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| 1. |
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Don't call me a zero
I'm gonna be a hero Like Phil Esposito or the Kennedys I'll be incorporated And I'll be imitated And overrated, but that doesn't bother me All the jaws will drop And all the girls will scream And there will be commotion when I show up on the scene All that you will see is a celebrity (x2) When I'm riding in my limo I won't look out the window Might make me homesick for humanity There's nowhere that I can't go And there's nobody I don't know And there's an emptiness that's eating me All the clocks will stop And all the jeans will cream It has always been my one and only dream All that's left of me is my celebrity (x2) Leave your heart Lay down your art You're here for the party Smile and wave Try to behave Be happy that they've made you a celebrity I could disappear into the great unknown And it would wear my face as if it were its own And all that you will see is a celebrity All that's left of me is my celebrity I will get in first and I will get in free All that's left of me is my celebrity |
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| 2. |
| 2:57 |
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CHORUS (x2):
What's so maybe about What's so maybe about What's so maybe about Katie? What's the use in hesitating? Can't you see that Katie's waiting? Just because her youth is fading Doesn't mean that she's not worth dating CHORUS (x2) I don't know what the fuss is all about Just take it slow It's not like you can't live without her To and fro If you've got a shred of doubt then it's not worth it CHORUS (x2) Can't you see her with her arms wide open She's everything that you've been hoping for Forever's not so long, stop moping She's got a daughter and you're just not coping. Do you know everyone you ever swore you'd love for life I don't know them anymore I know their names I'd recognize them on the street and I don't love them CHORUS (x4) |
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| 3. |
| 3:26 |
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You can't imagine so many monkeys in the daily mail
All of them coming anonymously so they leave no trail I never thought I'd have an admirer from overseas But someone is sending me stationary filled with chimpanzees Some chimps in swimsuits, some chimps are swinging from a vine Some chimps in jackboots, some chimps that wish they could be mine Starsky and Hutch chimps, a chimp who's sitting on the can A pair of Dutch chimps who send their love from Amsterdam Another postcard with chimpanzees And every one is addressed to me If I had to guess, I'd say the monkey-sender thinks it's great He's sending me, maybe she's sending me just to see me get irate I'm losing sleep—and it's gonna be keeping me up all night I thought it was funny, but now I've got money on a monkey fight Some chimps in hard hats, chimps a-working on a chain gang Some chimps who love cats, burning rubber in a Mustang A birthday-wishing chimp, a chimp in black like a goth A goin' fishin' chimp, a British chimp in the bath Another postcard with chimpanzees And every one is addressed to me Somehow they followed me even though I packed and moved my home No matter what, they come and they come they won't leave me alone Another monkey in the mail could make me lose my mind But look at me shuffling through the stack until I finally find Some chimps in swimsuits Some chimps in Jackboots Some chimps in hard hats Some chimps who love cats I've got some shaved chimps; that's chimps devoid of any hair I've got depraved chimps dressed up in women's underwear Another postcard with chimpanzees And every one is addressed to me Every one is every one is every one is addressed to me Another postcard with chimpanzees And every one is addressed to me |
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| 4. |
| 3:50 |
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CHORUS (x2):
You can always get it right next time, next time You can always get it right next time You can count on me to mess it up You can count on me to let you down again And in time you'll see that I'm your only friend CHORUS (x2) Comfort in community obliterated Given opportunity I hesitated Even my humility's humiliated CHORUS (x2) Next time, next time When you die they make a list of every love you never kissed Of each regret and each mistake Every choice you'll fail to make Oh well... Oh well... Oh well... It's a shame I have to wait until the ending Everything I've yet to break is surely bending Every vow I ever take is just pretending That this mess I make is worth defending CHORUS (repeat) |
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| 5. |
| 3:28 |
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I have set aside everything I love
I have saved everything else for you I cannot decide what this doubt's made of Though I thought over it through and through In a book in a box high upon a shelf In a locked and guarded vault Are the things I keep only for myself It's your fate but it's not your fault CHORUS: And for every useless reason I know There's a reason not to care If I hide myself wherever I go Am I ever really there? There is nowhere else I would rather be, but I can't just be right here An enigma wrapped in a mystery, or a fool consumed by fear CHORUS I will give you all I could ever give Though it's less than you will need Could you just forget, if you can't forgive All the things I cannot concede CHORUS |
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| 6. |
| 3:34 |
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CHORUS:
Well you know that it's going to be alright I think it's gonna be alright Everything will always be alright When we go shopping Well you know that it's going to be alright When we go shopping It's always lalalalala... Shopping spree begin It's always lalalalala... Everybody wins So shutup And never stop Let's shop Until we drop CHORUS It's always lalalalala... Shopping never end It's always lalalalala... Shopping with our friends Shopping once again It's always lalalalala... (x4) It's never enough Until you've got all the stuff When the going gets rough Just shop with somebody tough CHORUS (x2) It's always... When we go shopping (x3) It's always lalalalala... (repeat to fade) |
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| 7. |
| 3:32 |
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Maybe it would be fun
To get a new opinion Get a little work done And forget Maybe it would be cool If I rocked it old school Try to break a gold rule And a sweat Better than the first time Better than the worst time If I could just reverse time I'd be set CHORUS: Testing 1,2,3 Can anybody hear me? If I shed the irony Would anybody cheer me? If I acted less like me Would I be in the clear? She got a new apartment It's out on the escarpment And in her glove compartment Are my songs She hasn't even heard them Since she found out what the words meant She decided she preferred them All wrong Kind of like the last time With a bunch of really fast times If we're living in the past time Soon gone CHORUS We recognize the present Is half as pleasant As our nostalgia for The past'll be presented Recast and reinvented Until it's how we meant it CHORUS He's everything that you need You wiped out on your ten speed And either he will succeed Or just suck CHORUS Begin the... CHORUS Would I be in the clear, G? Testing 1,2,3 Testing 1,2,3 |
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| 8. |
| 3:14 |
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I'm not surprised it's come to this
Sooner or later there must be another's kiss Behind that kiss a promise of a life of bliss Yeah, great I won't be takin' the bait I'd rather drown And I will not turn my whole life upside down Imagine everything you've done Under a microscope on view for everyone And if the King of Circumspection's here He's come in vain I won't be sharing the blame I wear the crown And I will not turn my whole life upside down Nothing's good enough for me To shake me from complacency I make my mind up and I'll never be The kind of man who'd make a choice For if I hold my tongue I'll never lose my voice If each attempted act of sabotage destroys all hope I won't be needing a rope I'm gagged and bound And I will not turn my whole life upside down And if the genie were set free And by the laws of things like that, he's indebted to me I'd bury my three wishes deep down in the ground So I will not turn my whole life upside down Though I appreciate the aim Tell Andy Warhol's ghost that he can keep his fame I'd only use it to make everything the same again So don't applaud till the end I'm not around Cause I will not turn my whole life upside down Nothing's good enough for me To shake me from complacency I've made my mind up I won't make a sound And I will not turn my whole life upside down |
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| 9. |
| 5:32 |
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She likes to sleep with the radio on
So she can dream of her favorite song The one that no one has ever sung since she was small She'll never know that she made it up She had a soul and we ate it up Thrown away like a paper cup The music falls The only flaw in her detailed plan Is where she wins back the love of her man Everyone knows that he's never coming back He took her heart and she took his name He couldn't stand taking all the blame He left her only with guilt and shame and then she cracked Won't it be dull when we rid ourselves Of all these demons haunting us To keep us company In the dream I refuse to have She falls asleep in a lukewarm bath We're left to deal with the aftermath again On behalf of humanity I will fight for your sanity How profound such profanity can be Won't it be dull when we rid ourselves Of all these demons haunting us To keep us company Won't it be odd to be happy like we Always thought we're supposed to feel But never seem to be Near where I live there's a viaduct Where people jump when they're out of luck Raining down on the cars and trucks below They've put a net there to catch their fall Like it'll stop anyone at all What they don't know is when nature calls, you go They say that Jesus and mental health Are just for those who can help themselves But what good is that when you live in hell on earth? From the very fear that makes you want to die Is just the same as what keeps you alive It's way more trouble than some suicide is worth Won't it be dull when we rid ourselves Of all these demons haunting us To keep us company Won't it be odd to be happy like we Always thought we're supposed to feel But never seem to be Hard to admit I fought the war on drugs My hands were tied and the phone was bugged Another died and the world just shrugged it off |
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| 10. |
| 4:34 |
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How, in every visible way, you shine
As if the stars in your wake align Almost impossible to malign But just below where you shine, you burn Although I know it, I never learn Just goes to show that I can't discern CHORUS: Aluminum to me Aluminium to some You can shine like silver all you want But you're just Aluminum Illuminating just what you want to show You'd never rust, but I'd never know You can't be trusted, I can't let go CHORUS Every time you're here, I forget When you leave, you leave only regret Every time you're here, I forget Everything You're so lightweight, how can you survive? Recycling moments from others' lives You're not as precious as you contrive CHORUS Yeah, you're just Aluminum |
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| 11. |
| 2:59 |
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I left a tip, but it was never a donation
I took a trip, but it was never a vacation I took a seat, but I refuse to a number And so defeated, I proceeded unencumbered REFRAIN: I'd say an ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of attention span I took her hand, but it was not in matrimony I told my side, but it was never testimony REFRAIN Spanning all the ages Turning all the pages The history of me is incomplete CHORUS: Everything is Un- Everything is Unfin- Everything is Unfinished I played along, but it was not for recreation I left my home, but it was not evacuation I made a pact that I would finish what I started I admit the fact I was distracted and outsmarted REFRAIN CHORUS x3 (3rd time over refrain's music) Everything is unfin- |
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| 12. |
| 3:21 |
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Everything's a lie
We're all gonna die Before we say goodbye, let's attack I admit it's bleak But I give it a week Until our friends the meek give it back Is it true? Well it's true enough I guess Join the chorus of the second best Second best (several times) What's left of you that's real A mutated ideal With limited appeal, I suggest If hitting is an art Then it's drawn us apart When you erased your heart and beat your chest Is it you? Well it's you enough I guess You're an angel in a see-through dress Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess Second best (Several times) Perhaps it's just as well That I still look like hell At least the world can tell us apart Is it true? Yes it's true enough I guess Come join the chorus of the unimpressed Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess Sometimes it's better to be second best Second best (several times) |
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| 13. |
| 3:49 |
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Oh, I - I watch it all go down
Closed eyes - pretend noone's around So I - I chose to play the clown Or blow by and never make a sound CHORUS: Any other guy would wanna take it outside But I'd never even try - who wants to get their lights knocked out? Any other guy would wanna stir it up some, But I'd rather say goodbye Turn 'round - say it to my face No sound - Everything's a race Lose ground - lost in your embrace Leave town - never leave a trace CHORUS Hardly know what anything's for Just for show, I'm slamming the door Even so, my heart and my head are an open book CHORUS x2 I'd rather say goodbye |
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| 14. |
| 2:54 |
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CHORUS:
Have you seen my love? Have you seen my love? Have you seen my little girl? Oh, have you seen my love? All that I want is to be your friend, Cause you're the only friend I've ever known All I need is our love, we agreed That the two of us wouldn't be alone In these faded old photographs, you can see how we smiled I became a man in your arms, now I'm helpless as a child CHORUS There is a dream that we both used to share And we swore we would never wake Now the dream's a nightmare, and the truth to be fair Is that dreaming was the first mistake Though we share the same memories, and I swear that's her face Did you bury the woman I love, and fall asleep in her space? CHORUS |
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