Everybody in this place can up and move away For all I care this town's already dead and empty I'm told that I'm a victim of obsession That's what my friends say Oh I'm a fool for having ever let her tempt me
Well I turn pale when she walks by I am lost in her eyes She is always on my mind She is always on my mind
She glances over but she keeps on walking down that street All I can do is hope that she is thinking of me If I could blink if I could breathe If I could get my legs to move Well this could be the day I get this girl to love me
Well I turn pale when she walks by I am lost in her eyes She is always on my mind She is always on my mind She had turned from a sound, Well I must have cried out loud She is always on my mind She is always on my mind
This time I'll get so down My own two feet won't stand on concrete ground I see it caving in from all around
I may not look the same I'll smile and chat and answer to my name But if I'm back I don't deserve the rain
Oh that's what you get, that's what you get, that's all Oh that's what you get, that's what you get, that's all Oh that's what you get, that's what you get, that's all Oh that's what you get, that's what you get, that's all
We've be on the run driving in the sun Looking out for number one California, here we come Right back where we started from Well, hustlers grab your guns The shadow weighs a ton Driving down the 101 California, here we come Right back where we started from California.. Here we come On the stereo listen as we go Nothing's gonna stop me now California, here we come Right back where we started from Peddle to the floor Thinking of you more Gotta get us to the shore California, here we come Right back where we started from California.. Here we come California.. Here we come California.. Here we come California.. Here we come California.. Here we come California.. Here we come
Everybody in this place can up and move away For all I care this town's already dead and empty I'm told that I'm a victim of obsession That's what my friends say Oh I'm a fool for having ever let her tempt me
Well I turn pale when she walks by I am lost in her eyes She is always on my mind She is always on my mind
She glances over but she keeps on walking down that street All I can do is hope that she is thinking of me If I could blink if I could breathe If I could get my legs to move Well this could be the day I get this girl to love me
Well I turn pale when she walks by I am lost in her eyes She is always on my mind She is always on my mind She had turned from a sound, Well I must have cried out loud She is always on my mind She is always on my mind
I could tell from the minute I woke up It was going to be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day. Rise and shine rub the sleep out of my eyes And try to tell myself I can't go back to bed It's gonna be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day. Even though the sun is shining down on me and I should feel about as happy as can be I just got here and I already want to leave It's gonna be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day
Everybody knows that something's wrong But nobody knows what's going on We all sing the same old song When you want it all to go away It's shaping up to be a lonely day
I could tell from the minute I woke up it was going to be a lonely lonely lonely lonely day.
Goodness sometimes things get bad But I swear I'm doing all I can So try all you want to I'm gonna try too
If I get one ray of sunlight to hold in my hand Maybe we can be happy again I'll try for one ray of sunlight to hold in my hand Maybe we can be happy and then...
Things don't go as I planned But I swear I'm doing all I can So try all you want to I'm gonna try too
If I get one ray of sunlight to hold in my hand Maybe we can be happy again I'll try for one ray of sunlight to hold in my hand And I guess if this isn't the end Maybe we can be happy again
I woke up today A song was swimming in my head And I hummed it to myself As I got out of bed And on the way to take a shower It all just dawned on me That a song like this just might go down in history I quickly ran back to get my guitar, a pen and some paper -chorus- Cause this whole world Needs an anthem And I'm trying to put the words where they belong Yeah, this whole world Needs an anthem And I'm hoping everyone will sing along Well I quickly got to work And put the song in gear And my neighbor rang the doorbell Said it caught his ear I was playing it so loud The whole neighborhood could hear And at night from every household It became quite clear Everyone just singing along The same notes the same song Maybe I heard it wrong -chorus- Everyone was singin along The same notes The same song Maybe i heard that wrong -chorus until fade-
Oh yeah it started today in a cloud If I was the sun I would shout I've got so much shining left before I'm out Yeah it began with a spark then a flame grew into a fire and spread out again And I just woke up here surrounded by the whole thing
Well, we have got to get out of here In our darkest hour When we may not make it
I can't see a thing through the smoke and if I could breathe I'd try not to choke No where to run no where to hide no where to go Sometimes I get stuck yeah I get so upset I burn at the ends I learn to regret Just one toss of that faithful cigarette
Well, we have got to get out of here In our darkest hour I think the end is near I can feel it We have got to get out of here In our darkest hour When we may not make it
Here they come the business men like a herd of cattle rumbling in The exchange has officially begun Now all the offices are buzzing the executives are busy bees They watch the gears turn in the employees They just Turn Smile Shift Repeat There's a crowd forming on Wallstreet near the tallest building on the block A suit has lost his fortune to the stocks There was no time to see his fatal flaw the madness set in with the loss Now he cuts at throats to watch the heads fall off They just Turn Smile Shift Repeat
Decimal points and dollar signs taxes penalties and fines He's come to cut you down Numbers passwords protocol it's not enough to save your soul He's come to cut you down Bring you right back to zero They just Turn Smile Shift Repeat
Well let me tell you I have seen a monster age of seventeen Who'll let you in to kick you out and knows what love is "all about"
Hey now girl I see you walking by And long ago you used to stop and talk now you just wink your eye and I'm surprised you look all grown up A champagne glass next to a paper cup I stopped you just to say it Hey now girl
Her tongue is black haven't you heard her mutter those three dirty words For all those foolish boys to hear like a siren bringing ships so near
Hey now girl I see you walking by And I remember how you used to smile or how hard you used to try It's in your eyes and I'm in a trance A winter chill next to a spring romance I stopped you just to say it Hey now girl
It cursed us all on our way home We passed the sights like passing stones And I will never go back there again The tourists and the army men The prostitutes this evening Will start to sink under my skin The dust and sand is what they sell The flashing lights and ringing bells A wish as far as I can tell Inside this dried up wishing well He is the shrieks I am the fear That yelling man rings in my ears Out of his mind he's my conscience Hour after hour pill after pill He is my bellyache I've taken so much medicine to kill I know there's something wrong 'Cause this night just drags on and on The clock still says it won't be long 'Til all your hard earned money's gone The dust and sand is what they sell The flashing lights and ringing bells A wish as far as I can tell Inside this dried up wishing well And I will never go back there again The tourists and the army men The prostitutes this evening Will start to sink under my skin The dust and sand is what they sell The flashing lights and ringing bells A wish as far as I can tell Inside this dried up wishing well
Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo be do Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo
Guess we're all in trouble, huh? Black clouds are upon us It's doomsday on the other side of town. That boy survived a severed head When most would just give up for dead, So I said: "Al B. don't get so upset." We all get scared of sticking out our necks It's expected!
So panic. Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo be do So panic. Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo
Come on come on It's time to lose control! Come on come on Turn off your radio! Come on come on You're gonna feel alright! Come on come on Let's do the panic tonight! Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo be do Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo
This place is turning upside down, And shaking all of our change out, And Charlotte's tossing her hair to the hounds But it's her head they want on the wall Right next to the screeching owl, And I don't like this party or the sound Of people walking across you when you're down. And that's it.
So panic. Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo be do It's satanic. Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo
Come on. Come on It's time to lose control! Come on. Come on Turn off your radio! Come on Come on Yeah you can bring your friends! So we all do the panic again!
Put your left foot in! Now put your other left foot in!
Are you having trouble getting it down?
Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo be do Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo
Come on. Come on It's time to lose control! Come on. Come on Turn off your radio! Come on Come on You're gonna feel alright! Come on, come on Let's do the panic tonight!
Come on, come on It's time to lose control! Come on, come on Turn off your radio Come on, come on Yeah, you can bring your friends! Come on, come on So we all do the panic again
Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo be do Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo
Well come on!
Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo be do Ba ba ba, ba ba sha-doo