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A Boy Named Goo

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  • A Boy Named Goo

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    • Long Way Down

      Oh, here you are
      There's nothing left to say
      You're not supposed to be that way
      Did they push you out?
      Did they throw you away?

      Touch me now and I don't care
      When you take me, I'm not there
      Almost human, but I'll never be the same

      Long way down
      I don't think I'll make it on my own
      Long way down
      I don't want to live in here alone
      Long way down
      I don't think I'll make it on my own

      I never put you down
      I never pushed you away
      You're not supposed to be that way
      And anything you want
      There's nothing I could say

      Is there anything to feel?
      Is it pain that makes you real?
      Cut me off before it kills me

      Long way down
      I don't think I'll make it on my own
      Long way down
      I don't want to live in here alone
      Long way down
      I don't think I'll make it on my own
      I never put you down
      I never pushed you away
      Take another piece of me
      Give my mind a new disease
      And the black and white world never fades to grey

      Long way down
      I don't think I'll make it on my own
      Long way down
      I don't want to live in here alone
      Long way down
      I don't think I'll make it on my own
      On my own
      On my own

    • Burnin' Up

       

      Said you're burnin' up inside and no one seems to tell 
      You're living from a personalized manual from hell 
       
      Life is pretty easy when it's from my easy chair 
      And you're burnin' up inside and no one cares
       
      Said you had enough this time cuz time don't treat you well 
      You always cried coincidence, while I drew parallels
       
      Life, it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair 
      And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
      Burnin' up inside and you hurt me
      (Really hurt me)
      (Oh, you hurt me)
       
      Try to take my hand tonight, I'll show you where to start 
      Cuz every word that left your lips is like a needle through my heart 
       
      And life, it seems so easy when it's from my easy chair 
      And you're burnin' up inside, burnin' up inside
      Burnin' up inside and you hurt my eyes
      (Cuz you're burnin' up inside) 
      Hurt my eyes 
      (Cuz you're burnin' up inside) 
      Hurt my eyes 
      (Cuz you're burnin' up inside)
      Hurt my eyes
       
    • Naked

      Yeah I'm fadin' and I call out
      No one hears me
      Never been, never felt, never thought I'd say a word

      Weighed down
      Safe now

      You're naked inside your fear
      You can't take back all those years
      And shots in the dark from empty guns
      Are never heard by anyone
      Never heard by anyone

      Yeah I'm hiding in the fallout
      Now I'm wasted
      They don't need me, don't want me, don't hear a word I say

      Weighed down
      Safe now

      You're naked inside your fear
      You can't take back all those years
      And shots in the dark from empty guns
      Are never heard by anyone
      Never heard by anyone

      Inside your head
      No one's there
      And I don't think I'll ever be
      And I don't care

      You're naked inside your fear
      You can't take back all those years
      And shots in the dark from empty guns
      Are never heard by anyone
      Never heard by anyone
      By anyone
      By anyone

    • Flat Top

       

      Flat top intervention 
      Bringin' home the new invention 
      See it there in pieces on the ground
       
      A television war between the cynics and the saints 
      Flip the dial and that's whose side you're on
      A-sleeping on the White House lawn ain't never changed a thing 
      Just look at all the washed out Hippie dreams
       
      And it's fallin' all around us 
      Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us? 
      Fallin' all around us 
      I'll turn my head off for a while
       
      The tabloid generation's lost 
      Choking on it's fear 
      Used to be that's all we had to fear
       
      And conscience keeps us quiet while the crooked love to speak 
      There's knowledge wrapped in blankets on the street
      A visionary coward says that anger can be power 
      As long as there's a victim on TV
       
      And it's fallin' all around us 
      Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us? 
      Fallin' all around us 
      I'll turn my head off for a while
       
      And my dirty dreams all come alive on my TV screen 
      And assasination plots show me what I haven't got 
      Show me what I love, and who I'm supposed to be 
      Show me everything I need 
      Show it all to me 
      Show it all to me
       
      And it's fallin' all around us 
      Is this some kind of joke they're trying to pull on us? 
      Fallin' all around us 
      I'll turn my head off for a whi-i-i-i-ile
    • Impersonality

       

      When I was three feet tall
      I loved the mall 
      And lived life for myself 
      Fallin' down for laughs 
      Your photograph 
      Some puppets made of felt
       
      Watching life in Oz Thanksgivin' Eve on Grandma's old TV 
      Dancing roundabout, I'd twist and shout for everyone to see
       
      Impersonality 
      It's leanin' hard on me
       
      Mama's in a shop 
      Watching little sister by myself 
      Robbed a wishing pond 
      In a fleeting bond 
      Vowed to share the wealth
       
      Scooping up the coins 
      A warning shot from some authority 
      Doesn't matter now, but I'll shout out loud for everyone to see
       
      Never got to know you 
      Did you ever wonder why? 
      Now it's nice to know ya 
      And I'm glad you're doing fine
      Think of all the time lost 
      Was it really lost at all? 
      Now I'm so proud of ya 
      I'd love to tell you all I see 
      Listen hard to your reality
       
      Impersonality 
      It's leanin' hard on me 
      Impersonality 
      It's leanin' hard on me
    • Name
       
      And even though the moment passed me by 
      I still can't turn away 
      Cuz all the dreams you never thought you'd lose 
      Got tossed along the way 
      And letters that you never meant to send 
      Got lost or thrown away

      And now we're grown up orphans 
      And never knew their names 
      We don't belong to no one 
      That's a shame
      But you could hide beside me 
      Maybe for a while 
      And I won't tell no one your name 
      And I won't tell 'em your name

      And scars are souvenirs you never lose
      The past is never far 
      Did you lose yourself somewhere out there?
      Did you get to be a star?
      And don't it make you sad to know that life
      Is more than who we are

      We grew up way too fast 
      And now there's nothing to believe
      And reruns all become our history 
      A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
      And I won't tell no one your name 
      And I won't tell 'em your name 
      I won't tell em' your name 
      Oooh, oooh, oooh
      I won't tell em' your name
      Ow!

      I think about you all the time 
      But I don't need the same 
      It's lonely where you are
      Come back down 
      And I won't tell 'em your name
    • Only One

      I'll open up my head awhile
      Its been dead for years
      Must've been a victim of my peers
      One is for my happiness
      The other for my health
      The last is something bigger than myself

      I ain't the only one
      I ain't the only one
      I ain't the only one to say

      I'm talkin' to myself again
      I'll just start a fight
      And nobody can prove me wrong, I'm right
      Anti-hero idol with a suicide excuse
      A thousand other suckers who try and fill your shoes

      I ain't the only one
      I ain't the only one
      I ain't the only one to say

      I ain't the only one
      I ain't the only one
      I ain't the only one to say

      Little pictures in my head, turnin' inside-out again
      Cuz fuckin' up takes practice, I feel I'm well rehearsed
      Because the past is a bully and the future's even worse
      Tell me what you fear cuz I can feel it like a curse

      Well, you used to be a folk singer, now you're just a joke singer
      Ain't no smokin' dope singer, swingin' from a rope singer

      I ain't the only one
      I ain't the only one
      I ain't the only one to say

    • Somethin' Bad

      Well, they're shutting all the shops up on the avenue
      And they're holding up for cheaper Chinese food
      If I'm old then I would have a tainted attitude
      Why'd those neon lights all lose their common blue?

      And it's not like me to feel so important
      And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
      And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
      Ah, but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
      Oh yes, I know that somethin' bad has gotta change

      Well I see her walking round the block till six a.m.
      The thermometer's at minus five degrees
      And I'm wondering where all that hard earned money goes
      To her head or towards a shred of dignity

      And it's not like me to feel so important
      And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
      And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
      Ah, but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
      Oh yes, I know that somethin' bad has gotta change

      And it's not like me to feel so important
      And it's not like me to go and wreck your day
      And I never thought I'd see it so exploited
      Ah, but I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
      Oh yes, I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
      Yes, I know that somethin' bad has gotta change
      Oh yes, I know that somethin' bad has gotta change

    • Ain't That Unusual

       

      Could you talk to me
      Honestly
      Cuz I never heard a word you said now 
      And I ain't just being mean
       
      Cuz all we are is what we're told 
      And most of that's been lies 
      It's like a made-for-TV movie 
      And I just blew my line
       
      Someday you never made it Maybe you never will 
      Hey, you never made it 
      Now, ain't that unusual?
       
      Now I feel unknown 
      And it's safe that way 
      Are you too bored to care or too dumb to be scared, now
      Now what's that supposed to mean?
       
      I'm burned out on some empty reasons 
      Another waste of time 
      It's somethin' that I wish I'd said 
      But I don't think it'd rhyme
       
      Someday you never made it 
      Maybe you never will 
      Hey, you never made it 
      Now, ain't that unusual?
       
      See I'd love to be you 
      At least then I'd see you 
      Sorry I put them words in your mouth 
      But you wouldn't talk to me 
       
      You're everything I want and haven't got
      I'm sick of everything I'm not 
      Put my heavy coat on for a while 
      It's freezing in the corner of my mind
       
      Someday you never made it 
      Maybe you never will 
      Hey, you never made it 
      Now, ain't that unusual?
       
    • So Long

      Don't take much lookin' back to know I took my coffee black then
      Nothing's different now, but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
      Your optimistic views, your hundred dollar running shoes and
      Carpel tunnel syndrome, we all had a laugh about it

      I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
      So long
      Oh so long
      Oh so long
      But I didn't wanna tell you all so long

      Don't take much lookin' back to know I faked that heart attack then
      Nothing's different now, but nothin' seems the same and it's alright
      You always spoke the truth from circa disco Abba boots and
      All that showbiz talk, oh we all had a laugh about it

      I'd love to stick around but I gotta tell you all
      So long
      Oh so long
      Oh so long
      But I didn't wanna tell you all so long

      Oh so long
      Oh so long
      But I didn't wanna tell you all so long

      I gotta get back to where I belong
      Long
      Oh so long
      Oh so long
      But I didn't wanna tell you all so long

      So long
      Oh so long
      Oh so long
      But I didn't wanna tell you all so long

    • Eyes Wide Open

       

      I'm a fortunate son of a fortunate son
      Livin' large on the wrong side of town
      Too many friends and the fun never ends
      Drinkin' and hangin' around
       
      I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole
      At least I could kick it all down 
      I wanna kick it all down
       
      Eyes wide open, I can't see 
      Eyes wide open, what you mean 
      Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
      My eyes wide open, I can't see 
      Eyes wide open, what you mean 
      Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
       
      I don't take the bus and I never walk too far 
      The furthest I got was my own backyard
      A fist full of cash that somebody else earned 
      Send me some more when it all got burned
       
      I wanna take control, wanna make it all mine
      At least I could kick it all down 
      I wanna' kick it all down
       
      Eyes wide open, I can't see 
      Eyes wide open, what you mean 
      Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
      My eyes wide open, I can't see 
      Eyes wide open, what you mean 
      Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
       
      Never ever ever
      Never ever ever
      Never ever ever
      Never ever ever
       
      I get what I want if I make up my mind
      I'm turnin' you inside out
      I wanna rule the world, wanna swallow it whole
      I think I'll just kick it all down
      I wanna kick it all down
       
      Eyes wide open, I can't see 
      Eyes wide open, what you mean 
      Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
      My eyes wide open, I can't see 
      Eyes wide open, what you mean 
      Eyes wide open, I can't seem to be
      Eyes wide open
      [fade out]
    • Disconnected

       

      I don't remember
      It doesn't ring a bell
      And when you call me everything is swell
       
      I tend to forget about the times we had 
      And now it doesn't matter cuz I feel so sad
       
      I've been disconnected 
      Someone pulled the plug 
      Oh, you're so distant 
      Nothing's come along, yeah
       
      We've paid the price and now we're both alone 
      And if you call me, you'll find me home 
      I've found another, someone to take your place 
      Now if you don't mind, please get outta of my face
       
      I've been disconnected 
      Someone pulled the plug 
      Oh, you're so distant 
      Nothin's come along, yeah
       
      Cuz, I've been disconnected 
      Someone pulled the plug 
      Oh, you're so distant 
      Nothing's come along
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