So Much For The Afterglow Cont.

11. Sunflowers

7. One Hit Wonder

I know where you go when you want to fall Why do you want to be broken? I know where you go when you want to fall Yes your friends they tell me everything Yes I know where you go Yes I know what you do Yes I know the awful things you say And who you say them to Yes I know where you go Yes I know what you do I know how you feel you get crazy inside They say it runs in the family I know just how you feel when you get crazy inside Your mom she said that you are just like me I can see it in your eyes I can see it in your shaky hands Guess I think you think I'm stupid You don't think I understand Guess I see you when I see myself When I was a younger man When you were a child You were happy and free You were my reason to live I would die when you smiled at me I can still see you I remember you painting Sunflowers in your room I know where you go when you want to fall Hey don't you want to be happy? I know where you go when you want to fall Your useless friends they tell me everything Everything I see you run around in circles I see you digging your own hole I see you fight the fights you just can't win I see you losing self control What it does to me deep down inside I hope you will never know When you were a child you were happy and free You were my reason to live I would die when you smiled at me I can still see you painting flowers on the wall I remember you happy, I remember it all When you were a child you were happy and free You were my reason to live I would die when you smiled at me I can still see you, I remember you painting Sunflowers in your room Sunflowers in your room Sunflowers in your room All I want to remember Pretty pictures on the wall I remember you happy, I remember it all All I want to remember Sunflowers in your room Sunflowers in your room Sunflowers in your room

Loopy says he likes it up on top Yes he knows if he ever lets go The pretty machine will swallow him whole He has no fear, he has no sense of shame He will not stop until everybody everywhere Wants to know his name The one hit wonder, he likes the big time He says he wants to live the kind of life That will make the folks Back home Bitch and whine He knows if he ever even gets the chance He'd sell his soul to make the monster dance They can't hurt you unless you let them Loopy says he sure does like the good life Yes he knows all those women who scheme Are just pretty pictures in the pretty machine He knows if he ever gets to try He will bite down hard to make the monster cry He knows if he ever even gets a chance He'd sell his soul to make the monster dance They can't hurt you unless you let them I will say it again They cannot hurt you unless you let them Loopy says he likes it up on top He prays to god and he hopes like hell That the pretty machine they will never fail He has no fear, he doesn't really even have the time He knows that the world is in love with the pretty machine Oh yeah, the pretty machine The one hit wonder, he likes the big time He wants to live the kind of life That will make the folks Back home Scream bitch and whine He knows if he ever gets to try He will bite down hard to make the monster cry He knows if he ever even gets a chance He'd sell his soul to make the monster dance He knows if he ever even gets to play He will stomp like god to make the monster say They can't hurt you unless you let them They cannot hurt you unless you let them They can't hurt you unless you let them They cannot hurt you unless you let them

12.Why I Don't Believe In God

I heard the truth about you And it really doesn't read at all Like the whipping stick you raised me with A scared woman in a private hell Hushed voice like electric bells Strange talk about Edgar Casey And the long lame walk of the dark 70's Strange talk about Edgar Casey And the long lame walk of the dark 70's I heard the truth about you, yeah you Mama they woke me up I was deep in an idiot sleep I was just eight years old Heard big words with a horrible sound Why'd they have to call my school Tell me my mother had a nervous breakdown I wish I believed like you do, yeah you In the myth of a merciful god In the myth of a heaven and hell I hear the voices you hear sometimes Sometimes it gets so much I feel like letting go Sometimes it gets so hard I feel like letting it go Sometimes it gets so goddamn hard I feel like letting it all go Letting it all go, letting it all go Letting it all go, letting it all go I ran away and went looking for you Back to Culver city and the old neighborhood Need to know if you were really gone Need to know if you were gone for good I ran through the projects at night Hide in the dark from my friends in the light Hide from my brother-in-law Hide from the things he'd say Said you weren't losing your mind He said you just needed a rest He said you'd be coming home soon He said the doctors there would know what's best Said that maybe I could go live with dad for a while I know the truth about you, I know the truth about you I know the truth about you, I know the truth about you I know the truth, I know the truth, I know the truth I know the truth about you Mama they woke me up, I was just eight years old Sometimes it gets so hard, I feel like letting it go Sometimes it gets so hard, I feel like letting it all go Letting it all go, letting it all go Yeah, letting it all go

8. El Distorto de Melodica

Instumental

9. Amphetamine

She came out west to find the sun She lost her name but found a new one Amy goes to school all day But at night in the neighborhood They call her amphetamine She is perfect in that fucked up way That all the magazines seem to want to glorify these days She looks like a teenage anthem She looks like she used to be happy With the girl inside She looks so bored sometimes She has that super pale skin and those soft green eyes She looks like she could have been happy in a better life She came out west just to break away clean From her family and her friends Just a little girl's dream All she wants to do every night Is sit beside my window and listen to the sirens She is perfect in that fucked up way That all the magazines seem to want to glorify these days She looks like a teenage anthem And she looks like she should have been happy In another life In another life, ooh, in another life Yeah, in another life She came out west just to break the spell After three long years in a marriage from hell Six months clean, living sober and right The doctors tell her everything will be all right Yeah you just take your pill And everything will be all right Yeah you just take your pill And everything will be all right She looks like a teenage anthem She looks like a magazine girl She looks like a teenage anthem Like she used to be happy in another world She looks like a teenage anthem She is happy with the girl inside She looks like a teenage anthem And looks like she could have been happy In another life In another life, happy in another life Ooh, in another life, happy in another life In another life, happy in another life Met her at a party and I took her home She is the saddest girl that I have ever known She wakes me up in the middle of the night Just to tell me everything will be all right Amy smiles at me and tells me everything will be all right Yeah, Amy smiles at me and tells me everything will be all right Yeah, I tell myself the same damn thing Everyday Everything will be all right Ooh, everything will be all right Everything will be all right

13. Like A California King

I see you have made yourself a brand new life Such a cool blue star with a bright new shine I see you wear your checkered past Just like a shining suit of gold I know you think you look so special I am told you have found yourself a brand new time Watch the world stand still as years go by I know you think you are so new and different But it makes no sense to me There is nothing new about you Just another self-made man There is nothing new that I see Enjoy it while you can I know you think you look so special What makes you think you are so special? What makes you think you are unique? I see you smile and I get angry As I watch you go colossal Like a California king I hear you gave the world a brand new voice Such a happy melody with a new wave whine Yeah I see you hide behind your own noise I think we've seen enough I will find you in the crowded room I will knock you off your feet I will burn you just like teenage love I will eat you just like meat I will break you into pieces Hold you up for all the world to see What makes you think you are better than me? What makes you think you are better? What makes you think you are so complete? What makes you think you are the only one immune to falling down? Why can't you see? I see you fall and I get happy I will watch you burn like fire I will watch you burn like a California king I will watch you burn like a California king

10. White Men In Black Suits

I am just a boy working in a record store Yes I moved to San Francisco Just to see what I could be I am a loser geek Crazy with an evil streak Yes, I do believe there is a Violent thing inside of me She is just a girl She is doing what she can She dances topless When she's not playing in her band Such a pretty girl, happy in an ugly place Watching all the pretty people Doing lots of ugly things I think it's getting better for the two of us Yes I think it's getting better almost everyday I could give a damn for what those people say All I want to do is lose myself in your room All you want is just a slow fuck in the afternoon I still see those scary guys when I am all alone at night I kiss the ring you gave me, then I swing with all my might I think it's getting better for the two of us I think it's getting easier for you and me to agree That the white men in the black suits They are diminishing Yes I think they are diminishing Yes I think they diminish you And they diminish me I think they are diminishing You know sometimes I hear those people say Yeah she takes a bus over to the northside of the city She goes to work, stripping for the rich white men All the words they give her make her feel so soft and pretty She wears them but they never ever seem to fit Yes I think it's getting better for the two of us Yes I think it's getting better in the worst way I refuse to be afraid of almost anyone Afraid of all the things they do or the words that they say Let's live the way we want to live and hope they go away I really hope they go away I really hope they find a nice place I hope they find it somewhere I hope they go away I can still hear all those people say

13A Hating You For Christmas

Thanks for the Christmas card I don't want to hear about your new job now I don't want to hear about your new boyfriend I don't want to hear about it all working out for you No, I don't want to hear it now I don't want to hear about your swinging new place I don't want to hear how everyone thinks it's great I just want to sit in our apartment and hate you Yes, I will be hating you for Christmas You can have the Christmas tree Remember when we bought it at the store down the street? Remember when I found that cheesy color wheel? I don't want to think about the lights on your white skin No, I don't want to think about it I don't want to think about last year at your dad's You said it was the best sex that we both ever had I don't want to think about my face in your soft hair I will be hating you for Christmas I must be losing my mind There's gotta be a better way to deal with the pain There's gotta be a better way to deal with the hate Wish that I could find some way to make you go away Wish that I could have a drink and make you fade I wish that I could have myself a drink and make you fade I wish that I could have a drink and make you go away Yeah make you go away Wish that I could make you go away I will be hating you for Christmas Yeah I will be hating you for Christmas Thanks for the Christmas card