Ugly Side of Things

I want to have sex without the regrets, but I can't do it.

Because I always sleep with some creep just to prove it.

I know that you really loved me,

but my emotions were too clumsy.

I'll let them tie me up then..

then I'll cut them loose.

Romance is what I want,

but I still refuse.

I know that you really loved me,

but my emotions were too clumsy.

I thought I could handle hooking up,

without there being any love.

I know that you have none to give,

but I continue to pretend.

I like to think I'm pretty,

But inside I know I'm ugly.

I think that's why I see

only people who are worse than me.

I'm so alone,

so please take me home.

We'll go in your car,

please let's go far.

It is what it is,

and we know what it is:

The ugly side of things.

Found a Friend

Why look for fairies in a beautiful garden?
The world is horrible.

Don't say that, you know it's wonderful.

That's easy for you to say.

You'll understand what I mean some day.

And I want to cry,

but I cant at this time.

You seem so strong,

and you always know how to deal.

I've just gotten good at pretending,

and now I'm too weak to show you how I feel.

That's easy for you to say.

You'll understand what I mean some day.

And I want to cry,

but I cant at this time.

I thought you had no problems,

and that you were happy.

But now I realize that you are just like me.

I know I made a mistake.

I know I am a jerk,

but your feelings were the last thing

I wanted to hurt.

When I heard the sad music,

coming from downstairs,

I desperately looked for my underwear.

I don't think that she noticed,

I don't think she was aware.

To be honest with you,

I don't think she ever cared.

Never again!

Never again!

I'll never sleep with my friend's ex-girlfriend.

Coco

Oh my god,

my mum is drunk.

I can't believe,

this just my luck.

Lets get our shit,

and get outta here quick.

Oh my dear,

I bonked my head.

I got up way too fast in bed.

I tripped on my way to the door,

to find out it was just my daughter.
She's just like her mother.

Jesus Christ look at my bed,

the cats must have been overfed.

They've ruined everything that's clean.

I'm ready to get mean.
Oh my Lordy,

look at what they've done.

I thought they were just having fun.

I'll have to clean it up,

it's always me.

When will you take responsibility?
She's just like her mother.

Oh momma, where are you now?

School Samba

I have to stay after class.

If I don't, I won't pass.

The school becomes so lonely,

once it turns 3:30.

I am so alone,

and then I hear the phone.

It's your ride home.

You want to leave just like me,

but we can't.

I start work at 8:00,

once I do, I don't stop.

This place becomes so lonely,

once it turns 9:30.

I am so alone,

and then I hear the phone.

It's your ride home.

You want to leave just like me,

but we can't.

I am the teacher,

who wants to retire.

I am the worker,

who wants to be fired.

I am the kid,

who wants to graduate.

But we all have to wait.

Graveyard

They used to call me Paul,

now I have no name at all.

I had a wife named Sue,

but she's lost her name too.

You are never alone

when you're in the graveyard.

I'm so lonely,

no one ever visits me.

The flowers have died,

and so have I.

There's nothing underneath the stones,

just broken bones.

I am so alone,

there's just the crows.

We'll be there too,

sometime soon.

There's nothing we can do,

we'll be just like Paul and Sue.

Tease

I don't mind if you don't like me,

but don't pretend like I'll get lucky.

I just want you to leave me alone.

I turn off my computer,

but then wait by the phone.
I know that you will never call me,

and if you did.. well then, I'd be unhappy.

All you've done is tease,

and promise to please.

I count down the days that I don't talk to you,

and then I cave in and ask what you're up to.

You just laugh and say, "Not much at all."

I hope you catch my heart, which soon will fall.

But I know that you will never call me,

and if you did.. well then, I'd be unhappy.

All you've done is tease,

and promise to please.

And I know that it was a fling.

And I know that I meant nothing.

But I always told the truth,

and that's why I lost you.

Broken Pump

I've broken my pump,

it needs to be fixed,

but you break it into smaller bits.
I don't know what was the problem first,

but whatever you do,

you make it worse.

My pump worked so fine,

before you were a friend of mine.
Your house is full of peoples hearts,

but none of them work,

you collect them for fun.

You like them best when they're broken,

you don't want to fix them.

So I went to the specialist. They said:

"I'm sorry miss, but we can't fix this.
You will always be like this.

Your heart cannot be fixed."

Potato Head

All he's ever done is warm seats with his bum.

He is a living, breathing potato.
All he's ever said were things they put in his head.

He is a walking, talking potato.
All he's ever seen is the golden screen:

the potato peeler.
But I'm a potato too,

and yes so are you.

It's true, sometime we're gonna get fried.

And we can postpone it,

but there's no way to own it.

Sometime we're all gonna get peeled.

And all she's ever been is a beauty queen,

but she still feels so ugly.

'Cus she's always looking for what's missing.

You can always find her chasing her shadow.

But I'm a potato too,

and yes, so are you.

It's true, sometime we're gonna get fried.

And we can postpone it,

but there's no way to own it.

Sometime we're all gonna get peeled.

And baked,

I'm gonna be burned.
People are potatoes,

people are peelers.
You don't want hairy skin,

believe me, it's not in.

I don't care how you remove it,

trust me it will be an improvement.

You don't want that as a reflection.

Don't worry, I have a suggestion.

Just use this, you'll feel on top.

You won't be able to stop.

Music Snob

I'm not a music snob,

but you're making it so hard.
It turns me off so much,

when you show me your IPod touch.
I want to love you,

but knowing what you listen to...

I'm afraid that it will never work.

I can't seem to forget,

even when we go to bed.

Nightmares of your iTunes,

I think I have to lose my friend.

Maybe you think I'm overreacting,

maybe you think I'm exaggerating?
Who's to say what's good and what isn't,

who's to say what is music?
Is this a realistic complaint?

Or an excuse why we shouldn't date?
I'll influence your music taste,

and put together a mix tape.
Will you like the songs I include?

Or say 'I do' to avoid being rude?
But it hurt when that didn't work.
I'm not a music snob,

but you're making it so hard.

Too Young for You

I think I've said too much,

don't listen to me, I'm drunk.

I wanna say what I really mean,

but I gotta wait til' you turn 18.
And I will see other people,

but I guarantee they won't be equal to you.
You think you know,

but you don't know me.

I'm so depressed,

but I know how to act funny.
And you will see other people,

but I guarantee they won't be equal to me.
Don't you wonder why I get upset

when you talk about girls?

Cus I wanna be with you,

too bad I have morals.
And I will wait for your birthday,

so I can finally say, "I love you."

Strange Little Scene

I don't really know what's happening

in this strange little scene,

but I know I'm happy for you to have met me.

I'm sorry to have made you worry.

She was just feeling a bit lonely.
I can still smell the makeup from last night.

I want you to know I made it home alright.
I'm sorry to have made you worry,

she was just feeling a bit lonely.
Everybody gets a bit lonely.

The whole world loves her,

but she never goes outside.
Everyone is listening,

but her words just run and hide.
She wears colors too beautiful to see

so when she walks past, she'll always be invisible.

How can someone so wonderful...

how can she be so invisible?
She'll never see just how lovely.

Or maybe that's just what she thinks?

Cus' we all know how lovely she is.

Mushroom Madness

Open up the bag and place me in your hand.

Drop me in your mouth.
Tell me, do I taste good?

NO!
Get up, walk around.

Whatever you do don’t look down!
I’ve already opened up the door into your mind.
“It’s different,” I hear you say.
That’s the only way to explain that everything is all mixed up.
Open up pens and paper and sit underneath the tree.
You begin to draw what looks like me.
IT’S MUSHROOM MADNESS!

The Man

This story takes place along time a go.

When moses asked pharaoh, ‘Let my people go.’
But the man he said, ‘No, I won’t let you go.’

And this is how the story goes.
It happens all the time,

it happened to a friend of mine.
We were slaves to industry.

Not just me, but my whole family.
We weren’t paid a bit, not even one cent.
The rich got richer, the poor got poorer.
We were filled with horror.
We needed a shepherd to set us free,

to end all slavery.
To bring us back to the 60s ...woopsies.
We had no time to make bread.

We had already fled,
to the desert.

Away from the corporation

that brainwashed our whole nation,

and left us in frustration.

The angel of death had already come,

he murdered the man’s only son.

To change him from what he had become.
Why do we kill for the dollar bill?
Is it worth the blood spill?
My mind is being torn by capitalism.
My body is being worn by consumerism.
My heart and soul is destroyed by, I don’t know?
Materialism ...I just don’t understand.

Alcoholic Barmaid

Life is like an unmarked bottle:
You won’t know till you swallow.
Life gets you drunk,
but it just never seems to be enough.

And I’ll be your barmaid.
For the next few hours,

I’ll be your alcoholic slave.
And if it’s not enough,

I will infinitely fill your cup.

Life is the sum total of what we don’t know (x2)

And I’ll be your barmaid.
For the next few hours,

I’ll be your alcoholic slave.
And if it’s not enough,

I will infinitely fill your cup.

And I’ll be your barmaid.
For the next few hours,

I’ll be your alcoholic slave.

Tummy Wobbles

I’ve got a knot in my stomach.
I wonder if it’s something I ate.
I hope it’s non-toxic,
because these aren’t butterflies.

More like a million insects, eating your insides.

I stopped at a rock.

My body parts were beginning to rot.
And I don’t want to think, you’re the reason I feel
that these aren’t butterflies.
More like a million insects eating your insides.

And now you’re gone and all I have is this song.
Do not get me wrong,

I’m happy that this happened.
But I wish that there was more then this.

Just my e-mail address, written on your forearm.
And it makes it easier to know,

I’m halfway around the world.
And it makes it easier to know,

I’m just another girl.

And I know it’s easier,

it is easier,

to know you’re just another boy.

Under the Carousel

Everybody’s running under the carousel.

I’ll stay in the rain.

It even tastes good.

Here’s your hat,

don't you want that?

I’ll wave if you wave back.

Dont ever tell anybody anything.

If you do, you start missing everybody.

I watched her blue raincoat go round and round.

The broken record no longer mattered.

It could stay on the ground.
Dont ever tell anybody anything.

If you do, you start missing everybody.

Anybody.

Everybody.

Everybody.

Lily White

You don’t like anything that’s happening.

That’s not true. I like Allie, and I like you.

Allie’s dead. When will you understand?

You don’t stop liking someone just cus’ they’re not around.

Especially when they’re better than anyone still left on the ground.

Name something you’d like to be.

Go on, tell me.

Not a lousy lawyer,

or some scientist.

I’d hate to be a real estate agent,

or a dentist.

I’d tell you what I’d want to be,

if it was really up to me.
I’m picturing myself in a field of rye,

thousands of kids are running by...

Nobody's big,

there’s only me,

and they’re running off some crazy cliff.

And when they start running,

cus’ they don’t know where they’re going,

I have to catch them from falling.

That’s how I’d spend my time.

I’d be the catcher in the rye.

I’d be the catcher in the rye.

The Loveless Kiss

Sally Hays I'm amazed,

that I think of you for days.

But with your sexy ways,

I'm afraid I must be laid.

I wish there was more to this,

more than just a loveless kiss.

While I'm on a wishing spree,

I wish we could be happy.

And though I said I love you so fast,

we both know you’re a pain in the ass.
I dont mind,

I dont care.

As long as you are aware,

that any time,

any where,

I'm imaging you in underwear.

I say we should run away,

and I'll have you as my dame.

Isn’t it plain as day,

that I am so insane?

And though you said you love me so fast,

we both know I’m a pain in the ass.

I wish we were,

I wish we were happy.

Holden Chapman

How can there be a God,

if making love hurts?
Same with the sun,

it only comes out

when it feels like coming out.
And I didn’t shoot John Lennon.

It wasn’t Holden,

it was Chapman, I swear.

Besides, I wouldn’t dare.

He may have had me in his arms,

but i wasn’t there.
You talk of India.

You say you’re serious about Thailand.

But you and I both know,

you’ll never go farther than Disney Land.

Stradlater the Elevetator

I hear his feet outside,

I'm having to decide...

Do I give him,

do I tell him,

do I give him a piece of my mind?

How was your date?

Oh it was just great,

I took her her to a romantic spot

at the back of the parking lot.

Oh Jane you’re driving me insane,

but I’d rather blame it on anyone else,

anything else, but you.
Here’s your composition,

I hope you do like it.

It’s about my dead brother's baseball mit.

Oh Holden I should have known

that you’d do this all wrong.

I told you to write about a room,

not some stupid kid you knew.

So stradlater did you give her the time?

That’s a professional secret of mine.

I had to feel something real.

So I called him a moron,

even though I knew,

it would do me harm.

And I paid for it

with a fist in the face,

but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Because I’ll go insane,

before I ever admit

that it was all about Jane.

Dystopian Family

You’re my brother.

I will remember,

Whether you’re here or not.
They say hardship builds character.

I’d rather be boring,

and have you as my brother.

The graves are so dark,

rain hitting body parts.

I want to see you,

but there’s no way to.

Where did you go?

Your smile was so short,

like a lifetime.