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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
All this useless beauty is haunting to my heart
Dim the headlights, make amendments Starry sea of night Oh, sounds of silence so enchanting, all embracing So seductive and so pure Oh, I'm so insensitive, alright Beauty is touched by the light Stare into lights on this motorway Puncturing in the night I often wonder what it would feel like A slight jump to the right Everything goes blind Oh, I'm so insensitive, alright Sadness so touched by the light Oh, sound of sadness, beautiful sadness Whispering softly And this final portion of night, it is ours Oh, I'm so sensitive, alright Oh, beauty is touched by the light |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
We all are so faithful
We all are so lost within our hearts There's a spark in reply And then our colors burst in gold And we all become like... Fading into nothing, fading into nothing Just a trace of my life That burns when I fade across And still we all are so hopeful So you write our sins in our blood We look so tired in our eyes Yet so afraid of Fading into nothing, fading into nothing Just a trace of my life That burns when I fade across We all are so, we all are so faithful Fading into nothing, fading into nothing Just a trace of my life That burns when I fade across Fading into nothing, fading into nothing Just a trace of my heart Leaves its mark upon a heart |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
I traveled to each road and the end of the earth
With no where else to go I looked back in amazement When I finally realized how farther I had actually gone I was still standing in the same place that I started Till I found out and I cried out that there was silence A definite silence... more brilliant than anything And there was a bird with feathers brightest red and it spoke At least that what you saw I saw an angel on the whitest Novembers morning And I had sang the sweetest cry since she wanted to reach down And tell me that it would me all right And tell me it would be alright I walked out and stared into the golden sun I was blinded by an endless timeless beauty Till i found out and I cried out that there was silence A definite silence... more brilliant than anything And there was a bird with feathers brightest red and the smoke At least that what you saw I saw an angel on the whitest Novembers morning And I had sang the sweetest cry since she wanted to reach down And tell me that it would me all right And tell me it would be alright |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
The sea has become
Profoundly red as wine The skies they bleed with fleeting passion tonight Come sweet euphoria Your light is blinding to me You feel as comforting as a mother's warm embrace But still you're just as lonely as the sea We gaze out upon the crashing waves From this hillside graveyard masquerade Sweet terrible angel Embrace my soul with light Is it honesty that sunk my lungs and is dying to get out But still I'm helpless as an orphaned child Can you cure this loneliness in my heart My heart Can you cure this loneliness in my heart In my heart Euphoria, euphoria Euphoria, euphoria Euphoria, euphoria |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
Electric windmill skyline
The cracking soil beneath my feet It's pearls drenched with lust This empty bed, the sweat soaked sheets It's like they empty out the ocean Bodies mending this scorched earth It's like they empty out the ocean Bodies mending this scorched earth So call me on your long walks home Where drunken voices bleed into one If you're not in love, stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are I will to you the smell of burning leaves Rusted windchimes and the feverish glow of fireflies We were such terrible liars We were such passionate lovers We were such terrible liars We were such passionate lovers So call me on your long walks home Where drunken voices bleed into one If you're not in love, stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are We awoke on your cluttered bed To the schoolchildren below Our teeming hearts Habitual words are effortlessly flung We were such terrible liars We were such passionate lovers We were such terrible liars We were such passionate lovers We were such terrible liars We were such passionate lovers We were such terrible liars We were such passionate lovers (Call me on your long walks home Where drunken voices bleed into one) If you're not in love, stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are Stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are Stay where you are If you're not in love, stay where you are |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
Here's a long evasive story
Of failed hopes and glories Old chandeliers and scratched out 45's Some hands for my procession And a couple drunk confessions I'm soaked in rapture tonight No lie, no lie, no lie... Believe me when I say That I'm trying hard today But I'm not right, no, I'm not right Tell me it's not true I would never lie to you I'm not right, no, I'm not right Maybe you will see it wasn't meant to be But it's not me... The sins of the faithful The luxuries of regret And its a faithless To have no loss tragedies An acted up rectification With all the best intentions Smite me for my inquietudes, No lie, no lie, no lie... Cant believe you say That you're better of this way But I'm not right, no, I'm not right Tell me what you see when you still look at me I'm not right, no, I'm not right I'm sorry when I say I'm still holding on today And will you forgive me When I found out I was stray On the outskirts of the room Doubled up on angel dust There crying on my knees For some god to come And save this lifeless soul And my ghost will wrap this words As you cry yourself to sleep I'm not right, no, I'm not right I never want to know what I'm capable of I'm not right, no, I'm not right Tell me its not true, but I will not believe you I'm not right, no, I'm not right Maybe you will see that it wasn't meant to be But it's not me... |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
You're a senior double major
You got such big ideas We were searching for a savior To guide us through those restless years If only I could steal you away From those paths we were led astray I would take back all those things I said That new year's day If only I could make you see That all those dreams belonged to me I'd take back all those things I said That new year's day The October autumn twilight The chilling of our breath I had dreams I've found redemption And a past full of regret And the clouds on the horizon Look like a thousand paper cranes And I heard your voice But couldn't scream your name If only I could steal you away From those paths were led astray I would take back all those things I said That new year's day If only I could make you see That all those dreams belonged to me I'd take back all those things I said That new year's day So let's drink to forgiveness Let's drink for regret Let's drink to the ones we've loved and lost Let us never forget The mannequin shields her glowing eyes We'll all too human, yeah We're always searching on Until that gift of isolation has been won If only I could steal you away From those paths were led astray I would take back all those things I said That new year's day If only I could make you see That all those dreams belonged to me I'm haunting them the way you know you're haunting me If only I could steal you away From those paths were led astray I would take back all those things I said That new year's day That new year's day |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
Beneath the glow of this hanging moon
Lies a city still and cold Our silhouettes walk hand in hand The drunken jukebox serenade We pretend we're so innocent Cause no one ever likes to hurt Go take off that silver dress And expose your naked heart I'm not capable of love That kind of love That I felt when I was twenty one Cause I'm not capable of love That kind of love That I felt when I was twenty one Take it back So happy birthday darling Watch those candles melt away Not unlike those chandeliers At the bar where we both etched our names Who would have thought we'd fall so hard Who would have thought we'd fall so fast Optimistic children Clinging tight to all we never had I'm not capable of love That kind of love That I felt when I was twenty one Cause I'm not capable of love That kind of love Could I wish that I could take back Take it back You're the only one I want I wish that I could take it back Am I not capable of love That kind of love That I felt when I was twenty one Cause I'd be right if I said You're not my biggest regret Could I wish that I could take it back Cause I'm not capable of love That kind of love That I felt when I was twenty one Take it back |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
Marble stairs in this cathedral
Built by these hands five hundred years before We will make good men better We will make good men better Draw the right hand across the neck Drop the arm down to your side. I hear the voices calling in the night. Thirty-three degrees Accepted right of hypocrisy From this bitter cup we all shall drink Here I am awake, it's 2AM; it's getting late All I know is something isn't right. We will make good men better How can you make good men better? Draw the right hand across the neck Drop the arm down to your side. I hear the shadows calling in the night. Get up, get up, get out The fire's burning now Our bodies burned to ashes They'll be scattered to the forests. Does it ever even faze you That your father's involvement with a cult Nearly killed your first born child? |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
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... |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
While Kansas city sleeps
Cloaked in the twilight of this valley At this church is lined with Roadside poetry I could to the most desolate seclusions My blackest secrets still imprison me And why don't we say what we really feel? Whenever things are at their best... Whatever lies will help you rest Whenever things are at their best... Why do we wait for it to fall apart? Fall apart Waking to the after-taste Of cheap wine and bad decisions My heart trembles in this morning glare I could shield my eyes From these inner most seductions But still somehow you'll find me there And why don't we say what we really feel? Whenever things are at their best... Whatever lies will help you rest Whenever things are at their best... Why do we wait for it to fall apart? And it's probably safe to say I'm not the world safest bet I've never been too good at being good And its probably safe to say... Whenever things are at their best... Whatever lies will help you rest Whenever things are at their best... Why do we wait for it to fall apart? Whenever things are at their best... Whatever lies will help you rest Whenever things are at their best... Why do we wait for it to fall apart? |
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from The Ataris - Welcome The Night (2007)
You'll be forever an angel
In a sun dress blowing in the sweet September wind. At least that's how I choose to remember, And in my heart you'll never love again Maybe it's too late to regain sight of all that we have lost Got to hold on to this moment Don't let go Maybe it's too late for redemption now. I see a blanket of pale white snow On the street side from this doll house full of open words And the stained glass of the church next door Casts its light upon this empty room And your eyes, they used to shine as bright As northern lights without The demand to be loved Is the greatest arrogance And I can never make you love me again But when all else fails it fails Did I fail you? Will you fail me too? Because there's nothing that I wouldn't do to hold on to you But you give me nothing to hold on to. And maybe it's too late To keep the one I love from giving up and I, I guess it's too late for forgiveness God forgive me! I guess it's too late for a family now Everything reminds me of you Everything reminds me of you You're an angel in a sun dress And my heart will never love again... |
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from Ataris - Look Forhard To Failure (2005)
Last night I had a dream that we went to Disneyland,
Went on all the rides, didn't have to wait in line. I took you to your house where we stared up at the stars I listened to your heartbeat as I held you in my arms. We hung out at the Rainbow where we drank 'till half past two. Nothing could go wrong anytime that I'm with you. Like crashing a hotel room or leading up to that first kiss Or searching for a high school that you know doesn't exist... These are the things that make me free I feel like I'm stuck in stand by me This night was too good to be true. Today I woke up alone wishing you were here with me, I want us to be something that we'd probably never be. Today you called me up and said you'd see me at our show, But now I'm stuck debating if I even want to know. Whitney, don't you understand that what I say is true? I just want you to know I have a major crush on you. I'd drive you to Las Vegas and do the things you wanna do I'd even have Wayne Newton dedicate a song to you. I only wish that this could be Just dump your boyfriend and go out with me I swear I'd treat you like a queen. A queen. |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
Looking for a place to call my home
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
Looking for a place to call my home Where will I sleep tonight, even I don't know. You ask yourself , |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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 |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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 |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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 |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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. |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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 |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
San Dimas High School Football Rules by The Ataris Last night I had a dream that we went to Disneyland, Went on all the rides, didn't have to wait in line. I drove you to your house where we stared up at the stars I listened to your heartbeat as I held you in my arms. We hung out at the rainbow where we drank til' half past two. Nothing could go wrong anytime that I'm with you. Like crashing a hotel room or leading up to that first kiss Or searching for a high school that you know doesn't exist... These are the things that make me free I feel like I'm stuck in "stand by me" This night was too good to be true. Today I woke up alone wishing you were here with me, I wanted us to be something that we'd probably never be. Today you called me up and said you'd see me at our show, But now I'm stuck debating if I even wanna go. Whitney, don't you understand that what I say is true? I just want you to know I have a major crush on you. I'd drive you to Las Vegas and do the things you wanna do I'd even have Wayne Newton dedicate a song to you. I only wish that this could be Just dump your boyfriend and go out with me I swear I'd treat you like a queen. |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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. |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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 |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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 |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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 |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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 |
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from The Ataris - Live At The Metro (2004)
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 |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
all you can ever learn is what you already know
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
These hospital walls are the palest of white.
Here in this desert they're reciting my last rites. The smell of these halls bring temporary comfort as the oxygen flows through my blood. El corazon was poisoned tonight… She's on her eight of nine. When half of all your prayers are insincere, the other half are lies. Here is this watermark under this bridge. The point where it all crested, rolled back and drifted into the sea. I climb from this wreckage as the smoke begins to clear from my lungs. The closest of close calls has happened tonight. It's time that I made things right for the first time, since the last time. Let this moment of clarity lift this curse that has been cast upon me. Appreciate the good times, but don't take the worst for granted. 'Cause you only get so many second chances. |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
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. |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
Here in this diary I write you visions of my summer It was the best I ever had There were choruses and sing alongs and that unspoken feeling of knowing that right now is all that matters All the nights we stayed up talking listening to 80's songs and quoting lines from all the movies that we loveIt still brings a smile to my face I guess when it comes down to it being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up These are the best days of our lives The only thing that matters is just following your heart and eventually you'll get it right Breaking into hotel swimming pools and wreaking havoc on our world Hanging out at truck stops just to pass the timeThe blacktop singing me to sleepLighting fireworks in parking lots illuminate the blackest nights Cherry cokes under the moonlit summer sky2015 Riverside, it's time to say goodbye Get on the bus, it's time to go being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up These are the best days of our lives The only thing that mattersis just following your heart and eventually you'll get it right
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
30th of April, seems like yesterday.
We bought a house above the ocean where our kids could laugh and play. I called you from Paris to tell you that I wrote our names on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower. Remember those nights, playing ""Summer wind"" on the juke box of the bar we used to go. We made out in the bathroom and you walked me to my house, I tried to convince you not to go home. If only i had more time, I'd take you where you wanted to go. Italy isn't the same without you here. If only I had one wish, I'd want a million tillion lifetimes that I could spend with you... Fall in love with you again and again. 1st of November, 1998. I was thinking of what to say when I could call. Denice come over to my house, cuz you're the one for me. We'll drink cheap wine and watch more shooting stars. Remember our first apartment? Our couch was never big enough for two. Still, we'd fall asleep in eachother's arms and wake up on the floor. Now looking back it was made for me and you. If only I had more time, I'd take you where you wanted to go. Japan is really nice this time of year. If only I had one wish, I'd want a million trillion lifetimes that I could spend with you... Fall in love with you again and again. |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
I got your letter and the poems that you sent to me.
Postmarked in December of last year, I really hope you're doing better, all of your friends close by your side. One step closer to recovery. I wish there was something I could say to erase each and every page that you've been through even though it's not my place to save you. I appreciate but can't accept this thank you note that's sealed with your last breath, I won't stand aside and listen to you give up. If you'll just hold on for one more second. Just hold on to what you have. If you'll just hold on, just hold on. You will wake up tomorrow. These arms remain stretched out to you. Maybe someday you'll accept them or maybe it's too late to save a young girl's heart that's long stopped breathing. Wake up, wake up, you've gotta believe. Wake up, wake up, you can't give up. Time keeps going on without us long after we're dead and gone. |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
it was the first snow of the seasoni can almost see you breathingin the middle of that empty streetsometimes i still see myselfin that lonesome bedroomplaying my guitar and singingsongs of hope for a better futurelife is only as good as the memories we makeand im taking back what belongs to meall the voice of classrooms unattendedthese relics of remembranceare just like shipwrecksonly theyre gone faster than the smell after it rainslast nite while everyone was sleepingi drove through my old neighborhoodand resurrected memories from asheswe said that we would never fit inbut we were really just like them.does rebellion ever make a difference?so long astoriai found a map to buried treasureand even if we come home empty handedwell still have our stories, our battlescarspirate ships and wounded heartsbroken bones and all the best of friendshipsand when this hourglass has filtered out its final grain of sandi raise my glass to the memories we hadthis is my wishand im taking it back.im taking them all back.
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
gotta live it up one time before its over
we will make history tonite out at the drive in all of our closest friends, they will be sneaking in youll be spending your whole nite trying everything you can to get that girl to notice you we are the champions playing loud on the radio station everyone sing along with these anthems of our generation cruisin down pacific coast highway with the top down, crawl into the backseat lets create anthems of our own tonite down at the roller rink all the cool kids crowd around the air hockey table "hey my best friend likes you!" i hear you shout at me as you go skating by we are the champions playing loud on the radio station everyone sing along with these anthems of our generation cruisin down pacific coast higway with the top down crawl into the backseat lets create anthems of our own tonite sneak out of your window, darlin lets live at (?), honey well never look back climb out on this rooftop and stare at the city lites below us this world belongs to us tonite the kids will keep raging on and they are never gonna stop |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
On this coldest of January nights
We're trying to pass the runway, and watch the planes go flying by The runway lights are the deepest blue, like the color of your eyes So, close them tight and kiss me one last time If you could go anywhere right now, Where would you go? And would you miss me when you get there? There's no place that I would rather be Please don't let me go falling from the sky This "fasten seatbelt" sign just needs to go out If only you could be, right here by my side Home wouldn't seem so far from here Ask for customs, carry-on, remember To shut off all of your electronic devices Fell asleep on Tuesday, woke up Monday afternoon I slept right through your international dateline If you could go anywhere right now, Where would you go? And would you miss me when you get there? There's no place that I would rather be Please don't let me go falling from the sky This "fasten seatbelt" sign just needs to go out If only you could be, right here by my side Home wouldn't seem so far from here Please don't let me go falling from the sky This "fasten seatbelt" sign just needs to go out If only you could be, right here by my side Home wouldn't seem so far from here Please don't let me go falling from the sky This "fasten seatbelt" sign just needs to go out If only you could be, right here by my side Home wouldn't seem so far from here |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
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 |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
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 |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
Only two more days until your birthday,
yesterday was mine. You'll be turning five. I know what it's like growing up without your father in your life. So I pretend I'm doing all I can and hope someday you'll find it in your heart to understand why I'm not around and forgive me for not being in your life. I remember waiting for you to come. Remember waiting for you to call. Remember waiting there to find nothing at all. Maybe someday you'll really get to know me not just from letters read to you. I pray I get the change to make it up to you. We've got a lot of catching up to do. |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
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 |
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from The Ataris - so long, astoria (2003)
If I die tomorrow, would this song live on forever??
Here is my… unopened letter to a world that never shall reply. From this second story window I can hear the church bells calling out my name. This table is set for one. Even angels would be homesick for this forsaken town. On random notes of parchment, I'm scrawling my existence, dressed in white. This candle radiates throughout the night and it's never burning out. From this second story window I can hear the children down on main street. They're singing their songs tonight. In the shadows I will listen to their every movement. Mr. Higginson, am I not good enough for the world? Am I destined only to die the same way that I lived… in seclusion. From high upon this mountain I can almost see your lonely windowsill. They'll carry you off tonight. There's a ghost in your old bedroom and a candle burning bright. If I die tomorrow would this song live on forever? |
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from Ataris - So Long, Astoria (2003)
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 dreams of a middle class America.i'm trying to, beleive in you but all these satellites and shattered dreams are blocking out my veiw. please don't forget, who you really are, cause nothing really matters when we're gone.fell in love with his Keno waitress, the honeymooned in Memphis, they were married by the drive-up window. Trailor parks, neon signs, and an empty box of Lucky Strikes all used up on the dashboard of America,i'm trying to, beleive in you this world has sold it's faith for parking lots and drunk sincerity, please don't forget who you really are, nothing really matters when we'reyou'll be saddened to know the train tracks you once walked, as a young boy, are now nothing but a grave yard.please don't forget, how small we really are, cuz nothing really matters when we're gone... i'm trying to beleive in you. |
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from Ataris - So Long, Astoria (2003)
Here in this diary,
I write you visions of my summer. It was the best I ever had. There were choruses and sing-alongs, and not a spoken feeling. I'm knowing that right now is all that matters. All the nights we stayed up talking and listening to 80's songs; quoting lines from all those movies that we love. It still brings a smile to my face. I guess when it comes down to it... Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up: These are the best days of our lives. The only thing that matters is just following your heart and eventually you'll finally get it right. Breaking into hotel swimming pools, and wreaking havoc on our world. Hanging out at truck stops just to pass the time. The black top's singing me to sleep. Lighting fireworks in parking lots, illuminate the blackest nights. Cherry cokes under this moonlight summer sky. 2015 Riverside, it's time to say, "goodbye." Get on the bus, it's time to go. Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up: These are the best days of our lives. The only thing that matters is just following your heart, and eventually you'll finally get it right. |
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from Ataris - So Long, Astoria (2003)
30th of April, seems like yesterday. We bought a house above the ocean where our kids could laugh and play. I called you from Paris to tell you that I wrote our names on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower. Remember those nights, playing """"Summer wind"""" on the juke box of the bar we used to go. We made out in the bathroom and you walked me to my house, I tried to convince you not to go home. If only i had more time, I'd take you where you wanted to go. Italy isn't the same without you here. If only I had one wish, I'd want a million tillion lifetimes that I could spend with you... Fall in love with you again and again. 1st of November, 1998. I was thinking of what to say when I could call. Denice come over to my house, cuz you're the one for me. We'll drink cheap wine and watch more shooting stars. Remember our first apartment? Our couch was never big enough for two. Still, we'd fall asleep in eachother's arms and wake up on the floor. Now looking back it was made for me and you. If only I had more time, I'd take you where you wanted to go. Japan is really nice this time of year. If only I had one wish, I'd want a million trillion lifetimes that I could spend with you... Fall in love with you again and again. |
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from Ataris - So Long, Astoria (2003)
got your letter and the poetry you sent me
postmarked in december of last year i really hope you're doing better all your friends close by your side one step closer to recovery i wish there was something i could say to erase each and every page you've been through even though its not my place to save you i appreciate but cant accept this thank you note thats sealed with your last breath and i won't stand aside and listen to you give up if you'll just hold on for one more second just hold on to what you have just hold on/ just hold on if you'll just hold on for one more second just hold on to what you have just hold on/ just hold on these arms remain stretched out to you maybe someday you'll accept them maybe its too late to save a young girls heart that slowly stopped beating (maybe) wake up wake up you've gotta believe wake up wake up you cant give up time keeps going on without us long after we're dead and gone i wish there was something i could say to erase each and every page you've been through even though its not my place to save you i appreciate but cant accept this thank you note thats sealed with your last breath and i won't stand aside and listen to you give up if you'll just hold on for one more second just hold on to what you have just hold on/ just hold on if you'll just hold on for one more second just hold on to what you have just hold on/ just hold on |
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from Ataris - So Long, Astoria (2003)
meet me at midnight the broadcast tower high above the hollywood sign you bring your guitair and i'll bring my radio... radio everyone look up for miles around to witness this beautiful sight we'll set bonfires, pretend it's the fourth of july this is the starting of a brand new revolution bite the hand that feeds stand up and fight against the messages that they're sending stop their frequency you're always talking it's neverending i's about time that we turned off the radio call the request lines and tell them that it's over you're always playing all of the same songs over and over again it's about time that we all turned off the radio we'll listen to b-sides and sing along to anthems of the years gone by integrity and honesty will prevail tonight when it's all over one question still remains why so so many bands never make it to the radio? this is the starting of a brand new revolution bite the hand that feeds stand up and fight against the messages that they're sending stop their frequency you're always talking it's neverending it's about time that we turned off the radio call the request lines and tell them that it's over you're always playing all of the same songs over and over again it's about time that we all turned off the radio look outside your FM dial they're preaching lies in 4/4 time our generation without a voice is stripped of pride you're always talking it's neverending it's about time that we turned off the radio call the request lines and tell them that it's over you're always playing all of the same songs over and over again it's about time that we all turned off the radio you're always talking it's about time that we all turned off the radio you're always playing all of the same songs it's about time that we all turned off the radio |
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from Ataris - So Long, Astoria (2003)
It was the first snow of the season
i can almost see you breathin in the middle of that empty street Sometimes i still see myself in that lonesome bedroom playin my guitar and singing songs of hope for a better future life is only as good as the memories we make and i'm taking back what belongs to me polaroids of classrooms unattended these relics of remembrence are just like shipwrecks only theyre gone faster than the smell after it rains last night while everyone was sleepin i tripped through my old neighborhood and resurrected memories from ashes we said that we would never we were really just like them does rebellion ever make a difference life is only as good as the memories we make and im taking back what belongs to me these relics of remembrence are just like shipwrecks only theyre gone faster than the smell after it rains So long astoria i found a map to buried treasure and even if we come home empty handed well still have our stories of battle scars, 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 this is my wish im takin back im takin them all back |
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from Ataris - So Long, Astoria (2003)
Our last day of summer, 1979 Gotta live it up one time before it's over We will make history tonight. Out at the drive-in All of our closest friends, they will be sneaking in You'll be spending the whole night Trying eveything you can to get that girl to notice you. ""We Are the Champions"" playing out on the radio station Everyone sing along with these anthems of our generation. Cruisin' down Pacific Coast Highway, Put the top down, crawl into the back seat. Let's create anthems of our own tonight. Down at the roller rink, All the cool kids crowded around the air hockey table. ""Hey, my best friend likes you,"" I hear you shout at me as you go skating by. ""We Are the Champions"" playing out on the radio station Everyone sing along with these anthems of our generation. Cruisin' down Pacific Coast Highway, Put the top down, crawl into the back seat. Let's create anthems of our own tonight. Sneak out of your window, darlin' Let's live like outlaws, honey We'll never look back. Climb out on this rooftop, And stare at the city lights below us This world belongs to us tonight The kids will keep ragin' on- And they ain't never gonna stop. ""We Are the Champions"" playing out on the radio station Everyone sing along with these anthems of our generation. Cruisin' down Pacific Coast Highway, Put the top down, crawl into the back seat. Let's create anthems of our own tonight. |
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from Ataris - So Long, Astoria (2003)
On this coldest of January nights We drive out past the runway and watch the planes go flying by The runway lights are the deepest blue like the colors of your eyes So close them tight and kiss me one last time If you could go anywhere right now Where would you go? And would you miss me when you get there? No place that I would rather be Please don't let me go falling from the sky The ""fasten seatbelt"" sign just needs to go out If only you could be right here by my side Home wouldn't seem so far from here Passport, customs, carry on, remember To shut off all of your electronic devices Fell asleep on Tuesday woke up Monday afternoon I slept right through your International Date Line If you could go anywhere right now Where would you go? And would you miss me when you get there? No place that I would rather be Please don't let me go falling from the sky The ""fasten seatbelt"" sign just needs to go out If only you could be right here by my side Home wouldn't seem so far from here Please don't let me go falling from the sky The ""fasten seatbelt"" sign just needs to go out If only you could be right here by my side Home wouldn't seem so far from here |
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from Ataris - So Long, Astoria (2003)
If i died tomorrow
would this song live on forever? and here is my unopened letter to a world that never shall reply if i died tomorrow would this song live on forever? and here is my unopened letter to a world that never shall reply never shall reply from this second story window i can hear the church balls calling out my name this table is set for one even angels would be homesick in this forsaken town on random notes of parchment i'm scrawling my existence dressed in white this candle radiates throughout the night and it's never burning out never burning out from this second story window i can hear the children down on main street they're singing their songs tonight in the shadows i will listen to their every movement Mr. Higginson am i not good enough for the world? am i destined only to die the same way that i lived, its seclusion? but high up on this mountain i can almost see your lonely window sill they'll carry you off tonight there's a ghost in your old bedroom and a candle burning bright if i die tomorrow will this song live on forever? |
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