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1. |
Be Cool
02:42
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Try to be cool
Try to keep your shit together
When all you wanna do
Is scream every fucking letter
With an Oi
And a Hey
And perfect time for clapping
If you said your last words
Someone will pin it to your jacket
And it’s 1, 2, 3
Sneaking in cause it’s free
And it’s 4, 5, 6
Straight edge or straight blitzed
A terminal case
Could feel alive in this place
Oh please don’t send me home
Skinny ass punk
Going headlong in the middle
Took a fist and boot
Didn’t even hurt a little
With a Hey
And a Ho
Maybe a shot of Let’s Go
If you breath your last breath
I bet the devil got the record
And it’s 1, 2, 3
Sneaking in cause it’s free
And it’s 4, 5, 6
Straight edge or straight blitz
A terminal case
Could feel alive in this place
Oh please don’t send me home
And it’s 1, 2, 3
Sneaking in cause it’s free
And it’s 4, 5, 6
Straight edge or straight blitz
A terminal case
Could feel alive in this place
Oh please don’t send me home
Yeah 1, 2, 3
Sneaking in cause it’s free
And it’s 4, 5, 6
Straight edge or straight blitz
A terminal case
Could feel alive in this place
Oh please don’t send me
God I beg you
Keep the lights off
They can’t be through
Oh please don’t send me no
Please don’t send me home
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2. |
In My Head
03:48
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Saw your eyes the very first time
Turned away but then returned
And you saw mine
Can’t afford to get excited
Neither one of us had
Lucky on our side
Cause the ground is getting closer
Since we stepped out off the ledge
Hope to God there’s not a
Punishment
Tried at first to just ignore it
I’m sure the addict could have
Told me how that ends
It’s a dangerous liason
Wonder if we’ll be forgiven
For our sins
Cause the ground is getting closer
Since we stepped out off the ledge
Hope to God there’s not a
Punishment
And my heart is beating louder
Can’t make a word you said
But I think it went
Like this
You’re in my head
Tried resisting but you found a way instead
You’re in my head
If you don’t get out
I’m getting in
Cause the ground is getting closer
Since we stepped out off the ledge
Hope to God there’s not a
Punishment
And my heart is beating louder
Can’t make a word you said
But I swear it went
Like this
You’re in my head
Tried resisting but you found a way instead
You’re in my head
If you don’t get out
I’m getting in
If won’t give up
I’m giving in
You’re in my head
Tried resisting but you found a way instead
You’re in my head
If you don’t get out
I’m getting in
I’m getting in
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3. |
Miscellaneous
03:48
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We don’t fit in
We don’t have all that many friends
We’re Miscellaneous at best
And loosing the edge
Guess We’re not fun
Cause hardly anybody comes
No ones standing at the front
And someone’s leaving
Why the hell
Do we do this to ourselves
Simple fact
We can’t do nothing else
We don’t belong
Never stopped us from showing up
Never kept us from going on
We’ll see how long
We won’t give up
Just keep digging a deeper rut
You can’t lose what you haven’t got
And we got nothing
Why the hell
Do we do this to ourselves
Simple fact
We can’t do nothing else
And when we’re done
Success means someone took us home
Triumph if they put us on
And pumped the volume
We don’t fit in
Never accused of being hip
Rather just be what it is
And know it’s real
Why the hell
Do we do this to ourselves
Simple fact
We can’t do nothing else
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4. |
Home
03:08
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Fresh off the bus from nowhere
Never going back I swear and
You’d rather end it all
Then to go back home
Life’s rough when you can’t find yourself
Reach inside for something left
But it seems you pissed away everything that’s good
But 15th and Mission’s near
You can fix it up and the comforts here
But when she leaves you alone
It just bleeds your strength away
And there’ll be no solace here
No shelter from the cold
The plans you’ve made that fall so short
Then quickly disappear
Everything you’ve wanted
That you’ve worked for all your life
Just seem to slip away through your fingers
Like the sands of time
Now wipe your eyes away
Flesh is a commodity
Love is cheap but it ain’t free and
Things aren’t always what you thought they’d be
Now you’re living inside a spoon
And the warmth turns cold too soon
Too quickly as it starts to fade
Then the warmth gets sucked away
And there’ll be no solace here
No shelter from the cold
The plans you’ve made that fall so short
Then quickly disappear
Everything you’ve wanted
That you’ve worked for all your life
Just seem to slip away through your fingers
Like the sands of time
Now wipe your eyes away
Away…
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5. |
Cool Riffs
03:09
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I’m taking off
Don’t know where yet
Somewhere there’s a
Place for us
Cool riffs cool riffs
My headphones on
The sound it’s loud
Somewhere there’s a
Song for us
Cool riffs cool riffs
I’m taking off
Don’t know where yet
Somewhere there’s a
Place for us
Cool riffs cool riffs
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6. |
My Favourite Song
03:12
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I heard you on the radio
So glad I picked you up
Been driving so long
To the same old song
That tape cassette got stuck
From the very first verse
Till the time I cursed
God damn that sounds so good
You got the rhythm and soul
That makes me crawl
We aint even hit the hook
Our tastes the same
But I don’t even know your name
You’re my favourite song
But you’re my favourite song
Yeah you’re my favourite song
Tonight
I had to hear that voice again
So I hit to the record shop
Didn’t take much explaining
Till the clerk said babe
I know exactly what you want
It was a little bit used
And a little bit dirty
But damn that sounds so sweet
I don’t know every lyric
But I’m pretty sure I’m hearing
Just exactly what I need
And you aint so tight
But you come in the right time
You’re my favourite song
Yeah you’re my favourite song
And you’re my favourite song
Tonight
It might get loud
Let’s wear the needle out
You’re my favourite song
Yeah you’re my favourite song
Yeah you’re my favourite song
Tonight
And you’re my favourite song
Yeah your’re my favorite song
Yeah you’re my favourite song
Tonight
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Sha la la la
Sha la la la la
Sha la la la
Sha la la la la
Ships are docking
Planes are landing
A never ending supply
No more narco
No more gangster
Conservatives can cry
I took the law and threw it away
Cause there's nothing wrong
It's just for play
There's no law, no law anymore
I want to steal from the rich and
Give to the poor
A uh ha a ha
Sha la la la
Sha la la la la
Sha la la la
Sha la la la la
It was glowing, glowing, glowing
Glowing in the dark
It was sparkling, sparkling, sparkling
Sparking in the night
I took the law
I threw it away
Cause there's nothing wrong
It's just for play
There's no law, no law anymore
I want to steal from the rich and
Give to the poor
Winter turns to summer
Sadness turns to fun
Keep the faith, baby
You broke the rules and won
Keep it glowing, glowing, glowing
I'm not hurting anyone
Keep it glowing, smoking, glowing
I'm howling at the moon
I took the law & threw it away
Cause there's nothing wrong
It's just for play
There's no law, no law anymore
I want to steal from the rich and
Give to the poor
I’m smoking
Oh Baby
A uh ha a ha
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8. |
These Precious Sins
04:24
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Red packaging
Love letters turn out grey
Got a funny feeling
That something’s going to change
And those butterflies
They are fluttering
If giving in
Means losing everything
I’m giving in
Many slip
Between the cup and lip
These precious sins
My hands retrieving
Brought something to protect
When my lungs depleted
I lost every word I said
It was so simple
Now so complex
As you’re standing lashing
I’m just sitting politic
You got a funny way of
Making everybody sick
What did you think would happen
We’re no longer kids
If giving in
Means losing everything
I’m giving in
Many slip
Between the cup and lip
These precious sins
Like that time you wrote the answer
To the question on your arm
Still got it wrong
Just need to get admitted
Then you’ll make it up with charm
These precious sins
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9. |
Strawberry Kisses
05:26
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What’s a night out in this town
Because there’s nothing out at all
Where’s the good in a good time
Ain’t nothing good in what’s been done
Taking a ride to middle of nowhere
Screaming out loud in the silence of dead air
Breathing in breath at the end of a filter
Imagine this time it was somebody better
There’s a show in city
Have to sneak out after dark
21 and a cover
Guess the sneaking never stops
The music so loud but the crowd doesn’t hear it
Make the way down to front of the chaos
Never thought love could’ve happened so fast
Through the metal
and wire
and mesh
He gave her strawberry kisses
Now he’s tied to her lips for on
And now she’s one in a million
And this is one she’ll remember after all
Yeah strawberry kisses
Now there’s an autographed album
And a t-shirt barely fits
The band they never went back there
Don’t think they still even exist
But every so often look in the mirror
The bittersweet scar that a lover had given
Embarrassment ends when that record is spinning
Through the metal
and wire
and mesh
He gave her strawberry kisses
Now he’s tied to her lips for on
And now she’s one in a million
And this is one she’ll remember after all
He gave her strawberry kisses
Now he’s tied to her lips for on
And now she’s one in a million
And this is one she’ll remember after all
Yeah strawberry kisses
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