Fallin' Down Do you know where you wanna go? I ain't got time for you now Do you think, that I'll ever be? Cuz all I ever wanted's so far gone And if I had my chance, I'd go along You're makin' 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? Cuz all I ever wanted's so far gone And if I had my chance, I'd go along You're makin' me fall down I'm falling down again I wish you could fall down Can you catch me darling? Cuz all I ever wanted's so far gone And if I had my chance, I'd go along You're makin' me fall down I'm falling down again I wish you could fall down Can you catch me darling, oh no I'm home, I'm home, I'm home, I'm home Goo Goo Dolls Index Lucky Star If I could walk a straight mile And could 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'd shout it 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 We said sugar, Gramps said shoot Her momma 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 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 Your lucky star will burn out Your lucky star can turn you 'round Your lucky star will burn out Your lucky star can turn you 'round Turn you 'round, turn you 'round, turn you 'round They're gonna turn you around Goo Goo Dolls Index 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 Cuz 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 a grown up world You beat your head upon your wall You disconnect yourself from it all Cuz 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 Cuz 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index Don't Worry I called you up all night 'til mornin' Left my house by noon today (and I saw you standing there) No one spoke but we both listened Heard every word you didn't say And the sun shines all around us Smells like summer's on the way (and I saw you standing there) Tell the story of a lifetime Tomorrow brings a brand new day Don't worry 'bout today (and the words that you said) Don't worry 'bout today (shake the world from your head) Least for a while You see, the days keep getting longer But my nights seem longer still (and my TV's off the air) Watching repeats on my ceiling Another hour left to kill Don't worry 'bout today (and the words that you said) Don't worry 'bout today (shake the world from your head) Least for a while Goo Goo Dolls Index Girl Right Next To Me You changed my face I think I like it better now It doesn't matter anyhow Cuz that's the way it is You said hello Where the hell you been? I said I feel like I been off to war And I may never be the same again I made my bed, but now I can't sleep at night Cuz you're 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, seventeen I ain't there, so I don't care Cuz in all my dreams, I'm twenty-three 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'd run like hell right back to you Cuz I'm sober with you and you know it beats drinking alone And when you dream, seventeen I ain't there, so I don't care Cuz in all my dreams, I'm twenty-three And she's the girl right next to me See that girl right next to me And when you dream, seventeen I ain't there, so I don't care Cuz in all my dreams, I'm twenty-three And she's the girl right next to me See that girl right next to me She's the girl right next to me See that girl right next to me Goo Goo Dolls Index Domino If you never had it then You don't know how bad it is There is nothing like it, well Needless talk, then, I can tell but Here comes the day I sit and wait... (Dominoes are falling still) Oh, it's always something The bills keep coming, the car ain't running... (As I know they always will) Now I'm bummin' home again Another day, oh, the mailman's on his way... (Dominoes, a test of will) Just sit and wait Always ponderin' my fate too late... (Dominoes) And then the day goes I bought them from you yesterday Little buts til you ask me No one minds, I can tell Seems I've hid the ones you shall, but Here comes the day I sit and wait... (Dominoes are falling still) Oh, it's always something The bills keep coming, the car ain't running... (As I know they always will) Now I'm bummin' home again Another day, oh, the mailman's on his way... (Dominoes, a test of will) Just sit and wait Always ponderin' my fate too late... (Dominoes) And then the day goes Dominoes are falling still... (Oh, every day) As I know they always will... (I sit and wait) Dominoes, a test of will... (That's why I'm pondering my fate too late) Dominoes... (And then the day goes) Goo Goo Dolls Index 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 mine with a chill That ain't so obvious We are the normal We live and we die With no reason why 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 When my life comes crashin' down That ain't so obvious It's a beautiful sin, and I'm doin' 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 We are the normal We live and we die With no reason why We are the normal We live and we die With no reason why We are the normal We live and we die With no reason why There's no reason why We are the normal We live and we die With no reason why We are the normal We live and we die With no reason why Goo Goo Dolls Index String Of Lies I've got no politics, no influential friend or two I've got ideas, but it's nothin' 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-sweetend alibis, 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 you'll 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 Goo Goo Dolls Index Another Second Time Around Happy, smilin', cryin, Outburst to my past. I guess those stormy gray skies simply couldn't last. And now I find myself a-tuggin' at your dress. The fun of holdin' you down, or seein' you frown, is never gonna pass. Somewhere there's a place a soul can never go, Grey like stormy skies I hoped you didn't know. All our postcards full of things I won't forget, And now it's comin' down, that laughing clown is all I ever get. Another second time around I've been runnin' 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, 'Bout the things you saw me do my evil way. And I know you're lyin', cryin' in your bed, Well I'm all tired out, so wired out, it's ringing in my head. Another second time around I've been runnin' from ya, Another second time around. Another second, one more second time I waited for ya, Another second time around. Another second time around Another second time around Goo Goo Dolls Index Stop The World You need someone to hold you You need somethin' 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 Cuz I couldn't stop the world, cuz I loved you I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to I couldn't stop the world, and I won't Cuz 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 Cuz the stars you see on dirty sidewalks And they ain't for wishin', ooh They don't come true And I know, it's what I'd do Here I go Cuz I couldn't stop the world, cuz I loved you I couldn't stop the world, and I don't want to I couldn't stop the world, and I won't Cuz it ain't enough Am I too young for the world? I'm not too young for the world And I can't change for the world (I don't need to stop the world) 'Cause I don't care for the world (I'm too young, I'm too young) I don't make sense to the world (I don't need to stop the world) (I'm too young, I'm too young) (I'm too young, I'm too young)... Goo Goo Dolls Index Already There I look outside my window,e verything 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, getting up was fun I couldn't care, cuz I'm already there I'm already there, and I'm ready there Turn around and face the clock I sit and watch, as time went hoppin' 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, cuz I'm already there I'm already there, and I'm ready 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 evolved, life was in full swing at 17 All the things he wanted were things he'd never seen It don't seem fair, cuz I'm already there I'm already there, and I'm ready there Goo Goo Dolls Index On The Lie He burned down the house one night He had a loaded six-pack 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 clichés 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 On the lie On the lie On the lie He said, man you want to be Elvis I said I ain't dying face down He said you gotta die facing up in the world Cuz 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 Cuz it's the ugliest place in the whole wide world, and And I never got serious 'Til everything went black And I ain't so curious That I'm ever going back On the lie On the lie On the lie On the lie On the lie, he was On the lie On the lie, she was On the lie On the lie, he was On the lie It's all been a stinkin' lie Goo Goo Dolls Index Close Your Eyes I wish I had a saxophone I'd play the blues 'til you came home With a little sadness in your eyes Now that all my time was spent In the walk your heaven sent Thinking 'bout all the nights you cried Had a certain passion And I had silly dreams A look of vicious actions Don't close your eyes to me Don't close your eyes to me Oh, don't close your eyes to me 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 bad Looking at 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 A look of vicious actions Don't close your eyes to me Don't close your eyes to me Please don't close your eyes to me Don't close your eyes to me Oh, don't close your eyes to me Close your eyes to me Close your eyes to me Eyes to me Close your eyes to me Don't close your eyes to me Close your eyes to me Close your eyes to me Don't close your eyes to me Eyes to me Goo Goo Dolls Index 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 Those 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 cuz 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 Those 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 know I don't know (Rock and roll) And I'll stay there If you break enough glass and there's no one to hear And your heart's full of hate cuz your mind's full of fear Let it go Oh, so far away So far away So far away (Something I don't know) Oh, so far away So far away So far away Goo Goo Dolls Index

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