Lyrics: A, Alternative girlfriend, Am I the only one?, Everything old is new again, Great Provider, Intermittenly, Jane, Life in a nutshell, Little tiny song, The wrong man was convicted, These apples, You will be waiting.
A
A is for angry, which is what
you are at me
A is for adult, which is what
I'll never be
A is for applesauce, my favorite meal
A is for Adam, which is how I
sometimes feel;
Like I'm the only man on earth
and I've forgotten what that's worth
A is for Arthur, he's a lovable drunk
A M & Azing like Thelonius Monk
A is for argument, A is for apparent
A is for antagonism that's not
even there and
It's just you begging for
attention or something I won't even mention.
(chorus)
And I don't even know why you
keep on trying
Like I don't even know why I
keep on lying
There are millions of people in
worlds of their own
And two of them can't let go.
A is for algebra, I learned it
in school
A is what Fonzie said, 'cause he
was very cool.
A is for adversery, A is for alection
A is arousal, you are giving me
an arection
C'mon I'm trying to show
affection for longer than a half an hour.
(chorus)
I met a woman I used to know
Long before you, long ago
All I could say, after hello
Was "are you still single?"
A is attitude I can't help but wield
A is for arrogance; emotional shield
A is for acting, A is for abhorrently
A is for asshole, which is what
I am, how rude of me,
I owe you an apology I'm sorry
(chorus)
Alternative girlfriend
You're in an all-girl band
Your futon's second-hand
Your parents understand but you
don't care.
I have a job in a shop
I'm an undercover cop
I make sure the customers aren't thieves
Old at being young, young at
being old
Everything's on hold within our evolution
(chorus)
You're my alternative girlfriend
I love you and now you cannot pretend
There's nothing left that won't
cross over
Last night we slept on the lawn
You woke up and I was gone
Back to the dream I dream to leave
My life with her is a bore
A worn-out metaphor
No more surprises up its sleeve
We're old at being young, young
at being old
Everything's been sold to
others' revolutions
(chorus)
You live above your dad's
four-car garage
With your vinyl and imaginary entourage.
If I pull up in a U-Haul, pack
up quick
So we can get out of this town,
'cause it makes me sick.
(chorus)
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one who gets to
make you laugh,
Laugh until you cry?
Am I the only one who asks you
to go,
Go on without me?
Am I the only one who loves when
you leave
your hair down in front of your eyes?
(chorus)
And who do you think I am?
And who do you think I'll be
without you?
Am I the only one who had to
dress you up
To see how you fell down?
Am I the only one who needs you
to go,
Go on about me?
Am I the only one who loves when
you leave
your hair down in front of your eyes?
(chorus)
Everything old
is new again
Learn to lose, it's easier that way
We've paid our dues, but we
can't make life pay
All across the world, people
going mad
In their mother's cars, the kids
are feeling sad
That's how it is, and I'll see
you later
Everything old is new again,
everything under the sun
Now that I'm back with you again
We hug and we kiss, we sit and
make lists
We drink and I bandage your wrists
Wasted youth -- there wasn't
much to waste
Down to the bone, and still
losing weight
With all the wishing in the
world glistening in her eyes
But when I say I love her, she
thinks I'm telling lies
Is it all lost? No, we never had it.
Everything old is new again,
everything under the sun
All of our fears come true again
Recycle, reuse, resent and refuse
Our parent's ideals and views.
She thinks the afterlife might
just be where the action is
With high schools built like
prisons, she can't find a way to live
Moved back home to fill the
empty nest
Afraid to roam, in love with
second best
While somewhere in the world,
she's hosting her own show
Everyone she questions never
seems to know
Just who they are and where they
are going
Everything old is new again,
everything under the sun
Now that I'm without you again
I wake up and eat, I go back to sleep
And let all my nightmares repeat
All across the world, people going mad
Great Provider
You and I have been through this before
I owe you my whole life, nothing more
I never said that I liked you
the most
You're my father, I'm your son,
who's the Holy Ghost?
Where does the time go when it's not around here?
Here we stand at the edge of the drive
I'm just waiting for my ride to arrive
I wait to see if you've any last words
We pulled away, I called your
name, I don't think you heard.
Where does the time go when it's
not around here?
I don't know...
Where does the time go when it's
not around here?
You and I never shared all that much
When I leave I'll be all right,
I'll keep in touch
As your road narrows, so mine
grows wider
As I leave I turn and wave to
the Great Provider
Where does the time go when it's
not around here?
I don't know...
Where does the time go when it's
not around here?
Intermittenly
Someone somewhere has unglued
our epoxy
And now I'm kissing you by
proxy, hope you don't mind
Somewhere someone is dreaming of me,
Tries to love me, hope you don't mind
(chorus)
I love you
Intermittently
I love you intermittently
She's a lot like you but she
don't look like you
Okay, she's not you, but she'll
do fine
I put my life on hold just to
avoid confrontation
But should I tell you to your
face and risk my hide?
(chorus)
When immesurably turns to intermittently
There's no use in going on
except for fear of being wrong
Every morning I just hit the
ground yawning...
Stick around if you enjoy disaster
'Cause if you can't see what I'm
after, you must be blind
(chorus)
(chorus)
Didn't have the heart to say goodbye
So I continued in my charlatan ways
Did I say heart? I meant to say guts
Now I'm on my own and I'm sorry
that you're gone
Jane
The girl works at the store,
sweet Jane St. Clair
Was dazzled by her smile while I
shopped there
It wasn't long before I lived
with her
I sang her songs while she dyed
my hair
Jane, divided, but I can't
decide which side I'm on
Jane decided only cowards stay,
while traitors run
Jane, Jane
I'd bring her gold and
frankincense and myrrh
She thought that I was making
fun of her
She made me feel I was fourteen again
That's why she thinks it's
cooler if we'd just stay friends
Jane doesn't think a man could
ever be faithful
Jane isn't giving me a chance to
be shameful
Jane, Jane
I wrote a letter, she should
have got it yesterday
That life could be better by
being together
Is what I cannot explain to Jane
The girl works at the store,
sweet Jane St. Clair
Still dazzled by her smile while
I shoplift there
No promises as vague as Heaven
No Juliana next to my Evan
Jane, desired by the people at
her school and work
Jane is tired 'cause every man
becomes a lovesick jerk
Jane, Jane
Life in a nutshell
When she was three her Barbies
always did it on the first date
Now she's with me, there's never
any need for them to demonstrate
She's like a baby, I'm like a cat;
When we are happy, we both get
fat and still
It's never enough, it's never
enough, it's never enough
(chorus 1)
But I don't tend to worry 'bout
the things that other people say
And I'm learning that I wouldn't
want it any other way
Call me crazy but it really
doesn't matter
All that matters to me is she
(chorus 2)
Her life in a nutshell
No way would she want it to
change me
It's not that easy 'cause my
time is often decided for me
For me
She memorized every pencil
crayon color in the box
Her blue-green eyes complement
the burnt sienna in her locks
She's at the movies, I'm on the phone;
When we're separated we're never
alone, but still
It's never enough, it's never
enough, no it's never enough
(chorus 1)
(chorus 2)
I fell down with no one there to
catch me from falling
Then she came 'round
And only her tenderness stopped
me from bawling my eyes out
I'm OK, and that's why...
(chorus 2)
(chorus 1)
Little tiny song
Hey I'm a cow, I'm curious
Hey watch me now, I'm furious
Hey I'm a cow, I'm full of hate
Hey watch me now, I'm on your plate.
The wrong man
was convicted
Who's lonely now? Which one of
us is suffering?
Who's in his cups? Which one of
us recovering?
Who likes to look at pictures
and cries, but way too late?
Who doesn't want to change a
thing, accepting it was fate?
(chorus)
The wrong man was convicted, you
know I did the deed
I thought that you would wait
for me, your wants I needn't heed
The wrong man lies beside you
and waits for you to wake
And all because I lacked
conviction, the judgment's my mistake
Who's breathless now? Who only hyperventilates?
Who'd die for you? Who's dying
inside anyway?
Which one of us is sunshine and
which one's growing dim?
When two men dream of you at
night, do you just dream of him?
(chorus)
Who's lonely now? Who's reaching
out to no one?
Who's lonely now? It takes one
to know one
I changed my mind; you said that
I could change it back
I wanted space, and now change
has fallen through the cracks
If I'm again beside your body,
don't tell me where it's been
It's cruel, unusual punishment
to kiss fingerprinted skin
(chorus)
It's my mistake
These apples
A friend brought me flowers, she
said they were lilacs,
But I've never been good with plants
Her next presentation, a new dictionary
She circled the word "romance"
So enthusiastic, a little bit drastic,
I shaved her name in my head
As she beheld it, she said I
misspelled it;
Need more be said?
(chorus)
These apples are delicious!
"As a matter of fact they
are," she said
Can all this fruit be free?
She wrote me a letter as big as
a phone book
I've never been big on mail
I sent her a postcard from
somewhere near Lethbridge,
And wondered if it still went by rail
I've never been frightened of
being enlightened
But some things can go too far
Though sometimes I stammer and
mix up my grammar,
You get what my meanings are
(chorus)
I'm not trying to sing a love
song -- I'm trying to sing in tune
I know I am sometimes headstrong
Falling in love, catching fire
-- I want to be consumed
Wondering will I ever tire, will
I ever tire?
(chorus)
You will be waiting
As we walk together through the
autumn, nearing winter
Through the dying leaves and
trees we call our home and native land,
You say you don't believe a
thing I say, I say you don't believe a thing
You say you can't believe how I
don't understand
(chorus)
But I know that you will be waiting
Oh I know that you will be waiting
Oh I know you will be waiting
Waiting there for me
You say you cannot live with me,
you need your own identity,
And now we air our laundry on
national TV
And so you hate my arrogance, my
smothering and sitting on the fence,
But I'm afraid of the hard
permanence of letting you go free
(chorus)
I'm so sick of fighting and that
effigy you're lighting
Looks an awful lot like someone
whose name I just can't quite place
And though you say it's not
supposed to be me or any entity,
Still through the flames and
smoke I see I recognize that face
(chorus)
And you were someone who would
always tell me things I don't know
And tell me where to go. But
there I'll always go
Always go there, whether or not
you're waiting
I don't care if you'll be waiting
But please say that you will be
waiting there for me.
Don't you ever leave me...
Don't leave...