It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to one side
and said I'm angry
Five days since you laughed at me saying
Get that together come back and see me
Three days since the living room,
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
But it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry
Hold it now and watch the hoodwink
As I make you stop, think
You'll think you're looking at Aquaman
I summon fish to the dish,
Although I like the Chalet Swiss
And I like the sushi
'cause it's never touched a frying pan
Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes
Big like Leann Rimes
Because I'm all about value
Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits
You try to match wits
You try to hold me but I bust through
Gonna make a break and take a fake
I'd like a stinkin, achin shake
I like vanilla, It's the finest of the flavors
Gotta see the show,
Cause then you'll know
The Vertigo is gonna grow
Cause it's so dangerous,
You'll have to sign a waiver
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt
It's been one week since you looked at me
Threw your arms in the air and said you're crazy
Five days since you tackled me
I've still got the rug burns on both my knees
It's been three days since the afternoon
You realized it's not my fault not a moment too soon
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
And now I sit back and wait till you say you're sorry
Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
We're watchin X-Files with no lights on,
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford I'm getting Frantic
Like Sting I'm Tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurosawa I make mad films
Okay I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a samurai
Gonna get a set of better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the backswing
Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
You soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of losing my shirt
It's been one week since you looked at me
Dropped your arms to your sides and said I'm sorry
Five days since I laughed at you and said
You just did just what I thought you were gonna do
Three days since the living room
We realized we're both to blame, but what could we do?
Yesterday you just smiled at me
Cause it'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie
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I met you
Before the fall of Rome
And I begged you
To let me take you home
You were wrong
I was right
You said goodbye
I said goodnight
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done before
I knew you
Before the west was won
And I heard you say
The past was much more fun
You go your way
I'll go mine
But I'll see you next time
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done before
If I put my fingers here
And if I say I love you dear
And if I play the same three chords
Will you just yawn and say
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done before
Alone and bored
On a thirtieth century night.
Will I see you
On the Price Is Right?
Will I cry?
Will I smile?
As you run
Down the aisle.
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done before
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done
Woo hoo hoo it's all been done before
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A hydro field cuts through my neighborhood
Somehow that always just made me feel good
I can put a spare bulb in my hand
Light up my yard
Late at night when the wires in the walls
Sing in tune with the din of the falls
I'm conducting it all while I sleep
To light this whole town
If you quesiton what I would do
To get over and be with you
Lift you up over everything
To light up my room
There's a shopping cart in the ravine
Foam on the creek is like chocolate ice-cream
Field full of tires that is always on fire
To light my way home
There are luxuries we can't afford
But in our house we never get bored
Cause we can dance to the radio station
That plays in our teeth
If you quesiton what I would do
To get over and be with you
Lift you up over everything
To light up my room
My room
A hydro field cuts through my neighborhood
Somehow that always just made me feel good
I can put a spare bulb in my hand
Light up my yard
Light up my yard
Lights in my yard
Light up my yard
La da da daaa
La da da daa
La da da daaaa (REPEAT)
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If I were you
And I wish that I were you
All the things I'd do
To make myself turn blue
I suppose
I'd start by removing all my clothes
Tie my pantyhose
Around my neck
I'll be that girl
If you would be right over
If I were a field, you would be in clover
If I were the sun, you would be in shadow
If I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrow
If you will not have me as myself
Perhaps theres someone else
Perhaps as you
I'll be worth noticing
Then even a eunuch won't resist
The magic of a kiss
From such is me
I'll be that girl
If you would be right over
If I were a field, you would be in clover
If I were the sun, you would be in shadow
And if I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrow
It's time to kick off your shoes
Lay down and choose sadness
It's time to throw off those chains
Addle our brains with madness
Cause we've got plenty of time
To grow old and die
But when at last your beautys faded
You'll be glad that I have waited for you
When you're done
With being beautiful and young
When that course is run
Then come to me
I'll be that girl
You would be right over
If I were a field, you would be in clover
If I were the sun, you would be in shadow
If I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrow
There'd be no tomorrow
There'd be no tomorrow
There'd be no tomorrow
There'd be no tomorrow
There'd be no tomorrow
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I've informed you to leave
Cause' I can't afford to lose more sleep
I get ill and I get tired
So I'll try to rest if you'll stand guard.
Doo doo doo do, doo do do doo whoa
Doo doo doo do, doo do do
I've informed you to leave
Cause' I can't stand to hear you breath
I chew up and I choke down
Scraps you choose to leave around
Doo doo doo do, doo do do doo whoa
Doo doo doo do, doo
Apparitions still won't leave me alone
It's as if you've never left
How am I supposed to remember you?
When you won't let me forget?
I've informed you to leave
Cause I can't afford to lose more sleep
There's your shoes and there's the door
Please don't come here anymore.
Doo doo doo do, doo do do doo whoa
Doo doo doo do, doo do do
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Alcohol, my permanent accessory
Alcohol, a party time necessity
Alcohol, alternative to feeling like yourself
Oh alcohol I still drink to your health
I love you more,
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol
Forget the cafe lattes
Screw the raspberry iced tea
A Malibu and Coke for you
A G and T for me
Alcohol your songs resolve
Like my life never will
When someone else is picking up the bill
I love you more
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol
Oh alcohol
Would you please forgive
While I cannot love myself
I'll use something else
I thought that alcohol
Was just for those with nothing else to do
I thought that drinking just to get drunk
Was a waste of precious booze
But now I know that there's
A time and theres a place where I can choose
To walk the fine line between self-control and self-abuse
(Chanting) Go, go go go go go
I love you more
Than I did the week before
I discovered alcohol
Would please ignore
That you found me on the floor
Trying out your camisole
Oh alcohol
Would you please forgive me?
While I cannot love myself
I'll use something else
Would you please forgive me?
Would you please forgive me?
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I think
It's getting to the point where I can be myself again
I think
It's getting to the point where we have almost made amends
I think
It's the getting to the point that is the hardest part
If you call
I will answer
And if you fall
I'll pick you up
And if you court this disaster
I'll point you home
I'll point you home
You think
I only think about you when we're both in the same thing
I'm only here to witness the remains of love exempt
You think
We're here to play a game of who loves more than who
If you call
I will answer
And if you fall
I'll pick you up
And if you court this disaster
You think
It's only fair to do what's best for you and you alone
It's only fair to do the same to me when your not home
I think
It's time to make this something that is more than only fair
So if you call
I will answer
If you fall
I'll pick you up
If you court this disaster
I'll point you home
I'm warning you
Don't ever do
Those crazy messed up things that you do
If you ever do
I promise you
I'll be the first to crucify you
Now it's time to prove
That you've come back here to rebuild
Rebuild (REPEAT)
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She fed me strawberries
And freezed them for ice-cream
I said goodbye I guess
She lifted up her dress
And so I must confess
We made out one more time before I left for good
She thought I'd come back
But I wouldn't want to seem like other guys
A book and record love
We sat and read our books
Between those longing looks
Compounded by our fear
My tongue inside her ear
My tongue inside her
In the basement
Of her mother's house
Where we once
Taped the first three sides of "Sandinista" for my car
We were looking for ourselves and found each other
In the car
It was rare than to do much more than
Simply mess around in the car
It was mostly mutual masturbation
Though we spoke, penetration would have to wait
For someone else to try it out
Once I had this dream
I slept with her mom
Unless I've got this wrong
Secret all along
Unless she hears this song
Unless she hears it
On a tape inside her inside her car
With her new husband
And she tends to hear and says I think that's me
In the car
We were looking for ourselves
Found each other
In the car
We could pour excuses
Not to be alone anymore
In the car
We were waiting for our lives
To start their endings
In the car
We were never making love
We were never making love
We were never making love
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What am I to wake up suddenly and then
Enroll at the local college
Earn me a degree and I could work weekends
If I work real hard
I could mow your backyard
I could go to Europe
Travel with my friends
I could blow a thousand deutschmarks
To get drunk in a pub with some Australians
Buy a giant backpack
Sew a flag on the back
Think never is enough
Yeah never is enough
You never have to do that stuff
I think never is enough
Yeah never is enough
You never have to do that stuff
I never had to spend a summer planting trees
I never worked my way through a forest inch by inch
Doubled over on my hands and knees
I never spent a single day in retail
Telling people what they want to hear
Telling people anything to make a sale
Eating in the food court
With the old and the bored
I think never is enough
Yeah never is enough
I never wanna do that stuff
I think never is enough
Yeah never is enough
You never have to do that stuff
The world's your oyster shell
But what's that funny smell
You eat the bivalve anyway
And you're sick with salmonella
You get your PhD
How happy you will be
When you get a job at Wendy's
And are honored with employee of the month
I Think never is enough
Yeah never is enough
I never wanna do that stuff
(REPEAT CHORUS
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Now I lay me down not to sleep
I just get tangled in the sheets
I swim in sweat three inches deep
Just lay back and claim defeat
Chapter read and lesson learned
I turned the lights off while she burned
So while she's three hundred degrees
I throw the sheets off and I freeze
Lids down
I count sheep
I count heartbeats
The only thing that counts
Is that I won't sleep
I count down
I look around
Who needs sleep?
Well you're never gonna get it
Who needs sleep?
Tell me what's that for
Who needs sleep?
Be happy with what you get
And there's a guy that's been awake since the second world war
Who needs sleep?
Well you're never gonna get it
Who needs sleep?
Tell me what's that for
Who needs sleep?
Be happy with what you get
And there's a guy that's been awake since the second world war
My hands are locked up tight in fists
My mind is racing filled with lists
Of things to do and things I've done
Another sleepless nights begun
Lids down
I count sheep
I count heartbeats
The only thing that counts
Is that I won't sleep
I count down
I look around
Who needs sleep?
Well you're never gonna get it
Who needs sleep?
Tell me what's that for
Who needs sleep?
Be happy with what you get
And there's a guy that's been awake since the second world war
Who needs sleep?
Well you're never gonna get it
Who needs sleep?
Tell me what's that for
Who needs sleep?
Be happy with what you get
And there's a guy that's been awake since the second world war
So much joy in life
So many pleasures all around
The pleasure of insomnia
Is one I've never found
With all life has to offer
There's so much to be enjoyed
The pleasures of insomnia are ones I can't avoid
Lids down
I count sheep
I count heartbeats
The only thing that counts
Is that I won't sleep
I count down
I look around
Hala hala hala
(REPEAT CHORUS)
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I never jumped in and rescued you
But I wanted to
I didn't tell you which way to go
Cause I thought you'd know
You had a problem with your new found wealth
Brought it on yourself
I never told "I told you so"
But I told you so
Have to let it go
It's time to let it go
Now I can't believe
It took so long to leave
Perhaps one day I'll grieve
Or I never will
I never told you I agreed with you
I don't think I do
I wasn't sure quite what the whole thing meant
But I'm glad you went
I never thought that it could be painless
But it is I guess
I had myself fooled into meeting you
Did I fool you too
Have to let it go
It's time to let it go
Now I can't believe
Took so long to leave
Perhaps one day I'll grieve
Or I never will
Viral infection
That can incubate for years
Caused by infection
Falling deep into her ears
No medication to procure
Makes me pure
There's no cure
I am sure
I never mentioned how I prayed for you
Now I've paid for you
I never said that I would wait for you
It's too late for you
It's time to let it go
Now I can't believe
It took so long to leave
Perhaps one day I'll grieve
Or I never will
Or I never will
I never will
Oh I
Oh I
Oh I
I Never will
Never will
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One day I will build a fountain
Drink and never grow old
Then I'll market an elixer
That will eliminate the common cold
Find your sickness on my lips
Pay up front and make a wish
One day I will work with animals
All the tests I'm gonna do
All my stuffs completely natural
And when we're done
We'll boil them down for glue
That we can use to re-adhere
Your lips to mine if you were here
There's a lot I will never do
Some fantastic I know it's true
Not as much as my want to be with you
I can't stand to wait in line long
So I built a new machine
It just measures up the distance
And then eliminates the folks between
One day I'll construct a sattelite
And I'll name it after you
Cause' you were the greatest friend of all
Except for when you split my lip in two
To see the look upon your face
As I launch you into space
There's a lot I will never do
Some fantastic I know its true
But not as much as my want to be with you
Bye bye self respect
I haven't had much of it since you left
I missed out on the best of you
Someday I will find the secret
To your social chemistry
Then I'll print it on a t-shirt
And it'll make you want to be with me
And if I wear it past your work
You'll see other guys are jerks
Much like phereromones for flies
You will not avoid my eyes
There's a lot I will never do
Some fantastic I know its true
Not as much as my want to be with you
Bye bye self respect
I haven't had much of it since you left
Even mice are bereft of you
I missed out on the best of you
Bye bye self respect
I haven't had much of it since you left
I missed out on the best of you
Bye bye bye (REPEAT)
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With life just begun
My sleeping new son
His eyes that roll back in his head
They flutter and dart
He slows down his heart
And pictures a world past his bed
It's hard to believe
As I watch you breathe
Your mind drifts and weaves
When you dream
What do you dream about
When you dream
What do you dream about
Do you dream about music
Or mathematics
Or planets too far for the eye
Do you dream about Jesus
Or quantum mechanics
Or angels who sing lullabyes
His fontanelle pulses
With lives that he's lived
With memories he'll learn to ignore
And when it is closed
He already knows
He's forgotten all he knew before
But when sleep sets in
History begins
But the future will win
When you dream
What do you dream about
When you dream
What do you dream about
Are they colored or black and white
Yiddish or English or languages not yet conceived
Are they silent or boisterous
Do you hear noises
Just loud enough to be perceived
Do you hear Del Shannons Runaway
Playing on transistor radio waves
With so little experience
You might not get cognicent
Are you wise beyond your few days
When you dream
What do you dream about
(REPEAT CHORUS)
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Woke up, I was on top of the world
There was a beautiful girl in the bed beside me
Rolled over got a kiss on the ear
She said "Listen up dear, there's a change inside me."
Can't say how frightened I am
How unenlightened I am
As I run for cover
Can't say how happy I am to be wrong
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time hallelujah
She's on time
And it's the safest time of the month they say for love
We move in a mysterious way
Cause with some heartache
I'd say we work harder
Not happy with a hug and a kiss
Although most stop here
We go much much farther
We can't stop foolin around
On the bed, on the ground on the bathroom counter
We can't stop when all her systems are go
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time hallelujah
She's on time
And it's the safest time of the month they say for love
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
Shes on time hallelujah
Shes on time
And it's the greatest time of the month for making love
Between you and me, how happy well be
Repeating the cycle permanently
But where will we be when baby makes three?
I know that in a couple of years
I might lay down my fears and get psyched about it
Give in with out an ounce of regret
Trying not to forget what I liked about it
One day I might look like a fool
With a yard and a pool and a station wagon
Till' then I get down on my knees everyday to pray
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time hallelujah
She's on time
And it's the safest time of the month they say for love
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time hallelujah
She's on time
And it's the greatest time of the month for making love
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time hallelujah
She's on time
And it's the greatest time of the month for making love
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
She's on time
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It's a long way back home
To pack up and leave again
To gather and go
Do without heat again
It's a long way back home
A long way back here again
I should have known
You would just plead again
For the first time I knew what to do
The first time it's just me and you
Then the worst timing I ever knew
I have to go
I already know
It's a long way back home
To feel like I'm far away
How should I know
What goes on here anyway
For the first time I knew what to do
The first time it's just me and you
Then the worst timing I ever knew
I have to go
You already know
Why God spent a week on a star
No time, you can't get there by car
When we get some time on our own
We'll plan out our next trip alone
It's a long way back home
To just about anywhere
Cause once through the door
We're not even halfway there
For the first time I knew what to do
The first time it's just me and you
Then the worst timing I ever knew
I have to go
You already know
It's a long way back home
It's a long way back home
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