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I met you before the fall of RomeAnd I begged you to let me take you homeYou were wrong, I was rightYou said "Goodbye"I said "Goodnight"It's all been done, It's all been done,It's all been done before.
I knew you before the west was wonAnd I heard you say the past was much more funYou go your way, I go mineBut I'll see you next timeIt's all been done,It's all been done,It's all been done before.
If I put my fingers hereAnd if I say "I love you, dear"And if I play the same three chordsWill you just yawn and sayIt's all been done,It's all been done,It's all been done before.
Alone and bored on a thirtieth century nightWill I see you on "The Price is Right"Will I cryWill I smileAs you run down aisle
It's all been done,It's all been done,It's all been done before
It's all been done,It's all been done,It's all been done
It's all been done,It's all been done,It's all been done before
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It's been one week since you looked at meCocked your head to the side and said "I'm angry"Five days since you laughed at me saying"Get that together come back and see me"Three days since the living roomI realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell youYesterday you'd forgiven meBut it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry
Hold it now and watch the hoodwinkAs I make you stop, thinkYou'll think you're looking at AquamanI summon fish to the dish, although I like the Chalet SwissI like the sushi 'cause it's never touched a frying panHot like wasabe when I bust rhymesBig like LeAnn RimesBecause I'm all about valueBert Kaempfert's got the mad hitsYou try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust throughGonna make a break and take a fakeI'd like a stinkin achin shakeI like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavoursGotta see the show, cause then you'll knowThe vertigo is gonna growCause it's so dangerous,You'll have to sign a waiver
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're madTrying hard not to smile though I feel badI'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeralCan't understand what I mean?Well, you soon willI have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeveI have a history of taking off my shirt
It's been one week since you looked at meThrew your arms in the airAnd said "You're crazy"Five days since you tackled meI've still got the rug burns on both my kneesIt's been three days since the afternoonYou realized it's not my faultNot a moment too soonYesterday you'd forgiven meAnd now I sit back and wait til you say you're sorry
Chickity China the Chinese chickenYou have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'Watchin' X-Files with no lights onWe're dans la maisonI hope the Smoking Man's in this oneLike Harrison Ford I'm getting franticLike Sting I'm tantricLike Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurasawa I make mad filmsOkay, I don't make filmsBut if I did they'd have a SamuraiGonna get a set a' better clubsGonna find the kind with tiny nubsJust so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swingGotta get in tune with Sailor Moon'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babesThat make me think the wrong thing
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're madTryin' hard not to smile though I feel badI'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeralCan't understand what I mean?You soon willI have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeveI have a history of losing my shirt
It's been one week since you looked at meDropped your arms to your sidesAnd said "I'm sorry"Five days since I laughed at you and said "You just did just what I thought you were gonna do"Three days since the living roomWe realized we're both to blame,But what could we do?Yesterday you just smiled at me'Cause it'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days till we say we're sorryIt'll still be two days till we say wasabeBirchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie
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A Hydro-field cuts through my neighborhoodAnd somehow that always just made me feel goodI can put a spare bulb in my handAnd light up my yard
Late at night when the wires in the wallsSing in tune with the din of the fallsI'm conducting it all while I sleepTo light this whole town
If you question what I would doTo get over and be with youLift you up over everythingTo light up my room
And there's a shopping cart in the ravineThe foam on the creek is like pop and ice creamA field full of tires that is always on fireTo light my way home
There are luxuries we can't affordBut in our house we never get bored'Cause we can dance to the radio stationThat plays in our teeth
If you question what I would doTo get over and be with youLift you up over everythingTo light up my room, my room
A Hydro-field cuts through my neighborhoodAnd somehow that always just made me feel goodI can put a spare bulb in my handAnd light up my yardLight up my yardLights in my yard
Light up my yard
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If I were you, and I wish that I were youAll the things I'd do to make myself turn blueI suppose I'd start by removing all my clothesTie my panty-hose around my neck
I'll be that girl, and you would be right overIf I were a field, you would be in cloverIf I were the sun, you would be in shadowAnd if I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrow
If you will not have me as myselfPerhaps as some one else, perhaps as youI'll be worth noticingThen even a eunch won't resistThe magic of a kiss from such as me
I'll be that girl, and you would be right overIf I were a field, you would be in cloverIf I were the sun, you would be in shadowAnd if I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrow
It's time to kick off your shoesLearn how to choose sadnessIt's time to throw off those chainsAddle our brains with madness'Cause we've got plenty of timeTo grow old and dieBut when at last your beauty's fadedYou'll be glad that I have waited for you
When you're doneWith being beautiful and youngWhen that course is runThen come to me
I'll be that girl, and you would be right overIf I were a field, you would be in cloverIf I were the sun, you would be in shadowAnd if I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrow
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I've informed you to leave'Cause I can't afford to lose more sleepI get ill when I get tiredSo I'll try to rest if you'll stand guard.
Doo doo doo do, doo do do doo whoa Doo doo doo do, doo do dooooo
I've informed you to leave'Cause I can't stand to hear you breatheI chew up and I choke downScraps you choose to leave around
Doo doo doo do, doo do do doo whoaDoo doo doo do, doooo
Apparitions still won't leave me aloneIt's as if you never left
How am I supposed to remember you?When you won't let me forget?
I've informed you to leave'Cause I can't afford to lose more sleepThere's your shoes, and there's the doorPlease don't come here anymore.
Doo doo doo do, doo do do doo whoa Doo doo doo do, doo do doooo
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Alcohol, my permanent accessory.Alcohol, a party-time necessity.Alcohol, alternative to feeling like yourself.Oh, alcohol, I still drink to your health.
I love you more than I did the week beforeI discovered alcohol.
Forget the cafe latte, screw the raspberry iced tea.A malibu and coke for you, a G and T for me.Alcohol, your songs resolve like my life never will,when someone else is picking up the bill.
I love you more than I did the week beforeI discovered alcohol.Oh alcohol, would you please forgive me?While I cannot love myselfI'll use something else.
I thought that alcohol was just for those with nothing else to do.I thought that drinking just to get drunk was a waste of precious booze.But now I know that there's a time and there's a place where I can chooseto walk the fine line between self-control and self-abuse.
I love you more than I did the week beforeI discovered alcohol.And would you please ignorethat you found me on the floortrying on your camisole.Oh alcohol, would you please forgive me?While I cannot love myselfI'll use something else.Would you please forgive me?Would you please forgive me?
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She fed me strawberriesAnd freezer burned ice creamI said "Goodbye, I guess"She lifted up her dressAnd so I must confessWe made out one more time before I left for goodShe [...]
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I thinkIt's getting to the point where I can be myself againI thinkIt's getting to the point where we have almost made amendsI thinkIt's the getting to the point that is the hardest part
And if you callI will answerAnd if you fallI'll pick you upAnd if you court this disasterI'll point you homeI'll point you home
You thinkI only think about you when we're both in the same roomI'm only here to witness the remains of love exhumedYou thinkWe're here to play a game of who loves more than whom
And if you callI will answerAnd if you fallI'll pick you upAnd if you court this disaster
You thinkIt's only fair to do what's best for you and you aloneIt's only fair to do the same to me when you're not homeI thinkIt's time to make this something that is more than only fair
So if you callI will answerAnd if you fallI'll pick you upAnd if you court this disasterI'll point you home
I'm warning youDon't ever doThose crazy messed up things that you doIf you ever doI promise youI'll be the first to crucify youNow it's time to proveThat you've come back here to rebuild
Rebuild (REPEAT)
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What, am I to wake up suddenly and thenEnroll at the local collegeEarn me a degree and I could work weekends?If I work real hardI could mow your backyard
I could go to EuropeTravel with my friendsI could blow a thousand deutschmarks To get drunk in a pub with some AustraliansBuy a giant backpackSew a flag on the back
Think never is enoughYeah never is enoughYou never have to do that stuff
I think never is enoughYeah never is enoughYou never have to do that stuff
I never had to spend a summer planting treesI never worked my way through a forest inch by inchDoubled over on my hands and kneesI never spent a single day in retailTelling people what they want to hearTelling people anything to make a saleEating in the food courtWith the old and the bored
I think never is enoughYeah never is enoughI never wanna do that stuff
I think never is enoughYeah never is enoughYou never have to do that stuff
The world's your oyster shellSo what's that funny smell?You eat the bivalve anywayYou're sick with salmonella
You get your PhDHow happy you will beWhen you get a job at Wendy'sAnd are honored with employee of the month
I Think never is enoughYeah never is enoughI never wanna do that stuff
(REPEAT CHORUS)
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Now I lay me down not to sleep.I just get tangled in the sheets.I swim in sweat 3 inches deep.Just lay back and claim defeat.
Chapter read and lesson learned.I turn the lights off while she burned.So, while she's three hundred degrees,I throw the sheets off and I freeze.
Lids down, I count sheep,I count heartbeats.The only thing that counts isThat I won't sleep.I countdown, I look around.
Who needs sleep?(Well, you're never gonna get it.)Who needs sleep?(Tell me what's that for?)Who needs sleep?(Be happy with what you're getting,There's a guy's been awake since the Second World War.)
Who needs sleep?(Well, you're never gonna get it.)Who needs sleep?(Tell me what's that for?)Who needs sleep?(Be happy with what you're getting,There's a guy's been awake since the Second World War.)
My hands are locked up tight in fists.My mind is racing, filled with listsOf things to do and things I've done.Another sleepless night's begun.
Lids down, I count sheep,I count heartbeats.The only thing that counts isThat I won't sleep.I countdown, I look around.
Who needs sleep?(Well, you're never gonna get it.)Who needs sleep?(Tell me what's that for?)Who needs sleep?(Be happy with what you're getting,there's a guy's been awake since the Second World War.)
Who needs sleep?(Well, you're never gonna get it.)Who needs sleep?(Tell me what's that for?)Who needs sleep?(Be happy with what you're getting,There's a guy's been awake since the Second World War.)
So much joy in life, so many pleasures all around.But the pleasure of insomnia is one I've never found.With all life has to offer there's so much to be enjoyed.But the pleasures of insomnia are ones I can't avoid.
Lids down, I count sheep,I count heartbeats.The only thing that counts isThat I won't sleep.I countdown, I look around.
Who needs sleep?(Well, you're never gonna get it.)Who needs sleep?(Tell me what's that for?)Who needs sleep?(Be happy with what you're getting,There's a guy's been awake since the Second World War.)
Who needs sleep?(Well, you're never gonna get it.)Who needs sleep?(Tell me what's that for?)Who needs sleep?(Be happy with what you're getting,There's a guy's been awake since the Second World War.)(Repeat)