HERE WE GO AGAIN
You know I like to watch you sleep
No, I don't want to touch you, you'll get mad at me
No, I don't wanna think about the bad times
Aw, anyone could have a bad year
Now I don't want you to show me, do not want you to know
me
The way I used to be...
All these good things we have would not mean a damn to me
Now I don't want to hear those words you feel you have to
say when you find out how I used to be back in the day
Yeah, you know I like the way you slide
Yeah, yes, I like it when you do that slow glide
Now please don't bad talk all those good times
Aw, don't ask for answers, baby, that you do not want to
hear
Now I don't want you to make me,
do not need you to break me of all my childish ways
I'm still the same you know, dumb rock hard and good to
go
I still hear them voices calling me from back in the day
Oh, baby, can't you see there ain't no place I'd rather
be...
Than watching dirty movies in that happy room with you,
sittin' on a mattress in the corner, eating Chinese food
I hear that voice in my head say, "Here we go again."
Now here we go again. I know you like the way I rock
Sometimes I just need to drown out all that back talk
Yeah, I could not care less what your friends say,
someone's always talking shit about the old days
You do not need to remind me that I left it all behind me,
those things I used to do
I don't want that older life, 'cause I am so in love with
you
I can barely hear it calling me from back in the day
Oh, baby, can't you see there ain't no place I'd rather
be...
Than watching dirty movies in that happy room with you,
sittin' on my mattress in the corner eating Chinese food
I hear that voice in my head say... "Here we go again."
Yeah, here we go again. Aw, baby, here we go again
I know (here we go), I know (here we go), I know (here we
go)...
Aw baby, baby, can't you see. Yes, I know you got some doubts,
I know you don't believe
I know you think I'm crazy and I know you're just like me
When I hear that voice inside me, it makes me wanna jump
right in,
saying, "Here we go (go!),
here we go (go!), here we go (go!), here we go again..."
Lets go watch some dirty movies. Yes, in that nasty little
room
Sit right on the mattress while we eat that greasy Chinese
food
I hear that voice in my head say, "Here we go again."
Oooh, baby, here we go again.
AM RADIO
(Spoken:) "KHJ Los Angeles.
Portions of today's programming are reproduced by means
of electrical transcriptions or tape recordings."
You can hear the music on the AM radio
The VCR and the DVD
There wasn't none of that crap back in 1970
We didn't know about a world wide web
It was a whole different game being played back when I was
a kid
You wanna get down in a cool way?
Just picture yourself on a beautiful day,
with the big bell bottoms and movie long hair justa walking
in style with a portable CD player
No! No, you would listen to the music on the AM radio
Yeah, you can hear the music on the AM radio
Flashback to '72, another summer in the neighbrohood hanging
out with nothing to do
Sometimes we'd go driving around in my sister's Pinto, crusing
with the windows rolled down
We'd listen to the radio station
We were too damn poor to buy the 8-track tapes
There wasn't any good time to want to be inside
My mom would want to watch that TV all Goddamn night
I'd be in bed with the radio on,
I would listen to it all night long just to hear my favorite
song
You'd have to wait, but you could hear it on the AM radio
Yeah... you could hear the music on the AM radio
I can still hear mama say,
"Boy, turn that radio down!"
(Art talking:) "Awww, Mom, not that show again! I don't
wanna watch that show!
Can't we watch Good Times and Chico and the Man or something
cool? Turn it off!"
Things changed back in '75
We were all growing up on the in and the outside
We got in trouble with the police man,
we got busted getting high in the back of my friend's van
I remember 1977
I started going to concerts and I saw the Led Zeppelin
I got a guitar on Christmas Day,
I dreamed that Jimmy Page would come to Santa Monica and
teach me to play!
Yeah, there isn't any place that I need to go
There isn't anything that I need to know that I did not
learn from the radio
Yeah, when things get stupid and I just don't know where
to find my happy,
I listen to the music from the AM radio
(You could hear the music on the AM radio.)
I like pop, I like soul, I like rock, but I never liked
disco
(On the AM radio.)
We like pop... we like soul, we like to rock, but we never
liked disco
(On the AM radio.)
I never liked disco... no I never liked disco
No, I never liked disco.
BROWN EYED GIRL
Van Morisson
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Go! (I hear a song, it makes me think of a girl I used to
know
I sing along when I hear it on the radio now...)
Hey, where did we go?
Yeah, days when the rains came
Way down in the hollow playing a new game,
laughing and a running, hey, hey, hey,
skipping and a jumping in the misty morning fog
Oh baby, yeah, my hearts a thumping, you, my brown eyed
girl
You, my brown eyed girl
Do you remember when?
Yeah, we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
(I hear a song, it makes me think of a girl I used to know.)
Hey, hey, hey, hey
(I sing along when I hear it on the radio now...)
Now that the years gone by
Yeah, now that I'm on my own
I saw you just the other day. But my baby...
how you have grown
I cast my memory back there, Lord
Sometimes... I am overcome, just thinking about it
Making love in the green grass behind the stadium with you,
my brown eyed girl
You, my brown-eyed girl
Do you remember when?
Yeah, we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
I hear a song, it makes me think of a girl I used to know
Hey, hey, hey, hey
I sing along when I hear it on the radio
Hey, hey, hey, hey
I sing along when I hear it on the radio now.
LEARNING HOW TO SMILE
Five miles outside of Vegas when we broke down
Threw my keys inside the window and we never looked back
We got all drunk and sloppy on a Greyhound bus
We passed out, all them losers,
they were laughing at us
I will never let them break your heart
No, I will never let them break me
We got lost in Phoenix, seemed like such a long time
Seven months of living sweaty on those thin white lines
Did some time for selling acid to the wrong guy
Life just keeps on getting smaller and we never ask why,
why there is no perfect place
Yes, I know this is true
I'm just learning how to smile and that's not easy to do
I know there will come a day when we can leave and just
go running away
We was broke outside of Philly when the storms came
I was working in New Jersey hitchin' rides in the rain
You was happy talking dirty at that phone sex place
Life just keeps on getting weirder for us every day
You say there is no perfect place. I say I know this is
true
I'm just learning how to smile and that's not easy to do
We both live for the day when we can run away
Aw, baby, we can leave and run away
Yes, we can leave this place and run away
We can leave it all behind like we do every time
Yes, we both live for the day when we can leave and just
go running away
No, I will never let 'em break your heart
No, I will never let 'em break me
Five miles outside of Vegas, five years down the line
We got married in the desert and the sunshine
I can't handle all the hell that happens everyday
When you smile and touch my face you make it all just go
away
Yes, I know there ain't no finish line
I know this never ends
I'm just learning how to fall and climb back up again
I know there's nothing perfect, I know there's nothing new
We are just learning how to live together, me and you
You know I live for the day when you say, "Baby, lets
just run away."
Ah, baby, we can leave and run away
Yes, we can leave this place and run away
Baby, we can leave and run away
We can leave this place and run away
Baby, we can leave and run away
Yes, we can leave this place and run away.
THE HONEYMOON SONG
You know I love you, baby,
and I know you love me too
But the fun that day didn't start until we left on our honeymoon
Stepped off the plane into a warm sunny day and we got leid
together
The sun shines down on a Hana lei town where the fish all
smile 'cause they know us
Our wedding day was warm and sunny
Our friends and family came from out of town
We said, "I do," then ate some food, and smiled
until the sun gone down
We'll take the Zodiac Cadillac around the north shore and
then we'll head back
The sea turtles come to greet us
So let's get loaded tonight, we'll drink on the flight
Back home the honeymoon is over
You know I love you, baby, and I know you love me too
But the fun that day didn't start until...
we left on our honeymoon
We're on our honeymoon
We're on our honeymoon
The fun that day didn't start until...
we left on our honeymoon.
NOW THAT IT'S OVER
Yeah right! (One, two, three, four.)
Break down and shake for me
Nothing ever ends the way you want it to be
Nothing even tastes right now that it's over
Break down and shake for me
Don't write words unless you want me to read them
Nothing really matters now that it's over
Maybe we can be friends now that we're older
We can have fun like we did in the early days, now that
it's over
Yeah right!
Break down and shake for me
Nothing ever seems the way it ought to be
Nothing ever seems right now that it's over
Yeah, now maybe we can be friends
Maybe we can be closer
We can have fun like we did in the old days now that it's
over
Oh yeah...
My bad dreams just don't seem the same, baby, without you
Oh, I wish you were willing to accept the blame, yeah, for
everything you do
My nightmares just don't scare me now, baby, without you
I wish that I could find the words to tell in the best way
possible...
you and your friends to go to hell
Yeah right!
Whoa... Break up time is never easy to do
Nothing ever ends the way you want it to
Nothing seems to make sense now that it's over
Yeah, now maybe we can be friends
Yeah, now that you're leaving
You can be nice to me, maybe I'm dreaming
I am a lot better now than just okay
Maybe I am just waking up in my own way now that it's over
Now that it's over
My bad dreams just don't seem the same, baby, without you
I wish you were willing to accept the blame, yeah, for all
the shitty things you do
Nightmares just don't scare me now, baby, without you
I wish that I could find the words to tell you to politely
go fuck yourself
Yeah, now that it's over
Now that it's over...
("Congratulations, a fetishist and an obsessive
You will be very happy together.")
THRIFT STORE CHAIR
Baby, go to bed and put out the light
We both know if we talk anymore we're gonna end up in a
great big fight
You can have your way again
Yeah, you believe what you want to believe
You can walk all over me tomorrow, but tonight can't we
both just pretend to sleep?
I think we're headed for a big fall, I think we're headed
for a bad time
(Yeah, you're gonna go downstairs and sit in that chair
you like.)
Gonna put a John Prine record on
I think we need to slow down for awhile
Yeah, I wish we had never bought a king size bed
Yeah, the only damn thing that it's ever been good for is
plenty room for the real good sex
I lay in the bed in the dark and all that I can see,
yeah, is the distance in the worlds between us
You seem so far from me
I think we're headed for a real big fall
Yes, we're headed for a bad time
Yeah, I'm gonna go downstairs,
sit by myself all alone in the middle of the night
I'm gonna put a John Prine record on
Yes, we need to slow down for awhile
I'm gonna go downstairs, smoke cigarettes in that thrift
store chair you like
I'm gonna put a John Prine record on
Yeah, we need to slow down for awhile
We need to slow down for awhile
Yeah, we need to slow down for a while.
OTIS REDDING
Do you remember when we were hungry?
Do you remember when we were cold?
Do you remember when we were happy?
Do you remember, do you remember?
Do you remember when we were lucky?
We were living the life almost every night
I would wrap you in my thin white arms,
we'd sit and watch the stars die
Yeah, do you remember when we were the losers?
Do you remember when we were the lame?
Do you remember when we were the lovers?
Do you remember, do you remember?
Do you remember when we were strung out eating top ramen
and macaroni and cheese?
We would get so lost in that basement room and let Otis
Redding sing us to sleep
I wish I had one more life
I don't want to be wasted,
I don't want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don't want to be wasted,
I don't want to be blind
I wish I could be like all my heroes
I wish I could be like all yours too
I wish I could sing like Otis Redding
I wish I could play this guitar in tune
Do you remember when we were hungry?
Do you remember when we were cold?
Do you remember when we were happy in a way no one outside
could ever know?
I wish I had one more life...
How I wish that I had one more life to live
I don't want to be wasted,
I don't want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don't want to be wasted,
I don't want to be blind
I don't want to be wasted, no,
I don't want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don't want to be wasted I don't want to be
I don't want to be wasted I don't want to be
I don't want to be wasted I don't want to be blind
No, I don't want to be blind.
UNEMPLOYED BOYFRIED
(Spoken:) "Hi, this is Peggy, leave a nice message
or I'll kill ya."
"Hey Peggy it's me... You are never gonna believe what
happened to me today:
I am sitting at the unemployment office,
waiting on my loser of a caseworker in one of those nasty
chairs and from out of nowhere this total stranger walked
right up to me,
sits down, then leans over and says something like,
'This is going to sound a little obsessive...'"
This is gonna sound a little obsessive
This is gonna sound a little bit strange
I have one thing to say before I turn and I walk away
This is gonna sound a little impulsive
This is gonna sound a little insane
I know you don't know me yet, but you and I,
we will be together someday. Someday...
I know I sound like I'm on drugs,
but now listen to me when I say...
That ever since when I first saw you sitting on your car
outside
You asked for a cigarette, I couldn't stop staring at your
eyes
Ever since when I first saw you looking bored in that plastic
chair,
with the lights of the office around you, those blonde streaks,
they look so pretty in your black hair
You look cool and alternative with that disaffected stare
Yeah, you want people to think that you just don't care
Hey, you can be with me
Yeah, 'cause I just might be the one who will treat you
like you're perfect,
who will always make you come
Yeah, you can be with me
Yes, I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys,
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend.
(Spoken:) "Can you believe he said that to me? To me,
of all people!
I can't even remember the last time a guy took me out on
a date and actually paid for it."
This is gonna sound a little bit out there
This is gonna sound a litle insane
I keep having the same dream that you will be the mother
of my children someday
Someday... I've heard you sleep with that obnoxious guy,
I know he is in that famous band
You look so sad when you are with him
Yes, I never see him reach to hold your hand
Yeah, you can be with me
Yes, I will treat you like a queen
I will go to all those chick flick movies that I really
don't want to see
Yeah, you can be with me
No, I will never let you down
I will never make out with your girlfriends when I know
you're not around
Yes, you can be with me
Yeah, I just might be the one who will treat you like you're
special
I will always make you come
You can be with me
Yes, I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be like those other guys!
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend
(Spoken:) "Can you believe this? I mean, can this be
for real?
Then he takes my hand, writes down his number,
and just walks away
I mean... wow. But you know, the weird thing is,
he's actually kinda cute in a really intense way...kinda
like Perry Farrell.
You know, intense, but sensitive
Anyway, I told my bitchy sister about it and she just laughed
at me
I told her I'm really excited about this,
that I have a really good feeling about this guy...
I told her this could be the guy. I'm like...
WONDERFUL
I close my eyes when it gets too sad
I think thoughts that I know are bad
I close my eyes and I count to ten
I hope it’s over when I open them
I want the things that I had before,
like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door
I wish I could count to ten and make everything be wonderful
again
I hope my mom and I hope my dad will figure out why they
get so mad
I hear them scream...
I hear them fight
They say bad words that make me want to cry
I close my eyes when I go to bed and I dream of angels who
will make me smile
I feel better when I hear them say everything will be wonderful
some day
Promises mean everything when you’re little and the
world’s so big
I just don’t understand how you can smile with all
those tears in your eyes and tell me everything is wonderful
now
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
(Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now.)
I go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that it’s all OK
I like to laugh so my friends won’t know
When the bell rings I just don’t wanna go home
I go to my room and I close my eyes,
I make believe that I have a new life
I don't believe you when you say everything will be wonderful
someday
Promises mean everything when you’re little and the
world is so big, so big
I just don’t understand how you can smile with all
those tears in your eyes,
when you tell me everything is wonderful now
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
No, I don’t wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful
now
I don’t want to hear you say that I will understand
someday
No, no, no, no
I don’t want to hear you say you both have grown in
different ways
No, no, no, no
I don’t want to meet your friend, and I don’t
wanna start over again
I just want my life to be the same, just like we used to
be
Somedays... I hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Please don’t tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't want to hear you tell me everything is wonderful
now
Everything is wonderful now.
ANNABELLA'S SONG
I see you roll your eyes
You know it makes me smile
You are like the sun to me,
bright as liquid fire
I feel so powerless to hold you up above the world
You are quite a lot of trouble for such a pretty little
girl
Such a pretty little girl. I know I'm never home
I'm always miles and miles away
I feel I'm runnin' out of time to say the things I need
to say
I call you on the phone, you will not talk to me
Yeah, you just don't understand, you are my everything
Anna, Anna, tell me what you want, tell me what you need
Anna, Anna, you are never alone
You are never alone
I like to watch you play when you don't know I'm there
I see you in your sleep at night, reach out and touch your
hair
I wanna make this world be just how you want it to be
Yeah, you just don't understand, you're my everything
Anna, Anna, tell me what you want, baby, tell me what you
need
Anna, Anna, you are never alone
You are never alone. Anna. You are never alone.
