She wanted to be a cowboy, she was shootin' 'em down, she was tramping around.
He walked in crooked with the clear blue eyes. "There's a nice pool at my motel - you want to go for a swim?" That night he moved in.
The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love. The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love.
At night she'd wait for the sound of his feet on the doormat, the sound of his hand on the doorknob, the sound of her heart beating in her head. He'd go out playing nickel slots, cause he knew he'd lose - She didn't know, so she couldn't choose.
One night while sleeping alone in her bed, the phone rang, shewoke up, and sat up and said, "What time is it? What time is it?
"Well, it's 5:30 here and it's 2:30 there, and I won't be home tonight," he said.
The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love. The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love.
Now she sits in a booth in a diner, waiting for someone to take her order, waiting for someone to come and sit down.
She rubs the smudge off the photograph, puts it back into her purse. The grey sky was romantic cause he was holding her hand, he was her man.
The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love. The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love. Sometimes called falling in love.
She wanted to be a cowboy, she was shootin' 'em down, she was tramping around.
If I hold my breath If I shut my eyes If I disappear Just for the afternoon If I can't help shouting If I lock you out If it's not important Completely unimportant To anyone else but me We could still belong together And together is much better We're o.k. So hey don't worry now Oh wow If I interrupt And if I cut you off And if I like attention And other worse things I could mention We could still belong together And together is much better We're o.k. So hey don't worry now Oh wow We could still belong together And together is much better We're o.k. So hey don't worry now Oh wow But if you make a mistake We're through
We could still belong together And together is much better We're o.k. So hey don't worry now Oh wow We could still belong together And together is so much better We're o.k. So hey don't worry now Oh wow Oh wow This I complicate I know It's just my way But "If" is the question that I ask And nothing more
Oh, when I turned five I got a piece of cake, the corner with the rose. I leaned in close, and I told him that I loved him, and he ran. It made my heart stop. It made my heart stop.
Now I understand that my heart doesn't stop, even though it feels like it could explode. Now I understand that my heart doesn't stop, it beats on and on and on.
And in the afternoon I put on my best swimming suit, and spied across the pool at all my friends, but I sat on the steps, in the shallow end alone because my heart stopped. It made my heart stop.
I didn't get what I expected. Reached out and I got rejected. I couldn't have it cause I checked it off. Felt sad, I didn't understand it. Why would this happen to me? But my heart, it didn't stop, it beat on and on and on.
Now I understand that my heart doesn't stop, even though it feels like it could explode. Now I understand that my heart doesn't stop, it beats on and on and on.
The heir is introduced She waltzes through her ballroom Swirling in her sequins, showing off her gown She steps on her own train She falls, she cracks her jaw Aghast her husband giggles He gasps She slipped on spilled champaigne
Chorus: And we crowd around the accident We want to see the worst We crowd around the accident We want to see what hurts
They're leaning in the corner He's buried in a baggie They say he's mischevious sometimes She's pretty, and her elbows are so pointy They're dangerous talking in the locker room His nose bleeds so profusely But no one tell him he's the star They watch like at the movies that he's famous for
CHORUS
Two stories about to fall Boasting at the swing set, marching down the hall She yelled, 'cause he upset her desk Don't yell He's picking sides, he's hitching rides to school His father left in winter He's no one's son If I can poke her with a pencil, I can pop her with a gun
CHORUS
We think... I'm glad it wasn't me And turn up the TV And squeeze our eyes shut, but leave a space to see
I probably want to hold your hand I probably want to kiss you you'll probably misunderstand I'll probably miss you lately it seem nothing's clear I probably need my glasses you come in and out of focus I wonder if you notice
Chorus I probably love you I probably love you the grass is probably green the sky is probably blue I'd probably do anything for you I probably love you
you probably know just what I'm thinking you probably don't feel like I do you probably think I'm crazy it's probably true lately everything's changed I hardly know who I am my heart pounds I can't sleep I've come to this conclusion Chorus
what is it about you that makes you different from the rest you touch a part of me I didn't know exsists
I probably love you probably do Chorus I probably love you I probably love you probably
If it's really love you'd follow it forever Would you wander for me? Even though you think I'm lost and you know better Would you wander for me?
Cause wandering is more than filling footprints right behind me How far would you go outside the lines if just to find me?
Letting go of anything that grounds us Would you wander for me? Even though there's darkness all around us Would you wander for me? Cause I've wandered for you
Wandering is more than filling footprints right behind me How far would you go outside the lines if just to find me? When you see that I have gone to the edge and way beyond Would you, would you, would you wander for me?
It doesn't matter where we are, we can be our northern star Far above the earth and weather together
Cause wandering is more than filling footprints right behind me How far would you go outside the lines if just to find me? When you see that I have gone to the edge and way beyond Would you, would you, would you wander for me?
If it's really love you'd follow it forever Would you wander for me?
Diamonds are a ritual A prize in a Cracker Jack A name that you won't get back Diamonds are a runaround A game you can't win While you wait for your life to begin
Miss the party, drink the punch The drunk ones are the lucky bunch
Diamonds play single So sharp and abrasive Just look at their poor faces, it's sad It's not in the cards for them Look down at their hands You'll see nothing, just emptiness and misery
Miss the party, drink the punch The drunk ones are the lucky bunch Drink till they can't tell what's wrong Drink till they can't tell what's wrong
Diamonds are a piece of twine A seal on the envelope Some guarantee of hope Diamonds are just rocks that shine So I'm not the diamond kind I'll never see a diamond mine
Miss the party, drink the punch The drunk ones are the lucky bunch 'Cause they can't remember when they've had such a bad time No, they can't remember when they've had such a bad time No, they can't remember when they've had such a bad time
Except they make diamond rings And diamonds are the hardest things
what's the difference between you and me to me it's kind of small to you it's like prison what's the difference between you and me to me it almost happens to you it almost isn't how did you become so sure
your girlfriend never smiles and no one ever calls you begin to wonder if they were your friends at all you frown you take a look around you shout this will never get better
but the doubt that you grow when you feel desprouted turning your field into a deeper valley
Chorus you'd find (I know you'll find) the mountains aren't so high (the mountains aren't so high) if you'd only try (OooOooOooh)
to do better
it's 9:33 and the traffic, the stoplight somebody hits you nothing ever goes right and the gridlock nothing ever goes right
and it's just a little scratch not a permanent scar it's just a tiny dent you don't need a new car it's just a little mess your dreams aren't shattered you climb up while I hold the ladder Chorus
but how many times I've tried how many time I've missed and I've tried how many times I've tried how many time I've missed and I've tried
when everything's so difficult I feel so alone but I find a better view on the other side of the window
so that's the difference between you and me what if you believe that the grass could grow up through the snow it's possible Chorus to do better than get by Chorus to do better Chorus to do better than get by
Everybody go The party's over I want to be alone in my head In my bed tonight You never show
You must really love her You think I don't know But I do, yeah it's true I think over is over
I'm right back where I started (when it comes to wanting you) I can't have what I wanted
[Chorus] But I did, I can I was, I am Only human, living, dying Just like any fool who ever breathed If love is blind If love's a drug It always is It always was and Love was surely made for fools like me
I know where I'm going I'm tripping I'm sliding around That's ok At least I'm excited It wasn't how I planned it (wasn't how I planned it Feet are where I landed At least I understand it now) My feet are where I landed (feet are staying on the ground) [Chorus]
Fools like me Fools like me
I did, I can I was, I am Only human, living, dying Just like any fool who ever breathed
Maybe it's the sanest thing Or just the sweetest kind of dream But love was surely made for fools (Love was surely made for fools) Love was surely made for fools (Love was surely made for fools) Love was surely made for fools like me
I control the sun, I turn on the stars I make all the colors that you see as you circle me I open up the sky, I control the speed I can make the green lights flash, I can make you crash
Barely makes a sound You stop when you slow down But I can't make you See things the way I see things I can't make you Feel things the way I feel them I can't wait around for you I've got better things to do
'Cause I control the sun, I cool down the heat I can make the walls spin around and raise the ground I control the world, I can make it flat I can make the water deep so I can save you from the sea
Stop when you seem down Afraid that you would drown But I can't make you See things the way I see things I can't make you Feel things the way I feel them I can't wait around for you I've got better things to do
I pushed every button, I pulled every string I've tried every lever, I've tried everything
Barely makes a sound You stop when you slow down Now I can't make you See things the way I see things I can't make you Feel things the way I feel them I can't wait around for you I've got better things to do
No, I can't make you See things the way I see things I can't make you Feel things the way I feel them I can't wait around for you I've got better things to do
'Cause I control the sun I control the sun If I can control the sun Then why can't I have you? I've got better things to do
Try me on, take me home The tags are on, it's still a loan Warranty is in the sack You can always take me back
And go Window shopping again Window shopping again
Scan the shelves for something red It's different, It's brighter than The ones you had to have They didn't last, they just fade
And you go Window shopping again Window shopping again There's no stopping your Window shopping Window shopping again
There's miles and miles Of strip mall smiles Waiting to take you home And all the conversations Not so subtle invitations But isn't that what this is all about?
Oops, there's a hole in the shrink wrap You didn't notice that? Lucky you, they'll take it back The warranty is in the sack Besides, there's always something more Something better, a bigger store To go
Window shopping again Window shopping again There's no stopping your Window shopping Window shopping again
Try me on, take me home The tags are on, it's still a loan Warranty is in the sack You can always take me back
you say i talk so all the time so and i thought what i felt was simple and i thought that i don't belong and now that i am leaving now i know that i did something wrong cause i missed you yeah i missed you
you say i only hear what i want to i don't listen hard i don't pay attention to the distance that you're running or to anyone anywhere don't understand if you really care i'm only hearing negative no no no so i turned the radio on i turned the radio up and this woman was singing my song the lover's in love and the other's run away the lover is crying cause the other won't stay some of us hover when we weep for the other who was dying since the day they were born well this is not that i think that i'm throwing but i'm thrown and i thought I'd live forever but now i'm not so sure you try to tell me that i'm clever but that won't take me anyhow or anywhere with you you said that i was naive and i thought that i was strong i thought hey i can leave i can leave but now i know that i was wrong cause i missed you
I missed you cause you want me and one day you'll let me go you try to give away a keeper or keep me cause you know you're just scared to lose and you say stay
I could be trembling when I talk to you. I could be making up all sorts of things that are not true. I could tell a half truth, but I can not tell a lie. I could tell a story that is ten feet high. My stomach flutters, and I feel sometimes ashamed; I'm a castle with broken shutters and this is not a guessing game. I could make a plea so that you and I could be we, and I could say, "Oh, it's a must that you and I should be us." All the answers I could guess, and you would be so impressed, but I would never get a "yes", cause I have not the guts to guess. My stomach flutters, and I feel sometimes ashamed; I'm a castle with broken shutters and this is not a guessing game. I could be listening, but this is not a guessing game. I'd guess all the answers, but this is not the same. I could be trembling, I could be afraid, I could be wallowing, wallowing when you think I've got it made.
You want to suffer and show me you're angry. Fight with your fists up or call for you mommy. You want to suffer and show me you're angry. Spend time alone, find a stick in the basement. Drink water and gold dust and live on impatience. Slaughtered for weakness, electric like static. Slaughtered, you're weak - there's no need to speak. You chang your shoelaces. I light firecrackers. You step on the sparks. You change your shoelaces, I light firecrackers. I shouldn't be any great inspiration, I never got in your way. I should never have to chase you. I was the one who got away. If you could feel the pain your confusion has caused me You would have stopped before you spoke. Listening to lies, the pain doesn't suit me. The gift that you gave me, I put it away. I couldn't look at it, it made me think of you. You get in the way. You change your shoelaces. I light firecrackers. You step on the sparks. You change your shoelaces. I light firecrackers. Spend time alone, find a stick in the basement. Drink water and gold dust and die of impatience. Electric like static, and no need to speak. It's not right, but it's not wrong. So I wrote this song. I wrote this song - is that what you want. You got what you want - does it make you feel better? With a smirk on your face and a gun at my head, You come to my place and ask to be fed. You change your shoelaces. I light firecrackers. You step on the sparks. You change your shoelaces. I light firecrackers. You get in the way. You get in the way. You want to suffer and show me you're angry. Fight with your fists up or call for your mommy. You want to suffer and show me you're angry.
I did not want to be stuck One second longer than I had to be there, Stuck inside the door. I'm always scared I'll slam my fingers in the door Because the last time that I left I slammed my fingers in the door. When you want to get out, You get up, and walk straight to the door. Not stop and think about it, Thinking that one second longer That a car could hit me in it If I thought more than I did.
In an open room that echoes well, this is where I can tell you everything. This is where I meet my muse, and it feeds me. This is how I buy the sun, and it feeds me. This is why I burn this candle, I light it so that I can handle this. You're so still, You're so safe, Appear severe, You are so nonchalant. I'm so still I'm so safe, Appear severe, I am not. This is where I meet my muse, and it feeds me. This is how I buy the sun, and it feeds me. I told David I won't die, and this is how I watch the sky, That is why I burn this candle, I light it so that I can handle this. You're so still, You save face. Try to erase all you feel inside. Stand still, I save face, I misplace all the feelings I can't hide. Of all the rooms I've loved before it's you I love inside this room They test me can I train my evil eye to see like they do - Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes. Of all the rooms I've loved before, It's you I love. This is how I meet my muse.
I'm going as far as I can go away from here Away from you Jake and the hole you've sunk me into
I wish that I could belong here with you and just be but that's not all that I'm about
Your life is built on accidents like meeting me You write everything down i n your grocery list people do this Even insects buzz like airplans why can't we fly away I'm going as far as I can go
Your dad died cause his heart hurt arking away his forty five years dragging your mom along I don't want that netiher do you Neither do you If I am not fun and I am not interesting perhaps I am not interested in you neither are you You can't stand in front of an over cause it's warm and the fumes are dangerous
I'm going as far as I can go away from here away from you Jake and the hole you've sunk me into
I wish that I could belong here with you and just be but that's not all that I'm about to do
