Been There Been There
MCA Records (MCAD-10757)
All lyrics by Gerald Collier, except: Present at Your Party, by David Swafford; Goddamn by Gerald Collier/Dave Ballantine.

she won't get under me till I get over you

there's something about
walking on air, that takes me far away.
I leave a trail of tears
just leave alone.
just passing it, right through my teeth
I hope to sing along.

she wont get under me yeah, till I get over you.
and thats bad.

knock on the door,
no one's at home
the light was on for years.
i gotta talk to
someone who
can get me outta here.
I rip the tounge right out of your mouth kissing you goodbye.

(chorus)
she wont get under me, till I get over you
and thats bad.
and if she wants forgiveness, yeah
you (she's) gotta want me first
cuz thats bad.

(chorus)
(no freaking way..??)

bleeder

I took a swim in my favorite hole.
later on the grass I made some room for you.
and not counting blessings that I had.
and not counting your hurt feelings.
I'm off to meet the rocket man.

and I don't know if we can land all together.
underneath the shady tree.
because an empty sky is just an empty sky.
and dawn loses daylight all together.
I'm happy to call it home.

(chorus)
can you tell me
very slowly
how to tell if it's ok.
you hold my hand
you hold my water.
you bite the hair the bites the sleeve.
just like a bleeder, dont shoot me.
Im a bleeder dont shoot me (2x).

(repeat first verse)
(repeat chorus-with "burn" instead of "hold")(4x-without last two 
lines)
(repeat last line--until fade)

kick between the knees

("ready to roll?")
("born ready.")

I dont get even,
don't even get that mad.
don' talk about your new boyfriend,
because it makes me sad.
when I get all excitied,
when I pull on your hair.
I never say "Im sorry",
because I dont care.

(bride)
everytime your drunk
but while you know the (??)
you made fun of my wants
and my needs.

(chorus)
I felt a kick, between the knees (2x)
go away,
I'm now stained(??)
you're a pain
in my brain.

everytime you're drunk
but while you know the (??)
you made fun of my wants,
and my needs.
everytime you licked your lips
the world came crashing down.
(repeat chorus 2x)
(solo!)
every time your drunk (2x)
i felt a kick between the knees (repeated)
go away,
I'm now stained. (?) (repeat until fade)

miss teen usa

time now,
leave the house
we go far away.
make time, to make out,
say goodbyes.

buckle shoes and dexitrim
fruit loops and lucky charms
diaphragms and ballons.

right before the runway begins
she take a breath.

hair blonde, 
eyes blue,
make up of maybeline
"My name is Mark, and we're from SPIN".

(chorus)
we want to be with you
wherever you go,
talk to you night and day
know who you know.
we want to be inside your
head when it explodes.
yeah we want to be inside your
room when you close 
the door. 
when you close the door 
(when you close the door).

(chorus)
(repeat chorus until fade without last two lines)

four letter name for lame

you remember me
talking up a storm.
you said to someone i was boring.
while I was running,
naked out the door,
just in time to catch the morning.

and you dont know me
you dont know (2x)

later on, Im passed out in the rain,
in front of God and everybody.
at the moment, I knew I lived alone
at the moment you were moving me.
you want to own me,
yeah you want to know me,
like someone you do
and you're one of the only
yeah you want to own me
like it or not, you're you.

(chorus)
on this morning you say that I
should be ashamed
after you give to me
your new four letter name
you knew a four letter name for (2x)
(6x)
(repeat first verse)
and you wanted to hold me
yeah you wanted to hold me,
like someone you knew.
and you wanted to owe me,
yeah you wanted to owe me
like an I.O.U
(repeat chorus)
you knew a four letter name for (4x)
lame.
you knew a four letter name for (4x)

waltzing

your voice is so loud
and I'm far too proud
to live life hands on my knees.
our fornication
was an act of dictation,
it's time to get out of town.

i call up the station,
told the dj the situation,
as I dedicated communication breakdown
to you and me

with hopes it would help you believe
that Im just as scared as you are.
that I'm so inclined, to be the wallflower kind,
while you're waltzing, waltzing.
one two three all fall down.
waltzing, waltzing.
one two three I'll fall down.
we'll fall down
you swing from the left
as you connect with your right
injuries aquired, from being drunk half the night.
down for the last time, I think I might be,
because looking at this,
is far too unsightly.
Im just as scared as you are,
Im so inclined to be the wallflower kind, while you're waltzing.
waltzing, waltzing.
One two three all fall down.
waltzing. 
waltzing, one two three I'll fall down.
I'll fall down
you swing from the left 
as you connect with your right.
injuries aquired, from being drunk half the night.
down for the last time, 
I think I might be,
because looking at you is far too unsightly.
far too unsightly.

while you're waltzing
waltzing
one two three I'll fall down
(repeat 2x)
I'll fall down.

goddamn

this is a waste of our time,
all we do is hang around,
and I don't want to hang around.
and it seems impossible
to meet you eye to eye,
but I'll never see the truth.
and I can't stay here for long,
cuz my will start shaking,
and you know how I start shaking (4x)

I gotta find somebody,
I can't run into a hole (or "I can't run to a whore"?)
I gotta find somebody
it feels the same about being alone
as I do about being alone, (2x)

(chorus)
goddamn the beauty,
goddamn what i said
goddamn the day.

goddamns you to me (4x)

and I don't like what you said
and I don't like where you said it,
you can take it all back now.
you go your way, and I'll go mine
you take everything worth taking,
don't need it anyhow (3x)
dont need...

(chorus)
goddamns you to me (4x)
watch for her..

present at your party

present at your party,
I head down for your basement
sorry for the confusion
but I could be right when I know you're wrong.

when all your words are lies
your words just lose their meaning
sorry if I seem distant,
well it's nothing,
it don't come easy,
except for your lying, and your
cheating.

maybe I think I like you,
maybe I think I don't.
sorry for the confusion,
well I could be right when I know you're wrong.
good luck with your social life,
I'm going to the store,
sorry if I seem distant,
well it's nothing,
it don't come easy,
except for your lying,
and your cheating.

present at your party
I head down for your basement,
sorry for the confusion,
well it's nothing
it don't come easy
except for your lying,
and your cheating.

bitch can't sing

she got all bent on gold, 
she wears around her (??)
she got a phony bass that all the people play
attention to the stage is more than I can handle
she's not exactly easy on eyes.

bitch can't sing (3x)

she got her new tattoos 
and she wears biker clothes
she's so attractive
(???) nose.
(??????)
thats one more beer, missy blows.

(the chorus)
these are the girls in the USA (2x)
(chorus)

bad about the fact

I feel really bad about the fact
that you fell in,
I feel even worse there's nothing left to you.
I heard your last words, and your wish, it was my command.
no more tears in my ice cream cone.
thanks a lot
casa ra sa ra

I remember the last, you said 
"never say assume"
because it made such an ass outta U and me.
I wish I had kept a list of all the funny things 
that you said to me,
like "I can quit any time I want to"
and "I guess you're going to have to trust me".

thanks a lot
casa ra sa ra. (2x)

I called your mother,
I called your mother a million times.
I called your father,
and I told him how high.

thanks a lot
ca se ra se ra (4x)

(repeat)
(I feel really bad about the fact)
(thanks a lot ca se ra se ra)

letter from you

are you doing all right?
cruising your life.
I heard you move,
so did I.
I'm sitting here, so much has changed.
I'd stand up, but i dont want to fall down.
and I sure could use (3x)
a letter from you.

I guess Im a loser,
what does that make you?
I said Im sorry,
I didnt do nothing.
I'm sitting here so much has changed.
I'd stand up bit I don't want to fall down.
and I sure could use (3x)
a letter from you.

the holes in my jeans,
they got a lot bigger.
the lines on my face say
i can't see you.
oh, I'm sitting here, so much has changed.
I'd stand up, but I don't want to fall down, down, down.
I sure could use (3x)
a letter from you.
(i sure could use (3x)
a letter from.

you love sleepin'

hey, are you as lonesome as I am?
and can we, talk about it?
Im sorry, if I woke you up again.
I know how you love sleeping.
but I was up thinking,
had your four signs in my head.

hey, do you feel as ripped off as i do?
like we were taken, 
hook line and sinker?
Ive had it
I've had it, trying not to have a memory.
I was happier, just knowing I would.
and I was just thinking,
I'll just forget what i said.(2x)

oh, doing as well as I am,
say oh, feel like Im dying a death.

and I was just thinking,
I'll just forget what I said. (2x)

Oh, I'm doing as well as I am,
I say,
oh, feel like Im dying a death. (2x)
(ahh)

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