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Intro
As I walk through the streets of my new city
my back feeling much better, I suppose
I've reclaimed the use of my imagination
for better or for worse, I've yet to know
but I always knew you'd be the one to understand me,
I guess that's why it took so long to get things right.
Suddenly I'm lost
On my street
On my block
Oh why, Oh why
Oh why haven't you been there for me?
Can't you see, I'm losing my mind this time?
This time it's for real, I can see
All the trees are turning red
The beggars near bodegas grin at me
I think they want something
I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe
and be calm.
Be calm.
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
Well I know that it gets so hard sometimes.
Be calm.
I'm scared that everyone is out to get me.
"These days before you speak to me you pause."
"I always see you looking out your window."
"After all, you lost your band, you left your mom."
Now every single crack, every pain that I pass,
says I should either leave or pick it up
But with every single buck I've made
I'm saddled with bad luck that came
the moment I was baptized
or when I found out one day I'm gonna die
if only I could find my people or my place in life
then when they come to 'carolin'
so loud, so bright, the theremin
will lead us to a chorus
where we'll all rejoice and sing a song that goes:
Oh be calm.
Be calm.
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
I know that it gets so hard sometimes,
Be calm.
Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times.
You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive
and e-very--thing's wrong
It just gets so hard sometimes
Be calm.
I don't remember much that night,
Just walking, thinking fondly of you
Thinking how the worst is yet to come
From that street corner came a song
And I can't remember the man,
The panhandler or his melody.
The words exchanged had far exceeded any change I'd given thee.
Oh be calm.
Be calm.
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
I know that it gets so hard sometimes,
Be calm.
Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times.
You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive
and e-very--thing's wrong
It just gets so hard sometimes
Be calm.
Be calm.
Holy ghosts,
When do you come out to play?
'Cause if the Lord is gonna find me,
He'd better start looking today.
Riff
Last week my baby hit the slopes.
I spent the weekend setting traps in the road.
I should have been cutting out my eyelids,
[riff]
you'll never guess what baby did when she got home.
Oh-oh Na na na na na
Now at least the birds are singing to me,
but what they're trying to say,
I don't know.
(you're beautiful)
I think they come from the cold
(for all your big mistakes)
I think they come from the cold
(you stayed the same)
to the city that don't snow.
So I drove until we both broke down.
I was stranded in a border town
believing the motel TV would bring me to safety,
but between MTV and Mr. O'Reilly
I've come to find, that I can't be defined
so I turned it off, now convinced I would cross
Took one last look at the gold
[riff]
as it shattered on a mountaintop
Now I believe the sun, it's like a symphony.
But what it's trying to play,
I don't know.
(you're beautiful)
I think they come from the cold
(for all your big mistakes)
I think they come from the cold
(you stayed the same)
to the city that don't snow.
C'mon, Holy ghosts
When do you come out to play?
'Cause if the Lord is gonna find me,
He'd better start looking today.
So I can rise with the river
We all float before we sink
We pray for satellites,
Pray for courtesy
I pray that it can climb mountains to me!
I say goodbye to the canyon.
I will set sail to the streets
where I don't care to be forgiven
I want to be forgotten.
I don't care to be forgiven
When Lord I only want to be forgotten!
Singing oh oh oh na na na
Oh oh oh
I'm Singing oh oh oh na na
Oh-oh Oh-oh
I'm Singing oh oh oh na na na
Singing oh oh oh
I'm Singing oh oh oh na na
Oh-oh na na na Oh-oh
Now I receive a call from my family
and what they started to say
brought me home.
(you're beautiful)
They think I'm beautiful
(for all your big mistakes)
They think I'm beautiful
(you're beautiful)
[riff]
for all my big mistakes.
for all my big mistakes.
for all my big mistakes.
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Intro
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All the pretty girls on a Saturday night.
So I call your name, cross my fingers
uncross the others, hesitate.
Oh I don't think straight with nothing to prove.
I don't wanna say I'm leaving
I'll stay until the weekend.
And you can take all the things;
the boxes and rings
and get going.
'Cause I've been waiting for...
All the pretty girls on a Saturday night.
Let it be, and come to me with the look in your eyes.
Will you break and take all the words from my mouth?
I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down.
So I call you out
Just to feel a little bit better about myself
I do, baby I do, I do, I do
Until their lips start to move,
and their friends wanna talk music
I say "I've never heard the tune!"
But I have, I just hate the band
'cause they remind me of you.
Every single night ends up the same,
I don't say much at all, but I bring up your name.
(Over and over and over)
I think it's striking me out.
All the pretty girls on a Saturday night.
Let it be, and come to me with the look in your eyes.
Will you break and take all the words from my mouth?
I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down.
But not you,
you still wear boots and your hair is too long
and then this one doesn't want to admit she's fallen in love
Oh c'mon, oh c'mon, what's a boy to do
When all the pretty girls can't measure to you.
Solo
I don't understand your reasons
Please just stay over the weekend
You can't take all those things
They define you and me
everything we've become,
You're all that I need
Please don't make me face my generation alone.
All the pretty girls on a Saturday night.
Let it be, and come to me with the look in your eyes.
Will you break and take all the words from my mouth?
I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down.
But not you,
I feel your faith is destroying the world
and then this one never even understood
the 80s is over and done
Oh c'mon, what's a boy to do,
when all the pretty girls can't measure to you
All the pretty girls on a Saturday night.
All the pretty girls on a Saturday night.
All the pretty girls on a Saturday night.
All the pretty girls on a Saturday night.
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Pa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra
Pa-ra Pa
Were you named for the river that surrounds
All my biggest my mistakes or the way that I made it out
All the muscles in my mouth never smiled or said profound things
Until the day she handed you to me now
For all the steps you'll take and all you'll overcome
I wanna be the one to put in a song
Take every single tear for all the world to hear
I wanna be the one to put it in a song
Pa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra
Pa-ra Pa
Cigarettes are raining hard on the Upper East Side
She brings me a cake we celebrate I have arrived
And I know that it's been sang before but you're my human holiday
I put my hands to the table and dare say the love of my life
And your brother with his best friend
Shares a name I'm gonna need
Really couldn't bring me down
For everything you lost and all you overcome
I wanna be the one to put in a song
Take every single tear for all the world to hear
I wanna be the one to put it in a song and make it last forever
Clever comes in truth when truth begets the past
Its sends its call out to the moon
And the moon can see the beauty that surrounds your heart as it pounds
It starts the beat inspiring me until I make the sound
I wanna be the one, I wanna be one, I wanna be the one, no-no no-no
For everything you lost and all you overcome
I wanna be the one to put in a song
Take every single tear for all the world to hear
I wanna be the one to put it in a song
Pa-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra
Pa-ra Pa
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Have you ever wondered about our old nu-metal friends and what became of them?
Turns out I saw them a couple of days ago,
They were laughing and drinking and smoking and singing.
Cmon, can you count all the notches in your belt?
I'd rather not, let's just say I'm starving myself.
Baby, put your name down on a piece of paper
I dont want no savior baby, I just wanna have a good time
Oh-oh oh, Oh-uh oh
At least Im not as sad as I used to be
And they said,
"Hey Nate, yeah its been a while,
Are you gonna sing?"
I began to smile and I said,
"You shouldve seen me a couple of years ago,
I was laughing and drinking and smoking and singing."
Cmon can you count all the loves that didnt last?
Its such a gas when you bring up the past.
Baby, put your name down on a piece of paper.
I dont want no savior baby
I just wanna get it out.
Oh-oh oh, Oh-uh oh
At least Im not as sad as I used to be
Oh-oh oh, (get it out) Oh-uh oh
At least Im not as sad as I used to be
(Just get it out)
At least Im not as sad as I used to be
And they say we wouldve seen you two years ago
Had you stuck around or come out to a show,
But youths taken over by rock and roll,
While we were laughing and drinking and smoking and singing....
So I left, That is it. Thats my life, Nothing is sacred.
I dont keep friends,I keep acquainted,
Im not a prophet, But Im here to profit.
Thats all, Im gone! Thats my life, Nothing is sacred.
I dont fall in love, I just fake it.
I dont fall in love. I dont fall in love.
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Light a roman candle with me
Just a roman candle, you can wear your sandals
and I'll pour you just one cup of tea.
Then you can go and rest
you haven't seen my best, so...
Just spend an evening with me
Just a lazy evening, then you could be leaving
or we could stay and talk until three.
I will think it's magic and I'll hope you'll agree, so...
Light a roman candle with me
Just a roman candle
Just a perfect apple
Light a roman candle with me
Just a roman candle
Just a perfect apple
If we were honest and both wrote a sonnet together
a sandwich with everything on it,
at least we would know that the sparks didn't glow
but we owe it to ourselves to try,
so we aim and ignite!
So often I call and I plead with you:
"Give me a chance!"
It's not often that I understand
the ins and the outs of what's wrong and what's right
So don't think of tomorrow tonight.
Oh, I know, it goes on, it gets old
But for now we're young, we smell good, we're alone, so alive
You look for a legend,
I'm looking for common ground.
Your heart isn't breaking,
and mine isn't making a sound.
Oh I know, it goes on, it gets old
Oh I know, it goes on, it gets old
Light a roman candle with me
Just a roman candle
Just a perfect apple
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Walking alone 'cause the night is dead.
Crossed my mind when I crossed the bridge.
How you lost your mind,
and your wrist got bruised,
and you wanted better love
when it was sleeping in your bedroom.
Hold on,
Stay on my side,
Don't go-oh-oh-oh
(* *)
If you could see me
Whoever I am.
It's not like the movies,
it's not all skin and bones.
So come on love
(come on, come one, come all and go)
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
I will not let you go
Now I'm walking alone 'cause the night is dead.
My feet don't glide like they did back then,
when I would call you up so we could shoot the moon.
These days I'm left to howl in tune.
Hearts do break
and I must admit
I gotta better set a chorus
so I might have been faking it.
Think I really have only cried just once.
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
(* *)
If you could see me
Whoever I am.
It's not like the movies,
it's not all skin and bones.
So come on love
(come on, come one, come all and go)
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
I will not let you go
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
I will not let you go
After all the shows,
after all the boys of summer gone,
amid all the confusion
this friends I've been losing
I always thought from the start
I'd be the one moving on.
I guess I'll never know
Where all the boys of summer go
but I'll miss what we made
and the days were not wasted.
There are some things I may never know.
How you lost your mind
and your wrists got bruised
and you wanted better love
well it's sleeping in your bedroom.
Hold on,
Stay on my side,
Don't go-oh-oh-oh
If you could see me
Whoever I am.
It's not like a movie,
it's not all skin and bones.
So come on love
(come on, come one, come all and go)
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
I will not let you go
(* *)
If you could see me
Whoever I am.
It's not like a movie,
it's not all skin and bones.
So come on love
(come on, come one, come all and go)
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
I will not let you go
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
I will not let you go
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Intro
Never in all of my life
Have I seen eyes as empty as these streets of my city
on a Saturday night,
all the green of your eyes says "Go, leave it all behind."
But I don't need to be reminded a change is gonna come.
I can feel it on the tip of your tongue.
And I feel alive, feel alive, feel alive.
We met up once we'd settled the sun
Between the heat and the work week
The fear is we could use some sleep
but sleep to a superfluous man means better use for beds
and I'll bet I'm coming home alone tonight.
I don't need to be reminded this is how it was.
I moved on, I passed a billboard down my block
that asks if I've had enough, and aloud I say "I've had too much"
when the truth is, I'm just getting started.
Now all the barlights are blinking in time
to Mexican music, it's taunting the pavement
And I feel alive, feel alive, feel alive.
One of us sings, and one of us drinks,
and one of us has nothing at all.
So he calls us all sheep
I'm the Little Bo Peep of the bunch.
(I take their tales and I'm ready to go)
Then he swears he's gotta take this call
Man, I'm scared he's gonna leave us too soon.
We were the get rich quick kids,
We never got it right
So we settled for the center in town
Where all the rich white kids is out looking for a fight
got the blond one staring me down.
and I really wanna take a swing
I can't help but remember James Dean
See we are part of the few who agree
that hey, he lived life fast
but he died.
he died.
he died.
Me, I'm gonna live forever.
(And I feel alive, feel alive, feel alive)
Now all the barlights are blinking in time
to Mexican music, it's taunting the pavement
and for the first time,
in a long time,
I feel alive.
Slow down,
we've got time left to be lazy
All the kids have bloomed from babies into flowers in our eyes.
We've got fifty good years left to spend out in the garden
I don't care to beg your pardon,
We should live
until we die.
We were barely eighteen when we'd crossed collective hearts.
It was cold, but it got warm when you'd barely crossed my eye.
and then you turned, put out your hand,
and you asked me to dance.
I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight.
I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose.
I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely.
Even if the sun stops waking up over the fields
I will not leave, I will not leave 'till it's our time.
So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side.
It was the winter of '86, and all the fields had frozen over.
So we moved to Arizona to save our only son
and now he's turning to a man,
although he thinks just like his mother,
he believes we're all just lovers he sees hope in everyone.
And even though she moved away,
we always get calls from our daughter.
She has eyes just like her father's
they are blue when skies are grey
And just like him, she never stops,
Never takes the day for granted,
works for everything that's handed to her,
Never once complains.
You think that I nearly lost you
When the doctors tried to take you away.
But like the night you took my hand beside the fire
thirty years ago
to this day
You swore you'd be here 'til we decide that it's our time
Well it's not time, you've never quit in all your life.
So just take my hand, you know that I'll never leave your side.
You're the love of my life, you know that I'll never leave your side.
You come home from work
and you kiss me on the eye
You curse the dog you say that I should never feed them what is ours
and so we move all to the garden
look at everything we've owned
now the kids are coming home
so I set the table
You can make the fire.
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Take your time coming home.
Hear the wheels as they roll.
Let your lungs fill up with smoke.
Forgive everyone.
She is here and now she is...
...home
We had plans, we can't help but make...
...love.
It's a beautiful thing when you love somebody,
(when you love somebody)
And I love somebody.
Yeah I love somebody, home
Take your time coming home.
Hear the wheels as they roll.
Let your lungs fill up with smoke.
Forgive everyone.
I don't think I'd been misled,
it was a rock'n'roll band,
I'm still standing,
Take your time coming home.
Home
See, of everyone who called,
Very few said "We believe in you."
The overwhelming choice said
I'm just a boy inside a voice
and if it's true, if it's true, if it's true,
then what the fuck have I been doing the last six years?
How did I end up here?
And I find love and conquer all my fears?
See, I made it out.
Out from under the sun.
And the truth is that I feel better because I've forgiven everyone.
Now I'm not scared
of a song
or the states,
or the stages.
I'm not scared.
I've got friends,
took my call,
came courageous.
Now I feel like I am home.
One more think, I keep having this dream
where I'm standing on a mountain
Looking out, on the street
I can hear kids in low-income housing singing
"We're through with causing a scene"
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know
what it means
But I too, I'm through with causing a scene.
She is here and now I think she's ready to go.
For every love that's lost I heard a new one comes.
So come on with me, sing along with me,
Let the wind catch your feet.
If you love somebody,
you'd better let them know.
Take your time coming home.
Take your time coming home.
Hear the wheels as they roll.
Let your lungs fill up with smoke.
Forgive everyone.
I don't think I'd been misled,
it was a rock'n'roll band,
I'm still standing,
Take your time coming home.
Take your time coming home.
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