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BOUNCING SOULS
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
that song
I put that record on just to make a sound The rhythm hit got my movement off the ground The soundtrack of what i want to be If i want to change the world, it's gotta start with me. I put the needle on the record and play that song again
And in the end what have we learned?
Are we just faces in the crowd?
I died and was reborn again today
Hold fast to myself, make these good feelings stay We laughed we cried
The music shaped our lives so tell me why our movement's out of time? Are we so out of line?
I put the needle on the record and play that song again
A movement with no leaders
We stand tonight hearts in our hands
private radio
I like to rock and I love to roll, when the music's running through my soul I've got no place to go but my own private radio
I met a lot of people that made me feel alright and their music's got me through the night
I had a drink and I had a smoke, I listened to every word you spoke. Another story another memory, another day the way things should be
If i had it my way everyone would know how we're living to our own
Private Radio
true believers
I've met some people along the way,
some of them split some of them stay,
some of them walk some walk on by,
I've got a few friends I'll love till I die From all of these people I try to learn, some of them shine some of them burn, some of them rise some of them fall, for good or bad I've known them all
We live our life in our own way, never really listened to what they say, the kind of faith that doesn't fade away we are the
true believers
well you can fight or you can run, under a rock till the war is won, play it safe and don't make a sound, but not us we won't back down true believers all the way, you and I
better life
waiting for the morning light to sneak up with the sunrise, last night was so long ago, where did the hours ago? I saw the first daylight shining in your eyes, you were mine and the world was ours.
Dreams of a better life can come true,
It's all there in you.
Just like a break in the clouds when the sun come shining through, momentary glimpse of the divine sometimes when i look at you and everything just cancels out and for that moment there's no doubt Dreams of a better life can come true, it's all there in you.
Sometimes a new day can bring a new beginning you took me to a place no time can erase. Yesterday I was a loser, today I'm winning today you're mine and the world is ours.
Dreams of a better life can come true
I'ts all there in you
the something special
We can't agree on a single thing, i dont know why. We almost killed each other on the inside. I managed to be a jerk anyway, it doesn't have to be this way Forget about the things i said
I make no excuse for them.
I want to start again
We all walk our seperate ways I don't know why, I hope we meet again somewhere some day.
I can't chage the way you feel
It doesn't have to be this way Forget about the things I said,
I make no excuse for them
I want to start again
I think about the two of us, I don't know why, I feel good on the inside. It's different now, I'm one i stand alone.
I have to be this way
broken record
Goin to the same old places, skipping like a broken record, I love you all but I gotta get out and change this scenery. I've got to find what I'm living for, I've got to change this life that I'm living. Nowhere to run from myself, no where to hide from the truth.
I tried to find someone, someone who knew, somebody to give myself to. I learned the hard way, when you give yourself away you give away your life too.
Nowhere to run from myself,
nowhere to hide from the truth.
I tried to find someplace that seemed right for me,, I walked the streets until i lost my mind and that was the best place to bem when i lost my mind the truth set me free.
lifetime
Just like a sunny day can turn all dark and gray, this game goes on and on. Out on the streets, broken dreams they come so cheap but no one can leave me for dead cuz i got one good fight left in me tonight, and the most beautiful girl in my head. Sometimes she comes to me in a song, sometimes she comes in a dream. She's all the joy in my heart she's everything that i see. Days they come and days go by, sometimes we fight and I don't know why I'll give it all up to her
Everything i did and said I've got all i want now in my sight, and the most beautiful girl in my head
Sometimes she comes to me in a song, sometimes she comes in a dream
Shes all the joy in my heart, she's everything that i see.
When we're together there is no time there is no space, when we're together everything is in it's place.
Turn myself inside out for her, my endless love is without form, let my heart be the light that guides her through the storm.
Tomorrow's a lifetime away, she's all I want today.
manthem
I was alone I decided to get up I decided to get out I picked up the phone and gave my boys a shout Told em I'd be out around nine, no particular plan, just whatever comes to mind
(pete) - Bryan called me up and said theres a show tonight, and do ya wanna go tonight
(bryan) - I'm giving my girl the night off, cuz I'm hanging out with Steinkopf
Whenever im down I know where my friends can be found, whenever theres a doubt i just have to shout
He's my friend he's my alibi, my accessory to the crime a bond that will never die, till the end of time
Another night and we got somewhere to go, goin out meeting up at the punk rock show, where the air is hot and the music is loud, my kind of place this is my kind of crowd And we'll be here till the night is done, loyal to my friends and sworn to fun
break-up song
'I don't want this anymore' is all I heard her say as I grabbed my stuff and headed out the door. With my music in my phones and my bike under my feet, things started to look different as I got out on the street. Sometimes I see her face in the new people that I meet We're not who we thought we were when we saw this dream
Sometimes when I just can't sleep I hear the words you said to me: How did you get so deep inside of me
I wake up and I move on, I admit the past is gone,
I wake up and I refine Moving foward to the next lifetime, I leave it all behind. Sometimes when I just can't sleep I hear the words you said to me:
Sometimes it takes a painful loss to realize you are free How did you get so deep inside of me
streetlight serenade (to no one)
I'll sing this song to my bike and everything else that I like this goes out to my handlbars as I'm weaving through the cars. This is for my squirrels in the park and every dog that doesn't bark. This is a song about a ride and listening to whats inside, I look at all the cars i pass
I cruise myself in the glass
late bloomer
I saw you walking past me just the other day, another heartbeat with thoughts of yesterday
You looked the same, years are only time, I still wonder why our hearts could never rhyme. You stood beside me, you didn't recognize me., funny how things never change. And when you walked on by a memory surprised me, smoking cigarettes, your girlfriends by the pool. Your smell I could not forget, that's as close as i could get you were so fucking cool. I'm no good, you're no better, wouldn't we be perfect together?
All I wanted was a piece of your heart, you left me torn apart. Fuck the rest before me and their crimes, for your love I'll serve their time I'm no good, you're no better
wouldn't we be perfect together?
no comply
I'm on the outseid looking in, that's where my story begins. Took the pain of growing up and I walked on through, this is how I'm showing up. I feel great, how about you? So here I stand out on my own, myself the only truth that I've known
I went through all the things that I had to do.
You know sometimes it stings but I feel great
how about you?
Playing life just like a game, good or bad it's all the same Let the world know how I feel, and you know it's real, and you know I'm real
gone
It was a cloudy night, or so it looked to me, I felt so lost, I couldn't say why. I needed strength to change my mind but those ghosts stick to me like glue, hatin life, believing I was no good
It was a darkness all my own a song played on the radio, but it went straight to my heart I carried it with me until the darkness was gone. It was a cloudy night, or so it looked to me, I felt so lost, I couldn't say why
I built this cloud to live in, It was a bunch of lies in my mind. the world wants me to believe it so I had to change my mind
Hopeless Romantic
HOPELESS ROMANTIC
I don't know what other people see
or what they think is love
But i know know what it means to me
I fall in love so easily
And it's hard to let your guard down
Something you never wanted to
But i gave you my heart and if you turned away
I guess i'd be screwed, but...
I'm a hopeless romantic
You're just hopeless
Beer and wine does me fine but
it doesn't always do
When i get back up and dust off
I always come back to you.
I'm my own man with my own plan
I can't do the things you want me to
I'm kinda lazy and i kinda stink
But i'll clean myself up for you
'87
Do you remember when the days gone
by or is there no point for us to even try
Back when we didn't have a care in the world,
Getting drunk and chasing girls
Do you remember the days gone past and how we
always wanted the good times to last The time
we spent hanging out is how we learned what life is about
Everything is set for the perfect night
when music is playing and it sounds just right
It gets inside and helps you to be all that
you want and you are free
Those times that we all hoped would last
it seems that they've gone by so fast
I woke up one day and i was 25 with a hell
of a hangover and some demented sense of pride
All we had was our dreams that's all we needed to be free
After the party came and went i found myself half bent
I had to s and look around and my friends were all i found
All these things i thought were wrong but these
contradictions they made me strong
I know i can be free and it all came from inside of me
All we had was our dreams
that's all we needed to be free
Do you remember? I do!
KID
You're a good kid Play the game to break your heart
You've gotta get back to where you started
Pay attention now or it'll slip by It's your heart
don't let it die Leave it all behind
whoooaaaa (cathy line)
Is it true when we get old our hearts die?
I heard it in a movie once and i think i know why
life it sucks so bad it makes you wanna die
Whoooaaa but you get by
Life goes by
You're a good kid you've still got the power in you
Hangin' around you don't know what to do
Don't think too much Just let it loose
Get up now's your chance we are here
and we make you dance you are not
alone this is our home Life goes by
FIGHT TO LIVE
Tonight we're alone and the music is right
Do you feel good do you feel allright tonight?
I'm out on the streets tonight I'm with a few
friends so it feel allright. Shouting out loud
to this doesn't do it. If it doesn't sink in
then i say screw it. Same old vices not much to
dream about is there anything left to fight about.
Fighting to live is the only fight i've got left in me
I've never been the same since that last show
I close my eyes and let myself go to a place
I'm never alone or scared Somehow i had a reason
a reason to care. I get so lost in it..
Live to fight - Fight to live
Tonight were alone and the music is right
do you feel good do you feel allright?
Tonight were alone and the music is right
do you feel good do you feel allright?
I'm on the train and i've got my phones
People all around but i'm good all alone
I won't worry what i need to be
wherever i am is the place to be
Tonight were alone and the music is right
do you feel good do you feel allright?
Tonight were alone and the music is right
do you feel good do you feel allright?
we feel good we feel allright tonight
BULLYING THE JUKEBOX
Well i walked into the bar and i put in twenty bucks
Because i know people taste in music sucks About four
hours had passed, forty picks and my empty glass,
a tasty number all dressed in black tried to rock us
with her wack attack There was no fuss we knew her game
you look good but all your songs are lame
Bullying the jukebox because it's fun, you can't get near it
until we're done Bullying the jukebox because we rule
all the songs we like are really cool
Songs of punk and songs of joy, love songs about girls and
boys; songs of metal and English stuff and some hardcore
songs to make us feel tough but we all agreed that the
songs of woe, and the songs of loved ones had to go
Churned up memories of time we dreamt that got us all
verklempt We drank until our last song We paid our tab
and we said so long swerwing in and out of cars...
it's off to rock another bar
YOU'RE SO RAD
You're so rad than my dad if you were a fabric you'd be plaid
Everybody knows plaid is so rad i think about you and i go mad
You're so rad you really spark my nads some say you're good
but i know you're bad if you go i'll be sad s the presses
run an ad if there were three og you you'd be a rad triad
You're so rad
NIGHT ON EARTH
Passed some time on the stoop on the block were we used to sit
I thought about it all too much I thought so hard i couldn't see
Pete rode by on his Hutch Passed some time on the stoop on the
block were we used to sit i looked down and tied my shoes
I thought about it all too much i looked up and then i knew
I guess these things were meant to be and there's no use fighting
what's in me Night on earth Passed some time walking around
looking for something to be when i s ped to look around
all the music was different to me All these places we used
to go when i loved you i didn't see I'll miss you but now
i'll know better next time because i found me
MONDAY MORNING ANT BRIGADE
Monday morning i woke up late. I feel like shit and
i can't see straight One last drink was a bad idea i'm
on the bowl with diarrhea Out the door in a fog barked
at by the neighbors dog forgot my keys i went back
inside I got a flat so i can't ride The phone rings AW JEEZ
now what? i am an idiot so i pick it up (hello?) Now i'm
held up on my line My cretin landlord he's wasting my time
he wants his money or we go to trial HE'S GOT PENIS
ENVY DENIAL Another weekend i didn't get laid it's a
monday morning ant brigade Another weekend i didn't
get paid it's a monday morning ant brigade Fuck it all
no regrets i'm staying in and you can bet it sucks
outside in the pouring rain I'll smoke some pot and
fry my brain Thom cut the record down to the bone I'm
the sureshot rocking the microphone Another weekend i
didn't get laid it's a monday morning ant brigade I've got
the monday mornings
OLÈ
OLÈ Bouncing souls no one can beat us we drink beer
and wear adidas anywhere we get the itch we're off to find
a proper pitch Lace your sambas get on out off we go to kick
it about When we're lose we're having fun
we won't quit until we're done
We got heart when we play Take you on anyday
UNDENIABLE
The one minute i saw you i remember your red shoes i keep this
little memory of you i see you in my mind when i need to
Thank you for your red shoes. Some say the world isn't fair
at least for one minute i didn't care It's all in how i see
it and what i choose Nothing seems black
when i see your red shoes
Thank you for your red shoes That minute i saw you i remember
you and your red shoes now i have his memory of you i see it
in my mind when i need too
WISH ME WELL (GO TO HELL)
I've got to be me baby and you gotta be you
Something isn't right but i know i love you
I only want what's best i don't know Is this
some kind of test. Yeah and you're failing
all we do is bicker
Say goodbye Kiss my ass I hope you die
Wish me well You can go to hell
We were so different a short time ago Love
is suppose to make us happy supposed to make us grow
But i just wanna punch you in the face
i love you i guess needed the space
Oh well another time and another place
Say goodbye Kiss my ass I hope you die
Wish me well You can go to hell
IT'S NOT THE HEAT, IT'S THE HUMANITY
It's hot It's a four-alarm fricasee boy this heat is
killing me it's hot it's hot tonight It's duelling
dicks in a deep-fry It's hot standing next to these
other guys it's hot It's sweaty snapper in a stir-fry
A blazing sun under a red sky It's hot It's hot It's
sexy and it's wet and the show ain't even over yet
How much better can get tonight It's so hot i can't
even think I need some air I need a drink Sweaty
bodies everywhere down to their underwear tonight!
My balls are sticking to my leg Pass the 40;
sippin' dregs Raise the roof let's set it off
Cuz we just can get enough tonight!
THE WHOLE THING
Music sounds in my ear there are bricks for my view
I hear the train pass and im sure that i miss you
But i'll keep my head and i'll try and i know this will
pass by and by I made some coffeen and i overheard the
neighbors too sometimes they laugh sometimes they scream
it all reminds me of you But i don't worry anyway, after
all you are so far away Sometimes sadness feels happy
sometimes sadness keeps my head. Sometimes it helps me
to get by maybe i don't make no sense But i know this
will pass by and by Now i know i'm gonna try and i know
this will pass by and by
The Bouncing Souls
CRACKED
I'm gonna crack one day
I'll just leave and go my way
They might say i quit
ask me if i give a shit
I'll put it out and place one bet
the day i crack i won't regret
I know it's time to be a man
and deal with things the best i can
In fact i'm only seeing red
everytime i turn my head
empty vessels staring back
life is getting to me lately
as you can clearly see
and i don't think i stand a chance
There's no place i can go
to leave this behind
this fucked up world
is all there is on my mind
this i how it had to be
something's canged
inside of me
I always want to run and hide
dig a hole and crawl inside
it's not that i'm feeling blue
i'm sure you got your problems too
I'm not a jerk i'm not a dick
maybe just a little sick
one of these days i'm gonna snap
then you'll know that i'm cracked
SAY ANYTHING
I wanna make you know
i can do everything
but idon't ever show you
how i really am
i wish i could say
i have no regrets
i wanted to much from you
I don't wanna be this way
i kick myself i wish i could say
that I have no regrets today
But i'm so nervous that i lose my cool
everytime i pick up the phone
and try to call you
standing out in the freezing cold
until i'm numb wondering why
i'm always acting so dumb
I don't wanna be this way
i kick myself i wish i could say
that I have no regrets today
Things just happened
to turn out this way
i can't say that i have
no regrets today
K8 IS GREAT
I used to have home
with a room and be
a porch and a driveway
with a big garage
but i traded it in
I kept some faith
and laid my head down every night
and it seems so far awy
remember me now cuz things
always change
5 long years has gone
i've done some time
sleeping where i fall
i know i'll never be the same
I learned somethings
about the places i saw
i learned something about myself
i guess it came the hard way
now i know what counts
i've got one prayer
it's in your confidence
i know all the places
i don't want to be everyone's
gone there'e no one just me
remember me now cuz things
always change
5 long years has gone
i've done some time
sleeping where i fall
i know i'll never be the same
remember me next time i go away
for the first time i wanna stay
i can count one hand here today
the only thing that matters to me
anyway and it seems so far away
remember me now cuz things
always change
5 long years has gone
i've done some time
sleeping where i fall
i know i'll never be the same
LOWLIFE
last week your pockets where fat
spending on this and buying that
the week is over and i'm not so flush
i'd save some money if it wasn't a lush
you didn't plan to fail
you just failed to plan
i'm livin' tha lowlife again
Last week it was pints of guiness
now i'm drinking quarts of piss
end of the month you've got no money
kill my landlord ain't it funny?
you didn't plan to fail
you just failed to plan
i'm livin' tha lowlife again
so this ain't your finest hour
i found some cereal but the milk is sour
things look bad but this isn't the end
someday i'll live large again
CHUNKSONG
To old to bother
to young to care
standing all alone
lost in my mind somewhere
so many unknown questions
i've got to take another step
on this sole adventure
why is it i can't see
what i need to be
i wish i had some ideas
about my detiny
I don't know what it is i'm looking for
i can't find it anywhere
i never felt like this before
i got no ideas what is i try to find
i've got a strange feeling
i'm lost in my own mind
why is it i can't see
what i need to be
i wish i had some ideas
about my detiny
To old to bother
to young to care
(a bunch o' times)
EAST SIDE MAGS
Ride! Ride! Ride!....
comin' out through the park
past the dog run smell of shit
burning in the sun
watch the cab dent his door
happy hour here let's pick up jorge
lock 'em up three cold beers in a cup
Inside Coney something ain't right
too many people on a friday night
i can't see straight in the flashing lights
i got a feeling there's gonna be a fight
wrap it up, pack it up saddle up
full tank of liqour in our guts
Drinkem down we gotta a ride
going through the lower east side
day or night mags on the run
looking for trouble
looking for fun
BMX we got suss
when we ride don't mess with us
THE TOILET SONG
Who's gonna throw the toilet off the roof?
we already smashed the tv witha guitar and a vaccuum
lighting fireworks throwing bottles upstairs in the red room.
Dave carried it up from the cellar, bowl tank and all now we
just have to take it on the roof we can watch it fall.
The landlord says you've got your your laws
and i've got mine nobody's gonna have anywhere
to live things are getting out of line
SINGLE SUCCESSFUL GUY
i'm beatin' down doors stumbling down the
street dialing the telephone.
Up all night up all morning right here is my home.
But i know i don't even have to try i'm a single sucessful guy
lonely with my friends lonely with my favorite girl
lonely when i'm all alone
if you're gonna talk i gotta listen because right here is my home
it's easy i don't have to try i'm a single sucessful guy.
My ears are ringin loud but i can't hear a sound.
I'm carrying all i own and my heart is heavy in my chest.
Right here is my home its easy i don't have to try i'm a single sucessful guy
WHATEVER I WANT
Pride's alot to swallow when you've been
beaten down to the ground.
You'll be back in a flash this won't be the last you'll
find what there is to be found anyway that's what they say
i don't know what i'm supposted to be in. You've gotta be in
it to win it when it's your last chance sin. There are people
with stuff and some without but in the end
what does it mean to win.
Ok so i'm here making the best of it
there's no such thing as a "sin"
i guess i'll do whatever i want whatever that is then i know i'll win.
You've gotta be in it to win it when it's you last chance sin...
SERENITY
I spent some time saying some things i didn't want to say
convincing someone of something about me not a lie but not
the truth in a way. Slipping into a suit and tie or walking
in some shoes i got lost in that disguise i guess i had
something to prove but the proof is there in what i do talk
is cheap and clothes make the man if it's not a disguise and
you know where you stand. I'm a clown
i'm a monkey maybe i'm a jerk
whatever you make me out to be but i know the difference
and what you say dosen't matter to me. I don't care what you
think i'm gonna do what i have to do. Say what you wanna say
talk's a waste of time with you.
PARTY AT 174
We're gonna have a party and it's gonna pay the bills.
There's gonna be some beer we're gonna have a show let's
go call the wall let everybody know! Ernie ate five frittah's
he's dyin for anothuh we won't invite your dad
but we will invite your mutha!
Stevie D. showed up in his gremlin
he's runnin from the pigs we tried to
clean up the backyard but we got no help from wig!
ill-phill deville and
cool hand bill they came to dance and they came to swill
tim chunks got lost on route 8 he can't drive he's from queens.
The sticks and stones crew brought some wine
they'll be here for a while
the dog is dancin in the driveway picken chiken style.
The dairy swill girls and the demo's are here
pablo's playing darts
colt 45 works everytime,lando's breakin heart's.
HOLIDAY COCKTAIL LOUNGE
Happy Hour's next door but you'll have to brave the downpoor
i'm staying here where i can get a song free with my drink to
smooth thing's along. The bartender he looks kind of sauced
but he always knows what's going
down it's how you carry yourself at the holiday cocktail lounge
i didn't talk or say much but i got to know alot the greatest
delicacies of spain the effects of rain on your brain.
i got another free drink with my free song the usual things
they come and move along here at the holiday cocktail lounge.
I heard some places can change how you feel
it's not something you can see but i
think that it's real words that were spoken
of passing thoughts in the mind
somebody just rolled through and they left them behind
maybe they sat in this
very stool and didn't make a sound
they just came and went here at the holiday cocktail lounge.
THE SCREAMER
(Instrumental)
2 shots of expresso (cold),
3 scoops vanilla ice cream,
Choclate syrup, a dash of ronny king
on the hammond organ for flavor mix
ingrediants till real smooth
with whip cream shake well dance and enjoy..
EAST COAST FUCK YOU!
You may think we're weather martyr's but snow and ice makes
us rock harder punkers should be pale and pasty the pizza
here is fierce and tasty East Coast! Fuck You! we go out
west and play some shows then we know it's time to go.
Pack the truck and head on back, New York's better and
that's a fact.
I LIKE YOUR EYES
I love your eyes so much i wanna poke em out
i love your legs so much i wanna break em off
i love your hair so much i wanna rip it out
you played a game with the wrong motherfucker
violent love my violent love
love ya so much i wanna kill ya
i love your face so much i wanna smack it off
i love your pants so much i wanna pull em down
got nothin but love today whip it out and fire
away can you feel the pain in my heart?
look at me again and i'll hit ya
hate ya so much i wanna kill ya
love you so much i wanna love ya
touch me again and i'll kick ya you're my
precious little girl you mean more to me than the world.
SHARK ATTACK
Shark attack! shark attack! quarter pounders
and big macs shark attack! shark attack!
when we eat steaks our heads roll back.
Bouncing Souls are on your block first
we eat then we rock close your windows
lock your doors we like food better when it's yours.
Feeding frenzy at your mom's just sit still
and stay calm it's too late you let us in
let the eating games begin! Shark attack!
feeding frenzy in the street drinking beer
and eating meat when were hungry watch
your back as we plan our next attack..
The Good The Bad And The Argyle
I LIKE YOUR MOM
I like your Mom and it's no fad.
I wanna marry her and be your Dad.
THE GUEST
Lost somewhere and trying to find a place to belong
to the empty alleys and parking lots is where I'll
be when everyone goes home I like what I see it's
nothing special to me and nothing's coming down on
me I think of a place a time or a face staring out
at the stars in the sky there's so many of them
and we're drivin' by
THESE ARE THE QUOTES FROM OUR FAVORITE 80'S MOVIES
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JOE LIES (WHEN HE CRIES)
I see it on the street in people passing by
everybody's got someplace to be
and I'm not sure why I don't care to see
them try to hide their lies you see
it's plain to me I think it's deep inside
everything is holding me from this
truth and I find it's so rare to see
people speak so honestly but everyday I
try I'm gonna try problems are apparently
what makes me try on and on and it's
hard to see why the struggle around
its what brings me down on and on
endlessly everyday I try all these jobs
and these words are nothing without honesty
people say if they don't care then why
should I care I say I don't care then
why should anyone care so everyday I
try to deal with these lies no more lies
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL
Sometimes I think about girls and it's funny
it makes me stay inside when it's
sunny things are pathetic when I'm this way
assing the days and pining away
it's easy to see and it's easy to say
when I see people everyday but the days
go by and I think and try to conjure away
to find me a girl that makes the
problems go away passing the days and
pining away things are pathetic when I'm
this way and I can see that no one is perfect
why do I do this to myself
LAY 'EM DOWN AND SMACK 'EM YACK 'EM
In the house walking around I found my way
outside on the icy ground and up
the street to my old school I thought
of other places that might be cool
cooler to be in right then instead
instead of walking out west or maybe
costa rica paris, france or poleynesia
I bought a coffee at the old store I used to
steal gum there to kill off that boredom
I used to feel all the time restless
and bored walking on the ice to my
old school i'm done with being restless and
trying to be cool
OLD SCHOOL
Sing a song of old school I don't really care
where you were or who you know
sing a song of old school we don't really care
what you have to say about this
show the music you love lost it's meaning
because these people are not aware
some people talk others are listening
sometimes I think I just don't care it's
easy to forget the choices we've made
and the promises of the past but if we
really listen to these old school ideals
we'll find what's good and make it
last sing a song of old school everyone
knows but it seems we all forget the
time we needed to see these ideals for
ourselves and what it meant I guess I'm
on a soapbox singing a hymn that you don't
want to hear no sermon when I step
down and look around all I see is separation
find what's good and make it last
CANDY
I know a guy who's tough but sweet
He's so fine he can't be beat
he's the only one i desire i want candy,i want candy
goin to see him when the sun goes down
your the guy the doctor ordered
your so sweet you make my mouth water
i want candy, i want candy, i want candy, i want candy
candy on the beach theres nothing better
i like candy when he's wrapped in a sweater
someday soon i'll make you mine
then i'll have candy all the time
i want candy, i want candy, i want candy, i want candy
NEUROTIC
Last night was bad my doubts were all
I really had realizing I was alone and
trying to think of someone to phone
but no one came to mind there was nothing
for me to say that just anyone would understand
I was scared and afraid I was
so alone we're neurotic we've had it!
surround myself with people but I'm
always alone human props small talk keeps
silence from imposing my own mind my
worst enemy it will destroy me slowly
more coffee more coffee more coffee I'm
going numb we're neurotic we've had it
it's hard for me to explain it's hard
to explain it's hard to understand
all the fear and phobia that lays inside
and traps this man when I'm surrounded I wanna
scream and kick down the walls
destroy what hold me I wanna smash it
all we're neurotic we've had it
INSPECTION STATION
I'm in the inspection station waiting
to be inspected I got my new plates new
registration new car new life new life new life
DEADBEATS
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I KNOW WHAT BOYS LIKE
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Maniacal Laughter
LAMAR VANNOY
He was only 16 and he knew he wasn't like anyone else
Listening to his records in his room he knew
something had to change somewhere or he would go insane
but when some years slipped by and he still felt the same.
people and money came and went but the only thing that stayed the same
were the feelings he felt when those records played
he drinks till he
falls down and his name is Lamar Vannoy
he's looking for something and
he's gonna find it Oi Oi Oi Oi
and his name is Lamar Vannoy.
Me and Lamar in NYC on the avenue
talking about nothing new
with a bag of brew the New York wind
will blow and he will wears his engineer boots
motorcycle jacket black jeans nowhere to go
nothing to do so much has gone
wrong and so much is bad but sharing
this music with Lamar there is so
much we have he drink's and think's
about a girl who lies and his name is
Lamar Vannoy he'll wake up and
go to work with a swollen brain.
NO RULES
You gotta do what you gotta do
sometimes you eat what's in front of you.
Yeah so we'll drink a beer or two
it's not what you say it's what you do
no rules it's not what you say
it's what you do. Were not "nailed to the
X" or swill in the gutter we just follow
our hearts from one moment to
another punk is this and punk is that words
are lame and words are crap
inhibitions repressed and correct,
vegan reich? what the heck! no rules!
it's not what you say it's what you do.
THE NERDS, THE FREAKS AND THE ROMANTICS
i Got a song stuck in my head
walking down street #9 i sing it out loud
with my friends and were all having a good time
we all waited for weeks now we're hangin on the street in NYC
we gotta go to the show ever though
were all underage. Outside the firehall
in PA it rained on 300 kids all
day when the cops shut it down no one
went away we're gonna play no matter
what they say. 3 or 4 people showed up in
Alburquerque the alternator died
somewhere between Mankato and Rapid city
Strangers in some strange lands
in LA the enchiladas made us sick but that's ok.
Growing up we didn't
wanna be like them it was tough to know
who were our friends killing time
playing basements way back when in
alot of ways nothing's changed from now
and then some say they've been left out
i wonder why they still hang
around i wonder where these sure things
could be then i realized that
somehow i found them in me
we're gonna play no matter what they say.
ARGYLE
I know i'm not a bad guy when i try to do what's right
everyone who comes to me don't see my plight.
Everything i've ever done all the plans i've
had in sight always missed and gone wrong
in a way until i gave up and
said alright let me alone cuz no one
wants to be hanging around with
someone messin up like me i guess my way
isnt good enough when i try i
just keep on wrecking stuff
it seems everybody knows but me
how to go what to do and where to be
everywhere i go they all talk the same
they don't even have to try they make me feel
so lame friends and jobs have come and
gone no matter what i do it goes on
and on i wonder if you sometimes feel
this way and do you lay awake at the end
of the day when i lose everytime
i win cuz no one will ever be messin up
stuff doing things wrong quite
like me no one will ever be like me.
ALL OF THIS AND NOTHING
They try to tell you how thing's should be,
how to think, what to wear and
what bands to see. Know your enemy.
Revolution on tv that's a bunch of
shit to me they don't know about you or me.
Know your enemy. They don't
know about you or me no matter what they say
to be they don't know about
you or me the contradictions and
hypocracy they don't know about you or me..
know your enemy. They don't know about
you or me no matter what they say
to be they don't know about you or me.
THE BMX SONG
If i had money i'd buy a new BMX
it's a long walk through the city in the
rain it's along walk from train to train.
We'll build a ramp and do some tricks and
try to impress some chicks then we'll put
on some really dark shades and run over
all the dorks with rollerblades...
crossups, table s, endos curb endos,
timmy judge! get rad!
if i had money i'd buy a new BMX.
QUICK CHECK GIRL
The first wedensday i saw her
there smiling at me with here blue eyes
and curly hair i couldn't wait till next week
to make the s see her at the
quick check paper drop.
Every wedensday we'd count the papers
we'd have a laugh at the people in their suits
no one seemed to notice how she was different
but i did and i knew. Another wedensday came and it
seemed it was right so i wrote her a note that i
hoped she would like dear
Kiah would you like to go with me to the boardwalk
what fun it will be
we'll eat cotton candy and we'll get french
fries with vinegar and get a
plate of funnel cake then we'll go on the
zipper look out on the ocean
and puke it all up all the people will scream
we can have a laugh what do
you say? that's what it said in the note.
Another week went by
and she never called another week came and
she wished she had she just
broke up with her fiance and things were kinda crazy
with her i said i understood, another week went by
and she never called but i thought
about the way she looked at me and said to myself maybe..
i pulled into the quick check at 6am to see the sun coming up
when i walked in Kiah wasn't there. The manager said
she quit she isn't here do you want me to
help you count the papers?.
HEADLIGHT DITCH
i want a beer and i want it now i want a cigarette and i want it now
i want a girl and i want her now i want these thing's from time to time i
want these things and i don't ask why i want these things
and i want them now i want these things and i want them now
i want a beer and i want it now i want a cigarette and i want it now
i wanna play a show and i want to now i want a girl and i want her now.
HERE WE GO
We were riding north to chicago on route 65
we'd played the first show on a tour of 45
limey Shawn and Bryan rode in the truck 16 miles away
me Shal Pete and Lamar thumbed down the ramp of exit 158
the smell of farm and diesel fuel it burned in the 3:00 sun
16 miles to the garage with a bottle of water and our thumbs.
Dead bottle caps buds and birds we passed
on the way who's gonna pick up 4 punks in indiana on sunday
here we go!
"the diagnosis wasn't good" is what Don the ford guy said.
Stuck in indiana for a week cuz the bus was dead.
24 hour white castle 25cent refills for a while we know
what to do with no money riding down the jewel
of the denial. Loaded with our sleeping bags we hitched a ride to town
we ran into some punky kids bought some beers
they showed us around under a bridge by the river
we got drunk and sang clash songs we were saved just
in time by the sonic iquana here we go!.
BORN TO LOSE
Born to lose i've lived my life in vain
all my dreams have always caused me pain.
All my life i've always been so blue
born to lose and now i'm losing you.
Born to lose it seems so hard to bear
how i always long to have you near you were all
the happiness i knew born to lose and now i'm losing you.
Born to lose i can't believe your gone it's so hard to
face that empty dawn all my life i've always been so blue
born to lose and now i'm losing you there's no use
to dream of happiness all i see is only loneliness
all my life i've always been so blue
born to lose and now im losing you.
MOON OVER ASBURY
(Instrumental)
THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY X
Johnny says he's bound by only six stirngs to this world
Johnny says he keeps them always one turn out of tune
Johnny never listens to the kids that say
Johnnyx ain't never done the right thing anyway
Johnny wears his leather like a crown of thorns
Johnny spends alot of time wishing he was never born
Johnny waits at journal square and tells himself again
Johnny you're the patron saint of spitting in the wind'
Johnny's got all the scars but he'll never learn from them
Johnny's past is his guide but he can't remember where he's been.
Johnny looks up through the steam of his caffine and says
"life a train i barely caught just to find out i ain't got the fare"
i got my records of the king to keep me the red red wine in
the air is drifting four chords and the spite to use them and just enough
wisdom to ignore the truth.
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