3 am
forever december
here
comes horses
paint me
blue
dear joan
high
unkind
jesus was an alien
tired
swing
forever december*
dizzy
she says it's cold outside and she hands me my raincoat
she's always worried about things like that
she says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my
fault
and she only sleeps when it's raining
and she screams and her voice is straning
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she says baby
it's 3 am I must be lonely
when she says baby
well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
says the rain's gonna wash away I believe it
she's got a little bit of something, God it's better than
nothing
and in her color portrait world she believes that she's
got it all
she swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used
to
and she only sleeps when it's raining
and she screams and her voice is straining
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she believes that life is made up of all that you're
used to
and the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for
days, and days
she thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway
but outside it's stopped raining
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reach within my isolation
I ponder it, I honor it
you say you like to see me closer
of course you would
you have no choice
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be, all their
lives, silly pictures
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hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older
hey now now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, turn us away
build a wall, I’ll build the fountain
wrestle it, conquer it
I think we'll live to see the mountain
of course we will
we have no choice
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be, all their
lives, silly pictures
hey now now now hey now hey baby
things getting older
things getting older
hey now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, don't turn me away
and I can’t remember, forever december
the sins of the dying
the heart of the pain
the rose in the bottle
the thorns abound
the stars surround me
the cold astounds me
astounds
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be, all their
lives , pretty pictures
baby’s getting older
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help me to remember girl if you don’t mind
cause I feel just like a jester when the music died
haven’t seen you lately, but I know that nothings changed
feeling kinda shaky, but the wounds have healed
there’s a crack there in the doorway where the walls
have peeled
well i still see the sun go down on a clear day
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here comes horses
and yeah there goes the rain
here goes nothing
here it comes again
I was thinking I was angry, but I let it go
I was waiting on a miracle, but nothing showed
and they say our new messiah, he's at the local bar
greeting from the homefront have you heard the news
that Daddy bet his paycheck on the horses shoes
and we won’t feel that way for a long long time
a long, long time
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yeah can you feel it
sitting in a taxi at the evening's end
I was trying to remember where it was I’d been and
And maybe I've got someplace else to be
I ask you why you come here, you say just because
I guess I could do without it if I knew I was, well
really doesn’t matter when you look at me that way
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ummm yeah....yeah
Not enough of me well, there's way too much of you
I think I saw some happy people yesterday but I never
knew
never too much violence, ain't it time we had a war
You leave on your shirt and I was skins
well we’re flying through the door
these are violent times and I only want to do my part
Sink to hatreds depths and smile at what we've all become
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I need understanding
Just a pat or two
help me with my troubles
And what to dos
and I don’t feel no aging
there ain’t nothin new
yeah well drop me in the ocean and paint me blue
i don’t have a worry, I don't have a care
I don’t have a sound piece of mind, but I managed to
fair
I don’t like my neighbors, well there just not my kind
I think there might be hope for the whales and I really
don't mind
these are the golden years
well I think it’s time we cash them in
sit in our rocking chairs and
talk about the good old days, cause
(chorus) these are violent times and I only want to do
my part
sing til hatred steps and smile at what we’ve only thought,
cause
(chorus) baby won’t you paint me, won’t ya paint me blue......
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dear joan
I’ve almost forgotten, the pain in the window
the blue dress in the doorway
dear joan
help me remember, the face I forget
and the traps that I’ve sprung
I guess I’ve grown tired it’s just what’s expected of
me
to tear your heart from the inside to the outside
you know I was wired, I just couldn’t help it
the hundred thousand times I hurt you
(chorus) dear joan, I wanted to say
that I’m sorry for the screaming last night
and the nights before
well I’ve wanted more from this
than anything I’ve ever known
dear joan
dear joan
your face has a brightness that I’ve never seen
in the years that I’ve known you
dear joan
I'd pick up the pieces, but some scattered too far
you see they flew when I kicked them
I know you believed when I said it was over
You stood by me patiently waiting and brooding
so deeply in love with every face that I’ve shown
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Once I forgive, twice I'm a fool, three times I
wrapped my hands around your neck
while you’re sleeping, you’re quietly sleeping, sleeping
and dreaming
dear joan
don’t walk out that doorway
because if you dare
I believe I could honestly kill you
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she had said, don’t cry
said it only hurts forever, and all we have is time
yeah, she said, she will never know
so close your eyes, turn down the lights,
and I can start this show
(chorus) yeah well I can’t sleep, so why believe
If the shades are drawn then the slate is clean
so don't look at pride, well there is no other way...no
don’t try to make no sense of this scene, it’s just between
caroline and me
and we keep changing
yeah we can grow like a board on the shore
she says I’m restless just a little more time
well you know damn well she wants to feel this high
yeah we knew just who we were
yeah well who we thought we’d try to be
and who it’s gonna hurt
oh but if I said, if I was strong at all
yeah that I wouldn’t be with someone else
I know where i belong
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she wants to feel this high...high high...high-high
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bring it on baby, what you’re gettin in to
it’s living on pain, the thing that’s getting to you
write my name, painted up my picture
say it’s the only thing cause I’m not around (be around)
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beaten and battered
what if my dreams get shattered, then
pain gives my the right to be unkind
bring it on baby, what's with the sudden devotion
I trade a river of tears for just a little emotion
you can curse my name, painted up my picture
say it’s the last time that I’ll be around to be around
oh well I’m torn and tattered
All the thoughts in my head they get scattered, well
pain gives my the right to be unkind, girl
and it sets me here
(chorus) right back to the heart of it
joan’s crazy is a slight defense from it
joan’s crazy is a place I call my own, when I’m alone
you dig
wait on baby, what you’re gettin in to
well I swear once that it was the little things that
mattered
but it all seems true to you
say the hell with my name, and say the hell with my picture
yeah but swear the one time you need me around,to be
around,
i’m around right now well
I’ll stand like it matters
only once got screwed and then gets scattered by the
rain
and pain gives me the right to be unkind girl
and it sets me here
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Elvis is alive at your local Grocery store
If you believe that boy well sit down and I'll tell you
more
Lee Harvey Oswald, Well you know he acted alone
Charlie Manson, only wanted to make his house a home
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Jesus was an alien,
flying through space
Well God was an astronaut,
who said boy I like your face so the story began
girl I love you, and the check is in the mail
found religion inside myself,
I drank the blood, the flesh was stale
so reach in your pockets and give us all you can
Know the one that's going to heaven is going to be the
richer man
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I see ya shakin boy, do ya find it hard to believe
that the one you been living for
would cut your wrists to watch you bleed
found out the truth is a lie, and it makes you feel unwell
say the church of the all mighty god is all we have to
save us from hell
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you been talking for an hour
and I swear to god that I can’t hear a word you say
so would you come to me, come to me
I get caught up in the waves of conversation, they wash
over me
and they cover me, they cover me
should I just pack my things and leave
would I be a bigger man if I
I build a wall around your heart, dared you to come in
I can lie to you, say I didn’t mean it
but hurt’s a funny thing and
it makes you stronger
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where all is nothing in moderation
it’s a dirty feeling, it makes you stronger
well I believe I’m just plain tired
there’s a funny way your lip shakes
when I know that you’ve been lying and it touches me
mmmm....said it comforts me, it comforts me
Well I guess I should be satisfied, you still love me
half the time
well I’ll settle there,
we can build from there, build from there
would you be happier if I was only half the man I am
you could shout at me, dare me to come in
I can lie to you, say I didn’t mean it
but it really doesn’t matter when you stop to think about
it
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say the end is coming she don’t even feel it
it’s a strange sensation, I’m almost happy
well I believe I’m just plain tired
i’m tired
yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
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still don’t mean nothin'
was written on the concrete
the words weren't on my tongue
cause we don’t talk about it
day nor evenin', fashion or superman
just little warped people
with little black minds
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well I wasn’t sure just what to think
say the lights went out
somebody, somebody swing
don’t wanna, don’t wanna talk anymore
somebody swing
don’t wanna talk no...no
What is we're tainted
Broken and lied to
what if we’re dying
would you just walk around it
well i wasn't sure just what to think
say the lights went out
somebody, somebody swing
don't wanna, don't wannat talk anymore
bring boy, can you bring me down
can you swing
don't wanna, i don't wanna talk no more
Check your balance, keep your head down,
watch your anger boy,realize you could lose
This is violence
look for reason
this don’t have to make sense to anybody at all
then everybody, won’t you swing
no still don’t mean nothin'
words written all over the concrete
all over the concrete
Rage gets you hot, so you swing
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reach within my isolation
I harbour it, I honor it
you say you like to see me closer
of course you would
you have no choice
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be, cause all
their lives, silly pictures
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hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby’s getting older, baby's getting older
build a wall, I’ll build the fountain
we'll wrestle it, we'll conquer it
I think we'll live to see the mountain
of course we will
we have no choice
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be, all their
lives, are silly pictures
hey now now now hey now hey baby
baby getting older
baby getting older
hey now now hey now hey baby
the tide is turning, don't turn me away
it won't take long, we both knew this
still i wasn't quite prepared
for my center of dying
the heart of your pain
all my words get lost and i can't speak
got my head stripped down well i get weak
and the words fall out like forever december
but soon it won't matter cause she won't mean nothing
she won't mean nothing
and I cry cause the weather has gotten to me
and I laugh at the people that I can’t be cause all their
lives are pretty pictures
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and outside...the sky is falling
people dodging raindrops,
staying dry
and inside, I never gave a damn
'bout those outside people anyway
and it hurt me mmm....
they don't even know who I am
and inside...there’s no rainbows
and inside, I try I try I try,
try to clear my head
and outside...the rain is drying
and inside, i'm dying
cause in here, I’m staring at the rings
my coffee cup has made on the table
and in here, I know I know I know,
that this is as good as it gets
and in time I want to be the one
that talks about the other half
until then, count the cracks on the wall
until it’s time to lay my head
and inside...I play with shadows
and inside, I know I know I know,
that I feel this way all day...all day
and outside, there’s hope for trying,
and inside I’m dying
you walk before me, and Lord knows I can’t follow
you walk behind me and I don’t think I can lead
you walk around me, please don’t walk around me
cause you know how dizzy I get
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