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LONG WAY DOWN
Oh here you are, there's nothing left to say You're not supposed to be that way Did they push you out? did they throw you away?
Touch me now and I don't care When you take me I'm not there Almost human, but I'll never be the same Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own I never put you down, I never pushed you away You're not supposed to be that way And anything you want, there's nothing I could say
Is there anything to feel? Is it pain that makes you real? Cut me off before it kills me Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own I never put you down, I never pushed you away Take another piece of me Give my mind a new disease And the black and white world never fades to gray Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own Long way down, I don't want to live in here alone Long way down, I don't think I'll make it on my own
BURNIN' UP
Said you're burnin' up inside, no one seems to tell You're living from a personalized manual from hell Life is pretty easy when it's from my easy chair And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares Said you had enough this time, cause time don't treat you well You always cried coincidence, while I drew parallel Life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside burnin' up inside and you hurt me! Try to take my hand tonight, I'll show you where to start 'Cause every word that left your lips is like a needle through my heart And life it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside burnin' up inside and you hurt my eyes (cause you're burnin' up inside) Hurt my eyes (cause you're burnin' up inside) Hurt my eyes (cause you're burnin' up inside)
NAKED
Yeah I'm fadin' And I call out No one hears me Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word Weighed down Safe now You're naked inside your fear You can't take back all those years The shots in the dark from empty guns Are never heard by anyone Never heard by anyone Yeah I'm hiding in the fallout Now I'm wasted They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say Weighed down Safe now You're naked inside your fear You can't take back all those years The shots in the dark from empty guns Are never heard by anyone Never heard by anyone Inside your head No one's there And I don't think I'll ever be And I don't care You're naked inside your fear You can't take back all those years The shots in the dark from empty guns Are never heard by anyone Never heard by anyone By anyone By anyone
FLAT TOP
Flat top intervention Bringin' home the new invention See it there in pieces on the ground
A television war between the cynics and the saints Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
Ah, sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing Look at all the washed out Hippie dreams And it's fallin' all around us Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us? Fallin' all around us I'll turn my head off for a while The tabloid generation's lost Choking on it's fear Used to be that's all we had to fear
And conscience keeps us quiet while the crooked love to speak There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street.
A visionary coward says that anger can be power As long as there's a victim on TV And it's fallin' all around us Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us? Fallin' all around us I'll turn my head off for a while And my dirty dreams all come alive On my TV screen And assasination plots Show me what I haven't got Show me what I love, and who I'm s'posed to be Show me everything I need Show it all to me Show it all to me And it's fallin' all around us Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us? Fallin' all around us I'll turn my head off for a while
IMPERSONALITY
When I was three feet tall I loved 'em all And lived life for myself Fallin' down for laughs Your photograph Some puppets made of felt
Watching life in Oz Thanksgiving eve on Grandma's old TV Dancing roundabout I'd twist and shout for everyone to see Impersonality It's leanin' hard on me Momma's in a shop Watching little sister by myself Robbed a wishing pond In a fleeting bond Vowed to share the wealth
Scooping up the coins A warning shot from some authority Doesn't matter now but I'll shout out loud for everyone to see Never got to know you Did you ever wonder why? Now it's nice to know ya And I'm glad you're doing fine
Think of all the time lost Was it really lost at all? Now I'm so proud of ya I'd love to tell you all I see Listen hard to your realities Impersonality It's leanin' hard on me Impersonality It's leanin' hard on me
NAME
And even though the moment passed me by I still can't turn away 'Cause all the dreams you never thought you'd lose Got tossed along the way And letters that you never meant to send Get lost or thrown away And now we're grown up orphans That never knew their names We don't belong to no one That's a shame
But if you could hide beside me Maybe for a while And I won't tell no one your name And I won't tell em' your name And scars are souvenirs you never lose The past is never far Did you lose yourself somewhere out there Did you get to be a star And don't it make you sad to know that life Is more than who we are We grew up way too fast And now there's nothing to believe Reruns all become our history A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio And I won't tell no one your name And I won't tell em' your name I won't tell em' your name Mmm, mmm, mmm,
I won't tell em' your name… Ow! I think about you all the time But I don't need the same It's lonely where you are come back down, And I won't tell em your name
ONLY ONE
I'll open up my head awhile Its been dead for years Musta been a victim of my peers One is for my happiness The other for my health The last is something bigger than myself I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one I ain't the only one to say I'm talkin' to myself again I'll just start a fight Nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse A thousand other suckers will try and fill your shoes I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one I ain't the only one to say
I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one I ain't the only one to say Little pictures in my head are turnin' inside out again 'Cause fuckin' up takes practice I feel I'm well rehearsed Because the past is a bully and the futures even worse You tell me what you fear 'cause I can feel it like a curse Well, you used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin from a rope singer I ain't the only one, I ain't the only one I ain't the only one to say SOMETHIN' BAD
Well they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue And they're holding up for cheaper Chinese food If I'm older now and have a tainted attitude Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue? And it's not like me to feel so important And it's not like me to go and wreck your day And I never thought I'd see it so exploited Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change Well I see 'em working round the block till six a.m. The thermometer's at minus five degrees And I'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes To her head or towards a shred of dignity And it's not like me to feel so important And it's not like me to go and wreck your day And I never thought I'd see it so exploited Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change Go! And it's not like me to feel so important And it's not like me to go and wreck your day And I never thought I'd see it so exploited Ah but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change Yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change Oh yes I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
AIN'T THAT UNUSUAL
Could you talk to me Honestly? 'Cause I never heard a word you said now And I ain't just being mean 'Cause all we are is what we're told And most of that's been lies It's like a made for TV movie And I just blew my line Someday you never made it and maybe it never will Hey, you never made it And ain't that unusual? Now I feel unknown And it's safe that way Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared now? What's that supposed to mean? I'm burned out on some empty reasons Another waste of time There's somethin' that I wish I'd said But I don't think it'd rhyme Someday you never made it and maybe it never will Hey, you never made it And ain't that unusual? See I'd love to be you Then at least then I'd see you Sorry I put them words in your mouth But you wouldn't talk to me Hey! You're everyhing, I wanna have a try I'm sick of everything now I'm not Put my heavy coat on for a while It's freezing in the corner of my mind Someday you never made it and maybe it never will Hey, you never made it And ain't that unusual?
SO LONG
Don't take much lookin' back to know I took my coffee black then Nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright. Your optimistic views your hundred dollar running shoes and Carpel tunnel syndrome we all had a laugh about it I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all So long Oh so long, oh so long But I didn't wanna tell you all so long Don't take much lookin' back to know I faked that heart attack then And nothin's different now but nothin' seems the same and it's alright You always spoke the truth from circa disco Abba boots and All that showbiz talk, oh we all had a laugh about it I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all So long Oh so long, oh so long But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
Oh so long, oh so long But I didn't wanna tell you all so long I gotta get back to where I belong Long Oh so long, oh so long But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
So long Oh so long, oh so long But I didn't wanna tell you all so long
EYES WIDE OPEN
I'm a fortunate son of a fortunate son Living large on the wrong side of town Too many friends and the fun never ends Drinkin' and hangin' around I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole At least I could kick it all down I wanna kick it all down Eyes wide open, I can't see Eyes wide open, what you mean Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be My eyes wide open, I can't see Eyes wide open, what you mean Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be I don't take the bus and I never walk too far The furthest I got was my own backyard With a fist full of cash that somebody else earned Send me some more when it all got burned I wanna take control, wanna make it all mine At least I could kick it all down I wanna' kick it all down Eyes wide open, I can't see Eyes wide open, what you mean Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be My eyes wide open, I can't see Eyes wide open, what you mean Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be You never ever know You never ever know You never ever know You never ever know I'll get what I want if I make up my mind I'm turnin' you inside out I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole I think I'll just kick it all down. I wanna kick it all down. Eyes wide open, I can't see Eyes wide open, what you mean Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be My eyes wide open, I can't see Eyes wide open, what you mean Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be Eyes wide open (repeat and fade)
DISCONNECTED
I don't remember it doesn't ring a bell And when you call me everything is swell
I tend to forget about the times we had And now it doesn't matter 'cause I feel so sad I've been disconnected Someone pulled the plug Oh you're so distant Nothin's come along, yeah. We've paid the price and now we're both alone And if you call me you'll find me home I've found another someone to take your place Now if you don't mind please get outta of my face I've been disconnected Someone pulled the plug Oh you're so distant Nothin's come along, yeah. Cause, I've been disconnected Someone pulled the plug Oh you're so distant Nothin's come along
SLAVE GIRL
Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know I drag her around wherever I go This little woman drives me insane She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain
For sixteen years she's been hangin' around Try'n' to bury me in a hole in the ground Well I think it's time that I even the score There's only room for one in this cage of yours
Don't save me when I startin' to drown Don't use me when you don't want me around Just be my slave girl 'cause that's all I need So take a little step back to the stone age with me. Go!
Well I hear a strange noise as I lie in mybed I feel a lotta water drippin' on my head I look around tried to see through my hair You left me alone, but do you think I care?
'Cause you moved me when I was takin' my time You abused me when I'm outta line You tried to warn me of the danger sign So watch out! Go!
Well, you got me in the bondage of another age You drive me to distraction in a primitive way I can't control my instincts when I hear her say "Just come around and see me if you lose your way"
So join my chain gang play along with me I'll be your caveman, it's basic as can be I'm not insane, man, I'm just outta my dream
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