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b>1. Good Luck tripped one day in the middle of the road no one saw me, no one told me not to go and so i fell the sky felt tight in the middle of the night but i kept walking no one told me not to sigh 'cause i can't go back the clouds pulled my hair and called me names i just closed my eyes and lied "it'll all be over before you know it" well the rain dried up and the nightmares ran you said you could finally smile again it feels good to be home you gave me a flower, yellow, sunburned skin said "good morning, sunshine, it'll all be over soon" wake up good luck good morning i'm so glad to see your face wake up good luck good morning we're gonna make it just you wait i feel so alive good morning sunshine 2. An Early Ending i can't wait for you to say those words that you know i want to hear you kept the worst in a frame by some books and i know that you can't go on it's not like this is the end of it you can't find that if you never did begin to hope in the first place you might never know the truth i don't know you don't know we might never know if it is how we think or what we do the night set your eyes to rest while the moon held your silhouette like a painting on your bed and when i got back you were lost in the caverns of a another endless thought that you keep in your dreams you keep some sunlight in your camera just in case if tomorrow the sun doesn't wake and i held my breath and watched as time took the seconds from my hands but that ain't all, no no that's not it 3. Play Three Again bright day, blue sky, sunshine remember what they told you forever's never if you ever leave it up to you fuck that i'm gonna forget this saturday in the middle of august three steps from a sudden death but the sidewalk is my friend for now, i'll wait i'll count the clouds from a broken gate 'til the neighbors call me names and tell me how they hate how i changed so much i used to smile alot and talk about love but now i'm all alone and my hair is so long so long i'll see you in a month or two don't write to me, i won't write about you and put it in a song vailed in pretty words and chords hey how are you the sex was great and i miss the nights don't forget to turn the tv off if you think you're wrong then you might be right about yesterday and the summer that you lost but keep on smiling, 'cause this is what you wanted bright day, blue sky, sunshine remember how they fooled you today's not over if tomorrow's still a word you use fuck that i'm gonna end this sick sigh from the light they brought us three nights a week i can't sleep eyes wide open while i think of you for now, i'll wait i'll count the stars from a broken gate 'til the neighbors call me names and tell me how they hate how i changed so much i used to smile alot and talk about love but now i'm all alone and my hair is so long so long i'll see you in a month or two don't write to me, i won't write about you and put it in a song vailed in pretty words and chords hey how are you the sex was great and i miss the nights don't forget to turn the tv off if you think you're wrong then you might be right about yesterday and the summer that you lost but keep on smiling, 'cause this is what you wanted i'm not sure if you remember me but if you do then you might see this is the end 4. July july you've never seen the sunlight so i'll tell you what we're gonna do grab my hand, hold it as tight as you can and don't let go so we drove, we drove all night you kept your eyes closed the whole time and when we got there you were so suprised "I have seen this before" you said then you realized what i meant it was beautiful it was the kind of thing that makes six hour drives worth while july you've never seen the stars fall so tonight we're gonna sleep out on the lawn the fireflies might kiss your cheek, but don't you worry, they're not mean and the moon will be here all night to sing us both to sleep july you've never understood life so you read books and stay inside well tomorrow i'm taking all your windows away so you can feel the wind through your hair so you'll touch the sky again and i try my best to see beauty in death love and living i found it in these songs it helps my heart go on i'm gonna call this home 'cause it just feels right and i know i belong won't you be my sunlight 5. Still Life parted lips, two eyes too tight remember all of the lines it's so hard to keep a straight face when i'm talking to myself sunset in a solemn way headlights on the overpass if it gets worse you don't have to stay any longer than you please sit tight, don't make a move you were always one to let it come to you sometimes that doesn't work sometimes you gotta stand up and shake that ass false hopes in a well lit room dead dreams on a photograph i could let it get to me like it gets to you but i think i'll leave it in the past you can't blame me for giving up so fast new lies won't stop the crowd it's just another thursday night but i'm gonna grow out my hair throw yesterday to the wind i'm gonna move out west, leave this still life new shoes on an old wood floor you're counting on the next ten minutes gonna stop time, gonna get the girl but this isn't television, kid brown eyes in a white walled room colorblind with a thing for music you say "love" is your favorite word but you never find the time to use it scraped kness in some new old jeans you bought 'em at a store downtown they don't make you any younger but you like how they feel on the skin that you hold so close insecure, but you think no no one knows what it's like to want to live and die at the same time you can't blame me for giving up so fast new lies won't stop the crowd it's just another thursday night but i'm gonna grow out my hair throw yesterday to the wind i'm gonna move out west, leave this still life new words on a plain white page old songs on the radio found love on friday night to think you didn't want to go touched lips on another's skin small words in a big blue sky i hated life before i found that song now everything's alright you can't blame me for giving up so fast new lies won't stop the crowd it's just another thursday night but i'm gonna grow out my hair throw yesterday to the wind i'm gonna move out west, leave this still life 6. Sidewalk Sing Along well we could take off each other's clothes or be best friends in the middle of the road or we could just talk shit about tomorrow and it how it never adds up well we could touch lips for the hell of it it's a nice day and we're just kids there's nothing to do anyway in this town made for two i don't know what you meant but i know what you said about the big nights about the blue sky and the indifferent way you talk about the past you like maybe you should write a book about it or a song that we'll all sing along to with la da da i'm so damn glad you moved to the city and that's too bad you lost what you loved it's an ugly world but you can smile all you want well here we are in the back of your car our hands move to the beat of our hips no one has to know the truth about this we we're "just out for a walk and a kiss or two" i'll tell you girl you do a number on me with those eyes i swear you stole from the sky all i need, is you tonight i don't know what you meant but i know what you said about the big nights about the blue sky and the indifferent way you talk about the past you like maybe you should write a book about it or a song that we'll all sing along to with la da da i'm so damn glad you moved to the city and that's too bad you lost what you loved it's an ugly world but you can smile all you want won't you meet at the sidewalk if you want i know you know the whole truth and nothing but the someone said you were leaving town soon well if so then i am too yeah we're a mess but that's fine 'cause it's me and you well we could climb trees and lay in their leaves they won't mind as long as we ask nice you won't mind as long as i ask nice or so i'm told well we could carve hearts out of falling stars chase the wind down the winding streets ride in cars for hours to nowhere we're a mess, but that's fine, 'cause it's you and me we're a mess, but that's fine we don't need no time to keep up with the days you keep telling your lies i'll keep singing these shitty love songs 7. Slow Songs On Saturday slow songs on saturday are just better when we've got each other sunsets, they don't matter when our eyes, they cross, in this weather tonight i'm gonna be alive for one last time forget your paper and pen 'cause this is what dreams are made of slow songs on saturday are good even when the days are leaving you can bet i'll be stealing that look in your eyes 'cause you don't need it as much as me, i'm a sad excuse for a soul 'cause when we say goodbye i never want you to go it's not like i'm asking for forever just for now, 'til whenever slow songs on saturday are what i need when it's rained all week 'cause the clouds came down and kept me in my door stayed shut, the windows wouldn't bend so i painted you some sunsets on my walls you should really come see them they're just for you kid yeah i painted you sunsets on a white wall canvas yeah, they're just for you kid this one's for you 8. Tuesday hey, it would be great if you could come by on tuesday "i'm not sure about the weather but i think i might be on time" oh, oh no, don't you fret about that today's today, yesterday is the past you love to listen and sing but you hate the way the future sounds hey, it would be fine if you want to come over at nine we can lay on the floor and watch a movie that we've already seen or we can talk and touch with the radio on we'll wait for a while 'til they play our song then we'll dance oh (my god) we'll dance 'til the moonlight's gone we shake our hips and bite our lips city nights, bike rides, and a simple sigh i don't know if hell exists, but i sure as hell don't care right now hey, it would be nice if you could forget all my lies 'cause i'm all grown up now and hate the way they taste i used to think i was lost 'til "the middle" saved my life oh, if you only knew how often i used to stare at my own two feet and i'd go, la da i'm not ready for this la da i'm not ready for this uh uh uh oh no 9. Lady Luck it's raining, you're pretty i'm thinking we should take a trip to the city tonight just you and me, babe lovely dress, unforgettable lips the way you lose your nerve when we kiss it's all i can do to not pull down the sunburned sky for you i remember when you traded in your summers for simple songs and nothing mores picket fences were your favorite but now you settle for the road signs seattle's not too far to drive with lady luck on your side you can do as you please just don't forget to look both ways and call when you arrive and please remember, "i told you so" isn't just a figure of speech 10. Twenty Two you said i hate guitar but i love piano so i, i wrote you this song i hope you know i didn't know you're name before this so i made one up and just in case if you hated all the days i listed all the seasons instead because there's nothing like a kiss from the summer or a dance in the fall's calm rain sing along, sing whatever you want just please please sing with me i got a few reasons why you should be leaving that town of yours and come to Tennessee the weathers nice but we could stay inside and paint pictures of everything we see i think you know why i threw those hopes to the sky i think you did the same when i wasn't looking when the world ends i wonder if the sky will be blue or some sort of grey and if happen if i happen to live 'til then will even matter to me and when you wake up i wonder if you think of me if not then you should probably start 'cause then we'd be doing the same i said goodbye to you 22 times you were still asking why why why goodbye 11. All Alright i'm sorry for waking you, love it's just that i am scared about tomorrow tell me it will be alright oh oh oh i knew that's what you would say you like seasons but hate the rain oh oh oh spring will be here in just a few days i hope i can make it i give you sunsets you run with me when the wind won't let up and sometimes when you're sleeping i lie and watch your dreaming come alive while the shadows dance on our window pane oh oh oh i hope you don't hate me tomorrow for what i did today i lost the light and begged for rain oh oh oh won't you say "don't have a thing, for the sunlight, you're my sunshine, i love, and yes it will all be alright 12. The Good Side karma caught up last week no one said a word the lights died you could feel fear through the whole damn room i placed my bets on the ghost you kept your hands at your side you can't see what you don't know so keep your eyes and lips shhhh if you wanted to find the good side well i'm sorry love the sun doesn't shine for you pretty people at the steeple passing paper off for a god believe what you will but don't come back i'll stick with life love and lust should have took that midnight train can't recall my own last lie but that's for the better if worse comes to worst we'll shut this engine down these nashville streets are lost in the things we knew we thought we knew save the sad songs for the trip back we got three or more 'til tomorrow finds us here pretty people at the steeple passing paper off for a god believe what you will but don't come back i'll stick with life love and lust 13. Encore! Encore! epically forgotten wearing next to nothing the lights keep telling you otherwise you made it this far but beginnings don't tell the truth your best friends are the worst liars so i'll be waiting for the encore give it your all, they're all watching now collapsed, repeated, beat down, decieted it's the middle of the night where are you? i can't say i'm too suprised if it's nevermore then go to hell i'll see you when i get there, on the other side of what was never meant to be do his lips taste sweet like wine? and does he kiss you in the middle of the night? when your voice gone from all those shots pretty's just a point in time i hope the memory of the lies you keep haunts you til you die so i'll be waiting for your "i'm so sorry this is not the way i meant to be, it's just that sometimes it's hard for me to sleep or even tell if i'm alive well welcome to the real word your television's nice but only tells you lies yeah the grass is green but there is no other side and you can count the days all you want but they're never gonna add up your life isn't a problem you just don't know how to live it right 14. Swingset Song two kids are on a swingset outside by me and you and i can't quite place where i placed my keys the sun is setting the moon is bright tonight and i love the shadow our hands cast by the trees the leaves don't fall anymore 'cause it's summer thank god for that and i could run away, i've got legs for that but i've got a home now and i like it here the birds outside my door sing me to sleep i'm sure to thank them everynight and keep in touch with the friends i thought i'd lost somehow i always find them where i left them i'm beginning to think my parents were right all along i used to be scared of love but now i keep it close, without it we would all forget to breathe fairly soon i want to move to a small house on the coast just because the ocean's so damn pretty like a flower pedal lost in the wind's relentless gust i've forgotten where i'm from but still have hope that i'll find myself a new life not too different from the old where i'll laugh and get lost some more and we'll still have inside jokes and i'll still be so forgetful and we'll trade in all our money for the simple things they say dreams are uncertain i say lies are overrated we should bury them and smile a little more 'cause if there's one thing i've learned from being young and insecure it's you don't need no money to live and be happy just find some friends and forget all the worst 15. Love Is Free wake up love "it's too early, i'm not ready for today" i know my bags are packed but that don't mean that i want to leave you are so pretty in that blue dress we bought downtown last night was perfect so we took pictures just in case if we grow old and can't remember our own names at least we can look back at the best night of our lives here's to yesterday so won't you come a little closer we've got about another hour before the big jet plane sails me away to that awful city it's pouring rain from the pitch black sky but you're still so pretty lovely little smiles from the corner of my eye i'll miss those the most ms. saturday smile if i promise you sunshine bottle caps, broken shoelace tied fake shapes in irridescent light cold clothes and the dryer's closed new love on an old dirt road sand castles in the winter's snow flying kites when the wind won't blow save a little of that seat for me your sweater cost money, but your love is free don't worry kid, i know it's not early i'll close all the blinds we can sleep through sunday we'll make this last 'cause we can and it just feels right 16. Old Clothes Atlantic you're standing in the doorway i'm shivering cold, worried about the car ride over your sister brought your old clothes i'm sure the atlantic can't wait to have you don't forget to set your clocks back and please call me when you get there i'll leave the light on everynight just in case if you get scared the look in your eyes was timeless when i said those words "i won't say goodbye, but please know i love you" winter had left the windows frostbit so i drew some dreams i had on the ones facing the parking lot the sunrise reminded me of your smile and how the photos could never make up for it you say it's just miles and a few months "i'll be back before you know it" well i'll be waiting here on purpose so don't you leave me guessing too long darling, don't you go the months have faded slowly but surely the moonlit balcony hasn't been the same i've left the doors unlocked just hoping that maybe you might get back early i haven't slept a wink for eight weeks the voices outside calm me down i've done my best to miss the sunsets because i miss you, my morning sunshine from the west please come home soon 17. Easy Lie what if the sun fell from the sky would you run or try and catch it with those hands you like to write with say you're pretty let's get fucked up and waste the night away i've got the time if you don't well just pretend you do 'cause yeah it's good to be kind and yeah i love being right but sometimes wrong turns can lead you to city lights easy is as easy does we're the kids that no one loves but we're doing just fine we've got tomorrow and our lovely lies give us a kiss, we'll make a list of the things we've seen and when we get back you can tell them but they won't believe i don't know if you remember the words or the way we used to spend the days well if you do, just keep 'em to you 'cause i don't need them anymore 18. Curtain Call god came down in the middle of the day a kid with a camera caught it all on tape everyone was clapping, singing songs of glory and praise they didn't seem to notice wires hanging from the clouds the lights were too bright but they made it worth while 'cause it was kinda like a movie where the curtain call raises the crowd lightning bolts fell like rain from above but they were just effects so no one got hurt it's funny just to think that maybe, just maybe we're all wrong so you can read your books and i'll question all the words i'm not saying you're a liar but the proof is no good for me, maybe i'm just too naive. but at least i'll admit i'm flawed yeah i've a pointed a finger or pushed off the blame but the reasons that you're breathing they just ain't the same as you say you can't pray for truth with those lies in your hands i love you but you're afraid of saying that back just because i don't believe in all the same fairytales as you doesn't mean i'm so bad the future's all you have if you forget the past so why not forgive and make the memories last it's not up to me or a bible tale you're the one that moves your feet so you can follow any path, roadsign or white lie stumble forward, fall in love, chase the clouds, close your eyes anything anyway you want, just don't let me or a book someone else wrote make up your mind you can't pray for truth with a lie in your hand you don't need a miracle to save a life you'll never be able to relive yesterday so go ahead and enjoy today while you can 19. Virginia well virginia came down the stairs said "i have something to say, i love you anyway" i opened my eyes and blew a kiss from the old couch we found on the side of the road this apartment has dirty steps and a few broken windows but it's the only place i could ever call home i used to know your first name but forgot it twice on purpose when you said you had to go it's not like the summer lasts all year july left me here without you the sun is gone, the stars all fell i can't get to sleep tonight and if you were here it would all be alright i told you not to laugh when i said you looked beautiful but you did it anyway our old friends all left this town but we liked the sound of it so we just stayed let's dance let's dance around the yard clap our hands until we are gone 20. Heaven, Hell And Tomorrow they say that one day the world's supposed to end but i'm pretty sure it already did i can see it in your eyes, i can see it in the way you wave your hand they say that one day we will all see his face but what about those of us who have all lost our faith we traded in our bibles for the taste of sex and sweet of untold sin one day you learned how to spell heaven the next you told me to go to hell well it's the hypocrites that sink on ships so i hope to see you smile when you go down when you go down oh no oh oh no look at that all you have left is the past one day you learned how to spell forgotten the next you left me with open hands so i swore from that point on i'd always stand alone like a boat or a well crafted star in the middle of the ocean just as long as it's far from your reach, you can't see those words didn't mean... a damn thing to you, but they meant the world to me oh no oh oh no hand claps won't save you now your love is just a lie all you want is summer, but it's the middle of winter and you hate the sound of "home" they say that one day we will all die alone but what about those of us who just refuse to go we hate the thought of dying so we lie and say it won't come they say that one day peace will be present but i don't see how when we've got a liar for a president the revolution's here, we just have to stand they say that one day the world's supposed to end but i'm pretty sure it already did i can see it in your eyes, i can see it in the way you wave your hand oh no oh oh no hand claps won't save you now your love is just a lie all you want is summer, but it's the middle of winter and you hate the sound of "home" the night's too dark the day's too light either way you hate them both it's not matter of getting out it's the thought of nowhere to go goddamn we did it again we made though they said we wouldn't goddamn we did it again we made it though they left us for dead i believe this calls for a celebration so raise your glasses and calm your nerves it's just a night like any other but let's give them something to remember well goddamn we did it again we made it though they left us for dead goddamn i can't wait to wake up to tomorrow you wanted a miracle well a goddamn miracle's what you're gonna get well i'm gone for now but not for good yeah we're gone for now but not for good yeah it'll be a while but you can bet i'll be back just keep your eyes toward the sun and this song in your head keep your eyes toward the sun and this song in your head B-SIDES Names In Boxes when i said that we were leaving i didn't think you didn't believe me but your hands took the clouds and turned them into light we should put our names in boxes pack them away for a while and move somewhere west like arizona or anywhere just along as it's not here there we were calm, collected, lovely bright eyed with our shoes in our hands the rain came down, you said the sky was falling so we sang a song about summer and just danced oh, i'm so glad we're here we made it even though they fucked us over goes to show destiny is a lie when you've got love you don't need luck from a four leaf clover easy does it believeing is too easy just because they've got some years on you doesn't mean they are right anyone can say some words from a scripture or a book but it takes a movement to hit a switch and spread the light you cry for a revolution but then you close your eyes so tell me why are you asking "why" see it takes hope to have hope and love to spread love peace can't come from a gun in your hand no more worrying let's lay and let it be here we are resolute, alive and fine today's a word we should all hold onto we need to take our time and run with it instead of waiting for a sign no more worrying let's lay and let it be Lyrics > Good Morning, Sunshine | Return to Lyrics Page | |||||||||
