Greatest Hits

Better Than Ezra Greatest Hits Lyrics
1.King Of New Orleans

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Got an angel on the stairs
As if you'd even care
When the lights are up
And the sun had nearly gone... down

Did you see him on the street
Did you pass him at your feet
Did you think at all
How dare they even look me in the eye

And he loves the girls
And he loves the boys
Gonna make
Twenty dollars 'fore the weekend's over

So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans

Got a ticket to a show
Did you see him take a blow
When the drunk one said
Cat stevens was the greatest singer

Did you kick him in the head
Did you see the blood run down
Did you laugh at all
When the people walked right by and said aloud
Gutter punks, you're all the same
Gonna make
Twenty dollars 'fore the weekend's over

So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans

Set him up
Let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans

Radio in my head
Radio in my car
Goin' down again
He's goin' down... again

Any way you look
Any way you talk it over
It's easier
To let it slip out of your mind

But it rips your heart out
Then it kicks your head in
Wouldja you give him one more chance
Try and see the beauty in his world

All the way in on my hands
In on my feet and shoulders
Gonna make
Twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over

So set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans

Set him up
Then let him fall
Turn him over in your hands
God save the king of new orleans
Yeah


2.Good

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Lookin' around the house
Hidden behind the window and the door
Searchin' for signs of life but there's nobody home

Well maybe I'm just too sure
Or maybe I'm just too frightened by the sound of it
Pieces of note fall down but the letter said (wahow)

It was good livin' with you (wahow)
It was good (awwawawa, wahow)
It was good livin' with you (wahow)
It was good (awwawawa)
Good, good, good, good, good, good

Sittin' around the house
Watchin' the sun trace shadows on the floor
Searchin' for signs of life but there's nobody home
Well, maybe I'll call or I'll write you a letter
Now maybe we'll see on the fourth of July
But I'm not too sure, and I'm not too proud
Well I'm not too sure and I'm not too proud to say (wahow)

It was good livin' with you (wahow)
It was good (awwawawa, wahow)
It was good livin' with you (wahow)
It was good...awhh, huuuh...so good.

Awh, wahow
It was good livin' with you (wahow)
It was good (awwawawa, wahow)
It was good livin' with you (wahow)
It was good (awwawawa, awwawawanh)

Yeah you were so good
yeah you were so good
Yeah....that's right! (really high pitched, low volume, squeaky
voice)


3.At The Stars

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Maybe I should drop you at your door.
Or leave tonight and vanish up the shore.
Anywhere but here.

It's three o'clock we're driving in your car,
You're screaming out the window at the stars,
'Please don't drive me home!'

Blame us because we are who we are.
Hate us because you'll never get that far.
And who'd suppose you would go?
I've already learned enough to know.

Tell me all the places we could go.
And count the headlights passing on the road,
A long, long time ago.

Here we are.
Foreign to their world.
Straight and composed.
Your sermons I can do without
And I finally found.
That everybody loves to love you
When you're far away.

Could it be we've done something wrong
We'd make it home to your place before dawn
'Please, don't take me home.'
'Please, don't take me home.'


4.In the Blood(Single Remix)

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Can you be so warm
Can you know what I feel
Well, it's the way you move your hands
And it's the way you understand

And that's the reason that I'm askin' (hey yeay yah)
And that's the reason that I want to know (hey yeay yah)
And that's the reason that I'm askin' (hey yeay yah)
And that's the reason that I..

Can you throw away
Everything you live for
Well it's the way we shake and sway (aawwhhh)
And it's the passion that you play

And that's the reason that I'm askin' (hey yeay yah)
And that's the reason that I want to know (hey yeay yah)
And that's the reason that I'm askin' (hey yeay yah)
And that's the reason that I..

Too many lost
Links in a chain passed down through the years
Through the years, but ending here if we just face the pain
And the fear

Did you love before
Didn't they love before you (for you, for you)
But it's the way you move your hands (aawwhhh)
And it's the way you understand

And that's the reason that I'm askin' (hey yeay yah)
And that's the reason that I want to know (hey yeay yah)
And that's the reason that I'm askin' (hey yeay yah)
And that's the reason that I..

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la (lalalalalala)

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la


5.Live Again

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Don't fear,
Even though you're at a loss.
I'm numb,
A shell of empty thoughts.
But you glow,
You stretch and pull me out.
Does that trouble you?
Does that trouble you?

Love me
Hate me
Make me live again
I need you around

Heal me
Hurt me
Make me live again
I want you around

So long,
I never had experienced
This bliss.
So how could I resist?
And I'm fine
A little light-headed.
Does that worry you?
I didn't mean to worry you.

Now, retreating from the light
I love it when we fight
It makes me think
At least you still care

Give up, you're not going anywhere
Moonlight, illuminates your stare
And it's great, captivating you
Does that trouble you?
I didn't mean to trouble you


6.Extra Ordinary

Written:Kevin Griffin
Artist:Better Than Ezra/Dj Swamp

I got a little bit of hope,
Like a soap on a rope,
Sweeter than sour
Getting thinner by the hour.
Fallin' fast,
And I'm runnin' out of gas,
Muggin' on your sister,
Smart as bobby fischer.

Still, I couldn't get arrested,
Though I've got more hooks than madonna got looks,
Just like that ac/dc song.
'come on, baby, shake me all night long.'

All I wanna do
Is stay 'til early in the morning. (oh, I love you, baby!)
And all I gotta say, yeah,
Is your love's extraordinary.
You're extraordinary, baby.

Somebody push me through the door.
I been sleeping on a floor.
31 flavors,
Listen to the neighbors
Through the wall
At a debutante ball.
Cuma lada vista
Got a mona lisa.

So much for the late rent,
Cause your money's spent and it's cold inside.
But just like that barenaked ladies song,
I'm 'hot like wasabi' when I'm next to your body.

All I wanna do
Is stay 'til early in the morning. (oh, I love you, baby!)
And all I gotta say, yeah,
Is your love's extraordinary.
You're extraordinary, baby.

Ain't love such a sweet thang?
Ain't love such a sweet thang?
Yeah!!!

All I wanna do
Is stay 'til early in the morning. (oh, I love you, baby!)
And all I gotta say, yeah,
Is your love's extraordinary.
You're extraordinary.

All I wanna do (ain't love such a sweet thang?)
Is stay 'til early in the morning. (oh, I love you, baby!)
And all I gotta say, yeah, (ain't love such a sweet thang?)
Is your love's extraordinary.
You're extraordinary.

All I wanna do (all I)
All I wanna do (all I)


7.Rosealia(Single Remix)

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Where have you gone, my Rosealia
Into the crowd, he'll never find 'ya
If you walk real fast, and you stay down low
So many times, so many chances
This one could be your last

You say no no no, the fighting has left you tired
You say no no no, but the fighting goes on

Put on your mask, wearin' your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia
Put on your mask, wearin' your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia

What has he done, my senorita
His kind of love is gonna kill 'ya
Do 'ya fake a smile, when you dodge the blows?
So many times, so many chances
This one could be your last

You say no no no, the fighting has left you tired
You say no no no, but the hurting goes on

Put on your mask, wearin' your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia
Put on your mask, wearin' your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia

Jealousy - can rip your heart out
and Jealousy - can turn a hand into a fist--

You say no no no, the fighting has left you tired
You say no no no, but the fighting goes on

Put on your mask, wearin' your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia
Put on your mask, wearin' your cape
Put on your mask, my Rosealia

Put on your mask, wearin' your cape
hay hay
Put on your mask, wearin' your cape
My Rosealia
My Rosealia

Rosealeh Rosealia
Rosealeh Rosealia
Rosealeh Rosealia


8.Desperately Wanting

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Past the road to your house
That you never called home
Where they turned out the lights
Though they say you'll never know

I remember running through the wet grass
Falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting

When they pumped out your guts
Filled you full of those pills
You were never quite right
Deserving all the chills
They say the worst is over
Kicked it over and ran
Then they ask what went wrong
When they turn you on again
They turn you on again.

I remember running through the wet grass
Falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting

Kick them right in the face
Make them wish they weren't born
And if they bring up your name
Well they'll say you won the war.
Baby burst in the world
Never given a chance
Then they ask what went wrong
When you never had it right

Oh, the letters have dropped off
Though they say you got them all
I finally figured out some things you'll never know.
Take back your life and let me inside
We'll find the door if you care to anymore.

I remember running through the wet grass
Falling a step behind
Both of us never tiring
Desperately wanting.


9.Misunderstood

Talking in her sleep again
Reciting lines start to end
But she's not crazy
(knock on wood)
Just a little misunderstood

She takes a walk at 4am
Wakes the neighborhood again
And I find myself recalling everything she used to tell me

Aw yeah, alright, truth hurts inside
Aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life

Everybody wants to be a part
Everybody loves a situation
Who would ever want to play the part
Of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart

She's waiting tables the next day
She pulls a double then on her way
To an audition in hollywood, yeah,
A little misunderstood

We sit around the house
Waiting for the phone to ring
And I know she alone holds the key
To everything i want to be

Aw yeah, alright, truth hurts inside
Aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life

Everybody wants to be a part
Everybody loves a situation
Who would ever want to play the part
Of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart

Everybody wants to be your friend
When you've got something you can give them
All I've seen, bad and good, she's not crazy
Just a little misunderstood.

Aw yeah, all good, she's not crazy,
Just a little misunderstood.

Two years later you're a star
Who'd have thought we'd get this far?
But I'd give it all away if I
Could see you on that day again
When you quit work
And threw that coffee
At the manager jerk

You said, 'close your eyes
I've got a surprise
A house in the hills
And a car that drives by.'

Aw yeah, alright, truth hurts, don't it? inside
Aw yeah, that's right, you go around once in life

Everybody wants to be a part
Everybody loves a situation
Who would ever want to play the part
Of anonymous numbers on a governmental chart

Everybody wants to be your friend
When you've got something you can give them
All I've seen, bad and good, she's not crazy
Just a little misunderstood.

Aw yeah, all good, she's not crazy,
Just a little misunderstood.


10.This Time of Year(French Radio Version)

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Well there's a feelin' in the air
Just like a Friday afternoon
Yeah you can go there if you want
Though it fades too soon
So go on, let it be
If there's a feelin' coming over me
Seems like it's always understood this time of year

Well I know there's a reason to change
Well I know there's a time for us
Think about the good times and you live with all the bad
You can feel it in the air
Feelin' right this time of year

Well there's a football in the air
Across the leaf-blown field
Yeah, and there's your first car on the road
And the girl you steal
So go on, if you fell
If there's a feelin' that there's somethin' else
Seems like it's always understood this time of year

Well I know there's a reason to change (this time of year)
Yeah I know there's a time for us (this time of year)
Think about the good times but you live with all the bad (this
time of year)
You can feel it in the air
Feelin' right this time of year

Well there's a feelin' in the air
Just like a Friday afternoon
Yeah you can go there if you want
Thought it fades too soon
So go on, let it be
If there's a feelin' comin' over me
Seems like it's always understood this time of year

Well I know there's a reason to change (this time of year)
Yeah I know there's a time for us (this time of year)
Ya think about the good times, and you live with all the bad
(this time of year)
You can feel it in the air
Feel it in the air
Yeah I can feel it in the air
Well I can feel it in the air
Yeah you can feel it in the air
Feelin' right this time of year


11.Under You

Along the edges, colors blur at seem familiar.
While you read your magazine,
I was counting all the markers.

And California seemed to draw you like a siren
From a postcard, or a letter, in a frame of film melting.

But under you, I hear your breath move in, out slowly.
Under you, let go completely feeling you take over me.

A Hollywood flat where we'd laugh about our fortunes
Well we held jobs in this bar down at 3rd and San Vicente.
And Ramen Noodles at 4:30 in the morning,
When we barely could survive, I was never more alive.

Under you, I feel your blood flowing out slowly.
Under you, let go completely feeling you take over me

You moved in slow degrees
A sudden memory
You're a Leonard Cohen song

But every now and then I'd swear
I see you standing on a sidewalk, in a
Restaurant, from a taxi passing by.

Under you I feel you moving in, out slowly
Under you let go completely feeling you take over me.

Take over me.


12.Tremble

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Well I'm watchin' Geraldo on TV
And I'm thinkin' about you and me
About you and me

But ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And ya think too hard
You were gonna tremble
Yet ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And ya think too hard
You were gonna tremble

Well you're dancing with the pole-ends and us(?)
And I'm thinkin' about you and me
About you and me

But ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And ya think too hard
You were gonna tremble
Yet ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And ya think too hard
You were gonna tremble

I believe in
I believe this thing
I can't take it anymore
This could be the end of something
This could be the start of something new
This could be the end of something.....

Well I'm watchin' Geraldo on TV
And I'm thinkin' about you and me
About you and me

But ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And ya think too hard
You were gonna tremble
Yet ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And your mouth is dry
You were gonna tremble

Yet ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And your eyes are wide
You were gonna tremble


13.One More Murder

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

One more murder in this town,
Don't mean a thing just lock your doors
And drive around.

One more murder in this town,
Don't worry the rain will
Wash the chalk marks from the ground.

Saturday night, shots ring out,
Add one to the body count.
You come alive to see another's end.

Plead it to a lesser count,
D.A. says without a doubt,
In 3-5 you're on the streets again.

One more murder in this town
Don't mean a thing
You get accustomed to the sound

One more murder in this town
Block off the street and
Wrap the crime scene tape around.

Hosanna! Hosanna!
I can't feel a thing at all!
Hosanna! Hosanna!
I can't feel a thing!
I can't feel a thing at all!

Saturday night you're going out
Parking lot, a figure come about
Feel a piece click against your head.
Pleading to his sympathy,
'Take the car, I got a family'
You hear a laugh,
'It don't mean shit to me.'

One more murder in this town


14.Porcelain(Voodoo Mix)

Lyrics:Kevin Griffin
Music:Kevin Griffin

Hey, you've got a lot of nerve
showin' your face around here
Hey, you've got a lot of nerve
to dredge up all my fears
Well I wish I could shake some sense into you
And walk out the door

But your skin is like porcelain
Yeah your skin is like porcelain

Just the other day I felt - I had you by a string
Just the other day I felt - we could be everything
But now when I see you, you're somebody else
With somebody's eyes

And your skin is like porcelain
Yeah your skin is like porcelain

I don't know what I'm sayin'
Well, I don't know if you're there
In the words you are fadin
Do you even care-- yeah

Well I wish I could kill you, savor the sight
Get into my car, drive into the night
Then lie as I scream to the heavens above
That I was the last one you ever loved

(skin is like)
Porcelain
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Yeah your skin is like porcelain
Yeah


15.Laid


16.Wallflower