go out playing nickel slots cause he knew he'd lose -
she didn't know, so she couldn't choose.
but one night while sleeping alone in her bed,
the phone rang, she woke up, and sat up and said,
"what time is it? what time is it?"
"well it's 5:30 here and it's 2:30 there,
and i won't be home tonight," he said.
the time between meeting and finally leaving is
sometimes called falling in love.
the time between meeting and finally leaving is
sometimes called falling in love.
now she sits in a booth in a diner,
waiting for someone to take her order,
waiting for someone to come and sit down.
she rubs the smudge off the photograph, puts it back in her purse.
the grey sky was romantic cause he was holding her hand,
he was her man.
the time between meeting and finally leaving is
sometimes called falling in love.
the time between meeting and finally leaving is
sometimes called falling in love.
sometimes called falling in love.
she wanted to be a cowboy,
she was shootin' em down,
no teacher to follow, no prophet to tell me how,
but i know what i want, i know what i want now.
like water, it rushes,
it's the last thing you see when you close your eyes,
it's the one place you want to be.
but if it doesn't brush my shoulder, and it doesn't beat my heart,
that's not what i want, that's not where i will start.
i never kissed somebody so that they would break my heart,
that's not what i want.
if you don't know what you're missing
cause you don't know where to start,
follow your wishing heart.
i was restless,
i was restless,
i was restless,
i was restless.
i just want this to be good,
i just want this to be good.
but you don't understand,
you don't understand me, and i want to be understood.
but if it doesn't brush my shoulder,
and it doesn't beat my heart,
that's not what i want - no, that's not where i will start.
i never kissed somebody so that they would break my heart,
that's not what i want.
if we all leap before we crawl, we might fall,
and it's not always candy spun from head to heart,
and it's not always meant to be,
and it's not always up to me.
but if it doesn't brush my shoulder,
and it doesn't beat my heart,
that's not what i want, that's not where i will start.
i never kissed somebody so that they would break my heart,
that's not what i want.
if you don't know what you're missing,
cause you don't know where to start,
you don't know what you're missing,
when all the stars were falling,
i reached up like you said.
all the stars were falling, one hit me in the head,
and i fell down, down, down.
i fell down, down.
when all the stars were falling,
they fell from above,
and i thought of hate, and i thought of hate,
and then i thought of love.
and i fell down, down, down,
i fell down, down.
and i've learned how to dance from a vincent van gogh,
and the nights were wrapped in a white sheet,
and now no one even says hello,
'cause i couldn't stand on my two feet.
i fell down,
i fell down.
now the peace you will find, in your own you have found,
the lights of the city are the stars on the ground.
"i may not be a quaalude living in a speed zone,"
but i could be restful, i could be someone's home,
if i fell down,
and i fell down, down.
I like things that are so good. you are so so good.
I like you. but I am the underdog, I am the last in line.
Don't be the enemy, don't stand in back of me.
Freezing, boring, wondering where I'll be on my birthday.
You kissed me in a dream last night, how could I
I wouldn't know, 'cause I am the underdog.
I am the last in line.
Don't be the enemy, don't stand in back of me.
Will you be my friend?
Now I understand, that I more than like you.
I am the underdog I am the last in line.
Don't be the enemy, don't stand in back of me.
Lalala da-dah
I am the underdog. I am the last in line.
Don't be the enemy, don't stand in back of me.
I am the underdog. I am the last in line.
Don't be the enemy, don't be the enemy.
Hmmmmmm
What's the difference between you and me
To me it's kind of small
To you it's like prison
What's the difference between you and me
To me it almost happens
To you it almost isn't
How did you become so sure
Your girlfriend never smiles
And no one ever calls
You begin to wonder if they were your friends at all
You frown
You take a look around
You shout
This will never get better
But the doubt that you grow
When you feel desprouted
Turning your field into a deeper valley
You'd find
(I know you'll find)
The mountains aren't so high
(the mountains aren't so high)
If you'd only try
(OooOooOooh)
To do better
It's 9:33 and the traffic, the stoplight
Somebody hits you
Nothing ever goes right
And the gridlock
Nothing ever goes right
And it's just a little scratch
Not a permanent scar
It's just a tiny dent
You don't need a new car
It's just a little mess
Your dreams aren't shattered
You climb up
While I hold the ladder
But how many times I've tried
How many time I've missed and I've tried
How many times I've tried
How many time I've missed and I've tried
When everything's so difficult
I feel so alone
But I find a better view
On the other side of the window
So that's the difference between you and me
What if you believe that the grass could grow
Up through the snow
It's possible
To do better than get by
To do better
this isn't what i like to call flattery,
but i know that i believe that i've found what's true,
that i've found what's you.
truthfully, i -
i'm finding finally.
truthfully, you -
you helped me find at last.
truthfully, we -
are finding out what's true.
and truthfully i am finding out what's you.
surprise, cause i was flying the plane.
surprise, cause now i'm smiling again.
surprise, cause you showed up with your parachute.
surprise, i'm kind of happy you showed up.
truthfully, i -
i'm finding finally.
truthfully, you -
you helped me find at last.
truthfully, we -
are finding out what's true.
and truthfully i am finding out what's you.
truthfully, i really can't explain, i'm floating, i'm smiling again.
truthfully, i can't ignore you, cause i've been waiting for you.
truthfully, i'm not desperate, i haven't changed my mind since we first met,
but the last thing that i want to do is to tell you that i'm right for you.
truthfully, i -
i'm finding finally.
truthfully, you -
you helped me find at last.
truthfully, we -
are finding out what's true.
and truthfully i am finding out what's you.
i'm finding finally.
truthfully, i'm finding out what's you.
i'm smiling again.
I kept talking to myself
I had to get the words out of my head
So I did
You barely said a thing
You kind of heard me out and then you said
You said:
"You're crazy, why do you keep doing this?
Everything is fine."
Then I think, I'm crazy
I do this all the time
Until I start to think that nothing's even wrong
Maybe I am
Hiding in my own confusion
Maybe we're just
A picture in my head
Maybe what if it could be
The way I wish it really was
Maybe I don't wanna see it
The way it really is
Sometimes your intentions
Are totally impossible to read
What does that mean?
Sometimes even I
Have no idea what I need
I wish I did.
I'm crazy
Why do I keep doing this?
Everything is fine.
Then you think I'm crazy
I do this all the time
Until I start to think
That something's really wrong
Looking out my window
At the big blue sky
Lazy sun shining and so I run outside
To look for you
I look for you
And then it starts to rain
Maybe I am
Is that the way it really is?
Maybe we're just
A picture in my head
Maybe what if it could be
The way I wish it really was
Maybe I don't want to see it
The way it really is
Maybe I don't want to see it
Maybe I don't want to see it
The way it really is
The way it really is
The way it really is
why do you have to leave me now and go home?
summer, it starts when i see you.
my smile, it parts when i hear you talking to me.
my heart, it beats when it's me who i know you love,
and my mind, it just goes crazy
knowing i'm going to be with you always.
i ask you if you will hold my hand,
and you ask me if i'll kiss you.
you want to know how much i love you,
i say, "well, i guess i'll miss you."
well, i call you on the telephone
'cause you call me all the time,
'cause i need to know the same of you and you the same of me,
that you're still mine.
tell me a story about me and you
and i know how it will end-
happily ever after, just like it will begin.
and i'll show you a happy boy and girl
if you show me a picture of me and you.
when it's time to leave, i'll ask you what to do.
i ask you if you will hold my hand,
and you ask me if i'll kiss you.
you want to know how much i love you,
i say, "Well i guess i'll miss you."
well, i call you back on the telephone
'cause you call me all the time,
'cause i need to know the same of you and you the same of me,
You say, I only hear what I want to
And you say, I talk so all the time, so
And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leavin'
Now I know that I did somethin' wrong
'Cause I missed you
Yeah yeah, I missed you
And you say, I only hear what I want to
I don't listen hard, don't pay attention
To the distance that you're running
To anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if you really care
I'm only hearing negative, no no no, bad
So I, I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up
And this woman was singin' my song
Lover's in love and the other's run away
Lover is cryin', 'cause the other won't stay
Some of us hover when we weepin' for the other
Who was dying since the day they were born, well
Well, this is not that I think that I'm throwing
But I'm thrown
And I thought I'd live forever
But now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever
But that won't take me anyhow
Or anywhere with you
And you said that I was naive
And I thought that I was stronger
I thought, hey I can leave, I can leave
Oh but now I know that I was wrong
'Cause I missed you
Yeah, I missed you
You said, "You caught me
'Cause you want me"
One day you'll let me go
You try to give away a keeper
Or keep me 'cause you know
You're just so scared to lose
And you say, "Stay"
Who do you think you are?
You're talking so loud
You bury the sound
Of your heart that's singing out
And where do you want to be?
On top of the world
But you're just a girl
Who forgot what it's like to dream
Leave everything behind
But you're so tired
One day you might open up your eyes and find
What you've got isn't what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
What you've got isn't what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
Someone you should know
You try to hide between the lines
Of a story never told
But I've seen you run away
You're afraid of the fall
The weight of it all is too much
But you might change your mind
If you'd stand up one day
You might open up your eyes and find
La da da da...
How do you keep it up?
It's all just a front
A dangerous stunt
You're gonna come down soon enough
Open up your eyes
Don't be scared
You might find you had it all the time
What you've got is what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
What you tried so hard to hide
It was there between the lines
Of the story never told
Of someone you should know
What you've got is what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
Someone you should know
What you've got is what you wanted
What you need just happens to be
They pull up their chairs to the table
She stares at the food on her plate
At the toast and the butter
Her father, her mother, she pushes away
And they rise in the morning
And they sleep in the dark
And even though nobody's looking
She's falling apart
She gets home from school too early
And closes the door to her room
There's nothing inside her
She's weak and she's tired of feeling like this
And they rise in the morning
And they sleep in the dark
And even though nobody's looking
She's falling apart
They call her for dinner, she makes up a reason
She looks at her arms and she rolls down her sleeves
And her mother is starting to see through her lies
And last night her father had tears in his eyes
And they rise in the morning
And they sleep in the dark
And even though nobody's looking
She's falling apart
And we rise in the morning
And we sleep in the dark
And even though nobody's looking
she can't tell me that all of the love songs have been written,
'cause she's never been in love with you before.
your skin smells lovely like sandalwood.
your hair falls soft like animals.
i'm tryin' to keep cool, but everyone likes you.
i want to kiss the back of your neck,
the top of your spine where your hair hits,
and gnaw on your fingertips and fall asleep,
i'll talk you to sleep.
but i'll be the one, i will have chosen.
i'm tryin' to keep cool, but everyone here likes you
i'm not the only one.
your skin smells lovely like sandalwood.
your hair falls soft like animals,
and nothing else matters to me.
she can't tell me that all of the love songs have been written,
'cause she's never been in love with you before.
your hand,
so hot,
burns a hole in
my hand.
those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes closed.
those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes open wide.
shabby tried to comb her hair with the gift from her grandma, her blood.
tangled she got halfway.
sticky and powdered with dirt from the ground where her mamma had left her.
had left her.
left her.
those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes closed.
those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes open wide.
rusty the screen door, she opened it.
raised from the ground.
mamma left me her ring, mamma left me no family,
just barstools, and boyfriends, and whiskey at nighttime, and bedtime,
bedtime.
i'll go with the man who looks like my father,
the neighbors all tell me to go with him.
he better take caution, he better take care of me,
'cause if he don't, he better beware of me.
those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes closed.
Is this how it ends, laying in bed
Talking to a cheap tape recorder instead of my friends
In bed with a low grade fever, they wanted to know how could I leave you.
I can't tell them that. it might sound like revenge.
Some things don't need a payback. some things are sure, some things
You can't feel safe about. where do I start?
I was waiting for my head to clear up. I thought I was smart
I'd find the answers in time.
But the answers I find, aren't what you want to hear. they're not even close.
Some things don't need a payback. some things are sure
Some things you can' t feel safe about.
Some things don't need a clear up.
You got that?
I remember good things like the van breaking down.
I sat on your lap in the auto repair and you touched my hair.
While the heavy drops rain on the pavement outside.
Don't take revenge. just let it lie.
The easiest thing, is if you just let it die.
Don't give me a chance. You don't owe me that.
Don't follow me out, I'll think your coming for some payback
Some things don't need a payback. some things are sure
Some things you can't feel safe about.
Some things don't need a clear up. You got that?
Why did I leave? How long did it take? It could take forever
Some things don't need a payback
Can't you hear that rooster crowin'?
Rabbit runnin' down across the road
Can't you hear that rooster crowin'?
Rabbit runnin' down across the road
Underneath the bridge
Where the water flowed through
So happy just to see you smile
Underneath the sky of blue
On this new morning, new morning
On this new morning with you
Can't you hear that motor turnin'?
Automobile comin' into style
Comin' down the road
For a country mile or two
So happy just to see you smile
Underneath the sky of blue
On this new morning, new morning
On this new morning with you
The night passed away so quickly
It always does when you're with me
Can't you feel that sun a-shinin'?
Groundhog runnin' by the country stream
This must be the day
That all of my dreams come true
So happy just to be alive
Underneath the sky of blue
On this new morning, new morning
New morning with you
On this new morning, new morning
sorry sir, i stole your money.
sorry sir, i feel,
but it's so, so twisted,
so unreal.
it was what i'd heard of,
and what i didn't have,
but i cannot give what i do not have,
and i cannot take what i do not have.
i can't take it.
don't stultify.
don't hold me high.
don't stultify.
don't hold me high.
too many things held precious,
too many things held dear;
that's what i hate,
that's what i fear.
too much to ask for
may leave me feeling lonely.
too little leaves me nothing, nothing.
the drone in your voice, and the fly on the wall said,
"it's over, it's over, it's over, it is."
what do i wish for you, what do i wish?
it's over, it's over, it is.
are we still solemn and bleeding?
are we still swimming to water that was wet?
you can't give away certain things that you get.
from the outside
to the inside
i couldn't tell you how it really was.
there has to be more on one hand,
keep your head above water on the other, the other.
the drone in your voice, and the fly on the wall said,
"it's over, it's over, it's over, it is."
what do i wish for you, what do i wish?
it's over, it's over, it is.
are we still solemn and bleeding?
are we still swimming to water that was already wet?
i can forgive, but i won't forget.
i'll wish for you,
i'll plead and i'll steal.
hold me precious, hold me dear.
i'll wish for you,
i'll sing and i'll feel.
don't stultify, don't hold me high.
like a gothic staple, a last good-bye,
one way to float is if you die.
and it's over, it's over, it's over.
it's over, it's over, it's over
i wish for a place
where the earth doesn't shake
and if the world won't be still, then i will
and my friends can be my family,
and they will be my company
then i'll take them to a party and we'll have fun
can you tell me if i'm near to anywhere but here?
i wish for a place where it's not such a waste
i can tell the girls my name,
it's okay although it's plain
can you tell me if i'm near to anywhere but here?
if i could sleep
then i would dream of what you promised me
then everything would seem better than it is
i wish for a place where i could go
cuz everything here moves so slow
can you tell me if i'm near to anywhere but here?
i wish for a place
where the earth doesn't shake
and if the earth won't be still
then you and i will
can you tell me if i'm near
skeleton boy by the side of the road.
he warned me, he told me;
he said, "there's this woman, she's a hurricane,
she will heal your heart up, she is hurrying."
he said, "don't look for holidays.
don't look, just run away.
go suffocate, and choke your own cry.
go where the water,
where the water, seeps from the pink sky.
but behead this woman, she's a hurricane,
she will heal your heart up, and she is hurrying.
remember your reflection in a pool, in a puddle -"
and the leaves sped top-speed towards me,
and my image was muddled.
"i'm a lightheaded wonder," she said,
"don't you see my mind slow down?
i'm a lightheaded wonder
don't you see my mind slow down?
slow down
i've compassion for strangers,
an affinity for danger -
won't you be my sacrifice?
i'm a lightheaded wonder
don't you see my mind slow down for you?
for you?"
no -
you're a headless woman, you're a hurricane.
you will heal my heart up?
no, i will heal my own heart up, because you are hurting.
cause i'm a sunburn slap upon your arm,
i'll twist you til you break,
Everybody go
The party's over
I want to be alone in my head
In my bed tonight
You never show
You must really love her
You think I don't know
But I do, yeah it's true
I think over is over
I'm right back where I started
(when it comes to wanting you)
I can't have what I wanted
But I did, I can
I was, I am
Only human, living, dying
Just like any fool who ever breathed
If love is blind
If love's a drug
It always is
It always was and
Love was surely made for fools like me
I know where I'm going
I'm tripping I'm sliding around
That's ok
At least I'm excited
It wasn't how I planned it
(wasn't how I planned it
Feet are where I landed
At least I understand it now)
My feet are where I landed
(feet are staying on the ground)
Fools like me
Fools like me
I did, I can
I was, I am
Only human, living, dying
Just like any fool who ever breathed
Maybe it's the sanest thing
Or just the sweetest kind of dream
But love was surely made for fools
(Love was surely made for fools)
Love was surely made for fools
(Love was surely made for fools)
you want to suffer and show me you're angry.
fight with your fists up or call for your mommy.
you want to suffer and show me you're angry.
spend time alone, find a stick in the basement.
drink water and gold dust and live on impatience.
slaughtered for weakness, electric like static.
slaughtered, you're weak - there's no need to speak.
you change your shoelaces.
i light firecrackers.
you step on the sparks.
you change your shoelaces.
i light firecrackers.
i shouldn't be any great inspiration,
i never got in your way.
i should never have to chase you.
you were the one who ran away.
if you could feel the pain your confusion has caused me
you would have stopped before you spoke.
listening to lies, the pain doesn't suit me.
the gift that you gave me, i put it away.
i couldn't look at it, it made me think of you.
you get in the way.
you change your shoelaces.
i light firecrackers.
you step on the sparks.
you change your shoelaces.
i light firecrackers.
spend time alone, find a stick in the basement.
drink water and gold dust and die of impatience.
electric like static, and no need to speak.
it's not right, but it's not wrong.
so I wrote this song.
i wrote this song - is that what you want?
you got what you want - does it make you feel better?
with a smirk on your face and a gun at my head,
you come to my place and ask to be fed.
you change your shoelaces.
i light firecrackers.
you get in the way.
you get in the way.
you want to suffer and show me you're angry.
fight with your fists up or call for your mommy.
Goodbye my love, I am going. I am slowing you down.
I can feel you stop breathing, when I come around.
I'm slowing you down
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday
Love turns its back and just stands in my way.
Goodbye my love, you don't get me
You don't let me inside
You once kept me close, when you wanted to hide
You pulled me in close, just to push me aside, goodbye.
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday
Love turns its back just to stand in my way.
Goodbye my love, I'm going away.
I know you won't follow me far.
Once I went out, just to look at the stars.
I asked you to join me, but you were too tired.
I wanted you, to see them too.
Why did I let myself need you?
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday
Goodbye my love, I am going
I am slowing you down. I can feel you stop breathing when I come around.
I'm slowing you down.
Everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday
do you eat, sleep, do you breathe me anymore?
do you sleep, do you count sheep anymore?
do you sleep anymore?
do you take plight on my tongue like lead?
do you fall gracefully into bed anymore?
i saw you as you walked across my room.
you looked out the window, you looked at the moon.
and you sat on the corner of my bed, and
you smoked with the ghost in the back of my head.
i don't know, and i don't care
if i ever will see you again.
i don't know, and i don't care
if i ever will be there.
do you eat, sleep, do you breathe me anymore?
do you sleep, do you keep me anymore?
you kick my foot under the table,
i kick you back;
i can't say i'm able to
stand for you or
fall for you ever again.
wish for a perfect setting?
wishing that i am letting you
take me where you want me
all over again?
you can't give yourself absolutely to someone else.
i don't know, and i don't care
if i ever will see you again.
i don't know, and i don't care
if i ever will be there.
i saw you as you walked across my room.
you looked out the window, you looked at the moon.
and you sat on the corner of my bed, and
you smoked with the ghost in the back of my head.
do you eat, sleep, do you breathe me anymore?
do you sleep, do you count sheep anymore?
do you sleep anymore?
Diamonds are a ritual
A prize in a cracker jack
A name that you won't get back
Diamonds are a run around
A game you can't win
While you wait for your life to begin
Miss the party
Drink the punch
The drunk ones are the lucky bunch
Diamonds play single
So sharp and abbrasive
Just look at their poor faces
It's sad
It's not in the cards for them
Look down at their hands
You'll see nothing but emptiness and misery
Miss the party
Drink the punch
The drunk ones are the lucky bunch
Drink til' they can't tell what's wrong
Drink til' they can't tell what's wrong
Diamonds are a piece of twine
A seal on the envelope
Some guarantee of hope
Diamonds are just rocks that shine
So I'm not the diamond kind
I'll never see a diamond mine
Miss the party
Drink the punch
The drunk ones are the lucky bunch
'cause they can't remember when they've had such a bad time
No they can't remember when they've had such a bad time
They can't remember when they've had such a bad time
Except they make diamond rings
I was quiet, and I was tired. and I wanted you to bring me up.
I wanted you to make it stop, yeah I wanted you to bring me up.
You were wrong, and I was right. and I wanted you to bring me up.
Hmmm you know me well, this is something that I shouldn't have to tell you.
We've shared humility and orange roses.
And poking fun at all our friends
They had their barbecues, we have our arguments.
We never can agree.
You said, "when you don't talk you take it out on me."
I was quiet, I was tired. and I wanted you to bring me up.
I wanted you to make it stop, yeah I wanted you to bring me up.
And you were wrong and I was right. and I wanted you to bring me up.
Hmmm you know me well, this is something that I shouldn't have to tell you.
We took a ride, on a motorbike. I couldn't talk to you, but my arms
Were wrapped around you tight. we stopped at Smokey's,
We parked the bike outside.
So scared to be sad, to keep the tears in
And I looked up at the sky and took another ride.
I was quiet, and I was tired. and I wanted you to bring me up.
I wanted you to make it stop, yeah I wanted you to bring me up.
And you were wrong and I was right. and I wanted you to bring me up.
Hmmm you know me well.
We had us, is that enough? and what is it worth to you?
We had us, is that enough? and what is it worth to you?
You said "it's worth everything and baby take a look,
It's worth all the pennies in my pocket."
But I was quiet, and I was tired. and I wanted you to bring me up.
I wanted you to make it stop, yeah I wanted you to bring me up.
I was quiet, and I was tired. and I wanted you to bring me up.
Hmmm you know me well, this is something that I shouldn't
Have to tell you.
I was quiet, and I was tired. and I wanted you to bring me up
I wanted you to make it stop, yeah I wanted you to bring me up.
So I was wrong and you were right.
A Prince in the Summer was a drag in the Spring.
How could you know that he took off his ring?
And, every thing you wanted behind the castle wall.
And, a hundred white horses were stuck in the stall.
It's no fairy tale, there's no breadcrumb trail to lead you back, that's just as well.
That's a better one to tell.
You tried, but, you can't bear the weight of the glitter and the glue.
So, you lie down and dream of the kiss that would wake you.
And, once upon a time can lead to a hapless ever after.
And, when the tears are real, so is the laughter.
It's no fairy tale, there's no breadcrumb trail to lead you back,
But, it's just as well.
You can close the book and curse the turn it took.
And, tell the true story of how you felt.
That's a better one to tell.
And, when it's told the leaves are turning red and gold.
And, no one had to come along and cast the spell.
It's no fairy tale, there's no breadcrumb trail
To lead you back, but, it's just as well.
And, you can close the book and curse the turn it took.
Tell the true story of how you fell.
That's a better one to tell.
Waiting for the super buzz
The second dose, the inspiration
But something strange is going on
I'm in the middle of another stupid conversation
I can't believe so many days have gone by
Since I tried to talk to you
But something strange is going on
I've got both sides of it and I'm waiting for the other one to come
But you're too late, great
What am I supposed to say?
That he's done something wrong
Then he's gonna have to pay
Late, great
What am I supposed to say?
That he begs to be beside you
Off and running, it's stunning, you're caught off guard
You feel forgotten, afraid of in the dark
Something strange is going on
And something strange is going on
Sometimes the sun isn't bright enough
In your apartment, the sun
You have to lean towards the light
To get anything, anything done
But you're too late, great
What am I supposed to say?
That he's done something wrong
And he's gonna have to pay
Late, great
What am I supposed to say?
That he begs to be beside you
Something strange is going on
You're too late, great
What am I supposed to say?
That he's done something wrong
And he's gonna have to pay
Late, great
What am I supposed to say?
That he begs to be beside you
You're too late, great
What am I supposed to say?
That he's done something wrong
And he's gonna have to pay
Late, great
What am I supposed to say?
They washed my windows
and then ripped the forest right out before my eyes
I was in the window barely dressed amazed myself had to decide
leave the left one and some scruff along the fence
I screamed through the glass
can you believe this but no one was there to hear me gasp
You don't want to know what happens
when I start to follow you around
you don't want to see what happens
when I befriend everyone you've ever known
so give it up now it's a hot minute that lasts a lifetime
I'm not asking for forever I'm just asking for tonight
I canceled dinner. I was starving alone,
but I just didn't want to cook
I stole a car and drove around behind you,
giving you my saddest look
through our open windows I explained to you why I was there
and you pulled right over
to the side of the road to tell me you didn't care
You don't want to know what happens
when I start to follow you around
you don't want to see what happens
when I befriend everyone you've ever known
so give it up now it's a hot minute that lasts a lifetime
I'm not asking for forever I'm just asking for tonight
I'm just asking for tonight
I want my love to last a lifetime. Do you?
With those eyes and that smile I'm sure you do
[x4]
You don't want to know what happens
when I start to follow you around
you don't want to see what happens
when I befriend everyone you've ever known
so give it up now it's a hot minute that lasts a lifetime
I'm not asking for forever I'm just asking for tonight
give it up now (give it up now) it's a hot minute that lasts a lifetime
I'm not asking for forever I'm just asking for tonight
I'm just asking for tonight
I'm just asking for
so give it up now it's a hot minute that lasts a lifetime
I'd play all day if I could
But I haven't got all the time in the world
Your head hangs down, hangs down
Your face so long, so long
Your weight carries
Your weight carries so hard
Baby, brother's playing
And now he's asleep
And I'd play all day if I could
I'd run, run away if I could
And I'd stand in your way if I could
But I haven't got all the time in the world
Your head hangs down, hangs down
Your face so long, so long
Your baby brother would like to say
He loves you but he can't seem to find you
He'd like to say, I love you
But now he's asleep
He'd like to say I love you
And I'd play all day if I could
I'd run, run away if I could
And I'd stand in your way if I could
But I haven't got all the time in the world
Wasting time, it's just a stranger, no
Object, no friend of mine
Here we are and we're angry and
We're wasting time, wasting time
And I'd play all day if I could
I'd run, run away if I could
And I'd stand in your way if I could
But I haven't got all the time in the world
And I'd play all day if I could
I'd run, run away if I could
And I'd stand in your way if I could
But I haven't got all the time in the world
And I'd play all day if I could
You say I only hear what I want to
And you say I talk so all the time-so
And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leaving
Now I know that I did something wrong cause I missed you
Yeah, I missed you
And you say I only hear what I want to
I don't listen hard
I don't pay attention to the distance that you're running or to
Anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if you really care
I'm only hearing negative, no no no - bad
So I turned the radio on I turned the radio up
And this woman was singing my song
The lover's in love and the other's run away
The lover is crying cause the other won't stay
And some of us hover when we weep for the other who
was dying
Since the day they were born well
Well this is not that
I think that I'm throwing but I'm thrown
And I thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever but that won't take me anyhow
Or anywhere with you
And you said that I was naive
And I thought that I was strong
I thought "hey I can leave, I can leave"
But now I know that I was wrong cause I missed you
Yeah I missed you
You said "you caught me cause you want me
And one day I'll let you go"
You try to give away a keeper or keep me cause you're know
you're
just too scared to lose
And you say, "stay"