Aibohphobia

[Verse 1]
I met her at the chocolate shop
She was shopping for chocolate
Spoke very little but said a lot
Oh, she had the nicest car in the parking lot
Her dad's a [?], mom's a cop
I could say more but I'd rather not
Sounds coming from the [?]

[Verse 2]
I ran into her at the bakery
Twice a day, too much for me
I went inside to find a scone
When in walked Madam Palindrome
Mum's the word, dad's a nun
She plays games, she's no fun
Race car, kayak, nurses run
I have aibohphobia

[Verse 3]
Last I heard, she made the news
Entertaining all the troops
Aboard the SS Guru Rug
She sounded nice and she was all dressed up
But a Toyota's a Toyota
She ain't much, but that's enough
Her eyes are pearls and her skin is tough

[Bridge]
Is there anybody home
Is there Madam Palindrome
Race car, kayak, nurses run
I have aibohphobia
I have aibohphobia
I have aibohphobia

[Break]
Sounds coming from the [?]
Oh, sound's coming from the [?]
Ooh

[Coda x4]
Are we not drawn onward, we few
Draw onward to new era
Madam Palindrome

Madam Palindrome
Madam Palindrome
Madam Palindrome

Backseat Driver

Backseat driver
Theacher's pet
Sick from half a cigarette
It's probably nothing
But I can't wait
To waster some time together
Another day
In the Lower Forty-Eight
Is lost and gone forever
Lost and gone forever

If time is money
Then I've gone broke
I can't recall when last we spoke
Even after
Never felt so wrong
The radio plays our song
Now I remember
What's lost and gone forever
Lost and gone forever
Lost and gone forever

Lost and gone forever
Lost and gone forever

Lost and gone forever
Lost and gone forever

Lost and gone forever
Lost and gone forever

Big Bad Wolf

I be the church, you be the people
Both are a necessary evil
Can you take a look at me and say
"Take my hand, this is the only way"

We've both heard it all before
Oh but I feel something happening again
Hey coach, I'm ready, put me in
I hear God's a good imaginary friend
Hey coach, he's ready, put him in
Put him on the shelf, put him in a magazine
Put him in the corner, put him on the silver screen
I never sleep, but when I do I never dream
I never worry 'bout the news, I never read
I like to think I am his favorite son

But the truth is I am just someone who's hungry
Let me eat
Wet-blanket bottom-feeder with a gun, bang-bang
I'm hungry, let me in
Now that going out is all the rage
I guess I'd rather burn than fade

Because we've heard it all before
Are you a danger to yourself?
I'm hungry, let me in
Oh is there nobody in it for their health?
Knock knock, I'm hungry let me in
Would you catch me if I fell
Knock knock, I'm hungry let me in
Straight to the bottom of the wishing well
I'm hungry, let me in

Knock knock (I'm hungry, let me in)
Knock knock (I'm hungry, let me in)
Hey, coach (I'm hungry, let me in)
Hey, coach (Knock knock, who's there? I'm hungry, let me in)
Hey, coach (I'm hungry, let me in, I'm hungry, let me in)
Hey, coach (I'm hungry, let me in, I'm hungry, let me in)
Hey, coach (Knock knock)

Climb On The Cross

Well tell the televangelist he's out of a job
'Cause I look good on a cross and I can sure sing along
Overrated, under-educated, simple and dry
Who knew a man's fate was such a hard thing to find

I never listened to my teacher
Trusted every word my preacher would say
Always thought the crosshair was simply the sun on my face

If nothing dies tomorrow why remember yesterday
When an hour or more of sleep might do you good
It's the wish I can't remember yeah it's the things you'll never say
And I'd do it all again oh if I could

Fight your family and friends and let them know you're the best
T-tattoo "radical" right across your chest
No need for a lover, you were born to impress

Everybody always told me if I made a funny face it would stay
So you better get hip, and take a liking to me looking this way

So many years without a memory
Just ears, a nose, a face
Oh, to find out f**king up was in your blood

It's the wish I can't remember
It's the things you'll never say
And I'd do it all again, oh, if I could

If nothing dies tomorrow why remember yesterday
When an hour or more of sleep might do you good
It's the wish I can't remember yeah it's the things you'll never say
And I'd do it all again oh if I could
I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again
I'd do it all again, I'd do it all again

Cops And Robbers

[Verse 1]
I might be the worst
But you'd know the best
You drive the car
I'll do the rest
The getaway was quick and clean
We make an awful perfect team
You never know how fast you run
Until the bullet leaves the gun
Everybody on the floor, this is a stickup!
Why would you sink so low just to get high?

[Chorus]
Oh, crime!
It's a young man's game
I want to take you where I'm going
'Cause half the fun is never knowing
If and why we've lost our way
To find that everything in life
Is worth its price
But there's nothing you can't steal

[Verse 2]
I couldn't stop
I couldn't say
My innocence was locked away
It's far too late 'cause now you've seen
All the wicked parts of me
The bully got the girl next door
I had it all and wanted more
So give me everything in the register!
Why would you sink so low just to get high?

[Chorus]
Oh, crime!
It's a young man's game
I want to take you where I'm going
'Cause half the fun is never knowing
If and why we've lost our way
To find that everything in life
Is worth its price
But there's nothing you can't steal

[Bridge]
Young man, what did you do?
I saw your face on the 6 o'clock news
You had to get your fifteen minutes somehow
Judge not lest ye be judged
Fear not unbearable love
Oh, what a life

[Chorus]
Oh, crime!
It's a young man's game
I want to take you where I'm going
'Cause half the fun is never knowing
If and why we've lost our way
To find that everything in life
Is worth it's price
But there's nothing you can't steal
Nothing you can't steal
Nothing you can't steal

Counting Sheep

[Verse 1]
Sweet dreams
Let me lay here down
Hold your breath
Don't make a sound
Baby, oh, say, can you sleep?
I've been getting pretty good
At counting sheep

[Break]
I am the very specimen
Of a sleepwalking gentleman
If I die before I wake
Save my dreams for another day

[Chorus]
'Cause tonight
I've got nothing on my mind but you
Somewhere, somehow
You'll feel it too
Ooh, don't you take a bow at the
Last curtain call
Thinking you're nobody's
Nothing after all
(Nothing after all)

[Verse 2]
Sweet dreams
Let me lay here down
Hope your feet don't touch the ground
It's getting late why can't I sleep
I've been getting pretty good
At counting sheep

[Break]
I am the very specimen
Of a sleepwalking gentleman
If I die before I wake
Save my dreams for another day

[Chorus]
'Cause tonight
I've got nothing on my mind but you
Somewhere, somehow
You'll feel it too
Ooh, don't you take a bow at the
Last curtain call
Thinking you're nobody's
Nothing after all
(Nothing after all)
You're somebody's
Something after all
(Something after all)

[Chorus]
Tonight!
I've got nothing on my mind but you
Somewhere, somehow
You'll feel it too
Ooh, don't you take a bow at the
Last curtain call
Thinking you're nobody's
Nothing after all
You're somebody's
Something after all
You're somebody's
Something after all

Dining Alone

[Verse 1]
Same old shoes on the same old feet
Same colored tie every day of the week
Shampoo, conditioner, instant repeat
Drip dry, do it again
I tell my woes to the knife and the spoon
Dining alone at a table for two
One glass of wine is plenty of time
To dream about all of the things that I'll never do

[Chorus]
I wonder what it's like to fly a plane
To meet a girl on Friday night
And wake up next to her on Saturday
To swim across the ocean blue
To walk a mile upon the moon
To wear the crown and sit upon the throne
But it's getting late, this restaurant is closing
I guess I'd better go

[Verse 2]
I wander through the city, whistle a tune
Walk into a bar and ruin the mood
A dirty martini with an olive or two
Shake, pour, do it again
A couple more drinks, now they're kicking me out
I always get in trouble when I open my mouth
Stumble on home, fall into bed
And drift off into my head

[Chorus]
I wonder what it's like to fly a plane
To meet a girl on Friday night
And wake up next to her on Saturday
To swim across the ocean blue
To walk a mile upon the moon
To wear the crown and sit upon the throne
But it's getting late, the sun is coming up
Off to work I go

[Verse 3 / Coda]
Same old shoes on the same old feet
One-track mind, one-way street
Nothing's gonna change for the same old me
Eat, sleep, do it again
Eat, sleep, do it again

Excuses

[Verse 1]
Catch me a dime for charity
Because perfect change is what matters to me
Pinch every penny and stroll to the bank
Beg for a loan on my humble estate
Timmy, Georgie, sweet Benjamin
My terrible friends
They never call or even pretend
To worry about me when money is thin

[Chorus 1]
I can't afford to fall in love
No I can't afford to fall in love
(Excuses, excuses)
Yeah I got plenty of other (excuses, excuses)
I can't afford to fall in

[Verse 2]
No time for this, no time for that
No time for patience, no time for all that
No time to know that I'm out of my league
No time to get myself back on my feet
No time for you, no time for me
No time for lessons, no time to be free
No time for good times of sweet memories
No time for stragglers or sympathy

[Chorus 2]
'Cause I don't have time to fall in love
I don't have time to fall in love
(No no no not today)
(Tomorrow is too far away)
(Can I change before my time runs out?)

[Bridge]
I can't wait for the phone to ring
I can't wait for summer, I can't wait for spring
I can't wait for someone who can't wait for me
I can't wait to fall in love

[Bridge]
I can't wait for the phone to ring
I can't wait for summer, I can't wait for spring
I can't wait for someone who can't wait for me
I can't wait to fall in love

[Bridge]
I can't wait for the phone to ring
I can't wait for summer, I can't wait for spring
I can't wait for someone who can't wait for me
I can't wait to fall in love

[Outro]
I just can't wait
Oooh
Excuses, excuses, excuses
Oooh
Excuses, excuses, excuses

(phone ringing)

Foot Of Your Bed

[Verse 1]
Sweetly, pleasantly fleeting
Night is to day as death is to dreaming
One thing I'll miss once I am leaving
Is you by my side every evening

[Chorus]
Nothing's forever
Love's light as a feather
Or so it's been said
Seeing is believing
The heart is deceiving
Or so I have read
There isn't a minute that passes
Nowhere I'd rather be instead
Than watching you sleep while I sit
At the foot of your bed

[Verse 2]
Darling, life of the party
Darkness has fallen
The good times are calling
Play me for keeps
I think you got it:
A trick up your sleeve
Then me in your pocket

[Chorus]
Nothing's forever
Love's light as a feather
Or so it's been said
Seeing is believing
The heart is deceiving
Or so I have read
There isn't a minute that passes
Nowhere I'd rather be instead
Than watching you sleep while I sit
At the foot of your bed

Ooh, ooh

[Chorus]
Nothing's forever
Love's light as a feather
Or so it's been said
Seeing is believing
The heart is deceiving
Or so I have read
There isn't a minute that passes
Nowhere I'd rather be instead
Than watching you sleep while I sit
At the foot of your bed

Kids These Days

[Verse 1]
I'm too young to die
Gonna live forever
I just want to talk tough
Look mean
Life is good at seventeen

[Break]
One thing that I know is that
You don't know a thing about me
You were the young, dumb
Chosen one
Now you shake your head and say
"Kids these days"

[Chorus]
Mirror mirror on the wall
What's the meaning of it all?

[Verse 2]
Wasted all the time
Nothing lasts forever
Maybe I should give up the good fight
Change my image overnight

[Break variation]
One thing that I know is that
You don't know a thing about me
I am the young, dumb
Chosen one
Losing in the loveliest way
Kids these days

[Chorus]
Mirror mirror on the wall
What's the meaning of it all?

[Verse 3]
Adolescent intuition
Murder on the rise
Make an easy million
Blow it in the night
Tell me that I'm pretty
Tell me that I'm nice
I know you can see it in my eyes
You can see it in my eyes
You can see it in my eyes
You can see it in my eyes

Everybody tries
Tries to be somebody
To be somebody's
Wet dream, prom king
Golden boy, new toy

[Chorus]
Mirror mirror on the wall
What's the meaning of it all?

[Coda]
Life is a honeymoon phase
Kids these days
Kids these days
Kids these days

Mansion Door

[Verse 1]
Above, below
Under a lonely star
Head to toe, hand in hand
It gets a whole lot better

If your telephone rings at night
Would you put some time aside
To shut your eyes and fall apart
Under the light of a lonely star
My one and only lonely star

[Verse 2]
Above, below
Under a lonely star
Another day to sit around and dream
As far as I can see
As long as memory
I'll be watching from afar
Under the light of a lonely star
My one and only lonely star

Fire burning
Clean-cut flowers in the yard
Daylight turning
All the sleeping statues into girls
I feel nothing
Sleep is never coming
I hear laughter from afar
Must be the song of a lonely star

[Bridge]
If you knew what would happen
Then you'd never set foot in the mansion door
So many voices singing all of your praises
It gets a whole lot better
It gets a whole lot better
I hope it gets a whole lot better

[Coda]
If you leave, please don't go far
I need the light of a lonely star
My one and only lonely star
My one and only lonely star

My Neighbor

Oh my neighbor, my neighbor
At best we share a fence
We smile at each other
And we make up all the rest
I see you
Six-foot-two
In the polyester suit
Safe behind a cabin now
Wonderin' if I'm around
'Cause who am I?
Just some guy
With a turban and a knife
Only here to take away
Only reason you're afraid
There's no face
There's no man behind the name
I've started to believe
My neighbor, we're the same

La la la la
La la la la la la la
Na na na
La la la la La la la la

Oh my neighbor, my neighbor
My only reason why
My music stops at ten p.m
Your rooster crows at five
Be it so
Now I know
We're together, not alone
If I borrow would you share?
If I suffer would you care?
Tell me who you praise
Where you let your children pray
Pad every square inch of earth
God forbid you're ever hurt
Live forevermore
With a lock upon your door
Close the windows, draw the shades
Never learn your neighbor's name

La la la la
La la la la la la la
Na na na
La la la la La la la la
La la la la
La la la la la la la

Oh my neighbor, my neighbor (My neighbor, my neighbor)
Oh my neighbor, my neighbor (Oh my neighbor, my neighbor)
Oh my neighbor, my neighbor (Oh my neighbor, my neighbor)
Oh my neighbor, my neighbor (Oh my neighbor, my neighbor)
Oh my neighbor, my neighbor (Oh my neighbor, my neighbor)

Tin Man

[Verse 1]
Once upon your favorite dream
Things were different but familiar
Straw was stickin' out your seat
Everything was technicolor
Isn't it sad to be back in black-and-white?
No yellow road, no witch to fight?
Too bad there's no place like home

[Chorus]
You ain't dead yet
Twenty-seven came and went
Now you live to fight another day
As the hero of the carpool lane
Day by day, if the posted limit you obey
Then the biggest shot in your life
Will be dressed with salt and lime

[Verse 2]
Once upon a terrible dream
You couldn't move a muscle
Can't even pick an apple off of a tree
Without gettin' into trouble
Isn't it good to be back in black-and-white?
No yellow road, no witch inside?
Thank God there's no place like home

[Bridge]
Scarcrow ain't got nothin' on me
I'm thinkin', I'm blinkin', I'm blinkin' today
The lie never was cowardly
'Cause I'm shrinkin', I'm shrinkin', I'm shrinkin' away
The tin man ain't got nothin' on you
Your heart is beatin', beatin' 'cause...

[Chorus]
You ain't dead yet
Twenty-seven came and went
Now you live to fight another day
As the hero of the carpool lane
Day by day, if the posted limit you obey
Then the biggest shot in your life
Will come dressed with salt and lime

Tomorrow

I'm tired of losing
I used to win every night of the week
Yeah, back when s** and amphetamines
Were the staples of our childhood physique

You used to tell me we'd turn into something
Oh, you said life was much better than this
Yeah, but the closest I've come to perfection
Is when you turned around to steal a kiss

But you never trusted tomorrow
Yeah, baby is that anyway to live your life?
Well, you love this heart and this six string, girl
But they've been outta tune (yeah) for some time

Well, you said, "Oh, I love so many women
There's so many women, love, driving me wild"
Yeah, they say you get lost in complexion
And the structure of a well-placed smile

But luckily you, oh, you never smile
Yeah, you, oh you, you never smile
And it looks better that way to me
Sometimes it does

But, you know, you never trusted tomorrow
Oh, baby, that's just a problem of mine
Yeah, I've been thrown around by some bad ones, girl
Oh, and a good one was a new thing this time

Yeah, but you showed me that I couldn't be farther
From the truth of the problem at hand
Oh, I could never say "baby, tomorrow
Oh, I'll be right there!"

I'ma be your man
Yeah, oh, I'll be your man