i feel smothered and encumbered and defeated and drawn disappointed over extended and frustrated and shaken this over giving over loving this care taking goes on with no chance of intermission i ll be checked out i ll be gone have to remove myself from sensation here comes the feeling i run from the feeling and reach for the drug can t sit with this feeling i d rather be flying and comfortably numb i feel anxious i am nervous i am bored i m overwhelmed rather be out of my gourd have to remove myself from sensation here comes the feeling i run from the feeling and reach for the drug can t sit with this feeling i d rather be flying and comfortably numb i am lonely i feel hungry and unloved i feel angry i am livid need a hug here comes the feeling i run from the feeling and reach for the drug can t sit with this feeling i d rather be flying and comfortably numb1

there s a playground that we used to run on the penny drop that broke her arm the monkey bars that you fell from the swingset chain that stuck with my tongue it s thirty below and we re far gone if you plant yourself here i wouldn t miss you for long but then comes the day when you leave town i m back to the way i was when you weren t around if you want to know what that was like i ll tell you first it was way too quiet it rained a hundred nineteen days of the year i spent my time falling down the stairs i know i can t tie you to a leash but something tells me you d go further than greece and then i ll have to figure out what to do i m kind of afraid i m co dependent on you i m freaking out that we ve started breaking down before momentum picked up now all these doors are locked the trees trick you cause they re always standing still but time is really racing by you can see it when you drive there s a rooftop deck where we still hang out a couple of bars where we re not allowed the roller skates that threw you on your face the park on the hill which was our only space the fog is fast and it rolls right in about the time i struck my first fifth of gin i really don t mean to complain too much but this is turning me into quite the lush i m freaking out that we re running out of time but to do what should i stop and think of that is there something i could do to slow it down live in a day for once instead of watch it screaming by you re a dandelion seed that flies through the air and lands randomly then disappears x2 i m freaking out that we ve started breaking down before momentum picked up now all these doors are locked the trees trick you cause they re always standing still if time was really racing by you could see it when you drive

i tried to keep you in my pocket couldn t stop you couldn t stop it you were running from the very start i was driving with my hair down with the breaks on the lights out we were drifting didn t know how far i see the way you look at me it s not the same as it used to be you can say what you want but you can say what you want but you won t stay say goodbye it s so messed up i m torn inside you can say what you want but i i just gotta break free free i cry black tears and scream but you never hear me me i can t go on playing along let me go let me go let me let me go let me go the longer you take the harder i break so let me break free i remember how it started like a windstorm couldn t fight it we were strangers from the very start i tried to keep you in my pocket couldn t stop you couldn t stop it you were running didn t know how far i wish you d just walk away this is all that i can take you can say what you want but i i just gotta break free free i cry black tears and scream but you never hear me me i can t go on playing along let me go let me go let me let me go let me go the longer you take the harder i break so let me break free i can t go on playing along let me go let me go let me i can t go on playing along let me go let me go let me cause i know that i can t wait for you i just gotta break free free i cry black tears and scream but you never hear me me i can t go on playing along let me go let me go let me let me go let me go the longer you take the harder i break i just gotta break free cry black tears and scream but you never hear me me i can t go on playing along let me go let me go let me let me go let me go the longer you take the harder i break so let me break free

there is a place for me far far away on a distant screen or on a silver moon with the perfect life where you never die you just press rewind there is a place for me far far away on a distant moon or on a silver screen stolen late one night with arms held high screaming take me away i could watch you a thousand times row b seat 13 half a ticket in the silver light an entire universe between there is a place for me far far away in someone else s dream or in a magazine a poster will be your bed put your hands to your head screaming take me away i could watch you a thousand times row b seat 13 half a ticket in the silver light an entire universe between i m the only one around without a sound just a breath of dust settling yeah in the flickering light with the perfect life where you never die with the perfect life where you never die with the perfect life where you never die you just press rewind

i took the perfect avenue down the road to both of you did i go dutch this is too much with all the money in the world you could never buy this girl quite enough it will be tough if romancing me with neons is something you should do make the letters bright and luminous and blue and get me waking up shake it up tangled up you could be quaking up making up tangled up you cant be faking it making it for my love before it s tragedy dont get me tangled up i cant separate your sins to me youre acting like youre twins this is a mess is this a test how many guesses do i get till only one of you is left youre quite the same if loves the game i want to see emotions coloring the sky to the point it will make me wanna cry and get me waking up shake it up tangled up you could be quaking up making up tangled up you cant be faking it making it for my love before it s tragedy dont get me tangled up tangled up treating girls like a yo yo is a no no of monumental kind if playing with your string happens to be your thing its easy to say to both oh never mind and get me waking up shake it up tangled up you could be quaking up making up tangled up you cant be faking it making it for my love before it s tragedy dont get me tangled up mmmh oh oh oh oh tangled up mmmh oh oh oh oh tangled up mmmh oh oh oh oh tangled up mmmh oh oh oh oh tangled up7

what the i ve been trying to get my head around what the fuck is happening i ve been trying to make some sense out of whatcha do with my head it s like a skydive or gettin high the kinda thing ll maybe kill ya it s like i m eye to eye with a wild lion ooooh i don t know what to tell ya there s just this thing about ya so maybe you can help me clear this up cause me myself i just can t tell are you some kind of dark sorcerer am i under some kind of spell cause i can go on for days just crazy about it oh you re so respectable mmm but a little bit animal it s like a skydive i m gettin high the kinda thrill that could just kill ya it s like i m eye to eye with a wild lion ooh i don t know what to tell ya there s just this thing about ya now aren t you gonna tell me what comes next or am i just supposed to know do i make my own decisions here or am i under your control cause i m like this for days crazy about it oh and it s starting to get you know a little bit uncomfortable it s like a skydive or gettin high the kinda thrill ll maybe kill ya it s like i m eye to eye with a wild lion ooooh i don t know what to tell ya do you think i m out of line do you think i m out of or maybe it s fine oh maybe it s alright it s like i m eye to eye with a wild lion yeah and i don t know what to tell ya i don t know what to tell ya there s just this thing about ya

i heard you late last night you know you talk too much not everything comes through these walls but just enough to hear the things that i don t want to hear i heard you late last night i wish i had my distance i hear you crash around and say that no one listens i wish that i could hear you say goodnight but nobody cares especially me but i can t help myself as i fall asleep to turn out the lights turn back the sheets say goodnight and turn me on turn out the lights turn back the sheets turn me on i heard you late last night you were in such a hurry not a sound behind these walls makes me worry i wish that i would hear you say goodnight say goodnight say goodnight say goodnight say goodnight yeah yeah la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la turn out the lights turn back the sheets turn me on yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

i was born in the south given to a town raised on hand to mouth born on the same day as the sun holding in the earth s seed one by one i died in the cold waiting to rot frozen like stone all is for naught all that i am is churning inside all that i am is screaming go and get my bones bring em to the deep south yeah somewhere they can thaw out here in the deep south go and get my bones bring em to the deep south oh yeah somewhere they can thaw out here in the deep south i feel it in my skin coming undone again and again torn at the seam my heart had sewn holding back the tears shed on my own if dying is bold that courage i ve got i could grow old but i forgot all that i am is churning inside the voice in my head is screaming go and get my bones bring em to the deep south yeah somewhere they can thaw out here in the deep south go and get my bones bring em to the deep south oh yeah somewhere they can thaw out here in the deep south i was born in the south given to a town raised on hand to mouth born on the same day as the sun counting every heart beat one by one go and get my bones bring em to the deep south yeah somewhere they can thaw out here in the deep south go and get my bones bring em to the deep south oh yeah somewhere they can thaw out here in the deep south2

it s my own fault baby treat me the way you wanna do it s my own fault baby treat me the way you wanna do yes when you were loving me baby at that time little girl i didn t love you she used to make her own pay checks and bring them all home to me i would go out on the hillside you know and make every woman look i see she said she was gonna leave me she d been running around with the boys she said she was gonna leave me gonna be over in illinois

oh i feel so tired i cannot hardly keep open my eyes my thoughts are scattered and i cannot say a word and i can t seem to remember anything i ve learned well do you have some of those days when you can t be who you want to be when you just need to close your eyes pull the covers up so high and drift away and sleep so soundly and dream profoundly cast all your cares on the only thing that you really need and sleep so soundly now i feel so alive a sense of movement slowed and somehow my tongues tied my thoughts are shattered and they re making the stars in the sky and i ve never felt so speechless in my life well do you have some of those days when you just need you just need to be when you just need to shut your mouth and close your eyes and breathe in and out and drift away and sleep so soundly and dream profoundly cast all your cares on the only thing that you really need and sleep so soundly sleep yeah so soundly and dream just dream profoundly so sleep so soundly and dream profoundly cast all your cares on the only thing that you really need

ohhhhh yeah ohhhh diamond in the back sun roof top diggin the scene with a gangsta lean yeah rooftop seen a couple friends at the bar baby oh and on my mind all i m thinking bout is who i m taking home with me oh shoulder rubs i m going through the motions and i guess we can call it the pregame oh but now we on the clouds got you gripping on my jock jack on the rocks and we ain t even get back to the car oh well she just wanna show love give a fuck bout the finer things oh yeah she just wanna do drugs roll something and get high with me oh she just wanna show love she can t wait for us to leave the scene i m leaving gold wrappers on the nightstand she my one night fan i m leaving gold wrappers on the nightstand oh you get the foreign cars and the foreign bags she avoid the black fridays and all the sale tags say she found that out funny through my snaps realise i was a hustler now she love my raps the filly only focused for the time being mansions and motels and cities i m dying to see saw your best friend she offered me her phone number iced out gave her ass the cold shoulder i represent you cause you represent me it all come to light how we move in the streets rubbing on your neck and kissing on your knees gold wrappers we rolling up we twisting trees but now we on the clouds got you gripping on my jock jack on the rocks and we ain t even get back to the car oh well she just wanna show love give a fuck bout the finer things oh yeah she just wanna do drugs roll something and get high with me oh she just wanna show love she can t wait for us to leave the scene i m leaving gold wrappers on the nightstand she my one night fan ohhhhhhhh ohhhhh i m leaving gold wrappers on the nightstand ohhhh body to body the mind is numb round after round i need more than one promise no illusions no fantasies panties fall down like some autumn leaves body to body the time has come going all night until the morning sun ruby rue red lipstick on me call up the uber cause it s time to leave oh she just wanna show love give a fuck bout the finer things oh yeah she just wanna do drugs roll something and get high with me ohhhh she just wanna show love she can t wait for us to leave the scene i m leaving gold wrappers on the nightstand she my one night fan ohhhhhh ohhhhhh i m leaving gold wrappers on the nightstand ohhhhh

in the dream you were someone different you and everyone else all at once you were beautiful you were beautiful in the dream you were just like you are you loved everyone like a sovereign half magnanimous half unimpressed and i was talkin too much i was tryin too hard in the dream it was just like it is and then everything was so simple things are how they always will be you are the answer to the question that is me oh in the dream it was just like it is we were captive in in a prison where everyone was guilty by mistake and it was infinite it was infinite in the dream it was just like it is and i i asked is that good for you you said no probably not but everybody needs to get through the night and love is all we got yeah in the dream it was just like it is yeah in the dream it was just like it is in the dream you were someone different you and everyone else all at once and you were beautiful you were beautiful in the dream it was just like it is

oh lordy me i feel so bad this mornin a but i won t be feelin bad too long i m headed for hangover tavern my head is heavy my spirit s kinda of low and every time i feel this way to hangover tavern i go well this bar i m talkin about the shades are pulled down to keep the sunshine out the beer is poured in a frosty cup the good bartender cheers you up sayin hey lordy me if you feel bad this mornin then watch your blues just fade away at hangover tavern today oh lordy me when i woke up this mornin i just had to make my way on down to hangover tavern my throat is dry there s a red around my eye but i ll have lots of company at hangover tavern for me on saturday night we stay out late the very next day we congregate i just can t wait for the very first round tell the man to turn the jukebox down cause hey lordy me i feel so bad this mornin but i ll drink my blues away at hangover tavern today hangover tavern here i come

if you think i d ever leave you girl you re wrong i d never want to and how could you know that my love is real a take this kiss and you ll know how i feel somebody cares and i m gonna make you see somebody cares so put your trust in me baby now the time is going and the sky is cloudy the birds are leaving and the cold is nearing a trust in me and you ll know the reason that our love will last through many a season somebody cares and i m gonna make you see somebody cares so put your trust in me baby so give me a smile and you ll know that our love s true don t be in doubt cause i d never hurt you a trust in me and you ll know the reason that our love will last through many a season somebody cares and i m gonna make you see somebody cares so put your trust in me baby somebody cares and i m gonna make you see somebody cares so put your trust in me baby

you know i m a drinker but i won t swallow my pride anymore tonight you ve got me thinking so hard that my fucking eyelids are sore i don t want to live this life when every single minute s a chore we complicate our existence and what the fuck do we do it for goddamn it s been way too long since we ve agreed on anything at all i kept my hopes up i m so sorry i never thought that you could make me feel so tired of the bullshit and the fact we re never on the same page i hate the way you smirk at every single fucking thing that i say i think right now s the perfect time to tell you that we re taking a break oh never mind oh never mind oh never mind goddamn it s been way too long since we ve agreed on anything at all i kept my hopes up i m so sorry i never thought that you could make me feel so small

i took a picture your form was cloudy in the night you wrote a letter you said you tried to shed some light on the good and the wicked things we do face my direction i want to see you better dear you re a distraction from everything that i fear and the good and the wicked things i do sometimes oh sometimes i think i could fade away in the light oh the light of an ever sunny day but i m stronger than the picture that you took before you left in the light it faded to white in the light the colors turn to white indian summer i caught a glimpse of things to come racing to finish i never think before i run to the good and the wicked things you do sometimes oh sometimes i think i could fade away in the light oh the light of an ever sunny day but i m stronger than the picture that you took before you left in the light it faded to white in the light the colors turn to white

i ve been down hearted baby ever since the day we met i said i ve been down hearted baby ever since the day we met our love is nothing but the blues woman baby how blue can you get you re evil when i m with you baby and you re jealous when we re apart i said you re evil when i m with you baby and you re jealous when we re apart how blue can you get baby the answer is right here in my heart i gave you a brand new ford but you said i want a cadillac i bought you a ten dollar dinner and you said thanks for the snack i let you live in my penthouse you said it just a shack i gave you seven children and now you wanna give them back i said i ve been down hearted baby ever since the day we met our love is nothing but the blues baby how blue can you get 4

whiskey and women almost wrecked my life whiskey and women almost wrecked my life weren t for whiskey and women i have money today nightlife nightlife nightlife ain t no good ain t no good ain t no good for me i had a good start but women and whiskey tore it down whiskey and women ain t no good for me whiskey and women ain t no good ain t no good for me i had a lot of money and a big fine car but i lost everything i had i had a lot of money at one time night life that whiskey wrecked my life but that s alright

stay away from me cause i m in my sin stay away from me cause i m in my sin if this place gets raided it s me and my gin don t try me nobody oh you will never win don t try me nobody cause you will never win i ll fight the army navy just me and my gin any bootlegger sure is a pal of mine any bootlegger sure is a pal of mine cause a good ol bottle o gin will get it all the time when i m feeling high ain t nothing i won t do when i m feeling high ain t nothing i won t do get me full of liquor and i ll sure be nice to you i don t want no cloak and i don t need no bed i don t want no cloak and i don t need no bed i don t want no porkchop just give me gin instead

hot summer what a bummer me oh my think i m going to pull a sicky do runner talk talking to my leader summer fever what a bleeder free and easy easily free er live for the reason the reason is sure to amaze hold out for weekends and bleak days of illness and pain hot summer hot hot summer hot summer hot hot summer what i feel it s not important its not important it s not important this is the end of the summer hot summer hot hot summer hot summer hot hot summer not sure but it might be hot summer hot hot summer hot summer hot hot summer live for the reason the reason is sure to amaze saccharin and other such terrible ways you live for the evening coz it s the best part of the day hold out for weekends and bleak days of illness and today i woke up on my own i looked into myself and all i could see was a maaaaaan hot summer hot hot summer hot summer hot hot summer what i feel it s not important its not important it s not important