I'm gonna give you a straight answer I'm gonna lay it all out on the line I've thought it all a million times now And i'm not gonna turn back this time There was a time when you and I were taking on the world We believed in what you told us So please don't tell me that you've changed your ways It's all depending on your frame of mind My faith is gonna get me through these days There was a time when you and I were taking on the world There was a time when you and I We shared a different way Is there still time today? It's time to lay it on the line To lay it on the line To lay it on the line
So you want to become a hero Stop the world- become a hero You just can't find one anywhere You can't find one anywhere So you're thinking you're a victim Stop the world become a victim Well, you can find one anywhere You can find one everywhere Life's just a hit or miss All the time, just a hit or miss Sometimes you take a swing and miss You take a swing and miss Well sometimes, we take a swing and hit Now you're thinking about the future Can you tell me- what is the future You just can't see one anywhere- can't see it anywhere Well we need to find us a hero Can you tell me where are the heroes Who can clean up everywhere Hey G.I. Joe, where are you now Life's just a hit or miss All the time, just a hit or miss Sometimes you take a swing and miss We take a swing and miss Well sometimes, we take a swing and hit And if I could count the times That I looked up to the sky And asked someone to save me- to save me I've really got to know Life's just a hit or miss All the time, just a hit or miss Sometimes you take a swing and miss We take a swing and miss Well sometimes, we take a swing and hit, yeah
Do you wanna Go for a walk? You can hold my hand We can laugh and talk You can lead the way Which way ya wanna go? Tell me all the things I really wanna know Hair is gold and her eyes are blue I'm in love with the girl with the flower tattoo With a t-shirt, sneakers and some faded blue jeans A pocket in the back, ripped from the seams She really doesn't care What they hear and see What they think about her, what they think about me Hair is gold and her eyes are blue I'm in love with the girl with the flower tattoo And if I wrote the perfect song You know i'd name it after you Hair is gold & her eyes are blue I'm in love with the girl with the flower tattoo
Of all the times i've tried to talk to you And acted out of line Please understand When I tell you more than anything And there's no fire without lots of smoke Everyone laughed, I didn't get the joke Why must we hold a candle to all our shames I forgave my enemies But I never forgot their names And there's no fire without lots of smoke Everyone laughed, but I didn't get the joke But i'm secure with my insecurity And i'm so sure with my uncertainty This time, I don't want to know what i'm thinking I just want to know what you're thinking Do you think that i should think this way Of all the times i've tried to talk to you This time I think i'm fine We'll make it through 'Cuz i'll never want you to cry And there's no fire without lots of smoke Everyone laughed, I didn't get the joke I know we're bored with our apologies This time we're making everything we need
When I wake up Yeah, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you When I go out Yeah, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you And if I get drunk Yes, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you And if I haver Whatever that means I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you But I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more To be the man who walked a thousand miles To fall down at your door When I'm working Yeah, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you And when the money Comes in for the work I do I'll pass almost every penny on to you When I come home Yeah, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you And if I grow old Well, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you And I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more To be the man who walked a thousand miles To fall down at your door Surrender Surrender When I'm lonely Yes, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man Who's lonely without you When I'm dreaming Yes, I know I'm gonna dream I gonna dream about the time when I'm with you And if I get drunk Yeah, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man that gets drunk next to you And if I haver Whatever the fuck that means I'm gonna be the man who havers next you And I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more To be the man who walked a thousand miles To fall down at your door Surrender Surrender When I'm lonely Yes, I know I'm gonna be I'm gonna be the man who's lonely without you I'm gonna be the man who's coming home... 'Cause I would walk 500 miles And I would walk 500 more To be the man who walked a thousand miles To fall down at your door Surrender Surrender Surrender
Wooo!
Kids are burning up now They got nowhere to go In a spinning world of people Such a bright green globe Where all the wise men have something wise to say Well it's a fishbowl world of troubles So wade in today Nobody knows at all Nobody knows it all And I think i've tried it all Except the things I won't try Except the things I won't try Staring at a sitcom while your braincells melt away Walk into a bookstore and see Rush Limbaugh's face And maybe i'm stupid but I believe in heaven too But who's paying the full ticket prices It sure as fuck ain't you Nobody knows at all Nobody knows it all And I think i've tried it all Except the things I won't try Except the the things I won't try There's a road map in my head There's a highway in my mind But do you have a road map That everyone can follow Nobody knows it all
She hangs out with the coolest people They all know her name Always has to be the best At the popularity game Well, i know the things she does she doesn't mean to do Cause if someone gets their feelings hurt She doesn't have a clue She used to keep me in the picture Just for being me Now i'm hiding in this frame Of what she used to be She hangs with the careless people The ones that give her pain What good friends she had long ago Have all watched her tilt away Well, i know the things she does She doesn't mean to do Cause if someone gets their feelings hurt She doesn't have a clue She used to keep me in the picture Just for being me Now i'm hiding in this frame Of what she used to be Well, i know the things she does She doesn't mean to do Cause if someone gets their feelings hurt She doesn't have a clue She used to keep me in the picture Just for being me Now i'm hiding in this frame Of what she used to be
Retro sucks Retro sucks Everything about it sucks Retro sucks Disco sucks Ooh ooh, fuck you Retro sucks Retro sucks Ravers almost suck as much Take those stupid mirrored balls And smash them into bits
Lookout for your chances to try to get away When voices scream inside your head Just turn your amp up all the way All the lights are black lights except when they turn gray I flicked the switch, I made my choice I'm gonna change it all today Cause I know that I can take them on Cause I know that I can take them on Want to find a way out, just get me out of here Climbing to the next rung, well this is my wonder year Burning up inside in my body and my mind After all this work i've decided this is my time Cause I know that I can take them on Cause I know that I can take them on And i'm not sorry that its done And i'm not sorry that I won Because i've cried my last tear Because this is my freaking year Lookout for your chances to try to get away When voices scream inside your head Just turn your amp up all the way All the lights are black lights except when they turn gray I flicked the switch, I made my choice I'm gonna change it all today Cause I know that I can take them on
Somewhere a pen is busy with hate tonight Jaded eyes and cynics bring me down Somewhere a kid is playing his heart out tonight But he'll get nowhere with the Berkeley in-crowd Well, put-downs are so easy Like a novel without a soul And every executioner wears a hood When it's time for heads to roll Well, they're just like new dictators Trying to tell us what to love Well their opinion they can take and shove Somewhere young rebels will meet up tonight Somewhere skateboarders and straightedgers will unite They don't need no magazine that's filled with hate and lies Get enough from the world around them They're young but they are wise But negativity's easy You just fire and walk away And it's the armchair general also Who lives to fight another day Well, they're just like new dictators Trying to tell us what to love Well their opinion they can take and shove If this was 1944, they'd be pointing their guns at you Cause every fascist, left or right, has a fucked-up set of rules But do they really think the kids are such fools? Or do they even care? Somewhere...
Candy-coated promise And candy-coated lies I don't know what you've been told But we've heard it a million times From day to day is how you're livin' Blowing chances that you've been given Jaded ears, jaded spoons Feed us like we're little fools Now we've got our chance I know the way it was And now the way it is You don't know what the fuck you're saying And we don't give a shit Should you stay, or should you go You ask yourself- who wants to know? This and that, get off my back Go ahead and steal the show Acting stupid, that's all you did Now we're rolling and moving steps ahead Jaded ears, jaded spoons Feed us like we're little fools Enough fake romance I know the way it was And now the way it is You don't know what the fuck you're saying And we don't give a shit And now we're gonna draw the line We're sick of wasting all our time We won't change who we really are You've pushed us way too far Candy-coated promise And candy-coated lies I don't know what you've been told But we've heard it a million times From day to day is how you're livin' Blowing chances that you've been given Jaded ears, jaded spoons Feed us like we're little fools Now we've got our chance I know the way it was And now the way it is You don't know what the fuck you're saying And we don't give a shit No, we don't give a shit
Pearl Jam clones are everywhere Fuck that shit, go cut your fucking hair Seattle sound is all around But where's the huevos in that sound Cause I don't want to hear it Everybody's trying to make it Heard it all a million times Grab the brass ring before it falls down Wish they'd all just go away Go to the Whisky, see a band Just all an 'L' and you've got bland All those bands just sound the same And they all look so fucking lame Cause I don't want to hear it Everybody's trying to make it Heard it all a million times Grab the brass ring before it falls down Wish they'd all just go away Pearl jam clones are everywhere Fuck that shit, go cut your fucking hair Not one word original Not one word original Not one word original Cause I don't want to hear it Everybody's trying to make it Heard it all a million times Grab the brass ring before it falls down And then they all fall down They all go down Grab the brass ring, find the pot of gold (x4)
All used up And nowhere to go Got a sad story to tell But who wants to know? Its written on the walls You sing it in the halls You're gonna have a ball Who catches when you fall? Don't look at me like that Don't look at me at all All used up And nowhere to go Got a sad story to tell We all wanna know Its written on the walls You sing it in the halls You're gonna have a blast Who catches when you fall? Can't look at me like that Can't look at me at all Fuck it All used up And nowhere to go Got a sad story to tell now And no one knows Don't say I'm sorry Cause we all had a ball
Waking up at 5pm Tell the girls you're in a band Hey, it's fucking awesome man We're hanging out with Sam
Now this life is a wonderful thing See the world, go a million miles Faces come and go like the tide On a summer day, or a lonely night But everyone is telling you What to do with your life Just escape and breathe free, escape and breathe free Daydream of a girl I used to know So many memories have slipped away Thinking a million thoughts an hour Waiting for the waves to take me away Well, everyone is telling you What to do with your life Just escape and breathe free They say somewhere is a path That's marked out just for you Well I hope someday our paths will cross When I lie awake at night, I still see only you Somewhere you will find (x2) Someday we will find (x2)
Soldier of fortune You go wherever the call is Soldier of fortune You go wherever it is Thirty three and a third Revolutions per minute Bright lights go through his head Gonna bring down the government Gonna write to that girl But first he puts on his walkman instead Retreats to a world where no one can hurt him At least till the batteries die Soldier of fortune You go wherever the call is Soldier of fortune You go wherever it is Thirty three and a third Revolutions per minute A thousand miles an hour This is another call to arms Revolutions per minute A thousand miles an hour This is another call to arms Do you know where you're going? Do you know what you're doing? Or are you gonna stick to your guns? But he made a vow that he would never run away I am a lonely soldier boy Thousands of miles from my home Soldier of fortune You go wherever the call is Soldier of fortune You go wherever it is
Look at you sleeping there I couldn't love anyone or anything more You really are my angel from heaven So thanks, god Wish I could tell you how much I love you A 1,000 times a day But I hope you can see it in my eyes Every moment that we're awake And every minute that I dream I dream of you God that sounds like such a used line But fuck it, its true Now most of my words are social The human condition that we all share And I'm not very good with love songs But I just saw you sleeping there And I didn't want to wake you up But I feel us so strongly right now I know it's the same for you for me I love you Etc. Je t'aime aussi Etc. (x5) Thanks for being so great And thanks for being my friend I know it's the same for you for me When you wake up, let's make out Let's make out (x2)
Waking up at 5pm Tell the girls you're in a band Hey, it's fucking awesome man We're hanging out with SamTop