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I have to escape 'cause I'm the only one crying
I'm the only one who cares
You're making me sick with all your words of submission
It's not hip to be so square
I dream of a planet that spoke in neon
Of a day in All-Star light
In '85 we were suburban heroes
It was summer every night
You won't look at me
I don't live here anymore
Making the grade back in 1985
She took a train and left me on my own
I have to escape because I just don't belong here
And I want to hide away
I don't fit your mold because I'm six years old
I'm still drinking lemonade
Knee deep in the hoopla, you can look to the future
And forget the cul-de-sac
Well Marty McFly thought that he could escape it
But his heart kept coming back
I don't remember taking up with all these homies
What kind of world is this where I have to be phony?
I thought you told me that somebody here would know me
Take me back to 1985
Oh, those happy summer days
Back in 1985
Don't you ever go away
Don't you leave me on my own
All That Time Ago
Sitting in my car
Sipping a cold soda
Wishing I were young again
Wishing you were older
Maybe things will change
Maybe I’ll feel better
When she’s finally gone
When I can forget her
Driving in the country
On a rainy Friday
Wondering what miracle
Convinced you to abide me
I’m singing gentle love songs and
I’m sorry for not calling
Lying in the tall grass here
I think again I’m falling
All that time ago
This is how I found you
Holding all your own
All that time ago
You’re my foreign-country romance
You’re the nice girl in the story
You’re the poet in the tower
You’re the hunter and the quarry
You’re the hero to the rescue
You’re the messenger and letter
You’re an endless blue horizon
I’m the one that should know better
You’re the one who showed me
What it was to love you
I’m the one who realized
There was no one above you
You’re the one who understood
My babble and my musing
Now I’m the one who’s standing here and
You’re the one I’m losing
Ananya
Ananya, you're so cool
Ananya, follow through
Ananya, you're so fine
Ananya, take your time
Ananya, you're more than I ever wanted
Ananya, I called and you came to me
Ananya, you're smelling so sweet now baby
Ananya, you've got me down on my knees
I wanna love you every day
Your pleasant fragrance takes me away
When the cat is gone, yeah the mice will play
I wanna play with you, hey hey hey now
Ananya
Ananya, you're my way
Ananya, here to stay
Ananya, you're so keen
Ananya, you's my dream
Ananya, naturally sweet
Ananya, so very neat
Ananya, you're my soda fizz
Ananya, you're my Cheez Whiz
Car/Breakup
Driving down the road
I see your face lit upon by
Rows of streetlights, I don't want to fight
But you can't seem to talk about anything else
The light turns red, I smash my head against
The dashboard bearing the marks of our relationship
You seduce me into thinking that for once I am correct
I play your twisted fantasy, I have no self-respect
I have given up
That's just the way it is
I'm sore out of luck
That's just the way it is
You don't want me 'round no more
I won't lick your open sore
I have no regrets
That's just the way it is
Driving down the road
I realize that what you want
Is not me - will never be
The irony of you and me hits me in the face
The light turns green - where have I been?
I've been waiting all this time for non-existant approval
If I thought there was a chance of salvaging the mess we made
Then perhaps I might have tried, but that's the price you payed
I suppose it's not your fault
You don't know what you want
I take you with a grain of salt
I have no time to plead
There's something keeping us restrained
You're a stranger to me now
Our status has been rearranged
I don't remember how to open up to you
Come-On To Me
Ten men stood inside of me as we wandered down the road
The night was casting easiness upon our episode
We stood there in silence nebulous
We were gone, separated from all around us
And I wanted to touch your face
And I wanted to feel your hair
And I wanted to kiss your lips
And for you to be aware
And I wanted to show these things that my body wouldn't bid
Though I think it's quite apparent that my feelings for you did
And it's another example of my social malaise
That I can't make a move despite what anyone says
And I want to express all the love that I've got
But I can't learn a lesson I've already been taught
So I need you to
So I need you to
So I need you to come-on to me
So I need you to come-on to me
Now that formalities are put aside and lain to rest
Why don't we put how much we like each other to the test?
We could try to communicate
How much longer will we have to wait?
Because I want to touch your face
And I want to feel your hair
And I want to kiss your lips
And for you to know I care
And I want to break this tension that's been keeping us on strings
And I want for you to know that this isn't just a fling
They say you went away for a couple of days
Why didn't you tell me?
They say I don't know all of your ways
I say nothing can surprise me
They say we're an odd pair
I say what's it to you?
They say they're hearing it everywhere
I say you know more than I do
Device
My love for her is like
A lit'rary device
My feelings are portrayed
In language quite precise
This song plays to her
In iambic trimeter
My love is a device
And that's a metaphor
Our love will last a hundred million years
No, that's hyperbole
If ever did you leave me, I would die
No, that's hyperbole
Everything in you I see
Is pumped to the extremity
The only one in the world for me is you
No, that's hyperbole
In your eyes are all the stars of heaven
No, that's a metaphor
On a scale of ten, you're the eleven
No, that's a metaphor
Everything I see in you'd
Be quite easily misconstrued
Your beauty is a rare and precious gem
No, that's a metaphor
Assonance!
Euphemism!
Onomatopoeia!
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa!
Don't Go
Two at the diner now, and one more with kin
That leaves just me alone, it seems I can't win
I know there's others, yeah, but you two are gold
You're sitting pretty, but your story's untold
Now let me clarify, now let me expand
It seems that you two are releasing my hand
Along the line there's a tear in the seam
You're both deserting us and reaping the glee
Don't go
I know
You're happy
With me
Why stray
From the way
That's better?
Don't go away
Despite the benefits, despite the full moons
You should be staying and supporting the tunes
I might regret that I'm not going as well
But please don't bring me into this hell
It's so apparent that I'm still a little boy
And now my mama's taking away all my toys
I wanna rock, but I can't without you
So please don't leave me here with only one shoe
I saw you leaving, and your eyes were shining
I only wish we could be reconciling
Tomorrow's not the same, we're not together
I'm trying desperately to hold this tether
The Five Alive Song
I drink my Five Alive real slow
Out of a striped blue bendy straw
I like my Five Alive real cold
And leave some time to let it thaw
I've tried a lot of other drinks
But nothing seemed to do the trick
No juice could beat my Five Alive
Unreal assorted fruit juice mix
The other day I was at school
Sipping my Five Alive, looking cool
Bumped into you and spilled my juice
All over you, felt like a fool
But you just looked at me and smiled,
"Hey baby, I like your style"
You like Five Alive, and I like you
You like Five Alive, and you're cool
I like Five Alive, and you like me
I want to have some after school with you
You drink so fast it makes me sick
You're my Five Alive sidekick
Every day you cheer me up
With Five Alive in a plastic cup
You're my juiced-up sugarbaby
If you asked me now, I might say maybe
I want you to be
My Five Alive lady
Christmastime is coming
Get your Five Alive
It's gonna go fast so
Don't be left behind
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
Flying With Jackson
Up in the air, all the people I don't like
Look like insects, and I'm far above them now
In a Cessna, and I'm in control
Of the aircraft - control
Beside me sits Jackson my friend
Co-pilot, and I'm not really sure
If I should trust him, 'cause he's not always there
When I need him sometimes
Sometimes
But oh what's this? It's happened again
Jackson's forgot his parachute
Oh my my! It doesn't look good!
I'm stuck here with no way down
No way down
No way down
No way down
No way down
On the runway, he's saying to me
"I'm nervous, and couldn't we just
Wait a minute before we take off?
We have lots of time"
We shouldn't be up in the air
It's not right, what about gravity?
Only the birds and the bees
Should be flying up here
Up here
Uniform Kilo India, radio to tower control
Jackson fell asleep in his seat again; I'm stuck here with no way down
Uniform Kilo India, radio to tower control
Jackson fell asleep in his seat again; I'm stuck here with no way down
It's All Good
Oh God, I'm going the other way
Look at me - can't you see this is where I'll stay?
Can't stop; how grand can it get?
I'm jiving and I'm diving 'cause it's time to get wet
Help me, I'm not a well man
"Could life be any better?" is my problem as it stands
I'll never believe It's the End of the World and we're all going to hell
But go ahead and say it 'cause you say it so well
It's all good
As it should be
It's all good
Now you're with me
I never thought that I could feel
So chili dog, and it's so unreal
I don't want my
Day to end
Jet Noises In The Night
Jet noises in the night
Feed my reverie
Believing that drone
Is bringing you home
Across the sea to me
Along the silent skyway I’m
Imagining you’re home
Imagining you’re here with me
No longer for to roam
The empty streets I’m wandering
I’m testing my withdrawal
I’m wondering just how it ends
And waiting for the fall
All along I should have known
That you were only counterfeit
Just as soon as I find my mind, I’ll be
Sure to give you a piece of it
Don’t sweat it friend
Just let it end
Katie
It's not like me to be honest
It's not like me to be right
But I look at you and I crumble at how
You're about to be caught in the light
I have some trouble accepting
What a big person you are
I think you'd make a good neighbor
They think you'd make a good star
I know it's awfully selfish of me
But sometimes I wish that you weren't on TV
The world laughs with you; it's a tragic affair
And looks at your face 'cause it's everywhere
Katie, you're all that I need
I'm just as ordin'ry as you
Katie, you're all that I need
Have I always been so foolish
Setting my sights where I do?
I don't think I can remember
A girl quite as pretty as you
I've been rejected by dozens
Smiling so sadly at me
But what am I thinking with this one?
Talk about out of my league
I had this notion six months ago
I'd write you proclaiming what little I know
But what can I do? Now what can I say?
Every boy in America stands in my way
But what are the chances that I'll ever narrow this ocean of dreams between us?
'Cause I have a feeling it's not quite as simple as crossing eight states on a bus
If I ever met you, I'd step on your shoes and be starstruck and boring and dumb
And the whole world that watches you'd sit there and wonder just what you've become
Loungin'
Summertime, it wasn't terrible
But when the sun would shine, I'd get hysterical
You could live in your technology
You're never talkative, and it bewilders me
How about we go to Mazatlan?
Yeah we could swim and surf, and you could get a tan
For now I dream that we could be a team
It's only fantasy on your computer screen
Loungin' in the sunshine
You know you look so good when you're workin' on down
Makin' waves and rollerbladin'
To your new wave stereo sound
Now we're in Mazatlan, and we are hand in hand
You are my girlfriend until the bitter end
I'm with my compadres; they think I've won a bet
We peer into your room; you're on the Internet
And now I stand; I'm with the ice cream man
It's such a stormy day; why have you run away?
Where'd you go? Off to the data lab?
With your robot friends? You've made me very mad!
Mr. Astronaut Comes Home
Well I'm finally back; did you miss me?
I've been gone such a long, long, long time
I spent two goddamn years of my life in the darkness
And now I'm a bit past my prime
The bottled air made me a bit light-headed
And the food made my stomach throb
I wanted to establish some kind of union
But I was the only one with the job
I've been science's guinea pig for far too long
Without any fair retribution
I've risked my ass for progress so many times
And now I want some revolution
Coming back to Earth again
Coming back to Earth again
There's so many things you don't know of
Only the spaceship and I could have seen
It's taken a while for me to realize
I'm the only to have gone where I've been
Sometimes in the darkness I wondered why
My existence mattered at all
A life out in space can get kind of lonely
When no one will answer your call
Where is the answer I'm searching for?
On second thought, what is the question?
Don't try to give me your rationale
I'm hip to your powers of suggestion
Why won't you believe me?
Why won't you believe me?
Why won't you believe me?
Why won't you believe?
I will never raise my children
To believe in what you say
We're breeding a country of doubters
With only science to show them the way
My Fav'rite Girl
My fav'rite girl
My fav'rite girl
Says what she wants
When she's with me
Well she's so smart
And is her hair soft!
And where she is
That's where I'll be
When she gets up in the morning
And she turns open the blinds
I tell her I like her t-shirt
Then she says thanks because she is so kind
One time we went to a movie
One time we went to a show
She is my friend and i love her
Even when her parents tell me to go
O Aberdeen
O Aberdeen
You are my lonely queen
You made my life complete
You are my destiny
O Aberdeen
Where have you gone, my sweet?
You found your way back home
To live your life alone
For you, you could be my confidante
And we, we could be co-residents
For you, you could be less hesitante
And I, I could be more patient
For you, you my pain revealed
To know, know the way I feel
To me, me you do appeal
Our love, with this kiss will seal
I thought you said you loved me
Said you loved me so
Patiently
I've got broken hearts
Piled up on my bedroom floor
And diamonds waiting in my dresser drawer
I've been such a fool
Sleeping through the afternoon
Oh girl, don't go, I'll fall to pieces
And get lost in my backyard without you
I'm waiting patiently
Say you'll be true to me
Come, put your hand in mine
We'll be just fine
Just fine
You're my falling star
The last flame on my birthday cake
The first wish that I ever thought to make
When I'm old and gray
I'll still call you every night
And I'll still sing into your window
And fall for you beneath the same moonlight
And when the night descends on the street
Then in our lonesome dreams we shall meet
Pollution
Half past twelve; can't find the party
I'm waiting for someone to call
Drove all night, searching for nothing
My God, tonight, what's with this fog?
Following a ghost 'cause I'm blind
Yeah she seems to know where to go
Didn't get the arrow that time
I can't make my move; you said no, no
I'm sick of all your pollution
I'm tired of being led on
I'd rather suffer the Wrath of God
Than spend one more minute with you
And then all falls silent outside our new abode
I say, "boy, that Mike Myers sure is funny. As hell."
But you're just so anal; you won't say a word
I guess that's all just as well, well
And there are times when I ask myself why I do the things that I do
Like why am I knocking at your bedroom window long after you said we were through?
Why do I aid your romantic endeavours when you're stealing boys like a crook?
When you get with him, it's like a car accident: I hate it, but I can't help but look
Poor You For Listening
You
You never were much fun
You made me hide my eyes
You hit me like the sun
A life built on routine has replaced that of surprise
And I've been feeling better since I turned away my eyes
Ever since you left me, I felt like I was new
And I haven't got much else to say to you
Poor me
Stick around and you will see
Poor me
Poor you for listening
All I ever want is morning
All I ever get is night
All I ever want is boring
All I ever get is fright
All I ever want is the doctor's office lollipop
All I ever get is the tetanus shot
All I ever want is the feeling that I'm over you
All I ever get is not
I
I want an empty world
I never had a friend
I never had a girl
All these things I've never had before, now I've got in spades
And hearts, and clubs, and diamonds for fifty-two straight days
As I step up to the table, I find I'm unprepared
All I got is poker, all I want is solitaire
Now
Now that we're apart
The party never stops
The boredom never starts
I haven't time to breathe now, that's why my face is red
As rings, and tones, and busy signals bounce about my head
Savouring what's left of sleep as I am forced to rise
And fig'ring I'm not missing much, fall back and close my eyes
Rocket-Powered Phaser Boy
Chris talks as he walks through the everglades
Makes a sound, and all the birdies fly away
Stubs a toe on something peculiar
Golden boots - fantasti-specta-coolier!
"Looky here!" he shouts as he picks one up
Straps 'em on, the rocket engines fire up
Takes a step, he flies four hundred thousand feet
His friends think that those boots are truly neat
Flying in your rocket shoes
Your mom said they ain't good for you
Chris knows that this is his destiny
These boots were definitely meant to be
He's there, dressed in plaid and corduroy
Superhero, rocket-powered phaser boy
Flying in your rocket shoes
Your mom said they ain't good for you
Dressed in plaid and corduroy
Rocket-powered phaser boy
Little Chrissy walking through the forest
Rocket boots dangling from his little hand
Yeah he's looking for a place to hide the
Runners that have got him in this jam
And he knows if someone ever finds them
They'll turn out just like he did, so abused
And he know that if he don't disguise them
They'll grow up so confused
She'll Never Come Around
He's not so sure'v'mself or what to say
Her head was turned, she didn't hear him anyway
And now it's midnight, he just wants to run away
But she's already gone
He kicks himself as he walks toward the door
In retrospect, it seems he could have done much more
All he wants is Princess Leia to adore
But she's gone away
So much alone
Jesse wonders if she'll ever come around
So far from home
She'll be knocking with her little golden crown
He just wishes that someday he'd have a girl
Not today
Not today
Not today
Not today
Those other guys, they always look so smug
When Jesse plays his game he trips up on the rug
Then lies awake at night just craving for that drug
But she never was
And when he's at parties
He thinks, "come a little bit closer now"
He's hunting the ladies
'Cause every time he gets shot down
He calms himself down as he lets his conscience soar
In retrospect he knows he should have locked the door
His Princess Leia, now he needs her more and more
But she isn't real
Shoe Girl
The demons the demons have come
Spindlyleg sister you better beware
If the casket should break, the baby might fall
And girls you know what that means
All
That girl out the door
Turning away from the cold
Turning away wearing my sweater
After how far you have climbed
Time to run, don't look behind
Lying in a gutter burned
About time that bastard learned
Don't be the shoe girl
Don't be the shoe girl
Caroline on my mind
Time to leave your babe behind
Get knocked up and down you fall
And girls you know what that means
All
That girl has all the power
Wearing her naughties to the club
Like a ticket, wearing her naughties
She's walking in her
High-steppin', boy-gettin', friendly-pettin', marionettin'
Club-hoppin', non-stoppin', hint-droppin', pill-poppin'
Fast-movin', time-losin', ever-groovin', web-cruisin'
Hard-luckin', up-chuckin', cock-suckin', mother-fuckin'
Shoes
That's all she is, my fellow man beware
That's all she is
She's the shoe girl
Silence Me
Fill me in
Sketch into all of
The blank spaces
I give you per-
Permission to
To complete me
Set me on
Set me on my way and
Guide me to
Unto the light now and
Show me where
To follow the signs
Silence me
Silence me
Silence me
Silence me
Silence me
I'm out of control
Instruct me
How to behave and
Control all my
Dietary intake and
Monitor
My eye movements
Isolate
Me and remove me
From all danger
And sharp objects
Stop me from
Provoking you
Where is the guidebook? I'm lost
Where is the rule book? I don't understand
Where is perfection? I don't know myself
Where is my dinner? I'm hungry
Stop me from
Running with scissors
And pasting up
My face with glue
Don't let me touch
That stove element
Stop me from
Ruining the outcome
Of your movie
Don't let me hassle
Or intimidate
Your loser friends
Stay With It
Far from yours, how close to mine
Scratch me distant now
Breaking waning on the shore
Just go and break my heart
I stick out my thumb for you
But there's no free ride
If this is our development
You've wasted all your time
Bag it up, plastic please
And while you're here
Peel that orange, peel that orange
Peel that orange peel
Cut it out
I ain't no blue collar labourer
But I know the value of time
If the music is slowing then savour it
Slow down, stay with it, be mine
Brown curls fall too close to mine
Twin plaid concertos refrain
Let's lie low and let the clouds pass by
Barely what I had in mind
He makes me, makes me look down
She wants me, wants me look up
You look at me, look at me sending me
Looking for what?
Stupid Love Song
I wish I could be with you
Every night and every day
I wish you could drive your car
And come over all this way
I wish that if I knew your name
I would know just what to say
So you would at least look at me
Oh, if you would just look at me
Then I would at once be set free
And you would be able to see
That I am a man, that is me
From now on, together we'll be
But oh, I could never do it
And I have so many woes
Starting with financial loss
And a blockage in my nose
But you are like my victory
Over my internal foes
So could you at least look at me?
Oh, if you would just look at me!
I know that I will find the key
And I will aspire to be
R-O-M-A-N-T-I-C
It's gonna be my quality
You Ain't The One
I'm on the hunt for a single grain of sand
A single perfect little winner
And you're all in my face with your flashy lace
Why don't you just go home?
'Cause I ain't for you, and you ain't for me
We ain't for we, why can't you see?
You're not the grain of sand that I want in my hand
In fact I want you gone
You do your thing and I'll do mine
Goodbye, have fun, don't waste your time
Don't be coming 'round here no more
You ain't the one for me
Hope you don't mind that I feel this way
But you're breaking my legs, my ribs, my neck today
Besides, I think I found the one I want
She's over there in the corner
Sipping her wine - yeah, she looks so fine
Why can't you look like that?
I should look more deep, you say, but can't you see
That you're shoving me underwater?
I shaved my legs today because I thought you might be turned away
But it seems no matter what I do, you keep coming back
I think I smell a rat among us
But there's mice running all around
If I don't make a sound
I'll drive you back into the ground
If I put on a scary mask
Perhaps you'll shy away at last
If I think my happiest little thought
Maybe you'll fly away and die and rot
But what am I thinking?
You keep coming back