Semisonic

Long ago I was told there were riches inside of me
Someone old hid the gold and the finding was my affair
In those days when my ears heard a story my mind believed
So I searched with my greed in the sunshine for all to see there

I'm in over my head in this game
Over my head
And I'm afraid I'm never gonna find my way back to where I've been

Yes you know many tried none succeeded my mind to train
When the fools came to lay down their money I laughed, uncool
Saw the mouth of the whale just in time to go
down the drain
Now I float with my boat in the darkness
and play the fool

I'm in over my head in this game
Over my head
And I'm afraid I'm never gonna find my way back to where I've been
I'm in over my head in this game
Over my head
And I'm afraid I'm never gonna find my way back to where I've been
To find my way back to where I've been..
...X2

Our little secret just might be the
kind of thing that you can't hide It's
growing like a tangled vine & rising
like a river in the tide And everybody
knew when you walked into the room I
was just a fool for you, nothing
I could do Everybody sees you taking
control of me Well I'm not begging
for release I'm just begging darling
please, please Act Naturally Don't
let our troubles show Don't let
anybody know Till we get it figured
out Don't give them anything that
they could doubt Our little problem
doesn't seem to be about to go away As
far as I can tell it's gonna keep
on showing more with every day And
everybody look, yeah, that was all
it took I can't help believing they
can read me like a book So hide
your feelings tight till we figure
how to make it right I don't know
what I should but I Would do it
if I could Act Naturally Just
be you beautiful Just be you casual I'll
be me before the fall You be you
before this all came down (Act Naturally)
Don't let our troubles show Don't let
anybody know Till we get it figured
out Don't give them anything that
they could doubt Just be you beautiful Just
be you casual I'll be me before the fall You
be you before this all came down

My little darling it's a crying shame The
way that you lead me on And I've
got nobody but myself to blame Cause
I've always just played along Well
show me a body that gets no love And
I'll show you a body that's way messed
up Well it seems like you're aware
of the effect you have on my head If
you feel like I'm asking you for
too much We can keep in touch And
I'll find someone else to bed Bed Find
some Find someone else to bed My
little darling I'm a tangled mess When
you tease me the way you do & what
it would be like I can only guess If
you'd please me like I wanna please
you Well show me a friendship
that's pure and chaste And I'll
show you and engine that's dying
to race Well the time has come for
me to find Another way to get my
soul fed I know we could be the
sweetest friends But if that's where
it ends Then I'll find someone else
to bed Bed Find some Find someone
else to bed Bed Find some Find
someone else to bed Well the time
has come for me To take care of
myself instead You know if we remain On
a spiritual plane I will go insane Don't
make me find someone else to bed Bed
Find someone Find someone else to bed

I remember when I found out about chemistry
It was a long, long way from here
I was old enough to want it but younger than I wanted to be
Suddenly my mission was clear

So for awhile I conducted experiments
And I was amazed by the things I learned
From a fine fine girl with nothing but good intentions and a
Bad tendency to get burned

All about chemistry
Won't you show me everything you know
Ah wonder what you do to me
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh

Some time later I met a young graduate
When I had nobody to call my own
I told her I was looking for somebody to appreciate
And I just couldn't do it alone

So for awhile we conducted experiments
In an apartment by the River Road
And we found out that the two things we put together had a
Bad tendency to explode

All about chemistry
Won't you show me everything you've learned
I'll memorize everything you do to me so I can
Teach it when it comes my turn

Fine spring day, California waves
Sweet Pacific scenes through the
Windows of airplanes and hotel rooms

So when I find myself alone and unworthy
I think about all of the things I learned from the
Fine fine women with nothing but good intentions and a
Bad tendency to get burned

All about chemistry
Won't you show me everything you know
Ah wonder what you do to me
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh

All about chemistry
Won't you show me everything you've learned
I'll memorize everything you do to me so I can
Teach it when it comes my turn

It's all about chemistry
It's all about chemistry
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh

It's all about chemistry
It's all about chemistry
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh

Matador sweeps the veil From the
last young day of my life Malibu
tides inhale Santa Ana Winds from
behind Wade out into the water No
more chances this year I've busied
myself all summer My day for swimming
is here Yes it's time Seaside
revelations All those dreams and
visions of mine Washed up like a
vacation Lost as I wasted my time Looking
through my dark glasses I see smiles
on the faces of friends But time
keeps pushing me on now And I'll
ride this wave till the end Please
don't go away Stay awhile, stay
awhile Please don't go away Stay
awhile, stay awhile Say goodbye
to the weekend And the last of the
summertime sun Driving off the end
of a decade So many things to be
done September and the trees are
restless Windchimes blow in the
dark Lying on the couch defenseless With
blue clouds court and spark Please
don't go away Stay awhile, stay
awhile Please don't go away Stay
awhile, stay awhile Please don't
go away Stay awhile, stay awhile Please
don't go away Stay awhile, stay awhile

I would sure love believing In something
that's never leaving Would like
to let go the hurting When everything's
so uncertain You know I tried To
show you what I have inside Will
we laugh at how this all began When
you're an old woman and I'm an old
man Take me wherever you go Help
me forget tomorrow Love me your
best and I know All of the rest
will follow Love me as well as you
know And everything else will follow I
wouldn't mind pretending It's something
that's never-ending Would like to
believe that someday We won't be
living this way I know you tried To
show me you were on my side Could
it be that I've already found The
thing that I've been searching the
whole world round Take me wherever
you go Help me forget tomorrow Love
me your best and I know All of the
rest will follow Love me your best
and I know Everything else will
follow Take me wherever you go All
of the rest will follow Help me
forget tomorrow All of the rest
will follow Love me as well as you know

Lonely boys and you lonely girls Here
at the end of the lonely world You're
finding out If there's someone to
cry about Lonely girls and you
lonely boys Playing alone with your
lonely toys Well don't be blue If
there's no one to play with you Get
a grip on yourself you know you should I
got a grip on myself and it feels
good Get a grip on yourself take
my advice I got a grip on myself
and it feels nice When the lights
come on and the party's through There
are always a few with nobody to do Well
now don't despair You'll eventually
get there And meanwhile all of
you lonely ones Here's what to do
while you wait for the sun To rise
above The loneliest kind of love Get
a grip on yourself you know you should I
got a grip on myself and it feels
good Get a grip on yourself take
my advice I got a grip on myself
and it feels nice And it feels
nice And it feels nice And it feels
nice And it feels nice And it feels
nice And it feels nice And it feels
nice And it feels nice If you're
looking for someone to get a grip
on you First you gotta get a grip
on yourself it's true

I wish I could be anyone but the
one that I am now I wish I could
see any scene but the one I hang
around I wish I could do anything
but the things I always do No matter
how I try to sing along Something
is always wrong What I wish I knew I
wish I could drive in the car that
you drive around the Bay I wish
I could ride in the back seat you're
riding in today I wish I could be
more like someone you wish that I
could be No matter how I change
it anyway You won't even say if
you really want me I can try to
please you Get down on my knees
for you Go outside and freeze for
you Cross the high seas for you Whatever
you need me to I can climb the trees
for you Twist in the breeze for
you But there's one thing that I
can never do I can't believe for
you I can't believe in me for you I
wish I could turn into somebody far,
far away I wish I could make myself
satisfactory in every way I wish
I could know whether you really know
what you need If I could only be
somebody else I wouldn't be myself And
maybe you'd want me I can try
to please you Get down on my knees
for you Go outside and freeze for
you Swim the high seas for you Whatever
you need me to I've been climbing
the trees for you Twisting in the
breeze for you But one thing I can
never, never do I can't believe
for you I can't believe for you I
can't believe in me for you

All above me the stars are bright And
a sweet suburban breeze is blowing And
down the block are the parking lights Of
a hundred friends who I barely know
and Don't know me Don't know me None
of them know me And all through
the party I want to leave (All alone
with one true love) I could be happy
if I could be (In the dark with
one true love) And in the middle
of everyone I still find myself
with my thoughts alone And in the
middle of all the noise Look around
myself at the shining toys that I
don't need I don't need I don't
really need And all through the
party I want to leave (All alone
with one true love) All of the lights
are shining on me (But all I want
is one true love) In this world
I can see Many billions waiting
in the sun So I'd love to believe There'd
be one of us for everyone One of
us for everyone Enough to go around But
that's not what I've found And
all through the party I want to leave (All
alone with one true love) All of
the lights are shining on me (All
I want is one true love) All of
my life I've just wanted to be (All
alone with one true love) Every
day and night to be on my own with One
true love With one true love With
one true love With one true love With
one true love

She's got my number she always did She
can always see where my secret's
hid Everything about me is hers
to tell She's got my number she
always will She's got my number
I must confess One look in her eyes
and I feel undressed She can see
right through all my little games She's
got my number she has my name Late
night driving with the telephone In
the car and I'm always Waiting,
waiting for the girl to call I'll
be lost on a lonely late night She's
got my number I must confess One
look in her eyes and I feel undressed All
of the world's standing at her door She
don't even care what they're waiting
for And every mistake that I ever
made Every little sin is on her
display And through it all I find
that I want her still She's got
my number she always will Late
night driving with the telephone In
the car and I'm always Waiting,
waiting for the girl to call I'll
be lost on a lonely Late night highway
with the telephone In the car and
I'm always Waiting, waiting for
the girl to call I'll be lost on
a lonely Late night She's got
my number she always did She can
always see where my secret's hid
Everything about me is hers to tell She's got
my number she always will

All my life I've been looking for The
perfect mate And when I finally
found the one It was almost too
late Underneath the auditorium She
showed me why I would have waited
all of my life For somebody like Sunshine
and chocolate all over me In my
mouth and on my tree Round my body
under my hat Sunshine and chocolate
just... like... that I was alone
when I woke up And found the note It
said you surely know how to fuck But
I gotta go I hope you find someone
to take care of And give yourself
to And until I get to kiss you again
I wish you Sunshine and chocolate
every day In your work and in your
play In your mouth and down your
back I wish you, I wish you, I wish
you that Sunshine and chocolate
all over you Over everything you
do On your body and in your mind
Sunshine, chocolate, everything fine Now
my eyes are open wide As I travel
around Maybe some summer day I'll
find Her face in the crowd singing...
Sunshine and chocolate everyday In your
work and in your play In your mouth and
down your back I wish you, I wish
you, I wish you that Sunshine and
chocolate all over you Over everything
you do On your body and in your
mind Sunshine, chocolate, everything fine

I feel the day is arriving soon When
I can't stay around anymore They'll
look in all the familiar rooms Until
they feel the breeze through the
door Then they can say it's the
company that I keep So they never
have to believe in the tears I weep I'm
gonna surprise them all When they
look and I'm gone, gone, gone I'm
gonna surprise them all Because
I've already moved along You can
stay if you have to do It's got
to be your own decision But someday
I will be back for you And then
you better not refuse me again Cos
one more chance is all I'll promise
to provide And circumstances choose
for those who can't decide I'm
gonna surprise them all When they
look and I'm gone, gone, gone I'm
gonna surprise them all Because
I've already moved along Already
moved along I'm gonna surprise
them all When they look and I'm
gone, gone, gone I'm gonna surprise
them all Because I've already moved
along Already moved along

Take all that you've got Multiply
by zero Divide by the time you've
got left That's x Add it up write
it down tell me what you've found We're
speaking in tongues Both of us
dumbfounded Our brains have been
impounded by our hearts Life is so uncertain
Look at all the hurting that we've done You
said you had somebody better to become
Who's stopping you Who's stopping you
Who's stopping you Who's stopping you We're
wasting our time Watching our old
reruns Waiting for the good one
that never comes You say it beats
working On the emptiness that's
lurking inside your head Step into
the light my friend Who's stopping
you Who's stopping you Who's stopping
you Who's stopping you You
said you had somebody better to become
Who's stopping you Who's stopping you
Who's stopping you Who's stopping you

Never You Mind
by Semisonic



Saturday morning, alone and barely feelin'
Sitting at home after rockin' and a-reelin'
All night in a catfight with the only one who can make me cry
Open the blind as the world is in rotation
Shaking my mind like an Etch-A-Sketch erasin'
Sun shine, you were bad
I'm still mad, but I can't remember why

I believe you know me well
I react like you're ringing a bell
Are you sorry that you treat me unkind
Never you mind

Rolling along to the song that aggravates us
Beckoned down by the mirage of an oasis
Hurry, I'm getting blurry
And it's no longer clear in my mind

I believe you know me well
I react like you're ringing a bell
Are you sorry that you treat me unkind
Never you mind
I believe I've got you down
You react like ain't nobody else around
Are you sorry that we wasted our time
Never you mind

Some days, it takes all my time guessing why I can't figure it out
Some days, it takes all my energy just to forget about
All the memories that I'd be better off without
I believe you know me well

Switch on the box, Mr. Spock is on the table
Dr. McCoy is unable to connect his brain
Sweatin' and strainin'
Well it seemed so simple at the time

Fascinating new thing
You delight me
And I know you're speaking of me
Fascinating new thing
Get beside me,
I want you to love me
I'm surprised that you've never been told before
That you're lovely and you're perfect
And that somebody wants you
Fascinating new thing
The scene-makin'
Want a temporary savior
Fascinating new thing
Don't betray them
By becoming familiar
I'm surprised that you've never been told before
That you're lovely and you're perfect
And that somebody wants you
I'm surprised that you've never been told before
That you're priceless and you're precious
Even when you are not new.
I'm surprised that you've never been told before
That you're lovely and you're perfect
And that somebody wants you
I'm surprised that you've never been told before
That you're priceless and you're precious
Even when you are not new.
Fascinating new thing....

She's got it all worked out in her
mind And you're part of the plan And
you don't have the final word She's
got a long head start on your brain And
your heart is afraid And you don't
get to say you're thinking Come
on make it easy now Come on make
it easy on us all Come on make it
easy now or tears may fall She's
got it all worked out I'm afraid And
your time is arranged And it's strange
but you're feeling fine She's
got it all worked out I'm afraid And
your life is arranged And it's strange
but you're feeling fine

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Driven through the canyons I was
Dazzled by the mountains and we didn't go
very far
Close enough to heaven if you
Climb up on a mansion you too can swing
like a star

I tried to get inside I bought a
Ticket with my pride and I was gone right out
of my head
I went out for a ride to go
Across a great divide and I ended up at home
instead

California
I thought I should see
Now I'm back home, yeah
With twelve little pieces of me

I was just a passenger a
Rider on the tremors that were shaking all our
beds at night
A visitor a stranger thought I
Might pass for a regular if I just kept out of the
lights

Tore my heart out from my chest
Mixed it up in my mind with the best freshest
pieces of my soul
Chose the ones I loved the most
Drove 'em all down to the coast
Threw 'em in a big black hole

California
I thought I should see
Now I'm back home, yeah
With twelve little pieces of me
California
I dreamed I would find
Some kinda sorta pick-me-up
I got twelve little pieces of my mind

Closing time
open all the doors and let you out into the world

Closing time
turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl

Closing time
one last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or beer

Closing time
you don't have to go home but you can't stay here

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home

Closing time
time for you to go out to the places you will be from

Closing time
this room won't be open till your brothers or your sisters come

So gather up your jackets move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend

Closing time
every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home

I wanted to leave you Completely
pleased Sleep drifting above you Sweetly
released I want to see you smiling,
weak in the knees I want to see
you come, come, completely pleased I
want to give you something priceless
and free And free-ee-ee I wanted
to leave you Completely pleased Sleep
drifting above you Sweetly complete I
want to see you hazy, dazed and confused
I Want to see you come, come, completely
used up I want to give you something
forever and true And true-oo-oo Oh,
you broke it Now you bought it So
you might as well Use it while you
got it Do What you wanna do I
wanted to leave you Completely pleased
Sleep drifting above you Sweetly at peace I
want to see you hazy, weak in the
knees I want to see you come, come,
completely pleased I want to give
you something priceless and free And
free-ee-ee I wanted to leave you
Completely pleased I wanted to leave you
Completely pleased

DND Now they'll leave us alone DND Now
you turn off the phone How like
you to make the whole world disappear
and How like you to make everything
seem so clear and How like you to
make me want to stay forever Here
behind your door DND Hang the
sign on the door DND Don't disturb
us no more How like you to make
your love my hideaway and How like
you to make my troubles slide away
and How like you to make me want
to play forever Here behind your
door Minute I got some space and
time I wanted to get me back in the
crowd Minute I got some peace you
found me trying to make my way to
the loud What a clown... DND Leave
the hotel at noon DND Will I see
you soon? How like you to make
the whole world disappear and How
like you to make everything seem
so clear and How like you to make
me want to stay forever Here behind
your door Minute I got some space
and time I wanted to get me back
in the crowd Minute I got some peace
you found me trying to make my way
to the loud What a clown... DND DND DND
Now they'll leave us alone

Now the rain comes down the windows
and it Drops onto the forehead of
the waiting boy He surveys his rental
kingdom and he Wonders if he's really
lost his one joy Another fool
would go down to the Only place
she ever went to lose herself She's
gone to the movies now and she don't
need your help Now the rain turns
into snowfall as the City sky reflects
the silver street below And it covers
up the cars and the Wall- Flowers
cd ended half an hour ago Another
fool would dig the broken car out
from the snow And drive to find
the show She's gone to the movies
now and she's not coming home She's
gone to the movies now and she's
not coming home Now he looks around
his place and anyways There's nowhere
she could sit besides the bed And
he wonders if the car will start
tomorrow Or he'll have to take the
bus instead Any other fool would
be out on the roadway Trying to
spot her rusted Pontiac She's gone
to the movies now and she's not coming
back She's gone to the movies now
and she's not coming back

Made to last a while
And roll on
Made to move in style
And move along
Made to dream of flying
So high
Made to wake up crying
I don't know why
Beautiful one
Asleep in the sun
Secret, sweet & sublime
I hope you last a long, long time

Made to come alone
And pair up
Flash like a rolling stone
Seventy-one
One time love affair
With the earth
Waiting on the air
For some re-birth
(For what it's worth)
Wherever you are
Nearby or far
Black, white, lemon or lime
I hope you last a long, long time

Saturday morning alone and barely
feeling Sitting at home after rocking
and areeling All night in a cat
fight With the only one that can
make me cry Open the blinds and
the world is in rotation Shaking
my mind like an Etch-a-Sketch erasing
Sunshine, you were bad, I'm Still mad but
I can't remember why I believe
you know me well I react like you're
ringing a bell Are you sorry that
you treat me unkind Never you mind Rolling
along to the song that aggravates
us Beckoned on by the mirage of
an oasis Hurry, I'm getting blurry And
it's no longer clear in my mind I
believe you know me well I react
like you're ringing a bell Are you
sorry that you treat me unkind Never
you mind I believe I got you down You
react like anybody else around Are
you sorry that we wasted our time Never
you mind Some days it takes all
my time guessing why I can't figure
it out Some days it takes all my
energy just to forget about All
the memories that I'd be better off
without I believe you know me well Switch
on the box Mr. Spock is on the table Dr.
McCoy is unable to connect his brain
Sweatin and strainin Well it seemed so simple
at the time I believe you know
me well I react like you're ringing
a bell Are you sorry that you treat
me unkind Never you mind I believe
I got you down You react like anybody
else around Are you sorry that we
wasted our time Never you mind

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile
And you use it only for me
Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile
And you use it only for me

So use it and prove it
Remove this whirling sadness
I'm losing, I'm bluesing
But you can save me from madness

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile
And you use it only for me
Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile
And you use it only for me

So save me I'm waiting
I'm needing, hear me pleading
And soothe me, improve me
I'm grieving, I'm barely believing now, now

When you are flying around and around the world
And I'm lying alonely
I know there's something sacred and free reserved
And received by me only

At night she spreads her wings She
dreams of bigger things She floats
above the town She sings without
a sound She can be anywhere at
all She can be anyone at all A
glow and then a shine What she hopes
she will find Tonight, tonight She's
got a picture in her mind She can
be anyone at all The night she
changed her mind She left the world behind

Got your tape and it changed my mind Heard
your voice in between the lines Come
around from another time Where nobody
ever goes All alone on the overpass Wired
and phoned to heart of glass Now
I'm falling in love too fast With
you or the songs you chose And
all the stars Play for me Say the
promise you long to keep I can
hear you sing it to me in my sleep I
can hear you sing it to me in my
sleep I've been living in your
cassette It's the modern equivalent Singing
up to a Capulet On a balcony in
your mind In the City the lion
sleeps Pray to Sony my soul to keep Were
you ever so bright and sweet Did
you ever look so nice And all
the sounds Dream for me Dive me
down in a soul so deep I can hear
you sing it to me in my sleep I
can hear you sing it to me in my sleep

Thursday's crush is a Friday night
rush And a Monday morning cry It's
the tail that you keep chasing And
it gets away every time New Years
Eve and it's hard to believe Another
Zodiac's gone around While you drank
yourself high on hoping And watched
the ceiling spin from the ground Counting
down from ten it's time To make
your annual prayer Secret Santa
in the sky When will I get my share Then
you tell yourself What you want
to hear Cause you have to believe This
will be my year Pound your fist
and cross it off your list But you
know you're not that strong When
the man at the stop light catches
you Singing along to a brand new
song Well maybe it's Trash or
the overnight smash that brings your
Ship crashing through the wall So
you can make your grand departure From
a world getting way too small One
wheel in the ditch another Spinning
in the air Put your pedal down to
the floorboard but you're not Getting
anywhere Then you tell yourself What
you want to hear Cause you have
to believe This will be my year