The only thing that ever made sense to me
Is the words to a song from an american movie
The only thing that ever made sense in my life
Is the sound of my little girl laughing
Through the window of a summer night
I sit alone in the back yard
Wish that I could be inside
Just the sound of my little girl laughing
Makes me happy just to be alive
Makes me happy just to be alive
Makes me happy just to be alive
Makes me happy just to be alive
~~~AM Radio~~~
"KHJ Los Angeles! Portions of the day’s programming
are reproduced by means of electrical
transcriptions or tape recordings."
You can hear the music on the AM radio
The VCR and the DVD
There wasn't none of that crap back in 1970
We didn’t know about a World Wide Web
It was a whole different game being played back when I was a kid
Wanna get down in a cool way
Picture yourself on a beautiful day
Big bell bottoms and groovy long hair
Just walkin' in style with a portable CD player
No, you would listen to the music on the AM radio
Yeah, you could hear the music on a AM radio
Flashback, '72
Another summer in the neighborhood
Hanging out with nothing to do
Sometmes we'd go driving around
In my sister’s Pinto
Cruisin' with the windows rolled down
We listen to the radio station
We were too damn cool to buy the eight track tape
There wasn’t any good time to want to be inside
My mama wanna watch that TV all [christian Melly edit] night
I’d be in bed with the radio on
I would listen to it all night long
Just to hear my favorite song
You’d have to wait but you could hear it on the AM radio
Yeah, you could hear the music on a AM radio
I can still hear Mama say “Boy turn that radio down!”
“Aw, Mom. Not that show again! I don’t wanna watch that show!
Can’t we watch Good Times or Chico and the Man or something cool? Turn it off!"
Things changed back in ’75
We were all growing up on the in and the outside
We got in trouble with the police man
We got busted getting high in the back of my friend’s van
I remember 1977
I started going to concerts and I saw the Led Zeppelin
I got a guitar on Christmas day
I dreamed that Jimmy Page would come from Santa Monica and and teach me to play...
There isn’t any place that I need to go
There isn’t anything that I need to know
That I did not learn on the radio
Everything gets stupid and I just don’t know
Where to find my happy I listen to my music on the AM radio
You can hear the music on the AM radio
You can hear the music on the AM radio
“I like pop, I like soul, I like rock, but I never
liked disco. I like pop, I like soul, I like rock, but I never liked disco.
We like pop, we like soul, we like rock, but we never liked disco.”
No never liked disco...
~~~Brown Eyed Girl~~~
I hear a song makes me think of a girl I used to know
I sing along when I hear it on the radio now
(The rest is just like Van Morrison's 'Brown Eyed Girl' version.)
~~~Learning How To Smile~~~
Five miles outside of Vegas when we broke down
Threw my keys inside the window and we never looked back
Got all drunk and sloppy on a greyhound bus
We passed out all them losers they were laughin' at us
I will never let them break your heart
No I will never let them break me
We got lost in Phoenix seemed like such a long time
Seven months of living sweaty on those thing white lines
Did some time for selling acid to the wrong guy
Life just keeps on getting smaller and we never ask why
Why there is no perfect place, yes I know this is true
I'm just learning how to smile, and that's not easy to do
I know there will come a day
When we can leave and just go running away
We were broke outside of Philly when the storms came
I was workin in New Jersey hitchin' rides in the rain
You was happy talking dirty at that phone sex place
Life just keeps on getting weirder for us everyday
You say there is no perfect place, I say I know this is true
We are just learning how to smile, that's not easy to do
We both live for the day when we can run away
Ah baby we can leave and run away
We can leave this place and run away
We can leave it all behind like we do everytime
Yes we both live for the day when we can leave and just go running away
I will never let it break your heart
No I will never let it break me!
Five miles outside of Vegas, Five years down the line
We got married in the desert, in the sunshine
I can handle all the hell that happens everyday..
When you smile and touch my face, you make it all just go away
Yes I know there ain't no finish line I know this never ends
We're all just learning how to fall and climb back up again
I know there's nothing perfect I know there's nothing new
We are just learning how to live together me and you
You know I live for the day when you say, "baby lets just run away"
Yes we can leave and run away
Yes we can leave this place and run away
~~~The Honeymoon Song~~~
One, two, three
Two, two, three
You know I love you baby
And I know you love me too
But the fun that day
Didn’t start until
We left on our honeymoon
Stepped off the plane into a warm sunny day
Then we got leid together
The sun shines down on a lonely town
Where the fish all smile 'cause they know us
Our wedding day was warm and sunny
Our friends and family came from out of town
We said I do then ate some food
And smiled till the sun went down
We’ll take the zodiac, the cadillac
Around the north shore and then we’ll head back
The sea turtles come to greet us
So let’s get loaded tonight
We’ll drink on the flight
Back home, the honeymoon is over
You know I love you baby
And I know you love me too
But the fun that day
Didn’t start until
We left on our honeymoon
We’re on our honeymoon
We’re on our honeymoon
The fun that day
Didn’t start until
We left on our honeymoon
~~~Now That It's Over~~~
Yeah right!
One, two, three, four
Break down, shake for me
Nothing ever is the way you want it to be
Nothing even tastes right now that it's over
Break down, shake for me
Don't write words unless you want me to read them
Nothing really matters now that it's over
Maybe we can be friends
Now that we're older
We can have fun like we did in the early days
Now that it's over
Yeah right!
Break down, shake for me
Nothing ever seems the way it ought to be
Nothing ever seems right now that it's over
Yeah, now maybe we can be friends
Maybe we can be closer
We can have fun like we did in the old days
Now that it's over
Oh yeah...
My bad dreams just don't seem the same
Baby without you
Oh, I wish you were willing to accept the blame
Yeah, for everything you do
My nightmares just don't scare me now
Baby without you, yeah yeah
I wish that I could find the words to tell
In the best way possible, you and your friends to go to hell
Yeah right!
Whoa, breakup time is never easy to do
Nothing ever ends the way you want it to
Nothing seems to make sense now that it's over
Yeah, now maybe we can be friends
Yeah, now that you're leaving
You can be nice to me
Maybe I'm dreaming
I am a lot better now than just okay
Maybe I am just waking up in my own way
Now that it's over
Now that it's over
My bad dreams just don't seem the same
Baby without you
I wish you were willing to accept the blame
Yeah, for all the shitty things you do
Nightmares just don't scare me now
Baby without you
I wish that I could find the words to tell
You to politely go fuck yourself
Yeah, now that it's over...
"Congratulations. A fetishist and an obsessive. You'll be very happy together."
~~~Thrift Store Chair~~~
Baby go to bed and put out the light
We both know if we talk anymore
We’re gonna end up in a great big fight
You can have your way again
Yeah you believe what you want to believe
You can walk all over me tomorrow
But tonight can we just pretend to sleep
I think we’re headed for a big fall
I think we’re headed for a bad time
Ooh you’re gonna go downstairs
And sit in that chair you like
Gonna put a John Prine record on
I think we need to slow it down for a while
Yeah I wish we never bought a king size bed
Only damn thing it’s ever been good for
Plenty room for the real good sex
I lay in bed in the dark and all I can see
Is the distance that grows between us
You seem so far from me
I think we’re headed for a real big fall
Yes we’re headed for a bad time
Yeah gonna go downstairs
Sit by myself alone in the middle of the night
Gonna put a John Prine record on
Yes we need to slow it down for a while
Gonna go downstairs
Smoke cigarettes in a thrift store chair tonight
Put a John Prine record on
Yeah we need to slow it down for a while
We need to slow it down for a while...
~~~Otis Redding~~~
Do you remember when we were hungry?
Do you remember when we were cold?
Do you remember when we were happy?
Do you remember, Do you remember?
Do you remember when we were lucky?
We were livin' the life almost every night
I would wrap you in my thin white arms
Sit and watch the stars die
Ayayayayayaya
Yeah, do you remember when we were the losers?
Do you remember when we were the lame?
Do you remember when we were the lovers?
Do you remember, Do you remember?
Do you remember when we were strung out?
Eating Top Ramen, and macaroni and cheese
We would get so lost in that basement
And let the Otis Redding sing us to sleep
I wish I had one more life
I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to be blind
I wish I could be like all my heroes
I wish I could be like all yours, too
I wish I could sing like Otis Redding
I wish I could play this guitar in tune
Do you remember when we were hungry?
Do you remember when we were cold?
Do you remember when we were happy, in a way
No one outside could ever know?
I wish I could have one more live
How I wish I had one more life to live
I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don't want to be wasted
I don't want to be blind
~~~Unemployed Boyfriend~~~
This is gonna sound a little obsessive
This is gonna sound a little bit strange
I have one thing to say
before I turn and I walk away
This is gonna sound a little impulsive
This is gonna sound a little insane
I know you don't know me yet
but you and I we will be together someday, someday
I know, I know I sound like I'm on drugs
Listen to me when I say
That ever since when I first saw you
Sittin' on your car outside
You asked for a cigarette
I couldn't stop starin at your eyes
Ever since when I first saw you
Lookin bored in that plastic chair
With the lights of the office around you
Those blonde streaks they look so pretty in your black hair
You look cool and alternative with that disaffected stare
You want people to think you just don't care
Hey you can be with me
'Cause I just might be the one
Who will treat you like you're perfect
Who will always make you come
Yeah you could be with me
yes I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend
This is gonna sound a little bit out there
This is gonna sound a little insane
But I keep having the same dream
That you will be the mother of my children someday, someday
I heard you sleep with that obnoxious guy
I know he is in that famous band.
You look so sad when you are with him
Yes I never see him reach to hold your hand
Yeah you could be with me
Yes I will treat you like a queen
I will go to all those chick flick movies
That I really don't wanna see
Yeah you could be with me
No, I will never let you down
I will never make out with your girlfriends
when I know you're not around
Yes you can be with me
Yeah I just might be the one
Who will treat you like you're special
I will always make you come
You can be with me
Yes I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be like those other guys!
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend
~~~Wonderful~~~
I close my eyes when I get too sad
I think thoughts that I know are bad
Close my eyes and I count to ten
Hope its over when I open them
I want the things that I had before
like a star wars poster on my bedroom door
I wish I could count to ten
Make everything be wonderful again
I hope my mom and I hope my dad
Will figure out why they get so mad
I hear them scream, I hear them fight
They say bad words that make me wanna cry
close my eyes wanna go to bed
(or the live version, 'I go to bed when I go to bed')
And I dream of angels who make me smile
I feel better when I hear them say
"Everything will be wonderful someday"
Promises mean everything
When you're little and the world's so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
when you tell me everything is wonderful now
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
Go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that it's all ok
I have to laugh so my friends won't know
when the bell rings i just don't wanna go home
I go to my room and I close my eyes
I make believe that I have a new life
I don't believe you when you say
Everything will be wonderful some day
Promises mean everything
when you're little and the world is so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
when you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't wanna hear you say that I will understand some day
I don't wanna hear you say you both have grown in different ways
I don't wanna meet your friend, I don't want to start over again
I just want my life to be the same just like it used to be
Somedays I hate everything, and I hate everything, Everyone and everything
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
~~~Annabella's Song~~~
I see you roll your eyes
You know it makes me smile
Yes you are like the sun to me
All bright and liquified
I feel so powerless
To hold you up above the world
Yeah you are quite a lot of trouble
For such a pretty little girl
I know I'm never home
I'm always miles and miles away
I feel I'm running out of time
To say the things I need to say
I call you on the phone
You don't want to talk to me
Yeah you just don't understand
You are my everything
Anna, Anna
Tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
Anna, You are never alone
You are never alone
I like to watch you play
When you don't know I'm there
I watch you in your sleep at night
Reach out and touch your hair
I want to make this world
Give you what you want to be
Don't you understand
You are everything to me
Anna, Anna
Tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
Anna, You are never alone
You are never alone
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