Ben Kweller

When I was a movie star, an asteroid had hit the earth and prematurely ended my career. I thought out loud, but no one heard me saying:

Nothing isn't nothing, nothing's something that's important to me. that's right. and everyone's a little nothing, that's ok, that's how it should
Be.

That's right. that's right. sha sha. sha doo.

When I was an astronaut, I bought a fancy charm. I thought you liked it but you called it cheap and at my feet it fell like:

So sue me, it's up to me if I decide to be what I think is right. and don't bother me when I'm watching 'planet of the apes' on t.v.

That's right. that's how it should be. sha sha. sha doo.

So sue me, it's up to me if I decide to be what I think is right. the sound, it found the ground and it hid it for free.

That's right. that's how it should be. sha sha. sha doo.

Bop bop.

Care about the moonlight
and holding you tight
and asking my questions.
Everyone loves a situation.

Long walks on the beach.
The press will impeach.
Lately I'm finding
I am the book and you are the binding.

I guess they'll read everything about you.
Though the press might shoot me down I'm still true.
I sell my book for free. That's what you do to me.

Oh, you are my family tree.
Be good to me
Take care of me.

Bop bop.

There's hotels in the sea,
Trash in the sky,
The net-dustry's growing.
Stick to love songs kid, that's all you're knowing.

They push you away
or tie you up.
It don't really matter.
But if your head is up you won't get much sadder.

But who am I to preach a word or two
when I can't lift my own head without you?
If my mental state kept you from coming around
I hope the world would shoot me down for losing you.
A broken branch I'd be if you weren't grown to me.

Oh, you are my family tree.
Be good to me
Be good to me
Be good to me
Take care of me.

Bop bop.

I got a bad flavor. I got dirty clothes.
I got a strange neighbor who doesn't have curtains on her windows.

I got a pet hedgehog. Drinking Jager all day.
You got my Crate combo and a baby on the way but it's OK.

It's gonna take a lot of time before I can cross that finish line.
And when I can't take the fall I really wanna make that call.

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh ah ah ah"

That's my new best friend. Ann Disaster's her name.
We're passing out on the carpet and our attributes are the same.

It's the slacker lifestyle that we do so well.
Bills are due on Monday and I'm oblivious, can't you tell?

It's gonna take a lot of time before I can cross that finish line.
And when I can't take the fall I really wanna make that call.

My brain is super-fried. It involves pain to look inside.

It's gonna take a lot of time before I can cross that finish line.
And when I can't take the fall I really wanna make that call.

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh ah ah ah"

It's gonna take a lot of time before I can cross that finish line.
And when I can't take the fall I really wanna make that call.

My brain is super-fried. It involves pain to look inside.

It's gonna take a lot of time before I can cross that finish line.
And when I can't take the fall I really wanna make that call.

Another night slips away.
In other words I should say
there are no words he should say.
There are no words.

In his eyes I see the fear
that only time can disappear.
If only time could reappear.
Now's the time.

Something to take it away.
To take it away. To take it.

Don't let it stay.
Don't let it stay. Don't let it.

The butterflies are passive/aggressive
and put their problems on the shelf
but they're beautiful.
And he'll realize the only thing that's real
are the kids that kid themselves, and the demise
of the beautiful. What is beautiful?

The multi-life is better than
the one we're in - the one we knew.
'Cause everyone is seeing through
everyone.

They're stepping on his gold terrain.
He's moving on with bold refrain.
His blatantly old campaign
Is moving on.

Something to take it away.
To take it away. To take it.

Don't let it stay.
Don't let it stay. Don't let it.

The butterflies are passive/aggressive
and put their problems on the shelf
but they're so beautiful.
He'll realize the only thing that's real
are the kids that kid themselves, and the demise
of the beautiful. What is beautiful?

What can't stay goes away.
What can't stay goes away.

It starts stopping when it stops stopping. repeat X9

yeah

ahh yeah

ooooooo yeah yeah yeah repeat x 3
ooooooo yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ooooooo

Sometimes I wonder if you're still here
looking out for anything that could
fall and hit your head.
Fluorescent lights burn out in time dear.
We see the world in a different light.
Did you give up?

Love is supposed to be this bad.
Make you cry mega-ultra sad.
If I told you you're all I ever had would you walk on me?
Because I wouldn't walk on you.

If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you.
So please don't walk all over me. Yayaya
If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you.
So please don't walk all over me.

Right now I fell like it's all ending.
Spit me out, sell me cheap,
You'll never-ever-ever-ever-ever teach me to fly.
In the sky it's early and still morning.
All those smiles you made wanted to cry
Cause you gave up.

Love is supposed to be this bad.
Make you cry stupid-shady sad.
If I told you you're all I ever had would you walk on me?
Because I wouldn't walk on you.

If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you.
So please don't walk all over me. Yayaya
If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you.
So please don't walk all over me.

If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you.
So please don't walk all over me. Yayaya
If I was in your shoes I wouldn't walk all over you.
So please don't walk all over me
Please don't walk all over me

I need a new direction to get me around.
You don't have protection as you're coming down.

Light my white candle keep me safe.
It'll put that smile back on my face. ya.

Have you made up your mind?
It's the only way.
Have you made it up? Have you made it up?
I admire the time that you take.
Have you made it up? Have you made it up?

I still think we should meditate.

I need a good luck charm to give me good luck.
I need a good alarm to wake me up.

Obie wan and yoda will keep me safe.
they'll put that smile back on my face. ya.

Have you made up your mind?
It's the only way.
Have you made it up? Have you made it up?
I admire the time that you take.
Have you made it up? Have you made it up?

You don't tell me about what's going on.
Fucking make up your mind, stop dragging it on.
They're only words, they don't hurt.

We can't even look into our eyes.
We're not the same inside.
We can let it change our lives can braid.
We're constantly afraid.

We can't even look into our eyes.
We're not the same inside.
Go sing your song, try something new.
I hope you find what's right for you.
Have you made it up? Have you made it up?

Have you made up your mind?
It's the only way.
Have you made it up? Have you made it up?
I admire the time that you take.
Have you made it up? Have you made it up?

I still think we should meditate.

Let me get lost.
I'll drive you around 'til I run out of gas.
Find me a boss.
There are ripples in my tea cause an
earthquake's coming.

And there's people meeting on Mars
And people driving in their cars
And kids are laughing under the stars today.

Let me go hide.
Find a box to put BK inside.
Things are so well.
We're blowing shit up only you could tell.

And there's people meeting on Mars
And people driving in their cars
And kids are sleeping under the stars today.

no reason reason
There's no reason reason
There's no reason reason
There's no reason to cry.

I'm going against
Every person that I once walked with.
Things are happening.
My cat is sleeping and my jade tree's dying.

And there's people meeting on Mars
And people crashing in their cars
And kids are kissing under the stars today.

no reason reason
There's no reason reason
There's no reason reason
There's no reason to say goodbye.

no reason reason
There's no reason reason
There's no reason reason
There's no reason to...

no reason reason
There's no reason reason
There's no reason reason
There's no reason to cry. (say goodbye)

Sign me up I volunteer.
Votes are in for lifeguard of the year.
Her feline past lives are plain.
Their singularities are shown in this life again.

Like mamma said,
"Don't you let it go to your head
when you know you're being fed."
I'm so proud to know you.

Lizzy I'll write, I'll sing,
telegraph, telegram, telephone, tellin' you
I'll be home soon. Dienu.

We will wake when kitty licks.
And in the morn work takes her to Maine.
Dressed and out the door by six.
Tomorrow is the first time LIZ can't board my plane.

Like mamma said,
"Don't you let it go to your head
when you know your book is read."
I'm so proud to know you.

Anna will take me to the port
as Liz drives up I-95.
Me and my darlin' keep love alive
even on Texas time.

And like my mamma said,
"Don't you let it go to your head
when your town is painted red."
I'm so proud to know you.

Lizzy I'll write, I'll sing,
telegraph, telegram, telephone, telling you
I'll be home soon. Dienu.

ooohh... dienu,
dienu,
i love you.

I don't stand a chance in this fucked up world.
New school took romance and messed it up real bad.
But your brand new eyes shrink me to a size.
Make it hard to see my reality.

You say I'm blind.
I think you're wrong.
Harriet's got a song.
When we combine
Nothing goes wrong.
Harriet's got a song.

Scare myself sometimes. Lead me to the light.
Pet and let me know it'll be alright.
Watch me dive right into the shallow end.
"Won't you be my friend? Won't you be my neighbor?"

You say I'm blind.
I think you're wrong.
Harriet's got a song.
When we combine
Nothing goes wrong.
Harriet's got a song.

Do do do do...

Going off on me. Not only can I see,
memorized your scent, everywhere you went.
Join our Wiccan church. Blaze the Satchel Perch.
Everywhere you go - 100%.

You say I'm blind.
I think you're wrong.
Harriet's got a song.
When we collide
Nothing goes wrong.
Harriet's got a song...got a song.

Wind is cold alright back in Dallas.
The neon light from the building
lets you know you're home.
You'd go way back when if you wanted
to be my friend or you'd call me.
I'd understand, it's true.

I don't feel like i'm falling.
No, I don't feel like i'm falling
No, I don't feel like i'm falling down.
Just say "hello" to the ground.

Ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba

Wait there, I'll be right back.
Down in Times Square it's a heart attack.
All the feeling makes you feel so new.
Trees fall and so do men.
Even the walls start caving in and you feel like there's no pretend for you.

I don't feel like I'm falling.
No, I don't feel like I'm falling
No, I don't feel like I'm falling down.
Just say "hello" to the ground.

We could talk if days weren't so fast,
and mistakes just leave it so unsure.
Wanna hold you like never before
'cause we're falling and I love you more and more.

Do you feel like you're falling down?
Do you feel like you're falling down?
I don't feel like I'm falling-falling-falling down.

I don't feel like i'm falling.
No, I don't feel like I'm falling
No, I don't feel like I'm falling down.
Just say "hello" to the ground.

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

Do you feel like you're falling down?
Do you feel like you're falling down?
I don't feel like I'm falling-falling-falling
just say "hello" to the ground.

Take me back when you think that it's good
It feels worse than they said it would
You're gone but not forever
When I know that I'm never wanted
I tuck away in my turtle shell
I've standed on this hex forever

I need you back, I need you here,
to take away all of my pain and then my fear

Hey! Hey I need you back
Hey! Hey I need you back

Like a ghost in his darkest visit,
you got my sould, now baby why is it
gone gone gone? Take it from me
You are free if you can sleep at night,
you really must be hard if you're feeling alright
Hey hey hey, we're way uptowwn, we gotta turn around

I need you back, I need you here,
to take away all of my pain and then my fear

Hey! Hey I need you back
Hey! Hey I need you back
Hey! Hey I need you back
Hey! Hey I need you back

I need you back, I need you here,
to take away all of my pain and then my fear

Hey! Hey I need you back
(I'm so lost without you)
Hey! Hey I need you back
(I'm so lost without you)
Hey! Hey I need you back
(I'm so lost without you)
Hey! Hey I need you back
(I'm so lost without you)

La la la la la. La la la la la. La la la la la.
We are just a sexual making me an alcoholic relation.
Words hit much harder than the bullets from a gun,
a shovel to the skull, a stab in the spine.
Be my valentine, you don't have to say much.
This machine is so mature, it's so much your type.

(boy) "You be Betty!"
(girl) "I'll be Betty!"
(boy) "I'll play Joe!"
(girl) "You play Joe!"
We'll crawl out of my window, honey,
in the morning I'm out of my head,
I wish I was sleeping In your hospital bed.
Give me some time to get on your mind.
La la la la la.

Hey, come on down to my world.
The memories enhance the way that you feel.
I wanna get right back down but you're moving so fast,
and I wanna be everywhere twice.
This machine is so mature, it's so much your type.

(boy) "You be Betty!"
(girl) "I'll be Betty!"
(boy) "I'll play Joe!"
(girl) "You play Joe!"
We'll crawl out of my window, honey,
in the morning I'm out of my head,
I wish I was sleeping In your hospital bed.
Give me some time to get on your mind.
La la la la. La la la la. La la la la
La la la la. La la la la. La la la
La la la la. La la la la. La la la
La la la la. La la la la. La la la

And in the morning I'm out of my head,
I wish I was sleeping In your hospital bed
Give me some time to get on your mind.
Give me some time to get on your mind.
Give me some time to get on your mind.

Sometimes I wish I had a farm
where the only pollution is your cigarttes,
where you mind is clear.
But I like it here in my small space.
New York's the place where the sidewalks know my face
as I walk to

my apartment, the home where I hide
away from all the darkness outside.
my apartment, the home where I hide
away from all the darkness outside.
I'm there all the time.

Bikes ride to the park and city pools.
It's summer now empty the schools.
Fly home to my fact on the F train.
I'm protected from pain
when I'm in

my apartment, the home where I hide
away from all the darkness outside.
my apartment, the home where I hide
away from all the darkness outside.

I'm there all the time.
I'm there all the time.
I'm there all the time.
I'm there all the time.
I'm there all the time.

I'm there all the time.
time, time, time, time
I'm there all the time.
time, time, time, time
I'm there all the time.
time, time, time, time

I'm there in my apartment, the home where I hide
away from all the darkness outside.
I'm there in my apartment, the home where I hide
away from all the darkness outside.
I'm there all the time.

i want to kill this man
but he turned around ran.
I'll kill him with karate that i learned in japan.
He wouldn't see my face, i wouldn't leave a trace
I wouldn't use a bullet cause i bullet's a discrace.

Aw, mom, i never though that i was a murdering man
but tonight i'm on my way.
tonight i'm on my way.

There's this drawer that i know in a house up the road
that's full of things that are easily sold.
When they go out of town i could go and snoop around
and make myself rich off the things i'd found

aw, mom i never thought that i was a stealing man
but tonight i'm on my way.
tonight i'm on my way.

I was sitting on the bleacher staring at the speaker,
reading his lips but i could not understand.
So i opened up my ears and clearly i could hear
this detailed story all about a grain of sand.

aw, mom i always dremt of being a good listener
so tonight i'm on my way.
tonight i'm on my way.

There's this kid you gotta meet.
He lives across the street.
He's got spirit and heart. We're 10 years apart.
He is up for anything. He can hang with anyone.
He still likes the things we used to think were fun.

aw, mom i never thought that i could have a friend
but tonight i'm on my way.
tonight i'm on my way.
Oh, tonight i'm on my way.

I'm in love with someone who's as pretty as a flower.
Her life gives me power so i'm buying her a ring
She makes hats with her hands.
she is such an artist.
I'm her biggest fan and i'm teaching her to sing.

aw, mom i never thought that i could love no one
but tonight i'm on my way.
Oh, tonight I'm on my way.

I am empty and I'm tired
and I'm homesick and inspired
I can't know everything that you know
'cause I'm learning as I go
I wanna see your love
I wanna see your love

When I wake up I'm the same
'cause I sleep well when I dream away
Bluebird house on fire like an only child
I wanna see you love
I wanna see your love

When I'm in your arms
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down

When I'm in your arms, girl
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down

All the firas on the ground
are laugihg with their cracking sound
I don't fight, I don't scream
I don't listen to anything
I wanna see your love
I wanna see your love

When I'm in your arms
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down

When I'm in your arms, girl
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down

I am selfish without you
I'm over and you're always new
I'll never let you down from your tower
or take away your crown

When I'm in your arms
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down

When I'm in your arms, girl
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down

nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down
nothing can bring me down

The greenest trees you'll ever see
are the ones in your mind
And all the answers and the dreams
will come to you in time

Yeah, you are living life
Yeah, you are living life
Yeah, you are living life
the way you feel

I know the world around you
everyone shares the sky
You never see darkness
you are the daylight

Yeah, you are living life
Yeah, you are living life
Yeah, you are living life
the way you feel

Go away with a smile
Don't forget about your past
Don't keep yourself from giving
I am always watching you
be yourself and stayin' true
'cause it makes me feel like life's worth living

I've never minded where you're going
I know that change is a part of you
I'm not gonna hide anymore, I'm gonna listen to myself
and maybe one day I can be real too

Yeah, you are living life
Yeah, you are, you are living life
Don't you know that you are living life
the way you feel
And that is real

Ann Disaster make it better
make this whole thing come together
with your false alarmin'

I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me Yeah

So we're waiting and not frustrating,
you made a comeback and now you're ready
to attack with our eyes wide open.

I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me Yeah

You can tell a thousand lies
but you can't hide or suprise your future.

I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me Oh Yeah
I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me

I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me Oh Yeah
I know what you want, you want a piece of me
I know what you want, you want a piece of me Yeah

Ann Disaster, Ann Disaster, Ann Disaster
Ann Disaster, Ann, Ann Disaster, Ann, Ann Disaster

Ann D, come on, Disaster
Ter X4)

When you're hurt, you heal others.
When you're in need, you give.
Because of you, I am living
The most that I can live.

Oh, sweet darlin' girl
I'm so glad you found me.
Oh, sweet darlin' girl
Your power surrounds me.

Remember me, don't forget me.
I have something true.
My path is dark, my steps uncertain
Unless I walk with you.

Oh, sweet darlin' girl
I'm so glad you found me.
Oh, sweet darlin' girl
Your power surrounds me.

Your power
Your power
Your power
Oh, surrounds me.

You speak to me without speaking.
You touch so I can feel.
With your strength, I am stronger.
At last I know I'm real.

Oh, sweet darlin' girl
I'm so glad you found me.
Oh, sweet darlin' girl
Your power surrounds me.

Your power
Your power
Your power, Oh

Woah－oh－oh, sweet darlin' girl
Woah－oh－oh, sweet darlin' girl
Woah－oh－oh, sweet darlin' girl
I'm so glad, that you found me.

I'm so glad, that you found me.
((Repeat until end))

Breaking the Rubik's cube
Making me lose the beat
Blue jean－baby girl
We are an apogee
Down in the Christmas tree

Here me out
You don't know I'm here me out
You don't know I'm here me out
You don't know I'm here

I want it all too soon,
Faster than laser beams
Come on people now,
Take your depressed friends out
They need a love to stay

Here me out
You don't know I'm here me out
You don't know I'm here me out
You don't know I'm here

I wanna come and play
Outside your bedroom gate
I wanna pick you up
Blue jean－baby girl
Take me to outer space

Phew I've found it now,
All of the common places are in their face
The world is trapped inside
Taking me for a ride
And I don't know your name

Here me out
You don't know I'm here me out
You don't know I'm here me out
You don't know I'm here
You don't know I'm here
You don't know I'm here
You don't know I'm here
You don't know I'm here
You don't know I'm

There's no time to phone home
When you're racin', you're on time
You contemplate, you gotta wait your own turn

Up the noise with some poison, with great poise
You can't compare it too, or let it scare you through
If everything you do is not as smoothly as we planned
You gotta understand
There is more for you.
But all you gotta do, ooh

Is put yourself with the people
They're the ones who make the world spin
Lust in favor, you can win.

And you'll take home the gold medallion
And ride the wobbly wave of fame.
That is why you came
That is why you

Came to your senses
To feel it out
And try to kill off every dial
Your mother worries, but no one worries quite like you.
And when you start you must rely on your own heart.
Cause nothing works the same or
takes the blame or wins the game
With your head in your hands in the pouring rain
I wanna see you as you are.
Like a lonely star.
There is more for you.
But all you gotta do, ooh

Is put yourself with the people.
They're the ones who make the world spin.
Lust in favor, you can win.

And you'll take home the gold medallion.
And ride the wobbly wave of fame.
That is why you came.
That is why you came.

You gotta be so strong
You gotta teach your son
How to stand up straight
When you wanna run
How to carry on
How to be yourself
To be different but the same.

That is why you came.

Wind is cold alright back in Dallas.
The neon light from the building
lets you know you're home.
You'd go way back when if you wanted
to be my friend or you'd call me.
I'd understand, it's true.
I don't feel like I'm falling.
No, I don't feel like I'm falling.
No, I don't feel like I'm falling down.
Just say "hello" to the ground.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba
Wait there, I'll be right back.
Down in Times Square it's a heart attack.
All the feeling makes you feel so new.
Trees fall and so do men.
Even the walls start caving in and you feel like
there's no pretend for you.
No, I don't feel like I'm falling.
No, I don't feel like I'm falling down.
Just say "hello" to the ground.
We could talk if days weren't so fast,
and mistakes just leave it so unsure.
Wanna hold you like never before
'case we're falling and I love you more and more.
Do you feel like you're falling down?
Do you feel like you're falling down?
I don't feel like I'm falling-falling-falling down.
I don't feel like I'm falling.
No, I don't feel like I'm falling.
No, I don't feel like I'm falling down.
Just say "hello" to the ground.
Ba ba ba ba ba ba
Do you feel like you're falling down?
Do you feel like you're falling down?
I don't feel like I'm falling-falling-falling
Just say "hello" to the ground.

Wind is cold alright back in Dallas. The neon light from the building let's you know you're home. You'd go way back when if you wanted to be my friend or you'd call me . I'd understand, it's true. I don't feel like i'm falling. No, I don't feel like i'm falling No, I don't feel like i'm falling down. Just say "hello" to the ground. Ba ba ba ba ba ba Wait there, I'll be right back. Down in Times Square it's a heart attack. All the feeling makes you feel so new. Trees fall and so do men. Even the walls start caving in and you feel like there's no pretend for you. I don't feel like i'm falling. No, I don't feel like i'm falling No, I don't feel like i'm falling down. Just say "hello" to the ground. We could talk if days weren't so fast, and mistakes just leave it so unsure. Wanna hold you like never before 'cause we're falling and I love you more and more. Do you feel like you're falling down? Do you feel like you're falling down? I don't feel like I'm falling-falling-falling down. I don't feel like i'm falling. No, I don't feel like i'm falling No, I don't feel like i'm falling down. Just say "hello" to the ground.