1. SOMETHING GOOD
I don’t need...
veins of pain rolling through my brain
mornings when I feel just insane
days I wished that my days were through
I don’t need...
days when I’ve been up all night
hazy mornings after fights
times I don’t know what to do
just give me...
something that takes me far away
something that I can do all day
something that makes me feel so good
just give me...
something that makes the day go fast
something I wish would longer last
something that you have I wish you would
you give me something good... I like your something good
you give me something good... I really want it
just give me something good... I really think you should
just give me something... good!
just give me...
kisses that make my heart take flight
shivers, quivers and butterflies
pieces of life that feel so right
just give me...
lazy days when we stay in bed
moments when words need not be said
beautiful and soulful eyes
just give me...
nights out when we get drunk and play
worry not about the pain next day
days when we see something new
just give me...
nights that we wished were never through
breakfast in bed in the afternoon
all of the light that I see in you
you give me something good... I like your something good
you give me something good... I really want it
just give me something good... I really think you should
just give me something... good!
I really want it
I really need it
I gotta have it
I gotta have it
I like your something good
I need your something
you give me something good... I like your something good
you give me something good... I really want it
just give me something good... I really think you should
just give me something... yeah!
you give me something good... I like your something good
you give me something good... I really want it
just give me something good... I really think you should
just give me something... good!
2. DO IT AGAIN
it’s no surprise from what’s to follow
behind my eyes I’m lost and hollow
it’s in my dreams it’s in my shadow
behind the scenes only shallow
another script for me to follow
but I’ve been ripped, there’s none to borrow
it’s all been flipped, the loss the sorrow
and it wont quit, more tomorrow
just another way to tell you
I’m not even tryin’ to sell you
I just thought that if I yelled
you’d turn around and walk away
just another way of tryin’
I’m not sellin’ you’re not buyin’
but I know that I’d be lyin’
if I didn’t miss the day
it’s best that I just stay away
just rest my heart not let it play
for surely there will come the day
that I’ll just do it again
I don’t know how the story goes
what someone says what someone knows
I only know from what I see
the way I feel, the way of me
love is paper, love is gold
love is never how it’s sold
this is not the kind of love
that you and I both said it’d be
love is simple, love is kind
love is evil often times
this love never has been strong enough
to love both you and me
it’s best that I just stay away
just rest my heart not let it play
for surely there will come the day
that I’ll just do it again...
I’ll just do it again
here I sit with me, myself
while I is hiding somewhere with someone else
it’s best that I just stay away
just rest my heart not let it play
contain my soul in every way
for surely there will come the day
that I’ll just do it again
...I’ll just do it again
...I’ll just do it again
3. DONE
I’ve tried so many times
tried to change the way it’s gotta be, for me
I’ve tried so many lines
tried to change the way I gotta see, for me
but still you bait me
and always underrate me
try to escape me
but now it’s much too late, see
I’ve given up everything for you
I’ve given up everything for you
been lied to many times
so much I don’t know if it’s me, you see
some game stuck in my mind
but now my mind is stuck in me, you see
but still you bait me
and always underrate me
try to escape me
but now it’s much too late, see
I’ve given up everything for you
I’ve given up everything for you
now I am done, finished, through
cuz I’ve given up everything for you
now I’m done! now I’m done!
4. HIGH ROAD
reason never seems to show it’s face when you’re off the track
reason always seems to fall in place when you can’t look back
where’s the reason in the way I feel my mind
what’s the reason that you gave me every time
trying to make reason of an unreasonable situation
trying to be pleasing in a total complication
nothing ever decent coming through, it’s just an act
trying to take the high road but there’s no one taking my load
I’m trying to take the high road
but there’s nobody taking my load
I’m trying to take the high road
but there’s nobody taking my load off my back
reason never seems to interrupt when your tongue won’t quit
reason always seems it’s given up when you’re looking for it
where’s the reason in the days you can’t control
what’s the reason that you gave me more & more
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there’s no way to reason with you
there’s no way that I can please you
rearranged the seasons in the corner of my mind
reasons are all that you give me
if I’m wrong then please forgive me
I’ve been thinking you’re just a waste of time
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5. JUST ONE
just one that I let slip away
just one still occupies a thought or two each day
just one could make me laugh
just one could make me say
my life was so much better with you in it
just one I tried but couldn't keep
just one still messes with my head
when I'm trying to sleep
just one could make me see
things so much differently
my mind was so much better with you in it
I know I didn't show, you didn't know the way I feel
I'm still thinking about you
I still think about you after all these years
just one I wish I didn't doubt
just one still echoes what my songs are all about
just one that took too long
for me to figure out
my life was so much better with you in it
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6. GOT ME BACK
I'm just beginning to figure out this one
I can't believe how long you've kept this hidden
you shoulda told me then, when it was happenin'
this should not have been so messed up
I tried & tried to revive what we once had
I think you like watching me feeling so sad
you shoulda told me then, when it was happenin'
this should not have been so messed up
you really did me in, I gotta say "you win!"
this should not have been so messed up
you got me back, I hope you're happy
you finally got me back
you took what we had and made it crappy
just to get me back
nothing I say seems to change how you're feeling
but I don't think I'm that guy you say I'm being
you shoulda told me then, when it was happenin'
this should not have been so messed up
you really did me in, I gotta say "you win!"
this should not have been so messed up
you got me back, I hope you're happy
you finally got me back
you took what we had and made it crappy
just to get me back
7. NOT SCARED
you think that I am inapparent, I am not
you’re calling me indifferent is that everything
yes, everything you’ve got?
I hope that you got everything
yes, everything I am not
cuz I’m not anything til everything is sought
you wanted more than I could give you
and this story’s hard to live, do
you know boring are the days I get through
now that I’m back on my own
you think that you are innocent, you are not
you’ve turned around what this has meant
but in the end you got caught
you tried to write a different ending
still intending to be bought
but I’m not buying anything you’ve got
you wanted more than I could give you
and this story’s hard to live, do
you know boring are the days I get through
now that I’m back on my own
and I’m not scared at all
cuz I’m not scared to fall
and I won’t bare this wall to you at all
I’ll tear it down when I get through with you
and all the things you put me through
you wanted more than I could give you
and this story’s hard to live, do
you know boring are the days I get through
now that I’m back on my own
more than I had in me
and the story that begins me
is before you tried to win me
I was happy with me all alone
8. WASTED TIME
and so now here I am
stuck here with me again
same place I was before then
why did I think this time
everything would be fine
once more it’s me left behind
I don’t wanna feel this no more
it’s been too many times before
it makes me grovel on the floor
so I don’t want this anymore
it’s just not worth the time
it’s just not worth my mind
it’s been so long since I’ve felt fine
seems my life’s been wasted time
some say it’s hit or miss
but I always miss the hits
who was I before all this
some say another try
I say another lie
followed by another goodbye
I don’t wanna feel this no more
it’s been too many times before
it makes me grovel on the floor
so I don’t want this anymore
it’s just not worth the time
it’s just not worth my mind
it’s been so long since I’ve felt fine
seems my life’s been wasted time
it rips my soul right to the core
so I don’t want this anymore
it’s just not worth the time
it’s just not worth my mind
it’s been so long since I’ve felt fine
seems my life’s been wasted time
9. MYSTERY
seems like I searched around for all my life
but I never knew just where
didn’t know about you, didn’t know your name
but I knew you when I saw your stare
never been the kind to let myself go
but this time I just had to find out
what it is that turns my head I just don’t know
but you turn me inside out
don’t know if I can take it
don’t know if I can wait
don’t know if you’re for real
don’t know if life is fakin’
don’t know if it’s opaque
con’t know the way to deal
all I really know is you’re a mystery
don’t know where to go or
what you’re doing to me
there’s something about you
what should I do
don’t know what to show you
you’re a mystery
only wanna know what you’re doin’ to me
are you truth or lies
who’s in those eyes
don’t be afraid to share your dreams with me
I can make them all come true
I’ll make the stars all shine, moonlight, the sea
all for the sake of you
don’t run and hide just because you see in me
the same way that I see in you
cuz in the end you know there’s no one but me
can make you feel the way I do
so don’t you wait no longer
to break this spell I’m under
just say the time is right
I tried so hard to reach you
tried my best to beseech
still you slip out of sight
all I really know is you’re a mystery
don’t know where to go or
what you’re doing to me
there’s something about you
what should I do
don’t know what to show you
you’re a mystery
only wanna know what you’re doin’ to me
are you truth or lies
who’s in those eyes
it makes me yearn, fold inside and turn
it makes me yearn to step inside the burn
all I really know is you’re a mystery
don’t know where to go or
what you’re doing to me
there’s something about you
what should I do
don’t know what to show you
you’re a mystery
only wanna know what you’re doin’ to me
are you truth or lies
who’s in those eyes
10. MESSIN' AROUND
I don‘t think that anything
went like you planned it, did it?
it backfired in your face
and finally ended for good
cuz I can’t, and I won’t take it anymore
I can’t... I won’t... with you anymore
I’m not taking part in any more of your games
I’m not messin’ around this time
I‘m not messin’ around this time
I‘ve got nothin’ to say... goodbye!
I‘m not messin’ around this time
time went by and it didn’t feel
any different, did it?
cuz you just found new ways
to make me livid again
cuz I can’t, and I won’t take it anymore
I can’t... I won’t... with you anymore
I’ve got better things to do than listen to you
I’m not messin’ around this time
I‘m not messin’ around this time
I‘ve got nothin’ to say... goodbye!
I‘m not messin’ around this time
cuz I can’t, and I won’t take it anymore
I can’t... I won’t... with you anymore
I’ve said everything I really needed to say
I’m not messin’ around this time
I‘m not messin’ around this time
I‘ve got nothin’ to say... goodbye!
I‘m not messin’ around this time
11. DEAR JOHN (a letter to John Lennon)
Dear John, it's been awhile
since you've been gone
hope time's been kind,
and given you peace of mind
Dear John, I'm still here,
and every year
it gets much harder
trying to seek what I must find
should I have gone with you, my friend?
and if I had...
tell me who then
would ask the questions
others choose to leave behind
Dear John, I sure could use your inspiration
to cut through the complications of the day
your voice was so much louder
than the ones who were much prouder
even though they had less to say
I wish that you could break the silence that he
sentenced you with violence
even though your
dream was love would
save the day
it's not the destination
but the journey that I fear
all the pain & desparation
ringing louder every year
and the harder that I try,
the more my self gets in the way
Dear John, it's getting tougher every day
Dear John, in closing I would like to tell you
that the system here that fell you
is still growing and now way out of control
all the love has turned to hate
all the hope has turned to fate
and happiness has no place to go
I guess what I've been tryin’ to say
is that you're...
better off this way
take care, goodbye, but
know I miss you so
It's not the destination
but the journey that I fear
all my pain & desparation
ringing louder every year
and the harder that I try,
the more my self gets in the way
Dear John, it's getting tougher every day
Gone in the blink of an eye...why?
12. TAKE A LITTLE TIME
I’ve been thinkin’ ‘bout
takin’ some well deserved
time off for my brain
I... don’t want... to feel this...
I don’t want to feel this pain
just take a little time, think it over
gotta get back to me
I don’t understand
what I got goin’ on
deep inside my head
I’ll... just turn... it off in...
I’ll just turn it off instead
just take a little time, think it over
gotta get back to me
I know that you think you’re talking to me
but I don’t even notice you’re there
what in the world am I doing to me
I don’t even know if I care
just take a little time, think it over
gotta get back to me
no one’s gonna find me
until it’s too late
please just leave me be
un... less I... get back to...
unless I get back to me