I don't want to lose you

ghost world~aimee mann

Finals blew, I barely knew
my graduation speech
and with college out of reach
if I can't find a job it's down to Dad
and Myrtle Beach

So, I'm bailing this town-or
tearing it down-or
probably more like
hanging around,
hanging around

Everyone I know is acting weird
or way too cool
they hang out by the pool
so I just read a lot and ride my bike
around the school

'Cause I'm bailing this town-or
tearing it down-or
probably more like
hanging around,
hanging around

And all that I need now
is someone with the brains
and the know-how
to tell me what I want...
anyhow

12th of June, a gibbous moon
was this the longest day?
I'll walk down to the bay
and jump off of the dock and watch
the summer waste away

Then, I'm bailing this town-or
tearing it down-or
probably more like
hanging around
hanging around
just hanging around

So tell me what I want
 
the sundays~you're not the only one

where's the harm in voicing your doubt
you'll find me in the lavatory
and where's the harm in talking out loud
when I'm on my own
what's so wrong with reading my stars
when I'll be in the lavatory
and what is so wrong with counting the cards
when I'm all alone
you're not the only one that I know
but I'm too proud to talk to you anyway
you're not the only one that I know
but I'm far too proud to talk to you any day
[so I] say
I'm in love with the [world/world around]
and what is so wrong with voicing your doubt
when I'm on my own
it's perfectly fine to sleep in a chair
from Monday 'til Saturday
and what is so wrong with talking out loud
when I'm all alone
you're not the only one that I know
but I'm too proud to talk to you anyway
you're, you're not the only one that I know
but I'm far too proud to talk to you any day
so they rode out west to the seaside
and they gladly decided to stay
but after two hours wandering outside
ooh the sea air drove them away, yeah
you're not the only one that I know
but I'm too proud to talk to you anyway
you're, you're not the only one that I know
but I'm far too proud to talk to you any day
you're, you're not the only one
but I'm far too proud you're [so]
[you, you're/you're young] but I know, I know, I know, I know
I'm far too proud to talk to you any day
but if you do, don't you know
that I don't mind, no, no, no
 
R.E.M.~Bad Day

Public service announcement followed me home the other day
I paid it nevermind. Go away.
Shits so thick you could stir it with a stick- free Teflon whitewashed presidency
We're sick of being jerked around
Wear that on your sleeve

Broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord,
Count your blessings.
We're sick of being jerked around
We all fall down.

Have you ever seen the televised St. vitus subcommittee prize
Investigation dance? Those-ants-in- pants glances.
Well, look behind the eyes
It's a hallowed, hollow anesthesized
"save my own ass, screw these guys"
smoke and mirror lock down

Broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord,
Count your blessings.
the papers wouldn't lie!
I sigh. Not one more

Its been a bad day.
Please dont take a picture
Its been a bad day.
Please

We're dug in the deep the price is steep.
The auctioneer is such a creep.
The lights went out, the oil ran dry
We blamed it on the other guy
Sure, all men are created equal.
Heres the church, heres the steeple
Please stay tuned--we cut to sequel
ashes, ashes, we all fall down.


Broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord, Count your blessings.
Ebrace the lowest fear/Ignore the lower fears
Ugh, this means war.

Its been a bad day.
Br.


Broadcast me a joyful noise unto the times, lord,
Count your blessings.
We're sick of being jerked around
We all fall down.

Its been a bad day...
 
the sundays~blood on my hands

when people say its sad
you know it can't be bad
& on any other day I'd be soul destroyed
but now I can't afford to
listen to a word they say
& of all the times we had
o the ultimate late night
didn't taste right
true words that I should know
blood on my hands
when you looked around I couldn't be found
a crime's a crime
I'll have to pay
now I find that I'm thigh deep
too young for the worst of my mind
you whispered behind me
"if I may make so bold"
call it young & wild
but I ran a mile in a minute
& there's no going back
true words that I should know
blood on my hands
when you looked around I couldn't be found
a crime's a crime
I'll have to pay
true words I said to myself
as the wind chilled my bones
"home alone
you call that a late night?"
when people say you're dead
you know you caught their eye
& on any other day I'd be soul destroyed
but that's just not the way now
I don't mind telling you
nothing is quite what it seems
true words that I should know
must have been blood on my hands
when you look around I couldn't be found
a crime's a crime but I don't mind
true words that I should know well
but surely by now
I could say to myself
"the days are getting longer so
I better get stronger fast"
surely by now?
 
the breeders~new year

it's true,it's true
i am the sun
i am the new year
i am the light
i am the sun
i am the rain
i am the new year
i am the light
it's true.
 
Sugarcubes~Birthday

she lives in this house over there,
has her world outside it.
grapples with the earth with her fingers and her mouth
--she's five years old.
thread worms on a string,
keeps spiders in her pocket,
collects fly-wings in
a jar
scrubs horse flies and pinches them on a line.
she's got one friend
he lives next door,
they listen to the weather,
he knows how many freckles she's got,
she
scratches his beard.
she's painting huge books, glues them together,
they saw a big raven;
it glided down the sky--she touched it.
today's a birth-day-
they're sucking cigars,
he got a chain of flowers,
sows a bird in her
knickers,
they're sucking cigars,
lie in the bathtub,
chain of flowers.
 
cat stevens~the first cut is the deepest

I would have given you all of my heart
but theres someone whos torn it apart
and shes taking almost all that Ive got
but if you want, Ill try to love again
baby Ill try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know
The first cut is the deepest
cause when it comes to being lucky shes cursed
when it comes to lovin me shes worst
but when it comes to being loved shes first
that's how I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know
The first cut is the deepest

I still want you by my side
just to help me dry the tears that Ive cried
cause Im sure gonna give you a try
and if you want, Ill try to love again
but baby, Ill try to love again, but I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know
The first cut is the deepest

Cause when it comes to being lucky shes cursed
when it comes to lovin me shes worst
but when it comes to being loved shes first
thats how I know

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know
The first cut is the deepest
 
megalomaniac~incubus

I hear you on the radio
You permeate my screen, its' unkind but
If I met you in a scissor fight
I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone
On principle alone

Hey megalomaniac
You're not Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself, maniac
Step down
Step down

If I were your appendages
I'd hold open your eyes
So you would see
That all of us are heaven sent
There was never meant to be only one
To be only one

Hey megalomaniac
You're not Jesus
Yeah, you're no fucking Elvis
Special, as you know yourself, maniac
Step down
Step down

Yeah
 
the darkness~growing on me

I can't get rid of you
I don't know what to do
I don't even know who is growing on who
'Cos everywhere I go you're there
Can't get you out of my hair
Can't pretend that I don't care - it's not fair

I'm punished for all my offences
I wanna touch you but I'm afraid of the consequences
I wanna banish you from whence you came
But you're part of me now
And I've only got myself to blame

You're really growing on me
(Or am I growing on you?)
You're really growing on me
(Or am I growing on you?)
Any fool can see

Sleeping in an empty bed
Can't get you off my head
I won't have a life until you're dead
Yes, you heard what I said

I wanna shake you off but you just won't go
And you're all over me but I don't want anyone to know
That you're attached to me, that's how you've grown
Won't you leave me, leave me alone

You're really growing on me
(Or am I growing on you?)
You're really growing on me
(Or am I growing on you?)
Any fool can see

You're really growing on me
(Or am I growing on you?)
You're really growing on me
(Or am I growing on you?)
 
jesus built my hot rod

soon i discovered that this rock thing was true
jerry lee lewis was the devil
jesus was an architect previous to his career as a prophet
all of a sudden, i found myself in love with the world
so there was only one thing that i could do
was ding a ding dang my dang a long ling long

ding dang a dong bong bing bong
ticky ticky thought of a gun
everytime i try to do it all now baby
am i on the run
why why why why why baby
if it's so evil then?
give me my time, with all my power
give it to me all again (wow)
ding a ding a dang a dong dong ding dong
every where i go

everytime you tell me baby
when i settle down
got to get me a trailer park
and hold my world around
why why why why?

ding ding donga dong dong ding dong
dingy dingy son of a gun
half my time i tell you baby
never am I all for sure
why why why why why baby
sicky sicky from within
everytime I stick my finger on in ya
you're a wild wild little town bitch
now how 'bout ding a dang dong dong dong ling long
dingy a dingy dong a down

everytime you tell me baby
when i settle down
got to get me a trailer park
and hold my world around
why why why why?

in my dang a ding a ding a ding dong
a sticky sticky son of a gun
ding a danga danga dong dong ding dong
why why never know
why why wack a dong a dang ding dong
then you take it on the bill
ding dang dong don't dong
whoa!

i wanna love ya!

why why why, why why darling
do you do you tell me to play?
half the time I talk about it all now baby
you know what I'm talkin' about I said
why why why it'll
ticky ticky ticky ticky
son of a gun
ding ding dong a bong bong bing bong
ticky ticky thought of a gun

bing bing bang a bang a bang bing bong bing a bing bang a bong
binga bing a bang a bong bong bing bong bing banga bong

bing bing bang a bong bong bing bing binga binga banga bong
bing bing bang a bang bang bing bong

aarrrhhhh...

ding dang a dang bong bing bong
ticky ticky thought of a gun
everytime I try to do it all now baby
am I on the run
why why why
it'll ticky ticky ticky ticky ticky ticky
dawn of a gun
bing bing bang a bong a bong bing bang a
ticky ticky thought of a gun
bing bip bip a bop bop boom bam
ticky ticky through the day

if you got a doubt 'bout baby
the memory is on the bed
why why why why why
darlin' uh it don't know
when my time is on
might tell me never do it on his own
if my time was all as is yours
make me burn a wish
when my time with you is brutish
no I'll never not ever

why why why why why why baby heavy hell
alone and it's here it's this thunder
the thunder oh thunder
oh!

jesus built my car
it's a love affair
mainly jesus and my hot rod

yeah, fuck it!
 
nick cave~red right hand

Take a litle walk to the edge of town
Go across the tracks
Where the viaduct looms,
like a bird of doom
As it shifts and cracks
Where secrets lie in the border fires,
in the humming wires
Hey man, you know
you're never coming back
Past the square, past the bridge,
past the mills, past the stacks
On a gathering storm comes
a tall handsome man
In a dusty black coat with
a red right hand
He'll wrap you in his arms,
tell you that you've been a good boy
He'll rekindle all the dreams
it took you a lifetime to destroy
He'll reach deep into the hole,
heal your shrinking soul
Hey buddy, you know you're
never ever coming back
He's a god, he's a man,
he's a ghost, he's a guru
They're whispering his name
through this disappearing land
But hidden in his coat
is a red right hand
You ain't got no money?
He'll get you some
You ain't got no car? He'll get you one
You ain't got no self-respect,
you feel like an insect
Well don't you worry buddy,
cause here he comes
Through the ghettos and the barrio
and the bowery and the slum
A shadow is cast wherever he stands
Stacks of green paper in his
red right hand
You'll see him in your nightmares,
you'll see him in your dreams
He'll appear out of nowhere but
he ain't what he seems
You'll see him in your head,
on the TV screen
And hey buddy, I'm warning
you to turn it off
He's a ghost, he's a god,
he's a man, he's a guru
You're one microscopic cog
in his catastrophic plan
Designed and directed by
his red right hand
 
remy zero~problem

Inside you feel so tired’
Your minds move too fast.
Until you’re knocked back on the ground’
Feelings that will linger around.
Summer here and the sun will find you’
Falling out with the world around you.
But you need not run away’
Cause everything’s bound to change.

We could work this out or just let it go.
It’s time we learn what we should know.
That’s the problem with me’
See’ there’s a problem with me’
That’s the problem’ problem with me
.
So’ now you’re old and the world has left you.
You’re so sick’ you see just where they kept you
Down’ locked up in fear.
We can change it all from here
Or simply let it disappear.

We could work this out or just let it go.
It’s time to learn what we should know.
That’s the problem with me’
See’ there’s a problem with me’
That’s the problem

Fade out til tomorrow.
You just keep standing there.
Reeling will follow spinning in the air.

We could work this out or just let it go.
It’s time we learn what we should know.
That’s the problem with me’
See’ there’s a problem with me’
That’s the problem’ problem with me.

We could work this out or just let it go.
It’s time to learn what we should know.
That’s the problem with me’
See’ there’s a problem with me’
That’s the problem’ problem with me.

All I wanted
All I wanted
All I wanted
All I wanted
 
furniture~brilliant mind

I'm at the stage
Where everything I thought meant something
Seems so unappealing
I'm ready for the real thing
But nobody's selling
Except you and yours
Saying open up your eyes and ears
And let me in

You must be out of your brilliant mind

You're at the stage
You want your empty words heard
And everybody's ready
They want to know your secret
But you are not telling
You're just gesturing saying open up your arms and hearts
And let me in

You must be out of your brilliant mind

I'm at the stage
Where I want my words heard
When no one wants to listen
Because everybody's yelling
About you and yours
And how I'd have the answer if I'd only open up, up, up
And let you in

They must be out of their brilliant minds

I said shame
Shame on you
You must be out of your brilliant mind
And they must be out of their brilliant minds
Everyone out of their brilliant minds
I'm must be out of my brilliant mind
My brilliant mind
 
aimee mann~superball

I'm a superball
You can bounce me once and I ricochet
Around the room
I'm a superball
If I pick up speed get out of my way
I'm a sonic boom


And I warn you now
The velocity I'm gathering
Will knock you down
Send the chairs and lamps all scattering'

Cause I'm a superball
If you think there'll be no aftershocks
Well I'm a superball
Read the fine print on the back of the box
Stick to slinkies, hot wheels, alphabet blocks
 
rasputina~transylvanian concubine

If you want to know how
To fly high, then go now
To the place where all the concubines...
Meet and converse with them
Marvel at their pale skin
Wonder how they chew on their pointy...
Teeth and hair are beauty
They know it's their duty
To be countess in their hearts and their...
Minds that have to whisper
See in them a sister
Look into their eyes and you'll become
Transylvanian Concubine.
You know what flows here like wine.
Stay here with us, it's just time.
Transylvanian Concubine.
Sorrow is their master
Cackling with laughter
Now he's having just one piece of...
Cakey is their make-up
Catholics try to shake up
All the things that form their lives, but
they're...
Dead, their sighs, their songs
They know what they do is wrong.
Stay here with us, it's just time.
Transylvanian Concubine.
Candelabra's lighted
Satan has been sighted
Never has there been an evening like...
This is what they wanted
Always to feel hunted
You can never be too rich or too...
Thin. The blood has run out.
Fangs ruin any cute pout
Morning has come now they've flown
What have you learned from what has been
shown?
 
the cranes~shining road

She's been making plans to go (you know)
Hit the bright lights, hit the road
To the city lights this time
Just don't worry I'll be fine

And she eats the food she bought
Cause its colored with a thought
But the thought could never know
Its lonely and empty too

She's been making plans to go (you know)
Hit the bright lights, hit the road
To the city lights this time
Just don't worry I'll be fine

And is it all because of you?
Everytime I look at you
If I look back nevermind
Just don't worry, I'll be fine
Never look back, nevermind
Just don't worry I'll be fine
Never look back, nevermind
Just don't worry I'll be fine
 
the waitresses~i know what boys like

I know what boys like
I know what guys want
I know what boys like
I've got what boys like

I know what boys like
I know what guys want
I see them looking

I make them want me
I like to tease them
They want to touch me
I never let them

I know what boys like
I know what guys want
I know what boys like, boys
like, boys like me

But you, you're special
I might let you
You're so much different
I might let you
Mmmmm would you like that
I might let you

I know what boys like
I know what guys want
I liow what boys like
I know what's on their minds

I what what boya like
I know what guys want
They talk about me

I got my cat moves
That so upset them
Zippers and buttons
Fun to frustrate them
They get so angry
Like pouty children
Denied their candy
I laugh right at them

I know what buys like
I know what guys want
I know what boys like,
boys like, boys like me
Na, na, nya, nya, nya, nya..............

I feel sad now
I will let you
Sorry I teased you
I will let you
This time I mean it
I wil1 let you
Anything you want
You can trust me
I really want to
You can trust me
How would you like it
You can trust me

Sucker. Hmmmmm....

I know what boys like
I know what guys want
I know what boys like, boys
like, boys like me

Gny, nya, gna nyah nya..............
 
311~come original

You got to
You got to

Come original you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original you got to come original
All entertainers
Hear why

To come original it ain’t nothin?strange
You got to represent you got come full range

Full range of emotion full range of styles
When you come to town you’ll have them
comin?for miles

Come original you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original you got to come original
All entertainers
Hear why

Black Eyed Peas they comin?full range and
NOFX they comin?full range and
Roni Size he comin?full range
The one Mr. Vegas you know it ain’t easy

A warning to the crews out there who think they’re hot
If you’re not original rockers you will get shot
Down by the kids neglectin?your art, the stuff you did
Eventually it get so bad puts you to bed
Cuz when the lightning flashes sweet electricity
All the world then stands revealed with the clarity
Of raw voltage, briefly we see and the hope is
You’ll be able to tell just what dope is

Come original you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original you got to come original
All entertainers
Hear why

Funk slap bass mixed with the dancehall and
Hip-hop beats and punk guitar and
Deadly on the mic is the one SA
The name is 311 and you know it ain’t easy

This is not a test there’s no time to mope
How you gonna cope with radioactive isotope
And boss dj illness upon you now quickly
Infecting you fast upon the airwaves
This message brought to you by the so large system
Activate and attune yourself with meditation
And green plants they’ve got mad life they’re sentient
They’re beautiful as you and they like to dance

Everything we do we gotta come original
Put your hand up in the air and prepare for battle
Sit upon the rhythm like a tire upon a rim
We do it non-stop and then we do it again
Some a them whine and some a them bitch
They can not do it never switch
Comin?up from the heart and
Delivered with a wild pitch
Sit up on top the rhythm like a wild stallion
This is the ruling system

Come original you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original you got to come original
All entertainers come original
You got to come original you got to come original
All entertainers
 
over the hills and far away~led zeppelin

you got the love I need
Maybe more than enough.
Oh darling... walk a while with me

Ooh, you’ve got so much...

Many times I loved
Many times been bitten
Many times I’ve gazed
Along the open road.

Many times I’ve lied
Many times I’ve listened
Many times I’ve wondered
How much there is to know.

Many dreams come true
And some have silver linings
I live for my dream
And a pocketful of gold.

Mellow is the man
Who knows what he’s been missing
Many many men
Can’t see the open road.

Many is a word
That only leaves you guessing
Guessing ’bout a thing
You really ought to know, ooh!
You really ought to know
I really ought to know!
Oooh, you know I should, you know I should, you know I should...
 
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