Lyrics
1. Fool With A Guitar
Let me start this song off
By saying I ain't a singer
I'm just a fool with a guitar
Everything I sing about
Has tumbled around in my head
This is how I make the world make sense
Let me start this song off
By saying I ain't a singer
I'm just a fool with a guitar
Everything I sing about
Has tumbled around in my head
This is how I make the world make sense
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2. Buick 97
There's the car that I've been driving
It's humming out a weary tune
It's a driveway decoration
Coughing up a lung or two
She and I need another
Taste of the open road
Let us drive into the morning
Or however far she’ll go
Buckle up and pedal down
We’re going into town tonight
It’s the ending of an era
Meet us at the finish line
It’s the last time we’ll ever
Ride out the unknown
She’s a lousy piece of shit
But I can never let her go
What can I say
It just takes me way back when
What can I say
It’s a part of who I am
Buckle up and pedal down
We’re going into town tonight
It’s the ending of an era
Meet us at the finish line
It’s the last time we’ll ever
Ride out the unknown
She’s a lousy piece of shit
But I can never let her go
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3. Dominatrix
Dom-dom-dominatrix
Love me well
Gimme all those rough and kinky
pleasures that they would
Use in hell
You tackle and pin me
The wax is burning me
You're smile, it scares me
What do you want me to be
Dominate me, dominate me
Dominatrix, violate me
Dominate me, dominate me
Dominatrix, desecrate me
Dominate me, dominate me
Dominatrix, try . . . try to break me
Dom-dom-dominatrix
Bite my lip
Whisper violent nothings bout the
prophesy of my
Clothes to rip
Your hands have a strong grip
You're cracking a real whip
Your sweat it starts to drip
What do you want me to be
Dominate me, dominate me
Dominatrix, violate me
Dominate me, dominate me
Dominatrix, desecrate me
Dominate me, dominate me
Dominatrix, try . . . try to break me
Come on dominatrix, spread me thin and wide
Tie me to the bed and push me inside
Come on dominatrix, nail marks on my back
Even if I scream, don't stop your attack
Come on dominatrix, love the leather taste
Hold me down in handcuffs and punish me with haste
Come on dominatrix, tear me into shreds
Furniture can break cause we have other beds
We have other beds
Dominate me, dominate me
Dominatrix, violate me
Dominate me, dominate me
Dominatrix, desecrate me
Dominate me, dominate me
Dominatrix, try . . . try to break me
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4. Moon
I used to watch the moon
I used to watch it shine
I used to watch the moon
Illuminate the night
But now it says to me
That everyone’s asleep
Now it says to me
You know you should be dreaming away tonight
I used to try to smile
But I lost the will to smile
I practice with reflections
My chin up to the window
I used to see her eyes
Before I fell asleep
But now those eyes have faded
I miss her already and all night
I used to watch the moon
I used to watch it shine
I used to watch the moon
Illuminate the night
But now it says to me
That everyone’s asleep
Now it says to me
You know you should be dreaming away tonight
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5. The Only Good Thing Left In This World Is You
You were there
To love me even when I lost my job
And I was scared
My stomach tied itself into a knot
Never did I think we’d leave a bill unpaid
Spending all that we have saved
But I don’t know what to do
The only good thing left in this world is you
You were there
To love me even when I lost our home
The banks don’t care
That we don’t have the means to pay our loan
Never did I think that I could feel like this
Stressing over mortgages
But I don’t know what to do
The only good thing left in this world is you
You were there
To love me even when I lost my mind
You said a prayer
Hoping for a changing in the tide
Never did I think that life could be so hard
Pushing the limits of our hearts
But I don’t know what to do
The only good thing left in this world is you
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6. Goodbye
Your window has been showing me the night
Like it’s a greeting from the sky
So I guess its time we say goodbye
Sometimes I’d like to start all over again
Maybe come to some other end
Where we wouldn’t have to say goodbye
As we get old, we don’t have to grow apart
Even from in the gutter,
we just might be watching the same stars
I’ve tried to write this song a hundred times
But it was never sounding right
So I kissed my older drafts goodbye
My honesty is all I’ve got these days
Like my illusions are on a break
And they didn’t even say goodbye
As we get old, we don’t have to grow apart
Even from in the gutter,
we just might be watching the same stars
I see me as an older senile man
With my happy head in the sand
When you say hello, I say goodbye
And though it seems I’m turning you away
I only want to hear you say
You ain’t going anywhere tonight
As we get old, we don’t have to grow apart
Even from in the gutter,
we just might be watching the same stars
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7. Time To Myself
Finally, I’ve got time to myself
I could take a walk, no destination
I could talk to the clouds
And I could write a book, inside out
And buy flowers on the street
It don’t matter, it don’t matter to me
I could run around in circles
Till I’m spinning in my head
I could stare at the ripples in a river
I could tango with a stranger
In the middle of the street
It don’t matter, it don’t matter to me
I could ride a train
Just to stick my head out the window
And I could count every single star in the sky
And if the rain pours down
I’ll open my mouth, and get water up my nose
And I’ll shake my head
And get waterprints on the wall
And watch every drop of water racing to the floor
And then I’ll turn the lights low
So the lights and I can sleep
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8. A Little Too Hot For Me
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
So open up a window
To let a little air in
And if the air is too hot
Turn on the air conditioning
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
If there is a problem
Turning on the AC
We’ll have to turn the fan on
The fan will give us a cool breeze
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
And if the fan is broken
We’ll take a cold shower
We’ll put a bathing suit on
And spend all day in the water
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
If the shower don’t work
And you don’t know where to start
Go get yourself a cooler
And drink some cold one’s in the dark
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
Oh no, can’t you see
That outside’s a little too hot for me
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9. Waiting For My Cousin
I’m waiting for my cousin coming back from Iraq
He’s been there twice already, but he thinks he’s going back
I should be happier today because his bus is on its way
And all the faces at the base preparing nothing but praise to say to him
All the coffee as I’m waiting has been getting me antsy
And I’m waiting with his mother who’s been feeling so anxious
As she paces with a cigarette to subtle her nerves
And here he comes a-marching in and she’s at a loss for words
You know it ripped her bloody heart out just to see him home and well
Cause she could see it in his face that he’d been going through hell
And like a bull when she first sees him, knocks him right to the ground
She can’t see him through all her tears still she’ll tackle him down
You know it really hits you hard I can’t believe where I am standing
Overcome and thanking God his plane has finally landed
With a morbid feeling such a creepy sense of separation
Cause, at twenty, I’ve already outlived a part of my generation
Now my mother’s always talking bout when we were little kids
When we were babies taking baths together and now its come to this
I’m back from school, he’s back from war, we should be worlds apart
But while we’re talking, catching up, the convos flowing like before he ever left
It’s good to know that there’s some things that ain’t changed a bit
We’re grown up, well, look at that, and we’re complaining bout the same shit
Need a job, a girl, a place of our own,
And we’re at the quarter life crisis where there’s nowhere to feel at home
We joke about him showing up at a bar in his fatigues
His pickup line is wanna drink with a returning marine
Y’know, there’s so many girls who want a guy in uniform
And now he’s fit and now he’s tan, he’s got a whole lot going for him
I think he tires of having to talk to everyone about the war
But nobody’s picking up on it, they keep asking for more
So we went driving, and we were getting lost at every chance we got
And I got to joke with my old cousin and the war became forgotten
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10. Secret Dreams
My dreams are frozen in the years they came to me
I just came back to my hometown and they are waiting there for me
Oh, I know those dreams will all be memories when I leave
I’d like to take them as I go
When I was younger I would play in my backyard
I would make believe the Yankees were relying on my arm
And I’d strike the side out like the picture on my baseball card
That's just one of my secret dreams
I've got some posters growing older on my wall
They chronicle days of when I used to know it all
To cope with growing older I’ve thrown away my dreams
I’ve since forgotten who I was and who I wanted to be
The basement was a world for singing and guitar
And that world would sing my every word and imitate my charm
And I’d change that world by putting some new ideas inside their hearts
Just another secret dream
I’d like to hold on to some of those secret dreams I betrayed
Even if it means I make the same mistakes that I made
I don’t want to get so old my childhood dreams become erased
So I’d like to share them with you
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11. Pass It Around
Oh I buy another round
And I wait by the bar
Two girls are glancing at me and giggling
So I take our drinks
And I head across the bar
I tell a bad joke to break the gossiping
I ask the girls to join
Our table nearby
Everyone stares as I wait for their reply
I offer them a drink
Thinking I should be polite
They have the nerve to tell me two drinks would be nice
So I ditched them for the guys
Hey, pass it around, pass it around
I need a drink tonight
I’m in here for rejection
And I’ve started things off right
Hey pass it around, pass it around
Don’t want to think tonight
And I’m in here and I’m guessing
We’re gonna be a long time
Then the subject changes
To the changes of our friends
How come they all want to marry right away
Why the sudden rush
Are the girls behind the push
Until I’m ready and I’m found, well, I can wait
So let’s drink the single days away
Hey, pass it around, pass it around
No wedding rings tonight
Cause I don’t need any stressing
With the father of a bride
Hey, pass it around, pass it around
Don’t want to think tonight
And I’m in here and I’m guessing
It’s gonna be a long time
So this friend of ours
And old friend I ain’t seen in bout a year
He says he’s lost his girl
His only girl that he met out by the pier
They used to drive out there on weekends
And fall asleep until the dawn
And he goes there
Still reminding himself
That all of her is gone
I think he's got a few regrets
And he's torn up in disbelief
And he's so turned around
That he seems to think that
There’s good in all his grieving
So I look at him and pass a pint
And say all I can say
I say the safety of this pain, old friend
Is bound to waste away
But until it does, go get a buzz
We’re already on our way
Hey, pass it around, pass it around
We’re playing shrink tonight
Your matters aren’t pressing
Yet they’re making you uptight
Hey, pass it around, pass it around
Don’t want to think tonight
And I’m in here and I’m guessing
It’s gonna be a long time
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12. I Sat All Alone
The train’s on its way
My eyes are all grey from the morning
And I’ll, I’ll sit by myself
And look outside
It’s like when New Years came
I sat all alone as I watched it
Pass, like the front of the train
Right by me
I’ve been losing sleep
Judging my every past behavior
And I waste my days just being afraid
Of what everyone else is thinking
Oh no no
I’m about to crack
I got all this baggage in my head and it’s holding me back
I’ve been losing sleep
Judging my every past behavior
And I waste my days just being afraid
Of what everyone else is thinking
Oh no no
I’m about to crack
I got all this baggage in my head and it’s holding me back
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