"Everybody Else Is doing It So Why can't We"

All songs written by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan except for "Waltzing Back", "I Will Always", and "How" written by D. O'Riordan.

"No need to argue"

Lyrics by Dolores O'Riordan
Music O'Riordan, Hogan
All titles O'Riordan except "Ode To My Family","I Can t Be With You", "Twenty One","Empty","Everything I Said","Dissapointment","Ridiculous Thoughts".

"Uncertain EP"

"Everybody Else Is doing It So Why can't We"

I Still Do

I'm not ready for this
Though I thought I would be
I can't see the future
Though I thought I could see

(chorus)
I don't want to leave you
Even though I have to
I don't want to love you
I still do

Need some time to find myself
I wanna live within

Can I go my own way
Can I pray my own way
I don't want to leave you
I need you

Am I ready for this
Did I think I would be
Can I see the future
No, I can't see

Dreams

Sunday

Oh do you know
( Where to go, where to go )
Something on your mind
(Wanna leave me behind, wanna leave me behind)

You're spinning me around
My feet are off the ground
I dunno know where I stand
Do you have to hold my hand
(You mystify me, you mystify me, you mystify me)

When you walked into the room
It happened oh so soon
I didn't want to know
Does he really have to go
(You mystify me, you mystify me, you mystify me)

And he didn't find the words
To say I love you
And he couldn't find the time
To say I need you
(It wouldn't come out right, it wouldn't come out right)
Just came out all wrong

You're spinning me around
My feet are off the ground
I dunno know where I stand
Do you have to hold my hand
(You mystify me, you mystify me, you mystify me)

Oh do you know
(Where to go, where to go)
Something on your mind
(Wanna leave me behind, wanna leave me behind)

Pretty

You're so pretty
The way you are
You're so pretty
The way you are
and you have no reason
to be so insolent to me
You're so pretty
The way you are

La, you got to say it if you want to
But you won't change me
La, you got to say it if you want to
But you won't change me

(repeat)

Waltzing Back

Who gave them the right
Waltzing back into
(Your life, Your life)
Now I feel fear
I wish that they'd never come (Here, here, here)

What they gonna do,what they gonna do
What they gonna say,what they gonna say
Taking you away from
(My life, my life)
Taking you away
(My life, my life)

La (chorus)
Who gave them the right
Turning it back into
(Light, light, light)
Then i felt fear
I wish that they'd never come (Here, here, here)

What they gonna do
What they gonna say
Taking you away from
(My life, my life, my life)
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna say
I don't wanna say
'Cos it's
(Your life, your life, your life)

Not Sorry

Keep on looking through the window again
But I'm not sorry if I do insult you
I'm sad not sorry 'bout the way that things went
And you'll be happy and I'll be forsaken thee
I swore I'd never feel like this again
But you're so selfish,you don't see what you're doing to me
I keep on looking through the window again
No, I'm not sorry if I insult you
No, I'm not sorry if I insult you

(chorus)
You told me lies
(And I cried, and i cried, and i cried)
'Cos you lied, lied and
(I cried, yes i cried, yes i cried)
(I cry, I cry, I cry) again
I realize as
(he sighed and, he sighed and)
'Cos you lied, lied and
(I cried, yes I cried, yes )
(I try, I try, I try ) again

Keep on looking through the window again
But I'm not sorry if I do insult you
I'm sad not sorry 'bout the way that things went
And you'll be happy and I'll be forsaken thee
I swore I'd never feel like this again
But you're so selfish, you don't see you're doing to me
I keep on looking through the window again
No I'm not sorry if do detest you
No I'm not sorry if do detest you

(chorus)
keep on looking through the window again
keep on looking through the window again

Linger

If you, if you could return
Don't let it burn,don't let it fade
I'm sure I'm not being rude
But it's just your attitude
It's tearing me apart
It's ruining everything
I swore, I swore I would be true
And honey so did you
So why were you holding her hand
Is that the way we stand
Were you lying all the time
Was it just a game to you

(chorus)
But I m in so deep
You know I'm such a fool for you
You got me wrapped around your finger
Do you have to let it linger
Do you have to, do you have to let it linger
Oh, I thought the world of you
I thought nothing could go wrong
But I was wrong, but I was wrong

If you, if you could get by
Trying not to lie
Things wouldn't be so confused
And I wouldn't feel so used
But you always really knew
I just wanna be with you

Wanted

Sitting in an armchair
With my head between my hands
I wouldn't have to feel like this
If you'd only understand
Too many misunderstandings
Causing such delay
And if it doesn't work like this
Well, I'll try another way

Oh, if this is the way you wanted it
Oh, if this is the way you wanted it
Oh, I didn't understand
Oh, I didn't understand

You know that all I wanted was
To be there by your side
And if you didn't want it
Well, you shouldn't have denied
You knew that you were someone special
Right form the start
But if you treat me badly
We'd be better off apart

Still Can't...

I Will Always

And now it's all the same to me
So be whatever you want to be
And go wherever you need to go
And when it all seems like a mistake
Take whatever you need to take
And leave the rest for my own sake

I will always
Go beside you
You will always
Understand
And now, it's all the same to me
So be whatever you want to be
And go wherever you need to go
And when there's nothing left behind
taken whatever you needed to
and leave it all into my mind

I will always
Go beside you
You will always
Understand

How

Look, you're standing alone
(Standing alone)
However I should have known
(I should have known)

(chorus 1)
Never before, never before
never again, never again
you will ignore, you will ignore
I will pretend, I will pretend

(chorus 2)
In your world,
You're alone in your face
Your alone in your world
Your alone in your face

How you said you never would leave me alone
How you said you never would leave me alone

Now you're just walking away
(Walking away)
When you said you always would stay
Always would stay

(chorus1 and chorus2 repeat)

Put Me Down

Let me take you
By the hand
Away from here
To another land
Oh this land in which we live
Where people love and are meant to forgive
And you always prove me wrong
'Cos you're always putting me down

I can't take this anymore
I decided to leave
Walked throught the door
Oh, and why do you think I go
Because you know it can never be so
And you always prove me wrong
'Cos you're always putting me down

La, la, la...

"No Need To Argue"

Ode To My Family

Understand the things I say
Don't turn away from me
'Cause I've spent half my life out there
You wouldn't disagree

Do you see me? Do you see?
Do you like me? Do you like me standing there?
Do you notice? Do you know?
Do you see me? Do you see me?
Does anyone care?

Unhappiness where's when I was young
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me
Did she hold me ,when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me,does anyone care?

Understand what I've become
It wasn't my design
And people everywhere think
Something better than I am
But I miss you, I miss
'Cause I liked it. I liked it
When I was out there
Do you know this ? D'you know
You did not find me, you did not find
Does anyone care?

Unhappiness was when I was young,
And we didn't give a damn
'Cause we were raised
To see life as fun, and take it if we can
To see life as fun and take it if we can
My mother, my mother she hold me
Did she hold me ,when I was out there
My father, my father, he liked me
Oh he liked me,does anyone care?

does anyone care?

I Can't Be With You

Lying in my bed again
And i cry cos' you're not here
Crying in my head again
And I know that it's not clear
Put your hands, Put your hands
Inside my face and see that's it's just you
But it's bad and it's mad
And it's making me sad
Because I can't be with you

Baby I Can't Be With You

Thinking back on how things were
And how we loved so well
I wanted to be the mother
Of your child
and now it's just farewell

Put your hands in my hands
And come with me,
We'll find another end
And my head , and my head
On anyone's shoulder
Cause I can't be with you

Baby I can't be with you

Cause you're not here, you're not here
Baby I can't be with you
Cause you're not here, you're not here
And baby I'm still in love with you

Twenty One

Twenty One was written on the September 6th 1992

I don't think it's going
To happen anymore
You took my thoughts from me
Now i want nothing more

And did you think you
Could just take it all away

I dont think it s happening
This is what I say

Leave me alone
Cause i found it all
Twenty one

So I don't think it's going
To happen anymore
I don't think it's going
To happen anymore

Twenty One

Today

Twenty One

Zombie

Zombie was written on the Cranberries
English Tour 1993.
Man 's inhumanity to man
and worse still, to child

Another head hangs lowly
Child is slowly taken
And the violence caused such silence
Who are we mistaken

But You see it's not me,
It s not my family
In your head,in your
Head they are fighting
With their tanks, and their bombs
And their bombs, and their guns
In your head,
In your head they are cryin'
In your head
Zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie

Another mother's breakin'
Heart is taking over
When the violence causes silence
We must be mistaken
It's the same old theme since 1916
In your head,
In your head they're still fightin'
With their tanks
In your head they are dying

In your head, in your head
Zombie
What's in your head, in your head
Zombie

Empty

Something has left my life
And I don't know where it went to
Somebody caused me stripe
And it's not what I was seeking

Didn't you see me, didn't you hear me
Didn't you see me standing there

Why did you turn out the lights
Did you know that I was sleeping

Say a prayer for me
Help to feel the strength I did
My identity has it been taken
Is my heart breaking on me

All my plans fell through my hands
They fell
Through my hands on me
All my dreams it suddenly seems
Empty

Everything I Said

It makes me lonely
It makes me very lonely
When I see you there, waitin'on
It makes me tired, It makes me very tired
And inside of me, lingers on

But you have your heart
Don t believe it, and you will find it
Waitin'on
Everything I said, oh, well I meant it
And inside my head, holdin'on

'Cos if I died tonight
Would you hold my hand, no
Would you understand
And if I lived in spite
Would you still be there, no
Would you disappear

Surely must be you
But I don t make you lonely
I'll get over you
But I don 't make you lonely

The Icicle Melts

When
When will the icicle melt,
And when
When will the picture show end
I should not have read the papers today
'Cause a child,child he was taken away

There's a place for the baby that died
And there's a time for the mother who cried
And she will hold him in her arms sometimes
'Cause nine months is too long

How could you hurt a child
Now does this make you satisfied
I don't know what's
happening to people today
When a child, he was taken away

There's a place for the baby that died
There's a time for the mother that cried
And she will hold him in
her arms sometimes
'Cause nine months is too long

There's a place for the baby that died
And there's a time for the mother that cried
And you will hold him in
your arms sometimes
'Cause nine months is too long

Disappointment

Written on making a clear decision, no more struggle inside...

Disappointment you shouldn't have done
You couldn't have done
You wouldn't have done
the things you did there
And we could 've been happy
What a piteous thing, a hideous thing
was tainted by the rest

But it won't get any harder
And I hope you'll find your way again
But it won't get any higher
But it all boils down to what you did there

In the night we fight, I feel you're right
It was exactly there
I decided
and drew you out
In the night we fight, I feel you're right
It was exactly there
I decided

But it won't get any harder
And I hope you'll find your way again
But it won't get any higher
But it all boils down to what you did there

Dissapointment

Ridiculous Thoughts

Twister does anyone see through you
You re a twister an animal
But you're happy now
I didn't go along with you
So happy now

But you re going to have to hold on
Hold on
Or we're going to have to move on
Move on

I feel alright
And I cried so hard
The ridiculous thoughts
I feel alright

Twister. I shouldn't have trusted you
Twister
It's not going to happen no
You re not going to make fun of me
Happen no

But you re going to have to hold on
You re going to have to hold on
Hold on
Or we're going to have to move on
Move on

I feel alright
And I cried so hard
The ridiculous thoughts
I feel alright

I should have lied
And I cried so hard
The ridiculous thoughts
I should ha' lied

But you re gonna have to hold on
Hold on
but you're gonna have to hold on to me

Dreaming My Dreams

Dreaming my dreams was written on december 25th 1993, Where i found happiness Dedicated to my husband, lover, best friend, support. What more can be said ?

All the things you said to me today
Changed my perspective in every way
These things count to mean
so much to me

Into my faith you
And your baby
It s out there
If you want me
I'll be there
It's out there

I'll be dreaming my dreams
With you
And there's no other places
That I'd lay down my face
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

It's out there
If you want me,I'll be here
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you
And there's no other places that I'd
lay down my face
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

Yeat's Grave

Silenced by death in the grave
W B Yeats couldn't save
Why did you stand there
'Where you sickened in time
But I know by now
Why did you sit here?
In the GRAVE

W.B. Yeats "Second"

Why should I blame her
That she filled my days
With misery or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men violent ways
Or hurled the little street upon the great
Had they but courage
Equals to desire

Sad that Maud Gonne Couldn't stay
But she had Mac Bride anyway
And you sit here with me
On the isle Inisfree

And you writing down everything
But i know by now
Why did you sit here
In the grave...

Why should I blame her
Had they but courage equals to desire

Daffodil Lament

Holding on that's what I do
Since I met you
And it won't be long, would you notice
If I left you
And it's fine for some
Cause you're not he one,

All night long, I laid on my pillow
Theses things are wrong
I can't sleep here
So lonely, so lonely

I have decided to leave you forever
I have decided to start things from here
Thunder and lightning won't change

What I'm feeling

And the daffodils look lovely today

Oh in your eyes I can see the disguise
Oh in your eyes I can see the dismay
Has anyone seen lightning
Has anyone looked lovely

And the daffodils looked lovely today

Looked lovely

No Need To Argue

There 's no need to argue anymore
I gave all i could
But it left me so sore
And the thing that makes me mad
is the one thing that I had

I knew, I knew I'd loose you
You 'll always be special to me

And I remember all the
Things we once shared
Watching TV movies on
the living room armchair

But they say it will work out fine
Was it all a waste of time
Cause I knew, I knew I'd loose you

You 'll always be special to me

Will I forget in time
You said I was on your mind
There 's no need to argue
No need to argue anymore
There 's no need to argue anymore
Special

"Uncertain EP"

Uncertain

Tears on your face honey,
You're a total disgrace, oh why,
Why did you bring me here.

Oh start all over again honey,
You still treat me the same, oh why,
Why did you bring me here.

Oh you had everything,
I could ever want,
Won't you tell me why,
Why can't you live here.

Oh so uncertain in love,
you're so uncertain in love,
so uncertain in love.

Driving in the car honey,
You mistook me by far, oh why,
Why did you bring me here.

[I'm uncertain about this line]
You had nothing to send, oh why,
Why did you bring me here.

Nothing Left At All

Know it's over but the thoughts of you go on,
Nothing here, nothing left at all.

How I swore that I would would never feel like this again,
But then you , you brought it through.

Oh no is there any reason I should walk away,
Is it wrong, is it wrong to want to stay,

And I know if I had the choice I'd never let you go,
Do you know, do you really want to know.

Well now the thoughts of you just circle in my mind,
Hard to find, you were really hard to find.

Oh and although, though I swore I'd never feel like this again,
I can't take it anymore.

Because I know if I had the choice I'd never let you go,
Do you know, do you really want to know.

And I didn't think, I didn't think I'd think about you in this way,
Well really, you really made my day.

Now, now it's over but the thoughts of you go on,
Nothing here, nothing left at all.

How I swore I'd would never feel like this again,
But then you, you brought it through.

Pathetic senses

Time is an illusion baby, I'm on your side.
Love is a confusion baby, You'll never hide.
Come to the conclusion baby, Your love has died.
Time is an illusion baby, I'm on your side.
Time is an illusion baby, I'm on your side.
Love is a confusion baby, You'll never hide.
Come to the conclusion baby, Your love has died.
Time is an illusion baby, I'm on your side.
I want to jump on your head,
Until I get blisters,
I will drop bombs on your bed,
You'll be calling your sisters cos
Time is an illusion baby, I'm on your side.
Love is a confusion baby, You'll never hide.
Life was an attraction baby, but you never tried.
Now it's an attraction maybe, You should have died.
I want to jump on your head,
Until I get blisters,
I will drop bombs on your bed,
You'll be calling your sisters cos
Time is an illusion baby, I'm on your side.
Love is a confusion baby, You'll never hide.
Come to the conclusion baby, Your love has died.
Time is an illusion baby, I'm on your side.
Pathetic senses, I'm on your side.
Pathetic senses, I'm on your side.
Pathetic senses, I'm on your side.

Them

Don't listen to what they say,
Make up your mind, walk away,
Oh don't even give them the time of day,
They put you wrong, turn away.

So why'd they all just walk away,
There was something wrong,
But you don't want to say.

Oh why did they listen to someone else,
I did something wrong,
Something...[Drum crash]

Oh that attitude,
They all got that attitude.

Something they say,
Make up your mind, walk away,
Oh oh never happen again,
They've all gone wrong, gone insane.

That's why they all just walked away,
There was nothing wrong,
Didn't want to say.
Oh that's why they listened to somebody else,
I did nothing wrong,
Nothing I could say.

That's why, that's why,
That's why, that's why,

Liar

Say it if you want to
and say it if you will
but if you don't say what you are thinking
no, I won't take too kindly to it.

When all I want is something special
and you can't give it to me
then I don't ??? it's like to be
cos you're a liar liar liar

I will run i will fight
i will take you through the night
lie lie liar
I will run i will fight
i will take you through the night
lie lie liar

Say it if you want to
and say it if you choose
because if you don't say what you are thinking
no, I won't take too kindly to it.

When all I want is something different
and you couldn't give it to me
then I don't ??? it's like to be
so you're a liar liar liar

I will run i will fight
i will take you through the night
lie lie liar
I will run i will fight
i will take you through the night
lie lie liar

I will fight you
I'll fight you
confide in you
liar liar liar you know
you're a liar liar liar
liar

False

Something has changed and I don't know what to say.
I used to stand here alone and in my mind say...
The people who're calling you soon turn away
they could hate you tomorrow and love you today..

because they're false
people can be so false sometimes
when they hold my hands
people can be so false sometimes

Something is standing in my way and I can't see
It's clouding up my vision it intimidates me
I didn't want to come here in the first place
you all designed it you all designed it

because they're false
people can be so false sometimes
when they hold my hands
people can be so false sometimes

I didn't want it
I didn't want to come here...
in the first place
I didn't want it
I didn't want to come here...
in the first place

What you Were (Dreams UK part 1 EP)

Now it's easy for me too see
?????????
Life was so lonely
And you never understood
You never really could
You were wrong
What you were
What you were, I couldn't say
'Cause you left me here behind
In a stupid state of mind
And I'm lonely
Yeah, you left me here behind
In a stupid state of mind and you're gone
'Cause you left me here behind
In a stupid state of mind and you're gone
What you were
What you were, I couldn't say
It took something hard like this
Mistaken to resist
And I'm lonely

So Cold In Ireland (Ode to my family part 1 EP)

Here is a story
of hope and of glory.
He's eighteen years old
and well I fell in love.
But after that,
where have you gone, from me?
The one that I loved endlessly.

We used to have a life,
but now it's all gone.

Mystify...

Does it have to be so cold in Ireland?
Does it have to be so cold in Ireland, for me?

Are they ready for me?

Where have you gone, from me?
The one that I loved endlessly.
We were to have a child.
Yesterday's gone.
Well I knew the time would come.
When I'd have to leave.
Go on.
Look what they've done to me.
They've taken my hand...
And it's killing me.
Killing me, killing me, killing me!

Does it have to be so cold in Ireland?
Does it have to be so cold in Ireland, for me?
Are they ready for me?

But I'm afraid I'm returning to Ireland.
I'm afraid I'm returning to Ireland.
I see, that there is nothing for me.
There is nothing for me.

I Don't Need (From Zombie part 1)

The world is consuming me and I don't feel so happy here today
I'm not and I don't feel and I used to be a baby in my head
So where is the one you love? Does she hold you happy next to her? And your head hangs lightly and everyone's slightly drunk tonight
They're drunk tonight again, la-la-la etc.

I Don't need to see you, no, no, no etc.
I Don't need to see you, no, no, no etc.

My head it is hanging now and my eyes are on the ground, the ground, the ground
And everyone's so patronizing I don't see when the real things comes around
So where is your mother now, did she hold you happy next to her
And your head hangs lightly and everyone's slightly drunk tonight
They're drunk tonight again, la-la-la etc.

I Don't need to see you, no, no, no etc.
I Don't need to see you, no, no, no etc.

And maybe no work done today, no work done today. No. No. No.
No work done today. No. No. No. No, work done today.

I'm Still Remembering

I'm still remembering the day
I gave my life away.
I'm still remembering the time
You said you'd be mine.
Yesterday was cold and bare
Because you were not there.
Yesterday was cold
My story has been told.

Chorus:
I need your affection all the way.
The world has changed or
I have changed in a way.
I ve tried to remain.
I'm trying not to go insane.
I need your affection all the way.

I'm still remembering my life
Before I became your wife.
I'm still remembering the pain
And the mind games.
Reverse psychology
Never tainted me.
I didn't sell my soul.
I didn't sell my soul.

(Chorus)
They say the creep will always
Rise to the top.
They say that good people
Are always first to drop.
What of Kurt Cobain,
Will his presence still remain?
Memories of J.F.K.,
Ever saintly in a way.

Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
I say, where are you now?

(Chorus)

Away (?) (Very early stuff) (4:00)

That was some revealing light,
That you shone on me last night,
Have you turned away from me,
Because you know that I can't see.

But if you leave me in the night,
Well then you're leaving me in spite,
And if you leave me in the day,
Well then you'll take my soul away,
Away now. Away, away now.

Nothing ever happens to me,
Oh I still can't see the things that you see,
Was anybody there,
Does anybody care.

I've nobody to show me the way,
I've nobody to tell me to stay,
No nobody was there,
No nobody does care.

That was some revealing light,
That you shone on me last night,
Have you turned away from me,
Because you know that I can't see.

But if you leave me in the night,
Well then you're leaving me in spite,
And if you leave me in the day,
Well then you'll take my soul away,

Away now. Away, away now.
But if you leave me in the night,
Well then you're leaving me in spite,
And if you leave me in the day,
Well then you'll take my soul away,
Away now. Away, away now.

Close To You (From the Carpenters)