Cried all night ‘til there was nothing more
What use am I as a heap on the floor?
Heaving devotion but it’s just no good
Taking it hard just like you knew I would

Old habits die hard
When you’ve got
When you’ve got a sentimental heart
Piece of the puzzle you’re my missing part
Oh, what can you do with a sentimental heart?
Oh, what can you do with a sentimental heart?

Cried all night ‘til there was nothing more
What use am I as a heap on the floor?
Heaving devotion but it’s just no good
Taking it hard just like you knew I would

Old habits die hard
When you’ve got
When you’ve got a sentimental heart
Piece of the puzzle I’m your missing part
Oh, what can you do with a sentimental heart?
Oh, what can you do with a sentimental heart?

Why do you let me stay here?
All by myself
Why don’t you come and play here?
I’m just sitting on the shelf

Why don’t you sit right down and stay a while?
We like the same things and I like your style
It’s not a secret, why do you keep it?
I’m just sitting on the shelf

I’ve got to get your presence
Let’s make it known
I think you’re just so pleasant
I would like you for my own

Why don’t you sit right down and make me smile?
You make me feel like I am just a child
Why do you edit? Just give me credit
I’m just sitting on the shelf

For those of you
Who tried
But didn't make it
Settle down
It's never what you think
The summit doesn't differ
From the big, dark valley
And the valley
Doesn't differ
From the kitchen sink

For those of you
Who thought
You'd be forgotten
The friends you've made
Will try their best
To make it so
Think of all the beauty
That you left behind you
You can take it
If you want it
And then let it go

[Chorus:]
And this is not a test
No, this is not a test
Taking numbers
Never made sense, anyways
No, this is not a test
No, this is not a test
'Cause you can have it
If you want it, anyways

For those of us who try
To keep remembering
Try to do our better
Than our best
Think of all the children
In the drifts of snow
Winners never quit
But winters never rest

I’m all out of luck but what else could I be?
I know he’s yours and he’ll never belong to me again
I did him wrong
So don’t brag
Keep it to yourself
I did him wrong

I was never, no I was never, no I was never enough
But I can try, I can try to toughen up
I listened when they told me if he burns you let him go
Change is hard
I should know

So I’ll keep my head down if you keep it quiet from now on
In the halls I’d rather hear silence
Than the bells of new love
So don’t brag
Keep it to yourself
I did him wrong

I was never, no I was never, no I was never enough
But I can try, I can try to toughen up
I listened when they told me if he burns you let him go
Change is hard
I should know

I thought I saw your face today
But I just turned my head away
Your face against the trees
But I just see the memories
As they come
As they come

And I couldn’t help but fall in love again
No I couldn’t help but fall in love again

I saw it glitter as I grew
And loved it why I never knew
I thought this place was heaven sent
But now it’s just a monument
In my mind
In my mind

And I couldn’t help but fall in love again
No I couldn’t help but fall in love again
The cars and freeways implore me to stay
Away out of this place
My mother said, “just keep your head,
And play it as it lays.”
X2
I somehow see what’s beautiful
In things that are ephemeral
I’m my only friend of mine
And love is just a piece of time
In the world
In the world

And I couldn’t help but fall in love again
No I couldn’t help but fall in love again

Take it back
Oh take it back
I don’t want your lovin’ anymore

Let me live
Oh let me live
It’s not you who I sing for

So don’t sit next to me
Sit by yourself…

I don’t want to wonder
Whether you love me
I don’t want to wonder
Whether you care

So don’t try to woo me
Don’t try to fool me
Oh, I know all of your tricks
It’s the possibility of staying in my corner

I don’t want to wonder
Whether you love me
I don’t want to wonder
Whether you care
So don’t try to woo me
Don’t try to fool me
Oh, I know all of your tricks
It’s the possibility of staying in my corner

I was taking a walk
When I saw you pass by
I thought I saw you looking my way
So I thought I’d give you a try

When I saw you smile
I saw a dream come true
So I asked you maybe, baby
What you gonna do?

‘Cause I have been waiting for a long long time
for a boy like you
I won’t be waiting anymore ‘cause I know
I was made for you Repeat

I don't like you, but I love you
Seems that I'm always thinkin' of you
You treat me badly, I love you madly
You've really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)

Baby, I don't want you, but I need you
Don't wanna kiss you, but I need to
You do me wrong now, my love is strong now
You've really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)

Baby, I love you and all I want you to do
Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hole me
Tighter, tighter

I wanna leave you, don't wanna stay here
Don't wanna spend another day here
I wanna split now, I can't quit now
You've really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)

Baby, I love you and all I want you to do
Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hole me
(Please, squeeze)

You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
I said you really got a hold on me
(I said you really got a hold on me)
You know, you really got a hold on me
(You know, you really got a hold on me)
You know, you really got a hold on me
(You know, you really got a hold on me)

I said you really got a hold on me
(I said you really got a hold on me)
You know, you really got a hold on me
(You know, you really got a hold on me)

My eyes are so gleary
I guess I'm young
But I feel so weary
I've tried to express it
But I think
It's all a bore
It's at the heart of me
A very part of me

Speak slowly
I can't hear you
My mind keeps
Spinning closer
And closer
To the rain on the roof
And the rain in my head
And the things that you said
People take it further ahead
And it just gets so foggy
It's nowhere in here
And it's everywhere else
That I don't wanna be
But I'm stuck here
Getting misty over you
I'm alone
On a bicycle for two

Speak slowly
I can't hear you
My mind keeps
Spinning closer
And closer
To the rain on the roof
And the rain in my head
And the things that you said
People take it further ahead
And it just gets so foggy
It's nowhere in here
And it's everywhere else
That I don't wanna be
But I'm stuck here
Getting misty over you
I'm alone
On a bicycle for two

Saw your face
My hand you took
Just like
In a story book
And you got me
Yeah, you've got me

I can't even argue
Couldn't cause it's true
Now, you've got me
Yeah, you've got me

Got me tucked up
In your pocket
Don't know how
You won my heart
'Cause I locked it
Yeah, I locked it

I can feel your heartbeat
Where I lay my head
'Cause you've got me
Yeah you've got me

I can feel your heartbeat
Where I lay my head
'Cause you've got me
Yeah, you've got me

Got me tucked up
In your pocket
Don't know how
You won my heart
'Cause I locked it
Yeah, I locked it

I should have known better with a girl like you
That I would love everything that you do
And I do, hey, hey, hey, and I do.
Whoa, whoa, I never realized what a kiss could be
This could only happen to me;
Can't you see, can't you see?
That when I tell you that I love you, oh,
You're gonna say you love me too, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, oh,
And when I ask you to be mine,
You're gonna say you love me too.

So, I should have realized a lot of things before
If this is love you've gotta give me more
Give me more, hey hey hey, give me more
Whoa, whoa, I never realized what a kiss could be
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see?
That when I tell you that I love you, oh
You're gonna say you love me too, oh
And when I ask you to be mine,
You're gonna say you love me too,
You love me too
You love me too
You love me too

When I was a little bit younger
The strain i was under could make me cry

Now I'm a little but older, a little bit bolder
But never so shy

Sweet darlin', come hold me
Just a little bit longer now

Sweet darlin', come hold me
Just a little bit longer now

When things were a little bit clearer, when we got nearer I shrugged from your touch
Now that I know what I want, see
I think that it haunts me, I want you too much

Sweet darlin', come hold me
Just a little bit longer now

Sweet darlin', come hold me
Just a little bit longer now

Sweet darlin', come hold me
Just a little bit longer now....

There’s thieves among us, painting the wall
With all kinds of lies, the lies I never told at all
What’s in my pocket? You never knew
You didn’t know me well, so well as I knew you
…And I know, and you know too
That love like ours is terrible news
But that won’t stop me crying
No, that won’t stop me crying over you
I’m not a prophet, old love is in me
New love just seeps right in,
and makes me guilty
Why do you look like that? It’s not all that bad
I’ll see you sometime, sometimes lonely isn’t sad
…And I know, and you know too
That love like ours is terrible news
But that won’t stop me crying
That won’t stop me crying over you
No, that won’t stop me crying over you
We two are makers, just made this mess
Two broken hearts don’t break any less
There’s thieves among us, painting the walls
With all kinds of lies, the lies I never told at all
…And I know, and you know too
That love like ours is terrible news
But that won’t stop me crying
That won’t stop me crying over you
No, that won’t stop me crying over you

It’s hard to be ignored
When I look at you, you look so bored
My baby, my darling, I’ve been taking a beating…
Well alright (well alright)
It’s okay (it’s okay)
We all get the slip sometimes every day
I’ll just keep it to myself in the sun
In the sun
It’s hard to take the blame
When I look at you, you’re so ashamed
My baby, my darling, I’ve been thinking
of leaving
(refrain)

Orpheus melted the heart of Persephone,
but I never had yours
I followed you back to the end of the path,
but I never found the door
And you can work to save your love
You can bear it from the earth below
You can work but you can’t let go
Oh, oh but you have to know
Don’t look back
all you’ll ever get is the dust from the
steps before
I don’t have to see you every day, but I just
want to know you’re there
Quietly took to the dark of the day and the
heat of the summer night
The heat of the breeze was a cell
block wall and when I looked you were out of sight
And you can work to save your love
You can bear it from the earth below
You can work but you can’t let go
Oh, oh but you have to know
(refrain)

Remember last summer when we had the chance
To find each other, start making romance
But it didn't come off because you found another
Without one hand of a clock, what good is the other?

And I can't find no true love, oh baby, it's so hard
And I still think about you every time I'm riding in my car

So I went to the place where everybody hangs out
To see what everybody was talking about
And over in a corner all alone with you
Was a boy from last summer singing songs to you

And he can't sing like I can sing, oh, it's so hard
And I still think about you every time I'm riding in my car

When I'm home alone I can think of other things to do
But when I'm rolling in forward motion I think about only you

It's been a year and a day since I talked to you
I don't know how I made it, but I sure have been blue
And every time I think about what might have been
I jump in my car and start riding again

And I can't find no true love, oh baby, it's so hard
And I still think about you every time I'm riding in my car

And I can't find no true love, oh baby, it's so hard
And I still think about you every time I'm riding in my car

I like to learn things slow
I like learning alot
I like to get it all again and in the end
You know you get what you got
I like to mean what I say
But it don't always come through
'Cause if i say it all again, again, again
It doesn't make it more true

And the world's like a science
And I'm like a secret
And I saw you lingering still, still
I saw you lingering still

It's all just news to me
Don't really care if it hurts
'Cause if I knock it I won't know it
Then I know that it will only get worse
He was different at first
But then he won't understand
Because he's never gonna know me
If he doesn't want to just shake my hand
(refrain)

Well I’m back in your good graces again
Remember when you told me that I was your only friend?
Well you’ve made the best of this life
Where you never knew one day from the next
Dig your heels in, little girl, put ’em to the test
You’ve got to be kind to yourself
You’ve got to be kind to yourself
Well I heard you had the blues again
It seems like all those little things add up
in the end
Well I know that you worry a lot about
Things you can’t control
There are so many things we’d like to have
But we just cannot hold
(refrain)

Uh huh, mhmm
Gonna get along without you now

You told me I was the neatest thing
You even asked me to wear your ring
You ran around with every girl in town
You didn't even care if it got me down

Uh huh, mhmm
Gonna get along without you now

Got along without you before I met you
Gonna get along without you now
Gonna find somebody that's twice as cute
Because I didn't like you anyhow

You told everybody that we were friends
But this is where our friendship ends
Because all of a sudden you'd change your tune
You haven't been around since way last June

Uh huh, mhmm
Gonna get along without you now

So long my honey, goodbye my dear

Aha, mhmm
Gonna get along without you now

So long my honey, goodbye my dear

California is a great big nation of one
They never knew what they wanted ’til it was already gone
What do they do with the light in the
morning when they wake up alone?
They just go home
They just go home
You’re the nicest, nicest boy I’ve ever met
and then
I think about you then I think about you again
And again
Why don’t we just sit and stare and do nothing?
Nothing at all for a while
I like the way you smile
I could be your state and I could be your nation
It doesn’t get better than home, now does it?
Doesn’t get better than home, now does it?
I could be your welcome, I could be your greeter
I could be sweet and I could be sweeter
I want to be where your heart is home
I want to see you with the light in the morning
There’s never been such a beautiful warning to me, to me
Why don’t we just sit and stare and do nothing?
Nothing at all for a while,
I like the way you smile
(refrain)

Looking for a letter
Trace it in the sand
Nothing was lost on the way
I couldn’t stay, holding your hand
Hours on the sidewalk
Staring at the sun
Everyone is wasting away, wasting the day
jumping the gun
I know it all comes full circle
It all comes crashing down on you
I’m gonna make it, make it better
I’m gonna get the best and lock it up and swallow the key
Hide it in your heart, chase it ’til the morning
Sunlight is lost in your eyes
You never tried facing the sting
Walking all in circles, take it all in stride
Faces are not what they seem,
I always dream
lost in the tide
(refrain)

Talking on the phone and watching “Cribs”
He doesn’t know what kind of guy he is
He’s got a gold-plated ceiling and a T.V. show
A broken heart and he doesn’t even know
He’s glad to see you, yes he’s glad to see you
Open your arms and sing
The world’s been waiting, they’ve been
waiting for years
And they’ve just gotta hear it
The kids are waiting, they’ve been shedding tears
So open your arms and sing for us
The world can be quiet when you’re up too late
I’m just a childhood prisoner of the garden gate
If it’s broke then kick it, dust yourself off
Find a quiet place and have a good laugh
I’m glad to see you
Yes I’m glad to see you
(refrain)

Why do I always want to sock it to you hard?
Let you know what love is like when I’m
keeping all my cards up on the shelf
Where you can’t see them
Why do I always want to keep it to myself?
Taking advantage only works when you’re
leaving someone else out in the dark
I didn’t mean to
Running away from you
Is just like running a business
And I’m keeping up with the games you play
Every day I’ve gotten over it over and over again
I’ve gotten sick of it, a lick of it will suck me back in (repeat)

I had some brand new shoes
They were all red, but they gave me the blues
And they’re running away, they left me
a letter
It’s just like you told me it’d be
It’s nothing, nothing, nothing
Nothing at all
We are all made of air
There’s stars in my eyes and there’s sun in my hair
And I’m running away, it makes me feel better
(refrain)
When it comes down to this
I’m neither sorry, nor cross, nor I’m fit
And I’m running away, there’s smoke on
my sweater
(refrain)

If you can’t sleep, I’ll be there in your dreams
I’ll be there in your dreams
If you can’t sleep at all
And in your dreams, I’ll touch your cheek
And lay my head on your shoulder
Goodbye shadows
Goodbye shadows
If you’re far away, if you can’t see my face
If the work is cold, but the sun shines
the same
Shut your eyes, there are bluer skies
For you’re embraced in my heart
(repeat)