*** Twenty-Eight Teeth ***

you ever been so bored that you start counting all your teeth as you squirm around and fidget in your cluttered, lousy seat you ever been so tired that your spirit starts to sigh and your working everyday just to make ends meet what keeps me hangin' on? you ever wake up in a hotel room but can't remember the city or state you look around, you roam around but you just can't relate you ever been so lost that a map won't do you no good as you drive around in circles in a place or town or some kind of neighborhood you ever been so desparate but for what you just don't know you see a thousand faces and you want to remember them all

*** A Few Too Many ***

spill your drink on her dress you see her face she's not impressed and i think and i guess that you've had a few too many go to the bathroom only to find the door is locked and its occupied you spill your guts all over the place you should see the look on your face i think you've had one too many i think i've had one too few i think you'll find that the room is spinning and i think i'll have a laugh on you your distorted vision and your sweaty palms isn't helping you keep calm records are spinning they dont seem to quit your girlfriend is screaming shes having a fit broken a window fell off your chair the gum you were chewin is now in your hair you run to the back to get some fresh air thinking to yourself life ain't fair an empty bottle on the floor you're passed out cold but you want some more you try to speak but your mouth is numb too much drinking is what you've done

*** Ah Yeah ***

all of out lives and
all our dreams
seems to come
apart at the seams
but in the night
we dream of better
things to come

there's gotta be
a better way
we tend to fantasize
even though reality
will open our eyes

why do we push our dreams aside
we must open our hearts
and then our minds
if it was all left to me
then we would all live in a dream

but when we try to find another reason
all we find is displeas'in
it's a wonder we don't lose
all hope and faith
and if we could dream all day
we'd pray for things to go our way
and all our lives would see a happy day

*** Albuquerque ***

i didn't bother to blow you off i never even thought to call you when i saw you yesterday you said everything was fine and all this laughing means i'm running away cause the things we have are fucked and the things we had are gone sometimes it takes so long to wake up what's the matter with my life anyway? friends around me like to talk i guess they want to know if i'm gonna get a job or if i'm gonna sleep 'til noon all these people need to keep their mouth shut cause in the end the choise is mine you never heard me asking you don't want to play a part i'm living on living so i guess i know who my friends really are all those times it came to stealing you never let me go that far and then you told me not to smoke it but i did and it took me far away, yeah it took me far away

*** All Along ***

Where is time 'cause you're feeling much older
I'm alive and living with your cold shoulder
You say those days are over,
I say they've just begun!

It's been awhile and I got carried away
You're bored and you've had your fun
Don't say those days are over
Because mine have just begun.

I've seen my little brother
Freaking out and seeing colors
Feeling green with jealousy
I'm seeing red and Olivelawn

All Along

Is it me or is your mind getting hollow?
In need of leading and you need to be my follow
How we were that summer
Instead you seem much older now
Instead you treat me colder now

Where's my friend, I think he's running away
From all the things we've done
Wanna get you back up here
But you're already gone

Heard about the others
They're at home and being lifeless
Forgot to read a magazine
I guess my constitution's strong

All Along

I could be most anything if I could be the one

*** Alot On My Head ***

I got a problem with confrontation
There's too much on my mind
I feel my shoulders getting seriously heavy
And my patience has died

I got alot on my head
And I'm wondering will it ever end

I can taste the tension getting inside me
Felt it now for a week
All the travelling's got me tired and angsty
Need to get me some sleep

I started drinkin' 'bout a quarter to three
I thought it would help with stress
I started thinking about the problems that be
And now my head is a mess

*** Away ***

working all the time
and trying to stay in line
but im losin my mind
yeah im losin my mind
i got myself a job
it pays minimum wage
ive got bills to pay
ive got bills to pay
but all i really want to do
is sit back and drink a few
and listen to my favorite songs OK
but this problem seems to neve go away
what do i gotta do
to get myself some food
and i got to pay the rent
yeah i got to pay the rent
im spendin all my money
but i dont know where it goes
and now i need some new shoes
i need some new clothes
but all i really want to do
is sit back and drink a few
and listen to my favorite songs OK
but this problem seems to never go away
all i know is when the weekend comes
that nothing matters then
i just sit back and watch TV
until the day wears thin (x2)

*** Awkward Girl ***

I met a girl with awkward moments of beauty
And all her moments in between were too
She's got a smile that takes me elsewhere

She tells me dumb ass jokes
And sings songs out of tune
She's got that so much life
Her spirit fills up a room
She's got a tattoo on the low end

You should see this girl
You should see this girl
She's my sunny eyed girl
You should see this girl
You gotta se her
You should see this girl
She's like diamonds and pearls
You should see this girl
You've gotta see her

I met a girl with awkward kinds of moods
And all her moods in between were cool
She says she likes to keep me on my toe

*** Barfly ***

these are the hard times these are the good times these are the fine times the keep me in line times until you went away now these are the hey days the never get laid days the play with myself and forget about my health days wont you come back to me? i love the way you walk the way you smile the way you talk and i love the way you torture me now im a barfly i wish that i would die i never thought it would be this way and i cant understand why you went away its so mysterious makes me delirious sometimes im curious but all around furious wont you come back to me?

*** Calling In Sick ***

im calling in sick
im calling in sick
this is mike and im calling in sick
my leg got hurt got hit by a brick
this is mike and im calling in sick
i spent four years in the USMC
i learned how to fight
i learned how to drink
and when i got a real job i couldnt believe
so every monday morning
this is what youll here from me
ive never had a job
more than minimum wage
ive never worked an 8 hour day
and if my boss says son you gotta work late
as quick as i could say it
this is what youd here me say

its 9:15 and im late again
i think ill finish that fifth of gin
then ill call my boss and ill tell him again
ill tell him that im not coming in

*** Dear Anna ***

I'm on the couch and I'm watching TV
now I know why you had to leave
I'm just a bored suburban punk and I
watch too much trash TV junk

Dear Anna

Understand please if you can
that I've got a short attention span
I know I've got a lot of things to learn
and I've got a lot of bad habits to burn.

Dear Anna

When you're sick and you've had too much
Anna you can come over for lunch
and I'll cut the crusts right off your white bread.
Anna, we could watch the sunset
If it wouldn't interfere with my programs
next year.

Dear Anna

*** Fall Guy ***

You can call me fall
I like my cigarettes and alcohol
usually I'm so loaded I don't think
This si the one that's got me tied
this is the one that blows my mind
I've quit the drugs and now I think I'm jinxed

It's all these angles in my mind
keep on taking all my time
I wish they'd just let me be
I've been scared for sometime
about this job I have in line
I think it could be my final feat

Here I go again
I have a feeling this could be the end
now everyone is looking right at me
every stunt I've always met it
I'm the one who deserves the credit
but lately the directors don't agree.

It's all these angles in my mind
keep on taking all my time
I wish they'd just let me be
I've been scared for sometime
about this job I have in line
I think it could be my final feat

I don't know who to turn to
I don't know who to tell
I don't know if I can handle
I don't know if I can show
I keep thinking crazy things
and I don't know what they mean
but for now I guess I'll just have to fake it.

You can call me fall
I like my cigarette and alcohol
I've almost taken everything I could
I'm the one taking all the dives
I'm the one who never dies
but lately I've been wondering if I should

It's all these angles in my mind
keep on taking all my time
I wish they'd just let me be
I've been scared for sometime
about this job I have in line
I think it could be my final feat

I don't know who to turn to
I don't know who to tell
I don't know if I can handle
I don't know if I can show.

*** Falling Back To Sleep ***

Eleven O'Clock
Too late for cartoons
I'm going back to bed
There's nothing to do
I've got my dreams on my mind
They seem so real
I'm gonna try and bring 'em back
Cuz they were sik as hell

I was the first in line
I had all kinds of time
All the drags of the world
Were far far behind
I had a peaceful tone
With everyone I know
Didn't have to take a number
Just to get a coffee

Here I go
I'm falling back to sleep

Yesterday morning
I slept until noon
Cuz when I woke up at eight
I wasn't done what I was doin'
I had a dream going on
It seemed so real
So I fell back to sleep
To have another feel

She wore a silky dress
She wore her hair a mess
When the time was right
She didn't make me guess
She had the Maxwell on
It was her favorite song
Not about to get up
To see this moment gone

Here I go
I'm falling back to sleep

*** Full Metal Bree ***

maybe you would like me better
if i had a bank account
and an argyle sweater
i've listened to you talk
you say your life is a bore
first you got your silver spoon
and now you want more

im the kind of guy
who takes life as it goes
on numerous occasions
ill be pickin my nose
i sometimes take a bath
but try not to over do it
i dont like to read books
and when i do i just flip thru it

im not a vegetarian
i like to eat red meat
i seldom wear a shirt and tie
or shoes on my feet
i know i dont have money
and my bank account is low
and when i take a girlie out
its taco bell we go

*** Happy Stay ***

your days of sorrow will soon be gone
but don't worry now it won't be long
we'll make you happy we'll make you stay
you won't get out of here any other way
sign your name on the doted line
because right here is where you start doing your time

the seclusion rooms where you'll stay
for the first seven days 'till we think you're ok
your actions will be charted
everything you do
your doctor will be here to talk to you in person

you've been diagnosed as a chronic depressant
no control of your mind
a disturbed adolescent
pitty and sorrow seem to rule your world
life's vicious circle has taken it's twirl

*** Headlines ***

Policeman smoking pot in the parking lot of a cocktail bar
Rockstar junkie dies of an overdose at 27
We watch it on the tube and listen to it on the radio
The thing that baffles me are the things we cannot see

What we gonna read tommorow?
Something that we see today
Guns and tears and sorrows
What will the headlines read today?

Man of 65 says he's gonna die by the hand of her
Points to a Street woman who's had too much to drink
She chased him into a bank where he screamed call
Nine one one
The thing that baffles me are the things we cannot see

Party winding down
Then a sudden frown
Over a bottle of wine
She said, "That's mine" then a sudden crack
She smashed his face

I guess it can't be seen!
What will the headlines be today?

*** Here We Go Again ***

They had a seaside suite on the weekend of the 4th of July
He had a chocolate treat for every tear she cried
Then she fell down by the hand of him
As she fell down
She said, "Here we go again."
And, "It's not my fault this time."
As if it ever was before
He's got her where he wants

In the palm of his hand
He's effortless
In the palm of his hand
She's helpless, but
She feels safe when he's around
But she knows it won't be long
(Until she sees this side of him again.)

She's been down this road a thousand times before
He always seems to come through before she's out the door
But not this time she said, "I'm gonna take my life back from him.

*** I Can't Believe ***

i can't believe what i'm hearing
i got the news today
now everybodies talkin'
i wish they'd just "shut up and think"
i can't believe the hatred
in the american people
is it mental illness
or simply mass confusion?

you can't judge a man
by the color os his skin
you can't judge a man
by the clothes that he is in

there's racial war
goin' on out there
and everyone's involved
it just keeps getting worse
seems like we'll never get it solved
so who will take control
and bring is all together
cause if no one really cares
it'll be like this forever

*** I Don't Seem To Care ***

i don't seem to care about
going' to school
the golden rule
reading a book
the president's a crook

moral values
a nightly news
gettin' a job
that i'm a beer drinking slob

some people call me apathetic
(but at least i don't read dianetics)

i don't seem to care about
hypocrites
politics
hippy chicks
porno flicks

*** I Don't Wanna Be ***

don't wanna be no superstar
don't wanna be no jon bon jovi
i only wore my leathers once
but i was drunk.....
and that's another story
don't wanna go on mtv
i don't wanna be another rock singer
but i'll take that limosine
and diamond rings to put on every finger!

don't wanna be no washed p hippy
don't wanna be a butt-sucking sellout
after every tour, i'm in betty ford
hangin' with the guys
and tryin' to get the hell out
don't wanna be no metal hero
don't wanna have a laser light show
and when i've gone as far as i can go
i'll quit the band and go solo!

don't wanna be no jon bon jovi
grow my hair down to my buttcheeks
don't wanna be no jon bon jovi
wearing leather pants on mtv.....

*** Irish Drinking Song ***

i stumbled in at 2am all drunk
and full of smoke
my wife said "i've had enough"
that's it, i'm sick, get out!"
so i stumbled down to kelly's pub
across the edge of town
and i told the boys me story
and we had another round

and we'll drink and drink and drink
and drink and drink and drink and
fight-yeah!(2x)
and if i see a pretty girl
i'll sleep with her tonight
i'll drink and drink and drink and
drink and drink and drink and fight....

and mary McGregor
well she was a pretty whore
she'd always greet you with a smile
and never lock her door
but on the day she died
all the men in town did weep
for mary McGregor finally got some sleep

well i once loved a girl
a child i'm told
i gave her my heart
and she gave me a cold
so now i sit standing
out in the pouring rain
i'll stumble back to kelly's pub
and cry away me pain

*** Jennifer's Cold ***

on the freeway all the cars have stopped because the big news has dropped all the phones are ringing it's got all the neighbors singing police chief is calling the detectives navy seals are being selected president is calling his advisors greenpeace is putting out flyers we've got ourselves a little situation it's worse than an alien invasion jennifer has got a cold and everyone has got to know there's a news break for everybody watching jennifer has just started coughing the doctors can't explain it how did she ever obtain this? all he friends are sending get well cards you can beat it, just got to fight hard all the world is sitting home waiting all the priests are singing and praying swat team has jennifer surrounded coast guard takes her to an island out there no one gets infected jenny lives where she can be protected united nations emergency meeting declares the whole world is grieving and peace will come if jenny just gets well please come home soon

*** Junior ***

junior's got the groove
he dont need to go to school
his musical inspiration
comes from his soul
and all the other kids envy
his ability to play
if you can catch him live
then this will make your day
this boy has got ambitions
that are so unreal
his music is so unique
it would be hard to steal
hes got a vivid future
and a shiny path ahead
he plays with force and power
and it doesnt seem to go to his head
hes got the look
hes got the hair
hes got everything that sells
he stays in line and plays on time
he musically excels
there aint nothing for sure
in this life we endure
but for junior that might not be true
cause when it comes to music
there aint nothing he can't do

*** King Of The Box ***

i am king of a little old thing
i like to call my home
it is nice cause i gave it life
and i never feel alone

it's just a place where i can go
that'll never let me down
and when i'm in there i'm never scared
and i never wear a frown

from inside i never hear
the world and what's around me
i've got no rules in my home
and i've got nothin' to see

i live in a box-that's where i'll be
i live in a box-that's what you see
i'm the king of the box and it listens to me

chorus:
it's just a place(3x)
just a place that listens

*** Little Pain Inside ***

i realize i'm hungry i recognize the pain in my gut i don't know where it comes from or what i'm gonna do about it this little pain inside my tiny tummy souplantation, fosters freeze in-n-out or chuck e. cheese burger king or taco bell all these restaurants sound so swell that's what i'm gonna do about it this little pain inside my tiny tummy hamburger helper on those days when i sit home and fucking laze and when my budget is kinda low there's only so many good places to go and that's what i'm gonna do about it this little pain inside my tiny tummy

*** My Town ***

i got the tunes in my pocket in an old-ass walkman walking to the beach with a bottle of black and tan keys in the velcro where they always should be time's tickin' by but it doesn't concern me i'm killin' time with nothin' to do that's all i seem to think about or do my soul is sound when i'm in my hometown no place i'd rather be my town, my street gives me peace of mind that can't be beat i can sleep all night to the sound of the ocean wake up in the morning and do it all again seven days a week i pay no attention i spend a lot of time with my record collection i hear the sound of skateboards rolling down my backstreet reggae music coming from the neighbor across from me as time ticks by i never stop to ask, i never wonder why my soul is sound when i'm in my hometown no place i'd rather be

*** New Generation ***

we're the new generation
we're keepin' the faith
the promise of life
and the human race
the powers of the country
will soon be in our hands
with a new set of people
talkin' different stands
a positive attitude is what we need
to keep life going strong
for our generation to succeed

we're the new generation
we're standing tall
we're the new generation
and we'll never fall
we're the new generation
it's fast and loud
we're the new generation
and we're proud

when i first started
out i couldn't see
an image of life or
how it would be
i always wanted to
live in the past
but i'm living for now
and learnin' from the past
a positive attitude is
what we need
to keep life going
strong for our
generation to succeed

*** Night Lite ***

can't you see me smilin' that's me upon the silver screen can't you see me lyin' lyin' in my bed at night as i dream in the misty moonlight by the flickering firelight and everything is all right as long as i've got my nite lite i get scared of the dark i lose my breath and i lose my bark i need a little beacon or spark something to light my way there's so many monsters to fight coming out of my closet when it's late at night and everything is all right just as long as i've got my nite lite

*** Nineteen ***

not long ago there was a time when everything would blow my mind then i'd learn a bit more then i'd learn a bit more it cancelled everything i learned before i said hey! i don't know what i'm doing should i plan on my class reunion? i've been working on a vision of clarity this is how it boils down to me anything is possible anything and everything when i was nineteen i thought i'd seen everything i was gonna see then i'd see a bit more then i'd see a bit more it cancelled everything i'd seen before i said hey! i thought it knew it all i was setting myself up for a hell of a fall writing down my philosophy songs there's one that still holds strong with everyday that goes by the less and less i wonder why because i've seen them rise and i've seen them fall but i'll never claim to have seen them all i said hey! i ain't seen a thing you never know what tomorrow will bring i've been working on a state of mind brace yourself for the ride

*** On A Mission ***

i want to rise from my seat
dont want to be held down
i want to get off the couch
i want to find a new sound
i want to step outside
i want to say im alive
im on a mission, im on a mission
courtesy of a condition
my condition, my condition
is something that you cant see
im just looking for a better way
im on this mission because of my condition
and its the only thing i can see
dont want to try hard to be something
just want to let it come naturally
i can only see one thing and thats
a bright future for me
cause youre my friends i hope you'll
never think again about my intentions on this stage
its not just what i say but its what i believe
and now the only thing i now is get up & go
and find my destiny
im on a mission, im on a mission
courtesy of a condition
ive got a vision, ive got a vision
of all the things we can do together

*** On A Sunny Day ***

On a sunny day
I can see forever
On a sunny day
I used to dream for miles
Upon this hill, where we met
Under blue skies
She said goodbye
Left me behind
Now here I am

I should've won a purple heart
I would've got it overseas
I asked her would she be my bride
In my broken Japanese
But when I looked into her eyes
I knew that it could never be
She said goodbye
Left me behind
Now here I am

I should've seen it from the start
Before I went on bended knee
Her tattoo of a headless snake
Is that what she's suppose to be?
But if I had another chance
I wouldn't act so foolishly
She said goodbye
Left me behind
Now here I am

*** Pigeon Hole Disease ***

Our systems are all go
No one here's getting pigeon holed
There's a free line to where we go
Where anything is possible
We're alright
Cause we do what we do and we do it every night
All right
Everyone's got opinions of what's right

But we do what is inside
and still the people will decide

But we're free from disease
We're free from your pigeonhole disease
We're gonna do as we please
Cause that's right

I can feel it
We're in the know
Since being jaded by the business world
We don't fit in
We don't want in
But we know we're never gonna break the chain
alright
In looking back, we'd do it all again
But in the future
We're not gonna be labeled victims

*** PoorBoy ***

he's a poorboy he lives on the street he's got no money and no place to sleep he shops at goodwill then he buys some wine he picks through dumpsters where he likes to dine he's a poorboy he lives on the street he got no money and no place to sleep he'll wash your windows for a buck-o-nine he don't pay taxes he hasn't got a dime

chorus: oooh he tells me he'll work for food (2x)

*** Record Store ***

workaholic, what it be? heard you're workin' eleven days a week i used to know just where you're coming from i used to know but with that i'm done i got a job at a record store i'm three days a week, no more than four sometimes you got to take a look around sometimes you got to slow things down i'm looking out my bedroom window you're looking at your office wall i'm walking around like marlon brando you're sitting down not walking at all don't know what you're thinking i don't work no overtime working at the record store look at me i'm doin' fine i see you're working on the weekends now i guess mondays aren't such a shock i spend my time just sittin' around i listen to that old punk rock i take my time and never hurry you use your time as best as you can i'm acting like i'm billy murray you're acting like your dead in the sand

*** Rock At Billy ***

There was a kid named Jim
he always had a big old grin
he was the biggest bully on the block
he combed his hair just right
always looking for a fight
until the day he decided to throw that rock

Billy was the picked on one
one day he found a gun
in the closet of his parents' messy bedroom
he told his best friend Dunn
all about the gun
and said one day he'd have to kill big Jim

Don't mess with Billy 'cause Billy says he's had it
since the fourth grade he's had nothing else but sadness
all the kids in the neighborhood have had it
he's seen their broken dreams
he sees what killing means to them.

One day after school
out popped Mr. Cool
and threw a rock straight at Billy's head.
Billy reached into his bag
showed Jim what he had
pulled the trigger and shot big Jim dead

Don't mess with Billy 'cause Billy says he's had it
since the fourth grade he's had nothing else but sadness
all the kids in the neighborhood have had it
he's seen their broken dreams
he sees what killing means to them.

When the police came to the crime sight
they found Billy with a grin a mile wide
he'd wiped that look right off of Jim's face and put it on his.
The next day Dunn went to the station.
He said, "Billy man you're the reason, that all the kids can come out and play again without big Jim."

*** Round Kid ***

two lovers are having their fight again they're tired of saying goodbye standing on the beachside listening to the feet of the passers on the sidewalk there don't make me part of your life again cause im tired of saying goodbye riding on my skateboard knocking all the pretty boys in my way i'm just around kid causing mass hysteria and i know something nobody knows you ask me what is real or not but what is real or not am i completely right or am i just lost and misguided there is something you oughta know what is real or not that there is nothing wrong so don't tell me i need any counseling

*** Same Old Song ***

He walks around in a daze go by so slowly
Thinking about everyone, say they don't know him
Thinking he wouldn't mind or couldn't find
His way around

He's got some friends who fight and diss him
Maybe the girls he likes would listen
If only he wouldn't shy and look into their eyes sometimes

He wanted the same old song
Didn't have a need to belong

He sees the kids outside, they tease him
Maybe they know it's all too easy
If only they knew the boy inside
They just might come around

He's gonna be late in meeting no one
Even could care and he's a slow one
Think of him now when he's away
He's just like you and me

*** Sappy Love Song ***

the perfect love song
doesn't make you cry
it's filled with sorrow
and brutal goodbyes

so if she's cryin'
you know you've done something right
and if she hates you
you'll sleep better at night

the perfect lover
never holds your hand
the perfect date feels
just like a one night stand

the perfect girlfriend
says this is the end
the perfect breakup
ends in "can we be friends?"

*** She's Fat ***

she's fat, she's a slut
she told me i had a cut butt
right away i fell for her
she made me feel so secure

i don't mind her being all that
i don't mind her being fat
but she told me a big white lie
how could i look her in the eye

she told me that she loved me
was it just a lie?
now she's with someone else
she waved me goodbye

now that time has passed
i can't see to get her off my mind
they say the pain will go away
it's just a matter of time

*** Something Funny ***

I have waited for you
Every morning
Self supporting
I deploy and listen for it now

It gets written on your face
And then you go to face it
Let's embrace it
Or erase it now

Liar

I think that something funny
Happened to me
I said
I think that something funny
Happened to me
I said
I think that someone should erase this
Or just face it

This a situation
Understated, complicated
Don't avoid the issue
What's the cause?

It's so written on your face
When you go to face it
Let's embrace it
Or erase it now

I was always holding on
Involving us, recalling
Waiting for that moment to arrive

*** Split ***

You've been identified
You've been exemplified
I see you standing there playing with your hair
I'm talking to you but you don't even care

I talk to people but most don't listen
They have a hard time dealing just with themselves
most people are just narcissistic
or they're just temporarily disconnected
These people got lots to say
but they don't have much to hear...Split! Split!
This girl had a sign on her face
I get worse just ad beer.

You've been identified
You've been exemplified
I see you standing there playing with your hair
I'm talking to you but you don't even care

I don't have time for your vanity
Just how much do you think you can change?
Don't want to see you on just sunny days
and I'd never want to buy your lunch again
Don't want to hear how fat you are
when you're as skinny as you can be
Don't want to hear you asking
"Is she cuter than me?"

I'm getting on my way
cuz I can see that it's not your day
I'm getting on my way from you...

You've been identified
You've been exemplified
I see you standing there playing with your hair
I'm talking to you but you don't even care

I talk to people but most don't listen
They have a hard time dealing just with themselves
most people are self-centristic
or they're just temporarily disconnected
I don't think in any situation
I could help you veer from your destination
I don't think in any situation
I could hang with you without frustration.

I'm getting on my way
cuz I can see that it's not your day
I'm getting on my way from you...

*** Steve Was Dead ***

it's 12 o'clock and i'm picking up a phone call dan said, is steve there? cause no one else can find him he said he'd heard that steve was in a car crash the word was out that steve was dead in a car crash; dead in a car crash steve was dead but it was only for a moment i heard it all that night i heard it all it was infectious but no one really knew through the grapevine we were victims of a rumor and all along i knew it wasn't true next day at 8am i get another phone call this time it's steve and he's laughing at us all he thought at first that everyone was joking until he heard all the messages that we were leaving that we were leaving steve was dead but it was only for a moment

*** Still Remains ***

she was just 15
just a girl i knew from school
she had a t-shirt that said
fuck authority
sat behind me singing, idiots rule
and every now and then
i think of her
and all the things she could've
been or done
it didn't have to end this way
i guess it's just the way
some things end up
you can talk about her
you can call her names
you can talk about her
but everything still remains the same
you could say she was an outcast
or you could say she was a
victim of circumstance
she lost her mind cause she was different
her parents told her it was ok
they never paid any attention
to the girl who was inside
it didn't have to end this way
but their words destroyed her mind

*** Sunlight ***

I got a letter and a picture from a stranger
I want to meet you, let me tell you who your son is
On the block the people walk and talk and greet ya
I want to take you where they said they saw the sun

Why is all the sunlight gone?
Same old story, gone to meet you
Same old story, sonny boy

And they will and he's lost his mind
Oh and I know now the son is mine

Turn your sunlights on!

Saw the photograph they said it's from a stranger
I saw the photograph, they said they want to meet you
I read the message and already went to see them
I took the photograph, it's really good to meet you

*** Swimming In Sand ***

He said take me to the sea
That is where I want to be
He said take me to the sea and let
my mother bury me

He was just an orphan child
Grew up in the Cayman Isles
He was just an orphan child that said
He needed to rest awhile

Now I'm swimming in sand
Sinking in vaseline
praying for land
under my feet
under my feet

He sailed upon the ocean winds
The maritime he called his friend
He sailed upon the ocean winds
until he needed the shore again

*** Tear Jerky ***

don't you shut that door don't you leave so soon wanna know where i've been well i'll tell you the truth i've seen it all before none of this is new to me you said that things had changed and everything was alright you would wish i was cool and i'd wish you were nice behind that innocent face filled with guilty delights for me such an innocent lie such an innocent mind you get caught when you try to lie your whole life has been gentrified do you know what i mean? you had secrets to hide you think i'd never find out you said your lips were sealed and then you'd open your mouth this ain't a question of guilt this is a question of doubt in you you want the world on a platter want your friends on a string you want them all to matter want them down on their knees they'll give you what you've dreamed of but it's not what you need

*** More Than Your Eyes Could See ***

i'm still alive and i rely on my will to survive cause i'll know someday that i'll be ok and i'll have done my time i won't give up, no i won't back down until i've made my mark on this world and to everybody who's doubted me i've got a lot more than your eyes can see i've made it this far so i can consider myself to be a success but there's still so many paths i need to take 'till i can rest i must decide which way i'm gonna go to fill my soul the future is starting to brighten and success is starting to show i've got more than your eyes can see

*** Tell It Like It Was ***

Wrap your fingers 'round this now
I've heard things about you
Walking the halls we know so well
No way that could be true
You got a girl, said she's a model
Sounds like you've got big bravado

I'd like it if they'd only tell it like it was
I wouldn't mind, but my mind's making such a fuss!
Am I the only one inside here?

Got a job and you make 800 grand
Selling used Isuzus
If the guy on the stage is your best friend
Am I backstage with you?
You got a girl, said she's a model
Sounds like you've got big bravado

Maybe tomorrow when it's said and done
It's all state of mind
We can make these walls come down
and leave it alone, leave it alone

*** Tool ***

fast and clean in his rhythm machine he goes down to the beach but little does he know the girls are out of his reach he has a good time but drinks too much wine he's headed for the disaster of a lifetime and now the guys from the bad boy club are calli'n out his name he goes down to the liquor store to buy himself a beer he parks his truck with a ten inch lift and a sticker that says no fear out of his truck he struts inside with his oakley cool dude shades he says his parents bought me this truck because in high school i got good grades he went down to check out a band at a local grunge band bar he saw a man who was screaming out loud playing e chords on his guitar it's on the radio it's on the video it's in the stores and all over the tv shows and now the guys in the bad boy club are calling out his name

*** Voice In My Head ***

i woke up this morning
to a voice in my head
it said it's time to get a job
it said it's time to more ahead
it's time to do what's right
it's time you get a life
it said go to the closet
and picked out some clothes
make a healthy breakfast
and a cup of jo
it's time to do what's right
it's time you get a life

so i went to the closet
and looked at my clothes
and thought to myself i'm screwed
a beat up old jacket and a pair of shoes
that the dog has definitely chewed

i rolled out of bed
and to my surprise
repo men was at my door
with disgust in his eyes
it's time to do what's right
it's time you get a life
then he took all my stuff
and laughed in my face
gave me the finger
and said you're a disgrace
it's time to do what's right
it's time you get a life

so i looked in the mirror
and i thought to myself
that the voice, it could be right
now it keeps coming back
and talking to me everyday and everynight

*** Water In My Head ***

in all the water she said to me
she said to me im sorry
in all the water she said to me
she said to me its alright
all that i could say
and all that i could do
wasnt enough to convince her
of what i thought i knew
then all her words started to sound the same
started to sound the same as water
yeah all her words started to sound the same
started to sound the same as BLAH BLAH BLAH
she talked about some future plans
and why our friendship had to end
but it wasnt enough to change my mind
about what i thought i knew
im so confused
and now im dealing with
all the water in my head (4x)

*** What Happened To My Radio? ***

oh no not again please tell me i'm wrong it's been ten minutes since they played this song or is it the band with the one word name i get so confused it all sounds the same the dj maybe just an idiot last week he was spinning country now alternative rock is the shit just who do they thinkg they're fooling with this backwards regiment they shove it so far down your throat it's swallowed with an english accent what happend to my radio it used to be cool now it just blows i've been waiting more than an hour for the request that i just made we'll see what we can do about it must mean they're going to throw it away they say that they like good music that it's better than the rest switch the channel it's a carbon copy take their cutting edge and slit my wrists who has all the luck? who has all the fans? they make a million bucks and burn it in your hands who has all the luck? who has all the fans? they tell you that you're fucked! but you don't understand

*** Who Are They? ***

They say coffee makes me nervous
They say that alcohol spins me 'round
They say that I've got some questionable behavior
And I suspect, it's all written down

Who are they?
And where do they get their information
Who are they?
And where do they get their know
Who are they?
Hey! Where do you get your know

They say I should stop acting like a kid
They say, "HEY!" What's behind them shades?
They say I'm always sittin' writin' in a little book
And they've noticed my car it don't have plates

They've showed up at my favorite place for lunch
They know where I like to go to be alone
Are they a network of experts that don't even need a name
And I still don't know who the hell they think they are!?!

*** You Go You're Gone ***

tommy stepped away from the world for a while he only left a picture of a seventh grade smile he got caught in between a mother's last hope and a father's last dream a head of ideas that don't mean anything they don't mean anything tommy had a problem with being alone he spent everyday of his life on his own but there's no one to blame it's hard to keep friends when you keep moving away the cards and letters don't mean anything they don't mean anything when you go, you're gone and if you feel you can't go on you can always come home tommy stepped away from the world for a while his first few steps, they felt like a mile they never could believe he said goodbye and they just watched him leave all the things he knew don't mean anything they don't mean anything and if you go too far you might never come back and i might go too far and i won't ever come back and when you go i'll wait for you and when you go i'll be there too