We'll Get Along

I took the cigarette from out your lips,
     and gave you our first kiss;
you kissed me back, and then pushed me away
     with this to say:

you wanted me, but we were in the wrong.
I wanted you, so wrote this fucking song;
then you were fucking me, and it was over--
I knew you were a fucker, not a lover.

We'll get along just fine,
we'll get along just fine,
we'll win the world and paint the town,
while other worlds are breaking down,
we'll get along just fine.

You and I were friends, and only just,
     but when has that stopped us?
We two do play the game without a plan,
     because we can.

And even when the clock was striking twelve,
we were both so caught up in ourselves.
Name a reason why I'd take it slow;
this isn't love, it's just a fashion show.

We'll get along just fine,
we'll get along just fine,
we'll win the world and paint the town,
while London Bridge is falling down,
we'll get along just fine.

We'll get along just fine,
we'll get along just fine,
we'll win the world and paint the town,
while other worlds are breaking down,
we'll get along just fine.

We'll get along just fine.

Regret and Happiness, pt. II

I'm done pretending I'm not happy
just to justify myself
done denying smiling, trying,
you do that to me, i can't help
it, if I could I wouldn't, shouldn't,
I'm not dumb enough to try;
I'm not gonna sigh and cry
and hide the twinkle in my eye

I'm in love and it's thrilling, really
i'm in love and it might be silly
I don't give a fuck 'cause it'd kill me, kill me
Chill me, thrill me, fulfill me, fill me, oh!

Deal me in 'cause I'm playin, playin,
I'm in love, I'm just sayin, sayin,
smiling, whiling away the day and
if I get a say then you're stayin, stayin, oh!

I'm done pretending you're the only
one I live for anymore
I'm done pretending that I'm lonely
just because you're insecure
I'm in love with someone else
just like I told you I would be
I never lied to you, I felt
much more for you than you'll believe.

i'm in love and i will be happy
though that's not how you would have me
not what you want, no, not exactly
if you wanted to keep me you could have asked me, oh! (/asked but no!)

i'm in love and it's not selfish
to want to love each moment, relish
every single second of it,
i am happy, i can't help it, oh!

Regret and Happiness pt. I

I'm done pretending I regret
everything I ever said
moping, hoping you'd forget
the girl who's living in my head
I'm honestly on to an opera plot
I'm a girl who once knew who she was but forgot
I love who I love but my heart's a mess
more devil than woman in this crimson dress
I don't have enough small change to second guess
"Forever" is a word that's meaning less and less
"Forever" is a word that's ever meaning less and less
"Forever" is a word that's meaning less and less

No Grievances

I have no grievances--
and no regrets!
I have not sold my soul away, at least not yet!
I like the way I've lived my life so far, as of today,
I cannot think of a single thing
I'd do again a diff'rent way,
which I guess is a good thing, cuz I know,
I'll never get another go at it, but even so:

Letter From My Present Future To My Future Past

It's not quite cold enough to numb the pain,
just enough to make me wish I were back in bed again.

I'm not just touching the sky, I'm kissing it,
but somewhere there's a point to all this and I'm missing it.

Yes, I still love you, and I miss you, believe me,
but I still can't decide if I'd cry if you leave me.

You let your hair grow out, you're lookin' like Nick Drake,
and who we are keeps changing like the Swan in Swan Lake.

I'm sitting with my legs dangling over the Seine,
I kinda wanna go back, do it all over again.

I've seen the whole world, almost seen it twice,
and settling down has started to sound kind of nice.

The good days aren't over, but you can't make 'em last--
So ends this letter from my Present Future to my Future Past.

Kool with a K

you start a conversation with me
just to show me you don't care
and all you can say
is cool with a k
and how much you hate my green hair.

you start a conversation with me
just to prove i'm nothing to you
you might as well tell
me to just go to hell
'cause your making us both look like fools.

Hope and Happy Tears

Hope and Happy tears
'sbeen too long since you been here
and I've been so afraid
of losing, losing everything
and now you're saving me
i have faith in me
and faith in faith in everything

Hope and Happy tears
'sbeen too long, been four long years
since we were best of friends
what goes up comes down again
and this went up in flames
when you played fucking games
but now your mice are turning men

Frankenwoman

Em
You're a Frankenwoman,
D
Where's who you used to be?
D
Where's you heart, where's your mind,
Em
Where's your soul?
Em
You've been pieced back together
D
like a bleeding machine--
D
You're a Frankenwoman,
D
You're not whole


Em
Screw your head on straight,
D
Sew your hands together--
D
Far better late
Em
Than never ever.
Em
Can you spirit be fixed,
D
or must you live with no soul?
D
You're a Frankwoman,
D
You're not whole.


Em
Four to the floor!
Dm
Frankenwoman
Am
Frankenwoman
Em
Frankenwoman
Em  D  Em  D  Em
Oh  -  -  -  -  !


Em
You're a Frankenwoman,
D
Where's who you used to be?
D
Where's you heart, where's your mind,
Em
Where's your soul?
Em
You've been pieced back together
D
like a bleeding machine--
D
You're a Frankenwoman,
D
You're not whole

Ezra

Eb
Ezra
you said your name was
Bb Eb
Chuck, Chuck
Cm   Eb   Bb
What the fuck?


Eb
Ezra
I think it was a
Bb Eb
joke, joke,
Cm       Eb  Bb
but then I broke


Eb
I sang
and you told jokes I
Bb Eb
didn't laugh and in the
Cm Eb Bb
aftermath
Eb
they told me you were
Bb Eb
Ezra
Cm      Eb Bb
Uh-huh, uh-huh


Eb
Ezra
I wish you'd told me
Bb    Eb
your name
     Cm  Eb   Bb
it's not the same
Eb
from someone who's not
Bb Eb
Ezra
Cm      Eb Bb
Uh-huh, uh-huh


Cm
I thought I wanted
G
this but I was
Cm
wrong but I was
G
wrong.
Cm
I don't want to
G
kiss, I just
Cm
want to sing my
Bb
song; and I
Cm
want to be a
Fm
"miss" just a
Cm
little bit
Bb
longer
Cm Gm
Ezra


Eb
Ezra
you tood me on my
Bb     Eb
first date--
Cm   Eb   Bb
you were late.



Eb
you said
"take off your hat," I
Bb    Eb
said, "no,
     Cm  Eb  Bb
I've got to go."
Eb
"You've got a perfect
Bb Eb
nose,"
Cm      Eb Bb
Oh no, oh no.



Eb
Ezra
you're probably a
Bb   Eb
nice guy
Cm Eb  Bb
I wish I
Eb
could look you in your
Bb Eb
blue eyes.
Cm   Eb Bb
why, oh why?


Cm
Did I make this
G
awkward or was it
Cm
like that from the
G
start? you
Cm
masturbate, you
G
like star wars and
Cm
postmodern
Bb
art. you
Cm
think i'm pretty
Fm
and my voice, could
Cm
it be that I
Bb
don't like boys? I
Cm
want to like you, really do,
Gm
I feel so bad for ditching you, but


Eb
Ezra
I was young and
Bb    Eb
frightened, and
Cm Eb  Bb
in the end,
Eb
you've probably for-
Bb  Eb
gotten.
Cm   Eb Bb
mmm, mm-mmm...

Disappointed

don't matter that i'm excited,
yeah, i'm excited for this,
feel like you're disappointed,
you're disappointed in me.
and it don't matter that i am oh so proud and oh so happy,
feel like you're disappointed,
you're disappointed in me.

i thought you were supposed to,
you were supposed to be,
supportive and excited,
or not opposed at least.
and it don't matter that i am proud of what i'm accomplishing,
you're not what you're supposed to,
what you're supposed to be.

'nd i guess that's how you feel,
yeah, how you feel about me,
feel like i'm not supposed to,
i'm not supposed to be free.
and it don't matter that i am soaring as i'm spreading my wings,
you think i'm not supposed to,
i'm not supposed to be free.

and i don't know
what you wanted from me
but it was something
that i couldn't give
you wanted someone
for a child but not me
you wanted someone
i don't know how to be

and i'd love to help you
help me succeed
where i've repeatedly failed
and conceded defeat
i'm just trying and vying,
aspiring to be
someone you could love,
and maybe even believe in.

but i was always clever,
and it's clear weather to see,
that you and i were never,
were never meant to be
and it don't matter that i love you and you still say you love me,
it's clear that i don't measure
up, you're disappointed in me.

Circle to Nowhere

We're running
around
and around
and around
in a circle to nowhere

and we
haven't found
haven't found
haven't found
the regrets that we left there

Eb(o) - Bb(o) - Gm3rd

There's a science to finding
our mistakes where we've left them
and there's an art to correcting
the regrets that we had

and there's a science to learn,
and there's an art to be passed on,
so come on, and cast on

and you'll learn how to find
the mistakes you've left behind
and how to correct
and erase your regrets

my papa told me
there's on-
ly so much
you can do
when you're full of frustration

but he said
you can always
make the best
make the best
of a bad situation

and there's a science to determine
where a fix-up is called for
and there's an art to doin'
just what is right

Or you'll be running
around
and around
and around
in a circle to nowhere

and you
won't have found
won't have found
won't have found
the regrets that you left there

There's a science to finding
our mistakes where we've left them
and there's an art to correcting
the regrets that we had

and there's a science to learn,
and there's an art to be passed on,
so come on, and cast on

and you'll learn how to find
the mistakes you've left behind
and how to correct
and erase your regrets

Or you'll be running
around
and around
and around
in a circle to nowhere

and you
won't have found
won't have found
won't have found
the regrets that you left there

my papa told me
there's on-
ly so much
you can do
when you're full of frustration

but he said
you can always
make the best
make the best
of a bad situation

and there's a science to determine
where a fix-up is called for
and there's an art to doin'
just what is right