It's the good life, full of fun, seems to be the ideal,
Yes, the good life, lets you hide all the sadness you feel,
You won't really fall in love 'cause you can't take the chance,
So be honest with yourself, don't try to fake romance.
Yes, the good life, to be free and explore the unknown,
Like the heartache when you learn you must face them alone,
Please remember I still want you and in case you wonder why,
Well, just wake up, kiss that good life goodbye.
(musical interlude)
Please remember I still want you and in case you wonder why,
The good life.
Baby, I've made up my mind
And take all the good life that I've found
I promise myself, if I was to make it
I had to do the best that I can
Oh, ‘cos the good life is all that I am.
I know problems will come
But I know I can make it with you by my side
And every day I was a little harder
To be a good stronger feeling man
Oh, ‘cos the good life is all that I am.
I tried chasing rainbow
But all I got was rainy day
And I tried to find a true love
Some harder love will sweep away
Now that I found you. Baby
I feel like a brand new man
Oh, ‘cos the good life is all that I am,
When I look in the mirror
I can't believe what I see
Tell me, who's that funky dude
Staring back at me
Broken, beaten down
Can't even get around
Without an old-man cane
I fall and hit the ground
Shivering in the cold
I'm bitter and alone
Excuse the bitching
I shouldn't complain
I should have no feeling
Cos feeling is pain
As everything I need
Is denied me
And everything I want
Is taken away from me
But who do I got to blame?
Nobody but me
And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shaking booty, making sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the good life
It's time I got back, it's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back, yeah!
Screw this crap, I've had it!
I ain't no Mr. Cool
I'm a pig, I'm a dog
So excuse me if I drool
I ain't gonna hurt nobody
Ain't gonna cause a scene
Just need to admit
That I want sugar in my tea
Hear me (hear me) I want sugar in my tea!
I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shaking booty, making sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the good life
It's time I got back, it's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back, yeah!
I wanna go back, I wanna go back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
It's time I got back, it's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back, yeah!
And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shaking booty, making sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the good life
It's time I got back, it's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
It's time I got back, it's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
Come tomorrow, I'll be livin' the Good Life
Come tomorrow, I'll be livin' the Good Life
I gotta say, better days are gonna come
Now, people like ta have their fun
Better ---------------- twist and toss
Talk on, about the Good Life
I gotta say, better days are gonna come
Come tomorrow, I'll be livin' the Good Life
Come tomorrow, I'll be livin' the Good Life
I gotta say, better days are gonna come - Yeh
Now listen here
Some remember way back when
Waste that time all over again
Talk on, about the Good Life
I gotta say, better days are gonna come
Hey, come tomorrow
Come tomorrow
Come tomorrow
I'll be living the Good Life
I gotta say, better days are gonna come
Come tomorrow
Come tomorrow
Talkin' about the Good Life
Talkin' about the Good Life
What more do you need
The Good Life
The Good Life
From the album ";True Love";
Written by: N. Giraldo & M. Grombacher
We can live it
We can live it
We can live it, that good life
Yeah, so we can live it
Yeah, that good life
That good life
Now, we can live it
Yeah, we can live it
Yeah, good life
What he need God for? He got money to the Heavens
Never pulled a 187, but he preach it like a reverend
Never satisfied with second
Except for second home, second car, second woman his own, second bottle from the bar
Good life, even though he got it, he don't get it
'Cause he livin' for the moment, but this moment has an endin'
Matter fact it's been a minute, all he see is pretty women
Big lights big names, in a minute that'll change... BANG!
Caught up in an all-consuming flame
All alone, still rejecting Jesus' Name
Even if he could change he would never do it
Grandma told him 'bout the living water, he prefer the sewage
He don't know why he do it, desired just enslave him
Addicted to himself, do whatever just to praise him
Give himself the money, pleasure and treasure that'll rust
When he traded his eternity for 20 years of lust
Where the bottle go pop, models go shop
Everyone knows who you are
But then the lights turn on, curtains fall off
You see it all was false
But that's the good life
Lights, camera, action
Where is the satisfaction?
Good life...
Black diamonds and gold
Livin' highest when you live on the low
I take the narrow route, that speedway's a monsta
It's all good, I go to sleep without a guilty conscience
For that they call me conscious, but I'm very conscious
Of what I'm missin', I ain't trippin' on the girls in VIP
Frontin' for each otehr
They actin' like they somethin' that they not, they undercover
Tryin' to get under covers, but one day they'll discover
They gave parts of theyself away that they'll never recover
A part time lover took a fulltime pay
God please show her mercy, her affliction's here to stay
She just found out she pregnant and the child has been infected (my Lord)
What's worse thah that, she'll never meet the guy that she rejeceted
The one that can protect her, comfort her to the grave
And resurrect her body to live with Jesus who saves
Can't say that God ain't love her, she wanted to be a slave
This is a crew master leavin' 'em full of pain
Where the bottle go pop, models go shop
Everyone knows who you are
But then the lights turn on, curtains fall off
You see it all was false
But that's the good life
Lights, camera, action
Where is the satisfaction?
Good life...
Black diamonds and gold
Livin' highest when you live on the low
50 years from now, he may be full of gray hair, beard long
And even closer to a home that he's never known
Right now his home facin' 25-to life
Sittin' in the county jail, court appointed lawyer like
If this case is Tina Turner, homie, I am not like
Got his momma cryin' daily but she prayin' every night
Only 20 but there's plenty that he's payin' with his rights
Thought he got a life sentence but he really got life
He done read that bible twice
Been in plenty fights, sleepless nights
But when he trusted Christ you could see that change overnight
Knew he'd die in prison but was livin' for another life
Everytime his lights out he closer to the other side
Partners on the outside think he found religion as a
Coping mechanism when he say the Lord's risen
Now he lay awake in prison prayin' for his homies in the streets
'Cause truth is, he's free-er than they gon' ever be
Where the bottle go pop, models go shop
Everyone knows who you are
But then the lights turn on, curtains fall off
You see it all was false
But that's the good life
Lights, camera, action
Where is the satisfaction?
Good life...
Black diamonds and gold
Livin' highest when you live on the low
We can live it, that good life
Yeah, so we can live it
Yeah, that good life
That good life
Now, we can live it
Yeah, we can live it
Yeah, we can live it
C-D-Em-G-C-D-Em
D-C-Em-D
This holy circus camp
Aladdin and his lamp
A feverish daydreams and sway de loca
My face in magazines
The lesbian James Dean
I got all I ever wanted
So I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me
Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me
Down miles of empty road
With acolytes in tow
You could be Persephone
A pigeon through the glass
A drunken trapeze act
Well you got all you ever wanted
So I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
The good life for you, for me
Well I don't mind saying
This is how the good life's supposed to be
Oh, the good life, full of fun
Seems to be the ideal
Mm, the good life lets you hide
All the sadness you feel
You won't really fall in love
For you can't take the chance
So please be honest with yourself
Don't try to fake romance
It's the good life to be free
And explore the unknown
Like the heartaches when you learn
You must face them alone
Please remember, I still want you
And in case you wonder why
Well, just wake up
In my own town, there is no street with my name
No crown, I am no king and the kids they don't know my name
It's like nothing has changed
Life takes you up and down, and life spins you all around
The good life, I know I made it the good life
I know I've made it with you
In my own town, my friends are saying what happened to you
We thought you made it, and you'd be driving bentleys and living the good life over sun
My father says when will you ever make it
My mother says you'll learn to fake it
But I'm not you and you're not me
But I'm as good as I can be baby
Life takes you up and down, and life spins you all around
The good life, I know I made it the good life
I know I've made it
And life takes you up and down, and life spins you all around
The good life, I know I made it the good life
I know I've made it with you
Oh I know that this the good life
I can see
I know that this the good life
I can see
I wanna live...
And god say I know I made it the good life
Open your eyes, your friends, your lover, your soul, your mind
It's, it's right there baby all the time it goes like
Life takes you up and down, and life spins you all around
The good life, I know I made it the good life
I know I've made it
And life takes you up and down, and life spins you all around
The good life, I know I made it the good life
I know I've made it with you
Oh I know that this the good life
I can see it baby
I know that this the good life
I wanna live the good life
Oh I know that this the good life
I can see it baby
Now I see it baby
I'll tell you what we're gonna do, what you need to know
What you gotta get to get where you wanna go
Never ever miss a noun, keep your eye on all displays
When you find your style everyday's a holiday
I'll show you how to work it
To find the fit that's perfect
You know that you deserve it
Whoa, whoa, whoa
This is the good life
Take a good look, have anything you want
This is the good life
Dining with your friends at the fancy restaurant
Living the good life
We have such a good time I know
Grab a little Gucci bag and some Prada shoes
Here take my credit card, they're all here to wait on you
Jimmy Choo calls out your name, D&G; on every wall
When you can't decide, that's okay just buy them all
There's no better feeling
There's nothing more appealing
The door, front floor, the ceiling
Whoa, whoa, whoa
This is the good life
Take a good look, have anything you want
This is the good life
Dining with your friends at the fancy restaurant
Living the good life
We have such a good time, I know
Can't be slow, never stop, fill those bags up to the top
Turn around, try it on, now off to the hair salon
Joanie says, "I'll just pay, there's no need for layaway"
Slide your plastic, flash your cash, ring it up, it's such a blast
One, two, three, four
This is the good life
Take a good look, have anything you want
This is the good life
Dining with you friends at the fancy restaurant
Living the good life
We have such a good time, I know
Oh, oh, whoa, whoa, the good life
Oh, oh, whoa, whoa, I'm living the good life
Oh, oh, whoa, whoa, the good life
Oh, oh, whoa, whoa, I'm living the good life
Oh, the good life
Full of fun seems to be the ideal
Yes, the good life
Let you hide all the sadness you feel
You won't really fall in love
For you can't take the chance
So be honest with yourself
Don't try to fake romance
It's the good life
To be free and explore the unknown
Like the heartaches when you learn
You must face them alone
Please remember I still want you
And in case you wonder why
Well, just wake up
The good life is what I need
Too many people stepping over me
The only thing that's been on my mind
Is the one thing I need before I die
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
The good life
I don't really know who I am
It's time for me to take a stand
I need a change and I need it fast
I know that any day could be the last
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
Hold on, hold on, I always wanted it this way
(I never wanted it this way)
Hold on, hold on, I always wanted it this way
(We didn't ask for it this way)
I always wanted it this way
The good life
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time, oh, the good life
tell me, dear,
is there anything you'd like to hear?
one last song before we disappear?
some broken hearted ballad
built for two.
by the way, it seems my notebooks have been misplaced
those scribbled poetries of yesterday
they've no more effect on me,
those dead feelings
the songs we don€™t sing are the hardest to hear.
words left unsaid, words we wish we'd forget.
the guilt slips from our lips,
confessions hidden behind eyelids.
would you look me in the eye and tell me
does the moon weep at dawn?
his brilliance exposed
by a fierce and burning sun.
the songs we don't sing we don't want to hear.
words left unsaid well, they're only words
we lick the guilt form our lips,
we make confessions from fertile hips
and never look them in the eye.
Yesterday came and went and I wasn't present
The weeks were laid out like pavement
Work and drink and sleep, repeat
Upon the beaten path
I kept on my blinders...
don't need any old reminders
No face. No Name. No memories.
If you love it, you leave it
'cause you hate that you need it
It's the one thing you can't have
you're too self absorbed to change
always, "My way."
Tomorrow could come and go
and I'd sleep right through it
I'm not searching for self improvement
I'm sticking to the beaten path
Here and there I come across an old acquaintance-
some old flame, some old burn victim
I remember I need to forget
everything I ever said to you
If I could take it back-
I'd eat every word
You want to feel like all those others feel,
but you won't- and you never will
All that you love you lose
You do.
Called in sick for work
said the fevers getting worse
There's a lot of that going around
I packed a duffle bag
With some clothes from the attic
It's getting colder in the evening
I hocked my pocket watch
And a couple old guitars
I could hardly stand to play them
I drew all my savings out
Closed my bank account
stuck the money in the glove box
I drove away on Monday
I couldn't say where I was going to
It's just something I had to do
I was bored of it by Thursday
driving amorously down aimless interstates
searching for queues
Yeah for you
And I don't know where you are
I guess I haven't looked to hard
because I'm afraid that I might find you
IS it special where you are
Like Xanadu or Shangri-La
Is it anything like Omaha
I called in sick on Monday
I was already of the next couple of days
Some bullshit escape
I was back to work on Thursday
yeah, The fevers gone I think I it beat
The fever bite me, yeah it bite me
But I been sleeping and taking things
I think I've got it beat...
We could recognize our faults
We could admit when we’re wrong
We could try to talk things out
Instead of yelling from the wells of our lungs
But we don’t
But we don’t
We could try and patch things up
Siphon out the bad blood
We could set our pride aside
Ignore our egos for the night
And make love
But we won’t
But we won’t
But we won’t
We won’t
We insist we’ll be all right
These wounds will heal themselves with time
All we have to do
Is stick it through a few more months
And we’ll be fine
But we know
But we know
But we know
We know
You could finally tell me off
But I got a feeling you won’t
You keep lying to yourself
But the truth is you’re afraid of letting go
So let go
So let go
Let go
It's different when you're lonely,
the whole world's in love.
Holding hands between bar stools,
and you're holding your tounge.
Hold on - you're so fucked up...
so fickle.
Isn't this what you want?
So simple, so single.
But it's different when you're helpless.
When the bars close their doors,
growing hostile towards your waitress...
those extra tips went ignored.
It's different 'cause you're desperate
Begging mercy on the sidewalk
to a sea of last callers
(keep the conversations quick
and keep them interested!)
You're different...and they sense it
Your eyes can't disguise it...
so glassy, half empty.
Ready to spill.
Hold on- please don't leave yet.
I can't go home alone,
it doesn't go over so well.
So hold on just a little longer.
At least through the night,
at least 'til the morning.
Hold on. Hold on to me.
I can hardly stand - much less
the sight of myself.
So hold on, hold on tight dear.
Put your foot on the gas -
get me the fuck out of here.
You never fell for me,
You fell for how it felt
You felt for being held,
So, who€™s gonna fill in
Now my arms refuse to bend?
Who€™s gonna fill in€.
And who€™s gonna fill the days with me,
With Canadian Club and old movies€.
We don€™t know what we want, but we€™re both needy.
But what do we need, really?
I never follow through,
I fall into the groove €"
The boy and girl routine
So, who€™s gonna fill in
Now the suspect fled the scene?
Who€™s gonna fill in€
And who€™s gonna spend the nights with you
Once the bars close down and the city sleeps€
We don€™t know what we want, but we€™re both needy,
But what do we need really?
And lately I€™ve been living on my own€
And I€™ve fucked up so many times
I€™m better off alone.
There's no talk of future plans
There's no romance
There's no good reason we should be in love
So I've been making shit up
We're even sleeping in different beds
Different schedules
But that's the best excuse you came up with
Good enough that it still sticks
Still, I'm not tired of you holding out
Theres nothing better to come along
I'm not tired of being let down
I'm tired of playing dumb
There's no talk of the way you've been
Though the evidence is creeping between
Into our happy home
I hardly notice anymore
Matchbooks from the other side of town
His long aching looks
It's in other people's yards
But that can't be what you want
I'm not tired of you coming home too late
But when you don't come home at all I can handle being alone
I'm just tired of playing dumb
I'm tired of playing dumb
I'm tired of playing dumb
There's no talk of how I am
I'm not complaining
But maybe a few kind words once in a while . . . .
Things are good
We should take a polaroid, a memento
Before the moment's destroyed
We constantly bicker, these flickering moods
We’re hardly making any sense
Either you love me or you leave me
Don’t you leave me on this picket fence
It’s been hard
We’ve both got our histories
That haunt these homes
But I ain’t bathing in our misery
So pour me a drink and don’t pour it too weak
And grab it from the top shelf
I ain’t asking for redemption
And this ain’t no cry for help
Well, things are good
We take it all for granted
We turn that wheel
Back to all our bad habits
But I don’t believe we need love to succeed
But the least you could do is pretend
Either you love me or you leave me
Don’t you leave me on this picket fence
Either you love me or you’ll leave me, don’t you leave me
Well I'm trying to be patient
But the wheels keep turning round
But it's a treadmill and I just dragging my feet
I'm so tired of everything
Defeated by routine
By words that don't mean anything to me
At least not anymore now that I'm done...
with a morning of a day without ending
A year of decadence to escape from penance
But I've suffered. I'm over it, yeah
I'm fine now, but I'm sick of it
I was happy being miserable
I used to lay down my head on the bar
And raise one lonely finger for a drink
It doesn't have to be so difficult
just keep coasting by
so you lost a limb
Well hell it'll heal with time
What happens when you love what you've lost?
You didn't have to cut it off
But I did, and I do, and it took everything that I have
I wonder if I could ever get it back...
to how it was when I still thought of love
as a risk I could take if I was willing to make
the commitment to rejection
and the mind games, the deception
The late nights under the covers
pointing the finger at whoever started
whatever we were fighting about
I guess that I'm fine now
everything's better
everything's cooled down
it's all copesetic
We'll move on, off to a better world
To a fresh start where anything's possible
But I'm sick of it
Yeah I'm sick of it
I'm so sick of it
No, I'm sick of it
no, no, no, no, no
I'm sick of it now
I'm just sick of it now
no, no, I am so sick of it
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
But he's sick of it
no, no, no,no
I stumbled in at three a.m., but you didn€™t want to, I tried again at half past ten €" you still want to, Your hips have this way of saying no way; an impenetrable barricade. Something I said? Something I did? What€™s made you so defensive? Something you heard? Something you learned? The season€™s changing, it€™s for the worse.
You used to call me on your break, but you€™ve been so busy. You used to bring me tomato soup, but you keep forgetting. As the groundskeeper rakes up the October leaves, it occurs to me, trees can€™t hide anything€
Something I said? Something I did? You€™ve been acting so distant€something you heard? Something you learned? The trees are barren, the leaves have turned. The days when we made it the world was green; now Autumn has fallen €" everything€™s changed.
October leaves.
I woke up this morning, you were off to work. No kisses, no coffee€. No morning paper.
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Black Out (Track 01)
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you try too hard
for the perfect beginning
you're so let down
when the beauty starts fading
once beaming with confidence
now brooding with doubt
pack those pictures away
they black out
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Black Out (Track 14)
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you think too much
such terrible endings
you drink so much
to start the forgetting
and you're so mad at yourself
but you forget what about
when it gets too blue
black out
I know a girl with cuts on her legs. I think that she hates the way she was made, but we never spoke of why they were there, I just squeezed them and kissed them €˜til we both felt a bit better.
And now I€™ve returned to the town where she dwells; that cold lonely cabin her grandfather built, I suppose that€™s where she€™s imprisoned herself, to write all those words she€™s too scared to tell €" those sad, short stories of a girl curled up in her shell.
Night and day she tends to her bar. She pours the drinks, they pour out their hearts. All that sorrow and alcohol weighs hard on her thoughts, so she writes them down€.she loves them all.
And when we€™d make love she€™d stare in my eyes€. I swore we had met a thousand times. Thousands of lives, thousands of nights€. She€™s written of it a thousand times.
Night and day she tends to her bar. She pours me a drink for my parched heart. All my sorrow€™s in alcohol€ she holds up the cup to my cracked lips for a kiss.
I swear to speak the whole truth, nothing but the truth €" oh, so help me God, I wasn€™t cheating on you. Yeah I€™ve got a spotty record, but I€™ve been renewed. If you can€™t believe me €" then what€™s to believe? Once you lose the trust you lose sincerity. I€™m sick and tired of acting sincere to your accusing eyes and ears.
Oh, lovers need lawyers; all that I€™m screaming€™s being held against me. well, You€™re judge and jury, so hang me or take me for all I am worth €" better or worse.
Yeah, I was drinking. Yeah, she was drinking too, and, yeah, we made a connection €" we came from the same neighborhood. But, surely you can€™t charge me for that, that€™s merely fact €"merely coincidence. So, there we were, outlasting the last call. We took a cab to Iowa for more alcohol.
Yeah, we crossed the river alone; I also went home alone.
Oh lovers need lawyers. We€™re talking in circles, but missing the meaning of the reason we€™re fighting: you just want to make the best me that you can. All I am €" take me for all I am worth. Take me for all I am.
I could never take another€™s hand€ it€™s to you I€™m condemned.
Keely Aimee sat next to me
My hair stood up on end
And Keely Aimee, maybe one night
We could be better friends
I know this town's been hard on you
I've seen the neighbors close their shades
But Keely, they've got their secrets too
So you fell in some mud, you haven't fallen from grace
Keely Aimee, I'm sure you dreamed you'd do far greater things
But, Keely, I wish you wouldn't dwell on what could and couldn't be
I know how dreams can let you down
I've had some rude awakenings
But Keely, I still go back to sleep
In the dead of night you spring to life for me
Keely Aimee
Keely Aimee
Keely Aimee, I know this world is such a heavy weight
And, Keely Aimee, those crows feet perched at such an early age
Well, I'd help you shoo those birds away
If the burden's just too much
See, Keely, I love your suffering like gravity loves a stumbling drunk
So Keely Aimee, lay next to me
Rest your head against mine
In all of the world I've never known a sadder Valentine
And when will I sleep and dream of the city towering into the clouds?
We'll run through the streets anonymously
A whole new life
If only we knew how
Keely Aimee
If only we knew how
Keely Aimee
Oh, no, no
If we knew how
If we knew how
If we knew how
When you said you loved me, did you really love me or did the words just spill out like drool on my pillow. €˜Cause I was naked when you said those words, but I felt covered in your whispered worship. And as you passed out fast on my shoulder, I imagined a child waiting so sad and still for his mom to arrive. Did she leave you an orphan, in that big, brown leather chair? Said, €œ Don€™t you move a muscle, kid, I€™ll be back in twenty years,€? You were scared, you were lonely, but you must€™ve been aware; life is a series of calluses, this is just another layer. So, build€™em up, tough it out, yeah, that€™s your skin €" don€™t let anyone under there.
When you said you needed me, did you really need me or was it just someone €" oh, you€™d take anything. Am I first on that list of yours, or am I second, or third? So, who€™s that ahead of me, some harlot from Pittsburgh? Or Detroit, Santa Fe, or San Diego? I know you€™re so alone, but how much affection does one guy really need?
Did you date a lot in high school? Were you always chasing girls? Couldn€™t you find some young valentine to steal your heart for good? Were you content, or contemptible? Are your memories pleasant, or is it a string of endless flings of bitter resentment. Seems that what you want and what you need doesn€™t mean a thing, we€™re just here for the taking.
When you said you€™d hurt me, did you think you hurt me? Are you really that cocky? Oh, what a heartbreaker! Well, I€™ve got my armor €" yeah, I€™ve been through some battles before €" and I met your old girlfriend, she said, €œBaby, don€™t bother.€? She told me you told her you€™d hurt her€.funny, how familiar. So, how much of this relationship was rehearsed?
Did you act out as a child? Were you always crying wolf? Attention-starved, you tried too hard to get someone to look. Now you€™re the wolf in second-hand clothing; I€™m the sheep in a pleated skirt. It€™s an awkward form of payback, but if it works for you €" it works. It€™s that I recognize your off-white lies, still, I lie beside you €" and that€™s what really hurts.
When you said you€™d leave me€well, why haven€™t you left me? What are we still doing here, so desperate for company? There€™s a greyhound on Jackson Street, there€™s an airport in Council Bluffs€hell, there€™s a car in the driveway €" fifty ways to get lost.
But as I hold you and listen to you sleeping, I€™m starting to wonder if you really believe that you€™d ever really leave. Would you leave me, and orphan, in that big, brown leather chair? The one you€™ve lugged around from town to town for all these years. It€™s the trophy of your childhood, like a shark€™s tooth or gator skin boots €" but this one holds you prisoner €" it holds me prisoner too. What we need to set us free is to let go of each other €" let go of everything.
When I said I loved you, it was because I loved you. When I said I needed you, well, I really need you. Yeah, I guess you hurt me, for once you€™re a man of your words. Well, guess what €" I€™m leaving €" I can€™t be your prisoner.
I won€™t.
mostly i sleep it off
it's easier in the morning
to shrug off the evening's
drunken pathetic pleas
'cause the night's tragic rambling
is the next day's apologies
so if you can sit tight
'till the sun hits the blinds
we can settle everything,
oh no.
turning on a dime
i just can't trust my instincts
one day my heart beats with passion
the next it waxes back
if i seem a little callused
i assure you it's just a scratch
so if you can hold on
'till the mood swings are gone
then we might just have a chance,
oh no.
baby, i quit
i just can't fake it anymore
i'm an indulgent selfish, abusive
disfunctional fuck-up
i needed to be rescued
i'm stranded on myself
and i can't escape from this island i made
i'm afraid i never will,
oh no
What you're looking for is never what you find
Nothing ever seems to turn out right
Still running around still searching
all these long indifferent streets
For your lover our some cover
to protect you from the heat
That you feel inside
in flamed since you learned to cry
Ever since you learned to walk you ran away
kept running till you couldn't feel your legs
Now you stumble round this drunken town
on shops and city bars
telling tales of just how far you got
But they'll all know who you are
Yeah you're not so great
You're just early out of the gate
there's a portrait of your mom when she was young
Her face was shining brightly as the sun
The son who got away from her
but come back home again
to find a women wrapped
with all this love she couldn't give
But you know she did
You just couldn't feel it then
Found a birthday card from this lady I used to know
It said boy you're really starting to old
She's the mother of my mother
I just what she meant
She'd been thru it before
she with all of this resentment
becomes regret
I just hadn't gotten there yet
Nothing ever seems to turn out right
No never, never seems to turn out right
So I reach for that pill
my deep blues need rest
You thought you had it made
Like the songs would write themselves
But your words ran out of ink
And your fingers lost the chords
You lay around so bored
And you hit the bar at two
And you waste your time on girls
They know they're getting used
They love the pain that you create
The drunken fights you fabricate
'Cause they've been hurt too
Worse than you
You told yourself it's not your fault
You told them not to get involved
Some bullshit excuse to escape unbruised
But they move on while you're stuck hating yourself deprecation
Yourself centered songs
The space you've created
Between your words and your actions
These loveless liaisons have left you alone
All you've gain is a lose
You really wish it wasn't like it was
But like before that time
You wished it was a little more
Than how you felt before that time
You made a wish to think the way you felt
When you were young
When you realized you'd never ever, ever know a love
You wished and prayed and you tried to stay
In love or at least in your lover's good graces
Just keep it going, just keep it going
'Cause when they leave the drinks get stronger
And much, much more frequent
For the sloppy drunk boys
Who hide in their basements
Where the songs write themselves
Yeah it used to be easy
before we got lazy
and drank with the girls
No, no I know it's not your fault
No, no no, no, no you said not to get involved
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you need to believe
in all these self afflicted tradgedies
You scribble them down on that miserable sound
I guess this is the goodlife
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no baby
(let it go)
Self deprecation has made it's translation
These lyrics are done
You said you're a wreck, you get so upset
You said that you'd ruin everything
the first chance you get
But your chances come day after day
as I drunkenly slander your name
Is it posible you've become fond
of the lushes we've become?
Don't make love so hard
You said that's enough, you've been acting so bored
You said it's too much
You can't take anymore
but day after day that I'm gone
You anxiously wait for that call
it's almost as if you would miss me
if I never returned at all...
Don't make love so hard
I sit at the bar, you're off playing pool
still you keep a close eye on which
girls I've been talking to..
Nut day after day stumbles by
and I've yet to abandon your side
has jealousy's venomous dart poisoned
the well of your heart?
Don't make love so hard
La, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la - I love you
A Valentine€™s Day party, I didn€™t think you€™d show.
You don€™t like making entrances alone; you€™ve got a new friend€likes to go to movies, like to drink red wine. Sounds familiar, better hold on tight €" a film school drunk can be so hard to find.
You€™ve got a new friend, and the two of you don€™t ever seem to part€ now I€™m the odd man gone. You€™ve got a new friend, and your mom€™s got you convinced that he€™s the
One €" he€™s all you need, so forget me €" marry him at once
But if you ever change your mind€I could still but that box of wine.
I still have your copy of Harold and Maude,
But you€™ve got a new friend
i can see the chill in the air between us.
i can feel a winter coming we're frozen in our stares.
and we know there's a world outside
of these insults and injuries
maybe we're just too, afraid to be one.
the autumn sets a golden exit the winter is waxing
that cold sun will shed no more warmth into our living rooms.
where we dream our dreams, where we wait for sleep.
maybe we'll wake up with golden wings,
and fly over a city screaming, take me take me!
i woke up this morning to the silence of falling snow.
these graces of beauty have left me so cold.
i once had a heart, but hearts are like snowflakes
and snowflakes. one warm touch and they melt away
maybe we'll get wings. maybe anything.
just anything to set us free. maybe we'll wake up
a golden exit. must we always wait for sleep?
he met this girl from reno
whose life was a competition.
she looked just like a china doll
with porcelain skin she knew he'd let her win.
so he fell for her,
as if he fell from his mother into the arms of a lover.
and he swore not to leave her side,
for better or for worse (whichever comes first).
sadly the latter arose.
she met this boy from omaha
whose life was handed to him...
but still, he wanted everything.
his dreams were his ruin,
and she couldn't wake him up.
but the bough broke and he fell.
like the time he fell from his mother
into the arms of a doctor.
so he cried like that first day of his life.
he knew he had broken this beautiful porcelain
and how could their world be the same?
and so it never was the same.
she whispers his name,
"i'll stay if you want, but i could never be who you
imagined me to be i'll stay i don't know what else to do...
but i can't change for you i won't change for you"
i'll try to describe the way that it felt to
tell my own mother her son is a failure.
his heart is too cold to love anyone but himself.
it's like stabbing an icicle straight through your chest.
your whole body shivers as it coarses your blood.
and your quivering throat keeps
choking on those words,
mama i tried a thousand times
i'm frozen to the core.
your son is a glorious mess,
who wrecks anything he adores.
but deep in his center he swears
there€™s a candle just waiting to burn. and melt.
so who's gonna burn him
yeah who's gonna break him
into a thousand pieces
melting over flames of perfection.
i once felt its warmth,
but it left me shivering in the dark.
mama i tired a thousand times
the pieces wouldn't fit.
son, love is a punch in the eye.
it€™s a sudden and swift surprise. i
t's not a candle, its not waiting to burn.
so baby, just wait your turn.
and when it hits you,
you'll see through rose colored apathy;
through the blues that bruise can leave.
was it really worth the wait?
I must’ve seemed to you a shipwreck
I looked at you, I saw an island
So I was swept ashore, to lie forevermore
Or at least for the evening
So we went to your apartment
We shared a drink out in the garden
You thought I must’ve pulled this kind of shit
With any willing fool
I shrugged and asked if that’s a problem
So we loved if for an instant and for an instant I forgot
Who I was
So for the night, I was all yours
So I’m sure it was fleeting, and I’m sure I’ve been misleaded
We were just two people in need, it doesn’t have to be
Some fucked up tragedy
I hope I didn’t seem to vulgar
When I asked to come over
It’s just these last few weeks
Well, they’ve been hard on me
I got burned and I can’t seem to recover
And so we loved or so it seemed
And as I slept, I dreamt of Romeo and Juliet
But Romeo was just playing dead
I’m sure it was just a dream
And I’m sure it holds no meaning
But on this sober, hungover morning
Why does it always got to be such a fucked up tragedy?
I tried to tell you but I couldn’t
I wanted to warn you but I need you so bad
I mean right now, you're all I have
What are you really after?
What are you hoping to gain?
If nothing has ever pleased you
What makes you think you’ve changed?
You’re running in circles, darling
From bed back to bed
Tell me what you’re really after
Then, baby, just rest your head
Who are you really after?
Who you trying to find?
Who is that certain someone
That’s kept you awake all those nights?
You think it's just puzzle pieces
But they never fit right
If you can’t see who you’re really after
Then, baby, you're blind
Why are you always searching?
Why are you always undone?
You lurk in the darkest corners
Awaiting some heavenly ascension
You know you won’t find any liquor
Or that stuff your friend does
But c’mon, we’ve all had our stumbles
And some nights it almost feels like love
It feels like love
Now, now, now
It feels like love
So what are you really after?
Who are you trying to find?
Why are you so hard on yourself?
It’s only life, and its only tonight
I’ll pick up a six-pack at last call
We’ll stay up drinking in bed
You could tell me what you’re really after
Then, baby, just rest your head
Just rest your head
Now, now, now
Just rest your head
C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, just rest your head
Just rest your head
Just rest your head
Drunk at the bar at last, last call €" my baby€™s home on her night off, So I€™m involved in a serious talk with a girl I had known growing up. So we buy a six; decide to split €" she has a downtown apartment. She opens the door, falls to the floor, says, €œI€™m bitter sick of sweet and pure, take me now I€™m yours.€?
Notes in his pockets, rumors in the mill, phone calls after the bars close €" unlisted numbers. If she only knew, then he€™d be through €" but who knows which parts are true. She hates how it looks, but what can she do? The girls all talk behind her back, they say she€™s being used.
At Sullivan€™s drinking with Justin, he says he€™s seen my ex-girlfriend. She€™s back in town €" and what€™s worse €" he knows where and when she works. So we head over to the Underwood, she€™s trading shots with regulars: She gives me a hugs €˜til our hips are flush, says, €œBoy, we€™ve hardly kept in touch €" it€™s time for catching up.€?
Notes in his pockets, rumors in the mill. Phone calls after the bars close €" unlisted numbers. Still, he insists on his innocence; says those girls are all gossips. She€™s gotta drop the axe €"catch him in the act €" with his shame around his ankles, chain the guilt around his neck.
You stop stopping by to say hello
You started starting up each time I phone
I only call when I get the blues
You think at least I could turn to you
But I'm sure your heart is breaking too
It's getting better every day
I still reserve the right to complain to you
That being said I rarely do
You left me with nothing left to lose
But I'm sure your heart is breaking too
I see you find the way to pass the time
"You'd like him, he's a lot like you"
I didn't see you getting saddled up so soon
"Babe, I know you'll find somebody too"
Maybe another week to recoup
"It's never easy but I'm sure we'll make it through"
Yeah, I'm sure your heart is breaking too
I can't imagine how hard it's been
On second thought you don't seem to give a shit
The claim will pain but where's the bruise?
Yeah, I'm sure your heart is breaking too
Out a little late aren't you?
What's out there I don't give you?
Don't I drink and sleep with you?
What you want you'll never get-
what you want is infinite.
You'll never get your fill of it.
So again you drink
and you grind your teeth.
Gnashing at the bit
of this emptiness
you can't swallow down.
It echoes in your
mouth
the words keep bounding out
Up a little late aren't you?
You let an empty bed scare you.
Still I drink and sleep with you.
Standing up to stay awake,
you start to blink you start to sway.
Blacking out another day.
So again you sleep
and you grind your teeth.
On the kitchen floor
you can't feel a thing -
that's what you perfer - yeah,
you found a cure for it.
Uh-oh.
Uh-oh.
And again you wake
from a drunken sleep.
make some promises
you know you'll never keep -
but at least you try.
Or at least you try to
try.
Uh-oh.
Uh-oh.
he broke his old guitar.
he couldn't make it sing.
the strings had grown so worn
they made his fingers bleed.
soon after the event he made an acquaintance
whose fingers bled as well,
forming scabs that never heal.
would you play a song for me?
some wilting melody
that drifts over the sunflowers
to some far away country.
won't you play a song for me?
with words like push pins?
they stick into my heart...
and bleed out resonance
these songs are all asleep.
they lay dormant inside of me.
this vacant recitation..i can't resuscitate them.
won't you play a song for me?
let the words escape your mouth!
scream out what you've lost!
in song it will be found.
he broke his old guitar.
he smashed it on his bedpost,
where he used to dream up lovers
kissing his forehead, "good morning."
The first time that I met her I was throwing up in the ladies room stall. She asked me if I needed anything; I said, €œI think I spilled my drink€?. And that€™s how it started (or so I€™d like to believe)€
She took me to her mother€™s house outside of town where the stars hang down. She said she€™d never seen someone so lost, I said I€™d never felt so found €" and then I kissed her on the cheek€ and so she kissed me on the mouth.
The spring was poppin€™ daises up €˜round rusted trunks and busted lawn chairs. We moved into a studio in Council Bluffs to save a couple bucks. Where the mice came out at night, neighbors were screaming all the time. We€™d make love in the afternoons to Chelsea Girls and Bachelor No. 2, I€™d play for her some songs I wrote, she€™d joke and say I€™m shooting through the roof, I€™d say, €œThey€™re all for you, dear, I€™ll write the album of the year.€?
And I know she loved me then, I swear to God she did. It was the way she€™d bite my lower lip and push her hips against my hips and dig her nails so deep into my skin.
The first time that I met her I was convinced I had finally found the one. She was convinced I was under the influence of all those drunken romantics €" I was reading Fante at the the time €" I had bukowski on the mind. She got a job at Jacob€™s serving cocktails to the local drunks. Against her will. I fit the the bill: I perched down at the end of the bar, She Said, €œSpace is not just a place for stars €" I gave you an inch, you want a house with a yard.€? And I know she loved me once, but those days are done. She used to call me everyday from a pay phone on her break for lunch €" just to say she can€™t wait to come home.
The last time that I saw her she was picking through which records were hers. Her clothes were packed in boxes, with some pots and pans and books and a toaster. Just then a mouse scurried across the floor€.we just started laughing €˜til it didn€™t hurt.
You flipped the sign in your window
But, baby, are you really closed?
I got nowhere else to run to
I sure as hell ain’t running home
We could crash back at your apartment
I’ll sleep on the floor
Give me just a little bit more
Can’t you give me just a little bit more?
I never knew what I was missing
Frankly, I was better off
You let me drink from your cup
And now I don’t know how to stop
I’ve been pounding and pleading at your window
Sadly ignored
I want it just a little bit more
I want it just a little bit more
You love me then you lock your doors
I thought we were painting a bigger picture
Now I know the score
I want it just a little bit more
I want it just a little bit more
You finally had me thinking I was special
But you’re a liar and a whore
It makes me want you just a little bit more
I want you just a little bit more
Baby, don’t you make me go home
Don’t you make me go home
I hate it when you say you need me.
You don't need me.
I hate even worse that I need you.
It kills me.
When I was young I loved to be by myself, all alone.
Now that I'm older Im scared of myself, all alone.
So lay with me, my love.
I hate when you say you know me.
You don't know me.
What I hate even worse is I know you.
You're no mystery.
You refuse to acknowledge how much you can't stand who I am.
I've been trying to tell you that I'm a terror of a man.
I hate it when you call
... so lonesome after the bar.
I know I should hang up the phone, but I never do.
send me to bed.
my head's drowning out the thick and blurry sounds
of horses on the highway.
the days are running down
and i'm drowning out this overwhelming sad.
send me to bed, and tamp out the lamp.
in the dark the colors fade
to shades of grey and black.
but the city's fireflies wash the bedroom with light
like an overwhelming sad.
i must be drowning out..the roar of the engines
as they escape into night.
the stillness unravels the long lost strands of our lives.
they drift out the window, they drift out to sea;
and i fall asleep.
to an overwhelming sad.
I'm sure you've had your share of men
I'd be honored to be one of them
You're a fool for the wounded
I'm a man in need of bandages
So, wrap me up and take me home
Your lover's up doing God only knows. . . who . . .
But, baby, I'm making one man's bed as another man's gurney
You've been learning to fight
The man by your side has toughened your skin
You should learn to forget
Your first lesson's tonight
So, what was that son of a bitch's name again?
So, the footprints of time have tread lines on your face
Is your life half done or only half begun?
Because baby, I could be born again
One man's bed is another man's resurrection
You've been learning too much
The more that you know is the less that you trust
You should learn to let go
The less you hold on to is the more we can (oh, lalalala) forget about the man
(Lalala) Don't second guess, just take my hand
The night, it is young
So why aren't you remembering you have your share of men?
still i wonder how you are,
and what became of all of this
did you cry when winter's hands
stole you from that fertile grave?
did your mother hold you dear
to ease the burden of your pain?
swallowed out into the light-happy birthday.
still i wonder how you are;
and how you ever came to be.
i was nothing but a hole,
you nestled in and fell asleep.
were you sad when you awoke?
torn away from fertile dreams
i didn't want to wake you up..i'm still sorry.
happy birthday.
do you wonder how i am
do you envision my thin face
where the beaten go to drink?
i didn't want to cut that cord,
you sucked the life right out of me.
do you regret choices you've made?
i guess i was a mistake.
i guess i'm your big mistake.
well happy birthday anyway.
You€™re trying to remember why you cut all your hair. Were you trying to be someone you weren€™t? You don€™t hang around the old haunts anymore, no, all the of those bridges are burned. He doesn€™t€™ like to share you €" he likes your hair short, You€™re not you, you€™re not you anymore.
So, take off that necklace he stole from his mother, it doesn€™t mean what it meant before. Pack up your pictures and gather all your clothes, but leave that lingerie that he bought you on the floor. It made you so awkward, you felt like a whore€ you€™re not you, you€™re not you anymore.
Girl, you need to be patient €" the days gonna come €" you€™ll leave your old baggage behind. No more excuses, no more denials; you€™re tired and you€™re drawing the line. You€™re nobody€™s lapdog €" you€™re closing that door. You€™re not you, you€™re not you anymore.
He sees her face
The highway signs
The traffic lights
And she's turning red
At a motel
On a double bed
He swears he feels her lying there
And she whispers in his ear
"You can't run away forever"
But sometimes
That feels like coming home to me anymore
It feels like coming home to me
But the further off I get
The more I get upset
I could never make it home
She sees his face
In the sweat-stained sheets
The dirty cups
They keep on piling up
In the backyard
So overgrown
In the dandelions
They peek through the cracks in the patio
She swears she hears the phone
But she only gets a dial-tone
So she imagines what'd she say:
"If you feel like coming home to me sometime
Yeah, if you feel like coming home to me
I'll be waiting at the door
There is nothing to be sorry for
So why can't you come home?
Don't you feel like coming home to me anymore?
You don't feel like coming home to me?"
That's the game you choose
But you don't have to play the loser
when the horses come to drag me away,
i won't fuss and fight i won't plead or beg.
and wherever they dump me i'll lay my head.
i'll sleep it off..i'll sleep alone
until the longing burrows a hole
straight through my sternum
to make its home.
i have this way of carrying on
such fruitless passions fallen from the vine
and the sweetest nectar turns to bitter wine.
but still we drink we drip the bottle dry.
we smash it apart and lick the sides..
recycled lovers expiring the night.
so when the horses come i won't scream or cry;
i've been dying for them to take my life.
and i'll sing of a new birth
a past unscratched.
so don't be sad, we should both rejoice
to the sound of those hooves
down that dark highway
in opposite directions.
wherever they dump us we'll stay.
recycled lovers get so carried away.
You look at me like you€™ve been saved
From another one that got away.
So I€™m your latest cup of tea
To keep your cold hands company,
And I will warm you.
I will calm you
Until those waters
Are ready to be sailed upon,
Under a honeymoon.
You say you€™ve never felt this way
At least not this early.
We decide to hold nothing back €"
We€™ll act how we want to act.
And so, eventually, we became really good actors.
Acting and reacting and acting and reacting
Under a honeymoon.
We know the sun is gonna rise,
We tell ourselves to act surprised,
We€™re comforted in our denial
That dark love can be reconciled
Oh please, oh please, €. reconcile me
From all these bad actors,
All these bad endings.
Under a honeymoon;
We want what we€™re not and we don€™t want to stop
€˜cause it feels right €"
or at least it€™s feeling good,
€.at least it feels good€
I always fall in love too soon,
Caught beneath the glow of a honeymoon
It€™s been two years this month since the last time we spoke
And it€™s starting to seem that the only thing everlasting
Is this vow of silence
Well, I guess that€™s the vow that we took €" but not at first.
At first I was screaming, those songs you heard
Two years ago on that night we last spoke.
"bon voyage" was something that i once said
and eventually regretted.
well, it€™s come up again...and i wonder if
the same mistakes i used to make
could be remade.
cause "i've been through this before"
well i've said that too.
there's just so much that we can fake
before we break ourselves into-two.
twenty two. the years can hardly catch up
with the years of playing catch up.
must there always be a catch?
what we really want is just ahead,
just over that hill.
and the more i learn, the less i try to climb.
the more we change, the more we wish
we stayed the same,
the more we try to fake ourselves into beliefs:
"the grass must be green somewhere!"
twenty two-the years can hardly catch up,
the years are playing catch up.
must there always be a catch?
i can't do this anymore:
stay in, black out, hit the floor.
i've forgotten what i'm hiding from
but mama called and cried to me,
"baby, your anniversary was last tuesday."
that's right...okay, i guess it slipped my mind.
and that's fine with me, i guess,
though it came as a surprise.
i gotta celebrate my memory's retreat
it's finally forgetting things.
i pushed it away. i let histroy lie.
finally memory sleeps.
goodnight.
it's gonna be all right okay?
i'm leaving everything behind
so goodnight, farewell-and cheers
to the new denial.
exhausted with the born again routine...
you die a little bit each time you smile.
so grit your teeth, they like you happy.
I found a new life with you here
A life that will burn bright through the years
I can tell in the way you look, the signals are so clear
I want a big house in the hills,
but I don't need that life to make me feel
Like I'm part of the crowd who turns their backs to what's real
Whoa, whoa yeah, it's a good day
I know you know, to me you're everything
Whoa, whoa yeah, it's a good day
And I feel my life is changing
I found a piece of what was left,
a mark that runs deep within this chest
I know in my heart what's best is here in front of me
I can just see us in the streets
Beneath all the stars just you and me
Together as one we'll stand, each hand and hand
You're all I ever needed
Whoa, whoa yeah, it's a good day
I know you know, to me you're everything
Whoa, whoa yeah, it's a good day
And I feel my life is changing, and I feel my life is changing
Oh, the good life, full of fun seems to be the ideal
Mmm, the good life lets you hide all the sadness you feel
You won't really fall in love for you can't take the chance
So please be honest with yourself, don't try to fake romance
It's the good life to be free to explore the unknown
Like the heartaches when you learn you must face them alone
Please remember I still want you and in case you wonder why
sally tells long for love, it started
in new amsterdam, she's gone, gone
through change, gone through planes
and magazines, and that is all, the
church bells ringing through her head,
some live life through the dotted line, some
bet the safe bet sounding off
the good life, the one life, the whole
life, the old life, the lasting single
solitary world that you will know,
the good life, the one life, the whole
life, the old life, the lasting single
solitary world that you will know
this counsel's faltered enough, and
shadows drag through the dusk, and
that's the way it always goes down
now this counsel's faltered enough,
back through the sin that you trust
and that's the way it always, always
goes
chasing dreams and signing off,
through the haze that's given up, she's
gone, gone through change, gone
through flood and hurricane, and that
is all, sheltered victory's defeat a
martyr for belief in time, a martyr
for a belief in life
the good life, the one life, the whole
life, the old life, the lasting single
solitary world that you will know,
the good life, the one life, the whole
life, the old life, the lasting single
solitary world that you will know
this counsel's faltered enough, and
shadows drag through the dusk, and
that's the way it always goes down
now this counsel's faltered enough,
back through the sin that you trust
and that's the way it always, always
goes
our winter is long, too long for us
every year, and our blood is ice, ice
just like the roadway glare, the poor man
survives, the rich man sheds many
tears, whoever we are, we wish to God
we were better here
but no i won't say that, no i won't be
there, i'm not the answer, i don't see
clear, i don't know, myself
i don't know, myself, myself ,
and days feel like years
come make some time today
jump aboard here on this train
cuz it leaves- just in time for everyone
who believes one day we will see the son
let's take this ride today
plenty room plenty space
you'll find you'll be in good company
all the time- you'll be free to fly
from your sorrow
straight into the light
and your tommorow
ever shining bright
all you high and below
trying to survive
come on down
i know you feel it
but i wanna hear it from you now
say what and i wanna hear you sing it loud
say what i gotta hear you sing it out
it's time for the good life
it's time for the good life
it's time for the good life
it's time for the good life
your drama gone
you're light and free i know i wanna
be there when you make your discovery
yea here comes your victory
over sorrow
straight into the light
to your tommorow
ever shining bright
don't you ever let go
'cuz ya finally got it right
let's sing it down
i know you feel it
but i wanna hear it from you now
say what and i wanna hear you sing it loud
say what i gotta hear you sing it out
bout time for the good life...
So you think your Kung Fo's pretty good huh?
I want to fight your brother
Him against me
let's Kung Fo!
The smoke is clearing you can see
Peter and Paul Stanley
Kareem and Bruce they've made a truce
While Ace and Gene took pcp
A flying kick right threw air
His foot got stuck in Peter's hair
Ace and Gene took on kareem
But slipped and fell on afro shene
Then Bruce said yeah oh boy
I think he meant la choy
kareem and bruce dont miss when throwing stars at Kiss
Gene now has a shorter tounge
He should have used his love gun
Gene and Ace escaped today
The'll live to fight another day
Oh my god aceint chinesse secrect sent by budda
Bruce and Kareem shooting baskets two points
When I look in the mirror, I can't believe what I see
Tell me, who's that funky dude, staring back at me?
Broken, beaten down can't even get around
Without an old-man cane, I fall and hit the ground
Shivering in the cold, I'm bitter and alone
Excuse the bitchin, I shouldn't complain
I should have no feeling, 'cause feeling is pain
As everything I need, is denied me
And everything i want, is taken away from me
But who do I got to blame? Nobody but me
…And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the Good Life
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back…Yeah!
Screw this crap, I've had it! I ain't no Mr. Cool
I'm a pig, I'm a dog, so 'scuse me if I drool
I ain't gonna hurt nobody, ain't gonna 'cause a scene
I just need to admit that I want sugar in my tea
Hear me? Hear me? I want sugar in my tea!
…And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the Good Life
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back…Yeah!
I want to go back, I want to go back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I want to go back…Yeah!
…And I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the Good Life
It's time i got back, it's time i got back
and I don't even know how I got off the track
I'm sittin' alone in my three-bedroom home
A mile east of where I was raised
Starin' out the window at my dog in the backyard
In the pine straw covered with clay
Damn he's a mess but we love him to death
I guess he fits in this family well
Yeah, we're a bloodline of shepherds used to roamin' the pastures
Tryin' to cope with this suburban hell
It sure ain't the good life we're livin'
But I reckon we're happy enough
We've done well with the hands we were given
With a little hope and a whole lotta' love
Dad just finished buildin' it must have cost him a killin'
That house out on Rambler's Inn
He sent my brother off to college, walkin' through the arches
Man we're all sure proud of him
But he never tried to spoil us, kept our hands in the sawdust
Yea we chipped in whenever we could
And we shared in the sweat and the blood and the tears
I guess he knew it would do us some good
It sure ain't the good life we're livin'
But I reckon we're happy enough
We've done well with the hands we were given
With a little hope and a whole lotta' love
No we don't have our fists full of dollars and we're no southern aristocrats
No we ain't got a lot but we've earned what we got
And we couldn't do it much better than that
My wife quit her job
Now she's workin' full time
Takin' care of the baby and me
And I'm playin' in the bars tryin' to pay off the debts
Lord this half acre didn't come cheap
I come draggin' in three and four in the mornin'
Smell like tobacco and rum
Still she wakes up to greet me ‘cause she loves me completely
Says she's proud of the star I've become
It sure is a good life we're livin'
Yeah, I reckon we're happy enough
We've done well with the hand we were given
With a little hope and a whole lotta' love
No we don't have our fists full of dollars and we're no southern aristocrats
No we ain't got a lot but we love what we got
And we couldn't do it much better than that
I hope ol' St. Peter will have me when they throw my coffin in the back
When that hearse rolls away I hope all ya'll will say
I barely got to sleep last night
But don't worry girl I still had that dream again
The dream where I'm in a perfect world
With perfect blue skies
Where no one dies and we spend forever
Livin' in love, nothing could be better
Than a perfect world with a perfect girl
We'd have so much time living out the good life
Yeah, it's the good life
From the moment my feet touched sand
To the perfect skies up in the tall mountains
It felt so good to roll the windows down
Drive along until we find ourselves
And we'll go back to the life you wanna lead
Then we'll go back to the way things used to be
We'll find a way to make it right and we'll live our lives
Step by step, we'll make it as we sing
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
To catch you when you fall down
I've made great friends, I've seen great times
I've been in love and I've seen love die
Nothing's as good as when I close my eyes
And feel that road that's lead me through this life
It's a good life, just get me on my feet
It's a good life but I'm living in a dream where
I'll take a chance on every breath like it's my last
Step by step we'll make it as we sing
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
To catch you when you fall down
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
I'll find a way to catch you when you fall down
I packed my bags, I was on my way home
I was 400 miles away from being back inside of your arms
It's where I always wanted to be
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
To catch you when you fall down
I'll catch you when you fall down
Don't ever forget all the sleepless nights
We stayed up late until the sun would rise
No matter how far you get I'll be a step behind
I'll find a way to catch you when you fall down
I barely got to sleep last night
We've been waiting for a while,
Holding our breath,
Wearing longing little smiles,
Cuz the good life is near.
Take that precious little smile,
And wait patiently,
We will travel mile by mile,
Be calm while I steer,
We've been waiting for a while,
But the good life is near.
Keep count of yellow lines,
You check your watch too much. Keep count of yellow
lines,
You check your watch too much.
Well, there's a two o'clock flight down to Key West,
I could catch it if I leave now, I bet.
Where the steel drums sound while sun sinks down in the water.
I got five vacation days comin',
I spend my forty-hour week beach-bummin'...
I won't pack a lot of clothes 'cause where I'm gonna go, it don't matter.
I wanna ride the waves, tan my skin,
Dance with a girl I'll never see again,
An' get tattooed.
Catch some fish, catch a bus,
Bend some rules just because I want to.
I'm gonna open wide, take a ride,
An' taste the good life.
Aw, paradise never gets borin',
I might even do a little surf-boardin',
Catch a ride, if I can, with the parachute man,
An' go soarin'.
I wanna ride the waves, tan my skin,
Dance with a girl I'll never see again,
An' get tattooed.
Catch some fish, catch a bus,
Bend some rules just because I want to.
I'm gonna open wide, take a ride,
An' taste the good life.
(Ah ooh.)
I wanna ride the waves, tan my skin,
Dance with a girl I'll never see again,
An' get tattooed.
Catch some fish, catch a bus,
Bend some rules just because I want to.
I'm gonna open wide, take a ride,
An' taste the good life.
I'm gonna open wide, take a ride,
Oh, the good life
Full of fun, seems to be the ideal
Hmm, the good life
Lets you hide all the sadness you feel
You won't really fall in love
For you can't take the chance
Please be honest with yourself
Don't try to fake romance
Oh, it's the good life
To be free and explore the unknown
Oh, like the heartaches
When you learn, you must face them alone, alone
Please remember, I still want you
And in case you wonder why
Well, just wake up
Kiss the good life goodbye
Please remember, I still want you
And in case you wonder why
Well, just wake up
Okay
I'll wait
Disappear
You disappear
Scratched the surface of love
Too late
Self distruction awaits
Every time
Every time I believe in you
That's what I thought
You'd let me fall
All the way
While the good life takes you away
Takes you away
Today
First to feel, first to say
Realize
I realize
You were bleeding me
That's what I thought
You'd let me fall
All the way
While the good life takes you away
Takes you away
If only
You could see
The soul bleeds
Into faint memories
Faint memories
That's what I thought
You'd let me fall
All the way
While the good life takes you away
Takes you away
Takes you away
Takes you away
There were twenty-three sharing one cot
Living in a two bedroom apartment
Wasn't much but just enough
Two crazy kids just getting started
He worked at Wal-Mart she drove a golf cart
Selling drinks to weekend golfers
Somewhere between a pocketful of dreams
And a few dollars in a tin can
Sometimes the rich ain't wealthy and the poor ain't broke
You got to find your own river of gold
It ain't all about the money sometimes, no
It don't take a lot when you, when you count up what you got
If you got love, you're living the good life
Living the good life
Well just up the road up on the hill
Sits a woman all alone in a mansion
Husband always working
Paying that mortgage
All that money, is holding them for ransom
The rich aren't wealthy and the poor ain't broke
You got to find your own river of gold
It ain't all about the money sometimes
It don't take a lot, when you count up what you got
If you got love, you're living the good life
Living the good life
The rich ain't wealthy the poor ain't broke
You got to find your own river of gold
It ain't all about the money
If you got a dollar in your pocket
And a smile on your face
And every little thing is going to be OK
You know it don't take a lot
If you count up what you got
If you got love, you're living the good life
We're living the good life
Living the good life
The good life, one day that's what I'll be livin'
Fantasy never hurt nobody, whatever chills the illin'
When the everyday gets on your last one, give it up and go
2 the place in everyone's future, the good life - one day we'll know
(Good life)
Everyday after school, U know where 2 find this brother
Uptown at every movie show, outta my life 2 another
That was the only thing that I wanted 2 do, that was my drug of choice
Left all the funny smellin' cigarettes 2 the American boys
"La Dolce Vita" was the knob that turned me on
Marcello Mastroianni Italian Mac comin' on strong
He had all the honies, the kind from the magazines
Small waist, big - right!... biggest ones U've ever seen
The good life (good life), one day that's what I'll be livin'
Fantasy never hurt nobody, whatever chills the illin'
When the everyday gets on your last one, give it up and go
2 the place in everyone's future, the good life - one day we'll know
One day we'll know
(Good life) {x2}
Mama worked all night, went 2 school by day
Wanted 2 get her Master Degree so she could make a better way
Set examples 4 her babies that we'll never forget
That's where I guess my spirit comes from, eternally never met
Oh, the good life (good life), one day that's what I'll be livin'
Fantasy never hurt nobody, whatever chills the illin' (Ooh, good life)
When the everyday gets on your last one, give it up and go
2 the place in everyone's future, (the good life) the good life - one day
we'll know
(Good life)
Good life {x2}
Good life (Good life)
Hey, hey, hey!
Peace 2 the mother that knows
That the babies are the key 2 the world, key 2 the world
The battles of the future will be won
By those who teach those baby boys and girls
This is our plea 2 the brothers
Who are tired of the barely gettin' by, instead U should try
2 see your future map out your steps
And make sure no one dies
The good life (good), one day that's what I'll be livin'
Fantasy never hurt nobody, whatever chills the illin'
(One drop of blood ain't worth forsaking your dreams)
When the everyday gets on your last one, give it up and go
(Music, sports, fashion, whatever)
2 the place in everyone's future, the good life - one day we'll know
(Consolidate, think ahead, and cream, cream)
The good life (good life), one day that's what I'll be livin'
Fantasy never hurt nobody, whatever chills the illin' (Hey yeah, good life)
When the everyday gets on your last one, give it up and go (Good life, oh)
2 the place in everyone's future, the good life - one day we'll know
New Power Generation (Good life)
Tryin' 2 lead the Good Life (One day we'll know)
Oh yeah, oh Lord
Good life (Good life)
The good life
Good life (Good life)
The good life (Good life)
Good life (good life), one day that's what I'll be livin'
Fantasy never hurt nobody, whatever chills the illin'
When the everyday gets on your last one, give it up and go
2 the place in everyone's future, the good life - one day we'll know
Good Life {repeated}
Good life (Good life)
The good life (Good life) {x3}
One day we'll know!
They got tired of living
and an apple going black
Went up the mad river valley
they never looked back
Way up the mountain
of a cam bell ridge
Up an old logging rope
across an old mill bridge
They built a little house
out of stone they found
Put they're backs to the plow
and the seeds in the ground
Water from the spring
running plenty and good
From a hard wood forest
chopping fire from the wood
Ooohhh
They're living the good life
Ooohhh
Living the good life
They got bread in the oven,
got books on the shelf
They're looking deep into each
others eyes keeping to themselves
Pursuing ideals with
grace and style
And they're making ends meet
with their huggle belly guile
Ooohhh
They're living the good life
Ooohhh
Living the good life
Way up the mountain
of a cam bell ridge
Up an old logging rope,
across an old mill bridge
They built a little house
out of stone they found
Put they're backs to the plow
and the seeds in the ground
The got the power of the sun
and the strength of the soil
Finding peace in their hearts
and faith in their toil
Ooohhh
They're living the good life
Ooohhh
Give me my money!
[Planet Asia talking]
We gettin' paper on this one..."Aoooowww"
Underground niggaz gettin' money
"The good life"...and ya dont stop
"Aoooowww"
[Planet Asia]
Ay yo we first class
Vergin' splurgin' mergin' with professionals
Soul food fanatics all be strung out on my vegetables
Mic merchants meditate on it til it's visual
To what I believe in even if the situation's critical
We chop slang like equipment
So here's another shipment, a dosage of atomic liquids
We live the good life similar to the way we always come thru
Fresh fitted like we did it and we wake up when we want to
Always hungry for the work we get
Filter the scheme out for the cream
Like ain't a such thang like strikin' it rich
Connectin' big checks
Back in the days we used to do the disco
Now we highly recognized thru representin' L.A. to Frisco
It's Cali Agents, we came to bost ya high
Some days for nothin' you can catch me rockin' suits and ties
Fresh off the global tour I'm on retour
Rippin' tracks until it's triple plat
Than it's back to the hood to make sure I'm supprorted
[2x Chorus Rasco & (Planet Asia)]
"The good life", We keep livin' it y'all, we keep livin (what)
"Aoooowww" We keep livin' it y'all
We stay tight, you goddamn right
You know how we do, we keep livin'
[Rasco]
I want the exact same shit they got
But I'ma get mines a whole 'nother way
A million dollar pay day
Door to door, got ya back hittin' the floor
The service got this whole spot nervous
I know you heard this, it ain't a thang
I'm rollin' in the '99 Sting that's red and cost a whole lotta bread
White gold to flash, hand to the crotch
Get down town and cop a cold ass watch *brrr*
No ice banks I don't flash my cash
I go to the bank and put it on with the stash
We mash dipped in fresh gear all year
And I think back to when it wasn't all here
Five thousand chips a song
Don't come at Rasco long and switch man
I'm tryin' to get rich
Two c notes from quotes just won't flow (nigga)
I can't be broke, you had too much to smoke (nigga)
I sit back and take head to the chair there near
Go home break out the pad and the beer
From beginning to end, in the game to win
Watch niggaz get funny when they money is thin
Keep mines thick, you can eat a fat dick fo' sho'
You better show up with all my dough
Still servin' the pipe, earn yo stripes
And maybe you cats can start livin'
[2x Chorus]
[Planet Asia]
This ain't yo ordinary cuz we felt this
Zonin' for the come up when the guns are pointed at you offa hennessey and roaches
Nigga said that I was selfish
Cuz I went from what was destined to take place
My scratch match and runnin' out with big faces
Later haters dictate, CA the sound
No time to clown around, thousand the first to spit it on your mixtape
Passion dank, cash on the blank
Wild whip cross to blow shit, laughin' on the way to the bank
I seen it comin' as a youngin though
Mentally possessed for the limelight
Cali Agents bout to up the ???? in mo'
Don't try to act like you ain't heard about us
We on some HipHop shit, underground
But whether not this thick ya know
My lyrical formats is phatter than the average
I battle like a savage, maniac microphone technician
We stay tight, you goddamn right
You know how we do, we keep livin'
[2x Chorus]
[Rasco]
Yo,I spit it from the lips for chips
I break legs and hips to get it all thru the contract starve
Even the cats that advise wanna capitalize
I'ma show you how the black man rise
See we do things that other cats can't do
The simplest shit like how to spit the 1 2
Now you watch Ras' and Planet As' get bait
And this here song is like the best shit made
Gray day pop off the choice, my loud voice
We spit so much we need a whole crowd moist
Now watch how we catch the whole damn batch
And we stay underground to earn that scratch
Don't be mad cuz your career went bad
You niggaz should give it up and wave that flag
I know that I brag but yo somebody should
When I make cash I spend it all in the hood
I wish a nigga would try to hold my check
I'd hit him with blows and lay his back on the deck
Still servin' the pipe, earn yo stripes
And maybe you cats can start livin'
[Chorus 2x]
[Planet Asia talking]
Y'knowI'msayin'...the good life
Underground cats makin' good dough
Rasco...Planet Asia...Cali Agents
West Coast's finest...welcome to
Need to get this paper y'knowI'msayin'
I look into your big brown eyes.
And they look at me and they tell me
I'm in there - it's hard to leave.
When you play with your hair and you stare back at me.
You're different to me every day.
And I'm always amazed at the things that you say.
When you tell me about your dreams,
My big gay heart wants to burst out its seams.
The sooner I get you home and not on the end of my phone
We can start to see if the good lifes are gold
Let's get on with the show.
You gotta take the good with the bad.
Singing one minute and the next you're sad.
All I want is you to bring me tea.
My oh my, what has happened to me?
The sooner I get you home and not on the end of my phone
We can start to see if the good lifes are gold
Let's get on with the show.
If the good lifes are gold, let's get on with the show.
reflection,
this is my conviction
where am i drawing true inspiration?
what good are my passions if they aren't followed by
action?
i know that i should be the one asking you what you stand
like i've got it all figured out
some days it's so much easier to just hide from the guilt
i am no godsend
i am no walking saint
but they say we're supposed to be the change we wish to
an endless search to fill our lives with purpose
i know that i have been selfish
but that's something we all can change
we all have the means to break our chains
we are supposed to be the change we wish to see,
but i get so lost in my own reflection that i forget what
lies inside
what does it take to make a man?
Oh, the good life, full of fun,
Seems to be the ideal
Yes, the good life let's you hide
All the sadness you feel.
You won't really fall in love,
For you can't take the chance
So be honest with yourself,
Don't try to fake romance.
Yes the good life,
To be free to explore the unknown,
Like the heartaches,
When you learn you must face them alone.
Please remember, I still want you,
And in case you don't know,
Well, just wake up,
Listen while you read!
No the years may grow colder As people grow older It's shoulder to shoulder we'll be But be it sunshine or shady Here's my love to my lady And I pray, may she always love me
I wish I was a bumblebee
I wish I lived to love my queen
Flying from flower to flower all day
I'd dance if I had something to say
Everybody working to feed our babies,
Such a simple and honest community
Not making money, just making honey
I wish I could make something that sweet
I wish I was a mountain goat
I wish I didn't know all the things I know
I'd eat alpine flowers for lunch each day
I'd take naps in the sun in some secret place
Living high on peaks all covered in snow
In the valleys that no one else could go
What some people call danger I'd call my home
And I'd never have to hear another telephone
I wish I could be them both
Anything's better than being a ghost
I wish I was a live
I wish nobody ever had to die
I wish I was a alive
Oh, the good life, full of fun seems to be the ideal
Mm, the good life lets you hide all the sadness you feel
You won't really fall in love for you can't take the
chance
So please be honest with yourself, don't try to fake
romance
It's the good life to be free and explore the unknown
Like the heartaches when you learn you must face them
alone
Please remember I still want you, and in case you wonder
Cup of coffee and a clearer head
Jelly over warm cornbread
Feeling ready for whatever the day's gonna bring
Old boots, socks are new
Neighbors waving, sky is blue
I may be almost broke but this feeling is free
No doubt I'm right where I belong
No part of this road feels wrong
It looks like the good life's coming on strong
Painted toes and tangled hair
perfect walk caught my stare
one look I was hooked and I haven't let go
And up ahead half a mile
I stop in to see that smile
Thank you Lord for that angel watching over me
No doubt I'm right where I belong
No part of this road feels wrong
It looks like the good life's coming on strong
Like forgiveness on Sunday
Or syrup and pancakes
We're meant to be
She opens the door
And she jumps in my arms
Yeah it's easy to see
No doubt I'm right where I belong
No part of this road feels wrong
It looks like the good life
Finally my steps are steady and true
And it's all because of you
It looks like the good life's coming on strong
[Chorus:]
Man I'm looking for the good life
Something that you can't imagine
It's something you don't know
Man I'm looking for the good life
Baby girl I got a ticket, do you wanna go?
Swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly I call
And we could have a good night
Show me that you got some good sense
Show me what you know
Make your trunk go
Make your make your trunk go
Make make make make make make your trunk go
[Verse 1:]
Man I gotta be fresh and I gotta be I'll
We locate from the jungle where it's killed or be killed
And I'm a get mine, don't care how you feel
In an artificial world where nothing is real
We searching for wild for something that's greater
And hopefully I'll make it there sooner or later
Remember I was younger and I didn't have a thing
And then I had a dream they call Martin Luther King
I'm swelly on top for the world it seems
Cash rules everything around me get C.R.E.A.M.
Good morning, to my haters all I say is good night
They ask me what I'm looking for, I need a good life
[Chorus:]
Man I'm looking for the good life
Something that you can't imagine
It's something you don't know
Man I'm looking for the good life
Baby girl I got a ticket, do you wanna go?
Swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly I call
And we could have a good night
Show me that you got some good sense
Show me what you know
Make your trunk go
Make your make your trunk go
Make make make make make make your trunk go
[Verse 2:]
I bet you know now if you didn't know then
I step into the booth and it's time to go in
And P got the bass turned up the low end
And this is that soul for the big o' ten
I never thought that I would be a man in the game
I brush off my shirt where there used to be a stain
I came a long way where I wasn't so fly
Made music like Kweli just to get by
I never had a job, but that couldn't stop him
'Cause now I get paid and I never clock in
And I will never stumble, fall, or take a pay cut
I'm in that elevator and I'm on my way up
[Chorus:]
Man I'm looking for the good life
Something that you can't imagine
It's something you don't know
Man I'm looking for the good life
Baby girl I got a ticket, do you wanna go?
Swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly, swelly I call
And we could have a good night
Show me that you got some good sense
Show me what you know
Make your trunk go
Make your make your trunk go
all you do all
you've been through
has put you where you are today
all you do
is a photograph of you
now do you like what's in the picture?
the time is now
there's no time for waiting around
you get one shot, don't run for cover
until it's over
this is the good life now
this is the high life now
I can see with my own eyes
that it's a good, good life
the things you say
day after day
make all the difference in the world
the things you hate
might never go away
but they can't win if you don't let them
the time is now
there's no time for hanging around
this your chance, take it with no doubt
and don't let go, now
this is the good life now
this is the high life now
I can see with my own eyes
that it's a good, good life
this is the good life now
this is the high life now
can't you see with your own eyes