The Mr. T Experience - Love Is Dead (2004) by The Mr. T Experience (보컬) on maniadb.com

She looks pretty good in blue
She's worn it out a lot
You look good on paper too
When actually you're not
She's not looking anymore
For someone to feel sorry for
So don'cha 'round no more

She's got pretty fake eyelashes
Slanted plastic glasses
Everyone who passes
Says she looks beautiful
But don't even think about
Asking her to dance
'Cause in your sackcloth and ashes
You're never gonna have a chance
Sackcloth and ashes...

She smeared you with her fingerprints
Just because she could
She's not sorry for her sins
As long as she looks good
How can she have so much fun
Knowing all the things she's done?
She's bad
She's strong
Or maybe she's stupid

But she's got pretty party dresses
Manic-panic tresses
She believes that less is more
Where you're concerned
But you can only dream about
The places that she's been
'Cause in your sackcloth and ashes
They're never gonna let you in

One day, maybe, you'll be way beyond
This silly habit you've put on
Tough and strong enough
And wrong, and wrong enough
For long enough
To belong there
But 'til that day comes along
You'll be sullen and regretful
Querulous and fretful
Carrying a head full
Of evil thoughts
And there'll be lots of girls and people
Who want to know where you stand
But in your sackcloth and ashes
You'll never make them understand

Sackcloth and ashes
Sackcloth and ashes
Sackcloth and ashes
They're never gonna understand

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba my life till now has been filled with doubt here I am because there's no other place I can go but I can see you're a lot like me so maybe you know somewhere people like us can go where we won't get kicked out cause we've got a lot to talk about after years of research I think I've figured it out: it's the little things that get you down it's the bigger things that you can't get around and it's way too flat on the middle ground but everything else is wide open so let's go ba ba ba ba ba together. Teacher please, don't be such a tease, give me some kind of sign not detention this time the things that we used to do have been turned into a zoo by people who say all the things we used to say and if we say them again then we're gonna sound just like them after years of remorse I've finally taken it in it's the little things that get you down it's the bigger things that you can't get around and it's way too flat on the middle ground but everything else is our oyster, everything else is a picnic, everything else is terrific so let's go ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba.

I've been up all night and down all day because we're such a good couple but you're so far away what you are is the best and that's nothing less than the one I wanna waste the rest of my whole life with yes indeed you're guaranteed to everything I'll ever need I'm wasting my life away and I know I'll be sorry one day but all I ever wanted to do is this and have someone to waste it with so anything you want to do I just want to do it with you I'm not a cool dude I don't have a tattoo or a big cadillac or a backwards baseball hat I'm not too tall and I can't play basketball I can't do much at all but still you wanna touch it all yeah you do, I do too why would I lie everything I said is true I'm wasting my life away and I know there'll be hell to pay but till then I wanna be with you and try to help you waste yours too and anything you wanna do I just wanna do it with you-- We're so far apart and the trouble is that I can't take BART out to where you live but I've got it all planned we'll meet halfway and then we'll feel so grand when we're hand in hand and we're walking I love you, and it's not just the prozac talking I'm just a simple man who you could do much better than still I ask respectfully will you waste your life with me? Then anything you wanna do I just wanna do it with you.

This is what I vow: She shall have my heart to keep; sweetly will we stir and sleep. All the years, as now. Swift the measured sands may run; love like this is never done; she and I are welded one: This is what I vow. This is what I pray: Keep her by me tenderly; keep her sweet in pride of me. Ever and a day. Keep me from the old distress; let me, for our happiness; be the one to love the less: This is what I pray. This is what I know: Lovers' oaths are thin as rain; love's a harbinger of pain. Would it were not so. Ever is my heart a-thirst; ever is my love accurst; She is neither last nor first: This is what I vow

Let me introduce you to our dumb little band you might find it hard to understand-- we've got a show even though we know no one's gonna go we'll crank our second-hand Marshall Stacks' dumb little knobs we're paying for them with our dumb little jobs the guy at the bar says he thinks we're okay we kind of remind him of Green Day but it's a dumb little band and there's not much to say maybe we'll see you when we play in some big empty room one day we do a record every year that nobody's gonna hear or understand -- a dumb little band. Every year we self destruct a bit we break up when the drummer quits we talk him into doing one more show and them the bass-player quits and we break up again we don't know how to be regular guys or what to do with our dumb little lives we don't have anything to prove we'll be in trouble if we ever do cause it's a dumb little band but we travel through the land we unpack all our stuff from our dumb little van we play some songs and then we pack it up again hand in hand -- a dumb little band not exactly in demand. Our friends are all busy with their own affairs becoming punk rock millionaires they're taping their live album at the Hollywood Bowl we're taping our flyers to the telephone pole it's a dumb little band and nobody knows why we keep having shows even though nobody goes we keep rolling along playing our dumb little songs hand in hand -- a dumb little band...

I keep losing everything and I think I'm losing myself in this empty space caused by all the things I've lost. I keep losing everything I get I lose track of time and I don't know where I'm at sometimes I forget the alphabet too but oo oo oo oo I'm hangin' on to you cause you're the only thing I got left to lose and I can't let you disappear so I'm not gonna screw this up here if it's the last thing I ever do, I'm hangin' on to you. When I look at your face I feel like I gotta place my hand on your knee surreptitiously on top of each kiss I'm stealing you know that I can't stop unpeeling you I feel so down when I'm not feeling you up so oo oo oo oo I'm hangin' on to you cause you're the only thing I got to hang on to I can't let you get away I can't think of a better way if it's the last thing I ever do I'm hangin' on to you oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo-ie oo oo oo oo oo oo I'm hangin' on to you cause you do everything I'm into time is of the essence I'd like to deal with this mess inside if it's the last thing I ever do I'm hangin' on to you.

Ever since she said our love was dead
I've come to dread what lies ahead
True, I'm going to miss you
But let's not skirt the issue

From now on, everyting is gonna suck
The future ain't what it used to be
All the same things are gonna happen to me
But they're gonna turn out differently

The future ain't what it used to be
I'll still be bored by the same old stuff
Still falling short of close enough
I'm still gonna breathe air
But you're not gonna be there
Seems like a pointless exercise without you

The future ain't what it used to be
You altered the course of history
Now you're not gonna be together with me
The future ain't what it used to be
I've seen this a lot with you

Now we'll just have to wait and see
If this new kid you've got with you
Honours his big promises
Where will you be if it's too good to be true?
Start all over with a brand new groupie?
It'll be a while before I'll know where I'll be
But when I'm there, then I'm there
Try to find me, I'll get one more wish in

But there's a strong suspicion
Everything will seem a little weak
Now that the future ain't what it used to be
The future ain't what it used to be
If you're not gonna be together with me

I fell for you. I'm gonna throw a fit and if you fall for it you're gonna fall for me too. Fall for me. Can't you see it's the least you can do? I did it all for you. What have you ever done for me? Well, you snatched me from the jaws of death, that's true, and you rescued me with your last breath, that too, but what have you done for me lately? I fell for you when I saw you there, and it's only fair that you fall for me too. For love is this serious game where once you lost your shirt, and even more, kind of a mysterious game where once you get hurt you start believin' more, even more. I was created to fall for you. Now I've paraded it all for you, so start falling when I give the signal. Ready? Go. I fell for you. Don't want to sound too stern but now it's your turn you've got to fall for me too.

So this is goodbye more or less and things have changed a lot I guess, in such a mess, and so out of hand, though I think it went pretty much as you planned-- it was so hazy till my eyes had cleared now I can see better but it still looks weird. Is that still you lying there? Why cant I find you anywhere? I still don't understand this episode or why you led us down that road but I think you knew where it would lead and how something would come over me I still don't know just what it was I guess nobody ever really does know why they do the things they do why did I have to follow you-- Deep deep down, where it isn't safe to be, I beat you there, and now they're coming after me... You always were an angel in my eyes now more than ever the term applies the eyes still see what the soul believes and you look so pretty underneath the leaves and though we part forever now I feel you'll be with me somehow I believe in God you know you're still my angel and I love you so-- Deep deep down, pretty as the scenery you're lying under it but I feel you watching over me... Now I've got to tear myself away because they'll just find me if I stay they wouldn't understand what we'd been through or how I did it all for you all to show you how I cared it was the last thing we ever shared together and I'll cherish the memory and carry a peice of you with me--- Deep deep down, where I'm not supposed to be cause I buried you there, and now they're coming after me...

Half my life is spent wondering what to do or wondering where it went or why I ever bothered to at least a hundred times I've wondered why you're not here with me or if there's something I could do to make you want to be I'd do anything for you but I can never thing of anything to do just tell me something you want done I'd be glad to take it on you could do that couldn't you? There's nothing I wouldn't do for you if I could think of anything to do I'm trying to think of more things within my means like maybe I could bore my way into your dreams elaborate gestures that impressed you so you'd want to be mine if I knew what they were I'd do them all the time I'd do anything I could but I can never think of anything that good and I think it's pretty clear that we'll just wind up sitting here so try to be a realist sit down and write me a list of some and I'll make sure that everything gets done we've got some things to finish that some pre-planning won't diminish, much and you know I love it when you take me to the top and then you say don't stop so let's continue order anything on the menu did I mention that the power lies within you? I'd do anything for you but I can never think of anything to do it may sound like empty words to you but if nothing occers to you at least take off your wedding ring I really would do anything for you if I could think of anything to do anything, anything, anything.

Boy meets girl, girl teases boy, boy looks for something to destroy he's into her, she's onto him and that's the way it's always been she'll be with you if you want her to unless she finds out that you do then somehow she won't want to be it turns around so suddenly and I'm like yeah, but she's all no and I'm all come on baby let's go and she's like I don't think so and I'm going... The search for love and happiness turns out to be a game of chess you can't move or you flip the board and you're lying in pieces on the floor I'm like um and she's all hey and I'm all come on baby let's play and she's like that's okay and I'm going... Every day I just want to say I love her madly but I do it so badly that when I do I can't get through if she even listens she's way off in the distance. Success in these relationships rests more or less on gamesmanship and these are ships that I can't board or keep in order or afford I'm like yeah, but she's all no and I'm all come on baby let's go and she's like I don't think so and I'm going I'm going I'm going.

I know you're upset with me
But let's just call a truce
'Cause I don't have the energy
To make up an excuse

Down all day and up all night
That's the way I've been
Though I've heard you say
That I should try to take control of my life

I would try to do what you said
But sometimes it's a challenge just to get out of bed
And that's as good as it is ever gonna get
And nothing's happening yet

And everybody knows that
Please pass the Prozac
Waiting for that Prozac moment to arrive
I'll adore that magic moment, glad to be alive

Time to find out if it's true
I think I'm in love with you
Now's the time, but all I do
Is pace around the room

So we do need to give it a go?
I've already wasted half a lifetime or so
If I change my mind, how would I know?
I need a Dr. Frank-ectomy though
And hope it never grows back
Please pass the Prozac

Now they're closing in
Everybody's yelling at me
They could take a pill or two themselves
There they go again
Staring at me, swearing at me
Take the whole bottle too as well

Time to find out if it's true
I think I'm all over you
Now's the time
But all I do is pace around the room

So I'm just waiting for that Prozac moment
That Prozac moment to arrive
That Prozac moment
That Prozac moment to arrive
And save my life

You're the only one for me
I tell you three or four times a day
When you're with me, I'm happy
I'm lost and lonely when you're away

Every night I have to spend without you
My suffering grows ever more and more
I wouldn't suffer like this for just anyone
You're the only one I wanna suffer for

You're the only one

Now we've established something precious
But chances are it could go awry
When we find how weak the flesh is
Shattered, scattered, hung out to dry

It'll all come out when it's discovered
Clearer than the teardrop in my eye
But I don't wanna get screwed over by just anyone
You're the only one I wanna get screwed over by

You're the only one

My heart is a mess, yes it's true
I've tried to fix it up, just for you
It's not done yet, but it will have to do
Ooooh

I know there are so many others out there
Who might like a chance to get a crack at it too
But if my heart's gonna get broken anyway
You're the only one I wanna get it broken by

You're the only one (x20)