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Contagious
Make your piece and turn the handle on the door
You've said enough it's time to leave without remorse
No time to part you teeth
No time to open wide
Too late, too late to open up your mouth and
Stick your foot inside it
You showed and told'em what to do and how it's done
You're the first to show then how to use and buy a gun
You're not responsible, or so you've said before
I don't believe you 'cause you're rotten to the core and contagious
Can't hear a word at all
There's a TV up on every single wall you see
The fever it rages
Everything you say
Everything you say is contagious
Every bloody death is fodder for the news
You claim you're free to cover anything you choose
You know that killing cells
You've made a living hell
You claim your ass is clean
But I can't stand the smell, it's contagious
Someone plants a bomb in the back of a car
And you know you're sitting there and watchin' it all
Doesn't matter what or where you want 'em to be
You're gonna put 'em up and make 'em big on the TV
New Year's Eve
Standin' alone on the corner of midnight
Thinkin up somethin' to say
I keep my courage up
I'm not worried but
She's started to look my way
I say...
What do I know. I'm a little too slow to say
What I'm thinkin'...Anyway...
I'm lookin' at you
You're lookin' at me
I don't know who you are, but I think I like what I see
Hey maybe we could get together
Maybe on New Year's Eve
I'll kiss you on the cheek
And you could wipe it off on your sleeve
Alone at last and the party has passed.
It's borderin' on three a.m.
Clouds come over me
I'm not sober, see
I don't even know where to begin
to say.....oooooh
She's spinnin' around and so is the ground
She's got me fallin' down on my knees.
Cheap Wine
It's happened all over again
You're knocking but you can't come in
And every one is staring at your tie
They don't look you in the eye
It looks like you hit the big time
And the big time hits and then it smacks you in the face
So jump right out of the rat race
Don't even try to take their last place
Give up... get up... get off.
Get out there on your own.
Look out, calm down
They're takin' you downtown
Get in, blow kisses
It gets no better than this
I'm living by and large in the back of a beat up car
This way I'm always close to home
Come over anytime;
We'll open a bottle of cheap wine
And wake up stinking like a Wild Irish Rose
You waited to stand in line
You made it; they picked your mind
They taught you how to win and then they changed the rules.
You let'em go play the game;
By saying it's all the same
"What goes around, it comes around." You're playin' it cool
But you keep climbin' the hill; and start to feel a chill
They'll knock you down the second they catch you standin' still.
You're lookin' for something to do.
It's much better than what you knew
Just take one step off to the side.
Don't bother to fight the tide
Just ditch the coat and the tie
Raise your glass up
Hey, let's drink to what's around
Don't ever let it get you down - this lame, old lazy town
Just grow some roots but don't ever let'em touch the ground.
Lying Awake
What's one night away from home, now?
Come on out and brave the cold
Leave the TV on
Don't tell 'em where you've gone
We can keep a little secret
Safe between just you and me
And I won't ever tell
If you'll come break your shell
And keep me up, come keep me up and keep me up tonight
I'm lying awake, my eyes are wide open
I'm crossing my fingers and I'll kep on hoping
That you'll come stay with me until I get to see
You fill me up, You fill me up, can't get enough of it all
We can stay out 'til the sun's up
Drive around and watch the town
Wakin' up at five
It's only half alive
There's no one out here on the road
The wind is ripping through my clothes
With the windows down
And no one else around
That's close enough. It's close enough
It's close enough for me.
How's the story of your life go?
Has it put you to sleep?
Wake up you're breathin'
Why spend half your life there sleepin'?
There's plenty of time to sleep when you're dead
Stay up, do'nt lie back down yet
I'm stayin' up, come keep me up tonight
Come on Over
Come in close, pull in tight
Get down low, let's dime the lights
I'm ready to go all night, now, if you want to
Doin' it once and doin' it twice
I'd rather be naughty than nice
And I'd rather we find some virtue in our vices
By doin' it one two three down on the floor
Throw my back up against the door
Tear me all apart and feel the motion
Up and down; side to side,
In and out, come open wide
Inside of you I've come to hide the ocean.
Comin' on strong gettin' in my face
Wrap my arms around your waist
Come in close. Let's have a taste,
Get what you're hopin'
Screamin' alive and dreamin' awake
Show me how much can I take
My heart beats 'til it breaks, it's split wide open
Take me home. Lock the door
Throw me back down on the floor
Let's get down to the core of what we're made of
Lay me flat down on my back
Bend me backwards 'til I crack
Tear me open.
Leave a track where we came from
Wide awake, and feel the Earth quake
No need to follow or to lead
Hold on tight; let's go all night now
Gettin' close to gettin' what you need
Just come on over, We'll be rollin' in the clovers
It doesn't matter what you wear
Just point your finger,
And tell me when, where shall I linger
Just point your finger and say, touch me there.
Once I Was A Monkey
Climbed up out of the ocean
I made my home in the trees
Someone came along and made a monkey out of me
They brought me down and taught me
And dressed me up in clothes
The only thing I learned is that I learned I shouldn't know
"Don't be askin' question" and they'll never tell a lie
I swallowed every word so I could open up my eyes
Once I was a monkey, but now I'm a man
Monkey see and monkey dues and monkeys make the rules
One said keep it simple, then they handed out the tools
One more taught a lesson with books and sleight of hand
Told me good and bad was something
I never would understand.
They told me of an apple and a serpent in the tree,
Blamed my faults on knowledge and then labeled it belief
Once I was a monkey but now I'm a man,
Scratchin' and pushin' and pullin' and yankin' my hair
You'd best beware of all the things a monkey can do when
He gets to where he wants to go
Gets into a car and drives around;
Rips up trees and put's 'em down
Puts down language on paper to say who runs
the town he's living in.
Me? I'd given in, to all these men forginin' me for things
I never did, But still I say, "Oh God, forgive me please, because
Once I was a monkey and now I'm a man"
One small step for monkey; who says
"I hope to get there soon.
I don't know where I'm going but I've landed on the moon.
I walked around, it came to me that here I stand alone
Great big world before me and yet still I've never known...
Why I'm still a monkey and I don't know wrong from right...
And why I'm here and why I fear the light off late at night."
My Way Or No Way
Now I'm the king I think it's time we set the record straight
I'm in control and everybody else is second rate
I'm number one, you're lowly scum. I'll wipe you on my shoe
I've got the answers man and you don't even have a clue
It's my way or no way
I never hurry, but never worry, I don't aim to please
I'd rather saunter down the block and get some Tastee-Freez
You're makin' motions, takin' potions I don't care to try
I'm never hurryin'. I do'nt have to tell you why
You're using a.m. and you're thinkin' that you'll do some good
But all you are is just a loser in your neighborhood
You're makin' money, makin' money, gotta pay the rent
You think you make a difference. You don't even make a dent.
Do What You Gotta Do
Time to wake up, make or break up
Grab your balls and do the shake up
No sense lettin' this get you down
You've been down for weeks, you can't think to speak
Your little old ship has sprung.
It's time to bail out while you can
What's the matter with you?
You do what you gotta do
A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
Look me in the eye, don't tell me why
You can't do what you need to get by
You've been all chained up by your hands
You're chained and tethered and you're tarred and feathered
Now yo're startin' to look a little weathered
You'd better just get up on your own two feet
What you gonna do?
What you gonna do?
What you gonna do with yourself?
You're pickin' your, you're pickin' your, you're pickin' your
Who knows wherever your go
You're walkin' on the tip of your toes
You can't sleep a wink and it shows
When you're takin' off all your clothes
What's the matter with you?
What's done is done and you've had your fun
Now you're lookin' out for number one
You've gotta just find one better than you
Who'll say, "I'm pleased to meet you.
Come and let me teach you.
I don't want to have to bend down to reach you
I'd rather have you at my side."
Hey There
The clock goes off at 5 a.m.
It wakes me up in time to go
Another day to start again
Another day that you don't notice
I grab my bags and coat to leave
Blow a kiss; we say goodbye
All this time we still believed
We'd be happy when we're older
Hey there - this is all we'll ever know
Come home late tomorrow night
All these dreams I keep inside
When you're asleep the time is right
To tell you every word I'm thinking
Hey there - this is all we'll ever know
Hey there - I can't stay I've got to go
I can't stay here
I can't stay, I've gotta go
I can't stay here
I can't say I'll ever know
Why I stayed here
Why I stayed for all these years
Why I stayed here
Why I wrapped myself in fear
Can't Get With It
"Get with, get with,
Get with the program," said the girl
With the light in her eyes shining in my face
"You've made a choice.
It's clear you've got no taste. Look how you fit together...
Well you can't get with it."
She went on to say that
What I wore wouldn't get me through.
Dressed like a plane crash
Wearin' nine different shades of blue
I'm a fashion disaster
I can't get with it
I don't want to try
I can't get with it
I think I know why I can't get with it
I don't want to try
I can't get with it
I think I'll get by just like I am
Look out below
My sense for fashion's called the last one on the scene
What I put on just puts me somewhere in between
The bad and the ugly - but I know no limit
I'll put it together any little bitty piece to fit my form
What's out of place to you is what I call the norm
I see how it fits together
But I can't get with it
Wait A Minute
What more do you want from me?
When you don't turn me on anymore
I'll come home and turn on the TV
And I knoe you're not what I'm looking for
I've gotten tired of watchin' the game,
And comin' home I know you're wearin' my ring
Go and do your own thing
I'm sinking in my La-Z-Boy,
I've got remote control and a beer in hand
When you leave, please make it short and when you come back
Bring me another can of Bud Light and a Lean Cuisine
I want to veg' in front of a wall of machines
How'd I know that your caged bird's never gonna sing
Go and do your own thing
We grew up fast - We found out quick that nothing lasts here
We grew up fast - You hold my hand and you let me pass out
We grew up fast
I smoke a stick and you'll turn the flick
Flickin' all the channels and red bricks
On the block that we live on,
No one's gonna say that there's anything wrong
I dread comin' home at night and lookin' at you
All pale in the light
I'm gettin' older and you keep lookin' like death warmed over
Wait a minute - That's not love so don't stick me in it
Wait a minute - Where's the money I think you spent it
Wait a minute - You knock and you knock and you knock
And you box me in. Don't box me in
You've got to go and do your own thing.
Time Bomb
Turn the key and push the gas
It's time you move your ass
I've got no time to waste
Your shitty little car's going to make me late
Ninety miles an hour
Would get me there on time
I've got no patience
To be waiting in your damned line
Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock boom
Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock boom
Clench my teeth and raise my fist
Hey wash your ass with this
I'm pas the point of pissed
I can't stand lines like this.
Teeming with humanity
Overcome by vanity
Do your makeup somewhere else,
I'm at the point of my sanity
So you're runnin' for the plane, you've got to
Make yourself a name
And everyday looks the same,
You're on the move.
When boom. The bomb goes boom,
And then you're thrown into the tomb
There's no more time for makin' room
Time's up you lose.
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