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Runaway TrainCall you up in the middle of the night Like a firefly without a light
You
were there like a blowtorch burning I was a key
that could use a little turning So tired that I
couldn't even sleep So many secrets I couldn't keep I promised myself I wouldn't weep
One
more promise I couldn't keep It seems no one can
help me now, I'm in too deep, there's no way out This time I have really led myself astray
Runaway
train, never going back Wrong way on a one-way
track Seems like I should be getting somewhere Somehow I'm neither here nor there MiseryThey say misery loves
company We could start a company and make misery Frustrated, Incorporated ... Frustrated Incorporated
Well I know just what you need I
might just have the thing I know what you'd pay to
see Put me out of my misery
BittersweetheartWhy you always want to get the best of me I'm like a seeing-eye dog and I can't even see They're naked and they're following my master who is blind And my mind's gone to pieces, I could use some piece of mind So I picked up the pieces and I made a new start Stole an old stiletto, started stabbing in the dark I can't live without it, I would surely fall apart But it's hard to make arrangements 'round a bittersweetheart Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart Better get yourself a little street smart Bittersweetheart, sad but true It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure It's just my bittersweetheart it's like a suicide mission when you can't see no end Tired of compliment-fishing and impressing your friend I never kissed no one just to kiss and tell It's a little bit of heaven and a whole lot of hell In the eye of the beholder is a beautiful start But you always seem to end up with a bittersweetheart There's a darkness looming but the sun is shining bright I can live to see the morning if I stay up all night Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart Without a shortcut, without a head-start Bittersweetheart, sad but true It's a bittersweetheart that's a hard heart to cure My bittersweetheart it's the hardest part Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart Are you in there, are you beating Beating me up until I'm bleeding How much blood can you spare Bittersweetheart, bittersweetheart Think just a drink might get you to the good part Lyin' in bed just a'wonderin' what to do, It's a bittersweetheart that'a a hard heart to cure In time inside you find you always wind up with a bittersweetheart
Caged RatWhy don't you go home and crawl into your hole Why don't you go home and spend some time alone In the corner I looked across the room To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon Caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat Rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat In the corner I looked across the room In the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon Caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat Rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat Why don't you go home and crawl into your hole Why don't you go home and spend some time alone From the corner I looked across the room To the other corner, I knew I'd be there soon Caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat Rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat, caged rat
Eyes Of A ChildShe had 13 kids, each one had 13 problems Three uppers, ten downers, just to put up with this And she don't know which children belong to which father But she loves them all anyway and they each get a kiss And the toilet ain't flushing and the toaster is smoking The vacuum don't suck but it needs a new belt But she saw the world through the eyes of a child And remembers how good it was and how good it felt He picked up the paper from the bitter cold morning He had just gone to sleep, he had to get up for work By morning he's a watchman and by night he's a waiter In the late afternoon he works as a clerk And he can't pay the doctor bills, he just can't afford the pills The car's repossesed and the child support's due But he saw the world through the eyes of a child Big problems seem smaller and old things seem new She was just six when she turned her first trick Now she's thirteen and it don't make her sick And she does lots of crystal and she owns her own pistol Got a goldfish named Silver and a pimp who's named Rick And some are like customers and some are like patients She'd have gone back to school if she'd just had the patience But she saw the world through the eyes of a child None of the nightmares, and nothing to deny She saw the world through the eyes of a child Yes she's seen it all and she knows they're all lies
Just Like AnyoneShe walks into the outhouse The cold night breathes into her face The flies are standing still now The moon it spills through the place And she starts wondering it's like to be liked by everyone And like everyone be just like anyone And just wants to be so just like anyone She reaches through the darkness Her fingers touch the porcelain seat She spins and pulls her pants down The cold air holds her like a theif She starts wondering what they mean, do they just mean to be mean And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen And trying not to seem so just like anyone The door comes screeching open She walks into the evening air She disappears in the darkness All that's left's the faint smell of her hair She's done wondering what it's like to be liked by everyone And like everyone be just like anyone And just wants to be so just like anyone And wondering what they mean, do they just mean to be mean And thinking about the scene, do they just want to be seen And trying not to seem so just like anyone, just like anyone, ...
Tell Me WhenShe's all by herself at the end of the day She'd talk to herself but wouldn't know what to say Wrings her hands and steps out of the bath The mirror laughs and splits her in half She looks around the room, at her carpeted tomb Threw the phone on the floor, left the keys in the door Tell me when, tell me when Tell me when, when does life begin She got in the car and looked up at the stars And made a wish, she held her breath and considered death And in the rearview mirror, she looked back on her reflection She was a long way from she wanted to be And a long way from perfection Tell me when, tell me when Tell me when, when does life begin She chickened out and she called triple-A And told them the way After she paid they fixed the car She got on her way and she drove past the bar Where no one bought her a drink at She always though it was 'cause she was too fat And now she knows those places blow Or maybe it was her nose Tell me when, tell me when Tell me when, when does life begin
Nothing To Write Home AboutDear mother, what can I say? It's been so long since I went away And yes, I miss the comforts of home But I guess I'm better off on my own No one told me people could be so cruel Nobody told me about any of this in school Still nobody understands the things that I don't understand I've nothing to write home about Nothing I have figured out Still I have the same old doubts Nothing to write home about Dear John, that ain't my name! I'm just hangin' 'round to take the blame I'm filled with guilt, I'm filled with shame Too much or not enough it's all the same And no one wants to talk about the loss No one wants to talk about the cost Every one just looks away, just like any other day I've nothing to write home about Nothing I have figured out Still I have the same old doubts Nothing to write home about Who can teach me how to change my ways Who will come and save the day Who will tell me what to say When there's nothing left to say Nobody told me about any of this in school No one told me I'd be taken for a fool And everyone just looks away, and tries to make it through the day I've nothing to write home about Nothing I have figured out Still I have the same old doubts Nothing to write home about
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