Melbas lyrics

The lyrics are in the order of when they were written, spanning from July of 1998 to the present. All lyrics by Joe.

gone tomorrow
it is decieving
to think that you're leaving
and that i might not see you again
i am left crying
inside i'm dying
you've always been there for me
i am left speechless
can't quite believe this
that tomorrow you'll be gone
i tend to regret
and you seem to forget
that this is how life has to be

chorus:
words i should have said when i was young
but i didn't want to try
and now its much too late
all i do is cry

inside i'm burning
my mind is turning
you've always been my best friend
my mind is racing
i am still pacing
i just can't sleep tonight
i am still stumbling
my mind is fumbling
trying to figure out how it came to this
i am now hopeless
can't quite promote this
knowing that its not all right

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it is decieving
to think that you're leaving
and that i might not see you again...

i hate this town
stuck inside this mind trap
and lost inside these thoughts
disillusioned we can't see
exactly what we've lost
swimmin' in this jello
can't move myself at all
monotony it grips us
don't care if we fall

chorus:
this town is killing me
i'm stuck inside
this town is killing me
i'll gladly die

stuck inside this family
they're looking down on me
generously, i'm a king
joke of everything
rotting out my mind
and losing all i try
stagnating here alone
all i do is cry

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this town is killing me
this town is killing me
this town is killing me
just throw it all away

believe
i don't believe in anything
i don't believe in me
i don't believe in tough love
i don't believe i'm free
i don't believe in goodbye
i don't believe in hell
i don't believe this bullshit
i don't believe i'll tell

oi!

i don't believe in prejudice
i don't believe in fear
i don't believe in jealousy
i don't believe my peers
i don't believe in racism
i don't believe in lies
i don't believe in hatred
i can't believe my eyes

oi!

i don't believe in anything
i don't believe in death
i don't believe in spite
i don't believe i'll rest
i don't believe in future
i don't believe its true
i don't believe in war
but i do believe in you

oi!

i don't know you
i can't say what i need to say
the words are stuck in my head
they won't come out of my mouth
something wants me dead
relating to you is impossible
i'm lost inside my mind
a block keeps me locked in here
i'm just killing my time

chorus:
i need to get out of here
and find a new home
just something to do
somewhere to roam

i don't know you anymore
you can't even talk to me
nothing left for us to do
nothing left to believe
part of me has died today
while another has arisen
its just such a shame
that now there is division

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repeat chorus twice

dr. zaius
hey, where am i?
i'm lost but i know why
i'm searching for something i'm not sure i can find
is there something better than me?
something new to believe?
i just can't stand man anymore

hey, what's that up there?
apes on horses, i'm really scared
maybe they'll be so much wiser than man
hey, you i come in peace
you i just want to meet
why are you wrapping your nets around me?

chorus:
dr. zaius, stop hitting me, i don't know what i've done to you
dr. zaius, i'm a man and i've got opinions too

who put me in this cage?
can't even express my rage
all i want to do is identify with you
you, you're so beautiful
how'd you get stuck in this crazy world
i wish that you could talk to me

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this world is too insane
full of religious lies and pain
its really a madhouse here
another race for me to scorn
you're killing others for fun
you bastards are just like us

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identity
car falling apart
(embrace today)
missing the spare part
(embrace today)
been left alone
(embrace today)
lost your home
(embrace today)
hearts been torn
(embrace today)
shoes are worn
(embrace today)
love is dead
(embrace today)
still got your head
(embrace today)

mind is shot
(embrace today)
life is lost
(embrace today)
feet are torn
(embrace today)
full of scorn
(embrace today)
lost your job
(embrace today)
she's a snob
(embrace today)
tv is broke
(embrace today)
still got hope
(embrace today)

just be yourself
just be yourself

better way
you say there's a better way
you say there's a better place
i say not today
i say get away

you say there's some way outta here
and i just don't know
i think we're better off being ourselves
and just letting go

you say there's a better day
you say that you're okay
i say that you are crazed
i say get away

you say there's something better
and i just don't know
i think this is the best way
just being alone

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it hurts
you know i miss it
and you know it hurts
but i'll be alright
and i'll stand by your side
you know i'm lost
and i'm not getting better
but i will not change
and i will stand right here

you see i'm lonely
and you know it hurts
but i'll be alright
and i will not cry
you know i've failed
and i cannot win
but i won't give up
and i will be okay

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you know i miss it
and you know it hurts
but i'll be alright

danny
danny what happened? hear what i'm asking? why this bigotry and hateful actions?
you know we're all human will you realize soon man? i hate your hate i just can't stand it
why won't you open did you drop the soap man? no one knows what you're smokin'

chorus:
unity is all i'm askin' for
a hug and some love and no more war
openness is all i want from you
just being yourself just being true

i've heard all your stories your racist allegories 'bout why they're not for you you're full of shit
are you really scared that they breathe you air? or is their hair thats making you stare?
clock's still ticking your labels ain't sticking don't know what's wrong your mind has sickened

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unity
unity
unity
unity
you're full of shit

my friend
hey i haven't seen you in many many weeks
but the thought of your rejection still chills me to the teeth
i wish i could say all the things i feel
but if you reacted wrong it'd be so unreal
i know this way of thinking is thought of as a crime
so why won't you give me, just give me one more time?

chorus:
i need you more than you could know
i need you more than you could know
i need you more than you could know
please don't leave me here alone

i know you understand that we're not the same
but you've got to understand that this ain't some stupid game
you're mixed signals are tearing me apart
if you really want a platter, i'll serve up my heart
i wish i could undo all the wrong that i've done
but now you've left me here, i'm just a smoking gun

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repeat first verse
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santa is a communist
santa is a communist
my friend steve told me so
you might think he's jolly
but there's something that i know
he's got a hidden agenda
something he believes in
he wants to teach the kids
all about socialism

chorus:
santa is a communist
you know i think he's right
it's all about capitalism
on this christmas night

santa is a communist
i think he makes some sense
he sees this overblown holiday
is all about nickels and cents
if we were all red like him
you know we'd have more fun
any presents that we got
would be property of everyone

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santa is a communist, santa is a communist, santa is a communist, you should be one too
santa is a communist, santa is a communist, santa is a communist, you should be one too

everytime
everytime you say those things you say
i imagine they were meant for me
everytime you look into my eyes
i know its only to say goodbye

everytime that we talk on the phone
i just wish that we were alone
everytime that you get upset
it just fills me full of regret

chorus:
why can't i tell you how i feel?
why can't i tell you that i love you?
why won't you listen to what i say
all you ever do is run away

everytime you make me feel this way
i hope that my eyes don't betray
all the things i'd like to do
if only you would love me too

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nineteen
everybody tells me that i have such great opportunities
they say my future is so bright
they say if i keep working hard
one day i'll realize my dreams

chorus:
oh, can't you see
that i'm only nineteen
and i'm not ready for this

i keep hearing that if i apply myself
one day i'll be rolling in the dough
but no one ever stops to ask
if this is what i want from life

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there's got to be a better way to get where i'm going
because i can't live like this anymore
jesus christ, don't you see
that this life is killing me

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political war
i hear there's a military expedition
to rid saddam of his munitions
then i see the president on my tv
he says there'll be civilian casulties
i think he knows he's doing no harm
to the dictator with all the arms
this is just a political scheme
to garder the covers of magaizines

chorus:
stop killing!
stop killing!
stop killing!
stop killing!

innocent people shouldn't die
because our president told a lie
i understand weapons are a bad thing
but we're not hurting saddam's regime
this murder is just to deflect heat
from his folly between the sheets
so he's turning an iraqi living room
into an innocent family's tomb

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if the army was serious they'd take action
instead of this silly political distraction
do you realize saddam was in our pocket?
and now his people are playing with rockets
this wanton death is serving no purpose
except to create a media circus
but in truth we're killing thousands of fathers
and thousands of children are being murdered

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coffeehouse girl
i see you behind the counter
jim morrison shirt under your uniform
i think you are so pretty
so i order a tall latte
i make a stupid joke
and you laugh and reply
just for a second
i think i catch your eye

chorus:
coffeehouse girl, can't you see
all the things you're doing to me
coffeehouse girl, lets run away
run away and get married
woahohoh!

later i return
just to talk to you
you give me some free coffee
and i know you're the girl for me
i try to get the guts
to ask you on a date
but i can't get the words
to come out of my face

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old man
you look down on youth like they're some kind of problem
and you just curse instead of trying to solve 'em
you think you are superior because you are so old
i think you are inferior because your youth you sold

chorus:
old man you don't know
old man you don't know
old man you don't know
anything about me

you think kids my age are fucking useless
but if you look in the mirror, you'd see its you who blew it
you think i'm out of control because i like to have fun
well, ask yourself a question, who owns a fucking gun?

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kathy lee
if there's one person i'd like to kill
its got to be kathy lee gifford
now i'm not advocating murder
but when she talks, i just want to hurt her

chorus:
so we've got to unite
(woahohoh)
to end her life
(woahohoh)
we've got to kill kathy lee gifford
yeah!
we've got to kill kathy lee gifford
yeah!

if you heard her talk about jesus
then you'd understand how i feel
she blames all the problems in her life
on some made up religious strife

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she'd pay you a quarter to make clothes
all while denying everything she knows
i think if we ended her reign of terror
we'd be doing the world a giant favor

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she's not alright
from the first time i saw her
i knew something was wrong
she had a look in her eyes
that said she didn't belong
i heard she'd been in trouble
and i heard she'd run away
there must be something killing her
if she just can't stay

chorus:
and she knows
(woahwoahwoah)
she's not alright
and she don't care

that far off look in her eyes
says her mind's somewhere else
remembering how it used to be
before she came back to this hell
but then that smile lights up
like a star shining in the night
and you know that she knows
that everything will be alright

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growing pains
when you think of me
do you see the boy of your dreams?
i wish i was so special
to merit all of your attention
but i'm not sure that i can be
the type of boy that you need
i know i'm not yet a man
but i hope that you understand that

chorus:
i'll try to love you as much as i can
i'll try to love you as much as i can
i'll try to love you as much as i can
please understand

you've got to know i'm scared
of ruining everything we shared
you seem so grown up
while i'm just a little cub
so if i do something stupid
that causes me to ruin
everything we've realized
please listen when i apologize 'cause

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come home
way back in june i went to a punk rock show
it was just another stupid night how was i to know
that in that cloudy club i'd meet the girl of my dreams
sometimes life isn't always how it seems
but now she's gone away and i'm here all alone
i'm dying inside so i've got to say, please come home

chorus:
please come home to me

after a short while, i realized this girl was the one
she was everything i wanted, pretty, smart, and fun
we spent the rest of the summer in a hazy bliss
and i'd do almost anything for another kiss
but now she's at college and we only talk on the phone
its not enough, i need you here, please come home

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abercrombie kids
when i look at kids my age
they all look the same
with khaki pants and their dress shirts
they all look like they're going to work
but i guess that its easy to dress like that
when mommy's paying the bills for all that crap

chorus:
abercrombie kids, i hate you all
i hate your whole world, i hate your mall
abercrombie kids, quit rushing to grow up
your army of conformity makes me want to throw up

they hurl taunts at me
calling me nerd, loser, and geek
they're just a conservative army
trained to be like daddy and mommy
but i guess that it's natural to want to fit it
i just don't want to be a sheep like the rest of them

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why you want to be like everyone else, i just don't know
i think you should really give yourself a little room to grow
if you'd open up eyes, you'd see its all a lie
those people don't care at all if you live or die

but i guess that its easy to dress like that
when mommy's paying the bills for all that crap

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high school's over
high school's over but i still feel the same
no matter what i do i feel fifteen again
and i know everyone says i should grow up
but at this age i'm now stuck

chorus:
fifteen
is all wanna be
i can be young
i can be free

i look at my parents i don't wanna be like them
i'd much rather be fifteen again
then be stuck in a life that i hate
its no wonder they can't relate

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tonight
chorus:
come with me tonight, we'll start our lives again
and i think you want to run away my friend
come with me tonight, i know its crazy
but you know as well as i do it'll be amazing

and if you fail me, i'll understand
i'll come back to hold your hand
but i've got to get out of here and i think you do too
if i'm going to run away, i want it to be with you

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and if you're afraid, i'll hold you all night
i'll do my best to make it alright
in the morning, you know i've got to go
if i'm going to run away, i want it to be with you

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lets run away
lets run away
lets run away

pete bucci
i remember being young
and going to your house on saturdays
we'd watch ninja turtles
then we'd go outside and play
i'd kick your ass at sports
but neither of us would care
we'd just be having fun
we'd be glad to be there

chorus:
pete bucci, why'd you change
pete bucci, why'd you go away
pete bucci, thought you'd be there 'til the end
pete bucci, won't you be my friend again

i guess we grew older
and we grew apart
but pete, how'd it happen
and when did it start
i'll admit i was a dick
and i'll say i was wrong
please accept this apology
so we can again get along

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angela
there's this one girl who lives down my street
this girl is oh so neat
with pretty eyes and short red hair
when she walks by, i just gotta stare
her name is angela chase
she's the girl i wanna date
she's the one i sing for
but she likes jordan catallano more

chorus:
angela, woah woah woah
angela, woah woah woah
angela, woah woah woah
angela, woah woah woah

every day i stop by her place
just to see her pretty face
she says "get out of here"
says "joe, i just don't care"
then she gets in jordan's red car
they'll drive away some place real far
he'll treat her like shit again
and i'll be there, i'll be her friend

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the next day she is crying
she says she thinks she's dying
i know she just wants to be loved
but when i try, i get shoved
she says she don't think of me that way
but i hope that she does someday
i really think she should
i'd treat her better than jordan ever would

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ode to suburban hangouts
we, we're from the suburbs
we don't got nothing to do
so, when we're bored
there's a place we go

sometimes i wonder what this all means
this youth, this time we waste
sometimes i wonder what we're doing with our lives
but then i go to that suburban retreat

we, we're lost children
we're trying not to grow up
so, when we're feeling down
there's a place we go

sometimes i wonder if i'll always feel this way
if my youth will ever go away
sometimes i wonder who i am
but then i go there and i understand

we're still innocent
we're still innocent
we're still innocent
we're all still innocent

my girl
my girl is all that matters to me
she treats me so good, she's all i really need
and it doesn't seem to matter when i'm stupid
in fact she says that it's kind of cute
she can quote hunter s. thompson
you don't find a girl like that often
she says she wants to be with me forever
nothing can go wrong as long as we're together

chorus:
she's all i want
she's all i want
she's all i want
she's all i want

my girl is perfect for me
she holds me so tight, she gives me all i need
she understands that i'm just a kid
and she puts up with all my dumb shit
she really digs blind melon
this girl, she's my everything
she's so smart and pretty
i can't believe she likes a boy like me

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