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1) Turnpike Gates
we could drag ourselves to bed and sleep. took everything i had, i kept it up til he would call. you made me feel like a criminal, and then there's you. you kept a smile through i would always walk the wire. you gave it all, i gave you reason to have doubt. i had to get out of there so i took the stairs. i don't want to fight with you if i can't be the one to have you. you sat in the chair like a queen in the kitchen. i memorized the lines your eyes made at every glance you shot my way. we would drag ourselves to bed and sleep. took everything i had, i kept it up til he would call. you made me feel like a criminal, and then theres you. you kept a smile though. i would always walk the wire but youre miserable and im useless. always making up excuses. i made you cry too many times so i'm hanging up that line. i'm throwing rocks at your floor. i'm knocking down your front door. i'm desperate tonight and i just want to fight. it's my confusion that makes me act so cold. so now go, go, go. if you want to be just left alone, put down that phone. but if you want me just call out hey boy!
2) Young, Loud and Scotty
is it silly to think that this would never happen again? but of course i'll call you tonight. did you know, you missed my birthday? the loneliest it gets is when the wind begins to chill and when i stand on top of your old street. the church tops bring a stillness to me. i can't think of anything i'd rather do than have my heart broken by you. could we be saved by intentions and hopes cause i'm not alright. the night seems to swallow me whole and spits out second guessing. and i remember ever since that first day i saw you on the street, i've always wanted you in the worst way but now i can't compete. i'm so, and you're so, we're both so, all fucked up. when i think of what to do, it makes me want to scream. isn't it about time that we tried and get it right? i can't sleep on anymore floors. i can't stay up anymore nights. i'd like to know what's goin on. could you please pick up the phone? i started a million letters to you but couldn't finish any of them.
3) Francie Nolan
i know you're just confused. i know i ain't the best but why put my heart to the test? can you turn the lights on now? i'm gonna grab my coat. i'm not sticking around to watch you gloat.. this time. cause she gets only close enough so you'll know you'll never have her heart. just sometimes words and long waits in between when she tries hard to be mean, you'll never have her heart. but you'll probably hate her now, you know she's just a name but with smoke in her hair i can still smell how sweet she would be to kiss. then we talked about nothing til she had to go. where second chances and small talk could have kept me up all night. but she gets only close enough so you'll know you'll never have her heart. just sometimes words and long waits in between when she tries hard to be mean, you'll never have her heart... this time.
4) 25 Cent Giraffes
to loud to hear what you were thinking, somehow i knew i would be sleeping alone tonight. but i figured that's alright. could you still walk home with me? i don't want to be wondering. you couldn't keep me here, it's either two months on the road, just two months waiting by the phone. she grew wings and i grew wheels and now the dust covers my heels. i sent your letter next day air, no-dozed a lot and sat and stared. i couldn't make it fifty pages in that (book i) couldn't make it. when i pull in to town, when the saddest sun sets down, will i see you at the show? and i hope you will go and you'll be there just waiting for me, just waiting for me. when i pull in to town, when the saddest sun sets down, will i see you at the show?
5) Hey Catrine
hey catrine, know it's true when i'm sitting in my room. sometimes knowing is not enough when time is what we've lost.
6) Bringin It Backwards
No one's stabbing you in the back and no one's gonna take away the feelings you got. Stop creating misconceptions. Inventing enemies and deceptions. It's you, nothing you say's true. Nothing you say's true. No one's stabbing you in the back and no one's gonna take away the feelings you got. Stop creating misconceptions. Inventing enemies and deceptions. It's you, nothing you say's true. Nothing you say's true. Stop.
7) How We Are
the kids won't come around tonight, they're staying home. so what if we play to only twenty three. it's how we are. i heard you got us figured out and then there's talk about the band but we don't hear cause we don't care, it's how we are. we'll go our way, we may have changed but we're still here and we came to play.
8) Theme Song For a New Brunswick Basement Show
could it be a stranger night? the basement is filled with kids i don't know. not beautiful like your songs but awkward and alone and don't belong. i saw a vacant seat. i sat down next to you. i thought of all the boys that wanted to. i laughed out loud. do you hate this band too? i smiled a nervous smile but i warmed up and acted cool by standing by the stove and your eyes made it strange. i felt out of place, wondering if you... you could take her place.
9) Cut The Tension
when i feel that coming tension, i want to run in your direction. panics got me by the collar, i need to go your way. if it feels right, i'm gonna stay out tonight. cut the tension, cut right through, i'm coming straight for you. and it's true. tonight i'm on my way. she smiles, she holds her head just right because she knows she's the one.
10) The Truth About Lars
i chose a life of missed callings and lost hopes of empty dreams. railway trains losing fast, gaining steam. i was born tonight down highway skies. while miles race under my head, i'll remember what you said and i'll stay out until it's done for me. and my legacy will be one that keeps pushing me away, so it's back to engines underfoot and miles of great disdain. they never understand the way i walk, and you know it's the way i talk that keeps me from knowing when i should see things you're showing me. and it's you i want to do this to and it looks like that that'll make me stay with you. keep your cool and i'll be home soon and know that it's you, it's you, it's you.
11) The Boy's No Good
the boy's no good, yeah, he's a fucking hood. won't treat you like he should. i heard he's making time with this friend of mine. i heard he's talking trash. saw that kid last night, he's starting fights. he's got that nervous twitching. he's just not the boy for you, he's all dresses up. he's got nothing to do but he's got something. he's as cool as anything but he's no good. that boy's a fucking creepy. the boy's no good, he's a hood, he won't treat you like he should. i said the boy's no good, he's a hood, he won't treat you like i would. i said the boy's no good, the situation, he's a hood, he'll fuck you anyway. the boy's no good, i'm gonna have my say. the boy's no good, the boy's no fucking good!
12) The Verona Kings
it's when we find the sound we're after, the record seemed to skip and the singles way too short. speakers pounding out the songs we'd love to do without, so i'll drag it down until it burns and you can practice taking turns. they don't hear it, they don't feel it, they can't see it, turn it up. you keep taking out tune boy, and the money's still too tight and the set was way too short. it seems we're finding out the creeps we'd like to do without and they'll drag us down until it burns and we'll be counting lessons learned. they don't hear it, they don't feel it, they can't see it, turn it up. they don't hear it, they don't feel it, they can't see it, turn it up.