Clever One

The Flipsides Clever One Lyrics
1.60's

Oh how romantic of you*
To recite all my qualities
Like you care
How apathetic of you
To just strut your ass around
Like I'm not there
Wait a second, stop a minute
I don't need all your fuck up shit so
I'm catching you right in the act
Don't call me back
'Cause I won't pick it up
When You're calling

Hold the thought and throw it away
You've had your chances
So get out of my way
I'll kick you down to the ground
If you don't trip
And I won't pick you up
When you're falling
How sympathetic of you
To guide me through life
And change your plans for me
How fucking lame of you
To beat down my self confidence
Consciously

Wait a second, stop a minute
I don't need all your fucked up shit so
I'm catching you right in the act

Don't call me back
'Cause I won't pick it up
When you're calling

Hold the thought and throw it away
You've had your chances so get out of my way
I'll kick you down to the ground if you don't trip
And I won't pick you up when you're falling


2.The Best Of Times

Things are looking up I say*
Things are really going my way
About as much as I'd expect
And I don't think I can take another day

So here's to the memories
Here's to the worst times of my life
Though they are gone,
I see them in my reflection
And it troubles me, and I...

Never meant to be so dumb
And I never really had much fun
Memories still haunt me
Sometimes I feel like there is no escape
Might as well propose a toast
To the times I hate the most

So here's to the memories
Here's to the worst times of my life
Though they are gone,
I see them in my reflection
And it troubles me, and I say:
Here's to the worst times of my life

Here's to the choices
The ones that made me feel
Like I was going to die
Though they were wrong,
I've lived beyond bad decision
I've been worried; I've been tried
So here's to the memories
Here's to the best of times
Here's to the worst times of my life


3.Two Weeks

These past two weeks*
I've been thinking 'bout you
And all the things I wanna do with you
And all the great things I dig about you
I can't sleep at night
because you're playing in my head
Can't kick the habit of saying words you've said
I'm possessed by you all the time

Well, I don't need the mailman or a phone
I will say it to your face
I want you for my own

These past two weeks
I've been thinking 'bout you
And all the things that you've helped me through
And all the time I've shared with you
It must be the way that you look in my eyes
That prevents me from telling lies
To cover up how I feel inside


4.Punk Underwood

I walk down these streets*
And I don't, I don't, I don't have to wonder
I know

Do you really think that I care
What you really think about me?
Well, I don't
I'm over that now

I never thought the day would come
When I would say, 'I think I've found my home.'

The city lights, they set me free
And make me feel like I am worth it
We all are
It goes all around

There's no room, I'm not walking in lines
No reason to walk only in lines

Though it's been long overdue, somehow
I'm where I hear the sound
Of something loud and clear that I've
Been waiting for, until now

And I woke up fresh this morning
The change came without much warning
Found myself where I belong
So far away from strife, thank God

Though it's been long overdue, somehow
I'm where I hear the sound
Of something loud and clear that I've been waiting for
Until now


5.So Disgusted

I'm walking on a thin line*
I'm about to throw in the towel
And now I'm just so disgusted I could puke
I'm feeling like a reject
But what else should I expect?
That's why I say that I'm just so frustrated
And I don't know what to...
Fear's no stranger
Disappointment's my friend
And it makes me question
if I'll get up again
Fear's no stranger
Disappointment's my friend
And it makes me question if I'll get up again
Stuck in an intersection
Red lights in all four directions
And now I'm so misdirected, how about you?
I'm running out of ideas
Perpetual spinning of wheels
And it's leaving me so damn frustrated
And I don't know what to...


6.I Like You

He's a popular guy in town*
He's pretty smart
And he's good looking
My mom thinks that he is my type
I don't like him,
It's not alright

We went on a date
It was such a bore
So I'll have to say
When he comes knocking
On my door

It's just a lie
I'm saying yes, but I mean no
And it's just my luck
I like you
But I love him more

See, there's this other guy in town
I'm not supposed to
Love someone like him
I've struggled to
Get him out of my mind
It's not working,
It's not alright


7.Clever Once

You have bad taste*
'Cause you think he's cool
So you'll get obsessed
And he'll make you drool
And you think that when you're gone
He thinks about you
Today, pick a date and he'll find
Nothing to mention
With no affection
He's the one who makes you so tired
He's the clever one in control
You're getting stupid
I guess it's hopeless now
And he'll make you do
What he wants you to (do)
No bribes
Just a joke, some mind games
He'll use you like money
It's not so funny
He's the one
who makes you so tired
He's the clever one in control
You're getting stupid
I guess it's hopeless now
He's the one
who wants to watch you burn
I wonder if you'll ever learn


8.Make It So

I never took the chance*
To show you my gratitude
I'll never forget you now
Even if I change my latitude
The choice you made was right
I sit here on Friday night
I'm lonely so I'll get lewd
With two clenched fists and an attitude
As I lie in bed
I'll count all the ways
I'll remove myself from you
To make it so
I can let go
Now that you've changed your mind
I'm sleepless
I can't unwind
Tell me you've been having hell
'Cause I feel worse
When you're doing well
Do you feel just like I do?
Or do you simply not
Feel passionate Toward me?
You can't deny,
We've got problems
And I'm always crying
Over your shoulder
A favor I'll ask of thee
Get me to a nunnery
Won't be your girlfriend or wife
With a cursed and fucked up romantic life
As I lie in bed
I'll count all the ways
I'll remove myself from you to make it so...
They say that life's unfair and now
I know it's true
That's why I let you go
Make it so


9.The Pitcher

I am pitching to myself at bat*
Always patting myself on the back
Tell me I have it easy
I'll tell you it's not true
Am I destined to live out a life
With no one to help me through?
Tell me I have it easy
And I'll tell you it's not true
For you've never felt as alone as I do
I often long for someone
To share with an evening's setting sun


10.Tough Love

Lately you've been feeling like a waste*
And I know that it's so hard
Cigarettes and beer are all you taste
You try to quit, but it's so hard

And I want to help you out
I will always be there
You think you're some embarrassment
That I shouldn't bear
I don't know who you are

You yell at the T.V., it won't talk back
Loneliness can be so hard
Your life's a massive mess
You're off the track
I want to help, but it's so hard

When you take advantage of the fact
That I really care
And keep throwing burdens on me
That I shouldn't bear
I don't know who you are

You try to drink away the pain
But it's madness that you gain
And when I help you out
You dog me out

And you take advantage of the fact
That I really care
And keep throwing burdens on me
That I shouldn't bear
I don't know who you are


11.Because I Can

And we're getting so fed up*
With pushing over a brick wall
And resistance is futile and we don't give a damn at all
Nothing's going to stop us, we don't have reason to stay
So why am I leaving without a plan? Because I can.
And I've been stuck here my whole life
Protected in this ball of glass
But I was the outsider because I never kissed their ass
I've been meaning to tell you, I don't have a reason to
So why am I leaving without a plan? Because I can
We've got the elite driving us out of housing
Gentrified the streets
Got no soul
Full of nothing
So full of nothing
I've been meaning to tell you
I don't have a reason to stay
And I'm getting so close to becoming one of them
I've been meaning to tell you I don't have a reason to stay
So why am I leaving without a plan? Without a plan...


12.Look Back

Where do you wanna go*
Now that we're apart and all alone
'Cause we can't go back
No we can't go back
What do I have to say
To make up for all my dumb mistakes
'Cause I can't take back
No I can't take back
You treated me so bad
So now that we're apart
How could you even be mad?

Remember better days
All those memories I won't erase
But I won't look back
No I won't look back
Efforts and hopes I left
In a home where my whole life was kept
At least you're off my back
Now you're off my back
You treated me so bad
So now that we're apart
How could you even be mad?

You'd want to fight
Most every night
Now that we're done
How will you have fun?

Where are you gonna go?
Where are you gonna go?
Where are you gonna go...