Superstar Carwash

John Rzeznik - guitar and vocals
Robby Takac - bass and vocals
George Tutuska - percussion
Produced, recorded & mixed by Gavin MacKillop
Assisted by Brad Nelson
Mix assisted by Matt Packuko
Musicians who contributed: Mary Ramsey, Joe Rozler, Armand John Petri

Fallin' Down

Do you know, where you want to go
I ain't got time for it now 
Do you think, that I'll ever be

Cause all I ever wanted so far gone 
And if I had my chance, I'd go along

You're making me fall down 
I'm fallin' down again 
I wish you could fall down 
Can you catch me darling

Do you see, what you do to me 
You ain't got time for it now 
Do you think, that I'll ever be

Cause all I ever wanted so far gone 
And if I had my chance I'd go along

You're making me fall down 
I'm falling down again 
I wish you could fall down 
Can you catch me darling

Cause all I ever wanted so far gone 
And if I had my chance I'd go along

You're making me fall down 
I'm falling down again 
I wish you could fall down 
Can you catch me darling

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Lucky Star

If I could walk a straight mile 
And write it down in shorthand I could show you 
If you want me to 
And if I had an hourglass 
I'd save the grains of time I spent with you 
That's what I'd do

But I remember
You always said it could be great 
And I knew it could be

Well there's a way you look at things 
That no one needs to know but you 
And you shared them with me 
Like every time the leaves would fall 
You promised me that they'd be back again 
And I believed in you

You always said it could be great 
But I hadn't time to waste 
Now it seems that I've gone too far

As bright as you are don't get burned by your lucky star 
Bright as you are don't get burned by your lucky star

Written down in hard bound books 
The way things used to be they ain't for me 
I'd swear they're all for you 
Ri said sugar, gram said shoot 
Her mom said shit I don't know what she'll do 
As if it's up to you

But I remember
You always said it could be great 
But I hadn't time to waste 
Now it seems that you've gone too far
As bright as you are don't get burned by your lucky star 
Bright as you are don't get burned by your lucky star
Your lucky star will burn  you 
Your lucky star can turn you 'round 
Your lucky star will burn out 
Your lucky star can turn you 'round 

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Cuz You're Gone

You whispered in my mouth 
And I spit you words right back 
How good do you think I'll look 
When the words start to break and crack

You beat your head upon your wall 
You disconnect yourself from it all 
'Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable 
And I want to get in so bad and I don't know how 
No I don't know how

Cuz you're gone and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone and you ain't coming back 

You held your hand so close 
And I just can't push you away 
I wished you could be my girl 
But you're stuck in your a grown-up world
 
You beat your head upon your wall 
You disconnect yourself from it all 
Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable 
And I want to get in so bad, and I don't know how 
No I don't know how

Cuz you're gone and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone and you ain't coming back 

You beat your head upon your wall 
You disconnect yourself from it all 
Cause you know that you're so beautiful and so untouchable 
And I want to get in so bad and I don't know how 
And I don't know how

Cuz you're gone and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone and you ain't coming back 
Yeah you're gone and I wish you'd come back 

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Don't Worry

I called you up all night til morning
Left my house by noon today
No one spoke, but we both listened 
Heard every word you didn't say

And the sun shines all around us 
Smells like summers on the way
Tell the story of a lifetime 
Tomorrow brings a brand new day

Don't worry bout today
And the words that you said 
Shake the world from your head 
Least for a while

You say the days keeps getting longer 
But my nights seem longer still
Watching repeats on my ceiling 
Another hour left to kill
Don't worry bout today
And the words that you said 
Shake the world from your head 
Least for a while

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Girl Right Next To Me

You changed my face, I think I like it better now 
It doesn't matter anyhow, cause that's the way it is 
You said hello where the hell you been? 
I said I feel like I've been off to war and I may never be the same again

I made my bed but now I can't sleep at night 
I'm tossing and turning you know you know it ain't right 
I'd love to beg, see, but I'm just too proud 
And I don't even know what to say so I'm thinking out loud

And when you dream 17 
I ain't there so I don't care 
Cause in all my dreams, I'm 23 
And she's the girl right next to me 
See that girl right next to me

I lie in my bed you're running through my head 
Going over and over and over the things that you said 
I'm caught in the trap I'll run like hell right back to you 
Cause I'm sober with you and you know it beats drinking alone

And when you dream 17 
I ain't there so I don't care 
Cause in all my dreams I'm 23 
And she's the girl right next to me 
See that girl right next to me

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Domino

If you never had it then 
You don't know how bad it is 
Having nothing, liking it well 
Neighbors talked and, I can tell but

Here comes the day I sit and wait 
Oh it's always something
The bills keep coming the car ain't running 
Now I'm thumbing home again 
Another day, oh, the mailman's on his way 
Just sit and wait 
Always pondering my fate too late 
Another day goes 

I borrowed from you yesterday 
Lent a bunch to you last may
No one minds I can tell 
Seems I've picked the wrong seashell but

Here comes the day, I sit and wait 
Oh it's always something
The bills keep coming, the car ain't running 
Now I'm coming home again
Another day, the mailman's on his way 
Just sit and wait
Always pondering my fate too late 
Another day goes

Dominoes are falling still
As I know they always will
Dominoes a test of will 
Dominoes 

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We Are The Normal

It's a beautiful day I heard everybody say 
The sun shines down for all of us 
Just the same you know I like the rain 
That ain't so obvious
It's a beautiful sight I guess everybody's right 
This day belongs to all of us 
Even still I like with a chill 
That ain't so obvious

We are the normal 
We live and we die 
With no reason why 

It's a beautiful life and I've got it in my sights 
And that ain't for all of us 
It's a beautiful sound 
My life comes crashing down 
That ain't so obvious 
It's a beautiful sin and I'm doing it again 
And that ain't for all of us 
It's a beautiful life and I've got it in my sights 
Ain't that so obvious

We are the normal 
We live and we die 
With no reason why 

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String Of Lies

I've got no politics no influential friend or two 
I've got ideas but it's nothing I picked up at school 
I might be running but I'm never running back to you

And here's a letter from the real world I don't expect you'll reply 
And anything you're gonna tell me it's just another lie

I had to wait so long that weeks and months that passed me by 
You've got no power and my situation don't apply 
You ask me how I am I lie and say I'm doing fine

And with your sugar sweetened alibi there was a truth I never knew 
And all the attitude you gave me it's coming back to you

String of lies it's always compromise with you 
String of lies you know there's nothing left to do 
String of lies it's been a string of lies with you

And here's a letter from the real world I don't expect your reply 
And anything you're gonna tell me it's just another lie

String of lies we always compromise for you 
String of lies you know there's nothing left to do 
String of lies it's been a string of lies with you 
String of lies we always compromise for you 
And here's a letter from the real world

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Another Second Time Around

Happy smiling crying all put to my past 
I guess those stormy gray skies simply couldn't last 
And now I find myself tugging at your dress 
The  thought of holding you down or seeing you frown is never gonna pass

Somewhere there's a place a soul can never go 
Gray like stormy skies I hoped you didn't know 
All on postcards full of things I won't forget 
And now it's coming down that laughing clown is all I ever get

Another second time around I've been running from ya 
Another second time around 
Another second, one more second time I waited for ya 
Another second time around

Couldn't help myself 
I felt like everything was gonna pass 
It was an awkward time 
I hoped it wouldn't, hoped it couldn't last 

And I didn't know exactly what to say 
About the things you saw me do my evil way 
And I know you're lying crying in your bed 
While I'm all tired out so wired out it's ringing in my head
Another second time around I've been running from ya 
Another second time around 
Another second, one more second time I waited for ya 
Another second time around 

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Stop The World

You need someone to hold you 
You need something that you ain't been getting 
Yeah, I could be the one 
To tell you what to do, but it don't mean nothing 
And you're holding on forever 
But that something just ain't true

I'm just like you 
And I know 
It's what I'd do 
Here I go

Cause I could stop the world, 'cause I loved you 
I could stop the world, and I don't want to 
I could stop the world, and I won't 
Cause it ain't enough

You had another bad day 
You let me know that you just can't take it 
I've given up on you 
You live in truth and I know I can't fake it 
Cause the stars you see are on a dirty sidewalk 
And they ain't for wishing ooh

They don't come true 
And I know, it's what I'd do 
Here I go

Cause I could stop the world, 'cause I loved you 
I could stop the world, and I don't want to 
I could stop the world, and I won't 
Cause it ain't enough

I'm not too young for the world 
I'm not too young for the world 

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Already There

I look outside my window 
Everything was blanketed in white 
The neighbors pushing cars out 
From snow that fell on us last night 
Started thinking bout 
The things we used to do when we were young 
Back when things were simple 
And getting up was fun
I couldn't care cause I'm already there 

Turn around and face the clock 
I'd sit and watch, as time went hopping by 
I'm still growing up 
My friends are growing old before my eyes 
Count the stars above 
Wonder when the heavens will subside 
Knowing our two worlds 
Will someday just collide
I couldn't care cause I'm already there. 

Just a boy who's young at heart 
His smile was a bit like yours today 
Had a wife a kid some strife 
Never had to go astray 
Happiness abounds
Life was in full swing 
At seventeen all the things he wanted 
Were things he'd never see

It don't seem fair cause I'm already there 

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On The Lie

He burnt down the house one night 
He had a loaded sixpack gun 
He said that jesus christ was just like a cop 
You know you never know when they'll come 
She said every day above ground 
Was another dream come true 
He said I'd hang and swap cliches all night 
But I'm not in love with you

And I never got serious 
Til everything went black 
And I ain't so curious 
That I'm ever going back

On the lie 

He said man you want to be Elvis 
I said I ain't dying face down 
He said you've got to die facing up in the world 
Cause there's too many holes around 
He asked what was wrong with me 
He said I looked like a hollywood girl 
I said that hollywood can fall into the ocean, man 
Cause it's the ugliest place in the whole wide world

And I never got serious 
Til everything went black 
And I ain't so curious 
That I'm ever going back

On the lie 

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Close Your Eyes

I wish I had a saxophone 
I'd play the blues til you came home 
With a little sadness in your eye 
Now that all my time was spent
In you walked you're heaven sent
Thinking 'bout all the nights you cried

Had a certain passion 
And I had silly dreams 
All of the vicious actions
Don't close your eyes to me 

I wish I had a camera lens 
To film the things my mind had said 
Before they reached my mouth and got all bent
Looking up the skies of blue 
All day long I think of you 
Even after all the shit we've been through

Had a certain passion 
And I had silly dreams 
All of the vicious actions 
Don't close your eyes to me 

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So Far Away

Why do you stare me down
Am I wrong 
Should I turn and kiss the ground 
And I never felt that way 
I ain't the one and you know I don't come from such a place

And I didn't get those things 
Things that you can't grow 
You say that it's all my fault 
And I don't need to know

Tell me something I don't know 
And I'll find that I'm always looking 'round behind me 
You said that it's all been said before 
Now I find that there's something I don't know

And I hate your attitude 
I ain't scared at all 
Cause it don't matter what you do 
And I'll turn around to see the truth 
You're tearing it down, yeah, you're bringing it down 
And it's all on you

And I didn't get those things 
Things that you can't grow 
You say that it's all my fault 
And I don't need to know

Tell me something I don't know 
And I find that I'm always looking round behind me 
You said that it's all been said before 
Now I find that there's something I don't know
If you break enough glass and there's no one to hear 
And your heart's full of hate 
Cause your mind's full of fear 
Let it go. . . .

So far away 

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