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Use Someone Else
02:44
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Use Someone Else
I don’t wanna be your friend…I don’t even like you
Bitch whine and complain that’s all you ever do
Someone once said that dog helps those who help themselves
Why would you help yourself when you could use someone else
Use someone else
You think the world revolves around you and you alone
You always need something when you call on the phone
The only time I hear your voice is when you need some help
If you weren’t using me you’d be using someone else
Use someone else
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You're Still My Friend
03:31
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You're Still My Friend
I lived at the lake until I was 9 years old
1980 came along... into the city we did roll
When I think back on the years gone by
All those seasons in the sun
All I can remember now is having so much fun
Cuz I never had to wonder where you were gone
or where you've been...
You were standing right there beside me
Ya you're still my friend!!
Oh how time it flies...faster ever year
And your so called friends slowly disappear
But you and I made it through it all
Through the thick and thin
And if I could I surly would
Do it all again
Cuz I never had to wonder where you were gone
or where you've been...
You were standing right there beside me
Ya you're still my friend!!
And the privileges of youth
Well they just fade away
We got some good years behind us
& Some better ones are on the way
And we'll never have to wonder
where we've gone or where we've been
We'll be standing right there together
Ya...we'll still be friends
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I Don’t Wanna Change For You
Living in the city….all alone in a crowd
Everyone looking pretty…No thinking allowed
I don’t wanna be something I’m not
being me is all that I got…
So sick of the phonies…and the liars to
They think they’re so clever…Who’s fooling who?
I don’t wanna be something I’m not
Being me is all that I got…
And I don’t wanna change for you
There ain’t nothin’ more you could ever do
Cuz I ain’t ever gonna change for you
So put your time to better use
Bridge:
Common sense… ain’t common
Don’t pretend… You no somethin’
Sometimes I wonder…who it to blame
For all the stupid people… Getting all the fame
I don’t wanna be something I’m not
Being me is all that I got…
And I don’t wanna change for you
There ain’t nothin’ more you could ever do
Cuz I ain’t ever gonna change for you
So put your time to better use
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Wristbands & Watches
02:08
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Wristbands & Watches
Wristbands & watches...corduroy & Tan
Baseball caps & T-shirts...Playing in a band
Drinking beer on Sundays...Smoking weed at noon
Just taking my life easy...doing what I wanna do
Cuz I know what I like & I know I like you
Summertime at the river...cooler full of cans
Checking out all the ladies...working on their tans
Urban assault legends...suicide kings
Just ridin' around, hangin' around...doing anything
Cuz I know what I like & I know I like you
Sometimes life will kick you 'round
Beat you up and put you down
I'll just keep on walking...That's just what I'll do
Cuz there's one thing that ain't changin'
It's how much I like you
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Personality
03:18
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Personality
People these days are always changing
No they never wanna be themselves
They change their clothes and they change their hair
And they try and be someone else
I won’t worry about what they all do
I just let my personality shine through
I don’t drive a Cadillac Escalade
I don’t think I own a yacht
I’ll just wanna be myself
And make do with what I got
I won’t worry about what they all say
I’ll just keep on laughing and keep my personality
Ya my personality…just gotta be me
Ya my personality…that’s all that counts
Ya my personality… (Pause)
Everyone around me…They all look the same
The make me a number…Cuz they can’t remember my name
I won’t worry about what they all do
I just let my personality shine through
I won’t worry about what they all say
I’ll just keep on laughing and keep my personality
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Pay No Mind
01:32
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Pay No Mind
I don’t mind, if you don’t mind
we’ll pay no mind at all (4x)
You take it on faith
You take it to the bank
You take it to the limit on an empty tank
Your ship has set sail
The check is in the mail
You keep on laughing even when you fail
Singing…
I don’t mind, if you don’t mind
we’ll pay no mind at all (2x)
Up is down
Gentle is rough
Left is right it’s all mixed up
Shaking my head
Tryin’ to think straight
When I see you smile everything is great
Bridge:
And it can’t rain all the time
The suns got to shine
Everything will all work out
Everything is fine
I don’t mind, if you don’t mind
we’ll pay no mind at all (4x)
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Naturally
03:02
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Naturally
When we first met I thought you were the one
(Man I was wrong)
We were together for 9 long years
(9 years too long)
20/20 vision in the rear-view mirror
(The past is always clearer...the past is always clear)
Ain't trying to hurt you...ain't trying to be mean
I don't need to try...It just comes naturally
Opposites attract but they don't last
(Good feelings fading fast)
9 long years man what was I thinking?
(Obviously not a lot...now my youth is shot)
Ain't trying to hurt you...ain't trying to be mean
I don't need to try...It just comes naturally
We were a waste of time....how could we be so blind
not to notice everything wasn't fine?
Ain't trying to hurt you...ain't trying to be mean
I don't need to try...It just comes naturally
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Wasted
01:56
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Wasted
You only got one shot
You only got one life
Don't Fuck it up...
You gotta...do it right
Have a good time...all the time
You don't always need the bottle
Slow it down...look around
Doesn't always have to be full throttle
Don't Waste it...By Stayin' Wasted
Twenty years are gone
Where did I go wrong
Livin' in an alcohol haze
& suddenly... I'm middle aged
Don't Waste it...By Stayin' Wasted
Then I woke to the sound of youth
It was callin' out my name
If I could go back
I would change one thing
I wouldn't Waste it...By Stayin' Wasted
Don't Waste it...By Stayin' Wasted
Don't Waste it...By Stayin' Wasted
Woo Oh... Woo Oh...wowoohoh
Don’t waste it!!!
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Shine On
03:56
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Shine On
Hey Mr. Madcap...Where have You Been?
Underneath the ocean with the terrapin...
Can't you face today?
You rode the octopus and you played the jug-band blues
Nowadays you just feel confused...
Can't you face today?
Won't you shine on...those day are all long gone
Won't you shine on my friend
Can you remember when you were at the gates of dawn?
That's just a memory now 'cuz those days are gone...
Can't you face today?
Won't you shine on...those day are all long gone
Won't you shine on my friend
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10. |
It's A Shame
02:54
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Goddam Shame
How come when we get older…
We’re always on the run
We’re too busy working for a living, to have any fun
When did it happen’?
It all went by so fast
No one ever warned us
That youth would never last
It’s a goddam shame how things must change
Nothin ever stays…stays the same
It a goddam shame how we rearrange things
Over complicate things…It’s complicated
It a goddam shame
I cannot remember
when we drifted a part
I think it was around the time
You ripped out my heart
It’s a goddam shame how things must change
Nothin ever stays…stays the same
It a goddam shame how we rearrange things
Over complicate things…It’s complicated
It a goddam shame
It’s a goddam shame…it’s a goddam shame
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11. |
G'Bye
02:32
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G'bye
Staring out my window...watching the world go by
The good the bad the ugly...the gossip and the lies
They'll push you round and drag you down and tear your world apart
I'm sick and tired and uninspired...it's time to say goodbye
I wanna go back to the day when things were okay
& nobody ever had to go away...
G'bye, g'bye, goodbye....
As we get a little older...we start setting with the sun
The simple things get harder & the colors they start to run
Memories they fade away & blue skies they turn to grey
I know life ain't easy..I'm just tryin' to find my way
I wanna go back to the day when things were okay
& nobody ever had to go away..
I wanna go back to the day when thing were okay
I wanna go back to yesterday
G'bye, g'bye, goodbye....
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