1.From Listening To Lightning
I grew up in a seaside town where the devil lives.
Bonfire lights in the woods at night set to be afraid.
Down the street past the sweet shop, kids dipped in angel dust
Up the block crooked cops always look the other way
Took my board away
Call it confiscate
Under a rotting log in them woods, salamanders live.
They never have any trouble finding their own kind in the
springtime
I know its true you'd be happier with somebody else
Tripping over the logs in the woods in your own time
In the meantime
I am your time
Just trying to talk to you straight again
Why would you listen to me？
I went from listening to lightning
To running from thunder
From getting my ass kicked, to running for cover
You say you'll never be lonely
I don't think you can know me
Cos we're no good for each other
we'll both know that when its over
Under this happy smile on my face there's an angry boy
all he wants is to win fist fights that he lost in high school
I know that angry boys do not grown up lovers make
I promise he will be quiet long enough for
you to fall for
Baby run away
Just trying to talk to him straight again
He'll never listen to me
We went from listening to lightning, to running from thunder
From getting our ass kicked, to running for covers
You'll say you'll never be lone....
Maybe its the drugs and the alcohol talking
Maybe it's your neighbour and the shoes that he was walking
Maybe it's the empty promise of tomorrow
Suspect it was the hippies and the money that they borrowed
Maybe there's no Jesus here to save us from the devil
Maybe we're just like Roman we can blame the Heavy Metal
Maybe building suburbs wasn't such a good idea
Maybe this is the condition of being stupid human beings
Who think its possible to listen to lightning？
You say you'll never be lonely, then I don't think you can know
me
'Cos we're no good for each other
We'll both know that when its over.
I know it sounds like the same damn tune, but its somebody
else's song.
And if we're talking about...
I'll give you the lame excuse I'm gonna do what my father did
Baby if that's all we got, baby we don't deserve this.
2.You And Your Stoopid Guitar
They said let's go to the show,
Can't wait to see them I love that video.
Lets catch the opening band.
Matt said the singers this girl with long red hair
But when she started to play
That's when he got in her way.
And he was not Brian May.
and I kept trying to hear her
Cause I thought maybe she'd have something to say
But you kept running her over
Chasing the fucking spotlight 'round the stage
Oh you think you're so ill
and you're all up in my grill
You and your stoopid guitar.
Ever since I was a kid
Wanted to play on a six string like they did
And join a traveling band
Could have conquered the world with my left hand
And I then I'd sit back and swing
So that the singer could sing
Cause that was always her thing.
But I'm still trying to hear her
Cause I thought maybe she'd have something to say
And you're still running her over
Chasing that fucking spotlight round the stage
Oh you think you're so ill
And you're all up in my grill
You and your stoopid guitar
I'd say nobody plays it like they used to
Just saying no body plays it quite as bad as I do
Not saying nobody plays me like they used too, boo hoo.
Nobody plays, no body plays...
3.Real Girl
It has been a while, since I have met a real girl
Since I have met somebody that I wanted to tell all my secrets
too
And I was never perfect, I don't think I ever will be
But I will try to fix myself, and stay here
Just in case you come along
And all of these perfect dancing soul mate lovers
How did they ever find each other？
Will I know that, when I know you know me？
So the day when I die I go down with a smile
If I know that I was everything you needed real girl
I had a dream that you were spinning, high above the city
I watched you from the darkness of the tall rooms in the ？？？
And I was just a kid then, but you were a superhero
Too smart for all the villains in their emerald towers
Gunning for your soul
You were the perfect colour, bright green lady
When they hear this, they'll know I'm crazy
But all that I am crazy for is you
In the day when I die, I go down with a smile
If I know that I was everything you needed real girl
And all the perfect streets are paved
They write the dreams, that some times make before
I wake up to this life, that I was sure would have a wife in it
Unless you came along in the miracle you proved me wrong
We become unstuck until the universe would be all yours and mine
But it has been a while, since I have met a real girl
Since I have met somebody who I wanted to tell all my secrets
too
4.Now
Now we are all strangers in the TV Lands
Now we are all stranded on our own island.
None of us can fit inside the paradigm, anymore.
Now even the darkness can be stolen,
Now we are a bumper sticker slogan.
Now I'm gonna have to learn it all, again.
Now is not a time for making future plans
Now is not a place where you and I can stand.
Now is not the time to try to tell the truth.
Now we are a lie inside the cameras eyes
Now we have a hundred thousand reasons why
But none of us are ever gonna get it right.
Now I have to live with what we might have been.
Now that everything we know is wearing thin.
Now I'm gonna have to find a way, to leave.
Now even the darkness can be stolen,
Now we are a bumper sticker slogan.
Now I'm gonna have to learn it all, again.
Now is not a time for making future plans.
Now is not a place where you and I will stand.
Now is not the time to try to tell the truth.
5.If You Need A Friend
None of the people I know seem to be sleeping well at night
Everyone's diagnosed with some kind of nervousness or fright
Where did the peaceful dreams of our childhood go？
None of the people I know seem to be living their own lives.
Everyone's under control, trapped in a cubicle to die
Where did the glory dreams of our childhood go？
you know you sound crazy when you're screaming til you're
bleedin'
and it may sound like its not true, I've done that to believe it
and if you should need it
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again
Up again, up again, up again, up again.
Part of the gardner estate, was a concert made of paint
Ours to behold we were told, ten million times it weight in gold
Out her museum one night concert did go.
I had a painting I loved, red graffiti on black gloss
It was lost in the travels we made, back in our homes we should
have stayed.
Up on the internet auctioning block it did go.
I know it sounds crazy, but these colours make our feelings
When these things are stolen, it is worse than crime, it's
killing
And if God is willing.
When you need a friend, you won't have anyone to call you up
again
Up again, up again, up again. up again.
It's the middle of the night, and everythings alright.
I'll go to bed alone again
Yeah everythings alright, but the dim street light, is flooding
in the room again.
And empty spaces that are next to me are a little freer than I
care to be.
It's still the middle of the night, yeah everythings alright.
I'll go to bed alone again.
It's free, a little freerer than I care to be.
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again, up
again.
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again, up
again.
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again, up
again
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again
If you need a friend, don't be afraid to call me up again, up
again, up again, up again.
6.Texas
We met at Amys party
I stick with Chuck cause he brings me luck, Chuck whats up
With the girl over there, with the hair, she likes you.
You're not from around here, you come from a place where stars
at night
are big and bight, you're light, it blinds me.
Put me on a plane. I am not afraid.
Just don't tell me, that you're leaving.
Take me back to Texas with you.
Take me back to Texas with you.
Take me back to Texas with you, girl.
I think I missed the last train,
If I could just sleep here on the floor, I promise I will will
expect more.
This reminds me of high school
Or maybe what high school would have been,
If you were there and I were cooler.
Put me on the plane, I am not ashamed.
Just don't tell me that you're leaving.
Take me back to Texas with you.
Take me back to Texas with you.
Take me back to Texas with you, girl. Girl.
Put me on a plane. I am not afraid.
Just don't tell me that, you're leaving.
Take me back to Texas with you.
Take me back to Texas with you.
Take me back to Texas with you, girl.
Take me back to Texas with you.
Take me back to Texas with you.
Take me back to Texas with you, girl.
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