Can't you see i'm trying?/ i don't even like it i just lied to get to your apartment/ now i'm staying there just for a while/ i can't think 'cause i'm just way too tired/ is this it?/ is this it?/ is this it?/ said they'd give you anything you ever wanted/ when they lied i knew it was just stable children tryin' hard not to realize i was sitting right behind her/ dear can't you see? it's them, it's not me/ we're not enemies, we just disagree/ if i was like him, all pissed in this bar/ he changes his mind, says i went too far, we all disagree, i think we should disagree yeah/ is this it?/ is this it?/ is this it?/ can't you see i'm trying?/ i don't even like it, i just lied to get to your apartment/ now i'm stayin' there just for a while, i can't think 'cause i'm just way too tired/
up on a hill is where we begin/ this little story, a long time ago/ stop to pretend, stop pretending/ it seems this game is simply never ending/ oh, in the sun, sun havin' fun, it's in my blood/ i just can't help it/ don't want you here right now, let me go/ oh let me, g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go/ leavin just in time/ stay there for a while/ rollin' in the ocean/ trying to catch her eye/ work hard and say it's easy/ do it just to please me/ tomorrow will be different/ so i'll pretend i'm leavin'/ now thing's are different here, we train in AVA/ i wish you hadn't stayed/ my vision's clearer now, but i'm unafraid/ flyin overseas, no time to feel the breeze/ i took too many varieties/ oh, in the sun, sun havin' fun, it's in my blood/ don't want you here right now, let me go woo!/ oh, darlin', let me g-g-g-g-g-g-g-go/ leavin' just in time/ stay there for a while/ rollin' in the ocean/ tryin' to catch her eye/ work hard and say it's easy/ do it just to please me/ tomorrow will be different/ see, this is why i'm leavin'/
Soma is what they would take when/ hard times opened their eyes/ saw pain in a new way/ high stakes for a few names/ racin' against sunbeams/ losin against fig trees/ in your eyes/ and i am, stop and go/ in your eyes/ see i am, stop and go/ in your eyes/ let's go/ when i saw her for the first time/ lips moved as her eyes closed/ heard something in his voice/ "and i'll be there"/ he says then he walks out/ somehow he was tryin' too hard to be like them/ and i am stop and go/ in your eyes/ and i am stop oh, darlin let me go/ tried it once and they liked it, and tried to hide it/ says, "i've been doin' this 25 years"/ well i'm not listenin' no more/ and these friends, they keep askin'/ for more oh, yeah/ oh, but that's it/
i didn't take no shortcuts/ i spent the money that i saved up/ oh, mama, runnin' out of luck/ but like my sister don't give a fuck/ i wanna steal your innocence/ to me, my life, it don't make sense/ strange manners, i love 'em so/ why won't you wear your new trenchcoat?/ i should've worked much harder/ i should've just not bothered/ i never show up on weekdays/ something that you learned yesterday/ drive you to work you will be on time/ these little problems they're not yours and mine/ "come on, listen to what i say, i got some secrets that'll make you stay"/ i just want to turn you down/ i just want to turn you around/ you ain't never had nothin' i wanted but, i want it all/ i just can't figure out nothin/ and all together, it went well/ we made pretend we were best friends/ then she said, "oh, you're a freak"/ they ordered me to make mistakes/ together again like the beginning/ it all works somehow in the end/ the things we did, the things you hide/ for the record, it's between you and i/ oh, i didn't take no shortcuts/ i spent the money that i saved up/ oh, mama, runnin' out of luck/ and like my sister, don't give a fuck/ i wanna steal your innocence/ to me, my life, it just don't make any sense/ strange manners, i love 'em so/ why won't you wear your new trenchcoat/ i just want to misbehave/ i just want to be your slave/ oh, you ain't never had nothin' i wanted but, i want it all/ i just can't figure out nothin'/ and all together it went well/ we made pretend we were best friends/ then she said "oh, i can wait"/ they ordered me to make mistakes/ together again like the beginning/ it all works somehow in the end/ the things we did/ the things you hide/ and for the record, it's between you and i/
in many ways, they'll miss the good ol' days/ someday/ someday/ yeah, it hurts to say, but i want you to stay/ sometimes/ sometimes/ when we was young, oh man did we have fun/ always/ always/ promises, they break before they're made/ sometimes/ sometimes/ oh my ex says i'm lacking in depth/ i will do my best/ you say you wanna stand by my side/ darlin' your head's not right/ see, alone we stand, together we fall apart/ yeah, i think i'll be alright/ i'm workin so i won't have to try so hard/ tables, they turn sometimes/ oh, someday/ now i ain't wastin' no more time/ ooh, tryin', tryin'/ now my fears, they come to me in threes/ so i, sometimes, say "fate, my friend, you say the strangest things. i find, sometimes"/ oh, my ex says i'm lacking in depth/ say i will try my best/ you say you wanna stand by my side/ darlin' your head's not right/ see, alone we stand, together we fall apart/ yeah, i think i'll be alright/ i'm workin so i won't have to try so hard/ tables, they turn sometimes/ oh someday/ i ain't wastin' no more time/
no choice now, it's too late/ let him go, he gave/ gave up/ lisa said "take time for me"/ droppin him down to his knees/ chest down, take me away/ see i've got to explain/ things they have changed in such a permanent way/ life seems unreal, can we go back to your place?/ "you drink too much" makes me drink just the same/ people tried, felt so right/ givin' themselves good advice/ lookin' down sometimes felt nice/ he knows it's justified to kill to survive/ he then, in dollars makes more dead than alive/ let's suck more blood/ let's run three hours a day/ the world is over but i don't care 'cause i am with you/ now i've got to explain/ things they have changed in such a permanent way/ life seems unreal, can we go back to your place?/ "you drink too much" makes me drink just the same, oh/ oh, the first time, it happened too fast/ the second time, i thought it would last/ we all like it a little different/
last nite, she said, "oh baby i feel so down, see, it turns me off when i feel left out"/ so i, i turned 'round/ oh, baby, don't care no more/ i know this for sure/ i'm walkin' out that door/ well i've been in town for just oh, fifteen minutes, now/ oh baby i feel so down/ and i don't know/ i keep walkin' for miles/ see people, they don't understand/ no, girlfriends, they can't understand/ your grandsons they won't understand/ on top of this, i ain't ever gonna understand/ last nite/ she said, "oh baby don't feel so down, well it turned me off when i feel left out"/ so i, i turned 'round/ "oh baby gonna be alright"/ it was a great big lie 'cause i left that night, yeah/ oh, people, they don't understand/ no girlfriends, they don't understand/ in spaceships, they won't understand/ and me, i ain't ever gonna understand/ last nite/ she said, "oh baby i feel so down, see it turns me off when i feel left out"/ so i, i turned round/ oh baby girl, i don't care no more/ i know this for sure/ i'm walkin' out that door, yeah/
was an honest man/ asked me for the phone, tried to take control/ oh, i don't see it that way, i don't see it that way/ we shared some ideas/ all obsessed with fame, says they're all the same/ oh, i don't see it that way, i don't see it that way/ raised in carolina, she says, "i'm not like that"/ tryin' to remind her, when we go back/ i missed the last bus, we take the next train/ i try, but you see, it's hard to explain/ i say the right thing, but act the wrong way/ i like it right here, but i cannot stay/ i watch the tv, forget what i'm told/ well i am too young, and they are too old/ the joke is on you, this place is a zoo/ "you're right, it's true"/ says he can't decide/ i shake my head to say, "everything's just great"/ oh i just can't remember, i just can't remember/ raised in carolina, she says, "i'm not like that"/ tryin' to remind her/ when we go back/ i say the right things, but act the wrong way/ i like it right here, but i cannot stay/ i watch the tv, forget what i'm told/ well i am too young, and they are too old/ oh man, can't you see, i'm nervous so please, pretend to be nice, though i can be mean/ i missed the last bus, we take the next train/ i try, but, you see it's hard to explain/
won't decide, but he won't debate/ said, "thanks my friend"/ thought he was too late/ oh why oh why? i don't know/ so you think things move pretty fast down here/ well just wait my dear, 'till you look up there/ oh, maybe someday you'll know/ had his second kid, was an early night/ gotta be well-dressed 'cause hates to fly/ oh, loves his job/ takes it home/ anything they wanted/ they could have it, have it/ didn't even notice, i don't mind it, mind it/ won't decide, but he won't debate/ said, "thanks my friend"/ thought that we was dead/ oh, why oh why? i don't know/ think things move pretty fast down here/ well just wait, my dear, 'till we get up there/ oh, maybe someday they'll know/ come on, tell me does she warm the room/ when he comes/ or does he just know how to leave/ when it gets cold/ i don't care, i don't care 'cause it's free/
oh! haha, i meant aah! haha, no i didn't mean that at all/ooo/ here in the streets of american nights/ rise to the bottom of the meaning of life/ studied all the rules and i want no part, but i'll let you in just to break this heart/ even though it was only one night, it was fucking strange/ nina's in the bedroom/ she says "time to go now"/ but, leavin' it ain't easy/ i've got to let go, i've got to let go/ the hours went slow/ and every night, she just can't stop sayin' "new york city cops, new york city cops, new york city cops, they ain't too smart. new york city cops, new york city cops, new york city cops, they ain't too smart."/ oh, kill me now, 'cause i'll let you down/ i swear one day, i'm gonna leave this town/ stop/ yes, i'm leavin' 'cause it just won't work/ they act like romans, but they dress like turks/ soft time, in your prime/ see, me, i like the summertime, but, hey/ nina's in the bedroom/ she said "time to go, now"/ oh, leavin it ain't easy/ oh, i got to let go, i got to let go/ oh, trapped in an apartment/ she would not let them get her/ she wrote it in a letter/ "i've got to come clean, the authorities, they've seen"/ darlin' i'm somewhere in between/ i said, every night, she just can't stop sayin', "new york city cops, new york city cops, new york city cops, they ain't too smart. new york city cops, new york city cops, new york city cops, they ain't too smart."/
you said you couldn't stay/ you'd seen it all before, i know/ they sold you on their way/ oh, honey, that's okay/ no harm, he's armed, settin off all your alarms/ when i find out, i hope it's you who set this trap/ and store fronts rarely changed/ at least i'm on my own again, instead of anywhere with you/ oh, tell me it's all the same/ and i lost my page again/ i know, this is so rare, but i'll try my luck with you/ this life is on my side/ i am your one/ believe me, this is a chance, oh, oh/ let's see what is for sale/ he's trying hard to give his job a chance/ it's never gonna be/ it's sad, but i agree/ the signal don't seem right/ it lasts for just one night, and then/ i'm sorry that i said that we were just good friends/ no harm, he's armed, settin' off all your alarms/ they're trapped/ i can't be there in time/ i'll think about that/ and i lost my page again/ i know this is so rare, but i'll try my luck with you/ this life is on my side/ i am your one/ believe me, this is a chance, oh, oh/
leave me alone, i'm in control, i'm in control/ girls lie too much, and boys act too tough/ enough is enough/ well, on the minds of other men, i know she was/ i said just take it or leave it, and take it or leave it, and take it or leave it, and take it or leave it, oh, just take it or leave it, and take it or leave it, oh, take it/ that's right/ he's gonna let you down/ he's gonna let you down/ he's gonna let you down/ and gonna break your back for a chance/ and gonna steal your friends/ he's gonna win someday/ i fell off the track/ now i can't go back/ i'm not like that/ boys lie too much, girls act too tough/ enough is enough/ well on the minds of other girls, i know he was/ i said just take it or leave it, and take it or leave it, and take it or leave it, and take it or leave it, oh, just take it or leave it, and take it or leave it, oh, take it/ oh, that's right/ he's gonna let you down/ he's gonna let you down/ he's gonna let you down/ and gonna break your back for a chance/ and gonna steal your friends, if he can/ he's gonna win someday/ oh he will/
