"Great Indoors"
Check your pulse
it's proof that you're not listening to
the call your life's been issuing you
The rhythm of a line of idle days
Scared of the world outside you should go explore
Pull all the shades and wander the great indoors
The great indoors
Lamplight makes the shadows play
and posters take the walls away
The TV is a window pane
The view won't let you down
So put your faith in a latenight show
I'll bet you didn't even know
It depends on how far out you go
The channel numbers change
Scared of the world outside you should go explore
Pull all the shades and wander the great indoors
Though, lately, I can't blame you
I have seen the world
and sometimes wish your room had room for two
So go unlock the door
and find what you are here for
The great indoors
Leave the great indoors
Check your pulse
it's proof that you're not listening to
the call your life's been issuing you
The rhythm of a line of idle days
"Love Song For No One"
Staying home alone on a Friday
Flat on the floor looking back
on old love
or lack thereof
After all the crushes have faded
and all my wishful thinking was wrong
I'm jaded
I hate it
I'm tired of being alone
so hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
Get here
Been searching all my days just to find you
Not sure who I'm looking for
I'll know when, when I see you
Till then I'll hide in my bedroom
staying up all night just to write
a love song for no one
I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
I could have met in a sandbox
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance and watched you walk away?
I could have met you in a sandbox
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance and watched you walk away?
I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
You'll be so good
You'll be so good for me
I know you'll be so good for me
For me
"Why Georgia"
I am driving up 85
in the kind of morning that lasts all afternoon.
I'm just stuck inside the gloom.
Four more exits till my apartment
but I am tempted to keep the car in drive
and leave it all behind
Cause I wonder sometimes
about the outcome
of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia why?
Rent a room and I fill the spaces
with wooden places
to make it feel like home
but all I feel's alone
It might be a quarter-life crisis
or just the stirring in my soul
Either way I wonder sometimes
About the outcome
Of a still verdictless life
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia why?
So what? So I've got a smile on
It's hiding the quiet superstitions
in my head
Don't believe me
When I say I've got it down
Everybody is just a stranger
but that's the danger in going
my own way
I guess it's the price I have to pay
Still "everything happens for a reason"
is no reason not to ask myself
if i am living it right
Am I living it right?
Am I living it right?
Why Georgia why?
"Sucker"
Sometimes I wish that I was the weather
You'd bring me up in conversation forever
And when it rained I'd be the talk of the day
Sometimes I wish that I was a cold beer
I'd rest assured that you would hold me near you
I'd be guaranteed to be just what you need
And there could be no other way
cause you're so lame
Your tired words are all the same
I would surely walk away
If I wasn't such a sucker for you
Sometimes I wish that I was a bong hit
You'd let me in and you would love every minute
And tell the group the things I did to you
And there could be no other way
cause you're so lame
You're tired words are all the same
I would surely walk away
If I wasn't such a sucker for you
I see your world with rosy colored glasses on
Wanna right what I see wrong
I could never have that power over you
Someday I'm gonna pack up and leave this town
I'm gonna get my own things going on
And when I do
I'll forget about how
You're so lame
You're tired words are all the same
I would surely walk away
If I wasn't such a sucker for you
"My Stupid Mouth"
My stupid mouth
has got me in trouble
I said too much again
to a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see
that she was offended
She said, "Well, anyway..."
Just dying for subject change
Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget?
Mamma said, "Think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh what's a boy to do?
Guess he'd better find one soon
We bit our lips
She looked out the window
rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess
with the salt and pepper shaker
I could see clearly
an indelible line was drawn
between what was good
what just slipped out
and what went wrong
Oh, the way she feels about me has changed
Thanks for playing
Try again
How could I forget?
Mamma said, "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh what's a boy to do?
I guess he better find one
I'm never speaking up again
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery
than she desert me
Oh I'm never speaking up again
starting now
One more thing
Why is it my fault?
So maybe I try too hard
It's all because of this desire
I just wanna be liked
I just wanna be funny
Looks like the joke's on me
Just call me Captain Backfire
Oh, the way she feels about me has changed
Thanks for playing
Try again
How could I forget?
Mamma said, "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh what's a boy to do?
I guess he better find one
I'm never speaking up again
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery
Than she desert me
Oh, I'm never speaking up again
Starting now
"Outside in the Underground"
Violent skies
Ten a.m.
Falling on my knees again
Outside in the underground
Proud in the rain
I'm walking a straight line
Stepped on all of the cracks this time
I don't care, I'm not moving aside
for anyone
Outside in the underground
Proud in the rain
Outside in the underground
There's no way out of here today
I raise my head up to the sky again
and make my way alone
I'm never home
but I've stopped searching
cause the city told me so
It all comes down
to me
Oh I've got a hundred lives
Oh I've got to get it right
Oh who knows someday I might
Outside in the underground
Underground
Proud in the rain
Outside in the underground
There's no way out of here today
I raise my head up to the sky again
and make my way alone
I'm never home but I stopped searching
cause the city told me so
It all comes down
to me
Oh I've got a hundred lives
Oh I've got to get it right
Oh who knows someday I might
Oh I've got to get it right
"George's Blues"
I like to eat an orange
with my friend George Malakornge
I like to eat an orange
with my friend George Malakornge
So juicy sweet, so good to eat
An orange with George Malakornge
"Not Myself"
Suppose I said
I am on my best behavior
And there are times
I lose my worried mind
Would you want me
when I'm not myself?
Wait it out while
I am someone else
Suppose I said
colors change for no good reason
Words will go from poetry to prose
Would you want me when I'm not myself?
Wait it out while
I am someone else
And I
in time
will come around
I always do
for you
Suppose I said
You're my saving grace
Would you want me when I'm not myself?
Wait it out while
I am someone else
Would you want me when I'm not myself?
Wait it out while
I am someone else
"Lifelines"
Saw you sleeping on the couch tonight
Though it serves you right
Makes you luckier than I
All the colors in the room have changed
The painting yesterday
Brother I discover you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
And it won't be long
'til I walk with you
Tonight I'm down
I'm inside out
Staring at the pictures
in the album you forgot about
Isn't a shame?
Times have changed
But isn't it strange?
Lifelines stay the same
We're never where we wanna be
But that's okay with me
"That's just the way it is," they say
It feels like maybe
But you're my history
Brother I've rediscovered you
We're pushing on
We're passing through
It won't be long
'til I walk with you
Tonight I'm down
I'm inside out
Staring at the pictures
in the album you forgot about
Isn't a shame?
Times have changed
Isn't strange?
Lifelines stay the same
Round and round
Can't believe my heart has waited this long
All along we've been children
in a cold world where wonder was lost
everyday
If love was a compass
Oh, I've lost my way
"Neon"
When sky blue gets darks enough
to see the colors of the city lights
A trail of ruby red and diamond white
hits her like a sunrise
She comes and goes
and comes and goes
like no one can
Tonight she's out to lose herself
and find a high on Peachtree Street
From mixed drinks to techno beats it's always
heavy into everything
She comes and goes
and comes and goes
like no one can
She comes and goes
and no one knows
She's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just like
Neon
Neon
Neon
Neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
she can go before she burns away
I can't be her angel now
You know it's not my place
to hold her down
And it's hard for me to take a stand
When I would take her any way I can
She comes and she goes
like no one can
She comes and she goes
she's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just like
Neon
Neon
Neon
Neon
Who knows how long, how long, how long
she can go before she burns away
"Your Body Is A Wonderland"
We got the afternoon
You got this room for two
One thing I've left to do
discover me discovering you
One mile to every inch of
your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips
and your bubblegum tongue
Cause if you want love
we'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
of blankets
Take any big plans
and break 'em
This is bound to be awhile
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder
I'll use my hands
Your body is a wonderland
Something 'bout the way your hair
falls in your face
I love the shape you take
while crawling towards the pillow case
You tell me where to go
and though I might leave to find it
I'll never let your head
hit the bed
without my hand behind it
You want love?
We'll make it
Swimming a deep sea
of blankets
Take all your big plans
and break 'em
This is bound to be a while
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder
I'll use my hands
Your body is a wonderland
Damn baby
You frustrate me
I know you're mine all mine all mine
But you look so good
it hurts sometimes
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonder
I'll use my hands
Your body is a wonderland
Your body is a wonderland
