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ALL SONGS ARE COPYRIGHT FOF PRODUCTIONS 1998
"One of Life's Great Disappointments"
"We better get under cover Silvester, there's a storm blowin' up a whopper--speaking in the vernacular on the peasantry."
it's one of life's great disappointments
something you look for but it's not too great
one of those things that have no improvements
one of those things that you grow to hate
one of those things that rattle in your ear
something you learn to regret
one of those things you hold a great fear
makes you wish that you never had met Her
something that takes most your time
that thing that keeps you awake
it hurts you so much it should be crime
makes you think that you won't quite make it
(back to beginning)
"Ska 3(This world is so BIG)"
oh how i wish that i could see your face
'cause without you i'm just a mental case
i find i'm soul-searching by the end of the day
but i'm gonna get out of here and find a way
must get this noise from out of my head
'cause with it there i'd rather be dead
gonna go and try to make some sense of it all
but the world is so big and i'm so small
go to the throne and take my seat
my thoughts are pure but words incomplete
i find myself having so much to say
but that'll just have to come another day
oi, oi-oi
oi, oi-oi
oi, baby, oi-oi
oi, oi-oi
"Coca-Cola"
you talk about compromise
you know it's not like that
constant disagreements
i guess that's where it's at
filled with vitality
we're on a constant high
massive amounts of energy
makes me wonder how we'll fly
creative disagreements
try to get organized
forced to talk it over with a bunch of stinky guys
one going down
how many more to come?
1, 2, 3?
guess we'll have to pick some
some much idle time
but never time to rest
always do the norm
but never do our best
we're breaking up within
whether it's a sin
where should we begin--
or better, where to end?
"You"
uncertainty is my only real security
not knowing what she'll say is really better than no
i know why she really had to go
there's only one thing that can set me free
and that's you
all the time it's always on my mind
if she was really to say no
i'd know where i'd have to go
there's only one thing that can set me free
and that's you
this thing I really tend to dread
get optimistic--forced to tell me know
her affection is really all just a show
there's only one thing that can set me free
and that's you
nothing for me to pout about
i know she would tell me know
something in her way seems to tell me so
but there's only one thing that can set me free
and that's you
"Brandon's Imaginary Made-Up Swing Ska (Part ii)"
one chilly morning
got out of my car
didn't mean to do it
didn't mean to go that far
it's getting cold outside
and it's only getting colder
i've spent my whole young life
worrying about getting older
Chorus:
and now I'm
feeling so helpless in all
--landing after taking the fall
get up and do it again
we don't know where it'll end
three chairs in the corner
i'll only be taking up one
stayin here all night
and rising with the sun
i'm all alone now
there's no one else around
i'm all alone now
'cause you're nowhere to be found
(Chorus)
(drum fill)
waitress brings a drink
7-up hits the spot
more people come in now
it's feeling just a little bit hot
people dance around me
i don't even mind
being ever so nice
being ever so kind
(Chorus)
"Leaving You Alone"
right now i'm gonna leave here
leave you alone, and let you be
i never wanted it to be this way
decieving me, then leaving me alone
right now i'm gonna leave here
leave you alone, and let you be
right now i want to fly away,
get away, get away from here
right now i'm gonna leave here
leave you alone, and let you be
believe me now, i don't want you back
so get away, get away from me
right now i'm gonna leave here
leave you alone, and let you be
oh no, what should i do?
what could i do? what can you do for me?
(back to beggining)
"What Happened to you Rudy?"
(A reply The Special's song: "Rudi, A Message To You")
what ever happened to the good old days
times spent fooling around and doing nothing?
nothing seems to feel the same
in fact it's grown to be childish and lame.
it seems cleanzing has gone a step too far,
but i'm not saying racism's a good thing
but i don't like being sober and clean
i'd rather spend my life as a sex machine
it seems what we do reflects society
penitence seems to have gotten the best of us
just look around and you will see
we need this change, or maybe i need it for me
ska's not the closest thing to God
there's no such thing as angelic skanking
so just shut your mouth you hypocrites
and stop feeding me all your flippin' bull-spit
(back to intro)
"Necessary Evils (Justin's Swing Ska)"
PEOPLE get used but people can change
people are us and people are strange
TIMES are rough, the time is now
the time's for us if we'd understand how
MONEY rules us and money is greed
money is tight, but money we need
LOVE is gone, yet love is here
it's love i don't want cause it's love that i fear
if EVIL shows good, then evil we need
with evil we fail, but still we succeed
SCHOOL kills us and school keeps us alive
it brainwashes us but still we'll survive
(back to beginning)
"This Can't be Happening"
i sit at home and i wish that i
might take the place of one who might die
but there's not enough inside
this can't be happening to me
i wish that i was in your shoes
that way i'd feel i'd paid my dues
you i cannot lose
this can't be happening to me
(Chorus)
this is just a silent prayer for you--there's nothing i can do
(everyone yelling) this is just a shouting prayer for you--there's nothing we can do
you can say i'm in disbelief
all you say is so true
i can't feel relief
this can't be happening to me
i think that i'll go and i will hide
what i say is not implied
i want you on my side
this can't be happening to me
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
but if you really must leave
i know it's not your fault
i think i'll understand
it's not happening to me
i know it's hard on you
because it's really not your fault
i think you're going to pull through
'cause it's not happening to me
(Chorus)
"The Bum Song"
sitting around not ever thinking that there was anything wrong
but nothing could be further from the truth
i never see things the way i should
but it's hard when they're not there
the times are changing and i feel...i'm being left behind
Chorus:
I'm envious of all the bums (just me and my box, my refrigerator box)
they've got the life...they're the only ones with their freedom
i like my flannel shirts i like...corduroy pants
that just happens to be my style
i shop at goodwill--where else could i get this nifty hat?
where else could i get a whole wardrobe, for 32 cents?
(Chorus)
Bridge:
i think i'll go sell blood
i'm not poor, i just look like trash--i'm sorry if it offends
didn't mean to do any harm
but i enjoy living in a world made of ignorance
i enjoy living in a world out on my own
(Chorus)
Outro:
Envious of the Bums
I'm Envious of the Bums
"Don't Love You"
we weren't as close as we should have been
but that's alright because i don't miss it anyway
you're nothing more than a used love toy
but that's ok because i don't miss you anyway
Intro to Chorus:
and even though the thread's unwinding
and even though the feeling's gone
you'll have to learn to hide your feelings
and pretend there's nothing wrong because
Chorus:
i don't love you anymore
'cause you're nothing more than a little fat whore
leaving you was the best thing i could do
and i feel fine because i don't miss it anyway
well i'm sorry if it hurts but i feel great
because i didn't love you any day
(Intro to Chorus)
(Chorus)
Bridge:
go ahead (go ahead) and go your own way
go ahead (go ahead) 'cause i'd rather you not stay
'cause now i know (now i know) why you treated me this way
and now i know (now i know) why i...
(Chorus)
i enjoyed the times. they were so fine
but that's because we did it every day
it's sort of strange the way we stayed together
when you knew all the time we didn't get along
(Intro to Chorus)
(Chorus)
FOF COVERS:
"99 Luftballons"--Nena
You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base bugs in the software
Flash the message, something's out there
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by
99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where 99 red balloons go by
99 Decision street
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by
99 knights of the air
Ride super high tech jet fighters
Everyone's a super hero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify, and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by
99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standing pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you, and let it go
"Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"--Holland, Dozier, and Holland
sugar pie honey bunch
you know that i love you
i can't help myself
i love and nobody else
in and out my life
you come and you go
leaving just your picture behind
and i've kissed it a thousand times
when you snap your finger
or wink your eye i'll come running to you
i can't help myself
there's nothing that i can do
can't help myself
no, can't help myself
sugar pie honey bunch
i'm weaker than a man should be
i can't help myself
i'm a fool in love you see
wanna tell you i don't love ya
tell ya about the fool--and i've tried
but everytime i see your face
i get all choked-up inside
when i call your name, girl it starts a flame
burning in my heart and tear it all apart
no matter how i've tried, my love i cannot hide it c'mon
sugar pie honey bunch
you know that i'd wait for you
i can't help myself
there's nothing that i can do
sugar pie honey bunch
do anything you ask me to
i can't help myself
no, i just can't help myself
sugar pie honey bunch
you know that i love you
can't help myself
i want you and nobody else
"Let it Be"--Lennon/McCartney
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree,
There will be an answer, let it be.
For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be. Yeah
There will be an answer, let it be.
And when the night is cloudy,
There is still a light that shines on me,
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be.
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.
Let it be, let it be.
There will be an answer, let it be.
Let it be, let it be,
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
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