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.

Waltz No. 3

Do you have a moment to spend
hearing out the words of a friend of a friend?
There's something I think you should hear,
just one thing I ought to make clear
If you will lend me your ear
and listen here,
my dear.

I suppose I ought to confess,
I thought of you when I put on this dress,
I was hoping only for a glance
this was no happenstance,
see, I wrote this waltz for a chance
to take your hands,
and dance.

You don't need to humor me,
that will not be necessary
and if so there's no need for making haste
but if you would like a taste
go ahead and place your hands on my waist,
Vienna waits
for you.

The River

yes, things have changed,
but there's still blood in my veins
so it's still somewhat the same
even though you're not here

I still get up and go
I still put on my clothes
I still love because I know
how to fight against the fear

I still love you
but life goes on without you
I still love you
but the river rolls on without you
I still love you
but life goes without you,
the river rolls on without you,
the river rolls on.

I still put on a show,
I still feel it in my bones
when the music shakes my soul
even though you're not here

I still consume and create
Still know how to celebrate
I still love because I hate
living lost, alone, in fear

I still love you
but life goes on without you
I still love you
but the river rolls on without you
I still love you
but life goes on without you,
yeah, the river rolls on without you,
the river rolls on.

Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
Damn I miss you
but life goes on without you
Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
life goes on without you
the river rolls on

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
But with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
but with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
But with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
but with or without you, life's a ball with me

I still love you
but life goes on without you
I still love you
but the river rolls on without you
I still love you
but life goes on without you,
yeah, the river rolls on without you,
yeah, the river rolls on.

Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
Damn I miss you
but life goes on without you
Yes I miss you
but I'm not alone without you
life goes on without you
the river rolls on

I still know how to live
I still know how to give
I still know how to love
how to fight and forgive

I still know how to laugh
I still know how to cry
And I'm still gonna live
every minute until I die

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
But with or without you, life's a ball with me

Life was never cream & sugar cuppa tea
but with or without you, life's a ball with me

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

r2D2

I confess I fell for you on our first date:
your steel plate
just blew me away!

I love the way you roll along the sand
although you can't
even hold my hand.

Let me always be by your side,
don't ever hide,
I’ll be true to you,
because you R 2 Dear 2 me.

I'd never leave you out in acid rain
it'd be a pain
to have to build you again.

I love you even when you power down
when I'm around,
I have found...

I would never leave you behind,
I think you will find
that I'll be true to you,
because you R 2 Dea' 2 me.

Ooh, my baby, how you fill the void,
you're my favorite droid,
I’ll never get annoyed

when you steal all the covers on the bed,
and from toe to head
I’m in the cold air instead.

When we first met, oh you caught my eye,
and you can bet, you're still my favorite guy,
and if you ever got wet, I would rub you dry
and if you were dead, I promise I would cry!
I'll never forget the cheeky look in your eye
when I said, "this is between you and I" [sic]
I let it get to my head like wine
when you winked your led--I mean, your LED lights!

When you get older I will oil your joints
with droid joint oint-
ment that I will anoint

each night I’ll hook your batteries up to charge
although they are
abnormally large

you can bet that won't bother me
it's easy to see
that I’ll be true to you,
because you r 2 Dea' 2 me.

yeah you r2D2 me...
uh-huh you r2D2 me...
you know you r2D2 me...
because you r2D2 me...

my love, you r 2 Dea' 2 me.

Old Things

and we've all kept old things
road maps to old dreams
sewn new thread on old seams,
and it seems
your love is secondhand,
but I can love a used man,
my mantra is "I think I can,
I think I can."

Mr. Self-Satisfied

Mister
Self-Satisfied
When I said that we were different
don't imagine I lied;
It's complicated
the heat between us,
It's frustrating,
can't tell you I lust
Because the picture frame extends beyond a boy meets girl
Your movie storyline is more a boy meets world.


Mister
Self-Satisfied
When I said I had these feelings
all pent up inside
it's complicated
the heat between us
it's frustrating
don't know how to trust
the ocean of emotion in me motions to speak
but I don't know how to tell you you're just the boy of the week

Memento Mori

You are you
and I am I,
and someday
both of us will die;
and we will both
be laid in dirt,
so while I live,
I'll love and hurt.


You are sex
and I am love,
but I will stay
with you because
I want to give
you all I can,
and prove that I
can love a man.

     You are love
     and I am sex;
     you are roses
     I'm a red dress;
     but I won't stay
     with you this time--
     I can't accept
     your sacrifice.


I am love,
and you are just
another man
in love with lust,
so I pretend
that I don't care
so I can keep
my hands in your hair.

     I don't care
     that much for you,
     but, gods, I swear
     the things you do
     are well worth lying
     to your brain!
     I'm a liar born,
     but I refrain.


This joy and pain
can never last,
so while I live,
I'm living fast.
I cannot speak
for both of us,
but I will live
'cause live I must.

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.

Just Like Other Men

I wish you weren't worth it
wish I could blow you off
wish I could stand you up
wish I could let you down
and never think of you again
wish you were just like other men
if you were just like other men
I'd never think of you again


I wish I didn't like you,
wish I could screw you and be through,
forget your name, your face,
wish I could leave this place
and never think of you again
wish you were just like other men
if you were just like other men
i'd never think of you again.

Jealous Girl

I'm a jealous girl
and I got no right to be
cause I'm a wanderer
and I fly free

I am a traveller
but that don't mean
that I've forgotten my love
left him far behind me

I am a wanderer
I'll never settle down
And if I ever do
I'll still get around

I am a traveller
Seen everything to see
___
____

I am a wanderer
I got no claim on you, child
But if you'll let me I'll love you
Just for a little while

I am a traveller
I know this tree ain't my own
but I'm a free bird,
wherever I hang my heart is my home

I love the sycamore
I love the apple tree
Old Man Willow and
Rowan and Beech

I'll find it deep within me
to love the lovers of my loves
Life and Love are the beginning
Letting go is yet to come

I'm a jealous girl
and I got no right to be
cause I'm a wanderer
and I fly free

In the Space

In the space
In the space of a week
By the grace
of a name I can't speak
I was broken
You're the last
piece in place
In the space
In the space of a week

If You Love Her

whether 'tis nobler in the mind
to let a lover leave
or to take up arms
against a seas of sorrows

whether 'tis nobler in the heart
to let her say goodbye
or cough up word swords 'bout the part
you promised me that you would try
(If you love her)

is it my watch? is it my right
to ask that you stay?
to try and help, to try and fight,
when you would walk away?

If you love her,
if you love her,

If I convince you to stay
is that a rape of the heart?
is it consent when you're this spent,
when you're half what thou art?

If I love you
will I let you
will I let you just be?
Will i let you leave,
will i let you leave me?

if you love her,
if you love her

if you love her let her go
if you love her let her go
if you love her let her go
if you love her let her go

Hold Me

Am
Hold Me,
G
Hold My hand;

I'd give up
    F Am
but I can't


Am
Hold me,
G
Hold me tight;

I'd let you leave,
      F    Am
but it doesn't feel right


Am
Touch me.
G
Touch my hair--

At least pretend that
F  Am
you still care


C      G
Just give me one more day with you
C     Am
One more night before I'm lost and alone.
C     G
Just one more day before we're through
C Am
Just one more walk holding hands before you're gone
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet...


Am
Hold Me,
G
Hold My hand;

and I will try
       F      Am
to make you understand


Am
Hold me,
G
Hold me tight;

I'll be okay,
     F       Am
just give me one last night


Am
Love me.
G
Here and now

I'd stop holding on
F  Am
But I'm not sure how


Am
Touch me.
     G
Feel Me

Lie to me,
    F   Am
and say that you won't leave


C      G
Just give me one more day with you
C     Am
One more night before I'm lost and alone.
C     G
Just one more day before we're through
C Am
Just one more walk holding hands before you're gone
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet...
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet...
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet...
F G    Am
Please don't leave me alone just yet.

Forbidden Literature (Blue Eyes Blues)

I came to you to write about your blue eyes,
but I could never write about your blue eyes.
I could try "dark," or "clear," or "beauty," or "deep,"
but hey, ceci n'est pas une pipe.

There are a lot of other things, besides,
besides your beautiful deep blue eyes.
Behind every visible thing's another thing that hides,
and there's a gentleman and a laugh behind your blue eyes.

The story of my life is not worth telling,
but the story of your eyes is that I fell in;
and from a completely objective point of view,
I fell into your eyes before I fell in love with you.

I came to you to sing about your blue eyes,
but if i'm honest i'll admit that it's a poor guise;
still I could sing "funny," "kind," or "perfect," or "blue,"
but ceci continue de n'être pas vous.

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...

Eve

Once I found myself in a heavenly place,
it was duller than the look on your hungover face,
so before I turned dull I got the Hell outta there
and I painted my face and I colored my hair

this Texas kid stretches, and he looks like Thom Yorke,
the taste of this fruit's like a road in a fork,
they said not to eat it, that it was forbidden,
but by the time it really clicked, shit, i'd already bitten.

well, you're no Adam and I'm no Eve
'cause I can't understand and you can't believe
but oh, how original our sins would be
if you would dare to take a chance with me

well, you're no Adam and I'm no Eve
'cause I can't understand and you can't believe
but oh, how original our sins would be
if you would dare to take a chance with me



sometimes I confuse my gods with my man
when you look so good all I think is ...goddamn!
oh fuck, I used the lord's name in vain,
well, I'm not as good as Abel but I'm not as bad as Cain.

and, Christ, you're no Christ and I'm sure no Mary
we're sharing a load neither knows how to carry
we're walking a road we don't know where it goes
and the glory we seek is the name of the rose.

well, you're no Adam and I'm no Eve
'cause I can't understand and you can't believe
but oh, how original our sins would be
if you would dare to take a taste of me

well, you're no Adam and I'm no Eve
'cause I can't understand and you can't believe
but oh, how original our sins would be
if you would dare to take a taste of me

Easy

One day you walk
through my door
Next day you're what I
wake up for
some people call me easy, oh
some people call me easy, oh

But that's the way
the story goes
I fall in love and
goodness knows
that everything changes, oh
everything changes, oh

I don't have
a fickle heart,
but falling in love
is an art
that I have perfected, oh
that I have perfected, oh

I fall in love
much quicker than
your average girl
or your average man,
but people are so lovely, oh
it's so easy to love them, oh