John Mayer No Such Thing[Cd Single]

1.No Such Thing

'Welcome to the real world'
she said to me kind of condescendingly
'Take a seat, take your life
plot it out in black and white'
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
and the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
is still hiding up my sleeve

They love to tell you 'stay inside the lines'
but something's better on the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above

So the good boys and girls take the so-called right track
faded white hats grabbing the credits and making transfers
they read all the books but they can't find the answers
and all of our parents, they're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
while in their memories, tiny tragedies

they love to tell you 'stay inside the lines'
but something's better on the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above

I am invincible
I am invincible
I am invincible
as long as I'm alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above

I just can't wait till my ten year reunion
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
and when I stand on these tables before you
you will know what all this time was for


2.My Stupid Mouth

My stupid mouth,
Has got me in trouble.
I said too much again.
To a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see she was offended.
She said 'well anyway...'
Just dying for a subject change.

Oh, it's another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget？
Mama said 'think before speaking'
No filter in my head.
Oh, what's a boy to do？
I guess he better find one soon

We bit our lips. She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess with the
Salt and pepper shaker.
And I could see clearly
An indelible line was drawn
Between what was good, what just
Slipped out and what went wrong.

Oh, the way she feels about me has changed.
Thanks for playing, try again.

How could I forget？

Mama said 'think before speaking'
No filter in my head.
Oh, what's a boy to do？
I guess he better find one.

I'm never speaking up again. It only hurts me.
I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me.

Oh I'm never speaking up again.
Starting now
Starting now

One more thing.
Why is it my fault？
So maybe I try too hard
But it's all because of this desire
I just wanna be liked, I just wanna be funny.
Looks like the jokes on me
So call me captain backfire

I'm never speaking up again it only hurts me.
I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me.

Oh I'm never speaking up again
I'm never speaking up again
I'm never speaking up again
Starting now
Starting now


3.Lenny(Live At The X-Lounge)

After all the jacks are in their boxes
and the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
footsteps dressed in red
And the wind whispers Mary
A broom is drearily sweeping
up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind, it cries Mary
The traffic lights, they turn, uh, blue tomorrow
and shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags down stream
'cause the life that lived is,
is dead
And the wind screams Mary
Uh-will the wind ever remember
the names it has blow in the past？
And with this crutch, its old age, and its wisdom
it whispers no, this will be the last
And the wind cries Mary


4.The Wind Cries Mary(Live At The X-Lounge)

After all the jacks are in their boxes
and the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
footprints dressed in red
and the wind wispers mary
A broom is drearily sweeping
up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind wispers Mary

The traffic lights turn blue tomorrow
and shine their emptiness down, down on my bed
The tiny island sags downstream
'cause the life that lived is, is dead
And the wind screams Mary
And the wind cries Mary

Will the wind ever remember
the names it has blown in the past
with its crutch, its old age, and its wisdom
it whispers 'no, this won't be the last'
And the wind cries Mary
And the wind cries Mary