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Tempest In A Teacup
Tempest In A Teacup
1. Overseas Now
Overseas Now
you clean the bathroom
on your hands and on your knees
wearing latex gloves
that you borrow from her
I don’t know what you think you’re doing
but you’re doing it for free
do you know even what you’re doing anymore?

I know it’s not my business
and I know it’s not my right
but the expression on your face
looks so awkward and contrived

but I know it’s not my business
and I know it’s not my right
and I don’t know what to call it,
but I wouldn’t call it

oh, I’m a rising star, I’m a sinking ship
you’re a work of art, something delicate
you’re my mother’s son
you’re my favorite song
I’m the things you hide
when you turn the lights back on

I’m a one, or two, or three page explanation
you’re a getaway vacation
that I hoped would bring salvation
it did not
and it’s killing me
you were the only person
who could understand
the things I think inside my head
and somehow you forgot

I dated Audrey Hepburns
just to be Paul Varjack
and I picked up all the paychecks
but I never called them back
I guess I wasn’t fooling anybody
but I never knew myself
as well as I knew how to act

and I know it’s not my business
and I know it’s not my right
but you crawl into my bed
in the middle of the night
and you ask me not to leave you
but you don’t ask me to stay
and I never can say no
when you look at me like that

I’m a rising star, I’m a sinking ship
you’re a work of art, something delicate

you’re my mother’s son
no, you’re my favorite song
I’m the things you hide
when you turn the lights back on

I’m a one, or two or three page explanation
that you wouldn’t take the time
to give to anyone
at all

I’m a one, or two or three page explanation
that you wouldn’t take the time
to give to anyone
anyone at all

are you overseas now?
with the drugs
and all the men
or are you dead

or hiding in your loft
behind your papers and your pens
just how we met

I never did believe a word they said
the bluest blues
the reddest reds

I never did believe a word they said
they made it up
even the end

Lyrics
2. Side I'm On
Side I'm On
up all night
you don’t call
I don’t mind
it’s just another roadblock
I will re-route

and when we speak,
I’m not there
it’s not your fault but,
there’s nothing you can say now
I found you out

though it’s not a fair
side I’m on now

got to the party around two
I was not looking for you
but there you were
heard your lover’s in DC
what’s that got to do with me?
I’m not sure

what is luck?
baby, I don’t know
made it to your room
now I made it to your door

now I made it to your bed
and you say it’s alright
I’m not gonna leave
so I guess I’d better hide

killer music! killer food!
killer care I have for you
I swear I do,
I swear I do

if friends were dollars
I’d be rich
but no one even cares a bit
I wish they did

but what are friends?
baby, I don’t know
maybe I could do
without a few of them
no, I’m not alright
but the party never ends
I’m not gonna leave
so we’d better make amends

on the road
that’s where I’ll be
you don’t have to look for me
I never leave

and of your lover in DC
if that lover, it were me
wouldn’t mean a thing

what is far?
baby, I don’t know
sleeping in my car
when you call me on the phone
and you tell me to come home
because things could be alright
I don’t want to lie
so I’d better say goodnight

no, it’s not a fair
side I’m on now
but I know it’s not a fair side you’re on now
still, it’s not a fair side I’m on now
but I know it’s not a fair
side you’re on now
Lyrics
3. Altitude (ThIs Party Sucks)
Altitude (ThIs Party Sucks)
I can’t speak for anybody else
I only represent myself
but if I had to say something,
I’d say this party really sucks!

and if you wanted to come here
then why did you bring me along?
now I’m sitting in this corner
pretending I know this song

am I saying the wrong thing?
am I wearing the wrong thing?
am I saying the wrong thing while wearing the wrong thing??
oh no

you had me on watch
I wish that you’d stop
I’ve been knocking on wood
then there’s me
in my worried shell
you know me so well
(but not like you should)

now you are sitting there
your hair looks just like Gwen Stefani’s
you are wearing your tight jeans
that you liked more before you met me
but I never said a thing!
I bit and bound my tongue!
now you’re making out with someone else in front of me

do you think I’m dumb and am I
saying the wrong thing?
am I wearing the wrong thing?
am I saying the wrong thing while wearing the wrong thing?
oh no

you had me on watch
I wish that you’d stop
I’ve been knocking on wood
then there’s me
in my foolish shell
you know me so well
but not like you should

and I would, if you would only ask
so, why don’t you ask?

we usually always get along
I usually only speak in song
if only you could speak in song
then for sure we’d get along
‘cause I am just the same as you
and I get just as restless too
but it’s about the altitude
not who is climbing up

it’s about the altitude not who is climbing up, oh
it’s about the altitude not who is climbing up, oh
it’s about the altitude not who is climbing up, oh
it’s about the altitude not who is climbing up, oh
it’s about the altitude not who is climbing up, oh
it’s about the altitude not who is climbing up
but I would never take you to a party if it sucked
and that sucks.
Lyrics
4. The Bodies, The Zombies!
The Bodies, The Zombies!
I heard your heart's about the size of your fist
but that's not true, it's just a myth
it's your brain that's small
it's your heart that's big
and I saw it
in an exhibit, baby
in the promised land
where your big blue eyes
and your artist’s hands
were with your small intestines
and your crooked grin
on the table
oh me, oh my!
never ever thought that I
would see the day you'd sacrifice
the things that made you feel alive

now you are my zombie bride-
with zombie hair and zombie eyes
and zombie hips and zombie lips
that I can't bring myself to kiss
I hate this, don't you move to New York
you'll jump off of the bridge again
and I will never see you
oh me, oh my
you're not much different
when alive
you never compromised
no, you couldn't empathize
and now that you're so dead and all
it all just feels so literal
so you can really have my brain
you can really have my heart: it's yours
if you want it
yours,
if you want it
I hate this, don't you move to New York
you'll jump off of the bridge again
and I will never see you
I take it that we're moving too slowly
got a little bit lucky last night
you are a beautiful
inhuman being
I follow your un-life
from behind my screen
and I try to believe it
but I can't deny
even the dead don't sleep alone
(c’mon) show me the tissue of your bones
and your hands and your feet
and the people that you meet
and the places that you eat
and how you act in front of me
and the way you wear your hair
I swear, I think I understand
the things that make me who I am
and there's no master plan
I'd know
oh me, oh my!
now I'm on the other side
of the world
there are so many
zombie boys and girls
with empty chests and hollow eyes
no, I can't help what I like
you look my way
I start to sigh
who cares if you are dead inside?
I don't.
doesn't mean that you can't love
(you say) I hate this, don't you move to New York
you'll jump off of that bridge again
with all your brand new undead friends
and
you won't talk to me
but you'll write me into songs
and maybe I don't want you here
but I don't want you gone!
besides I'm trying (and I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying and I'm trying) I've been
trying (I've been trying I've been trying I've been trying I've been trying I've been trying I've been trying)
to live
Lyrics
5. Counting My Breaths
Counting My Breaths
winter is over
I think I got closure
I mean, I got closer
than I was before

all of my lessons
so painfully sober
you prefer
learning them
the night before
yes, you do

everything I know
I owe to perspective
it's not as if you
weren't dancing all night

everything you know
you owe to forgiveness
like, if you don't call me
I'm not gonna die
alright?
if you don't call me
I’m not gonna cry
no, I ain't

but 1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3
I don't mean a word of it
counting my breaths
and the steps to your house
1- 2- 3- 1- 2- 3
I don't mean a word of it
wonder how long until
you figure me out
or not

winter is over
I wish you were sober
or happy or different
at all since I've left
but every lesson I had to learn over
I learned in the end
when I learned for myself
no one else

1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3
I don't mean a word of it
counting my breaths
and the steps to your house
1- 2- 3- 1- 2- 3
I don't mean a word of it
wonder how long ‘til
you figure me out
or not
or not

winter is cold now
and all that I know
is how
love disappoints
if you dare live it out

good then, I know
what it takes to grow old
so I'm going back home
I'm not leaving the house

or: winter was hard
we drove fast, we went far
stayed as long as we had to
didn't come back for weeks
when we returned
we went straight to the bar
to an unfamiliar bed
and uncomfortable sheets
and dear,
since I'm not home
I won't mind if you leave

one– two- three - I didn't mean..
who said you could
count on me
counting my breaths
counting my breaths
onetwothree I didn't mean
who said you could
count on me
counting my breaths

Lyrics
6. Brooklyn
Brooklyn
I don't mind, you can move to Brooklyn
I don't mind, you can move to Brooklyn
with me
and I wouldn't mind
leave now! you can leave your dresser
leave now! you can leave your suitcase
behind
I wanna see you tonight

I don't mind you can follow me
from point A to point B
through all the funny little phases
of my funny little life

and I wouldn't mind
I'll leave a light for you at night
come over right after your flight
only you're not the same

so now
I don't mind,
you can move to Brooklyn
I don't mind, you can move to Brooklyn
when I'm gone!
baby, 'cause it's only fair

I don't care what Dan Savage tells you
I won't care what your
new friends have to say
when I'm not here

plus I know you're gonna follow me
from point A to point B
through all the broken little stages
of my broken little heart

if I should break your heart
if it should break
it was you that changed
it was you
you're not the same

how strange that you're in the drugstore
how strange that you're at this party with me
and I don't know what it means

typical that you’ve left your date
but
how strange that you're
walking up to me
so tell me, how have you been?

I don't mind,
now you're asking me
what happened to
the city we knew
when it was just me and you

you robbed it
you broke it
it had to move
to get away from you
you robbed it, you broke it, it had to move
maybe I'd better move
Lyrics
7. With Samson In Washington State
With Samson In Washington State
5,771
it’s been
two and one quarter weeks
since the week I was first gone
it’s not that long
it’s not that long

and when I get to you,
make everything alright
don’t want to have to fight
to hold you late at night
but I just might

now the voices in my head are loud
I’ve said too much
can’t face this crowd
I cannot put the words back
in my mouth

how I hoped that you
would understand
when it comes from you
it’s twice as bad
you’re the worst I ever had
got the worst I ever had
out of me

out of me,
out of me,
nothing to eat

so-
happy new year,
Washington
I never learned
to hold my tongue
I wish I could
I would play dumb
with you

and all these nights
I’ve spent alone
in front of you
I should have known
the things we pay
to get back what we own

5,772
it will be at least another week
until I make it back to you
and if I do
if I do

we can fashion a rope
from all of my regrets
how I saw you
in every person that I met
I’ll let you tie me to the bed
to the bed

‘cause I’m not as strong
as I am scared
I’ll sit for you
in the wooden chair
you don’t have to hold me down
I’ll help you cut my hair myself
out of you,
out of you,
there’s nothing sweet

happy new year, Washington
I never learned to hold my tongue
I wish I had
I would play dumb
I would

all these nights you’ve spent alone
in front of me
I wish I’d known
the things we give
to pay back what we owe

a Folsom man
with just one fear
I don’t want to die
with no one knowing
I was here
I still hear that in my ears
I still hear that in my ears

so Massachusetts,
and then New York
it’s gonna take
a little work
to get back to the place I was
before

5,773
finally
out of the eater
you got
something you could eat
and
was it me?

tie me to the rock
tie me
to
the
rock
see
what
I’ve
got

happy new year,
Washington
I never learned
to hold my tongue
I tried
so hard
but now I’m done
with it
Lyrics
8. The Difference
The Difference
come on now, Emily
you ought to know
if the place that you went
is not where you meant to go
if it's awkward and weird
if it's hostile and cold
or something I said
well, I thought you were over me?

come on down Emily
see the new me
I've been quietly counting
and writing in three
tell me, is it too loud or too fast or obscene?
sometimes I think
you just like to be mean

'cause you
you don't care about anything
I don't understand
because I'm nothing like that
I am trying to discern
all my pride
from my interest
oh, what is the difference
at all!?

oh, you moved to the city and cut off your hair
then your confidence was like a hat you could wear
and you wore it even when nobody was there
you wore it even when nobody was there
but me

come on down, emily
see the new me
not quite as different as you'd like it to be
maybe I didn't take the GREs
but I know how I feel
and I know what I need
not like you

you don't care
about anything!
you don't care

but me, I know what you're not
so I watch you with it from afar
'cause I want what I got
and you got what you want
and me, I know what you are not

'cause you, you don't care about anything
or at least you don't show it
and I'm something like that
but I can't help but discern
all my pride
your resistance
and there is a difference there
a difference
Lyrics
9. Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day
I’m hungover
it’s valentine’s day morning
what a perfect day to continue my courting
of you
we’ve been dating for so long
I love you
and in the local drugstore I feel a bit like moses
walking through a red sea of greeting cards and roses
if I’d only known what you were up to
or who

cause I got you the paper, I got you the news
I got you some of that odwalla green juice
that you seemed to like cause you know how I like you
but haven’t you seen the paper haven’t you seen the news
now there’s something I’ve got to say and I’ve got to
say it to you
what do you send when flowers just won’t do?

let’s stop cheating on each other
this valentine’s day

I came over to borrow a loofah
how was I to know you would be schtupping her?
I guess it’s kind of weird and maybe too soon for ya
I know
don’t get me wrong I mean I know you’re an aries
and you’ve got commitment issues and you get kinda scary off your meds
I think I like it but I like it because
on some level I like to create emotional distractions in my life to prevent myself from dealing with my real issues

let’s stop cheating on each other
‘cause the community
isn’t that big
and they will always find out
let’s stop cheating on each other
and just break up right now
I mean, I’m not even thirty yet

I’m not even 25, or 24 or 23
but I’ll stop cheating on you if you stop cheating on me
don’t get me wrong I’m not opposed to being poly
but I think that we should talk before you go and screw somebody else!
stop cheating on me!

let’s stop cheating on each other
let’s stop cheating on each other
let’s stop cheating on each other
and happy valentine’s day

Lyrics
Every Time You Go Somewhere
iTunes
1. San Cristobal
San Cristobal
I have not been writing
that many new songs
how I wish I could stay longer
how I wish I'd never gone

You have not been writing
me as often as I wished
and sometimes I think I left you
just to see if I'd be missed

I saw my fortune scrawled out
up against the wall
in a crowded market place
in a town I can't recall
and the teller told me that I would be
young and I would fall
but my new friends all assured me
that it all was surely false

Back at home, you found religion
in a dirty crystal ball
in the back of a dollar store
in that shopping mall

I found religion
out in San Cristobal
now I feel that I've come far enough
to give you a call

I have not been writing
as often as I'd hoped
but there are some things you're good at
and then some you can't control

You have not been visiting
I can't say that I mind
'Cause every time you go somewhere
you leave somewhere behind


I saw my fortune scrawled out
up against the wall
in a crowded market place
in a town I can't recall
and the teller told me that I would be
young and I would fall
but I didn't think he meant so soon
so soon at all

Back at home, you found religion
in a dirty crystal ball
in the back of a dollar store
in that shopping mall
I found religion
out in San Cristobal
now I feel that I've come far enough
to give you a call

So I'm calling now but it says
I don't got the number right

Your body looks to me
a way it never has before
and is this what's making you so sad,
and what you did this for?
She said,
your body looks to me
a way it never has before
and is this what's making you so sad,
and I can't do this anymore

I found religion in a dirty bathroom stall
in the back of a liquor store
in that mini mall
you found religion
when you realized you could fall
now you say that you've come far enough
to give me a call

So you're calling now,
but I lie and I tell you that I moved

Everything's brand new.
Lyrics
2. Watercolors
Watercolors
I would have meant it if I'd said it
but I didn't think to say it at the time
And you never really said it
with your mouth,
and only one time with your eyes

And you would get it if you get it
'cause I know that you're the type
who gets it when they get it
and they always get it right
I hate that type

Now I am sitting in your bed
in your bedroom with my new homework machine
I am playing with your cat
with bits of string
and I am waiting patiently

You are out with a woman
at exhibits about people like me
I don't get it

Because you don't like art
you just buy and sell
and you wouldn't give it up
if you were getting it
well, so I brought this on myself
I can't say I disagree
you take that woman to exhibits
about people like me

I am at home
with my watercolors
filling in my life
with you, my life without
I am at home with my watercolors
while you are out

I would have meant it if I'd said it
but I didn't think to say it and I'm shy
so I hid inside my tee shirt
and I looked the other way
when you walked by

I gathered up my things
and I dusted off my bike
and I found a quiet place
where I could sit and I could write
and I wrote this

And you would get it if you get it
'cause I know that you're the type
who gets it when they get it
and they never have to write it on paper
not on paper

but you never got it, never!
not to tell you the truth
because you show up to my shows
and think I'm singing about you
when I'm not
I don't get it

'Cause you don't like art
you just buy, buy, sell
and you wouldn't give it up
if you were getting it
well, so I brought this on myself
I can't say I disagree
you bring that woman to my concert
and she tells you that she likes me


I am at home
with my watercolors
filling in my life
with you, my life without
I am at home with my watercolors
while you are out

All my friends and the issues that we face
you want to stick us in a box
put us in our place
or maybe hang us on a wall
then leave me out to dry
was I too much of a freak
or was I just too much alive


I am at home
with my watercolors
filling in my life
with you, my life without
I am at home with my watercolors
blotting it out
Lyrics
3. Baltimore
Baltimore
tomorrow I am leaving for Baltimore
you think I act like Harry Potter
like you're Voldemort
I don't care what you said
you didn't mean it like I did
don't even start with me
turn up the heat, turn up the heat
or get out the kitchen
you're like vegan cheese!
try as I might, you never melt for me
it wasn't quite as funny at the time

now in ten minutes
I will be ten minutes away
part of me thinks I should go back
to the folk-punk house and stay
everybody was so nice there
there were lots of heavy things that stayed in place

and I wish that this was more like that
but when you feel held back, you slip away
and really, I get that
sometimes i also feel that way
but I'm older now and I know this now
it's a game and I can't play

because I shoot for the impossible
knowing that it won't come
and you'd think I would know better
now that I am twenty one
I've been bored, I've been so bored
and I've been numb and dumb
and I'm still pretty young

besides I'm really getting so adept
at preventing my own happiness
complacency breeds latency
in that space it sits deep in my chest
and the thing that beats
beneath your breast, has been at rest
but I try my best
to see how close I can get to it
because I get productive when I get upset, hey

so now in ten minutes I will be ten minutes away
part of me thinks I should leave right now
but I sit back and wait
I've been bored, I've been so bored
and I've been looking for a little bit of heartache

but tomorrow I am leaving
for Baltimore
where it won't bother me
not in Baltimore
tomorrow I am leaving for Baltimore
once more
Lyrics
4. New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
it's a happy new year
I'm making guacamole
you couldn't even pick up the fucking phone and call me
I don't like my tee shirt
I don't like my blue jeans
I don't like my attitude, it's gonna be a party

it's a happy new year
last year was so stupid
most of us were drunk and even more of us were puking
although I heard a rumor
something about bad shrimp
don't know how I made it
up the stairs to your apartment
oh, I remember it
oh, climbing up to bed

and that's not all that I'm forgetting
it's a new year, the last one's ending
don't know how I ever made it out
here's to nothing ever changing
if it were, then I'd be parting ways
with all the bad habits I've found
but I still hang around
I still hang around

it's a happy new year
I'm eating guacamole
you kissed me at midnight
'cause you thought that I looked lonely
I don't like my outfit
I guess it's not important
'cause I like your four track
and the things you record on it

it's the time of year now
to keep your close ones closest
we'll be friends forever
and I don't care if you know it
it's a happy new year
unlike all the rest
feels like I am changing
and I know it's for the best
oh, I remember that

and that's not all that I'm pretending
it's a new year, the last one's ending
all the guacamole that I made browned
here's to always, everchanging
circumstances we're arranging
throwing all our cautions to the ground
they only weigh you down
I won't let you down

but hey, did you know
you can check the time
your call reaches the other line?
hey, did you know
that I know you lied?
so, board it up
don't even try
last year is ending just in time
I got out alive

it's a happy new year
here I am again
writing in my car
and this time I can't pretend
that we are friends, we're not friends
friends don't do the things we did
and the ones you've done since then
make me think we've never been

when is this night gonna end?
are you lying in her bed?
all these questions in my head
where the whiskey at again?
you are discombobulated
when you show up at my door
leaving glitter on my floor
but I don't like you anymore
I don't like you anymore
I don't like you anymore
I don't like you anymore

Lyrics
5. Fine!
Fine!
We could get robbed tonight or thrown under a bus
your favorite dog could die and the holidays are rough
you've got to nip those tragic feelings in the bud
you've got to nip those tragic feelings in the bud

you talk it over with your roommates
you talk it over with your moms
I cry and listen to Beyonce
Single Ladies is my favorite song now

and I think I'm gonna be fine
I'm gonna be good now
I'm gonna be everything I always wished I could now
I'm gonna be awesome
i'm gonna be sure
I'm gonna be everything you asked me for and more

but I could not be,
I could not believe it when I saw
you on that subway platform talking down to me
and I could not be making that much sense
but I'm getting it all out
and I hear that's the first step

to being fine
you're gonna be fine
you're gonna be tip top shape
and tapping toes
and fly
you're gonna act awesome
and self assured
we're gonna seem
contemplative, nonchalant and bored

and if anybody tries to tell you differently
you tell them to come over and talk to me
'cause I don't even know you
but I'd take you home with me
just to show you all the things
in the world that you could be
including fine

I'm gonna be fine
I'm gonna be good now
I'm gonna start acting the way I know I should now
and then I'll be awesome
and then I'll be sure
and then I'll be everything you asked me for and more

but excuse me, if I don't want you there
to share in my new attitude
excuse me, I think that I might fly
but it's alright
it's just 'cause I
realized I'm gonna be fine
you're gonna be fine
we're gonna be fine

Lyrics
6. Wait Forever, Baby
Wait Forever, Baby
nothing you have felt before
tonight you're sleeping on the floor
it's not the worst place to be
at the club
at the club you fell in love
you lost your mind
and you did some drugs
or at least that's how it seemed

1, 2, 3 - it's a little bit like that
when you go walking by
I don't know how to act
I try to keep my cool
but I never got it back in the first place
in the first place

and when you look like that
I think I know what you are thinking
you're a heart attack
it makes me wish that I were drinking
'cause I can't sit still
and I'm feeling like I might faint

oh, it's a leap of faith
we're all gunning for a taste
of something else
that we've never felt before

it's a leap of faith
and I admit, I love the chase
but I won't wait forever,
baby, I get bored

I won't wait forever, baby
I won't wait forever, baby
I won't wait forever, not for you

I won't wait forever, baby
I won't wait forever, baby
I won't wait forever, now, would you?

I won't wait forever, baby
I won't wait forever, baby
but I guess there's nothing else to do
Lyrics
7. Circus Heart Pt. 1
Circus Heart Pt. 1
He was racing his way home
running every light
trying to get pulled over
maybe use his fight or flight

and there was not so much a silence
as there was a dissonance
no one talked about the things
that weren't relevant

she said:
"if you want me
I'll be waiting
on the fourth ave stop!
you can take the heart from your chest
to use as a compass
when you are lost"
and he had never heard before
such passionate discourse
but no one talked about those things
for better,
or for worse

she said:
"I have been your lover, dear
I have been your mother, dear
I have been the eye of your storm
when there was no break in sight
and I have been your troubadour
singing your praises from shore to shore
if your circus heart wants more...
good luck, and goodbye"

and guess what
he made it home on time
Lyrics
8. Circus Heart Pt. II
Circus Heart Pt. II
you lock the house
you slam the door
you do it so hard your fingers are sore
I've seen you act
this way before
just once before

you know, you're right
turn out the lights
maybe we can make it through the night
I hold my tongue
I pay the price
it's a sacrifice

but 1, 2, 3, we're family
like an apple falling from a tree
and if you cry
then I can't sleep
and I won't rest until you're lying next to me
I have to say, I used to feel a lot like you
not long ago

you went to school
you were so young
don't forget where it is you came from
I used to worry that I'd never be someone
not long ago

you learned the rules
you learned them twice
no one got somewhere by being nice
you did your best
to get in fights
when you wanted more

but 1, 2, 3, we're family
like an apple falling softly from that godforsaken tree
and if you cry
then I can't sleep
and I won't rest until you're lying next to me
I have to say, I used to feel a lot like you
not long ago

I have to say, I used to feel a lot like you
not long ago
Lyrics
9. I Got Drunk
I Got Drunk
I got drunk last night
and the night before
and tonight I'm gonna get drunk some more
it's just so hard when there is nothing else to do
it's just so easy when there's nothing else to lose

I've got to move
I've got the blues
I've got some bruises, I don't know where they come from

I've got to move
I've got the blues
I've got to drink 'til I am dead or I am numb
but you wouldn't know
about all that anymore

I got drunk last night
and the night before
and somehow I ended up outside your door
I've got my whiskey bourbon
and my chevy suburban
writing stupid rhymes in front of your house
you come out and kiss me
on the mouth

I've got to move
I've got the blues
I've got these bruises,
I don't know where they come from

I've got to move
'cause I've got the blues
I've got to drink 'til I get drunk
do something dumb,
something dumb

progress is in the eye of the beholder
once you think it's finished it will roll you right over
then you let the rope go
and pick up some slack
when it gets too close
that's when you pull it right back

and I swear I'll move
'cause you said the blues and the bruises
go away in a year or two
but I swear I'll move
I swear I'll move, if I have to
so proud you pat me on the back
singing, hey, I'll drink to that
and I'll drink to that
Lyrics
10. Weary
Weary
you
you are my brother and I love you
like a brother,
like I'd ride your bike home after school
and fix you peanut butter
sandwiches when you're sad

because believe me, I get sad sometimes
I get so shaky I could lose my mind
and I will wait with you in the meantime

if you find you're weary
if you find you're weak
if you find yourself
without the comfort that you've come to seek
you can count on me

you,
you are the leader of the pack, it's true
without you we would not know what to do
I dare to say we wouldn't have a clue
no, we'd be clueless without you
you have the nicest heart somebody can
always there to lend a helping hand
drive 3 hours just to see my band

if you find you're weary
if you find you're weak
if you drive all night and
don't like what it is you see
you can count on me

we,
we wrote this song in someone else's house
when we were on a trip way out of town
I had this feeling like I might just drown
did you have it too?
had no idea that you were part of this
you wrote the chorus and you placed the bridge
your music has a certain grace in it

if you find you're weary
if you find you're weak
if you try all night and still you just can't
write a melody
you can count on me

yes, it's true
I always have to hide my art
'cause if I didn't hide my art
then it would lead back to my heart
and if I led you to my heart
then you would find me sitting there
on a pile of all the clothes
that I stole from you last year

and then I'd start to cry
and I won't want to write my feelings, it's alright
so I lie
make it funny, make it rhyme
and I hope that you believe me
and that's how I play it live
'cause I think that you believe me
miss the real important lines

like, how I get so sad sometimes
and how I get so shaky
like you could just ignore all that
if I use the word achey
and pretend like it's a love song
I don't care that it's not true
besides, isn't that what love's about?
I'll hide myself behind you

I will hide myself behind you
I will hide myself behind you
I will hide myself behind you
I will hide

'cause maybe I'm the one that's weary
maybe I'm the one that's weak
and now I find myself without the words
I really want to speak
but you can count on me
Lyrics
Goodnight Sugarpop
iTunes
1. Cut it off
Cut it off
If I had my way
every day would be my day
I would ask you out
you would say "okay!"
and I'd come get you at 8
8 'o clock right on the dot
'cause sometimes when i am late
then i can't get you to talk
and it ruins our whole date

and if i had my way we'd go out every night
it'd be perfect every time and we'd never ever fight
you know, you used to call me up when you were high
and I never ever asked you
so you never told me why

your hair is green, your hair is pink
my head is young
my heart can't think
I drive my car, I ride the bus
I stay too long
I ask too much
Your hair was black
'til it was blue
i always had
a crush on you
you dye it back
when you need to
i'm still deciding what to do

but if i had my way,
i would ask you to the prom
you would want to meet my mom
and you wouldn't even tease me
for rhyming words in my songs
'cause i wrote those songs about you
but i hope you understand
that they were actually about me
and i hope that you're not mad

cause if i had my way you'd kiss me on the lips
and you'd wear that dress you like
and i'd wear the suit that fits
but when you lie to me you know it makes me sick
'cause your phone didn't die,
but your soul did.

(chorus)

'cause i wrote those songs about you
but I hope you understand
they were actually about me
and i hope that you're not mad

'cause i wrote those songs about you
but you'd better understand
they were actually about me
and I don't care if you're mad

that I wrote those songs about you
and I play them at my shows
that I write these songs about you
and I make sure that you know
that I write these songs about you
that I play these songs about you
that I sing these songs about you
that I mean these songs about you
that I write these songs-
that I write these songs;
Goddamn, I'll write these songs

Your hair was black til it was blue
just cut it off if you want to
I couldn't care less what you do
Lyrics
2. Dysmorphic
Dysmorphic
I packed my overnight bag a year before
they say "everyone's waiting for something"
this is what I have been searching for

do not call the doctors
they won't tell you a thing
do not call my father
as if he knew how I was doing

Bandages all around,
jello running down your chest
hope for the best
This is not what I had expected
You were not the person I projected on you from the start

Now my nerves are a bowl full of porridge
drive the last nail and close up this casket
and I know it's dramatic 
but baby, I'm manic
and the verdict of late is dysmorphic

Like I could be better
Like I could be better, I swear

and if I develop infection
I will scratch you right out of my skin
if I come home looking different
please do not ask me where I have been

I was there, under my skin
everything I knew that I would have been 
for you 
were there, under my skin
everything I did that I'd do again
everything I did, oh, I'd do again and again

'cause I could be, I could be better
I could be better, I swear

I packed my overnight bag a year before
they say "everyone's waiting for something"
I don't want to wait anymore.
Lyrics
Dysmorphic
Credits
Writing Credit: Mal & Simon
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3. Country Song
Country Song
I came home to find you on drugs
I was on the verge of every song I'd ever sung
you said oh my gosh
it's like I can't escape
I am a child of fate
and then you threw a plate at me
you were so wasted

All my life
I've been a child of stress
you were the worst at best
and if I may confess the worst ain't over
yet if you call
I won't stumble
I've been humbled
like your bottles, empty in the morning

Hold on up, we've got a bleeder on our hands
I don't think you understand, get here as quickly as you can
I've learned to hate
oh, I have grown to love
I have learned to be
what I hoped I would become
and tell me what of you
what did you do
what did you say
what did you leave behind
who did you save

You came home, I was on the rug
you were on the verge of every hole you'd ever dug
you said Oh my God
I cannot catch a break
but I am a child of faith
so when you turned away, I just lay in silence

Hold on up, we've got a bleeder on our hands
I don't think you understand
you better do the best you can
you'll grow to hate
oh, you will learn to love
you will learn to be what you hoped you would become
and tell me what of me
what did i do
what did i say
what did i leave behind
who did i change
Lyrics
4. Hypocrite
Hypocrite
I do not smoke cigarettes
I told him with conviction
'cause I've always been asthmatic
and I don't support addiction
he said, but I always roll my own
I said, but I still think that you're a poser

He said, I don't sleep in parking lots
I've always been a fighter
I said that sounds pretty easy
when you've got a warm recliner
in your parents living room
when where you are is where they'll pay the rent

and for all your liberating an the lives you say you're saving
one would think you would be half as full of shit
and for all the rules you're breaking and the progress that you're making
I could do without that breed of anarchist
I could do without that breed of politic
I could do without that breed of hypocrite
I could do much more without the likes of this

He said, I'll be on that picket line
for equality
but I hope everyone looks like me
and does not treat me differently
I said, God damn, you hypocrite
he said, I do not take that name so lightly

I said, I don't sleep in parking lots
I've always been resistant
he said, that sounds pretty easy
would you just shut up and kiss me
I said, aw man, you're no feminist
he said, I do not use that word so slightly

and for all your liberating an the lives you say you're saving
one would think you would be half as full of shit
and for all the rules you're breaking and the precedents you're making
I could do without that breed of anarchist
I could do without that breed of politic
I could do without that breed of hypocrite
I could do much more without the likes of this

Lyrics
5. My Name Is Earthworm
My Name Is Earthworm
I'm so small now
I'm so big now
I am awake now
and I don't mind

I don't mind I'll be your earthworm
I will wait here in the dirt
for you to come and find me and determine what I'm worth
and cut me into two halfs,
half one and half two
I'll be the person
wiping up your tears this afternoon
my name is earthworm

my name is I don't have a name
you can leave me on the sidewalk
I just hope a hopscotch game
doesn't start anywhere near me
'cause it might squish both my halfs
I'll be the person you can always count on for a laugh

I had a dream that we all woke up and realized it didn't matter
I had a dream that we all woke up and realized we didn't matter
and I don't mind

I don't mind I'll be your sunscreen
you can be my Dr. Phil
I can tell you not to worry
you can tell me if I'm ill
and cut me into two halfs
half one and half two
but can I keep a quarter, or is this whole thing for you?

I could be your wingman
while you check out the ladies
I could be your waiter, I won't forget the pastries
I was a bad waiter and I forgot the pastries
tell me you'll forgive me, it wasn't 'cause I'm lazy

I had a dream that we all woke up and realized it didn't matter
I had a dream that we all woke up and realized we didn't matter
and I don't mind

earthworms they have no hands and feet
who cares if you won't talk to me
who cares if you act really mean
when we do speak, if we speak

earthworms they have no hands and feet
who cares if you won't talk to me

I am awake now and I don't mind
I'm so small now
I'm so big now
I'm so small now
I'm so big now
I'm so big
Lyrics
6. Waiting In Line
Waiting In Line
I went to a gay bar
and I looked at all the paintings
if you see somebody
studying paintings in a gay bar, that's me

and all the boys were laughing
and all the girls were dancing
and I thought for a moment,
I saw someone in between

so, do you want to talk to me?
do you want to dance with me?
do you want to get drunk and discuss anthropology?
I don't really care that much
no, I don't care at all
I just don't want to be alone
when I hit that wall
'cause all of my life
oh, all of my life
I've been waiting waiting waiting in line

so I went to the gay bar
and I got myself a haircut
I was feeling pretty good
thinking I looked like I should
and at the door there was a fee
and once inside would you believe
no one even took a second
to take a second glance at me?

so, do you want to talk to me
do you want to dance with me
do you want to get drunk
and discuss anthropology?
I don't really care that much
no, I don't care at all
I just don't want to be alone
when I take that fall
'cause all
of my life
I've been waiting waiting waiting in line

so I went to the gay bar
only stayed an hour or two
then I mustered up the courage to come
crawling back to you
and I know that that's bad etiquette
and I know it's pretty low
but I realized that I love you
and I thought you ought to know

so, say that you'll still talk to me
say that you'll still dance with me
say you want to stay at home and discuss anthropology
'cause I don't really care that much
but I'd pretend for you
let me say again so it sinks in
how I'm sorry and I love you

and all
of my life
in fact,
all of our lives
we are waiting waiting waiting
for the right time

Lyrics
7. Suburban Summer Polka
Suburban Summer Polka
you can jog your way to freedom
it's not going to come fast
if it even comes at all
you can bet that it won't last
so you call my way on monday
just to make sure I'm alright
I think everything is fine
until I have to hear that voice of yours

and I thumbed my way to philly
'cause I figured, what the hell
I was half bored and half dead
living home was going well
and I do not have to tell you
it was not a pleasant ride
but you know that if I had the chance
I would take it again twice

and you can dance your way to romance
but it will not get you far
and I met some awful dancers
who had awfully fancy cars
they said that if you have a car
then you will always have a date
and by then I had a bicycle
and that worked just as great

'cause you can ride your way to health
but if your insides don't agree
then you may as well be eating chips
and watching bad tv
and you know if that's the case
and you are feeling kind of rough
then come over to my house
and we can beat each other up and stuff

and after we will ride
but it will be more of a race
and i will not let you win
so you will punch me in the face

and I will lie my way to heaven
if it gets me through the doors
but I'll take one look around
and I'll be dead and I'll be bored
and so I'll file a complaint
to transfer ASAP
when I wake up in the morning I'll be feeling more like me

and I am feeling more like me
I am feeling more like me
oh, I am feeling more

I was jogging back for freedom
'cause I'd left her by mistake
at the shopping mall I worked at
living home was really great
and you call me up on wednesday
just to get me through the week
I decided then and there
to keep on jogging 'til I'm free
and I am feeling
more like me
I am feeling more
Lyrics
12. I Have Been Listening
I Have Been Listening
Notes
have you ever laid around
until 2 or 3 or 4
have you ever gone to bed
with a musician type before
you don't act like you have
you don't act like you would
and i hear it ain't half bad
but you know it can't be good

when you're locked up in your room
when you're chained up to your floor
when you practice in the hall
i hold my ear up to my door
i hear all the things you sing
i hear all the things you say
and if you never write it down
then you don't have to act this way

when you come into my room
when you see me on the floor
when you pass me in the hall
do you think that i want more
do you think you stare too hard
do you think that i mind
do you think i'm gonna answer myself
in the next line

no fuckin' way
but anyway, every day
I have been listening
to you

and she swore I couldn't speak
and she knew I couldn't dance
and she told me not to fret
and she called it circumstance
and she kissed me in my car
so i drove right off a cliff
i awoke to my guitar
and i started writing this

and i was locked up in my room
i was chained up to my floor
i was strapped down to my bed
you held your ear against my door
and you heard all the chords i tried
and all the words i didn't use
and if i never write it down
then i don't have to act confused
when i come into your room
when i see you on the floor
when i pass you on the hall
i don't know if i want more
i don't know if you stare
i don't know if i mind
i don't think i'm gonna answer myself
by the time i'm done
and it's fuckin' wrong
but anyway,
now you can sing along

I have been listening
to you

I met you in a bathroom
it doesn't matter what I saw
it doesn't matter what I felt
it doesn't matter what I thought
I met you in a bathroom
and did you tell your mother that?
I swear you tell that woman everything
now there's no going back
'cause if your mother hates me
then so does your family
if your family hates me
all your friends must too
and if all your friends hate me
you could never date me
if you'd never date me
this love would never do

have you ever laid around
until two or three or four
have you ever gone to bed
with a musician type before
you don't act like you have
you don't act like you would
and i hear it ain't half bad
but you know it can't be good

and you've been locked up in your room
and i've been listening
and you've been chained up to your floor
and i've been listening
and you don't have to say the right thing
i've been listening
you don't have to speak at all

did i mention she had a girlfriend
did i mention he had a girlfriend
oh my gosh they always have girlfriends
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