Tracklisting/Lyrics
1. No Such Thing
2. Why Georgia
3. My Stupid Mouth
4. Your Body is a Wonderland
5. Neon
6. City Love
7. 83
8. 3x5
9. Love Song for No One
10. Back to You
11. Great Indoors
12. Not Myself
14. St. Patricks's Day
1. No Such Thing
"welcome to the real world"
well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
they love to tell you "stay inside the lines"
I want to run through the halls of my high school
so the good boys and girls take the so-called right track
they love to tell you "stay inside the lines"
I want to run through the halls of my high school
I am invincible
I want to run through the halls of my high school
I just can't wait for my ten year reunion
2. Why Georgia
I am driving up 85 in the
4 more exits to my apartment but
cause I wonder sometimes
rent a room and I fill the spaces with
it might be a quarter life crisis
I wonder sometimes
so what so I've got a smile on
don't believe me
everybody is just a stranger
are you living it right
3. My Stupid Mouth
My stupid mouth has got me in trouble
oh the way she feels about me has changed,
We bit our lips
Oh, another social casualty
I'm never speaking up again
One more thing
Oh, another social casualty
I'm never speaking up again
4. Your Body is a Wonderland
We got the afternoon
One mile to every inch of
'Cause if you want love
Your body is a wonderland
There's something bout the way the hair falls in your face
You want love
Your body is a wonderland
Damn baby
Your body is a wonderland
5. Neon
when sky blue gets dark enough
she comes and goes and comes and goes
tonight she's out to lose herself
she comes and goes and comes and goes
she's always buzzing just like
I can't be her angel now
she comes and goes and comes and goes
she's always buzzing just like
6. City Love
I never liked this apple much
I tell everyone
she keeps a toothbrush at my place
I tell everyone
the day she called up and came to me
Friday evening we've been drinking
I got a city love
7. 83
I have these dreams I'm walking home
here I stand six feet small
and these days
thinking about my brother Ben
here I stand six feet small
well these days
and most my memories have escaped me
you can paint that house a rainbow of colors
whatever happened to my
more like
8. 3x5
I'm writing you to catch you up on places I've been
Didn't have a camera by my side this time
Today skies are painted colors of a cowboy's cliche'
Didn't have a camera by my side this time
You should have seen that sunrise
Guess you had to be there
You should have seen that sunrise
9. Love Song for No One
Sitting home alone on a Friday
I'm tired of being alone
Searching all my days just to find you
I'm tired of being alone
I could have met you in a sandbox
I could have met you in a sandbox
I'm tired of being alone
You'll be so good
10. Back to You
back to you
over you
back to you
should have smiled in that picture
oh I will
back to me
11. Great Indoors
check your pulse
scared of the world outside you should go explore
lamplight makes the shadows play
so put your faith in a late night show
scared of the world outside you should go explore
though lately I can't blame you
so go unlock the door
check your pulse
12. Not Myself
suppose I said
would you want me when I'm not myself
suppose I said
would you want me when I'm not myself
and I
suppose I said
14. St. Patrick's Day
here comes the cold
You, enter you
who knows
no way no November will see our goodbye
in the dark on the phone
and when it snows again
no way November will see our goodbye
we should take a ride tonight around the town
no one wants to be alone at Christmastime
if our always is all that we gave Credits - Lyrics taken from Songmeanings.net, and from the cd itself.
she said to me condescendingly
"take a seat, take your life
plot it out in black and white"
and the drama queens
I'd like to think the best of me
is still hiding up my sleeve
but something's better on the other side
I want to scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above
faded white hats grabbing credits, maybe transfers
they read all the books but they can't find the answers
all of our parents, they're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
while in their memories, tiny tragedies
but something's better on the other side
I want to scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above
I am invincible
I am invincible
as long as I'm alive
I want to scream at the top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
just a lie you've got to rise above
I'm gonna bust down the double doors
and when I stand on these tables before you
you will know what all this time was for
kind of morning that lasts all afternoon
I'm just stuck inside the gloom
I am tempted to keep the car in drive
and leave it all behind
about the outcome
Of a still verdictless life
am I living it right
am I living it right
am I living it right
why, why Georgia, why
wood and places to make it feel like home
but all I feels' alone
or just the stirring in my soul
either way
about the outcome
of a still verdictless life
am I living it right
am I living it right
am I living it right
why, why Georgia, why
It's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head
don't you dare believe me
when I say I've got it down
but that's the danger in going my own way
I guess it's a price I have to pay
still everything happens for a reason
is no reason not to ask yourself if you are
living it right
are you living it right
why, why Georgia, why
I said too much again
To a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see she was offended
She said "well anyway"
Just dying for a subject change
thanks for playing try again
How could I forget
Mama said "Think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do?
I guess he better find one soon
She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess
With the salt and pepper shaker
And I could see clearly
An indelible line was drawn
Between what was good, what just slipped out
And what went wrong
Score one more for me
How could I forget
Mama said "Think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do?
I guess he better find one soon
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me
Oh, I'm never speaking up again
Starting now
Why is it my fault?
So maybe I try too hard
But it's all because of this desire
I just want to be liked; I just want to be funny
Look like the joke's on me
So call me Captain Backfire
Score one more for me
How could I forget
Mama said "Think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do?
I guess he better find one soon
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery than she desert me
Oh, I'm never speaking up again
I'm never speaking up again
I'm never speaking up again
Starting now
You got this room for two
One thing I've left to do
Discover me discovering you
Your skin like porcelain
One pair of candy lips
And your bubble gum tounge
We'll make it
Swim in a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break them
This is bound to be a while
Your body is a wonderland I'll use my hands
Your body is a wonderland
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillow case
You tell me where to go
And though I might leave to find it
I'll never let you head hit the bed without my hand behind it
We'll make it
Swim in a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break 'em
This is bound to be a while
Your body is a wonderland I'll use my hands
Your body is a wonderland
You frustrate me
I know your mine oh mine oh mine
But you look so good it hurts sometimes
Your body is a wonderland I'll use my hands
Your body is a wonderland
to see the colors of the city lights
a trail of ruby red and diamond white
hits her like a sunrise
like no one can
and find a high on Peachtree Street
from mixed drinks to techno beats
it's always heavy into everything
like no one can
she comes and goes and no one knows
she's slipping through my hands
neon, neon
neon, neon
who knows how long, how long, how long
she can go before she burns away
you know it's not my place to hold her down
and it's hard for me to take a stand
when I would take her anyway I can
like no one can
she comes and goes and no one knows
she's slipping through my hands
neon, neon
neon, neon
who knows how long, how long, how long
she can go before she burns away
it always seemed too big to touch
I can't remember how I found
My way before she came around
I smile just because
I got a city love
I found it in Lydia
and I can't remember life before her name
as if I had the extra space
she steals my clothes to wear to work
I know her hairs are on my shirts
I smile just because
I got a city love
I found it in Lydia
and I can't remember life before
covered in rain
dinnertime shadowing
and as the clothes spun
we spooned and I knew I was through
when I said, "I love you"
2 AM I swear I might propose
but we close the tab
split a cab
and call each other up when we get home
falling asleep
to the sound of sirens
I found it in Lydia
from the battery to the gallery
its the kind of thing you only see
in scented glossy magazines
and I can't remember life before her name
home where it used to be
everything is as it was
frozen in front of me
romanticizing years ago
well it's a bittersweet feeling
hearing "Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the radio
I wish I was six again
oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
oh if only my life was more like 1983
all these things would be more like they were at the start of me
I had it made in 83
I miss him everyday
he looks just like his brother John
but on an eighteen month delay
and smiling cause I'm scared as hell
kinda like your life is like a sequel to a movie
where the actors' names have changed
I wish I was six again
oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
oh if only my life was more like 1983
all these things would be more like they were at the start of me
if my life was more like 1983
plot a course to the source of the purest little part of me
or confused themselves with dreams
if heaven's all they want it to be
send your prayers to me care of 1983
rip out the floorboards
and replace the the shutters
but that's my plastic in the dirt
whatever happened to my
whatever happened to my
whatever happened to my lunchbox
when came the day when it got
thrown away
don't you think I should have had some say in that decision
more like
more like 1983
You held this letter probably got excited,
But there's nothing else inside it
Hoping I would see the world with both my eyes
Maybe I will tell you all about it
When I'm in the mood
To lose my way
With words
And strange how clouds that look like mountains
In the sky are next to mountains anyway
Hoping I would see the world with both my eyes
Maybe I will tell you all about it
When I'm in the mood
To lose my way but let me say
With your own eyes
It brought me back to life
You'll be with me next time I go outside
No more 3x5's
Guess you had to be with me
Today I finally overcame
Tryin' to fit the world inside a picture frame
Maybe I will tell you all about it
When I'm in the mood
To lose my way but let me say
With your own eyes
It brought me back to life
You'll be with me next time I go outside
No more 3x5's
Just no more 3x5's
Flat on the floor looking back
On old love
Or lack there of
After all the crushes have faded
And all my wishful thinking was wrong
I'm jaded, I hate it
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
Get here
Not sure what I'm looking for
I'll know it
When I see you
Until then I'll hide in my bedroom
Just staying up all night just to write
A love song, for no one
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
You'll be so good for me
Ooh I know you'll be so good
For me, for me
it always comes around
back to you
I tried to forget you
I tried to stay away
But it's too late
I'm never over
over you
something about you
It's just the way you move
the way you move me
I'm so good at forgetting
and I quit every game I've played
but forgive me love
I can't turn and walk away
it always comes around
back to you
I walk with your shadow
I'm sleeping in my bed
with your silhouette
if it's the last that I'll see of you
it's the least that you could not do
leave the light on
I'll never give up on you
leave the light on
for me too
I know that it comes
back to me
doesn't it scare you
your will is not as strong
as it used to be
its proof that you're not listening to
the call your life's been issuing you
the rhythm of the line of idle days
pull all the shades and wander the great indoors
and posters take the walls away
the TV is your windowpane
the view wont let you down
I bet you didn't even know
depends on how far out you go
The channel numbers change
pull all the shades and wander the great indoors
I have seen the world
And sometimes wish your room had room for two
and find what you are here for
the great indoors
leave the great indoors
its proof that you're not listening to
the call your life's been issuing you
the rhythm of the line of idle days
I am on my best behavior
there are times
I lose my worried mind
wait it out while I am someone else
colors change for no good reason
words will go
from poetry to prose
wait it out while I am someone else
in time
will come around
I always do
for you
you're my saving grace
would you want me when I'm not myself
wait it out while I am someone else
would you want me when I'm not myself
wait it out while I am someone else
break out the winter clothes
and find a love to call your own
your cheeks a shade a pink
and the rest of you in powder blue
what will be
but I'll make you this guarantee
see
when it comes to December it's obvious why
no one wants to be alone at Christmas time
do they baby?
you tell me the names of your brothers
and your favorite colors
I'm learning you
we'll take a walk outside
and search the sky like children do
I'll turn and say to you
when it comes to December its obvious why
no one wants to be alone at Christmastime
come January we're frozen inside
making new resolutions a hundred times
February won't you be my valentine
and we'll both be safe until St. Patrick's Day
and look around at all the beautiful houses
there's something in the way the blue lights
on the black night can make you feel warm
everybody it seems to me that
just like to be
just like you and me
come January we're frozen inside
making new resolutions a hundred times
February won't you be my valentine
and we'll both be safe until St. Patrick's Day
and we someday take that away
I'll be alright if it was just 'til St. Patrick's day