1- Welcome
2- Have you ever
3- Staring at the Sun
4- Pretty Fly
5- The Kids aren't Alright
6- Feelings
7- She's got Issues
8- Walla Walla
9- The End of the Line
10- No Brakes
11- Why don't you get a Job ?
12- Americana
13- Pay the Man
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Welcome
(????) 0'09
Welcome to Americana
Please make your selection
Followed by the pound sign
Now
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Have you ever
(????) 3'57
Falling, I'm falling (2x)
Have you ever walked through a room
But it was more like the room passed around you
Like there was a leash around your neck that pulled you through
Have you ever been at some place recognizing everybody's face
Until you realized that there was no one there you knew
Well I know, some days my soul's confined
And out of mind sleep forever
I know, some days I'm so outshined
And out of time, have you ever
Falling, I'm falling (2x)
Have you ever buried your face in your hands
'Cause no one around you understands
Or has the slightest idea what it is that makes you be
Have you ever felt like there was more
Like someone else was keeping score
And what could make you whole was simply out of reach
Well I know, someday I'll try again
And not pretend this time forever
I know, someday I'll get it straight
But not today, have you ever
Falling, I'm falling (2x)
Some days, my soul's confined and out of mind, sleep forever + (Falling,
I'm falling)
Some days, my darkest friend is me again, have you ever + (Falling,
I'm falling)
Someday I'll try again and not pretend this time forever + (Falling,
I'm falling)
Someday I'll get it straight but not today, have you ever + (Falling,
I'm falling)
<<<-SOLO->>>
When the truth walks away everybody stays
'Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay
So if you walk away, who is gonna stay
'Cause I'd like to think the world is a better place
When the truth walks away everybody stays
'Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay
So if you walk away, who is gonna stay
'Cause I'd like to make the world be a better place
When the truth walks away everybody stays
'Cause the truth about the world is that crime does pay
So if you walk away, who is gonna stay
'Cause I'd like to think the world is a better place
I'd like to leave the world as a better place
I'd like to think the world
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Staring at the Sun
(????) 2'13
Maybe life is like a ride on a freeway
Dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way
Everyone's around, but no one does a damn thing
It brings me down, but I won't let them
If I seem bleak
Well you'd be correct
And if I don't speak
It's 'cause I can't disconnect
But I won't be burned by the reflection
Of the fire in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun (5x)
Hey, when I ran I didn't feel like a runaway
Hey, when I escaped I didn't feel like I got away
Hey, there's more to living than only surviving
Maybe I'm not there, but I'm still trying
Though you hear me
I don't think that you relate
My will is something
That you can't confiscate
So forgive me, but I won't be frustrated
By destruction in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun (2x)
Hey, when I ran I didn't feel like a runaway
Hey, when I escaped I didn't feel like I got away
Hey, there's more to living than only surviving
Maybe I'm not there, but I'm still trying
Though you hear me
I don't think that you relate
My will is something
That you can't confiscate
So forgive me, but I won't be frustrated
By destruction in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun (2x)
Hey, maybe life is like a ride on a freeway
Hey, dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way
Hey, everyone's around, but no one does a damn thing
It brings me down, but I won't let them
If I seem bleak
Well you'd be correct
And if I don't speak
It's 'cause I can't disconnect
But I won't be burned by the reflection
Of the fire in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun (5x)
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Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
(????) 3'08
Give it to me baby, aha aha (3x)
And all the girlies say "pretty fly for a white guy"
1,2,3,4,5,5,6
You know it's kind of hard just to get along today
Our subject isn't cool but he fakes it anyway
He may not have a clue and he may not have style
But everything he lacks well he makes up in denial
So don't debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn't get it anyway
He's gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don't rate, just overcompensate
At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake
The world needs wannabe's
Hey hey, do that brand new thing
Give it to me baby, aha aha (3x)
And all girls say I'm pretty fly for a white guy
He needs some cool tunes not just any will suffice
But they didn't have ice cube so he bought vanilla ice
Now cruising in his pinto he sees homies as he pass
But if he looks twice they're gonna kick his lily ass
So don't debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn't get it anyway
He's gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don't rate, just overcompensate
At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake
The world loves wannabe's
Hey hey, do that brand new thing
Now he's getting a tattoo, yeah he's gettin' ink done
He asked for a 13, but they drew a 31
Friends say he's trying too hard and he's not quite hip
But in his own mind, he's the, he's the dopest trip
Give it to me baby, aha aha (3x)
1,2,3,4,5,5,6
So don't debate, a player straight
You know he really doesn't get it anyway
He's gonna play the field, and keep it real
For you no way, for you no way
So if you don't rate, just overcompensate
At least you'll know you can always go on Ricki Lake
The world needs wannabe's, the world loves wannabe's
Let's get some more wannabe's
Hey hey, do that brand new thing
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The Kids aren't Alright
(????) 3'00
When we were young the future was so bright, oh oh
The old neighborhood was so alive, oh oh
And every kid on the whole damn street, oh oh
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn, oh oh
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn, oh oh
How can one little street swallow so many lives
Chances thrown, nothing's free
Longing for, used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams, go !
Jamie had a chance, well she really did, oh oh
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids, oh oh
Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job, oh oh
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
Jay committed suicide, oh oh
Brandon od'd and died, oh oh
What the hell is going on ?
The cruelest dream, reality
Chances thrown, nothing's free
Longing for, used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams, go !
<<<-SOLO->>>
Chances thrown, nothing's free
Longing for, used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
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Feelings
(????) 2'51
Feelings, nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my feelings of hate
Imagine beating on your face
Trying to forget my feelings of hate
Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it
I wish I'd never met you
You'll make me sick again
Feelings, oh oh oh feelings
Oh oh oh feelings
Of hate on my mind
Feelings, feelings like I never liked you
Feelings like I want to kill you, live in my heart
Feelings, feelings like I wanna deck you
Feelings like I've gotta get you, out of my life
Feelings, oh oh oh feelings
Oh oh oh feelings
Hate's in my eyes
Feelings, oh oh oh feelings
Oh oh oh feelings
You're not very nice, go !
<<<-SOLO->>>
Feelings, oh oh oh feelings
Oh oh oh feelings
Hate's on my mind
Feelings, oh oh oh feelings -----------|2x
Oh oh oh feelings, get out of my life -|
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She's got Issues
(????) 3'49
I'm seeing this girl and she just might be out of her mind
Well she's got baggage and it's all the emotional kind
She talks about closure and that validation bit
I don't mean to be insensitive, but I really hate that shit
And I say, yeah yeah
Oh man she's got issues and I'm gonna pay, yeah yeah
She thinks she's the victim, yeah
Now I know she'll feel abandoned if I don't stay over late
And I know she's afraid to commit but it's only our second date
And I say, yeah yeah
Oh man she's got issues and I'm gonna pay, yeah yeah
She thinks she's the victim but she takes it all out on me
I don't know why you're messed up
I don't know why your whole life is a chore
Just do me a favor and check your baggage at the door
Now she talks about her ex nonstop, but I don't mind
But when she calls out his name in bed that's where I draw the line
You told me a hundred times how your father left and he's gone
But I wish you wouldn't call me daddy when we're gettin' it on
And I say, yeah yeah
Oh man she's got issues and I'm gonna pay, yeah yeah
She's playing the victim and taking it all out on me
Yeah yeah, my God she's got the issues and I'm gonna pay
Gonna pay (5x), uhh ahhh
If you think I'm controlling
Then why do you follow me around
If you're not co-dependent
Then why do you let others drag you down
I don't know why you're messed up
I don't know why your whole life is a chore
Just do me a favor and check your baggage at the door
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Walla Walla
(????) 2'55
1 and 2 and 3 and 4
And 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 (2x)
And 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1
Goodbye my friend, you've messed up again
You're going to prison, you're off to the pen
You've gotten off easy so many times
I guess no one told you how to get a life
The judge wasn't lenient like he was before
You got three to five and a kick out the door
The public defender really did try
Too little, too late, you didn't get a life
Hey, in Walla, I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist ? Well, not this time
Hey, in Walla, I'll see you in Walla Walla
Folsom prison is the destination
Hey, in Walla, I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist ? Well, not this time
In the scheme of life, we're all just brothers
Rehabilitate with all the others, oh
Well, I'll see ya
That car looked so tempting, so easy to drive
Just like that apartment that you burglarized
You started to run, but didn't get far
'Cause under your arm was a vcr
Hey, in Walla, I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist ? Well, not this time
Hey, in Walla, I'll see you in Walla Walla
Folsom prison is the destination
Hey, in Walla, I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist ? Well, not this time
In the scheme of life, we're all just brothers
Rehabilitate with all the others, oh
Well, I'll see ya
I'm innocent, I didn't do it
I did do nothing there
It is bullshit
Ho ho, not this time my friend
You'll be in lockdown by ten
I'm afraid you can't talk your way out of this one son
Now 4 walls are your 24 hour-a-day, constant companions
Hey, in Walla, I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist ? Well, not this time
Hey, in Walla, I'll see you in Walla Walla
Folsom prison is the destination
Hey, in Walla, I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist ? Well, not this time
In the scheme of life, we're all just brothers
Rehabilitate with all the others, oh
Well I'll see ya, well I'll see ya
Have a nice day
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The End of the Line
(????) 3'02
When the siren's flash is gone
And we're left to carry on
All the memories are too few
When the pastor's music plays
And that casket rolls away
I could live again if you
Just stay alive for me
Please stay now, you left me here alone
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own
Make it on my own
It's the end of the line, oh oh oh (2x)
Now that you are dead and gone
And I'm left to carry on
I could never smile 'cause you
Won't stay alive for me
Please stay now, you left me here alone
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own
Make it on my own
It's the end of the line, oh oh oh (2x)
Finally, your final resting day is without me
I weep and think of brighter days, what about me ?
You can't take back, the one mistake
That still lives on after life it takes
In that one day, that changed our lives
And bitter memories are left behind
You can't take back, the one mistake ----| + (Ohh ohh)
That still lives on after life it takes -|
In that one day, that changed our lives -| + (Ohh ohh)
And bitter memories are left behind -----|
Oh yeah
Please stay now, you left me here alone -----| + (Ohh ohh)
It's the end of the line --------------------|
Please stay, I can't make it on my own ------| + (Ohh ohh)
Make it on my own, it's the end of the line -|
Please stay now, you left me here alone -----| + (Ohh ohh)
It's the end of the line
Please stay, I can't make it on my own + (Ohh ohh)
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No Brakes
(????) 2'02
"Thank you, one moment please"
Lay awake I don't give a shit
If I even ever wake up in the morning
Down below, there's a pile of sin
Always waiting for a waiting for a warning
Burned at the stake, inside I'm blistering
Not a whisper looking in you'd never know it
Miles below, I look up again
When you snap they say before you never show it
Someone said it's all right
Save it now, don't say it for my sake
Someone said it's all right
Faster now, you know I got no brakes
No brakes
Fuses glow, wounds festering
Till the wind comes up and takes it to the last pow
Back and forth, staring at the wall
This room's a cage, I know that something's got to give now
Lay awake I don't give a shit
If I even ever wake up in the morning
Down below, there's a pile of sin
Always waiting for a waiting for a warning
Someone said it's all right
Save it now, don't say it for my sake
Someone said it's all right
Faster now, you know I got no brakes
No brakes
Someone said it's all right -----------|
Save it now, don't say it for my sake -|2x
Someone said it's all right -----------|
Faster now, you know I got no brakes --|
No brakes (3x)
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Why don't you get a Job ?
(????) 2'52
My friend's got a girlfriend man he hates that bitch
He tells me every day
He says "man I really gotta lose my chick
In the worst kind of way"
She sits on her ass, he works his hands to the bone
To give her money every payday
But she wants more dinero just to stay at home
Well my friend, you gotta say
I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way
Why don't you get a job ?
Say no way, say no way ya, no way
Why don't you get a job ?
I guess all his money, well it isn't enough
To keep her bill collectors at bay
I guess all his money, well it isn't enough
'Cause that girl's got expensive taste
I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way
Why don't you get a job ?
Say no way, say no way ya, no way
Why don't you get a job ?
Well I guess it ain't easy doing nothing at all, oh yeah
But hey man free rides just don't come along every day
Let me tell you about my other friend now
My friend's got a boyfriend, man she hates that dick
She tells me every day
He wants more dinero just to stay at home
Well my friend, you gotta say
I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way
Why don't you get a job ?
Say no way, say no way ya, no way
Why don't you get a job ?
I won't give you no money, always pay
Why don't you get a job ?
Say no way, say no way ya, no way
Why don't you get a job ?
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Americana
(????) 3'14
Well I'd like to tell you all about my dream it's a place
Where strip malls abound and diversion's mere moments away
Where culture's defined by the ones least refined
And you'll be left behind if you don't fit in
It's all distorted in americana my way
Well fuck you ! Oh oh oh
Well my dream has come true, oh oh oh
My vision has come true
Now give me my cable, fast food, four-by's that's right away
I want it right now 'cause my g-generation don't like to wait
My future's determined by thieves, thugs and vermin
It's quite an excursion but it's okay
Everything's backwards in americana my way
Well fuck you ! Oh oh oh
Well my dream has come true, oh oh oh
My vision has come true
Yeah, it's all coming true
I'm a product of my environment
Don't blame me, I just work here
But I wanna fuck you !
My rights are denied by those least qualified
Trading profit for pride but it's, it's okay
Everything's backwards in americana my way
Well fuck you ! Oh oh oh
My nightmare has come true, oh oh oh
My nightmare has come true
Yeah, it's all coming true (2x)
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Pay the Man
(????) 8'08/10'18
See the way the wind blows
Lives are intertwined
Watch the way the world goes
The man deals out our plight
Jester in the corner
Laughs without a sound
Jester in the corner
Malady abounds in our souls
In our souls, in our souls
See the way the sun sets
Twilight of this life
The man is making little bets
Playing with our lives
All that I believe now
Anything is possible
A simple explanation
For the evil in this world
And in our souls, in our souls
In our souls (2x)
Oh oh, ohhh
Come down to sorry and sable
It's always the man
It's always keeping you down
Bow down 'cause I see it before me
Shadow and light
That always keeps you running
Oh oh, shut up you talk too much
Oh oh oh, pay the man, oh yeah
Oh oh, shut up you talk too much
Oh oh oh, no, no, no
Look at you and your struggle for freedom
But you ain't nothing
We all pay the man for living
Wouldn't it be nice for a change now
To be unchained
My life is for me now
But this is life, this is life
This is life (2x)
Pay the man, no (4x)
Oh oh, shut up you talk too much
Oh oh oh, pay the man, oh yeah
Oh oh, shut up you talk too much
Oh oh oh, no !
Oh oh oh oh (2x)
Oh oh oh oh, no, no (2x)
Oh oh, shut up you talk too much
Oh oh oh, pay the man, oh yeah
My life is for me, oh oh oh