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On your way to the best years of your life
Everyone's banging on their gongs The sooner you leave the sooner you're home Back in Massachusetts To your golden age where they tuck you in at night You didn't see it coming Now who you gonna wave to? This time you're not homecoming king Did you hear that? Have you heard that sound before? Do you even know where it is coming from? It's getting too loud It keeps on pushing you out Into the arms of 1994 You didn't see it coming Now who you gonna wave to? You're not homecoming king You stand on your own Wasn't what you hoped at all Do you still recall it Giving dead-arms in the hall? Stay right where you are You'll be half of who you were When you always would win So count the days till you give in Back to Massachusetts To your golden age where your crown is shining bright You didn't see it coming Now who you gonna wave to? This time you're not homecoming king Did you see it coming? Now who you gonna wave to? This time you're not homecoming king |
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| 2. |
| 4:36 |
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Say goodbye.
Lose your friends. Make them go. Don't need them around. Cause it's time. Lose your friends Make them go. Was never supposed to be like this. They were too weak. Too prone to break. Their needs too deep. Their skin too thin. By now you took what was to take. Tear it apart and start again. So go on, If this will make you happier. It got you this far. Did what you had to. You've wasted every moment Of your Saturdays And your Sundays. You're wasted from the boredom. Was never supposed to be Like your father said, "Just do what was done unto you, always." In your father's steps, You'll do what was done unto you. It won't be hard to start again. So go on, If this will make you happier. It got you this far. Do what you have to. And you're gone now. (Well you knew this would come) (And you've left me alone) And did it make you happier? (And you're lost and you're gone) (Don't take it so seriously) It wasn't that hard. (Go on, get going) (I'm fine on my own) Did what you had to. (And we got me this far) (Finally got it figured out) One more inch, You son of a bitch. You've been wasting my time, always. And now you're half awake. You bend 'til you break. And make the same mistakes, always. So go on, If this will make you happier. It got you this far. Do what you have to. And you're gone now. (Well you knew this would come) (And you've left me alone) And did it make you happier? (And you're lost and you're gone) (Don't take it so seriously) It wasn't that hard. (Go on, get going) (I'm fine on my own) Did what you had to. (And we got me this far) (Finally got it figured out) |
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| 3. |
| 4:52 |
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When we all had finally washed ashore
It was clear there was no one else around We declared a national holiday A chance to build it from the ground So far away from everyone And everything starts today Keep it together Can we keep it together We're singing a new song now And everything starts today Can we rise? Can we get along alright? Can we miss the storm that sucked the whole world in? And the boats went out at night And the choppers in the sky They searched but they could find no trace of us So far away from everyone And everything starts today Keep it together Can we keep it together We're singing a new song now And everything starts today The thunder struck, the clouds appeared Our fearless crew was not prepared And pretty soon the boats came for us Half a million strong We gathered arms and fired shells We built a wall around ourselves And pretty soon the spirit was a lot like What it used to be back home So far away from everyone And everything starts today Keep it together Can we keep it together We're singing a new song now And everything starts today |
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| 4. |
| 5:10 |
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We went down to the May parade,
Mumbled words under my breath There is something I've been meaning to do, I am dying to tell you I've been so damned tired It went down at the May parade, Bitter words under my breath There is something I've been dying to do, I was meaning to tell you I've been so damned sad Cause I spy something red You don't know how far you've gone Or recognize who you've become How'd you grow to be so hard... Sick of playing my part We went down at the May parade, Alcohol under my breath There is something I've been meaning to do, I am dying to tell you I've been so damned sad Cause I spy something red You don't know how far you've gone Or recognize who you've become When'd you grow to be so hard.... Sick of playing my part |
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| 5. |
| 3:42 |
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You walked out when I asked you to stay
As usual you'll get your way You closed the door and stumbled down to the street Where you wring your hands And you drag your feet Where the words can't find you To crawl inside you I'm ringing all the warning bells Careful or you'll hurt yourself Others lie, lie, lie, they adore you I'll be the one to tell Careful or you'll hurt yourself Gonna try, try, try 'til the morning comes But you can't hide standing under these stars They know everything, they know where you are You're in your head, you're all turned around with it And they're shining down their light to bring you back again Back where I can find you To crawl inside you I'm ringing all the warning bells Careful or you'll hurt yourself Others lie, lie, lie, they adore you I'll be the one to tell Careful or you'll hurt yourself Gonna try, try, try 'til the morning All you want to see is make-believe, it's nothing But way down underneath I'm ringing all the warning bells Careful you don't hurt yourself Others lie, lie, lie, they adore you I'll be the one to tell Careful, you'll hurt yourself Gonna try, try, try 'til the morning comes |
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| 6. |
| 3:18 |
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Glad you made it, welcome to the farm
Who's your daddy, I'm your daddy now I'm here seeking only what I need In your mind is where I'll plant my seed It's for sure. Let me keep you in this place you'll be better off this way I will keep you warm and safe, you'll be better off this way You learn to love the price you pay Trust me dear you're better off this way Put to bed the sun and sister moon I'll be hiding in your dirty room I'll go there seeking only what I need La de da we'll stay there 'til we bleed It's for sure Let me keep you in this place, you'll be better off this way I will keep you warm and safe, you'll be better off this way I will not wake you from your sleep, Leave you wandering counting sheep No more sad and sunshine days Trust me dear, you're better off this way You'll be selling books at the airport. |
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| 4:56 |
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A mile and a half on a bus takes a long time
The odour of old prison food takes a long time to pass you by When you've been inside Day upon day of this wandering gets you down Nobody gives you a chance or a dollar in this old town Hovering silence from you is a giveaway Squalor and smoke's not your style "I don't like this place" We r go Then I compare notes with your older sister I am a lazy gett, she is as pure as the cold driven snow She accepts my confession What did you learn from your time in the solitary Cell of your mind? There was noises, distractions from anything good And the old prison food Colour my life with the chaos of trouble Cause anything's r than posh isolation 1 missed the bus You were laid on your back With the boy from the arab strap With the boy from the arab strap It's something to speak of the way you are feeling To crowds there assembled Do you ever feel you have gone too far? Everyone suffers in silence a burden The man who drives minicabs down in Old Compton The Asian man With his love hate affair With his racist clientele A central location for you is a must as you stagger about making free with your lewd and lascivious boasts We know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing We know you are hard cause we all saw you drinking from noon Until noon again You're the boy with the filthy laugh You're the boy with the arab strap Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches And sets off the smoke alarm What do you make of the cool set in London? You're constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks She's a waitress and she's got style Sunday bathtime could take a while |
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| 4:45 |
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You were almost kind, you were almost true
Don't let me see that other side of you You have learned in time that you must be cruel I'll have to wait to get the best of you Poison in everything you said Don't you, don't you Wonder what difference does it make Either way? You were almost kind, you were almost true Why give away that other side of you? Happens every time, so it must be true Step on a kid, he'll grow up hating you Poison in everything you said Don't you, don't you Wonder what difference does it make Either way? Were you ever kind, were you always cruel? Who's ever seen that other side of you? Happened every time, so it must be true Where did you learn it's either him or you? You were almost kind, you were almost true Don't let me see that other side of you You have learned in time that you must be cruel I'll have to wait to get the best of you Poison in everything you said Don't you, don't you? Wonder what difference does it make Either way... Either way |
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| 9. |
| 4:11 |
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Woke up today,
To everything gray And all that I saw, Just kept going on and on Sweep all the pieces under the bed Close all the curtains and cover my head And what you wish for won't come true You aren't surprised love, are you? If this serenade (Repeat after me) (Just a little bit closer) Is not what you want (Do what is sane) (Caught up in a lie) It's just how it is, (Won't change a thing) (Got a little bit colder) It keeps going on and on (unison "on and on") Come out, come out wherever you are Would you do it all over right from the start? And what you wish for won't come true You aren't surprised love, are you? Once had this dream, Crashed down in oz Not black and white, But where the colors are I never dreamed that I would let it go And I will get what I deserve Keep all the secrets under the bed Open the curtains, forget what I said And what you wished for could come true You aren't surprised love, are you? So what you wished for could come true You act surprised love, are you? |
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| 3:45 |
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doesn't it bring you down
so many lights and sounds call your mom on the telephone tell her you're coming home tell her there's not a chance you're ever going to change the world if you want to be free take a sip of this tea join the red oyster cult if you drink the whole cup you will never grow up you will never grow old remember when you were 14 you'd paint ever picture so green call your mom on the telephone tell her your muse is gone tell her there's not a chance you're ever going to change the world just a few drops away you'll never want to change the world if you want to be free take a sip of this tea join the red oyster cult if you drink the whole cup you will never grow up you will never grow old call your mom on the telphone tell her you're coming home tell her there's not a chance you're ever going to change the world just a few drops away you'll never have to change |
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| 4:55 |
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If in the morning you look up
Fake a smile and you sigh Don't fear the future In the years to come you'll learn ( you'll learn) I used to sit and watch the pouring rain I used to wish to be back home again Hadn't the strength then Hadn't the chance to reveal (it) But it's all (it's all) in your head When do we begin? Although you're so sad Discover things never had It makes you wonder A life alone you'll learn you'll learn you'll learn I used to sit and watch the pouring rain I used to wish to be back home again Hadn't the strength then Hadn't the chance the reveal But it's all it's all in your head (2x) When do we begin? When do we begin? You'll learn (3x) Don't fear the future I used to sit and watch the pouring rain I used to wish to be back home again I hadn't I hadn't the strength then Hadn't the strength to reveal (it) But it's all in your head (4x) When do we begin? |
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| 12. |
| 3:11 |
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Ramona where have you been?
I couldn't go to sleep 'til you came in Ramona you're Miss Oklahoma and you Miss Oklahoma I'll get you what you want Cause there were days when a refrain Would brighten our corner of Hickory Lane When you would sing that song for me Just like your favorite singer Why'd you have to be so nice? A wink and a girlie smile And why'd you have to punch my eye? That was something But did you want me to stay? When I was younger and thought of myself I never dreamed I'd become like this A snap of your fingers an end to the arguments Anything for you, love Cause there were days when a refrain Would brighten our corner of Hickory Lane When you would sing that song for me The only one you know But I know now, not at the start We're going to pieces we're falling apart So come and sing that song for me Just like your favorite singer? |
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| 13. |
| 4:05 |
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i know a movie star, i've got her plastered to my wall
just like we're dear old friends, like she already knows me she's perfect as she seems, lifts me right out the Mezanine i finally fell in love, i've been waiting forever 4 3 2 1 went out the barrel of the gun keep my head way down stay out or stay in half dead and half numb she's enough to make me warm it's all so safe and sound lie back and fast asleep, if you could see what i could see, drip, drop a lovely dream, God damn you movie star, can't you just play a minute more we'd be the best of friends, you could stay here forever 4 3 2 1 went out the barrel of a gun keep my head way down stay out or stay in half dead and half numb she's enough to make me warm it's all so safe and sound she will be sweet on me, just like a mystery its not so hard to see, if im not mistaken she comes from far away(far away), and gets closer every day(every day) and all that i can say is that she's all i want and all that i live for 4 3 2 1 went out the barrel of a gun keep my head way down stay out or stay in half dead and half numb she's enough to make me warm it's all so safe and sound |
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| 14. |
| 5:25 |
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when you look in the mirror, wish you were somebody else
just a perfect reflection, you and no one else minutes run into hours, hours run into days you're still waiting for someone who never ever came fa fa-fa fa-fa-fa-fa-fa never be the same again fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa never be the same again you were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again you were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa never be the same again fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa never be the same again go and run through the hallways, find your way to the door you will end up like always back where you were before then you look in the mirror, wish you were somebody else but it's still your reflection, you and no one else you were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again you were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa never be the same again fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa never be the same again No matter where you go, you'll never find your way home you'll never find your way home, no matter where you go you were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again you were always saying something, you swear you'd never say again fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa never be the same again fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa never be the same again |
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| 2:52 |
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Yes I heard all that you had to say
That's when it all fell apart Might be hated, but I can't pretend I liked you better before So long, so long, front foot leads that back one Go on, and it won't be too soon I'm gone, I'm gone and on to the next one So long, and I won't be back soon Yes I'm blue but from holding my breath Like I have from the start I'm the villain and I should confess I liked you better before So long, so long and on to the next one Go on , and it wont be too soon I'm gone, I'm gone, bet you saw this one coming So long, and I wont be back soon It's hateful to say, see it this way Don't even know who you are But in my defense, I'd do it again Don't need to know who you are So long, so long, and on to the next one Go on and it wont be too soon You're gone, you're gone, are you waiting for something? Go on, cause I wont be back soon It's hateful to say, see it this way Don't even know who you are But in my defense, I'd do it again Don't need to know who you are So long, so long, front foot leads the back one Go on and it's wont be too soon You're lost and gone and on to the next one Don't need to know who you are Don't need to know who you are |
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| 6:27 |
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Dorothy moves to click her ruby shoes
Right in tune with "Dark Side of the Moon" Someone, someone could tell me Where I belong Be calm, be brave, it'll be okay No more messing around and living underground On new year's resolutions By this time next year, I won't be here I turn on, turn on MTV, the volume's down Lips move, they say It'll be okay To tell you the truth, I've said it before Tomorrow I start in a new direction One last time these words from me I'm never saying them again And I shut the light And listen as my watch unwinds To tell you the truth I've said it before Tomorrow I start in a new direction I know I've been half-asleep I'm never doing that again I look straight at what's coming ahead And soon it's going to change in a new direction Every night as I'm falling asleep These words repeated in my head Voices calling from a yellow road To come downstairs and say hello Don't be shy, just say hello To tell you the truth I've said it before Tomorrow I start in a new direction I know I've been half-asleep I'm never doing that again I look straight at what's coming ahead And soon it's going to change in a new direction Every night as I'm falling asleep Those words repeated in my head |
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| 17. |
| 3:41 |
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Threw away your greatest hits
You left them here the day you split Your bass guitar and shag CD Well, they don't mean that much to me Right now I'm going through your things These days, I'm changing all my strings I'm gonna write you a letter I'm gonna write you a book I want to see your reaction I want to see how it looks From way up on your cloud Where you've been hiding out Are you getting somewhere? Or did you get lost in Amsterdam? You won't get too far from me Believing everything you read You're wasted in the great unknown And I am finally ready to dispose Of all your vintage clothes Your drugs and every secret code I'm gonna write you a letter I'm gonna write you a book I want to see your reaction I want to see how it looks From way up on your cloud Where you've been hiding out Are you getting somewhere? Or did you get lost in Amsterdam? From your red balloon, you were A super high tech jet fighter Floating over Planet Earth Come back down here, I'll show you where it hurts Take this bitter pill Is it easy to swallow? I'm gonna write you a letter I'm gonna write you a book I want to see your reaction I want to see how it looks From way up on your cloud Where you've been hiding out Are you getting somewhere? Or did you get lost in Amsterdam, Amsterdam? |
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