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HAVE
YOU EVER
Falling, I'm falling
Have you ever walked through a
room
But it was more like the room
passed around you
Like there was a leash around
your neck that pulled you
through
Have you ever been at
someplace
Recognizing everybody's face
Until you realized that there was
no one there you knew
Well I know
Some days, my soul's confined and
out of mind
Sleep forever
Some days, I'm so outshined and
out of time
Have you ever
Falling, I'm falling
Have you ever buried your face in
your hands
'Cause no one around you
understands
Or has the slightest idea what it
is that makes you be
Have you ever felt like there was
more
Like someone else was keeping
score
And what could make you whole was
simply out of reach
Well I know
Someday I'll try again and not
pretend
This time forever
Someday I'll get it straight but
not today
Have you ever
Falling, I'm falling
Some days, my soul's confined and
out of mind
Sleep forever
Some days, my darkest friend is
me again
Have you ever
Someday I'll try again and not
pretend
This time forever
Someday I'll get it straight but
not today
Have you ever
When the truth walks away
Everybody stays
'Cause the truth about the world
is that crime does pay
So if you walk away
Who is gonna stay
'Cause I'd like to think the
world is a better place
When the truth walks away
Everybody stays
'Cause the truth about the world
is that crime does pay
So if you walk away
Who is gonna stay
'Cause I'd like to make the world
be a better place
When the truth walks away
Everybody stays
'Cause the truth about the world
is that crime does pay
So if you walk away
Who is gonna stay
'Cause I'd like to think the
world is a better place
I'd like to leave the world as a
better place
I'd like to think the world
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STARING
AT THE SUN
Maybe life is like a ride on a
freeway
Dodging bullets while you're
trying to find your way
Everyone's around, but no one
does a damn thing
It brings me down, but I won't
let them
If I seem bleak
Well you'd be correct
And if I don't speak
It's'cause I can't disconnect
But I won't be burned by the
reflection
Of the fire in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun
When I ran I didn't feel like a
runaway
When I escaped I didn't feel like
I got away
There's more to living than only
surviving
Maybe I'm not there, but I'm
still trying
Though you hear me
I don't think that you relate
My will is something
That you can't confiscate
So forgive me, but I won't be
frustrated
By destruction in your eyes
As you're staring at the sun
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PRETTY
FLY (FOR A WHITE GUY)
You know it's kind of hard
Just to get along today
Our subject isn't cool
But he fakes it anyway
He may not have a clue
And he may not have style
But everything he lacks
Well he makes up in denial
So don't debate, a player
straight
You know he really doesn't get it
anyway
He's gonna play the field, and
keep it real
For you no way, for you no
way
So if you don't rate, just
overcompensate
At least you'll know you can
always go on Ricki Lake
The world needs wannabe's
So do that brand new thing
He needs some cool tunes
Not just any will suffice
But they didn't have Ice Cube
So he bought Vanilla Ice
Now cruising in his Pinto, he
sees homies as he pass
But if he looks twice
They're gonna kick his lily
ass
Now he's getting a tattoo
He's gettin' ink done
He asked for a '13', but they
drew a '31'
Friends say he's trying too
hard
And he's not quite hip
But in his own mind
He's the dopest trip
So don't debate, a player
straight
You know he really doesn't get it
anyway
He's gonna play the field, and
keep it real
For you no way, for you no
way
So if you don't rate, just
overcompensate
At least you'll know you can
always go on Ricki Lake
The world needs wannabe's
The world loves wannabe's
So let's get some more
wannabe's
And do that brand new thing
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THE
KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT
When we were young the future
was so bright
The old neighborhood was so
alive
And every kid on the whole damn
street
Was gonna make it big and not be
beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked
and torn
The kids are grown up but their
lives are worn
How can one little street
Swallow so many lives
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered
dreams
Jamie had a chance, well she
really did
Instead she dropped out and had a
couple of kids
Mark still lives at home'cause
he's got no job
He just plays guitar and smokes a
lot of pot
Jay committed suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going on
The cruelest dream, reality
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FEELINGS
Feelings
Nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my
Feelings of hate
Imagine
Beating on your face
Trying to forget my
Feelings of hate
Feelings
For all my life I'll feel it
I wish I'd never met you
You'll make me sick again
Feelings, oh oh feelings
Of hate on my mind
Feelings
Feelings like I never liked
you
Feelings like I want to kill
you
Live in my heart
Feelings
Feelings like I wanna deck
you
Feelings like I've gotta get
you
Out of my life
Feelings, oh oh feelings
The hate's in my eyes
Feelings, oh oh feelings
You're not very nice
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SHE'S
GOT ISSUES
I'm seeing this girl and she
just might be out of her mind
Well she's got baggage and it's
all the emotional kind
She talks about closure and that
validation bit
I don't mean to be insensitive,
but I really hate that shit
Oh man she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
She thinks she's the victim
Yeah
Now I know she'll feel
abandoned
If I don't stay over late
And I know she's afraid to
commit
But it's only our second date
Oh man she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
She thinks she's the victim
But she takes it all out on
me
I don't know why you're messed
up
I don't know why your whole life
is a chore
Just do me a favor
And check your baggage at the
door
Now she talks about her ex
nonstop, but I don't mind
But when she calls out his name
in bed
That's where I draw the line
You told me a hundred times how
your father left and he's
gone
But I wish you wouldn't call me
daddy
When we're gettin' it on
Oh man she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
She's playing the victim
And taking it all out on me
My god she's got issues
And I'm gonna pay
If you think I'm controlling
Then why do you follow me
around
If you're not co-dependent
Then why do you let others drag
you down
I don't know why you're messed
up
I don't know why your whole life
is a chore
Just do me a favor
And check your baggage at the
door
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WALLA
WALLA
Goodbye my friend, you've
messed up again
You're going to prison, you're
off to the pen
You've gotten off easy so many
times
But I guess no one told you how
to get a life
The judge wasn't lenient like he
was before
You got three to five and a kick
out the door
The public defender really did
try
Too little, too late, you didn't
get a life
Hey, in Walla
I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist? Well, not this
time
Hey, in Walla
I'll see you in Walla Walla
Folsom prison is the
destination
Hey, in Walla
I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist? Well, not this
time
In the scheme of life, we're all
just brothers
Rehabilitate with all the
others
Well, I'll see ya
That car looked so tempting, so
easy to drive
Just like that apartment that you
burglarized
You started to run, but didn't
get far
'Cause under your arm was a
VCR
Ho ho, not this time my
friend
You'll be in lockdown by ten
I'm afraid you can't talk your
way out of this one, son
Now four walls are your
24-hour-a-day, constant
companions
Hey, in Walla
I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist? Well, not this
time
Hey, in Walla
I'll see you in Walla Walla
Folsom prison is the
destination
Hey, in Walla
I'll see you in Walla Walla
Slap on the wrist? Well, not this
time
In the scheme of life, we're all
just brothers
Rehabilitate with all the
others
Well, I'll see ya
Have a nice life
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THE
END OF THE LINE
When the siren's flash is
gone
And we're left to carry on
All the memories are too few
When the pastor's music plays
And that casket rolls away
I could live again if you
Just stay alive for me
Please stay now, you left me here
alone - it's the end of the
line
Please stay I can't make it on my
own - it's the end of the
line
Make it on my own
It's the end of the line
Now that you are dead and
gone
And I'm left to carry on
I could never smile'cause you
Won't stay alive for me
Finally
Your final resting day
Is without me
I weep
And think of brighter days
What about me?
You can't take back, the one
mistake
That still lives on after life it
takes
In that one day, that changed our
lives
And bitter memories are left
behind
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NO
BRAKES
Lay awake
I don't give a shit
If I even ever wake up in the
morning
Down below
There's a pile of sin
Always waiting for a
Waiting for a warning
Burned at the stake
Inside I'm blistering
Not a whisper
Looking in you'd never know
it
Miles below
I look up again
When you snap they say
Before you never show it
Someone said it's all right
Save it now, don't say it for my
sake
Someone said it's all right
Faster now, you know I got no
brakes
Fuses glow
Wounds festering
Till the wind comes up
And takes it to the last pow
Back and forth
Staring at the wall
This room's a cage
I know that something's got to
give now
Someone said it's all right
Save it now, don't say it for my
sake
Someone said it's all right
Faster now, you know I got no
brakes
No brakes
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WHY
DON'T YOU GET A JOB ?
My friend's got a
girlfriend
Man he hates that bitch
He tells me every day
He says "man I really gotta lose
my chick
In the worst kind of way"
She sits on her ass
He works his hands to the
bone
To give her money every
payday
But she wants more dinero just to
stay at home
Well my friend
You gotta say
I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no
way
Why don't you get a job
Say no way, say no way, no
way
Why don't you get a job
I guess all his money, well it
isn't enough
To keep her bill collectors at
bay
I guess all his money, well it
isn't enough
'Cause that girl's got expensive
taste
I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no
way
Why don't you get a job
Say no way, say no way, no
way
Why don't you get a job
Well I guess it ain't easy doing
nothing at all
But hey man free rides just don't
come along
every day
Let me tell you about my other
friend now
My friend's got a boyfriend, man
she hates that dick
She tells me every day
He wants more dinero just to stay
at home
Well my friend
You gotta say
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AMERICANA
Well I'd like to tell you all
about my dream, it's a place
Where strip malls abound and
diversion's mere moments away
Where culture's defined by
the
Ones least refined
And you'll be left behind
If you don't fit in
It's all distorted
In americana my way
Well my dream has come true
My vision has come true
Now give me my cable, fast food,
four-by's, tat's right away
I want it right now'cause my
generation don't like to wait
My future's determined by
Thieves, thugs, and vermin
It's quite an excursion
But it's okay
Everything's backwards
In americana my way
Well my dream has come true
My vision has come true
I'm a product
Of my environment
So don't blame me, I just work
here
My rights are denied by
Those least qualified
Trading profit for pride
But it's okay
Everything's backwards
In americana my way
My nightmare has come true
My nightmare has come true
Yeah, it's all coming true
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PAY
THE MAN
See the way the wind blows
Lives are intertwined
Watch the way the world goes
The man deals out our plight
Jester in the corner
Laughs without a sound
Jester in the corner
Malady abounds
In our souls
See the way the sun sets
Twilight of this life
The man is making little bets
Playing with our lives
All that I believe now
Anything is possible
A simple explanation
For the evil in this world
And in our souls
In our souls
Come down to sorry and sable
It's always the man
Always keeping you down
Bow down'cause I see it before
me
Shadow and light
That always keeps you running
Shut up you talk too much
Pay the man
Shut up you talk too much
Look at you and your struggle for
freedom
But you ain't nothing
We all pay the man for living
Wouldn't it be nice for a change
now
To be unchained
My life is for me now
But this is life
Pay the man
Shut up you talk too much
Pay the man
Shut up you talk too much
Pay the man
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