30 MILES TO SANTA MONICA

I look at the truth 
the truth looks at me
tells me I should go
but she holds me down
One foot off the bed
right then I know
I'll be back again
just to hold her down

Did you notice?
Did you notice?
Did you notice?
Did you notice? 
(repeat)

I don't mean to keep you waiting
Believe me, I'm leaving
I don't mean to keep you waiting
I've been so wrong, for so long

Whoa, whoa
(repeat)

I never really got a 
good look at you
Turn the light on
just this time
cuz you sound like
I must have misunderstood

I don't mean to keep you waiting
Believe me, I'm leaving
I don't mean to keep you waiting
I've been so wrong, for so long

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ALL AT ONCE

I'm over you
I shouldn't be
cuz I don't know your name
But I like the way
you looked at me
and the way
you look tonight

Tonight I died
a little inside
All At Once
Tell me your name
But tonight I tried
but I'm going home 
Alone

Who's that standing next to you?
It bothers me
that they follow you
Now I'm standing next to you
so follow me
I'll follow you

Cuz I like the way
you looked at me 
and the way
you look tonight

But tonight I died
a little inside
All At Once
Tell me your name
But tonight I tried
but I'm going home
Alone

Again
Alone, Alone, alone
Again

CITY ON THE SIDE

I am not alone
you are here
I am not alone
so here we go

'Cause this is the last place
I'd want to leave
Forget the things that bring us down
'cause we just don't care...
we don't...

Because we're gone
and we're almost there now
Now I could be wrong
but oh, oh, oh
I'm too high to know
that she's all choked up
when we're alone
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh

Well we grew up
in this town
with the city on our side
and I don't like
when we say goodbye

'Cause this is the last place
we'd want to leave
forget the things that bring us down
'cause we just don't care
we don't...

Because we're gone
and we're almost there
I could be wrong
but oh, oh, oh
I'm too high to know
that she's all choked up
when we're alone
oh, oh, oh
oh, oh, oh

CLICHE AFTERNOON

The clock strikes one
and I'm barely alive
just enough to open my eyes
and hear the news
that I'm looking forward to

Regretting it
accepting this
'cause home is lost without you
home is lost without you

And the wind blows
harder when you're gone
to walk outside
the wind just might come
and blow me down

And the wind blows
even harder when you're gone
to walk outside
the wind just might come
and blow me down

This room is a certain shade of light
for a second I just thought
that the news today
it was repeating itself
repeating itself

Then the clock struck one
it had all begun again
just this cliche afternoon
but it's noon now
and I'm looking forward to

Regretting it
accepting this
cause home is lost without you
home is lost without you

And the wind blows
even harder when you're gone
to walk outside
the wind just might come
and blow me down 

CRACKERJACK TATTOOS

As I look at the clock tick
I lean against the wall
my head’s against the wall
and you just left me alone

As I’m lookin’ through channels
I take a sip of what’s left
at the bottom of my cup
still the sound of the door
It reminds me, it reminds me, it reminds me…

That if I make a mistake
don’t look this way
and don’t ask why
my eyes are so
you can see yourself through mine
if I make a mistake
don’t look this way
and don’t ask why my eyes are so…

the doorbell rings the same time every day
but you just left me alone
the telephone rings five times apart
from the last from the first but you know,
that I know, that you know, and we know…

That if I make a mistake
don’t look this way
and don’t ask why my eyes are so
you can see yourself through mine
if I make a mistake
don’t look this way
and don’t ask why my eyes are so…

they’re so red

 

I think I took too long
I think I started to show you
my hand
So let’s take it slow
So I ask you to
run with me

And marry me
Down the line
Oh whoa oh

But I got to know
did I take too long?
When we were alone
I asked you to
run with me

And marry me
Down the line
Down the line

Marry me
Down the line
Down the line
Oh down the line
Down the line
Oh oh oh
 

GETTING HARDER

Oh could it be
just what I wanted
just what needed or what
or what I was asking for?

Is this all me?
All me? No…
or did this all just fall?
How could this all just fall down?

Oh am I all alone? No…
The last one on the stage
the last one
to turn out the light
Oh please don’t leave…
me…behind.
Oh please don’t leave…
me…behind.

Could you wait around
and would you wait around?
Would you wait around
and would you wait around…
26 more…times?

Oh good it’s all me…all me.
Just what I wanted
just what I needed
or what I was asking for
Is this all me…all me?
No…
or did this all just fall down?
Or did this all fall….
 

HOMETOWN HERO

On a rainy day just like this
I light my cigarette
and I’ll walk for awhile
Cuz the people walking down the street
they always stop and laugh at me
but I know something
that they all need to know

So don’t ask me why
Why do I sit on these steps?
I think I lost my train of thought
So take a seat and see for yourself
for yourself…

I’m watching the world fall to pieces
and no one’s around
I’m watching the world fall to pieces
and no one’s around

Oh I seem to be onto something
more than this global warming
that’s tearing us apart cuz
I got my car you got yours
So don’t be like
those people walking down the street
that always stop and laugh at me
but I know something
that they all need to know

As we’re watching the world fall to pieces
and no one’s around
As we’re watching the world fall to pieces
and no one’s around

I did it for nothing
Oh I, I did it for nothing
Oh I did for nothing
Nothing

But I, I’m watching the world fall to pieces
and no one’s around
I’m watching the world fall to pieces
and no one’s around

Around, around now
No one’s around, around now
No one’s around and no one’s around
No one’s around
Now
 

REASONS WHY

And I looked at you kinda funny
Cuz we both know
There’s much more going on
And I looked at you kinda funny
Cuz we both know
There’s much more going on

Remind me to ask you about
All the things I did without you
In your head
So go ahead

But I want you to know
You had me at the door
And I want you to know
That it’s good to go

HOME
Home next to you
You had me at the door
So good to go
HOME
Home next to you
You had me at the door

(scatting)
(whistling)

She, she, she
She said it’s funny how
We look at things so differently
I’ll stop the band
So I can make sure I’m listening
Loud and clear
So go ahead, but first

I want you to know
You had me at the door
But I want you to know
It’s good to go

HOME
Home next to you
You had me at the door
So good to go
HOME
Home next to you
You had me at the door

HOME
Home next to you
You had me at the door
So good to go
HOME
Home next to you
You had me at the door

I’m good to go
Home next to you
You had me at the door

Home
Home
And I’m next to you
You had me at the door
So good to go

HOME
Home next to you
You had me at the door
Home
Home
Next to you
Whoaaa
You had me at the…
 

SCAPEGOAT

Put my shoes on this morning
picked my keys up off the shelf
think I’ll go out for a drive
Wishin I was someone else
but I know
nothing’s gonna be the same
And I know
there’s nobody else to blame

But on the day I met you
Will I still feel the same
on the day I leave you?
One day I’ll be on the same train
standing next to you
Will you notice
that I’m right there?

No amount of sleep I’ll get
will get you out of my mind
Cuz I’m forty minutes away from you all the time
what happened there won’t happen here
I’m so unhappy here

But on the day I met you
Will I still feel the same
on the day I leave you?
One day I’ll be on the same train
standing next to you
Will you notice
that I’m right there?

But on the day I met you
Will I still feel the same
on the day I leave you?
One day I’ll get on a train
just to look for you
just to notice
you’re not there…


 

SECRET OF SILENT SOUND

I wake up
the summer’s gone
the taste of fall’s around
So I close my eyes
Just to go back to May

Well it’s true
the streets they look so strange
So I close my eyes
Just to go back to May
and I’ll go back
to May

I’m on my way
I go too far
Just bring me back to
Just bring me back to you
Just bring me back to…

Where I’m still looking for
you back there
What am I still looking for
with you right here

Where I’m still looking for
you back there
What am I still looking for
with you right here

 

STOP AND GO

I know something
you already know about her
she sings songs
she thinks are about her now

Will this blow over
will this stop?
Will this blow over
will this stop?

I think I’m sick
go away
break me into
something im not

Will you go as far as I will go
to unwind now?

I know something
you don’t even know
about me

Sometimes
I wish someone would
break me into pieces now
and build me back up
from the ground
so im whole

Just fill these holes with hope
and hope it floats
and when you see me down
just pick me up
I’m so low…solo
I’m so low

Will this blow over
will this stop?

I think I’m sick
go away
break me into
something im not

Will you go as far as I will go
to unwind now?
 

YELLOW LIGHTS

I was two hours late
and I’m stuck-up on me
Then the drive slows down
on that ridgy road
and I’m supposed to know
what’s ahead
It’s you up ahead

And now
I’m so getting to you
But I know
when this whole thing falls
I’ll do it again
cuz nothing’s better than
the second time
around
and I’m so getting to you
you, and I’m so

On my way home
these yellow lights
are taunting me
Should I move along
and do it alone
for the first time
for the first time

And now
I’m so getting to you
But I know
when this whole thing falls
I’ll do it again
cuz nothing’s better than
the second time
around
and I’m so getting to you
you, and I’m so

And now I’m so getting to you
to you
but I know
when this whole thing falls
I’ll do it again
cuz nothings better than
The second time around

Cuz I’m so getting to you
and I’m so getting to you
I’m so getting to you
I’m so getting to you