I used to be a poor man but now I'm really broke Used to be a lemon now I'm an artichoke I used to be resourceful Used to really care I used to be on the fast track now I'm goin' nowhere
'Cause I'm a loser, I'm a failure I've sunk lower than a thief I'm a dark cloud passing over I guess you just don't care about breakin' laws when you're a lost cause
I used to be a stranger but now I'm really strange They won't get me now or later 'cause I'm outta their range I'm sick, I got a fever or maybe I'm just sick Go ahead and cut me but just make it quick
'Cause I'm a loser, I'm a failure I've sunk lower than a thief If you got one passing over Then I don't ever hear too much applause 'Cause I'm a lost cause
Mirror mirror inside my mind Blow these bad thoughts away I sure would like to feel mostly blind today Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey
I used to be a poor man but now I'm really broke I used to be the punchline now I'm everyone's joke The truth is I've outcasted myself all along But that's all right at least I get to sing this song
I'm a loser, I'm a failure I've sunk lower than a thief I'm a dark cloud passing over I'm a lost cause, I'm a failure I've sunk lower than a thief I'm a dark cloud passing over I'm a lost cause I'm a lost cause I'm a lost cause I'm a lost cause I'm a lost cause I'm a lost cause
All the world's a stage and all can play their part Words to live by, that's what she said Things were good then She was like money in the bank That's exactly the words that she used
And she was talented Dying for her art She was a number two who never got the part And now everything Everything is wrong Everything is wrong
He painted for years and then he painted her World alive, colors living And when she left he snuck over and painted her apartment The morning light is so unforgiving
And he was the next Van Gogh cutting of his ear He wanted to show up but could only disappear And now everything Everything is wrong Everything is wrong
And he was the next Van Gogh cutting of his ear He wanted to show up but could only disappear And now everything Everything is wrong Oh yeah, everything Everything is wrong Oh yes, everything Everything is wrong Everything is wrong
There is this girl I know She hates my guts I love her so But I've got a simple mind It thinks just this: she will be mine I tell her "I like your dress" She says I'm sick, disturbed, obsessed Well I don't know what that's about She won't say why she won't go out with me
She keeps tellin' me she doesn't need a reason And all my friends think that I'm bein' outclassed But I just got to be her first or at least her last And I'm getting nowhere fast I'm getting nowhere fast I'm getting nowhere fast
I had a shirt designed, it has her face pressed into mine I never wear it, I keep it new She says she'll kill me if I do I'm puzzled and perplexed, I'm overwhelmed and under-sexed And I still can't figure why she says she'd rather die than be with me
She keeps tellin' me she doesn't need reasons And all my friends think that I'm bein' outclassed But I just got to be her first or at least her last And I'm getting nowhere fast I'm getting nowhere fast I'm getting nowhere fast
She'd like to see me drown in my own tears Well that's all right Even if it takes a hundred years Well that's all right Yeah that's all right
She keeps tellin' me she doesn't need reasons And all my friends think that I'm bein' outclassed But I just got to be her first or at least her last And I'm getting nowhere fast I'm getting nowhere fast I'm getting nowhere fast I'm getting nowhere fast I'm getting nowhere fast Getting nowhere I'm getting nowhere fast Getting nowhere I'm getting nowhere fast
Emma was the lawman and I was the brave We got in trouble, we'd never behave And we'd run around all morning and rest in the shade I remember where I stood telling Emma we were best friends for good
We started school the inseparable pair And I'd chase the boys who were pulling her hair And she climbed up the tower accepting my dare At the early age of eight I told Emma if she fell I'd be there
In time I would carry her books, that's when it began I started to notice her looks and the sweat in my hand
Then there was a totally new game to play We both gave our promise to never betray And I was so sure we'd be married one day At the early age of ten I loved Emma and I would 'til the end
One day she climbed up the tower, she kept looking down The split-second lasted for hours 'til she lay on the ground
And right then I grew up in every way I buried the child in me that day But I guess not completely or I wouldn't say that part of me believes that sweet Emma will come back someday Yeah a part of me believes that sweet Emma will come back someday
This used to be mine you know Plenty of time and kindness overflowed It was all right, then overnight I was grown out of my happy home Oh yeah Transferred from school to school Special enrollment, gifted programs suck I was the one, the prodigal son who got stuck My parents were out of luck
Give the human mind some extra time Get a dark cloud down the road Give a genius son nowhere to run Get a bomb that can't explode A bomb that can't explode
Out of the blue to black One day my dad had a massive heart attack It wasn't my fault He ate too much salt all his life He's survived by his charming wife and son
Give the human mind some extra time Get a dark cloud down the road Give a genius son nowhere to run Get a bomb that can't explode A bomb that can't explode
Give the human mind some extra time Get a dark cloud down the road Give a genius son nowhere to run Get a bomb that can't explode A bomb that can't explode
Now that you're out on your own Will you make it your own way home Now you can stand on two feet Will you give up the dreams you've known But will you wake up one day to find that you're alone
