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Welcome to the real world, she said to meCondescendinglyTake a seat, take your lifePlot it out in black and whiteWell I never lived the dreams of the prom kingsAnd the drama queensI'd like to think the bes[...]
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I am driving up85 in theKind of morning thatLasts all afternoonI'm just stuck inside the gloom
Four more exits toMy apartment butI am tempted to Keep the car in driveAnd leave it all behind
Cuz I wonder sometimesAbout the outcomeOf a still verdictless life
Am I living it rightAm I living it rightAm I living it rightWhy, why Georgia why?
I rent a room and IFill the spaces withWood in places toMake it feel like homeBut all I feel's alone
It might be a quarter life crisisOr just a stirring in my soul
Either way--I wonder sometime about the outcomeOf a still verdictless life
Am I living it rightAm I living it rightAm I living it rightWhy, why Georgia why?
So what so I've got a smile onBut its hiding the quiet superstitions in my headDon't believe meDon't believe meWhen I say I've got it down
Everybody isJust a stranger butThat's the danger inGoing my own wayI guess it's a price I have to payStill--"Everything happensFor a reason"Is no reason not to ask myself
If I'm living it rightAm I living it rightAm I living it right
Why, tell me why--Why, why georgia why
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My stupid mouth has got me in troubleI said too much againTo a date over dinner yesterdayAnd I could see she was offendedShe said well anyway..just dying for a subject change.
Oh, another social casualtyScore one more for meHow could I forget?Mama said think before speakingNo filter in my headOh, what's a boy to do?I guess he better find one soon
We bit our lipsShe looked out the windowRolling tiny balls of napkin paperI played a quick game of chesswith the salt and pepper shakerAnd I could see clearlyAn indelible line was drawnBetween what was good,what just slipped out,and what went wrong
Oh, the way she feels about me has changedThanks for playing, try againHow could I forget?Mama said think before speakingNo filter in my headOh, what's a boy to do?I guess he better find one
I'm never speaking up againIt only hurts meI'd rather be a mystery than she desert meOh I'm never speaking up againStarting now Starting now
One more thingWhy is it my fault?So maybe I try too hardBut it's all because of this desireI just wanna be liked, just wanna be funnyLooks like the joke's on meSo call me Captain Backfire
I'm never speaking up againIt only hurts meI'd rather be a mystery than she desert meOh I'm never speaking up againI'm never speaking up againI'm never speaking up againStarting now Starting now
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We've got the afternoon, you got this room for two One thing I've left to do Discover me, discovering you
One mile to every inch of your skin like porcelain One pair of candy lips and your bubblegum tongue And if you want love, we'll make it Swimming in a deep sea of blankets Take all your big plans and break 'em This is bound to be a while
Your body is a wonderland Your body is a wonder (I'll lose my head) Your body is a wonderland
There's something 'bout the way the hair falls in your face I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase You tell me where to go and though I might leave to find it I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it You want love? We'll make it Swimming in a deep sea of blankets Take all your big plans and break 'em This is bound to be a while
Your body is a wonderland Your body is a wonder (I'll lose my head) Your body is a wonderland
Damn baby, you frustrate me I know you're mine, all mine, all mine But you look so good it hurts sometimes
Your body is a wonderland Your body is a wonder (I'll lose my head) Your body is a wonderland Your body is a wonderland
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When sky blue gets dark enoughTo see the colors of the city lightsA trail of ruby red and diamond whiteHits her like a sunrise
She comes and goes and comes and goesLike no one can
Tonight she's out to lose herselfAnd find a high on Peachtree StreetFrom mixed drinks to techno beats it's alwaysHeavy into everything
She comes and goes and comes and goesLike no one canShe comes and goes and no one knowsShe's slipping through my hands
She's always buzzing just likeNeon, neonNeon, neonWho knows how long, how long, how longShe can go before she burns away, away
I can't be her angel nowYou know it's not my place to hold her downAnd it's hard for me to take a standWhen I would take her anyway I can
She comes and she goes Like no one canShe comes and she goes She's slipping through my handsShe's always buzzing just like
Neon, neonNeon, neonBut who knows how long, how long, how longShe can go before she burns away
She comes and she goes Like no one canShe comes and she goes She's slipping through my handsShe's always buzzing just like
Neon, neonNeon, neonBut who knows how long, how long, how longShe can go before she burns away
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I never liked this Apple muchIt always seemed too big to touchI can't remember how I foundMy way before she came around
I tell everyoneI smile just becauseI got a city loveI found it in LydiaAnd I can't remember life before her name
She keeps a toothbrush at my placeAs if I had the extra spaceShe steals my clothes to wear to workI know her hairs are on my shirt
I tell everyoneI smile just becauseI got a city loveI found in LydiaAnd I can't remember life before
The day she called up and came to meCovered in rain with dinnertime shadowingAnd as her clothes spun we spoonedAnd I knew I was throughWhen I said, "I love you"
Friday evening, we've been drinkingTwo A.M. I swear that I just might proposeBut we close the tabSplit a cab And call each other up when we get home, yeahFalling asleep to the sound of sirens
I got a city love, ohAnd I found it in America, oh oh ohFrom the battery to the galleryIt's the kind of thing you only seeIn scented, glossy magazines
And I can't remember life before her name
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I have these dreams I'm walking homehome where it used to beeverything is as it wasfrozen in front of me
here I stand six feet smallromanticizing years agobut it's a bittersweet feelinghearing "Wrapped Around Your Finger" on the radio
and these daysI wish I was six againoh make me a red capeI wanna be Supermanoh if only my life was more like 1983all these things would be more like they were at the start of mehad it made in 83
thinking 'bout my brother BenI miss him everydayhe looks just like his brother Johnbut on an eighteen month delay
here I stand six feet smalland smiling cause I'm scared as hellkinda like your life is like a sequel to a moviewhere the actors' names have changed
well well these daysI wish I was six againoh make me a red capeI wanna be Supermanoh if only my life was more like 1983all these things would be more like they were at the start of meif my life was more like 1983plot a course to the source of the purest little part of me
and most my memories have escaped meor confused themselves with dreamsif heaven's all they want it to besend your prayers to me care of 1983
you can paint that house a rainbow of colorsrip out the floorboardsreplace the shuttersbut that's my plastic in the dirt
whatever happened to mywhatever happened to mywhatever happened to my lunchboxwhen came the day that it gotthrown away anddon't you think I should have had some say in that decision
if only my lifeif only my lifeif only my lifeif only my lifeif only my life (fades singing if only my life)
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I'm writing you tocatch you up on places I've beenYou held this letterprobably got excited, but there's nothing else inside itdidn't have a camera by my side this timehoping I would see the world with both my eyesmaybe I will tell you all about it when I'min the mood to lose my way with words
Today skies are painted colors of a cowboy's clichéAnd strange how clouds that look like mountains in the skyare next to mountains anywayDidn't have a camera by my side this timeHoping I would see the world with both my eyesMaybe I will tell you all about it when I'min the mood to lose my waybut let me sayYou should have seen that sunrise with your own eyesit brought me back to lifeYou'll be with me next time I go outsidejust no more 3x5's
Guess you had to be thereGuess you had to be with me
Today I finally overcametryin' to fit the world inside a picture frameMaybe I will tell you all about it when I'm in the mood tolose my way but let me sayYou should have seen that sunrise with your own eyesit brought me back to lifeYou'll be with me next time I go outsideno more 3x5'sjust no more 3x5's
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Staying home alone on a FridayFlat on the floor looking backOn old loveOr lack thereofAfter all the crushes are fadedAnd all my wishful thinking was wrongI'm jadedI hate it
I'm tired of being aloneSo hurry up and get hereSo tired of being aloneSo hurry up and get here (get here)
Searching all my days just to find youI'm not sure who I'm looking forI'll know itWhen I see youUntil then, I'll hide in my bedroomjust staying up all night just to writeA love song for no one
I'm tired of being aloneSo hurry up and get hereSo tired of being aloneSo hurry up and get here
I could have met you in a sandboxI could have passed you on the sidewalkCould I have missed my chanceAnd watched you walk away?Oh no way
I could have met you in a sandboxI could have passed you on the sidewalkCould I have missed my chanceAnd watched you walk away?
I'm tired of being aloneSo hurry up and get hereSo tired of being aloneSo hurry up and get hereYou'll be so goodYou'll be so good for me
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Back to youIt always comes around, back to youI tried to forget you, I tried to stay awayBut it's too late
Over youI'm never over, over youSomething about youIt's just the way you moveThe way you move me
Yeahhh I'm so good at forgettingAnd I quit every game I playBut forgive me, loveI can't turn and walk away
Back to youIt always comes around, back to youI walk with your shadowI'm sleeping in my bedWith your silhouette
Yeahhh, should have smiled in that pictureIf it's the last that I'll see of youIt's the least that youCould not do
Leave the light onI'll never give up on youLeave the light onFor me too, for me tooFor me too
Back to meI know that it comes back to meDoesn't it scare youYour will is not as strongAs it used to be