So Much For The Afterglow

1. So Much For The Afterglow

4. Normal Like You

This is a song about Susan This is a song about the girl next door This is a song about the everyday occurrences That make me feel like letting go Yes I think we've got a problem So much for the afterglow So much for the afterglow This is a song about Susan Yeah, this is a song about the way things are This is a song about the scary things You see from the corner of your eyes Don't you wonder why? We never talk about the future, yeah We never talk about the past anymore We never ask ourselves the questions To the answers that nobody even wants to know I guess the honeymoon is over So much for the afterglow, So much for the afterglow So much for the afterglow, So much for the afterglow I remember we could talk about anything I remember when we used to want to hang out I remember we could talk about everything I remember when we used to want to hang out I remember we could talk about everything I remember when we used to want to hang out I remember when we used to want to hang out I remember we could talk about everything I remember, I remember, I remember Yeah, we never talk about the future We never talk about the past anymore We never ask ourselves the questions To the answers that nobody even wants to know Oh well, oh well, oh well So much for the afterglow Oh well oh well oh well So much for the afterglow Oh well, oh well, oh well Yes, I guess we need the drama So much for the afterglow, So much for the afterglow So much for the afterglow, yeah, So much for the afterglow So much for the afterglow, So much for the afterglow So much for the afterglow, So much for the afterglow So much for the afterglow, So much for the afterglow

They said you called me maybe yesterday I don't even have the strength to pick up the phone Wouldn't even know me since you went away The prozac doesn't do it for me anymore You ought to take your medication everyday Be a good dog, live life in a wonderful way Tell me why you want to be blind I don't want to be normal like you I know now, everyday I get closer To the place inside where I can be normal too I heard those stupid people talk about you again I just have to laugh to keep from hurting bad Their simple minds just cannot seem to understand You are neurotic and depressed It doesn't mean that you're sad You walk around oblivious to everything You wear that party dress and black mascara Like you're queen for the day Tell me why you want to be blind I don't want to be normal like you I know now, everyday I get closer To the place inside where I can be normal too I will never be normal like you You walk around oblivious to everyone I see you walking slow and simple Underneath the big black sun Tell me why you want to be blind I don't want to be normal like you I know now, everyday I get closer To the place inside where I can be complacent Yes, I get closer To the place inside where I can be sedated Yes, I get closer To the place inside where I can be normal too Where I can be normal like you Maybe normal like you I can be normal like you

2. Everything To Everyone

5. I Will Buy You A New Life

You put yourself in stupid places Yes I think you know it's true Situations where it's easy to look down on you I think you like to be the victim I think you like to be in pain I think you make yourself a victim Almost every single day You do what you do You say what you say You try to be everything to everyone You know all the right people You play all the right games You always try to be Everything to everyone Yeah you do it again You always do it again You say they taught you how to read and write Yeah, they taught you how to count I say they taught you how to buy and sell Your own body by the pound I think you like to be their simple toy I think you love to play the clown I think you are blind to the fact That the hand you hold is the hand that holds you down You do what you do You say what you say You always try to be everything to everyone You know all the right people You play all the right games You always try to be everything to everyone Spin around and fall down, do it again You stumble and you fall Yeah why don't you ever learn Spin around and fall down, do it again Yeah, you stumble and you fall I wonder if you will ever learn Why won't you ever learn Come on now, do that stupid dance for me You do what they tell you to do You say what you say You try to be everything to everyone You jump through the big hoop You play all the right games You try to be everything to everyone Spin around and fall down, do it again You stumble and you fall Yeah you do it again Spin around and fall down, do it again You stumble and you fall

Here is the money that I owe you So you can pay the bills I will give you more When I get paid again I hate those people who love to tell you Money is the root of all that kills They have never been poor They have never had the joy of a welfare Christmas I know we will never look Back You say you wake up crying Yes and you don't know why You get up and you go lay down Inside my baby's room I guess I'm doing OK I moved in with the strangest guy Can you believe he actually thinks That I'm really alive I will buy you a garden Where your flowers can bloom I will buy you a new car Perfect shinny and new I will buy you that big house Way up in the west hills I will buy you a new life Yes I will Yes, I know all about that other guy The handsome man with athletic thighs I know about all the times before With that obsessive little rich boy They might think you think you're happy Yeah maybe for a minute or two They can't make you laugh No they can't make you feel the way that I do I will buy you a garden Where your flowers can bloom I will buy you a new car Perfect shinny and new I will buy you that big house Way up in the west hills I will buy you a new life I will buy you a new life Yes I will I know we can never look Back Will you please let me stay the night No one will ever know I will buy you a garden Where your flowers can bloom I will buy you a new car Perfect shinny and new I will buy you that big house Way up in the west hills I will buy you a new life I will buy you a garden Where your flowers can bloom I will buy you a new car Perfect shinny and new I will buy you that big house Way up in the west hills I will buy you a new life I will buy you a new life I will buy you a new life

6. Father Of Mine

3. Ataraxia

Father of mine Tell me where have you been You know I just closed my eyes My whole world disappeared Father of mine Take me Back to the day When I was still your golden boy Back before you went away I remember blue skies Walking the block I loved it when you held me high I loved to hear you talk You would take me to the movie You would take me to the beach You would take me to a place inside That is so hard to reach Father of mine Tell me where did you go You had the world inside your hand But you did not seem to know Father of mine Tell me what do you see When you look Back at your wasted life And you don't see me I was ten years old Doing all that I could It wasn't easy for me To be a scared white boy In a black neighborhood Sometimes you would send me a birthday card With a five dollar bill I never understood you then And I guess I never will Daddy gave me a name My dad he gave me a name Then he walked away Daddy gave me a name Then he walked away My daddy gave me a name Daddy gave me a name Daddy gave me a name Then he walked away Daddy gave me a name Then he walked away My daddy gave me a name Father of mine Tell me where have you been I just closed my eyes And the world disappeared Father of mine Tell me how do you sleep With the children you abandoned And the wife I saw you beat I will never be safe I will never be sane I will always be weird inside I will always be lame Now I'm a grown man With a child of my own And I swear I'm not going to let her know All the pain I have known Then he walked away Daddy gave me a name Then he walked away My dad gave me a name Then he walked away My daddy gave me a name Then he walked away My daddy gave me a name Then he walked away Then he walked away Then he walked away

"Today, medical science recognizes that some folks aren't helped by relaxing exercises. In cases of difficult tension and nervous apprehension, doctors are now prescribing medicine. It makes those who fear their about to 'quit' feel like their ready to 'begin'. Bidding their darkened spirits good-bye for the calming peace of a cloudless sky."

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