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Wish It All Away
Twisting
Can't Even Fake It
I Hate December
I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive

realistic

Get Enough
No Guarantee
Decay
15 Seconds
Everyday
Point of View
Don't Believe A Word
Beautiful
Shallow
In The Shadows
Dying Star
Over

apartment life

The Best Thing
I've Got A Feeling
This Is the Day
Never Do That Again
I Get the Message
Baker
You Don't Know Anything
Ba Ba Ba
Get Out of the City
These Are the Things About You
Quick, Painless and Easy
Back in Our Town
Sleeping Late

japanese long distance cover

long distance 

Undertow
 Disappointed
Edge Of The Ocean
Blame It On Yourself
While We're In Love
Lucy Doesn't Love You
Worry About You
Let's Stay Inside
Midnight Sun
Hide Away
I Think Of You
One More Last Kiss
Digging Your Scene (Bonus Japanese Track)
It's All In Your Mind (Bonus Japanese Track)

guestroom cover
guestroom

Let's Go to Bed
Kite
Say Goodbye
Streets of Your Town
I Don't Know Why I Love You
Only a Fool Would Say That
Digging Your Scene
L'Anamour
Be My Baby
I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive


in the clear cover
in the clear

Nothing But The Sky
Thinking About You
Keep Moving 
Tess Don't Tell
Four In The Morning
Corners Of Your Mind
Clear My Head
I've Got You Memorized
Ocean City Girl
Feel So Free
thanks to Jeff Heiser for transcribing



B-sides

An Ordinary Man
By Myself
I Know My Way (In The Clear, Japanese bonus track)
I've Got You Memorized (In The Clear, Japanese bonus track)


Wish It All Away

Come a little closer and I will stay with you
Let me turn your collar up, up to face the moon
Come a little closer, may I fight with you
I can try to make you see there's nothing you can do

Breathe the scent of a world gone sour
Turn your head as the last spring flower dies now
Close your eyes now

And wish it all away
wish it all away

May I come and fight with you?
I can try to make you see it's not in what you do

Breathe the scent of a world gone sour
Turn your head as the last spring flower dies now
Close your eyes now

And wish it all away
wish it all away

Breathe the scent of a world gone sour
Climb to the top of a windy tower in your mind
Your mind
Close your eyes now

And wish it all away
wish it all away
 

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Twisting

Twisting, turning
Twisting, and turning 'round This thing is burning
And all I want is another match
Twisting and turning
This thing is burning down
Twisted-minded
Smiling now as I watch it drown

What's up can be down
Crawl back underground
I shot you down
And feel fine
I feel fine

Not another "good" friend
Not another "good" friend
All I want is the end
It's not a thing we can mend
Not a thing we can mend
All I want is a photograph
All I want is the end
All I want is the end
All you want is a fairy tale
All I want is the end
All I want is the end
Smiling now as I tip the pail

What's up can be down
Crawl back-underground
I shot you down
And feel fine
I feel fine

I could be a heart of stone
Give you back what you have sown
I could be a heart of stone
I could leave you all alone

What's up can be down
Crawl back underground
I shot you down
And feel fine
I feel fine
 

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Can't Even Fake It

You were once my philosopher
You and me side by side
Like vines that grow together
You were once my favorite preacher
You told your stories well
And I was your believer
So far, from my heart now you've been fading
So long, so long
Now I can't even make it
Can't even feel it
Can't even fake it
Can't even lie and lie and lie and lie
Can't even make it

You and I sit on the park bench
Staring at the rain
Let's talk about the weather
Now I'm thinking to myself
What more can I do
No joy, no pain, but silence

So far, from my heart now you've been fading
So long, so long
Now I can't even make it
Can't even feel it
Can't even fake it
Can't even lie and lie and lie and lie

All the love, and desire
Have become perfect liars
So let it die

So far, from my heart now you've been fading
So long, so long
Now I can't even make it
Can't even feel it
Can't even fake it
Can't even lie and lie and lie and lie
Can't even make it
Never

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I Hate December

All I know is what I feel
And what I feel is all too real
It's pecking hard
It's cracked the egg
It's come to life

Oh God I hate December

All I know is what I dream
But lately dreams, have been such scary things
Of suicide and frozen ice over my pale body

Suffocating December

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I Guess I'm Just A Little Too Sensitive

I used to do my utmost to suspend belief
Until the day it hit me like a kick in the teeth
In the sensitivity stakes you're less than a non-starter
You don't need a lover you need a sparring partner

I guess I'm just a little too sensitive
I guess I'm just a little too sensitive
I guess I'm just a little too sensitive
For you

When you say your love is as bold as a flag
I say all I've got to show's a tattered rag
I guess I'll never learn to take the rough with the smooth
I'll never learn to live with that much abuse

I guess I'm just a little too sensitive
I guess I'm just a little too sensitive
I guess I'm just a little too sensitive
For you

I came home from work each evening
To collapse in a heap at your knees
Now I'm gonna take a rest cure
I'll rent a cottage by the sea

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Get Enough

He calms me down when I'd rather be out of my mind
He calms me down when I'm not ready to unwind
He'll be my clown when I'd rather be black inside
He'll be my clown with that evil look in his eyes

Oh I know
He can be a thorn in my side
But even so
I just can't get enough
Just can't get enough

He slows me down when I'm happy running out of time
He slows me down, he's an enemy of mine
He runs me down, and as far as I can see
He'll run me down 'til there's nothing left in me

Oh I know
He can be a thorn in my side
But even so
I just can't get enough
Just can't get enough

I can be a monster if I want to be
But he's got me beaten by a landslide
He's just crazy

He calms me down like a tumor inside my heart
But he knows me well

I just can't get enough
Just can't get enough

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No Guarantee

Have you ever felt lonely?
Have you ever felt lonely?
Have you ever felt kicked inside,
Kicked inside for nothing?

Have you ever felt needed?
Have you ever felt needed?
Have you ever felt peace of mind
In every small endeavor?

I want you back
No guarantee forever
Still I want you back
I can lose and I can find,
I can think there's always something better

Have you ever felt lonely?
Have you ever felt lonely?
Have you ever felt sick and tired
Sick and tired of wandering?

Have you ever felt needed?
Have you ever felt needed?
Have you ever revealed yourself
And sent it off in a letter?

I want you back
No guarantee forever
Still I want you back
I can lose and I can find,
I can think there's always something better

Still I want you back
I can lose and I can find
I can think there's always something better

I want you back,
No guarantee forever
Still I want you back
I want you back
No guarantee forever
Still I want you back
I want you back

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Decay

Drifting softly
Riding shadows
Let me drift away
Closing my eyes
Wandering so far
Trying to stop this slow decay

I'll never be the same again

Silence fills me
Sweet infusion
Let me start to fade away
Rising higher
And no longer
watching myself in slow decay

I'll never be the same again

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15 Seconds

He knows it's 15 seconds away
Spend another summer underneath his covers
or find out

Hello -- this is not where little girls should play
She moves
it's final

Hey...is she ever gonna do it?
is she ever gonna get around to it?
Hey...is she ever gonna do it?
is she ever gonna go through with it?

She knows she swore she'd savor it all
Staring at the ceiling there's a bitter feeling upon her
He goes counting cracks that run along the wall
They lay in silence

Hey...is she ever gonna do it?
is she ever gonna get around to it?
Hey...is she ever gonna do it?
is she ever gonna go through with it?

She tries to move up closer to him
Hoping for a kiss she reaches for his sweaty cold hands
He smiles -- this is what the fuss was all about
He leaves
It's over

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Everyday

Every day
sitting by the window.
Every night
I wonder where the days go.
You're not the only one
afraid of what you've become.

Why does everything
seem like such a waste of time?

I would try
to put myself together.
But every time
I wait for something better.
You're not the only one
who feels like you've come undone.

Why does everything
seem like such a waste of time?
Why does everything
seem like such a waste of time?

Ohhh,
I'd like to know.

You're not the only one
afraid of what you've become.

Why does everything
seem like such a waste of time?
Why does everything
seem like such a waste of time?
Ohhh,
I'd like to know

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Point of View

This day, so grey
Betray, and decay
You said I slay
But your mind was so blind

You could never understand
My point of view

Despair, beware
This nightmare can impair
You swore no more
But I knew where this was leading to

You could never understand
My point of view

Could you

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Don't Believe A Word

How can you say
After all we've done together
It's gonna take forever
To mend what's come apart
And how can you say
That you never meant to hurt me
You didn't dare alert me
To your poisoned heart

Before too long
Something is wrong
Tell me you're too sick to mention
Show me about your good intention
Give me all of your attention
But I don't believe a word
don't believe a word

I hate to say but
You know you're growing older
And your eyes are getting colder
And your hair is falling out
There'll be a day
When your confidence is shaken
And you know you were mistaken
You'll have your doubts

Before too long
Something is wrong
Tell me you're too sick to mention
Show me about your good intention
Give me all of your attention
But I don't believe a word
don't believe a word

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Beautiful

Sprawled across the bedroom floor
Dripping sweat from every pore
Helplessly you reach for me
But I'm already, I'm already gone

Don't you look beautiful?

Where's that smirk I've had to face
Crawled away in sweet disgrace
Now you say you need me so
Don't tell me what I already know

Don't you look beautiful?
Don't you look beautiful
begging me to finish what I start

Open mouth and aching fingers
Bloodshot eyes so filled with fear
If only you could see yourself from here

Don't you look beautiful?
Don't you look beautiful?
Don't you look beautiful
begging me to finish what I start

Don't you look beautiful?
Isn't it beautiful
begging me to finish what I start
begging me to finish what I start

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Shallow

She's in love again, oh yeah
Rise above again, oh yeah
His number's fading on her hand
And it's a day to remember

Shallow, shallow
Shallow, shallow

What an easy game to play
What a perfect thing to say
He tells her 'you're the world to me'
Why don't we dive in together'

Shallow, shallow
Shallow, shallow

Sun dies on a beautiful show
Dream on 'cause there's nowhere to go
He'll say what she's wanted to know
Over and over, forever

Shallow, shallow
All we ever had to be
All we ever wanted to be

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In The Shadows

The first time
I knew that I had you.
The last time I caught you,
oh had I taught you.

I know what you are.
I know what you are.

I watch
(I see you everywhere.)
myself now
looking
(I know beneath it all...)
at you.
I feel
(I see you everywhere.)
ashamed by it all.
(I know beneath it all...)
What can
(there's nothing left in me)
I do?

I know what you are.
I know what you are.
I love the way you are
hiding in the shadows.
In the shadows...

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Dying Star

In the back of the bus
I caught you smiling at the rain
Your breath steaming
On the window
You've never looked
So completely sane

Now heaven knows where I am
Heaven knows I did all I can
Heaven knows you'll go far
But heaven knows you're a dying star

In the back of the bus
I caught you smiling at the rain
I turned gliding to the pavement
I've never seen you that way again

Now heaven knows where I am
Heaven knows I did all I can
Heaven knows you'll go far
But heaven knows you're a dying star

I've seen the wave you ride on....
I've seen the wave you ride on...
I've seen the wave you'll die on

Now heaven knows where I am
Heaven knows I did all I can
Heaven knows you'll go far
But heaven knows you're a dying star

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Over

So, so pure, our birth, our love
Hope to God he's really up above

When all is said and done
This flower has begun
Wilting over...over

Hear me fall, I'm so cold inside
To know we die makes life a lie

When all is said and done
This flower has begun
Wilting over...over

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Drag You Down

You're coming back
I know you well
All dressed in black
Its show and tell
All my life in this town

Oh let me go
I'm gonna drag you down

You've been a fool
All this time
You call me cruel
But I don't mind
I'll be gone when you come around

Oh let me go
I'm gonna drag you down

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An Ordinary Man

He came down
An ordinary man
He sat down
His fingers slowly rub his face
An old and lonely man
He spoke out
To silence sitting in the room
And this is what he said:

"We take, oceans come undone
We rule and never will transcend
She breaks, and oh, my only son
She takes a thousand years to mend"

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By Myself

Today I won't be cruel
Though yesterday I walked with you
Through the park and to the lake
What a terrible mistake
I'll be brief
Here it comes with some relief
I'm a waste of time for you
So I'll go back inside my room

I wanna be by myself
I wanna be by myself
I'd make a miserable wife
I'm barely fit to live in my life

One day you'll understand
It was all out of my hands
What can I do if I know
I'm happiest when I'm alone
Don't be sad
It's a problem that I've had
There is nothing left to do
So I'll go back inside my room

I wanna be by myself
I wanna be by myself
I'd make a miserable wife
I'm barely fit to live in my life
I wanna be by myself
I wanna be by myself
I'd make a miserable wife
I'm barely fit to live in my life

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The Best Thing

She's reformed.
Just like the neighbor's girl.
She's coming home
into her wonder-world.
She's moving fast.
She's a superstar.
She's getting high.
She covers up her scars.

It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.

She's reformed.
Just like the neighbor's girl.
She's coming home
wearing her fine-pressed curls.
She's driving fast.
She took the family car.
She's getting high.
She's never slipped so far.

It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.

She's reformed.
She took the family car.
She's getting high.
She's never slipped so far.

It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.
It's the best thing she's ever had.

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I've Got a Feeling

Baby, what can I do?
I've been out searching for you.
I've got a feeling all I need is a love that's true.

Baby, what can I say?
I know this won't go away.
I've got a feeling all I need is to see you today.

I've been watching the world pass by all around me.
I've been letting the days go by 'til you found me.

Baby, what can I do?
I've been out searching for you.
I've got a feeling all I need is a love that's true.

I've been watching the world pass by all around me.
I've been letting the days go by 'til you found me.

Baby, what can I do?
I've been out searching for you.
I've got a feeling all I need is a love that's true.
I've got a feeling all I need is a love that's true.

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This Is the Day

Sooner or later she feels the morning come.
Isn't it safer -- dark thoughts all gone.
What a sensation.
She has made it through one more tomorrow.
Raising up her eyes to a brand new sky
she knows the truth at last --
she's never coming back.

She'll be gone.
So many years...
She'll be gone.
Melting away...
She'll be gone -- this is the day.

Someone is walking up to the bedroom door.
Hearing him knocking --
she knows what it's for.
She's at the window wondering why there is no one to save her.
Raising up her eyes to a brand new sky
she knows the truth at last --
she's never coming back.

She'll be gone.
So many years...
She'll be gone.
Melting away...
She'll be gone -- this is the day.

Raising up her eyes to a brand new sky
she knows the truth at last --
she's never coming back.
She'll be gone. So many years...
She'll be gone.
Melting away...
She'll be gone -- this is the day.

Ba Ba Da Da Da.....

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Never Do That Again

The cat's on the carpet.
The phone doesn't work.
I hate when it's quiet.
It means that you're hurt.

It gets so complicated
'til I can't pretend.
I thought I could do something good
but I'll never do that again.
I thought I could do something good
but I'll never do that again.

And you put your book down
and stare into space.
You turn all the lights down
so I won't see your face.

It gets so complicated
'til I can't pretend.
I thought I could do something good
but I'll never do that again.
I thought I could do something good
but I'll never do that again.

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I Get the Message

Well my brother says I can't live in the past.
But when you're more depressed by what's ahead
you start believing in old dreams very fast.
There were some awful times, and then there were some more.
But now remembering the worst of it-
it doesn't seem to be so bad anymore.

Well I don't know what to do.
Whether I leave or stay with you-
I get the message either way.
I get the message either way.

Well Christian says that I don't want you now.
But what he doesn't seem to ever grasp
is that I never cared about you anyhow.
It was a dirty way to leave me by the road.
And when I finally found my way to town
you stood there with a smile so everyone would know.

Well I don't know what to do.
Whether I leave or stay with you-
I get the message either way.
I get the message either way.

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Baker

He sits in the car,
walks in the park,
waits in his room as the city gets dark.
He can't understand why he's falling apart.
It's never too late-
it's only too hard.

He locks all the doors,
pulls down the shades.
He's not the same since he went away.
He can't figure out what to do with his days.
He's wasted his time.
Now he's wasting away.

He's wasting away.
He's wasting away.
He's wasting away.

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You Don't Know Anything

By now there's nothing left to say-
I just opened your letter.
I know you're only human but
I expect something better.
You let me down again.
You drove me to the end.

And it's so strange the way you've changed.
You knew me well.
Now I can tell you don't know anything.

By now there's nothing I can say-
I just finished your letter.
I know you're barely human but
I can get something better.
You let me down again.
You drove me to the end.

And it's so strange the way you've changed.
You knew me well.
Now I can tell you don't know anything.

You let me down again.
You drove me to the end.

And it's so strange the way you've changed.
You knew me well.
Now I can tell you don't know anything.

And it's so strange the way you've changed.

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Ba Ba Ba

Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
You can talk all night.
Why not let it die?
You want to be right.
I don't want to fight.
Please just let me sleep I'm very tired.
And we can talk about it when I'm feeling more alive.

Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
I dream you are blind.
I stare into your eyes.
You see only white.
Or is it black, I can't decide?
You say are you there and I just smile.
I just sit in silence -- let you wonder for a while.

Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.
Ba ba ba ba. Ba ba ba ba.

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Get Out of the City

Summer days are long and lonely.
Cars are moving slowly.
The streets are filled with air so still.

I'm trying to get out of the city.
Trying to get out of the city.

Everybody's angry.
It's hard not to be lazy.
It's a bad time to have work to do.

I'm trying to get out of the city.
Trying to get out of the city.

Roll the windows down.
Take a look around.
Everything is melting in the sun.
Nothing's getting done.
I don't have the time.
Can't you see that I'm --

trying to get out of the city.
Trying to get out of the city.

Roll the windows down.
Take a look around.
Everything is melting in the sun.
Nothing's getting done.
I don't have the time.
Can't you see that I'm-

trying to get out of the city.
Trying to get out of the city.

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These Are the Things About You

You can really stare.
You can stare a thousand miles
and yet still I know exactly what you see.
You can really care.
You can care about the things that happen
to the strangers that you never meet.

These are the things about you.
These are the things about you.
These are the things about you I know.

There is so much here.
There is so much that defines you
in the things you keep inside and never show.
It is really clear.
There is more behind that smile
as you're walking down the driveway in the snow.

These are the things about you.
These are the things about you.
These are the things about you I know.

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Quick, Painless and Easy

Anyway, you will take what you need.
Anyway, you will take it from me.
Straight, straight, straight to the ledge.
Loose yourself in the sound.
Look out over the edge.
I know how you'll go down.
Anyway, you will get what you want.
Why should I wait for that day to come?
Straight, straight, straight to the ledge.
One last smile and you're gone.
Step out over the edge
as if nothing is wrong.
 

It will be quick and painless and easy.
Quick and painless and easy.
I don't want you to leave me
but you'll go anyway.

Straight, straight, straight to the ledge.
Loose yourself in the sound.
Look out over the edge.
I know how you'll go down.

It will be quick and painless and easy.
Quick and painless and easy.
I don't want you to leave me
but you'll go anyway.

Anyway...
Anyway...

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Back In Our Town

Back in our town
you were the only one who really knew me.
Laughing out loud.
We always knew you could see through me.

Everything is all right.
Everything is all right.

Under the sun whispering foolish things,
you could really hear me.
You were the one --
the only one I would let near me.

Everything is all right.
Everything is all right.
Everything is all right.

And here I go.
Nobody knows.
And here I go.
Nobody knows.

I want to free a part of you.
I want to see the start of you.
I want to free a part of you.
And here I go -- nobody knows.
I want to see the start of you.
And here I go -- nobody knows.
Back in our town
you were the only one who really knew me.

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Sleeping Late

Sleeping late.
Wasting the day away.
I don't care what they say.
I'm gonna stay in bed for a while.
Sleeping late.
Everything's down the drain.
Everything stays the same.
I'm gonna wait right here for a while.

I don't care what I've been missing.
You can call but I won't listen to anything you say.
I know it can wait.
I know it can wait.

Sleeping late.
Letting the time go by.
Letting my mind run dry.
I'm gonna disappear for a while.
Sleeping late.
Wait 'till the sun goes down.
Maybe I'll come around
when all the streets are empty and quiet.

I don't care what I've been missing.
You can call but I won't listen to anything you say.
I know it can wait.
I know it can wait.

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Undertow

Standing by yourself.
High on the hills above the ocean.
This is where you'd come to walk with your friends.
Strange how it leaves you with no emotion.

 You can't fight the undertow.
 Not when you're all alone.
 You can't fight the undertow.
 How long 'til you let go?

Taking one step back.
Trying to pull yourself together.
No matter what you say nothing you do
can hold back the forces on you forever.

 You can't fight the undertow.
 Not when you're all alone.
 You can't fight the undertow.
 How long 'til you let go?

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Disappointed

Baby for the first time
I'm falling, falling for the last time.
Half dead on the inside
Feels like nothing's left at all
Half smile on the outside
Then its gone

 I could never be what you want me to be.
 I'm just gonna leave you disappointed.
 I could never be what you want me to be.
 I'm just gonna leave you disappointed.

Could it be that this time
We're just longing, longing for the first time
It's been such a long ride
Now we're slipping back again
No matter how we try to pretend

I could never be what you want me to be.
 I'm just gonna leave you disappointed.
 I could never be what you want me to be.
 I'm just gonna leave you disappointed.
 I could never see what you wanted from me.
 All you're gonna be is disappointed.
 I could never be what you want me to be.
 I'm just gonna leave you disappointed.
 

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Edge Of The Ocean

There's a place I dream about
where the sun never goes out.
And the sky is deep and blue.
Won't you take me there with you.

 Ohhh, we can begin again.
 Shed our skin, let the sun shine in.
 At the edge of the ocean
 we can start over again.

There's a world I've always known
somewhere far away from home.
When I close my eyes I see
all the space and mystery.

 Ohhh, we can begin again.
 Shed our skin, let the sun shine in.
 At the edge of the ocean
 we can start over again.

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Blame It On Yourself

I saw you walk into the store
just as I was leaving.
I don't know why it should matter.
It's history repeating.
I heard my name ring out through the air.
I jumped onto the last bus.
I'm looking back, you're fixing your hair.
There's nothing left between us.

 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.
 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.

Through the streets and down the hill.
I stared out the window.
Underneath I started to feel
something had finally let go.
Round the corner and to the end.
I put my feet on the pavement.
And for a moment I'm back again
remembering what you once meant.

 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.
 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.
 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.
 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.

I wonder how it's gonna feel
to mean nothing more to anyone.

Round the corner and to the end.
I put my feet on the pavement.
And for a moment I'm back again
remembering what you once meant.

 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.
 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.
 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.
 Blame it on, blame it on yourself.
 

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While We're In Love

While we're in love we'll bleed each other dry.
We'll hold each other close.
We'll make each other cry.
While we're in love we'll get what we deserve
until we lose our faith,
until we lose our nerve.

 We know it won't last forever.
 'Cause we're not meant to be together.
 Make the best of a bad situation.
 Face the fear and the desperation.
 While we're in love.
 While we're in love.

While we're in love we'll drag ourselves around.
We'll hold each other up.
We'll tear each other down.

 We know it won't last forever.
 'Cause we're not meant to be together.
 Make the best of a bad situation.
 Face the fear and the desperation.
 While we're in love.
 While we're in love.

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Lucy Doesn't Love You

Nothing's ever going to make her happy.
She doesn't mind 'cause she's used to it that way.
Time, time, time drags on forever.
She's still trying to get it together.

 Lucy doesn't love you.
 Not like you want her to.
 Some dreams don't come true.
 Lucy doesn't love you.
 No, she doesn't love you.

Na, na, na, na....Na, na, na, na.........

Four in the morning you're still wide awake.
Just can't shake, shake, shake the headache.
Up all night, up all day again.
Don't want to talk to any of your friends.

 Lucy doesn't love you.
 Not like you want her to.
 Some dreams don't come true.
 Lucy doesn't love you.
 No, she doesn't love you

I know it's hard for you to take.
Everybody makes a few mistakes sometimes.

Nothing's ever going to make you happy.
You don't mind you're getting used to it that way.

 Lucy doesn't love you.
 Not like you want her to.
 Some dreams don't come true.
 Lucy doesn't love you.
 No, she doesn't love you.
 Lucy doesn't love you.
 Not like you want her to.
 Some dreams don't come true.
 Lucy doesn't love you.
 No, she doesn't love you.

Na, na, na, na....Na, na, na, na.........

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Worry About You

Bye bye baby.
Don't be long.
I'll worry about you while you're gone.
Bye bye baby.
Don't be long.
I'll worry about you while you're gone.

 I'll think of you in my dreams.
 You'll never know just what you mean to me.....
 ....to me.

Hmmm, ba, ba-da...
Hmmm, ba, ba, ba-da......

Bye bye baby.
Don't be long.
I'll worry about you while you're gone.
Bye bye baby.
Don't be long.
I'll worry about you while you're gone.

 I'll think of you night and day.
 I'll never know just what you meant to say....
 ....to say.

Hmmm, ba, ba-da...
Hmmm, ba, ba, ba-da......
Hmmm, ba, ba-da...
Hmmm, ba, ba, ba-da......

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Let's Stay Inside

thunder and lightning
isn't it frightening
rainy day morning
feels like a warning

let's stay inside
like the sun we will hide 'til it's safe again
let's stay inside
'til the city has dried all its tears again

under the weather
feels like forever
can't see the skyline
daytime is nighttime

let's stay inside
'til the grey in the sky turns to blue again
let's stay inside
disappear for a while 'til its clear again

cause I know
it won't last
we've got to let it pass
take it slow
laying low
until the time is right

thunder and lightning
isn't it frightening
rainy day morning
feels like a warning

let's stay inside
like the sun we will hide 'til it's safe again
let's stay inside
'til the city has dried all its tears again

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Midnight Sun

floating over the airwaves
what a feeling
I don't believe it
distant voices from deep space
are you receiving?
or can't you hear it?

you're still the only one
who sets me free
just like a midnight sun
shining on me

drifting over the freeways
it seems so easy
I know you're near me
rising up through the staircase
your eyes are open
I know you hear me

you're still the only one
who sets me free
just like a midnight sun
shining on me

riding out on the airwaves
what a feeling
I don't believe it
lift me out of this strange place
give me something
you know I need it

you're still the only one
who sets me free
just like a midnight sun
shining on me
you're still the only one
who sets me free
just like a midnight sun
shining on me

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Hide Away

All gone.
The sun is off to bed.
The day's done
so rest your head.
We'll fly to a place across the bay.
Outside, where it's dark and grey

 We'll hide away
 under silver waves.
 We'll lie awake.
 Under a silver sky we'll hide away.

So long.
The night is closing in.
Everyone is alone again
We're going on a midnight ride
under stars and satellites,
a thousand miles
from where we've been.

 We'll hide away
 under silver waves.
 We'll lie awake.
 Under a silver sky we'll hide away.

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I Think Of You

I think of you
whenever I'm alone.
Whenever I get lonely.
I think of you
wherever you may go.
I know that you are only
one dream away.

 So don't give up, baby.
 Don't give in.
 If we try we can begin again.
 I know what we've been through.
 But I still think of you.

I think of you
whenever I get down.
Whenever I get weary.
I think of you
when you're not around.
I wonder if you hear me
call out your name.

 So don't give up, baby.
 Don't give in.
 If we try we can begin again.
 I know what we've been through.
 But I still think of you.

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One More Last Kiss

I'm not afraid to start over.
It's just a feeling that we shared.
They can't take that away.
I'm not afraid to be lonely.
It's just a question of how long, how long I have to wait.

 So one more last kiss like two prisoners.
 One more last kiss to hold on to.
 One more last kiss just to remember you
 before we fade away, before we fade away.

I'm not here making excuses.
But no apologies could change
the way this all will end.
We're only just what we're made of.
I'm only sorry that we can't have this chance again.

 So one more last kiss like two prisoners.
 One more last kiss to hold on to.
 One more last kiss just to remember you
 before we fade away, before we fade away.

 So one more last kiss like two prisoners.
 One more last kiss to hold on to.
 One more last kiss just to remember you
 before we fade away;
 One more last kiss like two prisoners.
 One more last kiss to hold on to.
 One more last kiss just to remember you
 before we fade away, before we fade away.

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Digging Your Scene

Do, do, do, do, do......

I just got your message baby.
So sad to see you fade away.
What in the world is this feeling?
Catch a breath and leave me reeling.
It'll get you in the end it's god's revenge.
Oh I know I should come clean.
But I prefer to deceive.
Every day I walk alone
and pray that god won't see me.
I know it's wrong, I know it's wrong.

 Tell me why is it I'm digging your scene.
 I know I'll die, baby.

They put you in a home to fill in.
But I wouldn't call that living.
I'm like a boy among men.
I'd like a permanent friend.
I'd like to think that I was just myself again.

 Oh tell me why is it I'm digging your scene.
 I know I'll die, baby.

I just got your message baby.
So sad to see you fade away.
I'm like a boy among men.
I'd like a permanent friend.
I'd like to think that I was just myself again.

 Oh tell me why is it I'm digging your scene.
 I know I'll die, baby.
 Oh tell me why is it I'm digging your scene.
 I know I'll die, baby.

Do, do, do, do, do......
C'mon, baby.
Do, do, do, do, do......
C'mon, baby................

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Let's Go To Bed
(Smith/Tolhurst)

Let me take your hand
I’m shaking like milk
Turning
Turning blue
All over the windows and the floors
Fires outside in the sky
Look as perfect as cats
The two of us together again
But it’s just the same
A stupid game

But I don’t care if you don’t
And I don’t feel if you don’t
And I don’t want it if you don’t
And I won’t say it
If you don’t say it first

You think you’re tired now
But wait until three...
Laughing at the Christmas lights
You remember
From December
All of this then back again
Another girl
Another name
Stay alive but stay the same
It’s just the same
A stupid game

But I don’t care if you don’t
And I don’t feel if you don’t
And I don’t want it if you don’t
And I won’t play it
If you don’t play it first

You can’t even see now
So you ask me the way
You wonder if it’s real
Because it couldn’t be rain...
Through the right doorway
And into the room
It used to be the dust that would lay here
When I came here alone

But I don’t care if you don’t
And I don’t feel if you don’t
And I don’t want it if you don’t
And I won’t say it
If you don’t say it first
Doo doo doo doo
Let’s go to bed!
Doo doo doo doo
Let’s go to bed!

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Kite
(Nick Heyward)

Life’s like that
Delicious with clause
You never get the truth just promises galore
Fool at the heart
Don’t look down
Everybody loves you when you’re playing the clown

Oh, oh mother dear
Don’t let them shoot your kite down
Oh, oh mother dear
Don’t let them shoot your kite
Out of the sky

Another year came
Glorious sun
I tried to be an acrobat
Before I could run
The afternoon came
Trumpets play
Oh maybe I’ll get out of here one day

Father oh father
Everybody’s young
And far too serious
Oh, oh mother dear
Don’t let them shoot my kite down
Oh, oh father yeah
You’d let them shoot me down for sure

Another year
Don’t let them shoot my kite
Out of the sky - life’s like that
Oh, oh mother dear
Don’t let them shoot my kite down
Oh, oh mother dear
Don’t let them shoot me out of the sky

Mother dear
Don’t let them shoot your kite down
Out of the sky...
Don’t let them shoot your kite down
Out of the sky
Don’t let them shoot your kite
Out of the sky
Don’t let them shoot your kite
Out of the sky (Life’s like that/Delicious with clause)
Don’t let them shoot your kite down

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Say Goodbye
(Papas Fritas)

No telling how this came to be
You ending up here when you didn’t agree
But now that you’re gone, 
when people fall wrong
You’ll be the one who’s missing the fun

No turning back to what you do
You’ll float in the air
and you’ll savor the view
And when you get down, 
just look all around
It’s all or none in what’s to come
Picture so perfect you’ll want to give

So lonesome a soul
Some reason to live
That’s just how it goes,
you and your wings exposed
You didn’t ask for the part
It’s all just breaking your heart
Your will is dying
and they are crying out to you

Say goodbye to all your friends
Say goodbye to all your friends
and all your lovers until the end

Who needs a myth
when you’re young and free
But you are the angel you’re smiling at me
It’s all just breaking your heart
Now that this time is feeling so new
You’ll know what to do
Not to lose
The lover you left behind

Say goodbye to all your friends
Say goodbye to all your friends
and all your lovers until the end

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Streets of Your Town 
(R. Forster/G. McLennan)

Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I make my way
Through the streets of your town

And don’t the sun look good today?
But the rain is on its way
Watch the butcher shine his knives
And this town is full of battered wives

Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Everyday I make my way
Through the streets of your town

And I ride your river under the bridge
And I take your boat out to the reach
Cos I love that engine roar
but I still don’t know what I’m here for

Round and round, up and down
Through the streets of your town
Every day I make my way
Through the streets of your town

They shut it down
They closed it down
They shut it down
They pulled it down

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I Don’t Know Why I Love You
(Guy Chadwick)

I don’t know why I love you
Your face is a hammer in my head
I remember every word you said
I just don’t know why I love you

I don’t know why I care
I never even liked your hair
I feel like I’m selling air
But I don’t know why I love you

Television turns me on
When the summer’s hot
And the spirit’s strong
How can I get close to you
When you got no mercy
No, you got no mercy
No you got no...

I don’t know why I love you
Your face is a foreign food
I really don’t know if I should
I just don’t know why I love you

I don’t know why I care
I duck and I weave and I fight
I work just to treat you right
God, I don’t know why I love you

Ha, ha, ha rock, rock, rock

I don’t know why I love you
It might be your soul and your heart
Maybe it’s the way that you speak
I don’t know why I love you

Television turns me on
When the summer’s hot
And the spirit’s strong
So, how can I get close to you
When you got no mercy
No, you got no mercy
No you got no...

I don’t know why I love you
I don’t know why I care
I don’t know why I love you
I don’t know why I love you
I don’t know why I love you
I don’t know why I love you
And I don’t know why I care

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Only a Fool Would Say That
(Walter Becker & Donald Fagen)
A world become one
Of salads and sun
Only a fool would say that

A boy with a plan
A natural man
Wearing a white stetson hat
Unhand that gun begone
There’s no one to fire upon
If he’s holding it high
He’s telling a lie

I heard it was you
Talkin’ ‘bout a world
Where all is free
It just couldn’t be
And only a fool would say that

The man in the street
Draggin’ his feet
Don’t wanna hear the bad news
Imagine your face
There is his place
Standing inside his brown shoes
You do his nine to five
Drag yourself home half alive
And there on the screen
A man with a dream

Anybody on the street
Has murder in his eyes
You feel no pain
And you’re younger
Then you realize

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L’Anamour
(Serge Gainsbourg)

Aucun Boeing sur mon transit
Aucun bateau sous mon transat
Je cherche en vain la porte exacte
Je cherche en vain le mot exit
Je chante pour les transistors
Ce récit de l’étrange histoire
De tes anamours transitoires
De Belle au Bois Dormant qui dort

Je t’aime et je crains
De m’égarer
Et je séme des grains
De pavot sur les pavés
De l’amour

Tu sais ces photos de l’Asie
Que j’ai prises B deux cents Asa
Maintenant que tu n’es pas lB
Leurs couleurs vives ont pâri
Jai cru entendre les hélices
D’un quadrimoteur mais hélas
C’est un ventilateur qui passe
Au ciel du poste de police

Je t’aime et je crains
De m’égarer...
Et je séme des grains
De pavot sur les pavés
De l’amour

Je t’aime et je crains
De m’égarer...
Et je séme des grains
De pavot sur les pavés
De l’amour

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Be My Baby
(Greenwich/Barry/Spector)

The night we met I knew I needed you so
and if I had the cance I’d never let you go.
So won’t you say you love me
I’ll make you so proud of me
We’ll make ‘em turn their heads every place we go.

So won’t you, please, BE MY BE MY BABY
be my little baby MY ONE AND ONLY BABY
Say you’ll be my darlin’, BE MY BE MY BABY
be my baby now. MY ONE AND ONLY BABY

Oh, since the day I saw you
I have been waiting for you.

So won’t you, please, BE MY BE MY BABY
be my little baby MY ONE AND ONLY BABY
Say you’ll be my darlin’, BE MY BE MY BABY
be my baby now. MY ONE AND ONLY BABY

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Nothing But the Sky

Meet me tonight
Fifty miles high
Nothing but the sky
Shining in your eyes

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Thinking About You

Deep in another dream
Thinking about you
Sailing through the city streets
Thinking about you
It’s only been a little while but
I’m thinking about you
Can’t hide another smile
I’ve been thinking about you
But I never look back
Never look over my shoulder
And I never react
Can’t go where I’ve gone before
No I never look back
Now I’ve grown so much colder
And you’re fading to black
Like it’s nothing at all
It’s nothing at all
Deep in another dream
Thinking about you
Feels like the final scene
Thinking about you
Save it for a little while
Thinking about you
Time for another smile
I’ve been thinking about you
But I never look back
Never look over my shoulder
And I never react
Can’t go where I’ve gone before
No I never look back
Now I’ve grown so much colder
And you’re fading to black
Like it’s nothing at all
It’s nothing at all
Thinking about you

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Keep Moving

There are traces of the people
And the faces I have known
As the bus stops at the building
The place that I called home
Thought I’d left forever
Never thought that I’d return
But everyday I make my way
I guess I never learn
I never meant to hurt you
No matter what I said
I never did desert you
You were still inside my head
The earth will keep on turning
The sun will always rise
Don’t know why it seems like
I am always so surprised
I can’t sleep at night
Life is black and white
And all I can do
In a world without you
Is keep moving
I’m living but I’m nowhere
Wondering what to do
I know that I am someone
But I can’t remember who
Words are never simple
and looking back in time
Has only shown me what I know
There’s nothing left that’s mine
Staring at the skyline
The light is almost through
It’s going out of focus
It’s breaking me in two
So I leave again like always
And I try to find my way
It’ll be a while but I know I’ll
Be coming back someday
I can’t sleep at night
Life is black and white
And all I can do
In a world without you
Is keep moving
 

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Tess Don't Tell

The day you start to doubt it
Is the day you don’t get through
He doesn’t want to talk about it
He says it feels so good just to be with you
And all this time it’s still on your mind
You got to learn to have faith sometimes
Careful now, when the truth comes out
You’ll be gone, you’re the one he depends on

Tess don’t tell
It’s just for you, it’s not for anybody else
Shhhh, don’t tell
It’s just for you, it’s not for anybody else
Tess don’t tell
It’s just for you, it’s not for anybody else
Shhhh, don’t tell
It’s just for you, it’s not for anybody else

Drive into the darkness
The night stretches out ahead
The truth hits you the hardest
All you should have done
All you should have said
The more he hears, the more he tries
Keep you secret safe inside
He can’t help what he’s become
And now you’re gone,
You’re the one he depends on

Tess don’t tell
It’s just for you, it’s not for anybody else
Shhhh, don’t tell
It’s just for you, it’s not for anybody else
Tess don’t tell
It’s just for you, it’s not for anybody else
Shhhh, don’t tell
It’s just for you, it’s not for anybody else
 

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Four In the Morning

I never knew I was close to you
You seemed so dead inside
I kept trying just to see it through
Just to be with you
Just to take the ride
Promise me that you’ll do your best
It’s all on you
You’re all that’s left
I never knew what I meant to you
I guess that’s no surprise
Four in the morning
And I got that feeling
Clock’s ticking but my heart’s not beating
Eyes open and I’m staring at the ceiling
Tell me that you’re leaving
Give me something to believe in
Don’t let me down
I never left I just held my breath
I kept in all inside
I never guessed if you knew the rest
There was nothing much
Written in your eyes
Promise me that you’ll let it go
It’s all I’ve got
I need to know
I never knew what to make of you
I guess that’s no surprise
Four in the morning
And I got that feeling
Clock’s ticking but my heart’s not beating
Four in the morning
And I got that feeling
Clock’s ticking but my heart’s not beating
Eyes open and I’m staring at the ceiling
Tell me that you’re leaving
Give me something to believe in
Don’t let me down
 

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Corners of Your Mind

Dark stars in the summer skyline
A parked car with the lights still on
We lay low, you kill the radio
You smile but there’s something wrong
Long days spent in silence
Long nights with the headphones on
Don’t know where you had to go
You’re already gone
And it only goes to show
There are worlds I’ll never know
There are rooms I’ll never find
In the corners of your mind
White noise from across the city
Rush hour in the pouring rain
Could be the way you look to me
Something’s not the same
And it only goes to show
There are worlds I’ll never know
There are rooms I’ll never find
In the corners of your mind
Sometimes when the sun shines
I feel like I can see inside
The places you go
And it only goes to show
There are worlds I’ll never know
There are rooms I’ll never find
In the corners of your mind
 

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Clear My Head

I don’t want to think about you anymore
I don’t want to think about you anymore
Cause you’ve been on my mind
For such an endless stretch of time
And I don’t want to think about you anymore

I’ve got to clear my head
Of everything you ever did
Of everything you ever said
I’ve got to clear my head
Of everything you ever did
Of everything you ever said

I don’t want to put my trust in anyone
I don’t want to put my trust in anyone
Cause nothing that I knew
Turned out to be true
And I don’t want to put my trust in anyone

I’ve got to clear my head
Of everything you ever did
Of everything you ever said
I’ve got to clear my head
Of everything you ever did
Of everything you ever said
 

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I've Got You Memorized

I have had enough
It’s just so tired
It’s got to end
I have figured out
What you’re about
Let’s not pretend
It’s true
Don’t you realize
I’ve got you memorized
I see it in your eyes
When you start telling lies
It’s true
Don’t you realize
I’ve got you memorized
I see it in your eyes
When you start telling lies
Please don’t push your luck
It’s all used up
For good this time
Please it’s got to stop
I know just what
Is on your mind
It’s true
Don’t you realize
I’ve got you memorized
I see it in your eyes
When you start telling lies
It’s true
Don’t you realize
I’ve got you memorized
I see it in your eyes
When you start telling lies
Your mind must be racing
When you get out of bed
I can only imagine what goes on your head
You don’t say what you mean
Andy you don’t know what you said
Instead of saying nothing make up
Something instead
It’s true
Don’t you realize
I’ve got you memorized
I see it in your eyes
When you start telling lies
It’s true
Don’t you realize
I’ve got you memorized
I see it in your eyes
When you start telling lies
 

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Ocean City Girl

Moving slowly into the setting sun
Keeping secrets away from everyone
Starting out into another world
Tide is rising but time is standing still

Ocean City girl
Is smiling
Ocean City girl
Is flying

The night is falling,
The streetlights start to glow
No one’s there
When the cracks begin to show
They can’t hurt her like
She’s been hurt before
No one here can get near her anymore

Ocean City girl
Is fading
Ocean City girl
Is saying goodbye
Ocean City girl
Is fading
Ocean City girl
Is saying goodbye
 

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Feel So Free

Ask me again
I’ll take my chances
I don’t know how to begin
You can’t understand
I’ve got no answers
I can’t explain where I've been

I shoulda known better
I shoulda known by now
I shoulda known better
I shoulda known by now
And I feel so free

Yeah I feel alright
Never thought I’d feel
Like I feel tonight
And I feel so free
Yeah I feel alright
Never thought I’d feel
Like I feel tonight
I can’t go back
I can’t imagine
Starting all over again
Try to relax
Get no reaction
There’s just no way to pretend

I shoulda known better
I shoulda known by now
I shoulda known better
I shoulda known by now
And I feel so free

Yeah I feel alright
Never thought I’d feel
Like I feel tonight
And I feel so free
Yeah I feel alright
Never thought I’d feel
Like I feel tonight
 

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I Know My Way

I know the words that you want to hear
I know all of your deepest fears
And I, I know my way around your heart
I can tell when you’re somewhere else
I know you better than I know myself

And I, I know my way around your heart
I’ll pick the locks
I’ll bribe the guards
I’ll find my way inside you
It’s not that hard

Cause I, I know my way around your heart
I know all of your darkest dreams
I know what you think they mean
And I, I know my way around your heart
I can tell when you need me most
I take your hand, I pull you close

Cause I, I know my way around your heart
I’ll pick the locks
I’ll bribe the guards
I’ll find my way inside you
It’s not that hard

Cause I, I know my way
I, I know my way
Around your heart

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Disclaimer: The material here is copyright Ivy, donated to the web page by songwriter Andy Chase. It is for your personal enjoyment, and may not be duplicated, retransmitted, rebroadcast, sold or other commercial stuff without prior written permission of the copyright holder. 

You can print it out to read on the subway while you get out of the city or on in the shallow end of the pool or in Ocean City, though, if you want.



last updated July 2005
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