Bowling For Soup Album

It really sucks to give your heart to a girl
You want to know her like she knows the whole world
But 10 seconds in, it's obvious, your going nowhere...

She makes you tell her that she's your best friend
You tell her things you know won't make her mad
Don't want to be the one to say things are going nowhere...

Where are you now?
Where are you now?

I don't wanna talk
I don't wanna rock
I don't wanna wait by the phone, and,
I don't wanna tell you I love you
don't wanna tell you I love you, anymore!!!

It's hard to live outside her safety zone
Cause you remember being all alone
Two kinds of misery and either way, you're going nowhere...

Where are you now?
Where are you now?

I don't wanna talk
I don't wanna rock
I don't wanna wait by the phone, and,
I don't wanna tell you I love you
don't wanna tell you I love you, anymore!!!

And she makes me want to be a homosexual
Maybe I'll be her best friend, maybe see her naked once in a while

I don't wanna talk
I don't wanna rock
I don't wanna talk
I don't wanna rock
I don't wanna wait by the phone, and,
I don't wanna tell you I love you
don't wanna tell you I love you, anymore!!!

VERSE 1
It wasn't supposed to be like this
Another dose of unhappiness
I gave it all and managed to get shot down yet again
So I got drunk
Had sex with all your friends
You told me to never call your house again

CHORUS
Emily, you saved the day
Emily, when you threw me away

She was always such a pretty girl
Nobody like her in the world
A little piece of heavenly
That no one else could stand
I see her in my dreams at night
I see you when I close my eyes
I just can't seem to shake you, Emily

VERSE 2
You got your money and I got cast
Outside thrown out on my ass
In the city with no one else, no where else to go
So I hooked up with this model from Singapore
Emily, I sure am glad you didn't want me anymore

CHORUS

She was always such a pretty girl
Nobody like her in the world
A little piece of heavenly
That no one else could stand
I see her in my dreams at night
I see you when I close my eyes
I just can't seem to shake you, Emily
Yeah

Emily, you saved the day
Emily, you saved the day 
Emily, you saved my ass

8 o'clock Monday night and I'm waiting
To finally talk to a girl a little cooler than me
Her name is Nona she's a rocker with a nose ring
She wears a 2-way, but I'm not quite sure what that means

And when she walks, all the wind blows and the angels sing
But, she doesn't notice me

Cause she's watching wrestling
Creaming over tough guys
Listening to rap metal
Turntables in her eyes

Chorus
It's like a bad movie; she's looking through me, if you were me than you'd be,
Screaming, "someone shoot me," as I fail miserably,
Trying to get the GIRL ALL THE BAD GUYS WANT ...

She likes the Godsmack and I like Agent Orange
Her CD changer's full of singers that are mad at their dad
She said she'd like to score some refer and a 40oz
She'll never know that I'm the best that she'll never have

And when she walks, all the wind blows and the angels sing
But, she'll never notice me

Cause she's watching wrestling
Creaming over tough guys
Listening to rap metal
Turntables in her eyes
She likes them with a mustache
Racetrack season pass
Driving in a Trans Am
Does a mullet make a man?

Chorus

There she goes again with fishnets on
And dread locks in her hair
She broke my heart I want to be sedated
All I wanted was to see her naked

Now I'm watching wrestling
Trying to be a tough guy
Listening to rap metal
Turn tables in my eyes
I can't grow a mustache and I ain't got no season pass
All I got's a moped

Chorus
Cause she's the girl all the bad guys want

I'm happy again to be stuck here again
And you're so happy again to be stuck here again
Now we can rap about "the good old days"
Laugh at dumb jokes that you make
It's great to be here and 

I'm just elated to be someone you once hated 
And its all so complicated
Maybe this time you can come outside your little world
Make out with another girl
If it were up to me

CHORUS
I'd like to buy you flowers everyday
Make everyday a holiday
Carry on and on and on about you and the things you do
The things you do

Im so sorry again you say you're leaving me again
Cause you're not happy again
And I'm left stuck here again
Now you can scream about the little things
Slap me twice across the face
Man it would be great if I could

CHORUS

CHORUS

Chorus (in Spanish)
*spanish*buy you flowers everyday 
make everyday a holiday 
carry on and on and on about you and the things you do 
the things you do *spanish* 


CHORUS

I saw you there
Your long brown hair
Falling on your face the way it used to fall on mine
At one time
A long time ago
I still remember everything you said to me that night

It's too bad and it's too late
You were such a big mistake
Please don't call here anymore
I used to miss you

Chorus
There's no surfin Colorado anyway
And it's a shame to hear you're happy and you still look at me that way
There's no surfin Colorado anyway, yeah
She never waved to me or said "good Bye"
One night she just left me and her behind

There she goes
And no one knows
What she does to my heart, still, she'll never know
How we speak
Across the room
Eye to eye she's holding him, holding me soon

It's too bad and it's too late
Was it such a big mistake?
You don't call me anymore
And I still miss you

Chorus

Remember the first time
God Damn we got so high
She held me so close that I thought that I might break
And know she's a mile high
And I'm on Texas time
She traded rattlesnakes for bunny runs in Colorado Springs

Chorus

I'm waking up and bakin'
Watching the parade cause today's the day I got over you
Taking out the trash and the pictures that I stashed
Of the two of us in 1992

You stole my heart when Eddie Veder was king
I gave you a foot massage I gave you my ring
You left me for a drummer cause you said I couldn't sing
But, That's ok

CHORUS
Cause there'll be
No more mountain climbing in the rain
No more Long hair clogging up the drain
No more Life will never be the same
Life after Lisa is not so bad at all

Saw you with the dude who gave us our first tattoos
Did he cover up my name that was fast
Can you believe that I'm alive, still not working 9 to 5
And my little band is kicking some ass

So when you asked me if I hated you now
It's not you it's just all of the times I missed out
On sleeping with your roommate every time you passed out
But, That's ok

CHORUS

I'll bet you're saying to yourself that you'll find somebody else like me
But all I've gotta say is there ain't no fucking way that you're getting me to say
I'm sorry..........No today!!!

CHORUS
Cleaning up the house again
Listening to House Of Pain
Having headaches in my brain
Listening to you complain
Shopping at the mall again
I'm out of rhymes I've gotta say
Life after Lisa is not so bad at all!!!!

Sail away, sail away with me
I don't have a ship
But we could get one easily
Drift away, drift away with me
On the raft we'll make of memories
On an ocean we can call forever more

{Pre chorus:}
I want to find
A piece of your mind
I want to see
Your make believe
I don't want to try so hard
I make it hard for you to breathe

Chorus
Jump into the ocean
Living on a notion
If you're caught up in the motion
Back track and do it again
And if you make it up
I could never get enough
Me and you together
But you've gotta tell me where to begin

Break away, break away from me
No forget that, just sit here and look at me
Summer's day
Summer every day
And we watch the sunset come back up
And somehow know it never goes back down

{Pre chorus}

Chorus

I've been saving up to buy more time with you
You've been living it up with someone else
And that's okay with me
Because I know it and you know it too

Chorus

Stand in line behind me
We've got tons of time to
Let it all hang out
And cast the demons out.

Once we're in the roof falls
I heard that we have got to raise it up
And let the fucker burn.

And this is sure to take awhile
But if we're going out, we're goin' out with style
So we all jump around, and we fall to the ground
Like it's the last rock show of our lives.

I got it stuck in a bind
I don't even know why
It sucks to even try
But I won't try anymore

She took the afternoon train
To find a different plane
But life down the drain
Better than being ignored

Pre Chorus:
I think I'm taking a vacation now
I'm on holiday and maybe I won't rest
Until I've thrown it all away
Yeah I've got it down

Chorus:
I'm gonna feel sorry for myself
I want to blame it on everyone else
I want to be self centered
And make everybody feel sorry for me

She sent a postcard again 
She said she had a new friend
I hope that by the end
He throws her heart to the floor
She says he's really ok
I hope he ends up gay
It's not a nice thing to say
But I don't care anymore

Bridge:
My leg fell asleep
Cause you laid on it
There's no reason to dwell on it 
It's just not worth it
Remember a year ago
When we played in the show
Now get outta my head

I'm moving in
She's moving out to Los Angeles
She's got a truck; she's got my stuff 
Packed into it
Just seven months
Was just enough
Of putting up with me
Imagine that
A baseball bat upside her TV

she says she needs some therapy

Chorus:
You know it seemed so simple before
She could have asked
I would have given her anything
And now it's 1, 2, 3
Blame it all on me
And I had to find it out the hard way

She calls me up
She's breaking down
In Los Angeles
She misses home
She's all alone
She can't handle it
But seven months was just enough
Of putting up with her
You're brand new nose & bigger boobs
Don't change a thing

You need some therapy
I think you need some help

Chorus

She's got a lot to figure out
She's got a lot to think about
She's got a lot to forget about
She's got a lot to live without
So many things to miss about me

Chorus

You said to never ever come back
I wasn't sure exactly what you meant by that
I know that we have had some problems
But I've got solutions in my head

Chorus:
So I jumped out the window
And down the fire escape
Broke the window, who needs car keys anyway?
Climbed through the window, I thought led to your heart
Thrown out the window, there was nothing there to break my fall.

Sorry I sent you all the flowers
I heard your boyfriend wants to shove them up my ass
I never meant to cause you problems
But I've got solutions in my head.

Chorus

You said it's over
You said never again
Why does this happen all the time?
You don't even want to be friends
It makes you happy when I cry
Now all I've got left is my sanity
Now all I've got left is my sanity
And I'm not sure how far it goes.

Her finger traced I love you
In the palm of my hand
That's still the only time
My belly's ever hit the floor like that

Your feet in my lap
We drove the past
Knowing we would turn around again

Chorus:
Tell her I'm not sorry
Mention my Ferrari
Just don't tell her that
I miss her
She wanted in
I wanted out
And that's the last thing we talked about

Remember how our hands matched
Love lines, same size
I guess I should have checked
To the lifelines were in line

I called on the phone
You still felt alone
And talked about the songs that made you cry

Chorus

Campfire cookies
And John Hughes movies
Jr. mints & cold shower Tuesdays
November shivers and rearview mirrors
And the little things like that

Chorus

Remember the summer time we were swinging
On the front porch out in the rain
It was Sunday you were all dressed up again
Then we made out under the window pain

Chorus
And I can still see your dad
Running after me with a shovel in his hand
I don't remember much after that
La la la la, la la la la, Oh oh oh oh...
La la la la, la la la la, Oh oh oh oh...

Remember on Christmas Eve you were crying
I guess you didn't really like the gifts
Porno DVDs and see thru under wear
I should have saved all that for your sister

Chorus

So I guess I'll just run away, run away, run away
He's starting to catch up
Run away, run away
I think I might throw up
Run away, run away

Chorus

She slams the front door
Cuz she knows that I can't stand it
Gives me the finger
Cuz she knows I'm wrapped around it.
She calls me sweetheart
Cuz she knows it makes me weak.
She stepped in dog pooh
And I'm still kissing her feet.

Can you believe how this girl
Treats me like a king?

Chorus:
She took more than she gave to me
I gave my love, I got an STD
And if she comes home,
I hope that she'll marry me.
I want to tell her that it's over now
Hey look, I'm arguing with myself
I think that my girlfriend
Is bad for my mental health
And now I'm scaring myself.

The roller coaster makes me sick and she knows it.
That's why she always insists that I go on it
She told my friends that I need therapy
I need a self-help group or a lobotomy

Can you believe how this girl
Treats me like a king?

Chorus

I'm waking up
I'm getting out.

Chorus

She used to be the happiest girl I knew
I remember seeing her laugh
I remember the time she cried
When tears filled her eyes
As we sang 'Love Song' by Tesla
Her smile is turning upside down
She's got a boyfriend now

Chorus
She's got a boyfriend now
And it's hard to see
What she's got herself into
She's getting used to
The loneliness that's bottled up
Inside she knows
She'll stick right through the sad times
And all the bad times
Cuz it's up to her to make some sense somehow
She's got a boyfriend now

She always knew she'd find the right guy
To hold her through the night
Someone she'd take to meet her mom
And take her to see Brittany Spears
Who knows if Clark Kent is a Superman?
Or if he's just an asshole
Leading on and on
And on and on
And on

Chorus

Why does it always seem to be
Guys like that always get to be the one
She thinks the world of
And why does it always seem to me
That girls like that can't ever find someone
Someone like me
And its hard to know the difference between inside and out
When she asks if I can mend her broken heart
I wouldn't know where to start.

She got what she always wanted
She got what she always wanted
And now

She's only crying on the inside

Chorus

{VERSE 1:}
I've got the keys to the car
I'm goin out on an afternoon vacation
They all know where I'm gonna go

{BRIDGE:}
The sun is shining down and
There is no one else around now
Wish you were here to hear me say
This is gonna be my greatest day

Chorus
How far would I go
How long would I stay
To see it all
To carry it all back with me again
How hard would I try
Just to hear everybody say
This is gonna be my greatest day

{VERSE 2:}
Standing here, looking out on the world
And for a second nobody is looking back at me
I never even notice where they go

Feels Like An Earthquake
Just Knocked Me To The Floor
It Is So Overrated To Make Someone Happy Anymore
Cuz Like A Gunshot, There's A Hole In Your Heart
And It's Bleeding, Yeah It's Bleeding
Call This Meeting To Order Now

Is The World Fallin' Apart
Or Is It Just Breaking Down
Is It Me Or Does It Seem Like
It's Turned Upside down
Is The World Fallin' Apart
Or Is Jst Breaking Down
'Cause Without I Just Don't See
How It Keeps Spinning Around

Feel Like A Playwright
With A Script That Makes No Sense
The Curtain Never Opens
And The Casting Call Seems Such A Great Success
And Like Nose-Dive
It Takes Your Breath Away
But Your Still Breathing
Still Breathing

CHORUS

It's Like I Can't Feel Anything But This
I Know I'm Not The Same Boy I Used To Be
Someone Tell Me Please
Drop Down On Your Knees
Put Your To The Ground
And Tell Me Do You Feel It Shaking Now

She works at hot topic
His heart microscopic
She thinks that its love but to him its sex
He listens to emo but fat mike's his hero
His bank account's zero
What comes next?

Same song different chorus
It's stupid, contagious
To be broke and famous
Can someone please save us from punk rock 101
My Dickies your sweatbands
My spiked hair, your new vans
Let's throw up our rock hands for punk rock 101

She bought him a skateboard, a rail slide, his knee tore
He traded it for drums at the local pawn shop
She left him for staring at girls and not caring
When she cried because she thought Bon Jovi broke up

Same song second chorus
It's stupid, contagious
To be broke and famous
Can someone please save us from punk rock 101
My Dickies your sweatbands
My spiked hair, your new vans
Let's throw up our rock hands for punk rock 101

Don't forget to dely...on the very last word

Seven years later he works as a waiter
She married a trucker and he's never there
The story never changes, just the names and faces
Like Tommy and Gina they're living on a prayer

Did you just say that?
I just said

It's stupid, contagious (same song different chorus)
To be broke and famous (same song different chorus)
Can someone please save us from punk rock 101
My Dickies your sweatbands
My spiked hair, your new Vans
Let's shoplift some sweatbands for punk rock 101

I walked along the avenue.
I never thought I'd meet a girl like you;
Meet a girl like you.
With auburn hair and tawny eyes;
The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through;
Hypnotize me through.
And I ran, I ran so far away.
I couldn't get away.

A cloud appears above your head;
A beam of light comes shining down on you,
Shining down on you.
The cloud is moving nearer still.
Aurora borealis comes in view;
Aurora comes in view.
And I ran, I ran so far away.
I just ran, I ran all night and day.
I couldn't get away.

Reached out a hand to touch your face;
You're slowly disappearing from my view;
Disappearing from my view.
Reached out a hand to try again;
I'm floating in a beam of light with you;
A beam of light with you.
And I ran, I ran so far away.
I just ran, I ran all night and day.
I couldn't get away.

You got your tongue pierced once
And you say you got another
That you can't show anyone unless it's under covers
But you're running around showing everyone your new tattoo
You got an A in class and you hope no one would notice
You're the smartest kid in school and it makes you self conscious
And your loser boyfriend's smoking out in the boy's room
I wish someone would tell you

You're a star the way you are
You know you're not fooling anyone, no
You got the eyes of an angel
Don't try to change, yeah
Everybody's got their scars
No matter what they tell you you're beautiful the way you are

And your mama's so happy you became a cheerleader
Homecoming queen just like your older sister
'til you died your hair pink and they said what were you drinkin
And it never did sink in
It don't matter what they think

You're a star the way you are
You know you're not fooling anyone, no
You got the eyes of an angel
Don't try to change, yeah
Everybody's got their scars
Nevermind how ugly they are
No matter what they tell you you're beautiful the way you are

All the way you are
All the way you are
All the way you are

You're a star the way you are
You know you're not fooling anyone, no
You got the eyes of an angel
Don't try to change, yeah
Everybody's got their scars
No matter what they tell you you're beautiful the way you are

You're a star the way you are
You know you're not fooling anyone, no
You got the eyes of an angel
Don't try to change, yeah
Everybody's got their scars
Nevermind how ugly they are
No matter what they tell you you're beautiful the way you are

You're a star the way you are
You know you're not fooling anyone, no
You got the eyes of an angel
No matter what they tell you you're beautiful the way you are
No matter what they tell you you're beautiful the way you are

It only takes a minute
yeah a minute or two
just like stubbin your toe
or slammin the door on your finger
pull out the stinger
then move on to
the next little drama queen
and go and get some sleep, dream

yeah lay your head back and dream
about a girl you had
that broke your broken heart
the one that said shed love you
from the start

and when the nightmares over
come and thank her for

all the memories
injuries
flowered sheets
and hypocracies
all the picture frames
the carpet stains
and say thank you for your time

thats what other girls are for
if we want out somebody will make some more
no need to pick yourself
up off the floor
cuz thats what other girls are for

it doesnt make a difference
it doesnt matter at all
shes just another chapter
another song you loved then hated
shes overrated

so send her flowers sayin
thank you for

all the memories
injuries
flowered sheets
and hypocracies
all the picture frames
the carpet stains
and say thank you for your time

thats what other girls are for
if we want out somebody will make some more
no need to pick yourself
up off the floor
cuz thats what other girls are for

Thats what other girls are for
thats what other girls are for

theres just something about em ya know
theyre like Top 40 radio
and if youre having trouble
let it go
then maybe you should move to Canada, now!!

thats what other girls are for
if we want out, somebody will make some more
no need to pick yourself
up off the floor
cuz thats what other girls are for

thats what other girls are for
thats what other girls are for
thats what other girls are for

Hello
I just called to say I'm sorry
Sorry for givin' up
I still think about you more
Than you'll ever know
And I hope that you're doing ok

How have you been?
How's the old hometown
And all the friends we used to talk bad about
I guess I can't let go
How have you been?
Did you ever find the love
That you lost the day that I lost mine
Oh by the way
Do you still think about me?
Oh Oh
Do you still think about me?
Oh Oh

I got your number from a friend
Who said you don't come around anymore
And no, this is not a breakdown
I just called to say hello
And I know you gotta go right now
But maybe I changed my mind

How have you been?
How's the old hometown
And all the friends we used to talk bad about
I guess I can't let go
How have you been?
Did you ever find the love
That you lost the day that I lost mine
Oh by the way
Do you still think about me?
Oh Oh
Do you still think about me?
Oh Oh

I know it's late at night
(I always call you late at night)
And I've never found a time more right
(This time I know I'll get it right)
And if you go outside, I'll take you away
And I'll never let you go again

How have you been?
How have you been?
Oh Oh
How have you been?
How's the old hometown
And all the friends we used to talk bad about
I guess I can't let go
How have you been?
Did you ever find the love that you lost the day that I lost mine
Oh by the way
Do you still think about me?
Oh Oh
Do you still think about me?
Oh Oh
Do you still think about me?
(How have you been?)
Oh Oh
Do you still think about me?
(How have you been?)
Oh Oh

Oh Oh!