The Ataris

alone at last. just nostalgia and I
we were sure to have a blast.
for you it was just another sunday
in a small indiana town.
I went by the place where you and I
wrote our names in wet cement
and for a moment remembered how it felt
to have no one understand that there's this dream
and they're not part of it. how soon we do forget.
the house was gone but the piano lingers on
and so does the fire that burned it to the ground.
you can take away all of my rights to see the day
but you can't take away my love for the day.
then there's the time that you took me aside
and said I was not your only son
childhood is so fucked up.
I never had any closer friends
than the ones I had when I was young.
alone again just you and i
nostalgia wave goodbye.
I think it's time for me to go.

as i leave here today
apartment 1 0 A
ill always keep you in my heart
anderson is cold tonite
the leaves are scattered on the ground
i miss the seasons
and the comfort of your smile
sometimes this all feels like a dream
im waiting for someone just to wak

Broken heart again today...
The flowers that I gave to
you have withered all away.
Just when I opened up my
heart
The one you used to love
came and ripped it right
apart.

Why do I never seem to
learn?
That love is wrong and girls
are fucking evi

Looking for a place to call my home
Where will I sleep tonight, even I don't know.
You ask yourself ,

Oh, all I want to know
All I want

With just a touch of my burning hand
I send my astro zombies to rape the land
Prime directive, exterminate
The whole human race

And your face drops in a pile of flesh
And then your heart, heart pounds
Till it pumps in death
Prime directive, exterminate
Whatever stands left

All I wanted to say
And all I gotta do
Who'd I do this for
Hey, me or you

And all I wanted to say
And all I gotta do
Who'd I do this for
Hey, me or you

Oh, all I want to know
All I want

With just a touch of my burning hand
I'm gonna live my life to to destroy your world
Prime directive, exterminate
The whole fuckin' race

Then your face drops in a pile of flesh
And then your heart, heart pounds
And it pumps in death
Prime directive, exterminate
The whole fuckin' place well

All I wanted to say
And all I gotta do
Who'd I do this for
Hey, me or you

And all I wanted to say
And all I gotta do
Who'd I do this for
Hey, me or you

Oh, all I want to know
All I want to know
All I want to know
All I want oh
Go

Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I'm drivin' by your house
Though I know you're not at home
But I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You g

only two more days
until your birthday
yesterday was mine
youll be turning five
i know what its like
growing up without
your father in your life.
so i pretend
im doing all i can
and hope someday youll find it in your heart
to understand
why im not around

all you can ever learn is what you already know
Is this how it was intended??? The sunrise over smokestacks in the Midwest.
The beauty of this abandoned factory.
Christmas lights blinking on and off all out of time in what used to be,
your pink house dre

I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long
People ask me, "When will you grow up to be a man?"
But all the girls I love at school are already pushing prams

I loved you then as I loved you still
I put you on a pedestal, they put you on the pill
I don't feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad I'm letting you know

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl
I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl

I love the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can't survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend

I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
It's wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl
I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl
Looking for another girl
Looking for another
Another girl

got out of bed today
I'm alive, what can I say?
I'm really happy to be
somewhere with someone who makes me happy.
I took the bus downtown.
all day long I walked around
I looked at all the sights
and thought about how lucky I am now.
I was sick of feelin

it was the first snow of the season
i can almost see you breathing
in the middle of that empty street

sometimes i still see myself
in that lonesome bedroom
playing my guitar and singing
songs of hope for a better future

life is only as good as the memories we make
and im taking back what belongs to me
all the voice of classrooms unattended
these relics of remembrance
are just like shipwrecks
only theyre gone faster than the smell after it rains

last nite while everyone was sleeping
i drove through my old neighborhood
and resurrected memories from ashes

we said that we would never fit in
but we were really just like them.
does rebellion ever make a difference?

so long astoria
i found a map to buried treasure
and even if we come home empty handed
well still have our stories, our battlescars
pirate ships and wounded hearts
broken bones and all the best of friendships
and when this hourglass has filtered out
its final grain of sand
i raise my glass to the memories we had

this is my wish
and im taking it back.
im taking them all back.

Looking for a place to call my home
Where will I sleep tonight, even I don't know.
You ask yourself ,

if i die tomorrow
would this song live on forever
and here is my
unopened letter to a world
that never shall reply
from this second storey window
i can hear the churchbells calling out my name
this table is set for one
even angels would be homesick in t

only two more days
until your birthday
yesterday was mine
youll be turning five
i know what its like
growing up without
your father in your life.
so i pretend
im doing all i can
and hope someday youll find it in your heart
to understand
why im not around

i won't spend another night alone

A star up in the sky goes slowly passing by,
The lights below...they spell out your name.
You're comfort on my mind and you're with me all the time.
And lot's of feeling that I can't explain.

I won't spend another night alone.

Out of every girl I meet, no other can compete
I'd ditch em all for a night with you.
I know you don't believe you mean this much to me
But I promise you that you do.

If I had one wish this is what it would be...
I'd ask you to spend all your time with me,
That we'd be together forever.
We'd buy a small house in south central L.A.
Raise lots of kids then we'd both join a gang
Just as long as we're together.

The things you make me wanna do
I'd rob a quik-e-mart for you
I'd go to the pound and let all the cats go free
Just as long as you'd be with me.

In silence, I like to think out loud
You say this is the end
I know it's not the end
I took a picture
Of heaven when we broke down
Across the shining light
I never will forget
The color of last night
Over us

We missed the point in living
So caught up in this moment
We threw out all convictions
And traded them for substance
This life you hold so near
Will fade in time...

And so it goes
No we won't let go
If you are alive
Then be truly alive
Just open up your eyes
Pay attention to the signs
The color of the sky in this night

We missed the point in living
So caught up in this moment
We threw out all convictions
And traded them for substance
This life we hold so dear
Will fade in...
Time spend wasted on a lie
It's time you found some frame of mind
This life you hold so near
Will fade in time

We missed the point in living
So caught up in this moment
We threw out all convictions
And traded them for substance
This life we hold so dear
Will fade in time

And so it goes
No we won't let go
And so it goes
No no you won't let go
This life you hold so dear
Will fade in time...