When I was down she was full of advice 'Cause she'd been there once or twice With a ring on the side of her nose Wearing other people's clothes She had her highs and she had her lows In between she'd show When she smiled everything else died V let off a good vibe
* As if in a dream The one and only V As if in a dream The one and only V
Buying shots and breaking hearts She used to wait on us down at the bar Never took as much as she gave She's still giving to this day Staying up half the night Mood swing yet we cried On a cold December day V up and went away
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Staying up half the night Mood swing yet we cried On a cold December day V up and went away
Wasn't much of a union Denial and confusion Meant something to you, I bet you would have stayed Stumbled on some good times Turned them into land mines You know you can turn the other way
You say you've been meaning To sort through all your demons If there's some room, are you gonna let me in? You've been hung dry by your close friends Your inner child's an orphan You're so far down, you don't know where you been
So many things you don't know If you want me to leave, just say so
* It's the kind of thing I like Curse cast in the night So ill fated So ill fated
Goodbye with reservations Regrets and salutations Something in there somewhere that I didn't say It's you I think of only Whenever you get lonely an' I got more than years to give away I've been dying to start living You're just living to be dying We can't seem to find no common ground You hate me when I'm lonely I'm lonely when you hate me Mostly I'm just there to kick around
Soaring high and low First to leave, last to know
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It's the kind of thing I like Curse cast in the night So ill fated
Yesterday is just the day before today Sat and watched it, watched it slide away Yesterday cried. Oh, yesterday cried Looking at me through those tiny eyes Why did you do it, why'd you have to lie Yesterday cried. Oh, yesterday cried
* All you ever wanted, and all you'll ever need (*4) Oh, yesterday cried
My main line's gone a different way I woke up, and it was yesterday Yesterday cried. Oh, yesterday cried Times been good, times they been bad When I was with you, you know it made me sad Yesterday cried. Oh, yesterday cried
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Yesterday cried By the shape of things I'm in I'll just watch it slide away Yesterday. Yesterday. Yesterday
He is reaching up for climbing Ropes hanging down below I see the children smiling No need to let it show
* I know, I won't be coming home No more
The streets and sidewalk borders Stretch out beyond the scenes The sweet and dark emotions Every day hopes and dreams My God, I know who's waiting Beneath the bedroom floor Her eyes anticipating My each and every move
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All I ever wanted Was to turn from my side All I ever wanted Was to turn from my side
The rake is scratching harder The half-drawn window shade Like any empty memory The colors seem to fade My God, I know who's waiting Beneath the bedroom floor Remember summer showers Outside the cabin walls
I once knew a guy Who always asked for money I'd give him 10, he'd insist on 20 And now when I see him around His face is always pointed down at the ground
* All I wanna know Is why he is such a prick Please tell so I know what makes guys like him tick He's such a dick
He wanted to borrow some records from my collection On no return, I felt the rejection And now, when I see him in town Same way as always, his head is towards the ground
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Unsatisfied, a word he often uses is need He is usually really wired on that cheap trucker speed Last time he was at my house, he tried to walk away with my weed Jeff plays bass, Mark and I play rhythm Dan and Gary play lead
There's a man on TV claims he killed 23 Burnt their bodies and collected their teeth There's another man at home with his wife and family tree Who agreed this would make a good movie? And I'm sitting here, wondering what this is all doing to me
He sold the book rights, and he was set for life A woman on a talk show wants to be his wife Another man decides to purchase his knife A court decides he's got the right And I'm sitting here, wondering how he can ever sleep at night
I don't want to walk where he walked I don't want to talk to who he stalked I don't want to walk where he walked
First it was a book, and then it was a movie They cut it all up and they put it on the TV The starring role was played by Christopher Lee He was fine, he was something to see And I'm sitting here, wondering what this is all doing to me
It don't matter if I lose It's how I play the fool Somewhere down the line it all got Twisted, torn, and tossed and thrown away It all looks the same to me What you want I'll never be
* And I can't seem to get it right But I wanna get off right now I can't seem to get it right But it's all so wrong, somehow Did you think I wouldn't return. Did you think I wouldn't return Did you think that I was dead. Did you think that I was dead Did you think I'd crash and burn Did you think it was my turn
Radio plays, I'm coming down Road stretches out, but it ain't - Lord I'm home I'm not big on being amazed I'm in a haze, I'm lost - Nowhere bound And all my friends they jumped the wagon Parked today, tails a-waggin'
You always thought In a town this size That you'd always Have a place to hide But you can't. . . Can't treat your woman right If you got another One on the side
* She don't have to see you She don't have to see you To see through you
You used to brag To all your friends Telling'em all about Your other love But you never thought You never thought she'd been giving away The very thing That you've been getting plenty off
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She can tell by the look in your eye That you've been telling her lies She don't have to see you to see through you
How many times 've you come home late at night You remember all the times Got caught sneaking in And your woman She never said a word But she knew exactly Where you've been
Hello darkness, come on in Let me light a candle Imaginations running Hands start to tremble Knows enough to know not to believe Wha's real, and what it seems to be Knows what's keeping him from being free Right outside your door
* Don't run away, red headed stepchild I can only promise you won't find your way back home
In another room there's laughing Entertaining strangers Walls in there don't breathe no more But they're keeping out some angels Laughed so much, he almost cried Stranger offers him a ride City blocks roll on by Never coming back
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Take your pictures off my wall I hate to look at strangers Then it's burning be forewarned Keep me out of danger Knows enough to know not to believe What is real, and what it seems to be Knows what's keeping him from being free Right outside your door
If the day wants to begin, you can let the day in If the darkness has no end, light up the darkness It ain't on what you can depend, it's who you can depend on
If the rain wants to come in, you can let the rain in If the darkness is your friend, you can hold the darkness And if it ain't what you got, you know you gotta have it
The grass gets greener all the time for creatures of habit
Look out, here comes one more morning Habits form without a warning Love it can be habit-forming
Make your enemies your friends, and leap standing naked It ain't how much you can take, it's how you take it
Look out, here comes one more morning Habits form without a warning Love it can be habit-forming for creatures of habit
Look out A habit's forming It's just one more morning For creatures of habit
Doorways open up and close more ways to a punchline They're all laughing at your clothes, standing in the lunch line You're the talk of the town cause you're up and you're down It's a cycle, I've found, it always comes around
But I will still be laughing Yes I will still be laughing
Air raids in the afternoon, the children are playing Switchblades, colored red balloons, no one hears your praying And it comes back to you, all the things that you do Will come looking for you, will come looking for you
But I will still be laughing Yes I will still be laughing
Doorways lead to other rooms, always leave you lying Face down in a stranger's tomb, didn't know you were dying And you rise and you fall, and you wait for the call You're watching the walls, you're watching the walls
But I will still be laughing I will still be laughing Yes I will still be laughing I will still be laughing
Almost gave up yesterday, almost made it to the top Short of dying just the other day, fell short of picking up a mop
If it's the thought that counts, you can always count on me I think about it all the time It's going to hit me like a bolt of white lightning Here it comes, my peace of mind
Cause I'm close, so close, so close I'm close, so close, so close
Falling short of proving it, just a hair from the truth Little shy of improving it, here I come, I'm coming through
Pretty soon I'm going to shed this skin I'm wearing I've been keeping it inside No one cares just how you got there No one cares how hard you've tried
But you're close, so close, so close You're close, so close, so close
Well I've known you forever, we complete each other's thoughts Ain't like we never got in trouble, it's just we've never gotten caught
And if you've got a secret It's in me you can confide And if we ever get split up I'll always be on your side
Cause we're close, so close, so close We're close, so close, so close
I guess I'll see you later Sweet manipulator And how I thank you dearly For helping me see clearly
Yes sir no sir let me go Sir I don't even want to know Sir I've had all that I can take today
But I found out so long ago It don't matter if it shows And it's up in the air tonight Yes it's up in the air tonight
Now you're anticipating That nostalgia's waiting With your social statement Boxed up in the basement
Yes ma'am no ma'am let me go ma'am I don't even give a damn Ma'am I suppose I'll stand another day
I booked my flight despite my plans I hope this flight it never lands And it's up in the air tonight Yes it's up in the air tonight
Cause i've got all night To lie here on the floor I got all night Just like the night before So make it soon And I guess I'll see you later I guess I'll see you later I guess I'll see you later I guess I'll see you later We're so up in the air tonight
It's enough to make you stay It's enough to make you go away But you don't understand how I'm feeling You don't understand no no
It's enough to make you sick It's enough to make you wanna quit But you don't understand how I'm feeling You don't understand my life It's sad when you can't cry It all comes down to time keeps flying by Time keeps telling me
There's no time for waiting For the river to wash into the sea And when I reach some understanding I'm gonna let it wash all over Wash all over me
It's too much to make you say That you always wanted to be this way But you don't understand this feeling So why do I even try It's sad when you can't try It all comes down to time keeps killing time time keeps healing
I've no time for waiting For the river to wash into the sea And when I reach some understanding I'm gonna let it wash all over Wash all over me
But I know one day you'll see The person I wanted to be And there's no time for waiting There's no time for waiting
Can't find the time Can't find the time There's no time There's no time There's no time Can't find the time
