Everything I Long For 

Bad As They Seem 4:33 

Girl of my dreams
Things are as bad as they seem 
She is only sixteen
That's why she's only a dream 
Woman of my dreams
Lives right down my street 
Has a daughter who's sixteen
That's why she's only a dream 
CHORUS:
What do I do this for
Got to get out some more
Go down to the grocery store
Meet someone I'll adore
Someone who'll make me laugh
Someone to be my better half
Keep me warm under the sack
Share with me my midnight snack
Job of my dreams
Things are as bad as they seem
Working where I did at fourteen
Making less pay it seems
(chorus)
House of my dreams
Things are as bad as they seem
My parent's house I'll stay for free
Until I'm at least fourty-three
(chorus)




In September 2:40

I don't need to 
take this shit from you
I don't want you calling me up at two
Just to tell me that some guy you met who
While at a party told you that he loved you
I don't need to know this, need to know this
I don't want to know this, want to know this
Tell me the way they are with you
Tell me exactly what they do
things that you say don't need a proof
if what I have is love for you then what's the use?
I don't need to take this shit from you
I don't want you calling me about two
Just to tell me that some guy you met who
While at a party came just looking at you
We never should have said that in September
We shouldn't go away but stay together
Tell me the way to be with you
Tell me exactly what to do
Things that you say don't make it through
if what I have is love for you
for you...
for you...
ALTERNATES: These lines are under debate, far as I know....
Things that you say don't need a proof ...OR...
Things that you say don't make it through ...OR...
Things that you say don't need approve
If what I have is love for you ...OR...
And would I have this much to lose




We Don't Mind

It was a Tuesday morning, November
I slept at your house the night before
We couldn't wait to get up to go for
A big breakfast in an old fashioned diner
A full meal, six coffee refills later
We both have to be at work in an hour
Let's call in sick I suggest to her
I'll call your boss and tell her that you're under
The weather you'll call mine you will tell her
That I'm very sick and that you're my mother
So we walk down the street
Looking for a phone booth we
Rehearse what we're going to say
So that we can have this day... away
We find a phone booth with room for two
I call your boss and I don't speak the truth
They're pretty mad about you but they'll get through
You call my work in my mother's voice they believe you
And it starts to rain outside
In our phone booth we hide
It doesn't let up until five
Squished together we don't mind
We don't mind 




Tragedy 3:56

Broken bottle won't hurt me
Nothing worse than I have dreamed
Gunshot in my chest you'll leave
I can take that you will see
Late at night is when I dream
Horrible things are what I see
Hard for me to believe
I wake up and I want free
Car crash highway tragedy
Nothing worse than I have dreamed
Loss of my best friend I grieve
I can take that you will see
Late at night is when I dream
Horrible things are what I see
Hard for me to believe
I wake up and I want free




Stem 1:44

I bought a 
rose to give to you
A windy day, the pettles flew
From the stem into the street
I tried to catch them with my feet
I got to your door, you looked to see
Through the peep-hole right at me
You let me in and I just froze
I gave you a stem, it was a rose
Was a rose, was a rose




Skates 7:13

When I was younger
Part time job worker
Department store center
I saw the man enter
He was middle-aged
Deep lines on his face
Tired mouth and eyes glazed
Eyelids just half-raised
CHORUS:
And I look at him, he looked at me
He looked so sad, I had to see
What did he want, what could it be
What had he been through before me seeing him
In the store I worked for
That year...
Ice skates he asked for
In the middle of summer
He wanted a good pair
The price he did not care
I looked for his size
Our best pair he tried
Custom back and sides
Excitement in his eyes
(chorus)
I asked are you a pro
He looked sad and said no
These skates my last hope
Without them I cannot cope
And he said my wife, she drowned this summer
Behind our house, the river took her
I cannot swim, I need to find her
I will wait till it freezes over
And then I will skate as far as it takes
I will skate as far as it takes
To bring her back home
Back home.




I'm To Blame 2:21

I consider 
your letter
Understood your questions
I'm wastin' away
I've gone astray
Take me away
I know what you'll say
I'm to blame 
Didn't want change
Things can't stay the same way
Come get me, I'm ready
My mind's changed
Will you take me?
I'm wastin' away
I've gone astray
Take me away
I know what you'll say




Assignment in Space With Rip Foster 2:32
[instrumental]




Driveway 4:28

Playing on 
the drive
Time's almost by
Laundry basket hides
Sitting while we dry
Tell me I should know
Tell me I would grow
I'm sticking fourteen stones
Gently up my nose
So I shoved one up
Until it got stuck
Five more then I'm done
Playing with Lee's no fun
Dad looked out the front door and he saw
Only Lee sticking a rock
Up his nose while I just watched
Dad chased him around the block
Dad got him real quick
Then he gave him shit
Hospital I stay
His nose the doctors fix
I sit on the drive
Waiting til they arrive
Nose is full inside
I'm trying to stay alive
Lee was too scared to tell dad I made
Stones up my nose and one stays
Until one day I made a face
A stone falls from my nose they say
They'll say




Hardly 4:11

Could I be 
the one thing
Missing from your life and from your everyday
I need you to be beside me
Why don't you call me and we'll see
I see you having coffee
You were almost beside me laughing with your friends
I tell Loraine to look at you
I tell her I need to tell you
CHORUS:
I don't know you, but I want to
I just can't leave here without telling you
Just how lonely I've been lately
You are just as lonely maybe
We should go out for some coffee
I wonder how I can
Give you my phone number and not be so afraid
I ask Loraine to give it to you
And I go to the washroom
I return to the table
I look but I'm unable to find you anywhere
I ask Loraine to look for you
I tell her I need to tell you
(chorus)
On the way out the door
Loraine lets me know that she went up to you
And gave you my number and said
Call him or else he'll be sad
And I waited, waited
For two weeks and then
I realized that you'd never call me
How could I have been so stupid
I should have gone up to you and
Told you myself how you made me feel




You Were Loved 2:44

Analyzed, 
thought it over
Too much criticized myself way to much 
I'll utilize the energy I have left
To say goodbye to you and I will survive
To you and I will survive
Cause I've lost what I once found in you
Take your smoke, coughing, choking there is no hope
Take your records away I hate folk
Pack your bag and don't forget your coat
It's cold outside but you'll survive
Cause I've lost what I once found in you




When This Is Over 3:55

I wake up beside you in mom's car
I try to get out you're strapped to
The back seat, I am too
The car is rolling down to water, why are we
Strapped to our seats, strapped, what did we do
I cleaned my room just as she asked me to
Filling up, dirty water
My chin's up, going under
You're still asleep, baby brother
I'll wake you up when this is over
The car is rolling down to water, why are we
Strapped to our seats, strapped, what did we do
I brushed my teeth just as she asked me to
This is it, baby brother
One more breathe together
We're almost underwater
Where is mom, I miss her
The car has rolled into the water, why are we
Dying in this way what did we do
I was nice to him, her boyfriend, this is true
When people come to search the lake we'll be
Found in our pajamas they will see
A big mistake was all that this must be




Bunkbed 4:14

Lee and I 
had a beautiful bunkbed
The bottom was mine to keep rain from my head
Yoga, my mom, took when I was young
She said she'd teach me moves when she got home
CHORUS:
I bounced my bed
I hurt my head
I saw red I thought I'm dead
From my bunkbed
I hate bunkbeds
Waited til ten for her to come on in
To show me how she learned to twist her limbs
That's great, show me, it looks like so much fun
Just once, oh please, I'll sleep when I am done
(chorus)
Hole in my head, from a nail on Lee's bed
They stitched me up, but I wanted to talk instead
(chorus)




I Almost Cried 3:32

We saw a movie once where the hero had
This may sound silly such honour and
He protected all those he loved
With such power it made me glad
When we left the show I know it's so
Different from those days long ago
I held your hand and didn't let go
Until you were safe inside your home
The hero's family and friends all died
He couldn't help them no matter how he tried
Fate was stronger he could not deny
The story moved me I almost cried
When we left the show I know it's so
Different from those days long ago
I kept looking behind us hoping no
One was following us on our way back home




My Parent's House 4:26

Time, time 
when you stayed over
We stayed in bed forever
The mail piled at the door
Time, time we lost track of the hours
Pizza boxes towered
On the floor beside the bed
Time, our bodies sore from something
Surely wasn't walking
Our friends thought we were dead
And I can't recreate those times we used to have
Without you there, baby
Let's meet next month at my parent's house
they'll be away like they were then
Away like they were then
Time, you met someone new
Someone who likes you
Not like I liked you
Time, you ask him if he'll mind
Of course he'll surely mind
So just leave him for me
And will you meet me and try to set things right
And want things to be right
And I bet we'll stay in bed for days and never leave
And never want to leave
And never have to leave




Lounging 5:22

Why do I 
stay up until three
Lounging, eating, watching TV
I promised you, promised you
That was through
Why do I sleep in so late
I wish sleeping wan't so great
I promised you, promised you
That was through