IRC-Galleria

with glazed eyes you embraced life
never too proud but you never asked twice
i begged you please but still you went for fast highs
one ride forever you never came around twice

with the dazed mind you tried to survive
didn't want to but the filth came alive
you waited in the rain for love without names
when was the last time you lived without shame

when was the last time
you ran into the night
when was the last time
in 1989

with glazed eyes she embraced life
never again will i see her dance all night
she waved goodbye to this world full of bores
with a smile on her face she closed down all the doors

when was the last time
you ran into the night
when was the last time
in 1989

Keep one eye on the road
The other one fixed on the one you hold

The windshield is bombarded by rain
I can only see black and yellow in my brain
As the colors of containers in a dark distance
Flare up in my face like sparks in my pistons
Fuel gage almost pointing at empty
Evidently the high speed has taken a toll
Break and roll very gently down to the waterfront
Maybe ten feet away
My 500 stallions have sent me to stay for a purpose
To observe just a five minute silence
A break from the circus of everyday humdrum
And the effect is like a shock from a stun gun
Some run far, some run fast to return soon
The thought of going everpresent as it burns true
A part of me is always close to the harbor
Sailing with the ghost of my grandfather

CHORUS

Keys in the ignition, headlights rising
Playing with the rain, but the rhythm is random
I sit in abandon with a hand on the wheel
But I'm still unable to leave
Dazed by the slow moving mass of the cranes
Sedated by the memories i only remember to forget
Like a radio signal in a flash
And at last I am cleansed out
If you could see what I see, if you could be in my sleep
If you found me, I'd be lost
No cost is greater than to let go with a past like yours
It doesn't make sense how nothing makes sense now
Stand still, stand still
But the more I command it, the more I know
Leaving is nothing but an act of will
And I feel my diverging path
Has taken me as far as I have to go
Fathers become sons, tables turned
I know that I have been unaware, unconcerned
Now haunted by the thought, I grab the keys
Step outside and see purple
On the road, out on the seas
We'll be reunited within the red circle

CHORUS

Leave a light on, I'll arrive on time this time and try to stay
Leave a light on if the night's too dark, the spark has gone away
Far or near, tomorrow's here
Follow me, and I know the road is clear
What you need now is not me
How could I breathe out all this fear?

money money
welcome to my new and improved life
on the dark side
climbing the neverending stairs of gold
just trying to grab and hold

it's all good
my face on the magazine
limelights
and everybody's loving me
I made a deal with these so called "friends" of mine
and now I burn art
like I'll burn all the bridges behind

all bridges behind...

I'm all over and I've got it going
I will turn my soul into profit
I'm all over and I've got it going
I'll make it happen
just the way you want it

money, girls, cars
is what they promised me
got none of them
just this new type of captivity
I went through the wheels of machinery
and now I'm half the man I used to be

that I used to be...

[Timbaland]
ItÂ’s been a long time, long time
I shouldnÂ’t have left you, left you
Without a dope beat to step to
Step to, step to, step to
Step to, step to
Freaky-freaky
ItÂ’s been a long time
I shouldnÂ’t have left you
Without a dope beat to step to
Step to, step to, step to
Step to, step to
Freaky-freaky, baby girl uh

[Aaliyah]
What would you do?
To get to me
What would you say?
To have your way
Would you give up?
Or try again
If I hesitate
To let you in
Now would you be yourself
Or play your role
Tell all the boys
Or keep it low
If I say no
Would you turn away?
Or play me off
Or would you stay, oh

1 – And if at first you don’t succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you donÂ’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again (and again)

[Aaliyah]
IÂ’m in to you
You into me
But I canÂ’t let it go
So easily
Not till I see
Whether this could be
eternity
Or just a week
You know our chemistry
Is off the chain
ItÂ’s perfect now
But will it change?
This ainÂ’t a yes
This ainÂ’t a no
Just do your thing
WeÂ’ll see how it goes

Chorus
And if at first you donÂ’t succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you donÂ’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again (and again)


[Aaliyah]
See you donÂ’t wanna throw it all away
I might be shy on the first date
What about the next date?
Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?
I said you donÂ’t wanna throw it all away
I might be bugginÂ’ on the first date
What about the next date?
Huh? Huh? Huh? huh?

Chorus
And if at first you donÂ’t succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you donÂ’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again (and again)

[Aaliyah]
And at first you donÂ’t succeed yeeeaaahhh
Dust yourself off and try again
you can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you donÂ’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
dust yourself off and try again, try again (again again)

[Timbaland]
Check it, uh
ItÂ’s been a long time,long time
shouldnÂ’t have left you,left you
Without a dope beat to step to
Step to, step to, step to
Step to, step to, step to, step to
Freaky-freaky
ItÂ’s been a long time
We shouldnÂ’t have left you
Without a dope beat to step to
Step to, step to, step to
Step to, step to
Freaky-freaky


and if at first you donÂ’t succeed
Then dust yourself off and try again
You can dust it off and try again, try again
Cause if at first you donÂ’t succeed
You can dust it off and try again
Dust yourself off and try again, try again (and again)

Sometimes I
Need to remember just to breathe
Sometimes I
Need you to stay away from me
Sometimes IÂ’m
In disbelief I didnÂ’t know
Somehow I
Need you to go

DonÂ’t stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
What you were changing me into
(Just give me myself back and)
DonÂ’t stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
Take all your faithlessness with you
(Just give me myself back and)
DonÂ’t stay

Sometimes I
Feel like I trusted you too well
Sometimes I
Just feel like screaming at myself
Sometimes IÂ’m
In disbelief I didnÂ’t know
Somehow I
Need to be alone

DonÂ’t stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
What you were changing me into
(Just give me myself back and)
DonÂ’t stay
Forget our memories
Forget our possibilities
Take all your faithlessness with you
(Just give me myself back and)
DonÂ’t stay

I donÂ’t need you anymore
I donÂ’t want to be ignored
I donÂ’t need one more day
Of you wasting me away

With no apologies

I don't know what you're looking for
you haven't found it baby, that's for sure
You rip me up and spread me all around
in the dust of the deed of time

And this is not a case of lust, you see
it's not a matter of you versus of me
It's fine the way you want me on your own
but in the end it's always me alone

And I'm losing my favourite game
you're losing your mind again
I'm losing my baby
losing my favourite game

I only know what I've been working for
another you so I could love you more
I really thought that I could take you there
but my experiment is not getting us anywhere

I had a vision I could turn you right
a stupid mission and a lethal fight
I should have seen it when my hope was new
my heart is black and my body is blue

And I'm losing my favourite game
you're losing your mind again
I'm losing my favourite game

I've tried but you're still the same
I'm losing my baby
you're losing a saviour and a saint

I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I got nothing to do
I'm hanging around
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving too fast
I'm driving too far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely
I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens and I wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree

I'm sitting here
I miss the power
I'd like to go out taking a shower
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired
Put myself into bed
Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder

Isolation is not good for me
Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree

I'm steppin' around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
And everything will happen and you wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
And I wonder, wonder

I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon-tree

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.

She said "Some days I feel like shit,
Some days I wanna quit, and just be normal for a bit,"
I don't understand why you have to always be gone,
I get along but the trips always feel so long,
And, I find myself trying to stay by the phone,
'Cause your voice always helps me to not feel so alone,
But I feel like an idiot, workin' my day around the call,
But when I pick up I don't have much to say,
So, I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"

I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home...

You know the place where you used to live,
Used to barbecue up burgers and ribs,
Used to have a little party every Halloween with candy by the pile,
But now, you only stop by every once and a while,
Shit, I find myself just fillin' my time,
With anything to keep the thought of you from my mind,
I'm doin' fine, I plan to keep it that way,
You can call me if you find that you have something to say,
And I'll tell you, I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family here singing "Where'd you go?"

I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home...

I want you to know it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin', no longer debatin',
Tired of sittin' and hatin' and makin' these excuses,
For why you're not around, and feeling so useless,
It seems one thing has been true all along,
You don't really know what you've got 'til it's gone,
I guess I've had it with you and your career,
When you come back I won't be here and you can sing it...

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone.
Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone,
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
Please come back home...
Please come back home...

The other night I got arrested by the Karma police and beat down
And didnÂ’t bother waiting for my receipt, hopped on my feet and skipped town
They say “What Goes around Comes Around” and I have found that that’s real
Cuz even with a stomach filled with chill pills I still feel ill

The other night I got arrested by the karma coppers
Tossed in the back of sarcastic patty wagon and beaten bloody buddy
And I didnÂ’t resist I knew I had it coming to me
I didnÂ’t get pissed when they issued the summons to me
For years and years IÂ’ve have perfected ignorance
The Peers and Peers that Listened so well
And for tears and tears I tasted more than influence.
IÂ’m still here on this pier for fear of setting sail
Evidence proved I let paranoia get the best of me
I gave my girl a little, and let my friends receive the rest of me
So her I am with nothing, empty pockets, twenty stock tips
A stick of gum and far too many dreams of having something
So this is for the frogs that felt wrath of my firecrackers
And all the roaches that I stomped with no regard
And all the candy that got stolen from the corner store
I'm really sorry being humanÂ’s kind of hard

I got arrested by the Karma police and beat down
And didnÂ’t bother waiting for my receipt, hopped on my feet and skipped town
They say “What Goes around Comes Around” and I have found that that’s real
Cuz even with a stomach filled with chill pills I still feel ill

Ok, ok, ok, this is what I get; I mean no disrespect butÂ…
IÂ’ll accept the charges you can keep your plea bargains, Pardon
I made this machine and every rusty cog-nance in it
And gave you the dreams just wait a cotton picking minute
The time the time left over on my dinner plate
The crimes, the crimes committed as a youth
IÂ’m fine, IÂ’m fine just let me reevaluate
I'm innocent, donÂ’t believe me? Well hereÂ’s the proof
IÂ’ve been that model citizen paper route and all
Small enough to look up skirts and tall enough to play basketball
I had to fall just to stand and realize I'm just a man
So here I am in handcuffs the shit that makes a man tough
So this is for the farmers we have mass soaked with our water guns
And all the animals that died Cuz we were bored
Then all the girls with broken hearts I'm truly sorry
I learned my lesson, I'm confessing, hit record

I got arrested by the Karma police and beat down
And didnÂ’t bother waiting for my receipt, hopped on my feet and skipped town
They say “What Goes around Comes Around” and I have found that that’s real
Cuz even with a stomach filled with chill pills I still feel ill

The other night I got arrested by the Karma police and beat down
And didnÂ’t bother waiting for my receipt, hopped on my feet and skipped town
They say “What Goes around Comes Around” and I have found that that’s real
Cuz even with a stomach filled with chill pills I still feel ill

See here's the thing

We have to take our clothes off
We have to party all night
And we have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no

Excuse me miss
I couldn't help but to notice how alone you are
I dig the attitude and how you're acting like you own the bar
Got me flashing keys and I don't even own a car
Like you ain't feeling my charm, because I know you are
I'm trying to see how your lips feel
Oh I'm sorry, my name is Travee and I'm pretty much a big deal
Oh, you've never heard of me
That sounds absurd to me
The way you stole my attention was flat out burglary
What do you say let's exit stage left so me and you can
Possibly reconvene and play some naked peekaboo
Cause after all the blouse you're wearing is kinda see through
And it's obvious I'm heading wherever you're leading me too
Such an angel with a devilish angle
And quite the certified sweet talker
And you're buying every line of it girl
And I don't really blame you
If I was in your shoes I'd probably do the same too

We have to take our clothes off
We have to party all night
And we have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no

Now here's another barn burner for the slow learners
Put your helmets on and take a seat on the short bus
Next stop, right around the corner from your momma live
No turning back so you better buckle up
Shit, don't be concerned with mine
I feel like a Speak and Spell way I got you learning my lines
Fine, pull the string, replay that shit
I change my name to "did he really just say that shit?"
Yep
I'll take a mile if you let me
Six-five, two hundred plus and so sexy
My legs going numb for keeping my phone on vibrate
To hide the fact your girlfriend keeps textin' me
And I've been trying to never mind it man
But every time I get a new number, she finds it damn
And you thought you had it sewn up
Until right around amazing o'clock when I showed up

We have to take our clothes off
We have to party all night
And we have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no

Got chicks, all hot chicks
Indie-rock chicks, and hip-hop chicks
Slim chicks, round chicks
Black, white, yellow, and brown chicks
Got chicks, all hot chicks
Indie-rock chicks, and hip-hop chicks
Slim chicks, round chicks
Black, white, yellow, and brown chicks

Good grief girl, you're giving me goosebumps
Standing there in your underwear and new pumps
It's like the more time we waste and less time I get to taste you
Honestly I could easily replace you
It's not a scam girl
That's how I am girl
Peter Pan, I'm a sucka for smucka's jam girl
It's clear I'm only here for good clean fun
Shut up and kiss me like the antidotes under my tongue
Whoa

We have to take our clothes off
And we have to party all night
And we have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no
We have to take our clothes off
And we have to party all night
And we have to take our clothes off
To have a good time
Oh no

Got chicks, all hot chicks
Indie-rock chicks, and hip-hop chicks
Slim chicks, round chicks
Black, white, yellow, and brown chicks
Got chicks, all hot chicks
Indie-rock chicks, and hip-hop chicks
Slim chicks, round chicks
Black, white, yellow, and brown chicks