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(these songs were transcribed by me so there might be some mistakes - i'm probably the only person who'd think "local anesthetic" would sound catchy in a song...)
If You Want
Like This
Young Generation
Your Memory


Rarities:
Back For Good (Take That cover for War Child's One Love record)


Live covers:
Back To The Old House (The Smiths)
I Just Wanted To See You So Bad (Lucinda Williams)
Zoom (Fat Larry's Band)




Back For Good
originally recorded by Take That


I guess now it's time for me to give up
I feel it's time
Got a picture of you beside me
Got you're lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Got a fist of pure emotion
Got a head of shattered dreams
Gotta leave it, gotta leave it all behind now

Whatever I said, whatever I did I didn't mean it
I just want you back for good
Whenever I'm wrong just tell me the song and I'll sing it
You'll be right and understood

Unaware but underlined I figured out this story
It wasn't good
But in the corner of my mind I celebrated glory
But that was not to be
In the twist of separation you excelled at being free
Can't you find a little room inside for me

Whatever I said, whatever I did I didn't mean it
I just want you back for good
Whenever I'm wrong just tell me the song and I'll sing it
You'll be right and understood

And we'll be together, this time is forever
We'll be fighting and forever we will be
So complete in our love
We will never be uncovered again

Whatever I said, whatever I did I didn't mean it
I just want you back for good
Whenever I'm wrong just tell me the song and I'll sing it
You'll be right and understood



Back To The Old House
originally recorded by The Smiths


I would rather not go
Back to the old house
I would rather not go
Back to the old house
There's too many
Bad memories
Too many memories
There
There
There

When you cycled by
Here began all my dreams
The saddest thing I've ever seen
And you never knew
How much I really liked you
Because I never even told you
Oh, and I meant to

Are you still there?
Or have you moved away?
Or have you moved away?
Oh

I would love to go
Back to the old house
But I never will
I never will
I never will
I never will



I Just Wanted To See You So Bad
originally recorded by Lucinda Williams


I drove my car in the middle of the night
I just wanted to see you so bad
The road was dark but the stars were bright
I just wanted to see you so bad
It didn't matter what my friends would say
I was gonna see you anyway
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad
You were staying in a big hotel
I just wanted to see you so bad
I didn't know you very well
I just wanted to see you so bad
We'd always talked on the telephone
But I'd never been with you all alone
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad

I got off on the seventh floor
I just wanted to see you so bad
I couldn't have asked for anything more
I just wanted to see you so bad
I saw your face so clear and bright
I must have been crazy but it sure felt right
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad
I just wanted to see you so bad



If You Want
written by McAlmont/Butler


Are you with anyone
Is it good, is it pleasing
Are you well, are you free
Do you wanna meet
We can do anything that you want
If you want

We can go anyplace
We can drift, just go walking
I don't know if you feel the way I feel
But we'll do anything that you want
If you want

I was thinking of you
Talking of you
And I thought "well, why not"
It could be so good, so good

We can stay up all night
We can talk without fighting
I should hope that you feel the same as me
Do you?

We can do anything if you want
We can do anything if you want
We can do anything if you want
We can do anything if you want
We can do anything if you want
We can do anything if you want



Like This
written by McAlmont/Butler


It's not a movie
American Beauty doesn't feel
Like this

A dream's a dream
But when we wake up it still feels
Like this

We gotta eat
We gotta sleep
We gotta live
Like this

Sometimes it's cool
But even then it still feels
Like this

[Tell 'em]
I'm doing fine
Thanks for asking

I'm doing fine, but I've got all day
Before the going gets too heavy
And I need the [..] to chase my disappointments away

And then I listen
I pay attention and it feels
The same

And then I miss you
And start to thinking of you and it feels
The same

Just fine
Thanks for asking
I'm doing fine, but I've got all day
Before the going gets too heavy
And I need the [..] to chase my disappointments away

Waking up in the afternoon
Wondering where the hell the day's gone
Wondering where the hell it took you
Where'd you go?

It's not a love song
Not when it feels
Like this

I'm doing fine
Thanks for asking
I'm doing fine, but I've got all day
Before the going gets too heavy
And I need the [..] to chase my disappointments away



Young Generation
written by McAlmont/Butler


Shooting from the hip
Take another trip
Another crack
Hey baby
Hey baby
Hey baby
Take it from the top

Talkin' 'bout making it happen
Nothing's like it used to be
Talkin' 'bout our emotions
There really is no mystery

Falling in and out of fashion
[..]
Making love with the usual passion
Tasting how good it can be

You and me we just happen
You and me got it all
The trouble with the young generation
We got to have to feel the fall
To feel the fall

But don't worry baby
Sha-la la la la la
Sha-la la la
Sha-la la la la la

I'm not asking what you did yesterday
I'm not asking how it's gonna be
Is something that I don't have to mention
My faith and the one to believe in

You and me we just happen
You and me got it all
The trouble with the young generation
We got to have to feel the fall
To feel the fall

But don't worry baby
Sha-la la la la la
Sha-la la la
Sha-la la la la la

You and me we just happen
You and me got it all
The trouble with the young generation
We got to have to feel the fall
We got to have to feel the fall
We got to have to feel the fall
To feel the fall

But don't worry baby
Sha-la la la la la
Sha-la la la
Sha-la la la la la



Your Memory
written by McAlmont/Butler


You are young now, but not forever
The life you lead, there comes the memory
When you're looking back, what will be coming back
What will you see?

When you are older, and you can feel it
And you long for the past that you have lived
Will they come back to haunt you
Will they come back to taunt you
How will it be, how will it be?
Tell me

Tell me
Will you be troubled by the past
Will you shut down when it comes back
will your memory be your enemy
Make it go away, make it go away

If anybody stops to ask
Will it embarrass you, or will it be like that
will your memories be your enemies
Make it go away, is that all you say?

I don't know this but I never [..]

I'd give you this but I never tried
[..] but a compromise

What about my love
What about my friends
what about my travels
Where I lie but can't [rest]
What about my heart
What about my head
What about my fears
[..]

You are young now, but not forever
It's your life
will your memory be your enemy?



Zoom
originally recorded by Fat Larry's Band


Zoom, just one look and then my heart went boom
Suddenly, and we were on the moon
Flying high in a neon sky oh

Bang, just one touch and all the church bells rang
Heaven called and all the angels sang
Sunrise shine in a midnight sky oh

Zoom, you chased the day away I knew,
The moon and stars came out to play and then
My whole wide world went

Zoom, moonbeams dancing in the afternoon
Shadows blowing as the roses bloom
Looking down on a wonderland oh

Smack, just one kiss and I was outta whack
All at once there was no turning back
Oh so far above the brightest star oh

Zoom, you chased the day away
I knew, the moon and stars came out to play

zoom, you chased the day away I knew,
The moon and stars came out to play and then
My whole wide world went zoom

I touched a rainbow as we went flyin’ by
Faster and faster we were higher than high
For once in my life time I was finally free
And you gave that to me

Zoom, you chased the day away
I knew, the moon and stars came out to play oh, oh
Zoom, you chased the day away I knew,
The moon and stars came out to play oh, oh
Zoom, you chased the day away I knew,
The moon and stars came out to play







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