Underneath (2001)
Happiness Is,   Never Let You Down,   Only Words,    I Want All Of You,
Miles Away,    Wonderful Waste,     Underneath,      Medicate Myself,      Colorful,  
Gotta Move On,    Local Boys,

I Want All of You
(Donny Brown)

i want all of you  i want all of you  from your feet up to your mouth  every inch of north and south  I'll keep calling you  I'll keep calling you  won't you listen to me say   don't you ever go away  will you wait for me?   will you wait for me? I'll be waiting here for you   anything that i can do  will you think of me?   will you think of me?  whisper words into your ears   i will never bring you tears  i want all of you    (ah ah ah ah...)  you are everything   you are everything  from your elbows to your lips  down your arms to fingertips  i'll be waiting here   I'll be waiting here  in the rain and bright sunshine    won't you say that you'll  be mine  you are in my heart    you are in my heart  from the dusk into the light    every day and every night   i want all of you    (ah ah ah ah...)  and when i see you smile  you can make the darkest day worthwhile   and when you look my way   i need you to believe me when i say   i want all of you   (ah ah ah ah...)  i love all of you   i love all of you  from your fingers to your toes  from your knees up to your nose  i'll be here for you    I'll be here for you   anytime and any place   just to see your pretty face  you are everything   you are everything   in my night and through my day   would you listen to me say  I am  in love with you   i am in love with you   i am in love with you...
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For Frames
For Non Frames

Never Let You Down 
  (Donny Brown) 
  
I'm trying to keep my feet on the ground I'm getting to like this feeling I've found I'm getting to love the thought of having you around and I will never let you down Your friends were all well-meaning When they said no one is good enough for you But if they play with your emotions Dimiss the notion Do what you have to do Cause people don't take chances with their hearts Since I've met you I am past the hardest part So remember one thing I will never let you down I'm trying to keep my feet on the ground I'm getting to like this feeling I've found I'm getting to love the thought of having you around and I will never let you down Sometimes you feel defeated But it's okay You're not the only one And all the complications, The bad situations, happen to everyone It doesn't matter how it ended or began Sometimes the best that you can do is change your plans I hope you understand that I will never let you down I'm trying to keep my feet on the ground I'm getting to like this feeling I've found I'm getting to love the thought of having you around and I will never let you down.
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Only Words
( Brian Vander Ark)

Through evidence of circumstance you held me to a second chance feigning interest so sincere curse the days i’vewasted here all the words that you waste debating every word so intimidating i can let a lot of things that you say go i could never let another day go all the words that evaporated every word so intimidating i’ll never make mention of it if you say so but i could never let another day go by  definitions you have missed punctuated by your fist  feigning interest out of fear i curse the days i’ve wasted here all the words that you waste debating every word so intimidating i can let a lot of things that you say go i could never let another day go all the words that evaporated every word so intimidating i’ll never make mention of it if you say so but i could never let another day go by surprise yourself with every word it’s so absurd all the words...  all the words that you punctuated every word so intimidating i can let a lot of things that you say go i could never let another day go all the years that evaporated all the tears that i tolerated i’ll never make mention of it if you say so but i could never let another day go by
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Miles Away
( Brian Vander Ark)

Today was a great day i said but i meant today was the worst day i’ve ever spent i’m trying to be what you want meT tobe so you’ll settle down stop driving me into the ground  well it might be how you fight me till i’m shattered i wouldleave you but to leave you wouldn’t matter so beneath you, underneath you i am right here miles away today was a strange day i meant what i said today was the first day that i looked ahead and if i could be what you want me to be would you let me down stop driving me into the ground well it might be how you fight me till i’m shattered i would leave you but to leave you wouldn’t matter so beneath you, underneath you, i am right here  miles away can i have your attention, have your respect we all need redemption, some more or less now you fight me satellite me till i’m shattered i would leave you but to leave you wouldn’t matter so beneath you, underneath you i am right here miles away or it may be how you play me till i’m shattered i defend it and pretend it doesn’t matter if you need me then believe me i’ll be right here miles away.
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Happiness Is
(Donny Brown)

The world is giving you the run-around and leaves you feeling low and let down but happiness is wherever you find it i’m not waiting for a friend beside me or for the lord above to guide me my happiness is  wherever i find it And i wanna find it with you have you ever felt so out of place that the smile on your face was to keep from cryin’ i don’t know how we get so out of touch but i don’t want much just to find out what happiness is while everybody else is winning you’re stuck waiting for your new beginning so happiness is wherever you find it you may be full of life’s frustrations but i’m up for negotiations my happiness is wherever i find it and i wanna find it with you have you ever felt.. if you got your lucky break and broke it i guess you’ve got your options open but happiness is wherever you find it...yeah and i wanna find it with you have you ever felt so out of place that the smile on your face was to keep from cryin’ i don’t know how we get so out of touch but i don’t want much just to keep on tryin’ people say a prayer every day that they end up with more than their next door neighbor i’m not buying all their ego trips but i’ll get my kicks when i find out  what happiness is.
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Medicate Myself
(Donny Brown)

I hear you cryin’ for me but i see the anger in your eyes i want what will not judge me i need what keeps me warm inside a man without a purpose stares from the mirror on the wall you think you know my problems - i think that you don’t know me at all  i don’t believe i suffer disease as you proclaim and i don’t believe that i should kneel and hang my head in shame held prisoner by a monkey strapped on behind my back and while i sit ablaze the light is slowly fading into the black so i... i’ve got to medicate myself again i’ve got to medicate myself again i’ve got to medicate myself again cuz you don’t need me hanging ‘round one more drink and i will be drowned i know you hate to see me as i defeat myself this way you know you can’t control me you know i’m slipping day by day down into my obsession down in the hole where i belong and when the fight is over you will stay right here and i will be gone so i... (repeat chorus)
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Gotta Move On
(Donny Brown)

Love is not strong love is not stable i tried to hold it but i wasn’t able i never thought that i’d be saying this to you but what else could i do? love leads to loss and words condescending love is the pathway to unhappy endings and if i keep my chin up i still see clouds that look like you so look down is what i do you know it’s all right if you cry a little if something inside you has died a little you don’t have to hide but you gotta move on you gotta move on love leads to tears tears lead to sadness sadness to memories memories to madness i never thought of all these things that love could be but look what it did to me you know it’s all right if you cry a little if something inside you has died a little you don’t have to hide but you gotta move on you gotta move on (repeat)
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Local Boys
(Brian Vander Ark)

Tonight i took a snapshot, guess i got a tender spot that’ll never change i got brand new strings, someone waiting in the wings and that’ll never change and it’s good to be home tonight yeah, it’s good to be you and me i got nowhere to go after the show but that’s all right, yeah that’s all right by me no cop no stop cruising to the corner shop that’ll never change park near the backstage pass a lot of underage that’ll never change and it’s good to be home tonight yeah, it’s good to be guaranteed there’s nowhere to go after the show but that’s all right, yeah that’s all right by me and i, i don’t think you understand I really didn’t get a wristband but could you let me in cause i’m with the band and it’s good to be home tonight yeah, it’s good to be guaranteed i got a place to crash after the bash it’s called home tonight and that’s all right by me and all the kids sing boy we don’t like what you became since you made it well it isn’t the same but i guess that’s really typical of fame
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Colorful
(Brian Vander Ark)

The show is over close the story book there will be no encore and all the random hands that i have shook well they’re reaching for the door i watch their backs as they leave single file but you stood stubborn, cheering all the while i know i can be colorful i know i can be gray but i know this loser’s living fortunate cause i know you will love me either way most were being good for goodness sake but you wouldn’t pantomime you are more beautiful when you awake than most are in a lifetime through the haze that is my memory well you stayed for drama though you paid for a comedy i know i can be colorful i know i can be gray but i know this loser’s living fortunate cause i know you will love me either way look ahead as far as you can see we’ll live in drama but we’ll die in a comedy i know i can be colorful...
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Wonderful Waste
(Brian Vander Ark and Adam Schlesinger)

well could you go any slower you’re such a church goer got the home field advantage and all that you can manage is to stay home drinking the thought of it is bringing me down could you go any faster the night is a disaster cause you call with little warning gotta work in the morning with a head that’s ringing the thought of it is bringing me down we’ve come this far and the worst case scenario we’re back in the car and cranking up the stereo you’re a wonderful waste memory erased easily replaced you’re a wonderful waste of time you’re a slap on the wrist, you’ll hardly be missed give me one more kiss you’re a wonderful waste of time it’s ten years later you’re still a fornicator got the home field advantage all that kids that you can manage and your trunk of returnables is weighing your convertible down could you go any slower you’re such a church goer cause you call with little warning gotta work in the morning with a phone that’s ringing and the thought of it is bringing me down we’ve come this far and the worst case scenario we’re back in the car and cranking up the stereo you’re a wonderful waste memory erased easily replaced you’re a wonderful waste of time you’re a slap on the wrist, you’ll hardly be missed give me one more kiss you’re a wonderful waste of time and all you can manage the home field advantage as long as you’re willing to pay for the damage we’ve come this far and the worst case scenario we’re back in the car and cranking up the stereo you’re a wonderful waste memory erased easily replaced you’re a wonderful waste of time you’re a slap on the wrist, you’ll hardly be missed give me one more kiss you’re a wonderful waste of time
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Underneath
(Brian Vander Ark)

among the crum pled tissues white like daisies fell like soldiers dead determined i surrender cd cases broken in a desperate chance to find the perfect ballad to move you fight with little purpose only meaning to scratch the surface it’s not pretty underneath there among debris find casual in casualty it’s not pretty underneath a bottle meant for two a glass that’s full of legs but free of any fingerprints from you a neighbor one time pounding on the wall now lulled to sleep by lowered voices is waking fight with little purpose only meaning to scratch the surface it’s not pretty underneath there among debris find casual in casualty it’s not pretty underneath my eyes are on your hands i’m helpless when i’m looking at you be very very careful not to crack the seals of last year’s arguments they don’t hold a candle to the one this year a disagreement used to be a speed bump on a highway going eighty fight with little purpose...
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