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It's been one week since you looked at me Cocked your head to one side and said "I'm angry" Five days since you laughed at me saying "get that together, come back and see me" Three days since the living room I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you Yesterday you'd forgiven me But it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry Hold it now and watch the hoodwink As I make you stop, think You'll think you're looking at Aquaman I summon fish to the dish, Although I like the Chalet Suisse And I like the sushi 'cause it's never touched a frying pan Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes Big like LeAnn Rimes because I'm all about value Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits You try to match wits You try to hold me but i bust through Gonna make a break and take a fake I'd like a stinkin' achin' shake I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavours Gotta see the show cause then you'll know The vertigo is gonna grow 'Cause it's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad Tryin hard not to smile though I feel bad I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral Can't understand what I mean? well you soon will I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve I have a history of takin off my shirt It's been one week since you looked at me Threw your arms in the air and said "You're crazy" Five days since you tackled me I've still got the rug burns on both my knees It's been three days since the afternoon You realized it's not my fault not a moment too soon Yesterday you'd forgiven me And now I sit back and wait till you say you're sorry Chickety china, the chinese chicken Have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin' Watchin X-Files with no lights on, We're dans la maison I hope the smoking man's in this one Like Harrison Ford I'm getting frantic Like Sting I'm tantric like Snickers guaranteed to satisfy Like Kurasawa I make mad films Okay I don't make films but if I did they'd have a Samurai Gonna get a set a' better clubs Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs just so my irons aren't always flying off the backswing Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon 'Cause the cartoon has got the boom anime babes that make me think the wrong thing. How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad Tryin hard not to smile though I feel bad I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral Can't understand what I mean? You soon will I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve I have a history of losing my shirt It's been one week since you looked at me Dropped your arms to your sides and said "I'm sorry" Five days since I laughed at you and said "You just did just what I thought you were gonna do" Three days since the living room We realized we're both to blame, but what could we do? Yesterday you just smiled at me 'Cause it'll still be two days till we say we're sorry Still be two days till we say we're sorry Still be two days till we say we're sorry Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie |
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The Old Apartment Broke into the old apartment This is where we used to live Broken glass, broke and hungry Broken hearts and broken bones This is where we used to live Why did you paint the walls? Why did you clean the floor? Why did you plaster over the hole i punched in the door? This is where we used to live Why did you keep the mousetrap? Why did you keep the dishrack? These things used to be mine I guess they still are, i want them back! Broke into the old apartment Forty-two starirs from the street Crooked landing, crooked landlord Narrow laneway filled with crooks This is where we used to live Why did they pave the lawn? Why did they change to locks? Why did i have to break it, I only came here to talk This is where we used to live How is the neighbour downstaris? ow is her temper this year? I turned up your TV and stomped on the floor just for fun I know we don't live here anymore We bought an old house on the Danforth She loves me a her body keeps me warm I'm happy there But this is where we used to live Broke into the old apartment Tore the phone out of the wall Only memories, fading memories Blending into dull tableux I want them back |
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| 4. |
| 3:18 |
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The moon is full
But there is an incompleteness The days are beautiful But I feel a bitter sweetness If I had a wish, or even a choice, I'd wake up to the sound of your voice Oh, how I miss waking up to the sound of your voice I let you down And fell right off your good list I hope each day you'll find peace And forgiveness The alarm clock rings What a lonely noise And I long for the sound of your voice Oh, how I miss waking up to the sound of your voice Take it from me: there's not much to see In this void The saying goes There will be other dances This little song is about Second chances Just say the word And I will rejoice And wake up to the sound of your voice Oh, how I miss waking up To the sound To the sound To the sound To the sound Waking up to the sound of your voice Take it from me: there's not much to see In this void |
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| 3:39 |
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Everywhere I go someone's tryin' to be my girlfriend's best friend I'm tryin' to pretend I'm relaxed but I'm playin' castanets with my knees I try to be cool and give her space But a guy's always there ready to jump right up and take my place Everyone in this room seems to want to make a big fool out of me. Everybody open you're mouth Everybody just say Ahhhhh (Ah Ahh Ahh Ahhhhh) Everything will be all right If you play along Everywhere I go there's someone in a trench coat staring at me When I'm not at home I'm sure someone's rummaging through my trash Whatever could they want from me Is it just a part of a giant government conspiracy? I gotta go see my doctor about this itchy pentagram-shaped rash. Everybody open you're mouth Everybody just say Ahhhhh (Ah Ahh Ahh Ahhhhh) Everything will be all right This won't hurt at all Everybody get in line Everybody turn and cough (cooouuuggghhh) Everything will be all right If you just lay off Dictate a memo to myself Try to find if I'm the only one in complete health Consult contemporaries if there's some to see There really isn't anyone who's in my league Every night at Elaine's someone thinks they have to find beyond me I try to take three deep breaths as I lock and arm my mini-van Everyone says I'm looking great But it's hard to stand-up let alone to try to concentrate I wish that everyone that I knew hadn't sold out to the man Everybody open you're mouth Everybody just say Ahhhhh (Ah Ahh Ahh Ahhhhh) Everything will be all right This won't hurt at all Everybody get in line Everybody turn and cough (cooouuuggghhh) Everything will be all right If you just lay Everything will be all right If you just lay Everything will be all right If you just lay off |
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| 6. |
| 5:13 |
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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 she's not worth dating What's so maybe about What's so mabye about What's so maybe about Katie? 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 What's so maybe about What's so mabye about What's so maybe about Katie? 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 your'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 What's so maybe about What's so mabye about What's so maybe about Katie? |
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| 7. |
| 4:19 |
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You say "why does everything revolve around you?" You say, "why does everything I do confound you?" You say that I pulled the world from under you, You can't go through it this time I could be good, and I would- If I knew I was understood And it'll be great, just wait- Or is too little too late? One day, This embarassment will fade behind me And that day I could think of things that won't remind me But these days it's unbearable for both of us, We can't dicuss it this way I'm gaining strength, trying to learn to pull my own weight But I'm gaining pounds at the precipice of Too Late Just wait I could be good and I would- If I knew I was understood And it'll be great, just wait- Or is it too little too late? Record and play, after years of endless rewind Yesterday wasn't half as tough as this time This time isn't Hell Last time, couldn't tell This mind wasn't well Next time, hope I'm... Going to be good, and I would- If I knew I was understood And it'll be great, just wait- Or is it too little too late? |
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| 8. |
| 4:22 |
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I stopped into a club
I thought I'd see a show Everyone was there At least everyone i know Their knickers in a knot Their hands upon their heart The best they'd ever seen The greatest work of art I wished that it was me.... It's bleaker than you think I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes To drive a man to drink A party at a friend's Toronto's coolest scene I thought I'd bring a tape T show them where I'd been And listen for a while The lyrics made them smile They said that it was fine Although it's not the style I said it wasn't me Once upon a time I couldn't get enough Until I made it big And that's when it got rough Disappointed now Perhaps a bit surprised To look them in the face And see it in their eyes They wish it wasn't me It's bleaker than you think I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes To drive a man to drink I used to hold you close You used to tell me things You never told a soul But then you heard me sing The details of your life Condensed into a song The neighbour and his wife Work out and sing along And you can't look at me It's bleaker than you think I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes To drive a man to drink Could song be an alibi A lyric replacement for falling in love But now that the well is dry I can't understand what I've been singing of... Do you know what it is to love? To really love? To really love.... Do I? I cycled by your house I saw you on the lawn I see you all the time Now that you are gone I tried to call your name But something made me stop I call you once a day Until you call the cops And told them it was me I filled a plastic bag With everything I wrote I threw it off a bridge And thought that it would float. The water made it sink The bag was bleeding ink. I wished that I could swim I wished that I could drink I wished that it was me. It's bleaker than you think I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes To drive a man to drink I'm running out of ink Give a guy a break This is what it takes To drive a man to drink To drive a man to drink To drive a man to drink |
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| 4:59 |
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Hello city
Another night at the Palace 'cause there is nothing else to do The same people, the same drinks, and The same music, the same quicksand I think this harbour town is waist deep and sinking fast Hello city You've found an enemy in me Hello city, hello city Hello city Second night at the Warehouse and my mock-turtleneck just reeks From the liquor room to the change room To the doom and gloom of the hotel room I think this seaside beer hall should sink into the bay Hello city You've found an enemy in me Hello city, hello city Hello city Maybe I caught you at a bad time Maybe I should call you back next week Maybe half the fault is mine That the sun didn't shine on Barrington Street It's three o'clock in the morning and I'm hungry, so let's eat Climb down three flights to the streetlights And the bar fights, we're just taking in the sights I hope tomorrow that I wake up in my own bed Hello city You've found an enemy in me Hello city, hello city Hello city "What a good place to be, don't believe them 'Cause they speak a different language and it's never been happy for me It's Happy Hour again It's Happy Hour again" Hello city Hello city Hello city |
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| 10. |
| 5:48 |
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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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| 4:12 |
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Alternative Girlfriend
You're in an all-girl band Your futon's second hand Your parents understand but you don't care I have a job in a shop I'm an undercover cop I make sure the customers aren't thieves Old at being young Young at being old Everything's on hold within our evolution Chorus: You're my alternative girlfriend I love you, and now you cannot pretend There's nothing left that won't cross over Last night we slept on the lawn you woke up and I was gone Back to the dream I dream to leave My life with her is a bore A worn-out metaphor No more surprises up its sleeve We're old at being young Young at being old Everything's been sold to other's revolutions Chorus You live above your dad's four-car garage With your vinyl and imaginary entourage if I pull up in a U-Haul, pack up quick So we can get out of this town 'cause it makes me sick Chorus |
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| 4:38 |
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Stop, drop and roll and I'll tell you where I'm coming from.
You've done a lot of yelling pointed at my eardrum. I'll offer all of me that you can lay your eyes on. I'll get right back to you once I get my disguise on. Hearts on fire you'll learn End up with heartburn Wind me up, my dear. Had it up to here. Wind it up. I can't believe that you'd believe that I would fake it. Wait, 'less you count the things I said when we were naked. Run, run away from everything we'd ever hoped for. I can't believe that this is what people elope for. Throw your sticks and stones Throw your mobile phone Wind me up, my dear. Had it up to here. Wind it up. If you are leaving then I wish you luck I hope someone can make your heart warm I was a baby when I learnt to suck But you have raised it to an art form. Yes I'm out of line You're out of your mind Wind me up, my dear. Had it up to here. Wind me up, my dear. Had it up to here. Wind it up. |
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That's the problem, dear, with angry people
They try to go it alone Digging in and making cranky feeble pleas That other angries disown Angry people think a good solution Is getting others involved So they surround themselves with happy people And watch their smiles dissolve We just drag them down We just drag them down We just drag them down Until they're just like us Angry people get so sanctimonious Telling us what to do Hoping no one outs them all as phonies just cause We are all phonies too And those of us who once had wives and families Understand what I mean What was once a calm and peaceful refuge Is overtaken by spleen 'Cause we just drag them down We just drag them down We just drag them down Until they're just like us I am the singer in the band We're only trying to lend a hand And though it's not what we had planned We understand That we just drag you down We just drag you down We just drag you down Until you're just like us In a square a thousand angry people Are waving signs in the air (HEY!) While a million other happy people Are trying hard not to care (BACK OFF!) You see, the happy people's biggest problem Is they're never fearing the worst While the rest of us will never sleep until Your happy bubbles are burst Yeah, we just drag them down Didn't I just drag you down Just watch me drag you down Until you're just like us Until you're just like us Oh, until you're just like us Until you're just like us |
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| 5:02 |
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It's the perfect time of year Somewhere far away from here I feel fine enough, I guess Considering everything's a mess There's a restaurant down the street Where hungry people like to eat I could walk but I'll just drive It's colder than it looks outside It's like a dream you try to remember But it's gone Then you try to scream But it only comes out as a yawn When you try to see the world Beyond your front door Take your time, is the way I rhyme gonna make you smile When you realize that a guy my size might take a while Just to try to figure out what all this is for It's the perfect time of day To throw all your cares away Put the sprinkler on the lawn And run through with my gym shorts on Take a drink right from the hose And change into some drier clothes Climb the stairs up to my room Sleep away the afternoon Like a dream you try to remember But it's gone Then you try to scream But it only comes out as a yawn When you try to see the world Beyond your front door Take your time is the way I rhyme gonna make you smile When you realize that a guy my size might take a while Just to try to figure out what all this is for Pinch me, pinch me, cause I'm still asleep Please God tell me that I'm still asleep On an evening such as this It's hard to tell if I exist If I pack the car and leave this town You'll notice that I'm not around I could hide out under there I just made you say "underwear" I could leave but I'll just stay All my stuff's here anyway Like a dream you try to remember But it's gone Then you try to scream But it only comes out as a yawn When you try to see the world Beyond your front door Take your time is the way I rhyme gonna make you smile When you realize that a guy my size might take a while Just to try to figure out what all this is for Pinch me Try to figure out what all this is for Pinch me Try to see the world beyond your front door Pinch me Try to figure out what all this is for |
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It was often talked about; it was often raised
But nothing was ever done about it To hear the way they talked about it, no one could be saved But nothing was ever done about it Shall I take back everything I've ever said And live my whole life in silence instead? It was oversimplified; it was under-thought And nothing was ever done to stop it Everything was fortified by all the lies we bought And nothing was ever done to stop it Shall I take back everything I've ever said (Shall I take back all my attacks? All of my accusations?) And live my whole life in silence instead? (All my mistrust - we never discussed anyone's reservations) There was a time when a crime was a crime But now I think I'm losing my mind Or taking it all too hard Taking it all too hard Taking it all too hard Shall I take back everything I've ever said (Shall I take back all my attacks? All of my accusations?) And live my whole life in silence instead? (All my mistrust - we never discussed anyone's reservations) Keep to myself Maybe you're right Maybe you're right Maybe you're right But I don't think so |
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I met you, before the fall of Rome and I bet you to let me take you home. You were wrong, I was right. You said good-bye, I said good night It's all been done, It's all been done, It's all been done before. I knew you before the west was won. I heard you say, "the past was much more fun." You go your way, I'll go mine but I'll see you next time. Chorus: It's all been done, It's all been done. It's all been done before. If I put my fingers here and If I say I love you dear and if I play the same the three chords will you just yawn and say, " Ah, I hate it. " (Chorus ) Alone and bored on a thirtieth century night. Will I see you on the Price is Right? Will I cry, will I smile? As you run, down the aisle. It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done before. It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done. It's all been done before |
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Drove downtown in the rain nine-thirty on a tuesday night, just to check out the late-night record shop. Call it impulsive call it compulsive, call it insane; but when I'm surrounded I just can't stop. It's a matter of instinct it's a matter of conditioning it's a matter of fact. Tou can call me Pavlov's dog, ring a bell and I'll salivate - how'd you like that? Dr. Landy tell me you're not just a pedagogue 'cause right now I'm Chorus: Lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did Well I am lying in bed just like Brian Wilson did. So I'm lying here just staring at the ceiling tiles, and I'm thinking about oh what to think about. Just listening and relistening to Smiley Smile, and wondering if this is some kind of creative drought because I'm Chorus And if you want to find me I'll be out in the sandbox, wondering where the hell all the love has gone, Playing my guitar and building castles in the sun and singing "Fun, Fun, Fun" Chorus I had a dream that I was three hundred pounds and though I was very heavy I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground Somebody help me, I couldn't see the ground Somebody help me because I'm Chorus Drove downtown in the rain nine-thirty on a tuesday night, just to check out the late-night record shop. Call it impulsive you can call it compulsive, you can call it insane; but when I'm surrounded I just can't stop. |
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What's a boy to do?
When you tell your tale And it never fails I just end up feeling bad for you. With your hang-dog eyes You can bring me down Now I'm wrapped around your whole hand Stop looking so surprised. You make it easy (Easy) Make it easy (Easy) I've been burned before You're not fooling me There's no mystery You've forgotten what you're hiding for. Call it self defense You can obfuscate And manipulate But it's only at your own expense. You make it easy (Easy) Make it easy (Easy) Make it easy (Easy) Make it easy (Easy) Easy to be with you Easy to obey Easy to forgive you at the end of the day Easy now to judge you Easy to betray Easy to adore you though you want to run away. It's easy Look what you have done I can do the same Two can play this game You'll no longer be the only one. You make it easy (Easy) Make it easy (Easy) Make it easy (Easy) Easy (Easy) |
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If I had $1000000 (If I had $1000000) I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house) If I had $1000000 (If I had $1000000) I'd buy you furniture for your house (Maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman) If I had $1000000 (If I had $1000000) I'd buy you a K-Car (a nice Reliant automobile) If I had $1000000 I'd buy your love. If I had $1000000 I'd build a tree fort in our yard If I had $1000000 You could help, it wouldn't be that hard If I had $1000000 Maybe we could put a little tiny refrigerator in there somewhere If I had $1000000 (If I had $1000000) I'd buy you a fur coat (but not a real fur coat that's cruel) If I had $1000000 (If I had $1000000) I'd buy you an exotic pet (Like a llama or an emu) If I had $1000000 (if I had $1000000) I'd buy you John Merrick's remains (All them crazy elephant bones) If I had $1000000 I'd buy your love. If I had $1000000 We wouldn't have to walk to the store If I had $1000000 We'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more. If I had $1000000 We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner But we would. We'd actually make the treefort from the first chorus out of it. Mmm. If I had $1000000 (If I had $1000000) I'd buy you a green dress (but not a real green dress, that's cruel) If I had $1000000 (If I had $1000000) I'd buy you some art (a Picasso or a Garfunkel) If I had $1000000 (If I had $1000000) I'd buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a monkey?) If I had $1000000, If I had $1000000 If I had $1000000, If I had $1000000 I'd be rich. Andy Creeggan: Piano, vocals Jim Creeggan: Double Bass, vocals Steven Page: Vocals Ed Robertson: Guitar, vocals Tyler Stewart: Drums |
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Alcohol, my permanent accessory Alcohol, a party time necessity Alcohol, alternative to feeling like yourself O Alcohol, I still drink to your health. Refrain: I love you more than I did the week before I discovered alcohol. Forget the caf?latt?, screw the raspberry iced tea A Malibu and Coke for you, a g&t for me Alcohol, your songs resolve like my life never will When someone else is picking up the bill (Refrain) O Alcohol, would you please forgive me, But while I cannot love myself I'll use something else I thought that alcohol was just for those with nothing else to do I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can choose To walk the fine line between self control and self abuse (Go, go, go, go, go, etc) (Refrain) Would you please ignore that you found me on the floor trying on your camisole. O Alcohol, would you please forgive me, But while I cannot love myself I'll use something else Would you please forgive me? |
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