Is This It?
IS THIS IT
Can't you see I'm trying, I dont even like it
I'd just like to get to your apartment
Now I'm staying there just for a while
I can't think cos I'm just way too tired
Is this it
Is this it
Is this it
Said they'd give you anything you ever wanted
When they lied I knew they were just stable children
Trying hard to realise I was sitting right behind
Dear can't you see, it's them it's not me
We're not enemies, we just disagree
If I was like him, all dissing his Pa
We all disagree, I think we should disagree yeah
Is this it
Is this it
Cant you see I'm trying, I don't even like it
I'd just like to get to your apartment
Now I'm staying there just for a while
I can't think cos I'm just way too tired
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THE MODERN AGE
Up on a hill, here's where we begin
This little story, long time ago
Stop to pretend, stop pretending
It seems this game is simply never ending
Ah in the sun, sun having fun it's in my blood
I just can't help it, don't want you here right now
Let me go
Let me go go go go go go go go
Leaving just in time, stayed there for a while
Rolling in the ocean, trying to catch her eye
Work hard and say it's easy, do it just to please me
Tomorrow will be different, so I'll pretend I'm leaving
I feel so different now, we tried to deviate
We should learn to stay
My vision's clearer now but I'm not afraid
Flying overseas, no time to feel the breeze
I took too many varieties
Ah in the sun, sun having fun it's in my blood
I just can't help it, don't want you here right now
Let me go
Let me go go go go go go go go
Leaving just in time, stayed there for a while
Rolling in the ocean, trying to catch her eye
Work hard and say it's easy, do it just to please me
Tomorrow will be different, so I'll pretend I'm leaving
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SOMA
Soma is what they would take when hard times opened their eyes
Saw pain in a new way
High stakes for a few names
Racing against sunbeams
Losing against their dreams
In your eyes, I am
Stop, and go
In your eyes, I am
Stop, and go
In your eyes
Lets go
When I saw her for the first time lips moved as her eyes closed
Heard something in his voice
"And i'll be there," he says and he walks out
Somehow he was trying too hard to be like them
And I am
Stop, and go
In your eyes, and I am
Stop and darling let me go
Try it once and they liked it, and try to hide it
Says I've been doing this twenty-five years
Well I'm not listening no more
And these friends they keep asking for more
Oh yeah
Oh but thats it
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BARELY LEGAL
I didn't take no shortcuts
I spent the money that I saved up
Oh Mama running out of luck
But like my sister just don't give a fuck
I want to steal your innocence
To me my life it don't make sense
Your strange manners, I love you so
Why won't you wear your new trench coat?
I should have worked much harder
I should have just not bothered
I never show up on weekdays
That's something that you learned yesterday
Drive you to work so you'll be on time
Your little problems, they're not yours they're mine
Come on listen to what I say
I've got some secrets that'll make you stay
I just want to turn you down
I just want to turn you around
You ain't never had anything I wanted but
I want it all, I just can't figure out
Nothing
And all together it went well
We made pretend we were best friends
And then she said "Oh you're a freak"
They ordered me to make mistakes
Together again, like the beginning
It all works somehow in the end
The things we did, the things you hide
But for the records it's all between you and I
I didn't take no shortcuts
I spent the money that I saved up
Oh Mama running out of luck
But like my sister just dont give a fuck
I want to steal your innocence
To me my life it don't make any sense
Your strange manners, I love you so
Why won't you wear your new trench coat?
I just want to misbehave
I just want to be your slave
You ain't never had anything I wanted but
I want it all, I just can't figure out
Nothing
And all together it went well
We made pretned we were best friends
And then she said "Oh I can't wait"
They ordered me to make mistakes
Together again, like the beginning
It all works somehow in the end
The things we did, the things you hide
But for the records it's all between you and I
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SOMEDAY
In many ways they'll miss the good old days
Someday, someday
Yeah it hurts to say but I want you to stay
Sometimes, sometimes
When we was young ah man did we have fun
Always, always
Promises they break before they're made
Sometimes, sometimes
Oh my ex says I'm lacking in depth
I will do my best
You say you want to stay by my side
Darling your head's not right
You see alone we stand together we fall apart
Yea I think I'll be all right
I'm working so I wont have to try so hard
Tables they turn sometimes, oh someday
I ain't wasting no more time
Trying, trying
And now my fears they come to me in threes
So I, sometimes
They fade my friend, you say the strangest things
I find, sometimes
Oh my ex says I'm lacking in depth
Say I will try my best
You say you want to stay by my side
Darling your head's not right
You see alone we stand together we fall apart
Ah I think I'll be all right
I'm working so I wont have to try so hard
Tables they turn sometimes, oh someday
I ain't wasting no more time
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ALONE, TOGETHER
No choice now it's too late
Let him go, he gave up (I gave up)
Lisa said "Take time for me"
Dropping him down to his knees
I chance down
Take me away see I've got to explain
Things they are changing in such a permanent way
My life seems unreal, can we go back to your place
Ah you drink too much, let me drink just the same
People tried, felt so right
Giving themselves good advice
Looking down sometimes felt nice
He knows it's just a fact to kill to survive
He's earning dollars you won't get in your life
Let's suck more blood, let's work 3 hours a day
The world is over but I don't care cause...
I am with you, now I've got to explain
Things they have changed in such a permanent way
Life seems unreal can we go back to your place
You drink too much, makes me drink just the same
The first time that I met your friends
And the second time I thought it would last
We all like it a little different
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LAST NITE
Last nite she said, oh baby I feel so down
When you turn me off, when I feel left out
So I, I turned round
Oh baby don't care no more, I know this for sure
I'm walking out that door
Well I've been in town for about fiteen whole minutes now
And baby I feel so down
And I don't know why
I'e been walking for miles
People they don't understand
Your girlfriends they can't understand
Your grandsons they won't understand
On top of this I ain't ever going to understand
Last nite she said, oh baby don't feel so down
When you turn me off, when I feel left out
So I, I turned round
Oh baby going to be alright, it was a great big lie
Cause I left that night yeah
People they don't understand
Your girlfriends they don't understand
In spaceships they can't understand
And me I ain't ever going to understand
Last nite she said, oh baby don't feel so down
Well she turn me off, when I feel left out
So I, I turned round
Oh little girl I don't care no more, I know this for sure
I'm walking out that door yeah
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HARD TO EXPLAIN
Was an honest man
Asked me for the phone
Tried to take control
I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
We shared some ideas
All obsessed with fate
Ways we're all the same
I don't see it that way
I don't see it that way
Raised in Carolina
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back
I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I tried but you see
It's hard to explain
I say the right thing
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I watch the tv
Forget what I'm told
Well I am too young
And they are too old
The joke is on you
This place is a zoo
You're right, it's true
He said he can't decide
I shake my head to say
Everything's just great
Oh I just can't remember
Oh I just can't remember
Raised in Carolina (she says)
I'm not like that
Trying to remind her
When we go back
I say the right thing
But act the wrong way
I like it right here
But I cannot stay
I watch the tv
Forget what I'm told
Well I am too young
And they are too old
I'll make it you see
I'm ever so pleased
Pretend to be nice
So I can be mean
I missed the last bus
I'll take the next train
I try but you see
It's hard to explain
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NEW YORK CITY COPS
(Oh I meant, ah no I didn't mean that at all)
Here in the streets so merchanised
Rise to the bottom of the meaning of life
Studied all the rules I don't want no part
But I let you in just to break this heart
Even though it was only one night
It was fucking strange
Nina's in the bedroom
She said time to go now
But leaving it ain't easy
I got to let go
I got to let go
And the hours they ran slow
I said everynight she just can't stop saying
New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
Kill me now cause I let you down
I swear one day I'm going to leave this town
Stop. Yes I'm leaving
Cause it just won't work
They act like Romans but they dress like Turks
Sometime in your prime
See me I like the summertime (but hey)
Nina's in the bedroom
She said time to go now
But leaving it ain't easy
I got to let go
I got to let go oh
Trapped in an apartment
She would not let them get her
She wrote it in a letter
I got to come clean
The authorities they've seen
Darling I'm somewhere in between
I said everynight, she just can't stop saying
New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
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TRYING YOUR LUCK
You said you couldn't stay
You've seen it all before, I know
They sold you on their way
Oh honey that's ok
No harm, he's armed
Setting off all your alarms
When I found out
I hope it's you who's set this trap
And storefronts rarely change
At least I'm on my own again
Instead of anywhere with you
Ah tell me it's all the same
And I lost my page again
I know this is surreal
But I'll try my luck with you
This life is on my side
I am your one
Believe me this is a chance
Lets see what's for sale
He's trying not to give his job a chance
It's never going to be
It's sad but I agree
The signals don't seem right
It lasts for just one night, and then
I'm sorry that I said that we were just good friends
No harm, he's armed
Setting off all your alarms
Entranced, I couldn't be there in time
Now think about that
And I lost my page again
I know this is surreal
But I'll try my luck with you
This life is on my side
And I am your one
Believe me this is a chance
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TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
Leave me alone
I'm in control, I'm in control
And girls act too much and boys act too tough
Enough is enough
We're on the minds of other men I know she was
And take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
Oh just take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
Oh, take it
I say, hes going to let you down
He's going to let you down
He's going to let you down
And going to break your back for a chance
And going to steal your friends if he can
He's going to win someday
I fell off the track
Now I can't go back
I'm not like that
Boys act too much, girls act too tough
Enough is enough
Well on the minds of other girls iIknow he was
I said just take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
Oh just take it or leave it
And take it or leave it
Oh, take it
I say, he's going to let you down
He's going to let you down
He's going to let you down
And going to break your back for a chance
And going to steal your friends if he can
He's going to win someday
Oh he will.
-- Courtesy of Charles Davie Records 2002 ---
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