Dance Hall Crashers Album

Why are you listening to all the things they tell you everyday?
Why are you listening, what happened to your own mind anyway?
Why are you listening, to their advice on what to watch and do?
Why are you listening, has your mind been overrun - what do I do?

I don't know how they pulled you fast and buried all the trace of the past
I don't know how you left so fast - I really hope that this won't last

Oh Shelley
Oh Shelley
Oh Shelley
Oh Shelley listen to me

What are you doing? It's been too long, I never even seen you
What are you doing? You're a different girl but I don't know who
What are you doing? Fall asleep and disappear for days
What are you doing? Come back flying in a total haze

I don't know how they pulled you fast and buried all the trace of the past
I don't know how you left so fast - I really hope that this won't last

Oh Shelley
Oh Shelley
Oh Shelley
Oh Shelley listen to me

What are you thinking? I suspect you're losing it for good
What are you thinking? Promise I would save you if I could
What are you thinking? I probably don't even wanna know
What are you thinking? Please just say goodbye before you go

Oh Shelley
Oh Shelley
Oh Shelley
Oh Shelley listen to me

I can't seem to remember if you were kinder
Did you even care about my piece of mind
I find that in the end, you're just a big old..
I can't seem to recall why you keep on laughing
At your stupid jokes, they're a waste of your time
Cause I find that in the end, you're just a big old bore
And I never wanted more than just a little fun

I don't wanna behave
I don't wanna behave
I don't wanna behave
And I don't wanna live up to your standards

I can't seem to believe how your little obsession
Has you by the throat and has you running blind
I find that in the end you're just a big old..
I can't seem to believe how you keep on clutching
With all your might to your nickels and dimes
I find that in the end you're just a big old bore
And I never wanted more than just a little fun

I don't wanna behave
I don't wanna behave
I don't wanna behave
And I don't wanna live up to your standards

I'd always thought that we had the same goals
But now I know what you're after
You'll do anything to get what you want
And there's nothing that I wouldn't put past you
It's pathetic to see how uptight you can be
When things don't all go your way

I can't seem to remember when you first began to start this shit
And tried to mess with my mind
I find that in the end you're just a big old..
I can't seem to recall why years have gone by and you're still the same
You stay trailing behind and I find that in the end
You know you're a big old bore
Who wished that she'd had more than just a little fun

I don't wanna behave
I don't wanna behave
I don't wanna behave
And I don't wanna live up to your standards

It's never gonna work out
Quite the way that they plan
Their little greasy games
They'll drop you just as soon as they can pick you up
It might be fun for a while
What happens tomorrow?

I don't wanna be no queen for a day
Oh, I got what you want and I may just walk away
I don't wanna be no queen for a day
I just gotta get away

Wonder why they think about
What they can get from me
I guess I'll let them believe
Whatever it is they want to see
I know it's sick
I hope it's only paranoia

I don't wanna be no queen for a day
Oh, I got what you want and I may just walk away
I don't wanna be no queen for a day
I just gotta get away
Gotta get away

Admit it's not all bad
It's almost like a real cheap high
Till you get knocked on your ass
Thinking you can fly
Suppose it's something that you
learn before you die.

I don't wanna be no queen for a day
Oh, I got what you want and I may just walk away
I don't wanna be no queen for a day
I just gotta get away
Gotta get away

She don't want anybody to be there for her
She don't want anything

She goes into her room
And turns off all the lights
Gets a candle from her drawer - pulls the
curtain and then locks the door
It's the same old thing she wants to be
alone night after night
Got herself into a mess
Doing what she loves the best
Flyin to avoid the rest

She don't want anybody to be there for her
She don't want anything from anybody
She don't want anybody to be there for her
She don't want anything

Try to tell her what I see
And how I think her mind's
Dying slowly day by day - but she
only smiles and turns away
Doesn't wanna have to justify herself to anyone
Why do people nag her when she's only
trying to have some fun
Flying up towards the sun

She don't want anybody to be there for her
She don't want anything from anybody
She don't want anybody to be there for her
She don't want anything from anybody

Years went by and still
She claimed to be in control
Try to grab her on the way down -
missed her hand and had to watch her drown
Even at the end her eyes were open but
she couldn't see
The beauty of the world or at least
what she had meant to me
Why did she fly away

She don't want anybody to be there for her
She don't want anything from anybody
She don't want anybody to be there for her
She don't want anything from anybody

They said you led your life with a well mannered state of mind
They said that you kept your eyes forward
and your feet were held by no bind
They said you were good for me, but I just
can't see how they were ever right
I guess they didn't know you half as well as they must've thought

I guess your friends are just as fooled as you
And you talk and talk but you ain't doing nothing

You said that in all the world there were
only two things you despised
The first was a coward and the second was a liar
You said that honesty was your policy, but that in itself is a lie
Forgot to add hypocrite to your little list of how to run your life

I guess your friends are just as fooled as you
And you talk and talk but you ain't doing nothing

Well I say I lead my life with a well mannered state of mind
I say I like to keep moving forward and be held by no binds
You may call me ambitious, but I don't see
how there's any other way to be
Cause a day is a lifetime if you'll only sweep your problems away

I guess your friends are just as fooled as you
And you talk and talk but you ain't doing nothing

On a normal day, I'd treat you like I did today
I don't know why I need the pain
On a normal day, I'd stop it all and tell you why
I pulled the plug, threw it away
Of only it would get better, I'd smile as if I felt it
Although if it ever got better...
I might go throw it all away
The way you always do
I might just bury you alive
And go do something new

If I've asked before, then turn around and shut the door
The answer I don't want to know
If I've asked before, then tell me to go home
I think it's probabley time that I should go
If only it would get better, I'd smile as if I felt it
Althought if it ever got better...

I might go throw it all away
The way you always do
I mihgt just bury you alive
And go do something new

It doesn't matter if you tell the truth
It doesn't seem to pay off when it comes the time
It doesn't matter if you're clean or if your soul is black
They believe that youare kind
If only it would get better, I'd smile as if I felt it
Although if it ever got better...

I might go throw it all away
The way you always do
I mihgt just bury you alive
And go do something new

Dance Hall Crashers

Nevermind the time when you were all alone and I
Picked you up like a ditry Bit O Honey
Licked you clean and found a house of wax for you to stay
You set fire to it on your second full day

Then I thought that we had reached an understanding
Wouldn't find coal at the bottom of the stocking
Instead you swung it at my head and nearly knocked me dead
Thought about it while I sat there thinking just bled

Pull the knife out of my back
Clean the blade and put it back
Pull the knife out of my back
Unless your not quite done,
then go on and have more fun

I often think about the way that I will watch you die
It's kind of creepy, but I'm looking forward to it
I'll probably try to linger over it a little while
You will fall down on your own knife and I'll just smile

Pull the knife out of my back
Clean the blade and put it back
Pull the knife out of my back
Unless your not quite done,
then go on and have more fun

Two can play is rally all that I have left to say
Your edge is getting dull
Is nearing time to sharpen
Get a mirror so that you can see what's gonna be
Afraid it's gonna look like untimely death to me

Pull the knife out of my back
Clean the blade and put it back
Pull the knife out of my back
Unless your not quite done,
then go on and have more fun

On a sinking ship,
I'd be the first one
To jump so that it would be done.
I don't wanna think about what might be,
I dont really wanna see
What I'm missing out on.
When you come back
You'll find that
I never really had a chance.
It's not that I have anywhere to go,
It's just that I already know.

Waited too long,
Now this is really wrong.
Try to run, cant get away,
Now it's just too late.

It's getting late and I'm killing time
But I can't get you out of my mind.
Something's wrong with me.
Try to make it easy and find a way
To lose you by all the things I say.
Want you to go away.

When I close my eyes all I can see
Is the fire in front of me.
I try to turn, don't wanna stay,
But I can't seem to get away
From the things that scare me most about you.
All of what you say and do.
Try not to squirm when I feel your touch,
I just know that I care too much.

Waited too long
Now this is really wrong
Try to run, can't get away
Now it's just too late.

It's getting late and I'm killing time
But I can't get you out of my mind.
Something's wrong with me.
Try to make it easy and find a way
To lose you by all the things I say.
Want you to go away.

It's getting late and I'm killing time
But I can't get you out of my mind.
Something's wrong with me.
Try to make it easy and find a way
To lose you by all the things I say.
Want you to go away.

Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay
Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay
Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay
Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay

It's been 10 years since I left my house and
wandered off without you
Has it been that long?
It's really been that long
And in the back of my mind, I still hear you
Calling to me, shouting to me, grabbing my attention

Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay
Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay
Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay
Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay

You say you feel trapped and do not see
an answer to the problem
I say you gotta get out
Just get up and get out
What are you afraid of?
Living, loving, hurting, crying...
It's one and all, defend your fate, your destiny can be
what you make it...

Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay
Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay
Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay
Wanna go with you but I think I'll stay

And you come to me with propositions
like you really mean them
Well I've heard them before
So many times before
What are you afraid of?
Living, loving, hurting, crying...
It's one and all, defend your fate, your destiny can be
what you make it...

It began with a mistake,
I didn't know what was at stake
I realized I was to blame, I just want things to be the same
I'll be the first to apologize and I know these things take time
I think of you and I see red even though you were alright in bed
It's not that we don't get along, it's just that you are always wrong
at least you could pretend that I was right in the end
won't you ever let this die, you can see how hard I've tried
don't hold this over my head,
lets's just say enough's been said

Enough is enough
I know I was to blame
I just want it to be the same
Just shut up and make it right

Enough is enough
I know I was to blame
I just want it to be the same
Just shut up and make it right

It's been a long long time and I've realized my crime
I've tried hard to make amends
To avoid the bitter end
I wanna leave it up to you
But you never seem to come through
Why don't you finish what you start
before this whole thing falls apart
You know I'm beginning to think
that you drove me to drink
Not that I'm placing blame
but you're giving me a bad name
Won't you ever let this die,
you can see how hard I've tried
I guess its time to say,
Fuck Off I'm gone after today

Enough is enough
I know I was to blame
I just want it to be the same
Just shut up and make it right

Enough is enough
I know I was to blame
I just want it to be the same
Just shut up and make it right

I never thought this would be such a nightmare
Get over your bad self, I don't... I don't really care
I don't, I don't really care

Enough is enough
I know I was to blame
I just want it to be the same
Just shut up and make it right
Just shut up and make it right
Just shut up and make it right

If you don't know me please why don't you tell me
cuz I don't want to be with you no more.
The story that you tell please somebody yell
I feel the sound before I hear your voice
A midnight battle, the moon casts a shadow
I swear I won't know of you anymore
From a phone booth, (dime, dyin) tell the truth
I look up through this splint of broken glass.

Now you don't got a picture of me anymore
Now you don't got a picture of me anymore

If you don't know me please why don't you tell me
cuz I don't want to be with you no more.
The story that you tell please somebody yell
I feel the sound before I hear your voice
If I thought it possible would you render it impossible
Get as close to darkness as you can
From a phone booth, (dime, dyin) tell the truth
I look up through this splint of broken glass.

Now you don't got a picture of me anymore
Now you don't got a picture of me anymore

If you don't know me please why don't you tell me
cuz I don't want to be with you no more.
The story that you tell please somebody yell
I feel the sound before I hear your voice
A Midnight battle, the moon casts a shadow
I swear I won't know of you anymore
From a phone booth, (dime, dyin) tell the truth
I look up through this splint of broken glass

Now you don't got a picture of me anymore
Now you don't got a picture of me anymore
Now you don't got a picture of me anymore
Now you don't got a picture of me anymore

Four days left in the week
And already I looked ahead
I'm tired, so anxious
Dazed, confused, and seeing red

Sometimes the day seem so long
I wish my boss hadn't taken my bong
Sometimes the days seem long.. so long

I stare at the clock
It doesn't move, no not all
The work day is so long
Like a night of insomnia

Sometimes the day seem so long
I wish my boss hadn't taken my bong
Sometimes the days seem long.. so long

So I shut my eyes and fantasize
about anything that 'll come to mind
To more perverse the better
I shut my eyes and fantasize about all the
really horrendous things I could be doing
I shut my eyes and fantasize -
there better be more than this
is this a really bad joke
I could be out right now doing all the really
horrendous things I've been imagining
It couldn't possibly be so boring

Friday, only one more day
To endure this tendiousness
The clock won't move at all
So I wait and I wait

Sometimes the days seem so long
I wish my boss hadn't taken my bong
Sometimes the days seem long.. so long

So I shut my eyes and fantasize about
anything that 'll come to mind
The more perverse the better
I shut my eyes and fantasize
about all the horrendous things I could be doing
It couldn't possibly be so boring

I heard you had a mind to sue
Why I don't know, I guess your lawyer will tell us so
You can have my bongos and that little plastic thing I put
my vitamins in
You can have my amplifier, just make sure you're
grounded when you're plugging it in
I don't think you know just what you're getting into
You're spending lots of money to get nothin

So sue us, whatcha gonna do with us
Just sue us, whatcha gonna get
Well nothin, cause all of us are flat broke
Go ahead and try to do all you can do to sue

I don't know why you thought we would try
To clean up our mess - I guess you're suing so we
confess
Yeah, we left the dirty matress in the doorway but we
could not get it through
Yeah, two windows did get broken, but by the two
dealers who were looking for you
I don't think you just what you're getting into
You're spending lots of money to get nothin

So sue us, whatcha gonna do with us
Just sue us, whatcha gonna get
Well nothin, cause all of us are flat broke
Go ahead and try to do all you can do to sue

I heard you had a mind to sue
Is the rumor true? I guess it is - the joke's on you
You can have my 8 track player and the Stevie Wonder
record I just bought
I could probably dig up some old Shonen Knife, but it's
really all that I've got
I don't think you knowjust what you're getting into
You're spending lots of money to get nothin

So sue us, whatcha gonna do with us
Just sue us, whatcha gonna get
Well nothin, cause all of us are flat broke
Go ahead and try to do all you can do to sue

I don't know just where it
all goes, I', in debt up to my nose
Get credit now for 20 percent, buy a car, don't spend a cent
Take a ride, don't you like nice, you can look
good for a price
Go to London for a year, hope you can survive on a beer

I feel us sinking in credit quicksand
I feel us choking
Oh, we owe, we owe, we owe, we owe

I don't know who thought that I would do well with a
credit line
First it was a stereo, then a snowboard and a phone
Finally found a new guitar, put some money down on a car
Next gig aint for seventh weeks, holy hell I'm up a creek

I feel us sinking in credit quicksand
I feel us choking
Oh, we owe, we owe, we owe, we owe

I don't know where it all goes, guess it was the job I choose
Gone a week and late on rent, my landlord is always bent
You'd think I could save a dime, working always, all the time
Wanna quit but I don't know, oh we owe, we owe, we owe,
we owe

I don't know where it all went, haven't got a single cent
Took my car away from me, now I'm riding RTD
Cut my card up yesterday, guess it's the price I pay
Got a new one in the mail - look at me settin sail

I feel us sinking in credit quicksand
I feel us choking
Oh, we owe, we owe, we owe, we owe