These are the lyrics to some of my favorite BFF songs. It helps if you have music to go along with them, but if you read the words they can really interesting and thought provocative.
Many Samples To These Songs Available Here!
Here you will find the following songs:
- Alice Childress
- Army
- Best Imitation of Myself
- Don't Change Your Plans
- Eddie Walker
- Emaline
- Underground
- Tom & Mary
Alice Childress
Some summers in the evening after 6 or so
I walk on down the hill
And maybe buy a beer
I think about my friends
Sometimes I wish they lived out here
But they wouldn't dig this town
No they wouldn't dig this town
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Try not to think about it anymore
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Anymore, no not anymore
Alice, the world is full of ugly things
That you can't change
Pretend it's not that way
It's my idea of faith
You can blow it off
And say there's good in nearly everyone
Just give them all a chance
Now let's give them all a chance
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Try not to think about it anymore
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Anymore, no not anymore, oh
No it didn't work out
No it didn't work out the way we thought it would
No it didn't work out
(An arranged marriage is not so good)
Thank God it's you
Y'know your timing is impeccable
And I'm not fooling you
I don't know what to do
Some dude just knocked me cold
And left me on the sidewalk
Took everything I had
And everything I had
Try not to think about it, Alice Childress
Try not to think about it anymore
It's getting late where you are, Alice Childress
Anymore, no not anymore
Anymore, no not anymore
Army
Well I thought about the army
Dad said, 'Son you're f'n high'
And I thought, 'yeah there's a first for everything'
So I took my old man's advice
3 sad semesters
It was only 15 grand
Spent in bed
I thought about the army
I dropped out and joined a band instead
Grew a moustache and a mullet
Got a job at Chick-fil-A
Citing artistic differences the band broke up in May
And in June reformed without me
And they got a different name
And nuked another grandma's apple pie
And hung my head in shame
Been thinking a lot today
Been thinking a lot today
Think I'll write a screenplay
Think I'll take you to LA
Think I'll get it done yesterday
(ah s***!)
In this time of introspection
On the eve of my election
I say to my reflection
God please spare me more rejection
'Cause my peers they criticize me
And my ex-wives all despise me
Try to put it all behind me
But my redneck past is nipping at my heels (ha ha ha ha)
Thinking a lot today
Been thinking a lot today
Been thinking a lot today
I thought about the army
Best Imitaion of Myself
I feel like a quote out of context
Withholding the rest
So I can be free what you want to see
I got the gesture and sounds
Got the timing down
It's uncanny, yeah, you think it was me
Do you think I should take a class
To lose my southern accent
Did I make me up, or make the face till it stuck
I do the best imitation of myself
The "problem with you" speech
You gave me was fine
I liked the theories about my little stage
And I swore I was listening
But I started drifting
Around the part about me acting my age
Now if it's all the same
I've people to entertain
I juggle one handed
Do some magic tricks and
The best imitation of myself
Maybe I'm thinking myself in a hole
Wondering, who I am when I ought to know
Straighten up now time to go
Fool somebody else, fool somebody else
Last night I was east with them
And west within
Trying to be for you what you wanna see
But I can't help it with you
The good and bad comes through
Don't want you hanging out with
No one but me
Now that it's all the same
It comes from the same place
And if my mind's somewhere else
You won't be able to tell
I do the best imitation of myself
Yes it's uncanny to see
You'd really think it was me
The best imitation of myself
Do the best imitation of myself
Don't Change Your Plans
Sometimes I get the feeling
That I won't be on this planet
For very long
I really like it here
I'm quite attached to it
I hope I'm wrong
All I really wanna say
Is you're the reason I wanna stay
I loved you before I met you
And I met you just in time
'Cause there was nothing left
I sat here on my suitcase
In our empty new apartment
Until the sun went down
Then I walked back down the stairs
With all my bags and drove away
You must be freaking out
All I know is I've gotta be
Where my heart says I oughta be
It often makes no sense
In fact,
I never understand these things I feel
Don't change your plans for me
I won't move to LA
The leaves are falling back east
That's where I'm gonna stay
You have made me smile again
In fact, I might be sore from it
It's been a while
I know we've been together many times before
I'll see you on the other side
Don't change your plans for me
I won't move to LA
The leaves are falling back east
That's where I'm going to stay
All I really wanna say
Is you're the reason I wanna stay
But destiny is calling and won't hold
And when my time is up I'm outta here
All I know is I gotta be
Where my heart says I oughta be
It often makes no sense, in fact
I never understand these things,
I feel
I love you, good bye
I love you, good bye...
Eddie Walker
Won't you smile, you look so shocked
By the nametag on your smock
We've come to see you, Eddie Walker
You may pack a little tight
The girl up front says "it's allright"
Look there's more of us
Still gettin' off the bus
We wish you'd come back home with us
Eddie Walker, this is your life
This one's you when you were small
You were learnin' how to walk
They pick you up when you came fallin' down
There you are with Aunt Louise
Your bouncin' on her knees
Remember all those trees
Behind the garden, they're gone
They all got cut down when she died
Eddie Walker, this is your life
You never had a son or a wife
You sure had a hell of a time
Oh Eddie Walker, this is your life
This one's you and Mary Jo
But she couldn't come, she says "Hello"
No, Eddie Walker, she doesn't hate your guts
It's just the whole thing shook her up
How they picked you up and you kept fallin' down
Oh Eddie Walker, this is your life
You never wore a coat or a tie
You never had a reason to cry
This whole stack and all of these
Your semester overseas
We're gonna leave you
Eddie Walker
Emaline
Now, I wish it was last September
We could lose ourselves in crowds everyday
'Cause Emaline, don't walk in time,
She's not the same that's all you can say.
That's all you can say
That we've learnt our lesson, but I,
Don't wanna walk away from Emaline.
(shhhh!)
They're talking now.
Does she know what they're saying?
She's got the air, to float above it.
I'm sinking in the "Someone Should Pay".
She's dear to me, and so expensive.
Now I'm not talking 'bout money.
Money talks,
I hate to listen,
But lately it's been screaming in my ear.
When I've heard enough, I tell myself-
That we've learnt our lesson, but I,
Don't wanna walk away from Emaline.
It only took me one look to understand Emaline,
sometime I don't know what she's saying.
Sometimes I do,
Sometimes I don't,
know what she's saying
But I know,
I know,
I know what she wants to believe
It wish it was last September
Don't let me walk away from Emaline.
For stupid reasons,
Now I'm talking 'bout money
Money talks,
I hate to listen,
But lately it's been screaming in my ear
Yeah, what advice! Girls need attention.
Or are you diffrent than all mine?
For all it's worth, she's got attention
From people like you who see Black and White
Now I've heard enough, I'll tell you what
Really shouldn't sit here and whine,
I'll take you down to see my Emaline.
Underground
Darren: I was never cool in school
Darren: I'm sure you don't remember me
Robert: And now it's been 10 years
Robert: I'm still wonderin' who to be
Ben: And I'd love to mix
Ben: In circles, cliques, and social coteries - that's me
Hand me my nose ring (Can we be happy)
Show me the mosh pit (Can we be happy)
We can be happy underground!
Who's got the looks
Who's got the brains
Who's got everything
I got this pain in my heart, that's all
Hey you with the long and lonely face
Well there's got to be something else
And let me tell ya something else
There was a girl that passed me by
She gave a smile but I was shy
And I looked down, so down
Don't look down no no, go go underground
And now there's a place to go
It's the morning now, it's the evening
It's everything
I click my heels and I'm there
Underground, underground, ooh
Everything's heavy underground
You been kicked around
Did life bring you down here
Everything's heavy underground
And we'll be decked in all black
Slamming the pit fantastic
Officer Friendly's little boy's got a mohawk
And he knows just where we're coming from
It's industrial, work it underground
Get down (yeah), get down (yeah), get down (yeah)
Underground, underground, ooh
Everything's heavy underground
You been kicked around
Did life bring you down here
Everything's heavy underground
We can be happy
We can be happy
We can be happy underground
We can
We can
We can be
Everythings heavy!
Underground
You been kicked around
Underground
Did life bring you down here
Ooh
Everythings heavy underground
Bye bye!
We Can
We Can
We Can Be
Everythings heavy underground
We Can
We Can
We Can Be
Everythings heavy underground
We Can
We Can
We Can Be
We can be happy underground
We Can
We Can
We Can Be
Everythings heavy underground
Everythings happy underground
Everythings heavy underground
Tom & Mary
For the benefit of Tom and Mary
Before our guests arrive
If they haven't found out already
It's gonna blow thier minds
Will they find the strength to find
The will to testify
That for the benefit of Tom and Mary
There's something we can't hide anymore
Everybody here knows the story
Some have fabricated extra parts
See the sisters shouted whispers
Feeding hot air to the sparks
Put a damper on the party
It will lighten up the room
For the benefit of Tom and Mary
They've got to see the truth today
Yeah yeah
Ms Southern's son says here they come
And all the chatter and the smiles, they come undone
And you could here a pin drop on the carpet floor
Everyone's pretending not to hear the knocking at the door
For the benefit of Tom and Mary
Before our guests arrive
If they haven't found out already
It's gonna blow all of their minds
And yet the seams all seem to show
That for the benefit of Tom and Mary
For the benefit of Tom And Mary
For the benefit of Tom And Mary
We've got to let the truth be known
Hey!
