Dirty Work

All Time Low Dirty Work Lyrics
1.Do You Want Me (Dead)

All Time Low - Do You Want Me (Dead?)

I let it ride on a bad bet (Bad bet)
I doubled down on a sinking ship
I, need a second to catch my breath
Do you want me? (Want me)
Or do you want me dead?

Oh, give it up for at least a second
I'm getting sick of your bullshit attitude
And how you walk around like you shine brighter
It's killing me (Killing me)
So what do you say?
Do you want me?
Or do you want me dead?

I've got my hands up (Yeah, yeah)
I'm staring down the barrel of a loaded night (Loaded night)
I've got my hands up (Yeah, yeah)
So do you want me?
Or do you want me dead?

You're trigger-happy at harbor side (Harbor side)
You're taking shots at the strangers passing
There's no such thing as a perfect crime
Don't play that (Play that)
You've said it enough
'Cause you want me? (Want me)
Or you want me dead? (Oh, oh)

I've got my hands up (Yeah, yeah)
I'm staring down the barrel of a loaded night (Loaded night)
I've got my hands up (Yeah, yeah)
So do you want me?
Or do you want me?

Dead set on a getaway...
I'm dead set on a getaway...
I'm dead set on a getaway!
I'm dead set on a getaway!

I let it ride on a bad bet
I doubled down on a sinking ship

I've got my hands up (Yeah, yeah)
I'm staring down the barrel of a loaded night (Loaded night)
I've got my hands up (Yeah, yeah)
So do you want me? (Want me)
What you say?

I've got my hands up (Yeah, yeah)
I'm staring down the barrel of a loaded night (Loaded night)
I've got my hands up (Yeah, yeah)
So do you want me?
Oh, oh
Do you want me?
Do you want me dead?


2.I Feel Like Dancin'

Shawty said she wants to run away
Says I look like a boy she used to date
Took me by the hand and pulled me to the stairs (Not interested,
girl)
Put her tongue all up in my ear (Gross)
Almost made me spill my beer (Oh s**t!)
She's up and ready to go but I don't care (Pssh, whatever)

Cause I'm in the zone,
Turned off my phone,
I've got my own agenda

I feel like dancing tonight
I'm gonna party like it's my civil right (Everybody get kinda
awesome)
It doesn't matter where,
I don't care if people stare
Cause I feel like dancing tonight

Everybody gettin' kinda crunk
I think some dude just grabbed my junk (Whoa)
Now I know how Ke$ha must be feelin' (Like, what is with it)

Bros tried to turn me upside down
I put a keg tap to my mouth
But that's okay,
I'm dancing on the ceiling (Ahhh)

Cause I've got the groove,
I'll bust a move,
Just try and stop me
I feel like dancing tonight
I'm gonna party like it's my civil right (Everybody get kinda
awesome)
It doesn't matter where,
I don't care if people stare
Cause I feel like dancing tonight

Somebody call the police (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I think they're coming to get me
They said,
'You've got the right to remain on the dance floor,
So show us what you've got
Cause you know that you've got more!'
I feel like dancing tonight
I came to party like it's my civil right (Everybody get kinda
awesome)
It doesn't matter where,
I don't care if people stare
Cause I feel like dancing tonight

Oh, one more time!

I feel like dancing tonight (I feel like dancing)
I'm gonna (dancing) party like it's my civil right
(Oh-Whoa-Oh-Oh-Oh)
It doesn't matter where,
I don't care if people stare
Cause I feel like dancing tonight (Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh)
I feel like dancing tonight (Ha Ha)


3.Forget About It

You are a handful of roses
Thorns in a cheap bouquet
True, I'm a walking disaster
They told you to stay away

It seems like I'm making a deal with the devil
Who's whispering softly to me
Are you sure that she's the one?

'Cause I feel like a bad joke
Walk a tightrope to hold on to you
Was it real, or a love scene from a bad dream?
I don't think I can forget about it

You are a shining example
Of why I don't sleep at all
T-t-t-too many sheep on the brain
To make sense of a late night call

Talking in circles and chasing the tail
Of a love drunk distant memory
Am I sure that she's the one?

'Cause I feel like a bad joke
Walk a tightrope to hold on to you (Gotta know)
Was it real, or a love scene from a bad dream?
I don't think I can forget about it

(Gotta know, was it real?)

'You know, there are some days
when I really feel like this could work.
Like, you and I are finally gonna get it right.'

'Then there are days like today,
when you make me wanna tear my fucking hair out.'

'Cause I feel like a bad joke (Like a bad joke)
Walk a tightrope to hold on to you (Gotta know)
Was it real, or a love scene from a bad dream?
I don't think I can forget about it

I feel like just like a bad joke
Whoa, oh
Gotta know, was it real?
Waking up from a bad dream
From a bad dream, I don't think
I can forget about it !

So just forget about it !

So just forget !


4.Guts

Shooting for the stars
Desperately reaching
For something in the dark
Pictures of memories
Lying in my heart
Lie away, can dream of
The endless possibilities
Catch my breath and go for it

Take apart
Everything that's Holding me down
Make a point
To pick a new direction
To make a new connection

Is this what it feels like?
Finding out
That I've got the guts to say anything
Feels like
Breaking out
When I can Give up my reputation

Finally, (finally)
I can see (I can see)
Honestly, I've got the guts to say anything

Bold enough to fall
Flat on my face but I walk as they crawl
Slowing down , it's such a waste of
Time to let go
Tapping my fingers to the rhythm of a metronome
Counting opportunities

Take apart
The gravity that's holding me down
Make a point
To find a resolution
To be my own solution

Is this what it feels like?
Finding out
That I've got the guts to say anything
Feels like
Breaking out
When I can give up my reputation

Finally, (finally)
I can see (I can see)
Honestly, I've got the guts to say anything

Go down, let me go
Let me go, down alone
Let me go, down
Just let me go, down

If I'm gonna go down
Then just let me go
Let me go down
Let me go down
Just let me go
LET ME GO!
(go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go...!)


It feels like
Finding out
That I've got the guts to say anything

Feels like
Breaking out
When I can give up my reputation

Finally, (finally)
I can see (I can see)
Honestly, I've got the guts to say anything
Finally, (finally)
I can see (I can see)
Honestly, I've got the guts to say anything


5.Time-Bomb

From the get-go, I knew this was hard to hold
Like a crash, the whole thing spun out of control
Oh, on a wire, we were dancing
Two kids, no consequences
Pull the trigger without thinking
There's only one way down this road

It was like a time bomb, set it in motion
We knew that we're destined to explode
And if I had to pull you out of the wreckage
You know I'm never gonna let you go
We're like a time bomb
Gonna lose it, let's defuse it
Baby, we're like a time bomb
But I need it, wouldn't have it
Any other way

Well, there's no way out of this, so let's stay in
Have a storm that comes that'll soak us to an end
Oh, resistance is useless
Just two kids, stupid and fearless
Like a bullet shooting a lesson
There's only one way down this road

It was like a time bomb, set it in motion
We knew that we're destined to explode
And if I had to pull you out of the wreckage
You know I'm never gonna let you go
We're like a time bomb
Gonna lose it, let's defuse it
Baby, we're like a time bomb
But I need it, wouldn't have it
Any other way

Got my heart in your hands
Like a time bomb ticking
It goes off, we start again
If it breaks, we fix it
Got your heart in my hands
Like a time bomb ticking
We should know better we won't let go

It was like a time bomb, set it in motion
We knew that we're destined to explode
And if I had to pull you out of the wreckage
You know I'm never gonna let you let me go
We're like a time bomb
Gonna lose it, let's defuse it
Baby, we're like a time bomb
But I need it, wouldn't have it
Any other way


6.Just the Way I'm Not

Can I pick you for another night on the North Shore
Do you even want to see my face again?
I'm a waste of chances
Full of bad romances
Your favorite enemy and your most hated friend

When it hurts, it hurts
Wonder if it's worth it
But when it works, it works
And when it's broke, it's perfect

Whoa! I never to seem please you
No! don't you ever let me go!
I know your heart is shut, shut, shut
Don't you know?! nothing's gonna change us?
Girl! all because I like you just the way are
And you like me JUST the way I'm not

You're a classic case of foolish, young, and in love
But you don't even know what love could do to us
We are brash and reckless
Made of glass and careless
Break apart the moments we both feel too much

'Cause when it hurts, it hurts
Wonder if it's worth it
But when it works, it works
And when it's broke, it's perfect

Whoa! I never to seem please you
No! don't you ever let me go!
I know your heart is shut, shut, shut
Don't you know?! nothing's gonna change us?
Girl! all because I like you just the way are
And you like me JUST the way I'm not

Opposites distract
We fall between the cracks
Forget about each other till we get each other back
Opposites distract
We fall between the cracks
Forget about each other till we get each other back
Opposites distract
We fall between the cracks
Forget about each other till we get each other back

Whoa! I never to seem please you
No! don't you ever let me go!
I know your heart is shhh...

Whoa! never to seem please you
No! don't you ever let me go!
I know your heart is shut, shut, shut

Don't you know?! nothing's gonna change us?
Girl! all because I like you just the way are
And you like me JUST the way I'm not


7.Under a Paper Moon

Baby don't yell, you're tearing a hole
Right through the walls of everything we used to know
I'm building a place, something amazing
Just for the sake of saving us
From under the sun
Two plastic hearts with nowhere to run
We're rolling the dice on whatever's left
'Cause God only knows that we could use the rest (Whoa...)

Me and you, living under a paper moon
'Cause real life just isn't right
Let's fabricate
Me and you, living under a paper moon
This real life just isn't right
Let's get away
Let's fabricate

Baby don't fret, at least we're alive
With just enough breath to truly despise
The hills in the carpet, knots in the ties
That bind us so tightly to our waking lives
I'll build up a house, I'll build up an army
Of cellophane soliders - cheap origami
To take back a piece of whatever's left
Of that little box that beats in your chest (Whoa...)

Me and you, living under a paper moon
'Cause real life just isn't right
Let's fabricate
Me and you, living under a paper moon
This real life just isn't right
Let's get away
Let's fabricate

I'm building a place
Something amazing just for the sake of saving us
And whatever's left of that little box that beats in your chest

Me and you, living under a paper moon
'Cause real life just isn't right
Let's fabricate
Me and you, living under a paper moon
This real life just isn't right
Let's get away
This real life just isn't right
Let's fabricate


8.Return the Favor

Oh no, look what you've done
You left me the victim of a hit-and-run
Picked up and let down
You were never as you led on

You said, 'Just friends and no strings'
But that leaves loose ends for all things
Get back to old days and old flames
You never let burn out

Won't you let me know?
How do I get away
When you're begging me to stay?
What do you need me to say?
You're anything but ordinary

What do you want me to do?
I've given it all to it you
I wish you would return the favor
Did you forget what I said?
Train wreck; here we, here we go again
Derailed, and I failed to mention
I put it on the line

Whether you and me could ever be
We'll never see, no
'Cause you keep the lights off
You only do it in the dark

Won't you let me know?
How do I get away
When you're begging me to stay?
What do you need me to say?
You're anything but ordinary
What do you want me to do?
I've given it all to it you
I wish you would return the favor

Are you gonna throw it all away? (D-d-do me favor)
Are we gonna do this all again?
Maybe it's all pretend and the game should end
I guess nobody wins (Won't you let me know?)

How do I get away
When you're begging me to stay?
What do you need me to say?
You're anything but ordinary

What do you want me to do?
I've given it all to it you
I wish you would return the
How do I get away
When you're begging me to stay?
What do you need me to say?
You're anything but ordinary

What do you want me to do?
I've given it all to it you
I wish you would return the favor


9.No Idea

I was dreaming we were running from the city burning
Down, down, down
Made a break, a new escape, and let the world crash
Down, down, down

Now there's a piece of me
Tells me I shouldn't leave
Every time I see your face (Every time I see your face)
Because every time you come around
Well, you take my breath away

And I just wanna breathe until I take you in
I never want you to leave until I take you in (But the truth is)

She has no idea (No idea)
That I'm even here (That I'm even here)
She has no idea (No idea)
That I'm even here (That I'm even here)

Get a grip; slip and trip over clumsy, careless
Words, words, words
Paper-thin fingerprints on slowly spoken
Verbs, verbs, verbs

Now there's so much of me
Telling me not to leave
Every time I see your face (Every time I see your face)
Because every time you come around
Well, you take my breath away

And I just wanna breathe until I take you in
I never want you to leave until I take you in (But the truth is)

She has no idea (No idea)
That I'm even here (That I'm even here)
She has no idea (No idea)
That I'm even here (That I'm even here)

She's so close when I'm so far away
When I'm so far away
Let me dream, let me stay
She's so close when I'm so far away
When I'm so far away
I can't sleep, I can't dream, I can't change

She has no idea
That I'm so far away
She has no idea
That I'm so far away

She has no idea (No idea)
That I'm even here (That I'm even here)
She has no idea (No idea)
That I'm even here (That I'm even here)

She has no idea (No idea)
That I'm even here (That I'm even here)
She has no idea (No idea)
That I'm even here (That I'm even here)

She has no idea-dea-dea (No idea)
She has no idea-dea-dea (That I'm even here)
She has no idea-dea-dea (She has no idea)
She has no idea-dea-dea (No idea)
She has no idea


10.A Daydream Away

I wish you could see your face right now
'Cause you're grinning like a fool
And we're sitting on your kitchen floor
On a Tuesday afternoon
It doesn't matter when we get back
To doing what we do
'Cause right now could last forever
Just as long as I'm with you

You're just a daydream away
I wouldn't know what to say if I had you
And I'll keep you a daydream away
Just watch from a safe place
So I never have to lose

We would go out on the weekend
To escape our busy lives
And we'd laugh at all the douche-bag guys
Chasing down their desperate wives
I would drink a little too much
You would offer me a ride
And I would offer you a T-shirt
And you'd stay another night

But you're just a daydream away
I wouldn't know what to say if I had you
And I'll keep you a daydream away
Just watch from a safe place
So I never have to lose

We never stood a chance out there
Shooting love in real-time
So we'll take it over ice tonight
With a little salt and a little lime

You're just a daydream away
I wouldn't know what to say if I had you
And I'll keep you a daydream away
Just watch from a safe place
So I never have to lose

You're just a daydream away
I wouldn't know what to say if I had you


11.That Girl

What am I supposed to do? uh oh
When she's so damn cold, like twenty below?
That girl, that girl, she's such a bitch
But I tell myself I can handle it

You know I don't frequent the LBC
'Cause I'm a bit too pale to run that scene
The So Cal sun has grown on me
And that girl (that girl), that girl (that girl)

Started with a bottle of cheap champagne
Now she's got me hooked on it like cocaine
She's so numb, this novocaine
That girl (that girl), that girl (that girl)

Said, 'No, kid, not tonight
You're not that good, and I'm not that type'
She's beautiful, but she's cold as ice
And that keeps me hanging on

So what am I supposed to do? uh oh
When she's so damn cold, like twenty below?
That girl, that girl, she's such a bitch
I tell myself I can handle it
But where am I supposed to go? uh oh
When she throws me out and it's twenty below?
That girl, that girl, she's such a trick
But I can't lie I'm in love with it
That girl, uh oh uh oh
That girl, uh oh uh oh
That girll, uh oh uh oh
That girl, that girl

Now she won't buy my sex appeal
Just an East Coast kid with a record deal
I play her song, she plays the field
And that girl (that girl), that girl (that girl)

Left me on the street in the middle of winter
My frostbite heart says, 'Try to forget her'
Miss that kiss, but I'll always remember
That girl (that girl), that girl (that girl)

Said, 'No, kid, not tonight
You're not that cool; no, you're not my type'
She's beautiful, but she's cold as ice
And I'm still hanging on

So what am I supposed to do? uh oh
When she's so damn cold, like twenty below?
That girl, that girl, she's such a bitch
I tell myself I can handle it
But where am I supposed to go? uh oh
When she throws me out and it's twenty below?
That girl, that girl, she's such a trick
But I can't lie I'm in love with it
That girl, uh oh uh oh
That girl, uh oh uh oh
That girll, uh oh uh oh
That girl, that girl

Sit around waiting for the spark to fade
You can add another face to your pity parade
I can't believe it
I've never felt so cheated
Knock me down, it was all pretend
You set me back up just to do it again
You said love's overrated
I say it's complicated

What am I supposed to do? uh oh
When she's so damn cold, like twenty below?
That girl, that girl, she's such a bitch
I tell myself I can handle it
But where am I supposed to go? uh oh
When she throws me out and it's twenty below?
That girl, that girl, she's such a trick
But I can't lie I'm in love with it
That girl, uh oh uh oh (that girl)
That girl (that girl)
That girl, uh oh uh oh (that girl)
That girl, that girl (that girl)
That girl


12.Heroes

Not gonna miss you when you're dead and gone
Not gonna talk about you over and over and over
Not gonna file you under latest nostalgia
Nor happily ever after

Not gonna listen to your played-out songs
(Played-out songs)
Don't wanna think about you over and over and over
Not gonna read about the latest fads on your trending blog
I want nothing to do with that

'Cause you've made a mess of everything
(And I'm not listening)

You're not a hero, you're a liar
You're not a savior, you're a vampire
Sucking the life out of all the friends you've never known

You're just a train wreck, not a winner
Up on your soapbox, preaching down to the sinners
A saint without a cause
We're not listening
We're not listening

I'm gonna start a revolution
Of convoluted disillusion
(Start a revolution)
I'll lead a war with no conclusion
And in the final hour, I'll be a confident coward

'Cause if we stand for nothing
We'll fall for anything

You're not a hero, you're a liar
You're not a savior, you're a vampire
Sucking the life out of all the friends you've never known

You're just a train wreck, not a winner
Up on your soapbox, preaching down to the sinners
A saint without a cause
We're not listening
We're not listening
(Listening, listening, listening, listening...)

NOW this is moving in the same direction
But I'm a little too spent to care
'Cause it's a battlefield till it blows over
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

YOU'RE ... but we live in glass houses
YOU TALK SHIT; it's a price to bear
YOU'RE ONLY WRONG UNTIL you get older
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Enemies closer

They're gonna miss me when I'm dead and gone
They're gonna talk about me over and over and over
They're gonna file me under latest nostalgia
And happily ever after, after...

But I'm not a hero, I'm a liar
I'm not a savior, I'm a vampire
Sucking the life out of all the friends I've never known

We're a train wreck, not winners
On a soapbox, preaching down to the sinners
Saints without a cause
We're not listening
We're not listening
We're not listening
We're not listening


13.Get Down On Your Knees And Tell Me You Love Me

I've been played a fool four, three, too many times and
When did lust for you become an organized crime?
I try to keep you honest, babe, but I was just a pawn
You played the part so well, it hurts to know you're gone
Did you mean it? Could you feel it when you broke into my head?
Did you fake it just to break another stranger in your bed?
Was it worth it? Was it perfect when you up and left me cynical?
Like you planned it, you're a bandit.
Just a no good, too big, filthy, rotten criminal.

Let me count the ways; I six, seven, ate my words
Right from the silver plate, we checked in, checked out,
checkmate
I couldn't keep you honest, babe, cause I was just a card you
played
We draw so well, it hurts to know you're gone, you're gone,
you're gone
Did you mean it? Could you feel it when you broke into my head?
Did you fake it just to break another stranger in your bed?
Was it worth it? Was it perfect when you up and left me cynical?
Like you planned it, you're a bandit.
Just a no good, too big, filthy, rotten criminal.

Did you mean it? Could you feel it when you broke into my head?
Did you fake it just to break another stranger in your bed?
Was it worth it? Was it perfect when you up and left me cynical?
Like you planned it, you're a bandit.
Just a no good, too big, filthy, rotten criminal.
Did you mean it? Could you feel it when you broke into my head?
Did you fake it just to break another stranger in your bed?
Was it worth it? Was it perfect when you up and left me cynical?
Like you planned it, you're a bandit.
Just a no good, too big, filthy, rotten criminal.


14.My Only One

Paint yourself a picture, something perfectly obscure
To hide away the messes behind your manicure
And all of my obsessing to find the perfect words
Sick of second guessing, I didn't mean to make you hurt
Didn't mean to make you hurt, hurt hurt
What do you say when your heart's not in it, your heart's not in
it?
What do you do when you just don't get it, you just don't get
it?
Where do you go when you reach your limit, you reach your limit?
'Cause all I know, all I know is
You are my only one, you are my only one
You are my only one, that's all I know, you're all I know

Break another mirror to keep away the stares
Of another guilty reflex, a reflection left in tears
And all of my obsessing, tell me what was it worth?
Guess I should have learned my lesson, I didn't mean to make you
hurt
Didn't mean to make you hurt, hurt, hurt
What do you say when your heart's not in it, your heart's not in
it?
What do you do when you just don't get it, you just don't get
it?
Where do you go when you reach your limit, you reach your limit?
'Cause all I know, all I know is
You are my only one, you are my only one
You are my only one, that's all I know, you're all I know

Wake me, early I've been dreaming
Dreaming that I'm only, only good enough for me and no one else
So wake me, early I've been dreaming
Dreaming that I'm only, only good enough for me and no one else
What do you say when your heart's not in it, your heart's not in
it?
What do you do when you just don't get it, you just don't get
it?
Where do you go when you reach your limit, you reach your limit?
'Cause all I know, all I know is
You are my only one, you are my only one
You are my only one, that's all I know, it's all I know
You are my only one, you are my only one
You are my only one, that's all I know, you're all I know


15.Merry Christmas,Kiss My Ass

They told me I was lucky
To have my chance with you
Now last year's summer romance
Is this year's winter blues
I treated you so nicely
To jewelry and champagne
But you left me empty handed, yeah
You left me feeling plain
Now I hope you're happy with yourself
'Cause I'm not laughing
Don't you think it's kind of crappy what you did this holiday?
When I gave you my heart
You ripped it apart like wrapping paper trash
So I wrote you a song
Hope that you sing alone
And it goes
Merry Christmas
Kiss my ass
You say I'm losing my mind
I thought that for a while
I tear down decorations
They remind me of your smile
I hate that mistletoe
It makes me think of our first kiss
You bit my lip, you pulled me close
And then you taught me how to quit
Now I hope you're happy with yourself
'Cause I'm not laughing
Don't you think it's kind of crappy what you did this holiday?
When I gave you my heart
You ripped it apart like wrapping paper trash
So I wrote you a song
Hope that you sing alone
And it goes
Merry Christmas
Kiss my ass
So sick of calling you up
Telephone me
No; fuck you, girl
I'm going out
I gave you my all, but our love hit a wall now
I'm jingle belling and everyone's yelling
We'll drink till the bars shut us down
Ain't that just what Christmas is all about?
And I hope, hope you're happy with yourself
'Cause I'm not laughing
Don't think it's so damn trashy what you did this holiday?
I gave you my heart
You ripped it apart like wrapping paper trash
So I wrote you a song
Hope that you sing alone
Here it goes
Merry Christmas
Kiss my ass


16.Time-Bomb (Acoustic Version)

From the get-go, I knew this was hard to hold
Like a crash, the whole thing spun out of control
Oh, on a wire, we were dancing
Two kids, no consequences
Pull the trigger without thinking
There's only one way down this road

It was like a time bomb, set it in motion
We knew that we're destined to explode
And if I had to pull you out of the wreckage
You know I'm never gonna let you go
We're like a time bomb
Gonna lose it, let's defuse it
Baby, we're like a time bomb
But I need it, wouldn't have it
Any other way

Well, there's no way out of this, so let's stay in
Have a storm that comes that'll soak us to an end
Oh, resistance is useless
Just two kids, stupid and fearless
Like a bullet shooting a lesson
There's only one way down this road

It was like a time bomb, set it in motion
We knew that we're destined to explode
And if I had to pull you out of the wreckage
You know I'm never gonna let you go
We're like a time bomb
Gonna lose it, let's defuse it
Baby, we're like a time bomb
But I need it, wouldn't have it
Any other way

Got my heart in your hands
Like a time bomb ticking
It goes off, we start again
If it breaks, we fix it
Got your heart in my hands
Like a time bomb ticking
We should know better we won't let go

It was like a time bomb, set it in motion
We knew that we're destined to explode
And if I had to pull you out of the wreckage
You know I'm never gonna let you let me go
We're like a time bomb
Gonna lose it, let's defuse it
Baby, we're like a time bomb
But I need it, wouldn't have it
Any other way