Songs From An American Movie Vol 1: Learning How To Smile Cont.

10. Unemployed Boyfriend

7. Now That It's Over

Yeah right! One, two, three, four Break down, shake for me Nothing ever is the way you want it to be Nothing even tastes right now that it's over Break down, shake for me Don't write words unless you want me to read them Nothing really matters now that it's over Maybe we can be friends Now that we're older We can have fun like we did in the early days Now that it's over Yeah right! Break down, shake for me Nothing ever seems the way it ought to be Nothing ever seems right now that it's over Yeah, now maybe we can be friends Maybe we can be closer We can have fun like we did in the old days Now that it's over Oh yeah... My bad dreams just don't seem the same Baby without you I wish you were willing to accept the blame Yeah, for everything you do My nightmares just don't scare me now Baby without you, yeah yeah I wish that I could find the words to tell In the best way possible, you and your friends to go to hell Yeah right! Whoa, breakup time is never easy to do Nothing ever ends the way you want it to Nothing seems to make sense now that it's over Yeah, now maybe we can be friends Yeah, now that you're leaving You can be nice to me Maybe I'm dreaming I am a lot better now than just okay Maybe I am just wakin' up in my own way Now that it's over Now that it's over My bad dreams just don't seem the same Baby without you I wish you were willing to accept the blame Yeah, for all the shitty things you do Nightmares just don't scare me now Baby without you I wish that I could find the words to tell You to politely go fuck yourself Yeah, now that it's over... SPOKEN: Congratulations. A fetishist and an obsessive. You'll be very happy together.

SPOKEN: Hi, this is Peggy. Leave me a nice message or I’ll kill ya. SPOKEN: Hey Peggy, it’s me. You are never going to believe what happened to me today. I’m sittin' at the unemployment office, waitin' on my loser of a caseworker, in one of those nasty chairs, when from out of nowhere, this total stranger walks right up to me, sits down, then leans over and says something like, ‘This is gonna sound a little obsessive. This is gonna sound a little obsessive This is gonna sound a little bit strange I have one thing to say Before I turn and I walk away This is gonna sound a little impulsive This is gonna sound a little insane I know you don’t know me yet But you and I, we will be together someday Someday I know, I know, I sound like I’m on drugs Listen to me when I say That ever since when I first saw you Sittin' on your car outside You asked for a cigarette I couldn’t stop starin' at your eyes Ever since when I first saw you Looking bored in that plastic chair With the lights of the office around you Those blond streaks, they look so pretty in your black hair You look cool and alternative with that disaffected stare Yeah you want people to think that you just don’t care Hey you can be with me Yeah 'cause I just might be the one Who will treat you like you’re perfect Who will always make you come Hey you can be with me Yes I will always let you win I will never be like those other guys I will never be your unemployed boyfriend SPOKEN: Can you believe he said that to me? To me, of all people! I can’t even remember the last time a guy took me out on a date and actually paid for it! This is gonna sound a little bit out there This is gonna sound a little insane I keep having the same dream You will be the mother of my children someday Someday I heard you sleep with that obnoxious guy I know he is in that famous band You look so sad when you are with him Yes I never see him reach to hold your hand Yeah you can be with me Yes I will treat you like a queen I will go to all those chick flick movies That I really don’t want to see Yeah you can be with me No I will never let you down I will never make out with your girlfriend When I know you’re not around Yes you can be with me Yeah I just might be the one Who will treat you like you’re special I will always make you come You can be with me Yes I will always let you win I will never be like those other guys I will never be like those other guys I will never be your unemployed boyfriend SPOKEN: Can you believe this? I mean, can this be for real? No! SPOKEN: Then he takes my hand, writes down his number, and just walks away. Whoa! SPOKEN: I mean, wow. But you know, the weird thing is, he’s actually kind of cute, in a really intense way. Kinda like Perry Farrell, you know. Intense, but sensitive. Anyway, I told my bitchy sister about it, and she just laughed at me. I told her I'm really excited about this! That I have a really good feeling about this guy! I told her, ‘This could be the guy.’ I’m like...

11. Wonderful

8. Thrift Store Chair

Baby go to bed and put out the light We both know if we talk anymore We’re gonna end up in a great big fight You can have your way again Yeah, you believe what you wanna believe You can walk all over me tomorrow But tonight can we both just pretend to sleep I think we’re headed for a big fall I think we’re headed for a bad time Ooh yeah you’re gonna go downstairs And sit in that chair you like Gonna put a John Prine record on I think we need to slow it down for a while Yeah I wish we had never bought a king size bed Yeah only damn thing that it’s ever been good for Plenty room for the real good sex I lay in bed in the dark and all that I can see Yeah, is the distance that grows between us You seem so far from me I think we’re headed for a real big fall Yes we’re headed for a bad time Yeah gonna go downstairs Sit by myself all alone in the middle of the night Gonna put a John Prine record on Yes we need to slow it down for a while Gonna go downstairs Smoke cigarettes in a thrift store chair tonight Gonna put a John Prine record on Yeah we need to slow it down for a while We need to slow it down for a while...

SPOKEN: Hey, ain't life wonderful? Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful... Isn't it wonderful now? I close my eyes when I get too sad I think thoughts that I know are bad Close my eyes and I count to ten Hope it's over when I open them I want the things that I had before Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door I wish I could count to ten Make everything be wonderful again Hope my mom and I hope my dad Will figure out why they get so mad Hear them scream, I hear them fight They say bad words that make me wanna cry Close my eyes when I go to bed And I dream of angels who make me smile I feel better when I hear them say Everything will be wonderful someday Promises mean everything when you're little And the world's so big I just don't understand how You can smile with all those tears in your eyes Tell me everything is wonderful now Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now I go to school and I run and play I tell the kids that it's all okay I laugh aloud so my friends won't know When the bell rings I just don't wanna go home Go to my room and I close my eyes I make believe that I have a new life I don't believe you when you say Everything will be wonderful someday Promises mean everything when you're little And the world is so big I just don't understand how You can smile with all those tears in your eyes When you tell me everything is wonderful now No No, I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now No No, I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now I don't wanna hear you say That I will understand someday No, no, no, no I don't wanna hear you say You both have grown in a different way No, no, no, no I don't wanna meet your friends And I don't wanna start over again I just want my life to be the same Just like it used to be Some days I hate everything I hate everything Everyone and everything Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now... I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now

12. Annabella's Song

9. Otis Redding

I see you roll your eyes You know it makes me smile You are like the sun to me Bright as liquid fire I feel so powerless To hold you up above the world You are quite a lot of trouble Such a pretty little girl Such a pretty little girl You know I'm never home I'm always miles and miles away I feel I'm runnin' out of time Say the things I need to say Call you on the telephone You will not talk to me Yeah you just don't understand You are my everything Anna, Anna Tell me what you want Tell me what you need Anna, Anna, you are never alone You are never alone Anna, Anna Tell me what you want Tell me what you need Anna, Anna, you are never alone You are never alone I like to watch you play When you don't know I'm there See you in your sleep at night Reach out and touch your hair I wanna make this world Be just how you want it to be Yeah you just don't understand You're my everything Anna, Anna Tell me what you want Tell me what you need Anna, Anna, you are never alone You are never alone

Do you remember when we were hungry? Do you remember when we were cold? Do you remember when we were happy? Do you remember? Do you remember? Do you remember when we were lucky? We were livin' the life almost every night I would wrap you in my thin white arms Sit and watch the stars glide Yeah, do you remember when we were the losers? Do you remember when we were the lame? Do you remember when we were the lepers? Do you remember? Do you remember? Do you remember when we were strung out? Eatin' top ramen, macaroni and cheese We would get so lost in that basement room Let the Otis Redding sing us to sleep I wish I had one more life I don’t wanna be wasted I don’t wanna live inside this daydream anymore I just wanna be happy again I don’t wanna be wasted, I don't wanna be blind I don’t wanna be wasted I don’t wanna live inside this daydream anymore I just wanna be happy again I don’t wanna be wasted, I don’t wanna be I don’t wanna be wasted, I don’t wanna be I don’t wanna be wasted, I don’t wanna be blind I wish I could be like all my heroes I wish I could be like all yours too I wish I could sing like Otis Redding I wish I could play this guitar in tune Do you remember when we were hungry? Do you remember when we were cold? Do you remember when we were happy in a way No one outside could ever know? I wish I had one more life How I wish I had one more life to live I don’t wanna be wasted I don’t wanna live inside of this daydream anymore I just wanna be happy again I don’t wanna be wasted, I don’t wanna I don’t wanna be wasted No, I don’t wanna live inside of this daydream anymore I just wanna be happy again I don't wanna be wasted, I don’t wanna be I don't wanna be wasted, I don’t wanna be I don't wanna be wasted, I don’t wanna be blind No, I don’t want to be blind No, I don’t want to be blind