Long Way DownOh, 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index Burnin' UpSaid 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index NakedYeah 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index Flat TopFlat 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index ImpersonalityWhen 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index NameAnd 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index Only OneI'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 Goo Goo Dolls Index Somethin' BadWell, 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index Ain't That UnusualCould 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? Goo Goo Dolls Index So LongDon'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 Goo Goo Dolls Index Eyes Wide OpenI'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 Eyes wide open Eyes wide open... Goo Goo Dolls Index DisconnectedI 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index Slave GirlLet me tell you 'bout a girl I know I drag her around wherever I go This little woman drives me insane She's tied to my ankle with a ball and chain For sixteen years, she's been hangin' around Tryin' to bury me in a hole in the ground Well, I think it's time that I even the score There's only room for one in this cage of yours Don't save me when I startin' to drown Don't use me when you don't want me around Just be my slave girl, cuz that's all I need So take a little step back to the stone age with me Go! Well I hear a strange noise as I lie in my bed I feel a lotta water drippin' on my head I look around tried to see through my hair You left me alone, but do you think I care? Cuz you moved me when I was takin' my time You abused me when I'm outta line You tried to warn me of the danger sign So watch out! Go! Well, you got me in the bondage of another age You drive me to distraction in a primitive way I can't control my instincts when I hear her say Just come around and see me if you lose your way So join my chain gang, play along with me I'll be your caveman, it's basic as can be I'm not insane, man, I'm just outta my tree Goo Goo Dolls Index |
