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I.O.U. Nothing
03:39
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Now we didn’t mean to pry
But what the hell made you lie?
All those times we laughed together
Through the good times, and the bad weather
Now we see you're just a fake
Doubting us was your mistake
Your daddy can count, so can we
We’re not gettin stuck with the fee
No!
Chorus:
I don’t owe you
I don’t owe you
I don’t owe you
I don’t owe you anything
At first we felt bad for you
But then you bit off more than you could chew
All your secrets you can’t hide
You got our money, but we got our pride
Your empty threats, you should regret
Broken promises we won’t soon forget
‘Cause we’re going on better than before
And we’re leaving you outside the door
The door!
Chorus
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words will never hurt me
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words will never hurt me
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words will never hurt me
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words will never hurt me
Chorus
Chorus
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2. |
Bad Habit
03:38
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You stay out too late party boy
When you get tired with it, you’ll need a new toy
What did I ever see in you?
It’s all wrong, and here’s what I’m gonna do
I'm gonna
Drop you like a bad habit
Chorus:
Bad habit
And I’ve just about had it
Bad, bad, bad habit
And I just won’t have it
Don’t you wanna do something fun?
That is before the day is done
You eat, and you sleep, and you never call
What did you ever want with me at all?
So I’ll drop you like a bad habit
Chorus
You can’t do anything on your own
I’m surprised you even made it home
Does your mama pick out your clothes for you?
You take more time getting ready than I do
And I’m dropping you like a bad habit
Chorus
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3. |
Rock & Roll Told Me So
04:33
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The first time I heard it on the radio
My mind couldn’t believe how didn’t know
That something like this I would find
Right there and then I made up my mind
Went down to the guitar store
Bought me a six-string that I fell for
Learned to play my favorite song
Kept the neighbors up all night long
Chorus:
Rock & roll told me so
Rock & roll told me so
Rock & roll told me so
Rock & roll told me so
See the glitter in my eyes
Baby, then you’ll know why
Got my tattoo the very next day
My parents didn’t know what to say
I’ll travel down this road as long as I can
Be the start, be a rock & roll fan
Chorus
I’ll travel down this road as long as I can
Be the start, be a rock & roll fan
I’ll travel down this road as long as I can
Be the start, be in a rock & roll band
Chorus
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You saw me last
Under the amber street light
Then I vanished from your sight
I finally found you
With this night to spare
To tell you that our souls are a pair
You say “we just met”
But you know as well as I
We belong together, this you cannot deny
Now forgive me my love
But I have to go
How it pains me, you’ll never know
Chorus:
I feel you
And I know you
And everything that has gone by
All the passion
All the pain
I keep it all in my mind
You see I made a deal
To stop death’s rite
It would take me and save your life
For at the break of dawn
You would have died
So I do what I must to turn the tide
Now I stand at the crossroad
Prepared for my fate
You appear saying “It’s not too late!”
You looked at death
Said “You cannot have my heart!”
“This will never keep us apart!”
Chorus
But the deal was my time
You said “It will also be yours”
So we will both perish
Rather than endure
And the sickle said “No”
“One must die here tonight
But after dusk may return
Under the amber street light”
Chorus
So they are one
Under the amber street light
Now and forever this night
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5. |
A Nice Girl
04:53
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With a picture bedside his bed
Like a wilting flower he hangs his head
The memories prick his body like a pile of thorns
Trying to pretend he didn’t known her scorn
She was a little too pretty, a little too wild
A blossom of a woman still being a child
She played with their hearts, devouring each piece
And for their broken hearts she loses no sleep
Chorus:
And everyone says she’s a nice girl
And everyone says she’s so sweet
And so many lovers tried to tame her
And so many cried in defeat
No one is blind to the pain he lives in
Each day he wonders what was his sin
There is no answer for the heartache he breathes
She spread in him like an infectious seed
Her friends call her a wild flower
She’s a beautiful temptress who knows her own powe
But she underestimates the strength of her eyes
And is ignorant to their broken hearts’ cries
Chorus
Bridge:
And every time another heart is taken
Those who know her, they still stand unshaken
Grown men with broken hearts once more
And she is oblivious to the pain they endure
But they endure it!
Each day is a dagger cutting his skin
He asks himself why and where to begin
The pieces seem too many to put back together
And they say that it doesn’t last forever
Someday she’ll know the pain they all feel
And someone else will say it’s not real
They’ll all say he’s not all bad
She’ll have lost the only love she’s ever had
Chorus
Chorus
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6. |
Crazy Ladies
03:08
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Crazy ladies getting out tonight
Crazy ladies getting out tonight
And we're looking for some boys
Some boys who know it all right
It's hot out there, on the town
It's hot out there, on the town
And we think you right over there
Right over there, you're gonna be down
You're down! Downtown yeah!
Feeling insane
Forgot my name
Having fun
Don't know what's to be done
Rocking all day
Don't know what to say
Getting out
Without a doubt
Crazy ladies getting out tonight
Crazy ladies getting out tonight
And you know something honey
We know we're all right
We're all right
All right!
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7. |
Days of 3 a.m.
04:21
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We’d go down to the coffee house
To hear the bands play
Every Friday was filled with laughter
The apple ciders and Mexican lattes
Checkers with Nikki
Milkshakes with Seth
Treasure those high school days
‘Cause there aren’t many left
Chorus:
Remember the days of 3 a.m.
Stayin up late , sleepin in
Remember those days, they’ll come again
And the good memories
Never end
Well I don’t see them very much
Denise went down to Virginia
Jutt’s at college, Angie’s on the road
And the bands don’t play at the Java
I pull out the pictures
Of dances gone
And smile when I think of
The place where I belong
Chorus
It’s summer time once again
I think I’ll take a ride
To that coffee house down town
Where we’d all dream inside
And when I got there
How my eyes did cry
For my friends whom I love so well
Were waiting for me to come on by
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
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8. |
The Music That I Hate
03:32
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There goes a pop star queen who lived too fast
And a washed up bimbo who just didn’t last
There goes another candidate
In the election of the music I hate
Its big business, money, and lip synching
You look like a puppet when you’re talking
Glitter, gossip, plastic girls
Are a label’s best-selling cheap thrills
Chorus 1:
The music that I hate
Is my generation’s worst mistake
The music that I hate
Plays on the radio a quarter after eight
Wanted to look good, wanted to score
You sold your soul to get in the door
You think you got it made baby, ha!
They’ll replace you before you’re twenty
All the fluff that I have to hear
Makes me cry and it burns my ear
How long can you play this game?
Before it’s gone and they forget your name?
Chorus 2:
The music that I hate
Doesn’t give real musicians a break
The music I hate
Turns little girls into jailbait
Chorus 3:
The music that I hate
Knows what to sell and what to take
The music I hate
Makes everything you hear second rate
Chorus 1, 2, 3
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9. |
Deja Vu
06:26
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Chorus:
It’s déjà vu
‘Cause I feel like I’ve been here before
But don’t try to ignore
What you feel inside
It can’t be justified
When it’s déjà vu
And I feel like I’ve been here before
Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah ,yeah, yeah
I’m twice bitten
Once shy
Third times a charm baby
Did you ever wonder why?
The dreamers love to fantasize
And yeah I do too
But the fairy tales seem to mystify
Life, and what do you do
Chorus
Hey what’s going on?
Time just passes by
And it seems like yesterday
I learned how to fly
In circles,
Same old song everyday
Look around and you will see
How to break the old way, when I tell ya
Chorus
Spoken:
Don’t hold back
Oh no
Don’t let it get you down
Oh no
I’m twice bitten
Once shy
Third times a charm baby
Did you ever wonder why?
Chorus
Chorus
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10. |
Myself
03:57
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Let your guard down, and they’ll attack
They see a thought that wasn’t just an act
How many times did you have to change?
But did they ever stop calling you strange?
Chorus:
If I wasn’t someone
I’d be no one, going now where
If I didn’t be myself
Then I’d be made somebody else
I’d be made somebody else
So I’m gonna be myself
I’m gonna be myself
You laugh at me ‘cause you don’t like what you see
I laugh at you ‘cause I can see your vacancy
I want to be original but oh how
The pressure’s on to be like them now
Chorus
Let your guard down, and they’ll attack
Afraid the stray will ruin the pack
Too late now, I’ve gone my own way
My footsteps remain while yours never stay
Chorus
Chorus
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11. |
Stay
04:33
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You’re on my mind
More than you should be
And in my dreams
Getting closer to me
But I haven’t told you
How I’m feeling
About the smile worn while
My heart you’ve been stealing
Pre-Chorus 1:
Do your eyes
Reflect the same
As do mine
When I
Think of your name
Chorus:
Please, I want you to stay
Please, don’t walk away
There is something I have to say
So please, tell me, tell me that you’ll stay
Will your kind stare
Last longer?
If I don’t see you
Will I be stronger?
Because I’m afraid
That today
You’ll be the one
Who got away, ‘cause I
Pre-Chorus 2:
I can’t disguise
When my heart’s to blame
So stop time
And take away the pain
Chorus
Do your eyes
Reflect the same
As so mine
When I think of your name
Pre-Chorus 2
Chorus
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12. |
Too Late
04:58
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You crashed into my life
Why did I crash into your room?
I guess I wasn’t thinking clearly
About the heartache that came too soon
You wore a disguise!
And it’s all lies!
I’m not your average girl
But I’m not trying to be
I’ll defy everything you know
And everything that you see on TV
And you didn’t like that!
So you planned your attack!
Chorus:
This is how it’s gonna be
I won’t remember you, you won’t forget about me
It wasn’t good yeah, not good enough for you
Don’t come crawling back, don't want nothing from you
It’s too late
Too late for you
You kept my mind in a cage
To believe in whatever god you can
It saves time thinking for yourself
You like to ruin what you have
You made me feel guilty!
About everything in me!
Nice to see you don’t wanna hurt me
But that’s not very hard to say
You act like you care to get your way
You play the victim, to mislead the prey
Guess who found you out!
And now it’s my turn to scream and shout!
Chorus
All you gave me was a problem
Pointless things you didn’t wanna workout
You say without me, you don’t know who you are
But I do, I have no doubt
Have no doubt, have no doubt!
Chorus
Chorus
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13. |
Put Me Back Together
03:27
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I am greater than all of my parts
To be complete would be a good start
To break this separation anxiety
From underneath the scissors of this patriarchy
Stitch ‘n save me from your male gaze
Double knots tie me in this maze
Left I am bought, right I am sold
Cut me up ‘n down for my own good I am told
Chorus:
Put me, put me, put me back together now
I am, I am not your pieces
Put me, put me put me back together now
I am, I am not for your uses
Tangled in the spools of a magazine
Disconnected parts all around the scene
She’s barely legal, the paper doll
Her double D’s sell you fashions this fall
Paste perfume in-between her legs
Shove a finger down her throat, designer shades
Wet T-Shirts sell gin on the rocks
Misogyny requires sexy socks
Chorus
I was sitting on a wall
You pushed me and I had a fall
And all the boys and all the men
Took the pieces so I couldn’t be whole again
O-B-J-E-C-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N
“Hello….what? Oh, you’ve got to be, got to be kidding me….let’s get real for a second.”
Carbon copy oppression onto me
What? You didn’t think that I would see?
When you look at me, you see a commodity
I’ll not rip at the seams for eternity
Chorus
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14. |
The End
05:54
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There are things you never do
To someone, even once, when you do
Everything falls down
And this time, I won’t be around
Chorus:
This is the end!
Don’t tell me you’ll be my friend
This is the end!
This to you is what I send
What was yours, was never mine
And in time, you will find
That it all, was a lie
The memory will fade, and die
Whooa oooooo oh, this is the end
You still don’t seem to understand
You can’t try, even once, when you do
I hate to be around
For this time, you won’t beat me down
Chorus
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Electrik Emily Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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