1. |
Weathervane
05:04
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Every day is like breaking the ice again
Every day is like rolling the dice again
If there's one thing I've learned about you
It's that you can't base the forecast on the recent past
If you don't like it, give it 15 minutes to change
Look through the window
Check out that weathervane
Which way is it blowing
What does the future bring
Is it "hey baby - let's go" or "oh no - here it comes again"
Look through the window
Check out that weathervane
Which way is it blowing
What does the future bring
Woke up again this morning
With the words still unspoken
Wondering if there'll be a chill in the air
That goes so well with your cold stare
Or will there be a nice warm breeze saying "please, please me"
Am I trying to get through to you?
Or am I trying to be through with you?
Sometimes it's hard to tell them apart...
Look through the window
Check out that weathervane
Which way is it blowing
What does the future bring
Is it "hey baby - let's go" or "oh no - here it comes again"
Look through the window
Check out that weathervane
Which way is it blowing
What does the future bring
Clouds are forming on the horizon
No surprise in that anymore
She's starting something just to get a reaction
it's no wonder there's no satisfaction
Every day is like breaking the ice again
Every day is like rolling the dice again
If there's one thing I've learned about you
It's that you can't base the forecast on the recent past
If you don't like it, give it 15 minutes to change
Look through the window
Check out that weathervane
Which way is it blowing
What does the future bring
Is it "hey baby - let's go" or "oh no - here it comes again"
Look through the window
Check out that weathervane
Which way is it blowing
What does the future bring
I think I've had enough
I've had enough of you
Gonna go away to where there's lots of sun and sand
Life with you has made me a hell of a weather man
I know where the wind is blowing
I can feel it where I stand
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2. |
Summer
02:57
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Move it, move it, go on, stop
She never loved me
Goin' south,
And stay and change your wasted mind
And rot while living hand to mouth
I had a dream where you were begging
for a call that said, "come home"
All I see now is a contest
Winner spends less time alone
All that summer
you waited there for me
All for nothing
I ain't gonna be around very long
Spend your pennies
spend your time out driving with your friends
You've got your nothing, I've got mine
I'd like to see you when it ends
You always stood so proud
And now you're nothing to me any more
You're living like a commoner
Showing sadness to the core
All that summer
you waited there for me
Just for nothing
I ain't gonna be yours anymore
I'm not sad, and I'm not lonely
I wrote this song to make you cry and make me laugh
It's all that you deserve
Bye and good-bye
You lost what it was you had and now you're gone
and you can't convince anyone else to give a damn
So, so long, so long.
So long,
So long,
So long, good-bye
So long,
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3. |
Where I Work
00:52
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Picked her up around nine and we drove around
It's funny, you know, I thought I might stick around
Something's always wrong, though
And I wish she was more like you
I wish she was more like you
I wish she was more like you
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4. |
Do Me A Favor
03:38
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I don't want to go on like this
Everyone wants to know too much
I don't want to explain us to my friends
all that time together was such a mistake
You'd do anything for me
And if that's true
Do me a favor
Hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me,
Before I hate you
Well I don't want to pick up the phone
But I couldn't stand to hurt you
I should think that you're the one
But I don't know if I will a month from now
You say you'd do anything for me
And if that's true
Just Do me a favor
Hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me,
Before I hate you
Why don't you focus on my faults and think about how I annoy you
Drinks, smokes, has a lousy job, doesn't get things done
How can you stand me
How can you stand me
How can you stand me
How can you stand me
There's somebody out there for you who'll do all the things that I can't do
I hope you'll find what I'm like right now, so you'll find something that's worth your while
You say you'd do anything for me
If this is true
Just do me a favor
Hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, hate me, and hate me,
Before I hate you
Before I hate you
Before I hate you
Before I hate you
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5. |
Information
04:22
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Requesting information
About what you said
All your talk and sly looks
Went straight to my head
I need some information
About what we did
A new investigation
Under sheets of my bed
Over and over and over again
I recall what you said but I don't know what it means
Over and over and over again
I repeat the scenes but I don't know what it means
A source of inspiration, the scenes in my head
Bring new interpretations to letters I have read
A three year separation, where have you been
I need some information, and I need a friend
Over and over and over again
I recall what you did but I don't know what it means
Over and over and over again
I repeat the scenes but I don't know what it means
Over and over and over again
I recall what you said but I don't know what it means
Over and over and over again
I repeat the scenes but I don't know what it means
I need some information, I need a friend
Information, I need a friend
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6. |
Critical Mass
02:29
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Waiting at the alter praying for a time
When you say you'll love me and you'll be mine
But for now you just want to have a good time
Get drunk on communion wine
God hates you
God hates you
God hates you a lot
And so do I
Told a lot of lies on confession day
You're gonna have to pay the price some day
But then this priest he asks you to stay
You dropped to your knees and it wasn't to pray
God hates you
God hates you
God hates you a lot
And so do I
You got me thinking
got me thinking
That while he's preaching
While he's preaching
that I keep reaching
I keep reaching my critical mass
God hates you a lot
And so do I
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Well she wore wool socks and Birkenstocks
As down to earth as a bag of rocks
Read poetry at open mic
Picked me up on her mountain bike
Used to feed me homemade bread
Learned to make it from some Deadhead
Made trinkets that she sold for cash
All of this is in the past
Cuz she was cruising down 13th Street
Couldn't stop at Tennessee
Ambulance, lights and all
All they found was her camisole
And those...
Wool socks and Birkenstocks
Man that girl sure was a fox
Loved her then and I love her still
Life to her was no big deal
She wore
Wool socks and Birkenstocks
Wool socks and Birkenstocks
Wool socks and Birkenstocks
I really loved that girl
We'd go shopping at Pier 1
Hit the Crossing when we were done
She meant the world to me
She was better than LSD
She was a bohemian
but she was my friend
I loved her desperately
But now she's history
Cuz she was cruising down 13th Street
Couldn't stop at Tennesseee
Ambulance, lights and all
All they found was her camisole
And those...
Wool socks and Birkenstocks
Man that girl sure was a fox
Loved her then and I love her still
Life to her was no big deal
She wore
Wool socks and Birkenstocks
Wool socks and Birkenstocks
Wool socks and Birkenstocks
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8. |
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See you stand and watch the band with your new man
The one who looks at me like I'm a fool
Didn't take you long to replace me with
Someone so much more into "cool"
Now please don't ask me how I'm doing
Just because you want to seem polite
Somehow I'm just not in the mood to humor you
Even though you're on my mind tonight
Don't you ever wonder what I'm up to
Ever since you met your someone new
Things we did together I now do alone
Tonight I'm drunk because of you
I've grown used to waking up in afternoons
Sitting still until my headache ends
George Jones and cable television
Since you've gone I've had to make new friends
Don't you ever wonder what I'm up to
Ever since you met your someone new
Things we did together I now do alone
Tonight I'm drunk because of you
Why don't you tell me that you used to,
tell me that you used to, we could still be friends
Why don't you tell me that you love me,
That you still think of me, lie to me again
Last call now laugh and leave with your new man
I stumble off and go pass out half dead
If life was fair you'd be hungover
Cuz all of this is on your head
Don't you ever wonder what I'm up to
Ever since you met your someone new
Things we did together I now do alone
Tonight I'm drunk because of you
Tonight I'm drunk because of you. It's true.
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9. |
You Wrecked the Party
02:54
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Everyone's wasted, you're on your own
Waiting for your new Jesus to take you home
Yeah, yeah
All the guys wanna see you undressed
Haul yourselves outta here and let me clean up the mess
You wrecked the party for me again
You wrecked the party for me again
You wrecked the party for me again
You wrecked the party for me
Yeah!
Everything's crowded, no-one is getting through
Whatever room he's in, you seem to be there too
Nobody's gone and It's getting late.
Gotta find a wall so I can stand up straight.
You wrecked the party for me again
You wrecked the party for me again
You wrecked the party for me again
You wrecked the party for me
And I know it's all my fault
Know it's all my fault
I know it's all my fault
Gonna take it outside and get some air.
Told you how I really felt, I really doubt you'd care
See your old boyfriend. he's not having fun.
Like to go tell him he's not the only one.
You wrecked the party for me again
You wrecked the party for me again
You wrecked the party for me again
You wrecked the party for me
and
I wish you'd go away,
I wish you'd go away,
I wish you'd go away,
but not with him!
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10. |
When You Smile
04:54
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Walk on up, say hello
They won't notice, they don't know
What it means when suddenly everything makes sense
Now it's alright, it hits right home
All those nightmares all alone
All the weight and All the anger, it hasn't been back sense
I can think about you forever
I can think about you all day
When you smile
It let's me go on living
I can feel the world forgiving
Every stupid thing I've done
I never have to be alone again
When you smile
People talk and I don't hear
I couldn't care less, I have no fear
I've found a reason to leave the house who says that I can change
Now it's alright, it's not so bad
I'm not so wrong, I've not been had
I'm not even worried and it's wonderful and strange
I can think about you forever
I can think about you all day
When you smile
it lets me go on living
I can feel the world forgiving
Every stupid thing I've done
I never have to be alone again
when you smile
Won't you come around,
and bring me around
my world turns all around you
All around you
All around you
All around you
I can think about you forever
I can think about you all day
When you smile
it lets me go on living
I can feel the world forgiving
Every stupid thing I've done
I never have to be alone again
when you smile
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11. |
Jesus Follows Lisa Home
03:39
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Wishes on the first star she sees
Nothing happens if you let it go by
Moving perfectly down my street
Even the sidewalks seem to sigh
And I wonder if you read her diary
Who's the boy who'll win her heart
I have a guess my name's not there
Can't bother her that we're apart when
Jesus follows Lisa home
She never has to be alone
He walks with her
like everyone else it seems he loves her too
Sometimes I walk past her house
Wonder what she's thinking about
Could she ever be lonely for someone, someone like me
I have my doubts
Jesus follows Lisa home
She never has to be alone
He walks with her
like everyone else it seems he loves her too
Could tragedy ever befall such a beautiful thing
Walks in the rain and says nothing and it doesn't seem to bother her at all
Just like every other jerk on the street I just want to say "hi"
She doesn't know me or need to
It doesn't seem to bother her at all
Nothing I have she could need
The whole world is in love with this girl
Wish I didn't have to try so hard
What could I ever offer someone like her when
Jesus follows Lisa home
She never has to be alone
He walks with her
like everyone else it seems he loves her too
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12. |
You're An Angel
04:55
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If every day was like last night, I'd find it easy to get out of bed
I hang around all afternoon and try to remember every word that you said
If these promises can't be kept, than I shouldn't even bother to call
I sit in my room and wonder for hours
If you feel like this at all
Maybe I like you too much,
Maybe you're up to no good
I'm so sick and tired of trying but this time, maybe I should
You're an Angel
As long as you're here I don't care if I never see Heaven again
You're an Angel
No matter what happens I won't care so long as you're my best friend
How someone like you could be interested is something I don't understand
You picked me up and brushed me off, all you did was touch my hand
Right now I feel old and stupid
maybe I'll feel almost new
I've messed around enough to know
I don't know nothing quite like you
Maybe I'm asking too much
Maybe you're up to no good
I'm so sick and tired of trying
But this time, maybe I should
You're an Angel
As long as you're here I don't care if I never see Heaven again
You're an Angel
No matter what happens I won't care so long as you're my best friend
It seems like I'd be asking so much if I begged you never to go away now
If I fall from heaven's grace
Would you catch me
would you care
Would you pull me up
Would you tell me you love me anyway
Could you love me anyway
I can't tear my thoughts away from you
You haunt me everywhere I go
Sometimes yeah I get so worried
Wonder if I'll ever know
Why you picked me to be the one
maybe I'm just so naive
You always swear that God is watching
When you hold me I believe
Maybe I like you too much,
Maybe you're up to no good
I'm so sick and tired of trying but this time, maybe I should
You're an Angel
As long as you're here I don't care if I never see Heaven again
You're an Angel
No matter what happens I won't care so long as you're my best friend
You're an Angel
No matter what happens I don't care if I never see Heaven again
You're an Angel
No matter what happens I won't care so long as you're my best friend
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13. |
I Wanna Be Madonna
02:26
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I wanna be Madonna, anyone who'd wanna, would wanna be like me
I wanna be Madonna, anyone who'd wanna, would wanna be like me
I'd wear underwear on the outside of my clothes
I'd let all my friends in free to my shows
Papparazzi would follow me everywhere that I go
You know, I wouldn't even care, hell I might even vogue
Somebody dance with me
Please, please dance with me
Why won't you ever dance with me
I want to be Madonna, anyone who'd want to, would want to be like me
I wanna be Madonna, anyone who'd wanna, would wanna be like me
I'd make the cover of People Magazine
I'd be the idol of a million screaming teens
Lots of good friends would wait in line to see us play
Maybe then I'd be someone you'd want to know
You never pay attention
You never ever listen
I bet you don't even know my name (It's Mark)
I wanna be Madonna, anyone who'd wanna, would wanna be like me
I wanna be Madonna, anyone who'd wanna,
Anyone who'd wanna
Anyone who'd wanna
would wanna be like me
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14. |
Just Some Way
02:51
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Words by Joe McCauley and Mark Johnson
Music by Mark Johnson
Arranged by The Wilmas
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15. |
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umunum umunum umunum
Forces at work
Forces at work, Forces at Work
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16. |
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Linda, what does it take to be the one
Linda, it takes more than having fun
Why do you tell me when I'm in your dreams
Why don't you tell me what you think that means
Do you know
Do you care
Linda, what does it take to be the one
Linda, it takes more than having fun
I wish you'd shut up and take a look at me
I want to tell you what you mean to me
Do you have time?
Never mind...
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17. |
PSYC 104
02:05
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Boudoir-hair and Barbie-doll curves
I pray to Christ I don't lose my nerve
Her soft skin you know
It smelled like sin
I ask myself what kind of mess am I in
My idiot id likes my super ego
Where did she go
I don't think I know
My idiot id likes my super ego
I got no libido
Where did she go
I got these Disney fantasies
I don't know how to act if it's not rated G
I'm not self-righteous I'm just a geek
I fall to pieces
every time she looks at me
My idiot id likes my super ego
Where did she go
I don't think I know
My idiot id likes my super ego
I got no libido
Where did she go
Good thing I'm not up to bat
I could never hit a home run off of her
Good thing I'm not a running back
I could never put the moves on that girl
My idiot id likes my super ego
Where did she go
I don't think I know
My idiot id likes my super ego
I got no libido
Where did she go
Where did she go?
Where did she go?
Where did she go?
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18. |
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You asked me out, we hit the town
You made me laugh, you still frown
I don't know why I'm so uptight
You said I love you, it just didn't sound so right
You picked me up, I brought you down
I never meant to cut you down
Your disposition's in the dirt
you were just waiting, waiting to be hurt
Through the smoke you look so good tonight
I'm so drunk I don't know wrong from right
Will we make the same mistake again
Will will be lovers, strangers, or friends
strangers or friends
strangers or friends
or lovers again
While we went out you fooled around
I never thought I'd live it down
Like king and queen we ruled this town
And then I left and you had to fool around
Through the smoke you look so good tonight
I'm so drunk I don't know wrong from right
Will we make the same mistake again
Will will be lovers, strangers, or friends
strangers or friends
strangers or friends
or lovers again
Stay up all night to watch the sun
I ask myself if you're the one
I don't know why I'm so uptight
You said I love you, it just didn't sound so right
Through the smoke you look so good tonight
I'm so drunk I don't know wrong from right
Will we make the same mistake again
Will will be lovers, strangers, or friends
strangers or friends
strangers or friends
or lovers again
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19. |
Pillar of Strength
02:26
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I was lonely again late last night so I reached for the phone
It's funny I thought, it's 4am and you're not at home
I went for a walk to look at the stars and I only thought of you
and that somewhere else there's someone else and he's with you
I wish I could be with you
I wish I could hold you again
I wish I could forgive you
Some things I cannot do
You made me think the worst, you made me wish I was dead
Knowing that my pillar of strength is lying in another man's bed
How can you say you love me,
How can that be true
You don't even like yourself and it shows in everything you do
I wish I could be with you
I wish I could hold you again
I wish I could forgive you
Some things I cannot do
I cannot do
I cannot
I cannot
I can't forgive you
Stop
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20. |
Someplace
02:33
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Down in pieces in my room
I've sat and played my favorite songs
They all reminded me of you
And pointed out that now you're gone
It doesn't seem that long ago
There was something to look forward to
I learned to make my big mistake
I learned to care so much more than you
If you find what you're looking for
Let me be the first to know
When you're with him just hanging out
You're someplace I don't want to go
A thousand worst-case thoughts I've had
I just can't leave myself alone
A thousand hours of sleep I've lost
I know its you when don't hear the phone
If you find what you're looking for, let me know so I don't see
When you're walking hand in hand, you're someplace I don't want to be
Yeah sure, I'm a jealous guy, aren't we all
When something's wrong you won't stop by, you won't call
Knock me down when summer's over but don't stick around for my fall
I hope he treats you kindly
And your life is flowers and smiles and such
I don't begrudge your happiness
But to have to look at it is just too much
When you find what you're looking for, let me be the first to know
When all your friends say you're in love
You're someplace I don't wanna go
Someplace I don't wanna go
Some place I don't want to go
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21. |
Khyber Pass
02:46
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It's never been so hard to grow old as it is on a night like tonight
it's cold outside, are you feeling it too?
Too little done in too many years
Too many nights alone with my fears
It's later now, what am I gonna do?
Gotta get away a while
Nothing left to make me smile
I wonder why I stay
Nobody would ever know
Don't you ever want to go to someplace far away
Khyber Pass
We could dance like fools
Drink a bit and bend the rules
They won't notice us until we're gone
Never thought this could happen to me
Always pictured I'd be somehow better off
Might have something to share
Notihing happens and what if it did
I feel like I'm just a kid and Christmas came and went this year and I wasn't there
Gotta get away a while
Nothing left to make me smile
I wonder why I stay
Nobody would ever know
Don't you ever want to go to someplace far away
Khyber Pass
We could dance like fools
Drink a bit and bend the rules
They won't notice us until we're gone
I'm sure it's always the same anywhere you choose to go
But I've got to go away or I might never know, might never know
But there's
Nothing left to make me smile
Gotta get away a while
I wonder why I stay
Nobody would ever know
Don't you ever want to go to someplace far away
Khyber Pass
We could dance like fools
Drink a bit and bend the rules
They won't notice us until we're gone
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22. |
A Lonelier Version of Me
03:50
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If you should stop by dear
You know what you'd find here
A lonelier version of me
But you're out with your new love
His name I've heard much of
He's twice the man I'll ever. be
And thoughts of the two of you race through my head
I'm not keen on dying but I wish I was dead
Or at least sleeping in this prison you're keeping
'round a lonelier version of me
A lonelier version with you on my mind
A version without which you're doing just fine
So happy not caring about the pain
you're not sharing with the
lonelier version of me
I'm not really coping
Just desperately hoping'
that I can find something to do
And I doubt that you miss me
but if you're not busy
You'lll find me some time around 2
In some noisy bar knowing you won't be there
Just sitting pretending I really don't care
My friends know I'm bluffing
and drinking solves nothing for
a lonelier version of me
So I sit by the phone but t never quite rings
You're out with your friends and you're calling me things
That can't be repeated
You've soundly defeated
A lonelier version of me
But if you should stop by dear,
You know what you'd find here,
A lonelier version of me
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The Wilmas Lawrence, Kansas
The Wilmas from Lawrence, Kansas, played noisy, snarky, and joyfully self-deprecating original music (and some choice covers) from 1989 to 1994. Recommended if you like The Embarrassment, early Replacements, R.E.M., and Husker Du, Kill Creek and Danger Bob. ... more
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