'out of today' - off 'victim of circumstance' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2001Did you ever just want to escape from the moment you're in and the pitfalls you've given into?This song is about a better place. I'm not sure what it looks like yet, but the journey continues.
today looks a lot like yesterday (its all the same) theres a thing called time getting in my way (my enemy) and all thats fun been overdone (its getting old) can't get along with anyone BRIDGE: someday i'm getting out of here i'll pack my things and i'll disapear i'll thumb a ride and get away CHORUS: (gonna get away) im gonna get away (escape from yesterday) out of today (gonna get away) im gonna get away escape from yesterday the streets and storefronts make me sick the liquor stores been cashing in hope takes me far, not outta here and too much longer and i wont care
'see me now' - off 'victim of circumstance' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2001
So many times I've had girlfriends ask me when I am gonna do something with my life.This is my response.
(if you could see me now) you wouldn't have a clue what i'm about (if you could see me now) you wouldn't even bother to find out tell me school is going well and that you've found yourself ask me why i'm still in town it's not easy getting out (if you could see me now) i'd ram your silver spoon right down your throat (if you could see me now) you'd find something to bitch at me about it makes me so irate don't need another update sure i sleep on the couch but i'm not down and out BRIDGE: you always find the time tell me you're doing fine you always find the time and remind me what i'm not don't care if school's going well i hope you burn in hell our lives are seperate now but i can still take you down OUTRO: if you could see me now x2 our lives are separate now yet i can still take you down hey! hey!
'nightmare' - off 'victim of circumstance' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2001
Everyday you wake up and it seems that for all your hard work you still find yourself a day late and a dollar short.This song is about the American dream turned nightmare.
its 2 am and the bars are closed not even thinking of going home and all i wants the american dream but all i had turned into a nightmare CHORUS: when i open my eyes just another nightmare when i pinch myself just another nightmare when i open the door just another nightmare when i pass out just another nightmare i stayed up late to sort things out can't pay the rent they're gonna kick me out car's making funny noises once again half a pack of smokes is all i have BRIDGE: why do i try my best when all i need is rest i cannot go to sleep cuz a nightmare's all i'll see no solutions in sight for all these sleepless nights and i've heard that death is just a permanent sleep and now i need a drink to help me go to sleep im popping pills at work to stay awake im living check to check and day to day i dont believe in the american dream
'what could you want' - off 'victim of circumstance' ep - lyrics by colin and kevin moran, copyright 2001
The cost of living is always on the rise. And it seems everyone has an excuse to get in your wallet.This is a good old fashioned "fuck off!" song dedicated to the ones who take and take but never give back.
beggars can't be choosers in this land of disbelievers so you take what you can get and you're the only one who can piss away their future so start placing your best bets and i am not resposible for every little problem take control of your own life cuz once you start believing that the whole world is deceiving you'll stop taking what is mine CHORUS: what could you want? x2 what could you ever want from me? you were never there for me when i really needed now you want some payback? all i say is fuck you! i have a hard time understanding all the people who've demanded piece of money or my time i've barely got enough of what i need to live on thanks to folks in the welfare line caught somewhere in the middle and supporting everybody too much wieght for one mans back im out there in the sun and supporting number one while you're fat and collecting checks BRIDGE: last time! give a piece of myself last time! i'm never helping anyone else last time! i'll never help the likes of you last time! just what the fuck you want me to do last time! i'm never helping anyone else last time! it burnt me, sent me straight to hell last time! i'm never helping anyone else last time!
'mayor's wife' - off 'victim of circumstance' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2001
"Do as I say and not as I do."This song is about the hypocrites in power and their double standard policies.
here she comes with a bottle in hand speeding along with a carload of friends I saw her drive drunk and they called me a liar just give the bitch a breathalyzer the mayor's wife is driving drunk again a couple cocktails and a bottle of gin she turns the key and her night begins CHORUS: the mayor's wife is driving drunk again it's a double standard and we can't win if it was me they wouldn't think twice they'd lock me up and take away my rights cops then tried to raid the dealer only this time in uniform dealer had the cops' usual order cuz off-duty he's a customer the cops are all on drugs again they keep on smoking all the evidence packing guns and high outta their heads they think they're above the rest of us they think they know what's best for us t hey're no better than the ones they protect this country is run by hypocrites they'll never know what's best for us they'll never be any better than us the mayors wife can drink 'til she's dead then there'd be one less hypocrite
'step one' - off 'victim of circumstance' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2001
This is our rally cry to all those honest and hard working folks across this country.
Everyday we fight the battle, and someday we'll win the war.
hey! hey! everyday is a battle hey! hey! but life is a war hey! hey! everyday is a battle hey! hey! what side are you for? quit your moaning quit your bitching i will talk and you will listen quit your moaning quit your bitching think by now you'd learn your lesson hey! hey! a better tomorrow hey! hey! for a better today hey! hey! a better tomorrow hey! hey! nothing stands in our way
'seven hours to go' - off 'small town hell' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2000
Have you ever looked at the clock only an hour into your shift and thought "Shit. Seven hours to go."?
If you have a job then you know how much time you have to think about who you are and what you could be.
I watched a lonely clock spin hours on its hands I watched the minutes turn into days I thought of the places that I'd rather be and all the things holding me back CHORUS: seven hours to go and I got all the time I wanna lose cuz no one ever came up to me and said that you're what I want to be no one ever followed my path old pictures of what I used to be school dances and little league all the things that meant so much now I'm alone and in a shitty mood no where to go, nothing to do guess I'll just sit and rot ripped the phone right off of the wall fuck it, no one will call at all sat right down and started to think I thought of me, I thought of you thought of the things that I'd rather do if I just had the chance
'leave me alone' - off 'small town hell' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2000
I think the title of this one speaks for itself.
I'm so sick of your boring life you talk to me like I have the time I don't wanna leave my home just leave me the fuck alone CHORUS I don't wanna talk to you I don't want a thing to do with you quit calling me at my fucking home just leave me the fuck alone I don't wanna talk to you I don't want a thing to do with you oh wont you leave me alone all your problems are your own fault there ain't a thing that you don't want all you do is bitch and moan just leave me the fuck alone BRIDGE go away and leave me be i got problems of my own i'm feeling sick and you're the germ why won't you why won't you, leave me alone
'small town hell' - off 'small town hell' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2000
No matter where you go in this world you're gonna get bored eventually.
But it does get frustrating staring at the same faces and scenery for 23 years.
Makes ya wonder whats beyond the mountains.
clear-headed, in depression saw enough, learned my lesson living here is killing me not where I'm supposed to be everyone's already stuck everyone's already fucked get out of small town hell before I kill myself CHORUS: some say that they don't care some say they like it here broken dreams fill every heart as I watch them fall apart bunch of morons, bunch of fools fell for the joke and now they're screwed I don't wanna waste away I don't want another day don't want what everyone has don't want to live in the past I hate this town I hate my job I'm just a filthy fucked-up slob let me live, let me breathe small town hell is killing me
'bitter pint' - off 'small town hell' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2000
Pro or anti alcohol, take it as you like.
Drinking has it's ups and downs and is probably best to do in moderation.
I have yet to learn a thing about moderation.
pull me from my dizzy state and tell me that I need a break well I'm frozen in my tracks with no tomorrow there's something more to me, but what? CHORUS: another night, a bitter pint pour one down my throat another night, damn bitter pint the only thing that I'll ever know with every morning, I renew my faith in life until the evening when I'm face down in a pint I got my conscience telling lies and truth can't pierce my bloodshot eyes but everyday i wake up still breathing another reason to keep drinking to get drunk drinking to forget
'rock and a workplace' - unreleased - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2000
Huey Lewis said it best, "I'm taking what they're giving cuz I'm working for a living!".
This ones for the working class!
living like a dog, can barely make ends meet a member of the working class, another casuality an angel, an outlaw, or some forgotten soul i know i'm just a truent, who works his fingers to the bone i'm stuck between a rock and a workplace x2 maximum work for minimum wage the morning glory fades, as i work the afternoon taking orders from the bastards, who haven't got a clue my paycheck's no reward for all the shit i have to take overtime and double-shifts, will i ever catch a break? i'm not a member of society, society makes me sick i'm a member of the working class, which makes this country tick someday i'll get revenge and destroy the upper class i'll take this pair of workboots and shove them up their ass!
'monday mornings' - unreleased - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2000
running on empty, last song of the show but the feeling ain't left me and i really don't wanna go everyone is on the guestlist, no money to be made we already owe the barkeep and we just wanna play don't bring me down x2 don't want my feet back on the ground just let me play, just one more song monday morning ain't that far away there's a memory every mile, a risk for every trip 7-11's and broken strings, is how we choose to live 3 am route 95 on christmas eve, driving through a snowstorm no where else i'd rather be when the show is done, don't wanna leave the club don't wanna wake up, and spend 8 hours on the job and for all the blurry nights, i don't regret a thing for as long as i'm alive, there'll be songs for me to sing'king of the working class' - unreleased - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2002got a oneway ticket in the land of the free, another working stiff oh what i wouldn't give to be no one's citizen the daily price that i have to pay, just so i'll survive shows me that your whole system is full of cracks and lies cuz i'm the king of the working class piss drunk and i'm outta cash though my paychecks never seem to last i've always got enough to buy some beer and gas how can i work so hard and still struggle to live? i gave those bastards all of my time, what else can i give? pretty soon they're gonna take a part of me that ain't theirs and they could give a shit if i think that's fair they can work me til i drop, deprive me my fair share they're convinced i'm oblivious, but i am quite aware of what they do to the working class, and all the lies they tell to all the fucks in the management, piss off and go to hell!'wasted silence' - off 'small town hell' ep - lyrics by colin moran, copyright 2000she said "what ya gonna do with your life? aren't ya tired of hanging around?" she said look at me i'm successfully the cutest (sluttiest) girl in town as i wondered what she meant, as i dropped my aching head i wondered if i'd ever give another damn again memories like a picture, each one worth a thousand words i struggled defiantly just to even try to make it in her world but it's the present not the past and not all good things always last like i've told myself a million times before lets talk about you, lets talk about me lets talk about all the wasted silence in between i feel lonely when i'm with you, rage still bottled inside and all the while i wonder if its the best thing to have you in my life there were the times you pissed me off and all the days that i felt lost and all the times i beat myself into a bloody mess don't know what you're thinking and i don't wanna know all i know is there's an open door, time for you to go and all the times you did me wrong and i thought that i was strong maybe t