Alanis Morissette

Steven Barker
Hands Clean
Hand In My Pocket
Head Over Feet
Ironic
You Oughta' Know

Hand In My Pocket

I’m broke but I’m happy
I’m poor but I’m kind
I’m short but I’m healthy, yeah
I’m hight but I’m grounded
I’m sane but I’m overwhelmed
I’m lost but I’m hopeful baby
What it all comes down to
Is that everything’s gonna be fine fine fine
I’ve got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five
I feel drunk but I’m sober
I’m young and I’m underpaid
I’m tired but I’m working, yeah
I care but I’m restless
I’m here but I’m really gone
I’m wrong and I’m sorry baby
What it all comes down to
Is that everything’s gonna be quite alright
I’ve got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is flicking a cigarette
What it all comes down to
Is that I haven’t got it all figured out just yet
I’ve got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign
I’m free but I’m focused
I’m green but I’m wise
I’m hard but I’m friendly baby
I’m sad but I’m laughing
I’m brave but I’m chicken shit
I’m sick but I’m pretty baby
What it all boils down to
Is that no one’s really got it figured out
just yet
I’ve got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano
What it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything’s just fine fine fine
I’ve got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab

Hands Clean

If it weren't for your maturity none of this
would have happened
If you weren't so wise beyond your
years I would've been able to control myself
If it weren't for my attention you wouldn't
have been successful and
If it weren't for me you would never have
amounted to very much

Ooh this could be messy
But you don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime

We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

You're essentially an employee and I
like you having to depend on me
You're kind of my protégé and one day
you'll say you learned all you know from me
I know you depend on me like a young
thing would to a guardian
I know you sexualize me like a young
thing would and I think I like it

Ooh this could get messy
But you don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime

We'll fast forward to a few years later
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

what part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept?
what part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
what with this distance it seems so obvious?

Just make sure you don't tell on me
especially to members of your family
We best keep this to ourselves and not
tell any members of our inner posse
I wish I could tell the world cuz you're
such a pretty thing when you're done up properly
I might want to marry you one day if
you watch that weight and keep your firm body

Ooh this could be messy and
Ooh I don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime

Head Over Feet

 I had no choice but to hear you
You stated your case time and again I thought about it
You treat me like I’m a princess
I’m not used to liking that
You ask how my day was

Chorus:
You’ve already won me over in spite of me
Don’t be surprised if I fall head over feet
Don’t be surprised if I love you for all that you are
I couldn’t help it
It’s all your fault

You love is thick and it swallowed me whole
You’re so much braver than I give you credit for
That’s not lip service
Repeat Chorus
You are the bearer of unconditional things
You held your breath and the door for me
Thanks for your patience
You’re the best listener that I’ve ever met
You’re my best friend
Best friend with benefits
What took me so long
I’ve never felt this healthy before
I’ve never wanted something rational
I am aware now
I am aware now
Repeat Chorus

Ironic

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay
It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn’t it ironic... don’t you think

Chorus:
It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
And who would have thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought "Well isn’t this nice..."
And isn’t it ironic... don’t you think
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Well like has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything’s okay and everything’s going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything’s gone wrong and everything blows up In your face
A traffic jam when you’re already late
A no-smoking sing on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thougand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic... don’t you think
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think
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Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

You Oughta' know

I want you to know that I’m happy for you
I wish nothing but the best for you both
An older version of me
Is she perverted like me
Would she go down on you in a theatre
Does she speak eloquently
And would she have you baby
I’m sure she’d make a really excellent mother
Cause the love that you gave that we made
Wasn’t able to make it enough for you to be open wide, no
And every time you speak her name
Does she know how you told me you’d
hold me til you died
But you’re still alive
And I’m here to remind you of the mess
you left when you went away
It’s not fair to deny me of the cross I bear that you gave to me
You, you, you oughta know
you seem very well,
things look peaceful
I’m not quite as well, I thought you should know
did you forget about me, Mr. Duplicity
I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner
it was a slap in the face how quickly I was replaced
Are you thinking of me when you fuck her
Cause the love that you gave that we made
Wasn’t about to make it ehough for you to be open wide, no
And every time you speak her name
Does she know how you told me you’d hold me
Til you died, til you died
But you’re still alive
Repeat Chorus
Cause the joke that you laid in the bed that was me
And I’m not gonna fade
As soon as you close your eyes
And you know it
And every time I scratch my nails down
someone else’s back
I hope you feel it
Well can you feel it
Repeat Chorus



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