Ivy--Apartment Life

THE BEST THING

She's reformed.
Just like the neighbor's girl.
She's coming home 
into her wonder-world.
She's moving fast.
She's a superstar.
She's getting high.
She covers up her scars.

It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.

She's reformed. 
Just like the neighbor's girl.
She's coming home 
wearing her fine-pressed curls.
She's driving fast.
She took the family car.
She's getting high.
She's never slipped so far.

It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.

She's reformed.
She took the family car.
She's getting high.
She's never slipped so far.

It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.


I'VE GOT A FEELING

Baby, what can I do?
I've been out searching for you.
I've got a feeling all I need is a love that's true.

Baby, what can I say?
I know this won't go away.
I've got a feeling all I need is to see you today.

I've been watching the world pass by all around me.
I've been letting the days go by 'til you found me.

Baby, what can I do?
I've been out searching for you.
I've got a feeling all I need is a love that's true.

I've been watching the world pass by all around me.
I've been letting the days go by 'til you found me.

Baby, what can I do?
I've been out searching for you.
I've got a feeling all I need is a love that's true.
I've got a feeling all I need is a love that's true. 


THIS IS THE DAY

Sooner or later she feels the morning come.
Isn't it safer -- dark thoughts all gone.
What a sensation. 
She has made it through one more tomorrow.
Raising up her eyes to a brand new sky
she knows the truth at last -- 
she's never coming back.

She'll be gone.
So many years...
She'll be gone.
Melting away... 
She'll be gone -- this is the day.

Someone is walking up to the bedroom door.
Hearing him knocking -- 
she knows what it's for.
She's at the window wondering why there is no one to save her.
Raising up her eyes to a brand new sky
she knows the truth at last -- 
she's never coming back.

She'll be gone.
So many years...
She'll be gone.
Melting away... 
She'll be gone -- this is the day.

Raising up her eyes to a brand new sky
she knows the truth at last -- 
she's never coming back.
She'll be gone. So many years...
She'll be gone.
Melting away... 
She'll be gone -- this is the day. 

Ba Ba Da Da Da..... 


NEVER DO THAT AGAIN

The cat's on the carpet.
The phone doesn't work.
I hate when it's quiet.
It means that you're hurt.

It gets so complicated
'til I can't pretend.
I thought I could do something good
but I'll never do that again.
I thought I could do something good
but I'll never do that again.

And you put your book down
and stare into space.
You turn all the lights down
so I won't see your face.

It gets so complicated
'til I can't pretend.
I thought I could do something good
but I'll never do that again.
I thought I could do something good
but I'll never do that again. 


I GET THE MESSAGE

Well my brother says I can't live in the past.
But when you're more depressed by what's ahead
you start believing in old dreams very fast.
There were some awful times, and then there were some more.
But now remembering the worst of it-
it doesn't seem to be so bad anymore.

Well I don't know what to do.
Whether I leave or stay with you-
I get the message either way.
I get the message either way.

Well Christian says that I don't want you now.
But what he doesn't seem to ever grasp
is that I never cared about you anyhow.
It was a dirty way to leave me by the road.
And when I finally found my way to town
you stood there with a smile so everyone would know.

Well I don't know what to do.
Whether I leave or stay with you-
I get the message either way.
I get the message either way. 


BAKER

He sits in the car,
walks in the park,
waits in his room as the city gets dark.
He can't understand why he's falling apart.
It's never too late-
it's only too hard.

He locks all the doors,
pulls down the shades.
He's not the same since he went away.
He can't figure out what to do with his days.
He's wasted his time.
Now he's wasting away.

He's wasting away.
He's wasting away.
He's wasting away.


YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING

By now there's nothing left to say-
I just opened your letter.
I know you're only human but
I expect something better.
You let me down again.
You drove me to the end.

And it's so strange the way you've changed.
You knew me well.
Now I can tell you don't know anything.

By now there's nothing I can say-
I just finished your letter.
I know you're barely human but
I can get something better.
You let me down again.
You drove me to the end.

And it's so strange the way you've changed.
You knew me well.
Now I can tell you don't know anything.

You let me down again.
You drove me to the end.

And it's so strange the way you've changed.
You knew me well.
Now I can tell you don't know anything.

And it's so strange the way you've changed. 


BA BA BA

Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
You can talk all night.
Why not let it die?
You want to be right.
I don't want to fight.
Please just let me sleep I'm very tired.
And we can talk about it when I'm feeling more alive.

Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
I dream you are blind.
I stare into your eyes.
You see only white.
Or is it black, I can't decide?
You say are you there and I just smile.
I just sit in silence -- let you wonder for a while.

Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.


GET OUT OF THE CITY

Summer days are long and lonely.
Cars are moving slowly.
The streets are filled with air so still.

I'm trying to get out of the city.
Trying to get out of the city.

Everybody's angry.
It's hard not to be lazy.
It's a bad time to have work to do.

I'm trying to get out of the city.
Trying to get out of the city.

Roll the windows down.
Take a look around.
Everything is melting in the sun.
Nothing's getting done.
I don't have the time.
Can't you see that I'm -- 

trying to get out of the city.
Trying to get out of the city.

Roll the windows down.
Take a look around.
Everything is melting in the sun.
Nothing's getting done.
I don't have the time.
Can't you see that I'm-

trying to get out of the city.
Trying to get out of the city. 


THESE ARE THE THINGS ABOUT YOU

You can really stare.
You can stare a thousand miles 
and yet still I know exactly what you see.
You can really care.
You can care about the things that happen 
to the strangers that you never meet.

These are the things about you.
These are the things about you.
These are the things about you I know.

There is so much here.
There is so much that defines you
in the things you keep inside and never show.
It is really clear.
There is more behind that smile
as you're walking down the driveway in the snow.

These are the things about you.
These are the things about you.
These are the things about you I know. 


QUICK, PAINLESS, AND EASY

Anyway, you will take what you need.
Anyway, you will take it from me.
Straight, straight, straight to the ledge.
Loose yourself in the sound.
Look out over the edge.
I know how you'll go down.
Anyway, you will get what you want.
Why should I wait for that day to come?
Straight, straight, straight to the ledge.
One last smile and you're gone.
Step out over the edge
as if nothing is wrong.


It will be quick and painless and easy.
Quick and painless and easy.
I don't want you to leave me
but you'll go anyway.

Straight, straight, straight to the ledge.
Loose yourself in the sound.
Look out over the edge.
I know how you'll go down.

It will be quick and painless and easy.
Quick and painless and easy.
I don't want you to leave me
but you'll go anyway.

Anyway...
Anyway...


BACK IN OUR TOWN

Back in our town 
you were the only one who really knew me.
Laughing out loud. 
We always knew you could see through me.

Everything is all right.
Everything is all right.

Under the sun whispering foolish things, 
you could really hear me.
You were the one -- 
the only one I would let near me.

Everything is all right.
Everything is all right.
Everything is all right.

And here I go.
Nobody knows.
And here I go.
Nobody knows.

I want to free a part of you.
I want to see the start of you.
I want to free a part of you.
And here I go -- nobody knows.
I want to see the start of you.
And here I go -- nobody knows.
Back in our town 
you were the only one who really knew me.