"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
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 credits, maybe 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
aas the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above
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
Aas the real world
Just a lie you've got to rise above
I just can't wait til my 10 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
3. Back to you
Back to you
It always comes around
Back to you
I tried to forget you
I tried to stay away
But it's too late
I'm so good at forgetting
And I quit ever game I play
But forgive me, love
I can't turn and walk away
Back to you
It always comes around
Back to you
I walk with your shadow
I'm sleeping in my bed
With your silhouette
should have smiled in that picture
If it's the last that I'll see of you
It's the least that you
Could not do
Leave the light on
I'll never give up on you
Leave the light on
For me too
Back to me
I know that it comes
Back to me
Doesn't it scare you
Your will is not as strong
As it used to be
4. City Love
I never liked this apple much
It always seemed too big to touch
I can't remember how I found
My way before she came around
I tell everyone
I smile just because
I've got a city love
I found it in Lydia
And I can't remember
life before her name
She keeps a toothbrush at my place
As if I had the extra space
She steals my clothes to wear to work
I know her hairs are on my shirts
I tell everyone
I smile just because
I've got a city love
I found it in Lydia
And I can't remember life before
The day
She called up and came to me
Covered in rain
And dinnertime shadowing
And as her clothes spun, we spooned
And I knew I was through
When I said "I love you"
Friday evening, we've been drinking
2 AM, I swear I might propose
but we close the tab
split a cab
and call each other up when we get home
falling asleep to the sound of sirens
I've got a city love
I found it in Lydia
From the battery
To the gallery
It's the kind of thing you only see
In scented, glossy magazines
And I can't remember
life before her name
5. Somethings Missing
I'm not alone, I wish I was.
Cause then I'd know, I was down because
I couldn't find, a friend around
To love me like, they do right now.
They do right now.
I'm dizzy from the shopping malls
I searched for joy, but I bought it all
It doesn't help the hunger pains
and a thirst I'd have to drown first to ever satiate
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
something's missing
And I don't know what it is
At all
When autumn comes, it doesnt ask.
It just walks in, where it left you last.
And you never know, when it starts
Until there's fog inside the glass around your summer heart:
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
something's missing
And I don't know what it is
At all
I can't be sure that this state of mind, is not of my own design
I wish there was an over the counter test, for loneliness.
For loneliness like this.
Something's missing
And I don't know how to fix it
Something's missing
And I don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Something's different
And i don't know what it is
No I don't know what it is
Friends -check- Money -check-
A well slept -check- Opposite sex -check- Guitar -check- Microphone -check- Messages waiting for me, when i come home
-check-
How come everything I think I need, always comes with batteries
What do you think it means
How come everything I think I need, always comes with batteries
What do you think it means
6. Lenny (Man on the Side)
Six numbers 1 more to dial before I'm before you
I tried to call its been busy all night
Give up waiting at day light
Excuse me Mrs. Busy body could you pencil me in when you can
though we both know that the worst part about it is that I would be free when you wanted me if you wanted me
Oh I am the man on side
Hopin you make up your mind
I am the one who will swallow his pride
Life as the man on the side
One of the many but one of the few to stand back and wait for you
Excuse me mrs. busy body could you pencil me in when you can
Though we both know that the worst part about it is that I would be free if you wanted me...if you wanted me..
Oh I am the man on the side
Hopin you make up your mind
I am the one who will swallow his pride
Life as the man on the side
Life as the man on the side
I fell in love with a dream that I built of you playing the part of the queen
Taking my own advice I'm giving up tonight
Good luck to you and the king
Excuse Me Mrs. Busy body could you pencil me in
Though we both know that the worst part about it is I would be free when you wanted me..if you wanted me...if you wanted me
I am the man on the side
Hopin you make your mind
I am the one who swallow his pride
wiht life as the man
you know life as teh man
givin life as the man
given life as teh man on the side
7. Message in a bottle
Just cast away I am lost at sea its a lonely day no one here but me
More lonlieness than anyman could bare rescue me before I fall into dispare
I'll send an SoS to the world I'll send an sos to the world I hope that some one gets my I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my
message in a bottle
Message in a bottle
A year has passed since I wrote my note
I should have known it right from the start
Only hope can keep us together
Love can mend your life but love can break your heart
I'll send an sos to the world I'll send an sos to the world
I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my I hope that someone gets my message in a bottle
Message in a bottle
I walked out this morning I dont believe what I saw a hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone at being lonley
a hundered billion castaways all looking for a home
I'll send an sos to the world x2
I hope that someone gets my x3
Message in a bottle
Message in a bottle
sending out an SOS
sending out an sos
I'm sending out and sos
and I am sending out an sos
Sending out an sos
sneding out an sos
sending out an sos
sending out an sos
To the world
8. Love song For no one
Staying home alone on a Friday
Flat on the floor looking back
On old love
Or lack thereof
After all the crushes are faded
And all my wishful thinking was wrong
I'm jaded
I hate it
I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
Searching all my days just to find you
I'm not sure who I'm looking for
I'll know it
When I see you
Until then, I'll hide in my bedroom
Staying up all night just to write
A love song for no one
I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
I could have met you in a sandbox
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away?
I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
You'll be so good
You'll be so good for me
Disc 2.
1. Why Georgia
I am driving up 85 in the
Kind of morning that lasts all afternoon
just stuck inside the gloom
4 more exits to my apartment but
I am tempted to keep the car in drive
And leave it all behind
Cause I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia, why?
I rent a room and I fill the spaces with
Wood in places to make it feel like home
But all I feel's alone
It might be a quarter life crisis
Or just the stirring in my soul
Either way I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia, why?
So what, so I've got a smile on
But it's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
Don't believe me
When I say I've got it down
Everybody is just a stranger but
That's the danger in going my own way
I guess it's the price I have to pay
Still "everything happens for a reason"
Is no reason not to ask myself
If I am living it right
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia, why?
2. Your Body is a Wonder Land
We got the afternoon
You got this room for two
One thing I've left to do
Discover me
Discovering you
One mile to every inch of
Your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips and
Your bubblegum tongue
And if you want love
We'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be a while
Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder
(I'll use my hands)
Your body Is a wonderland
Something 'bout the way your hair
falls in your face
I love the shape you take when crawling
towards the pillowcase
You tell me where to go and
Though I might leave to find it
I'll never let your head hit the bed
Without my hand behind it
You want love?
We'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be a while
Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder
(I'll use my hands)
Your body Is a wonderland
Damn baby
You frustrate me
I know you're mine all mine all mine
But you look so good it hurts sometimes
Your body Is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder
(I'll use my hands)
Your body is a wonderland
Your body Is a wonderland
3. 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, 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
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
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
4. Covered in Rain
These Days with the world getting colder
She spends more time staying over than I planned
Tonight we're going to order in
Drinking wine and watching CNN
Its Dark I know but then Again its the brightest thing I've got
When I'm covered in Rain
When I'm covered in Rain
From Fire Works to Fire Places
Summer Stole what fall replaces
And now were people watching
People watching us right now
Standing by the missing signs
At the CVS standing by the check out line
She puts her quiet hand in mine
Cause she's the brightest thing I've got
when I'm covered in rain
when I'm covered in rain
Come December Lydia Left
She mentioned something about it being for the best
And I cant say I disagree
Its killing me
Now we're standing facing west
Tracing my fingers around the silhouette
I havent gotten use to it yet
but its the brighest thing I've got
When I'm covered in Rain
When I'm covered in Rain
5. 83
I've these dreams I'm walking home
Home when it used to be
And everything is as it was
Frozen in front of me
Here I stand 6 feet small
romanticizing years ago
it's a bitter sweet feeling hearing
"Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the radio
And these days I wish I was 6 again
Oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
Oh, if only my life was more like 1983
all these things would be more like they
were at the start of me
had it made in 83
Thinking bout my brother Ben
I miss him every day
He looks just like his brother John
But on an 18 month delay
Here I stand 6 feet small
and smiling cause I'm scared as hell
kind of like my life is like a sequel to a movie
where the actor's names have changed
oh well
Well these days
I wish I was 6 again
Oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
Oh, if only my life was more like 1983
All these things would be
more like they were at the start of me
If my life was more like 1983
I'd plot a course to the
source of the purest little part of me
And most my memories
have escaped me
or confused themselves with dreams
if heaven's all we want it to be
send your prayers to me care of 1983
You can paint that house a rainbow of colors
rip out the floorboards
replace the shutters but that's my plastic in the dirt
whatever happened to my whatever happened to my
whatever happened to my lunchbox
when came the day that it got
thrown away and don't you think I should
have had some say in that decision
6. Comfortable
I just remembered that time at the market
Snuck up behind me and jumped on my shopping cart
And rode down
Isle 5
You looked behind you to smile back at me
Crashed into a rack full of magazines
They asked us
If we could leave
Can't remember what went wrong last september
Though I'm sure you'd remind me if you had to
Our love was
Comfortable and
So broken in
I sleep with this new girl I'm still getting used to
My friends all approve say she's gonna be good for you
They throw me
High fives
She says the bible is all that she reads
And prefers that I not use profanity
Your mouth was
So dirty
Life of the party
And she swears that she's artsy
But you could distinguish
Miles from Coltrane
Our love was
Comfortable and
So broken in
She's perfect
So flawless
Or so they say ay ay ay
Say ay ay ay
She thinks I can't see the smile that she's fakin'
And poses for pictures that are being taken
I loved you
Grey sweat pants
No makeup
So perfect
Our love was
Comfortable and
So broken in
She's perfect
So flawless
I'm not impressed
I want you back
7. Neon
When sky blue gets dark enough
To see the colors
The city lights
A trail of ruby red and diamond white
Hits her like a sunrise
She comes and goes and comes and goes
Like no one can
Tonight she's out to loose herself
And find a high on peachtree street
Mixed drinks to techno beats it's always
Heavy into everything
She comes and goes and comes and goes
Like no one can
She comes and goes and no one knows
She's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just like
Neon neon
Neon neon
Who knows how long how long how long
She can go before she burns away
I can't be her angel now
You know it's not my place to hold her down
And it's hard for me to take a stand
When I would take her anyway I can
She comes and she goes
Like no one can
She comes and she goes
She's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just like
Neon neon
Neon neon
Who knows how long how long how long
She can go before she burns away
Away
Uh huh
She comes and she goes
Like no one can
She comes and she goes
She's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just like
Neon neon
Neon neon
Who knows how long how long how long
She can go before she burns away
