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THE ART OF LOSING

Last call now I'm outta time
And I don't got no valentine
Singled out, now I stand alone
The underdog in a modern world
Suburbia is hot tonight
But nothing seems to feel alright
I don't want your sympathy
I just need a little therapy
At least that's what they say to me
Hey ho let's go
I'm gonna start a riot
You don't wanna fight it
One two fuck you
Don't tell me what to do
I don't wanna be like you
Can't you see it's killing me
I'm my own worst enemy
Knock me down I'll keep on moving
It's the art of losing
Fit the mold and do what you're told
Get a job and start growing old
9 to 5 can make your dreams come true
But I don't wanna be like you
I'm not cool and I'll never be
I break the rules and I guarantee
I don't want your sympathy
I just need a little therapy
At least that's what they say to me
Hey ho let's go
I'm gonna start a riot
You don't wanna fight it
One two fuck you
Don't tell me what to do
I don't wanna be like you
Can't you see it's killing me
I'm my own worst enemy
Knock me down I'll keep on moving
It's the art of losing
You call me a loser
Say I'm just a user
But I'll just keep on moving
Cause that's the art of losing
Hey ho let's go
I'm gonna start a riot
You don't wanna fight it
One two fuck you
Don't tell me what to do
I don't wanna be like you
Can't you see it's killing me
I'm my own worst enemy
Knock me down I'll keep on moving
It's the art of losing
Wahhhooo (It's the art of losing)
Wahhhooo (It's the art of losing)
We're the kids
We're the kids
We're the kids in America
We're the kids
We're the kids
We're the kids in America

THE BREAKUP SONG

I can't believe I hung around with you all this time
You drove me crazy with your OCD girl you're outta line
I'm counting on UFO's to beam me up I just don't know
How long I can take this shit, I'm over it girl you gotta go
It's over, we're over
Just like in crimson and clover
We're sinking and I'm thinking
How the hell did we get so stupid?
It's the end, ex-girlfriend
I dont care what you think of me
So long, your gone
This is the breakup song!
One more thing before you go would you please give me my records back
My Bloody Valentine, The Pixies, Cheap Trick and Back In Black
You can keep the dog we bought but you can't go near the Standard Bar
Don't hang around, don't call my friends, They won't know who you are!
It's over, we're over
Just like in crimson and clover
We're sinking and I'm thinking
How the hell did we get so stupid?
It's the end, ex-girlfriend
I dont care what you think of me
So long, your gone
This is the breakup song!
So long, your gone
This is the breakup song!
It's over, we're over
Just like in crimson and clover
We're sinking and I'm thinking
How the hell did we get so stupid?
It's the end, ex-girlfriend
I dont care what you think of me
So long, your gone
This is the breakup song!
So long, your gone
This is the breakup song!
So long, your gone
This is the breakup song!
So long, your gone
This is the breakup song!
THIS IS THE BREAKUP SONG!!!

BEAUTIFUL DISASTER

I'll make you a five star enemy
I'm taking a fall would you
Like to see?
Choke it down, what a sound
Run away from me
Keep on laughing girl, do you
see me?
Break it down now
What 'chu want anyway?
Right about now,
I'll fuck it up again
We keep falling in love
What a beautiful disaster
Connect my skull to the socket
Burn baby burning, like a rocket
Can't sell? Do tell, won't you buy it?

SAVE ME

I've been so low
yea I've been so strung out
Can you picture this?
I'll take you something
Its better then nothing, anything
That you've got to give
I cant let you go
I dont want you to know
I've been down so low
Could you save me?
I'l fight my way
Just to hear you say
If you go up in flames
could you save me?
The more you whisper
The words keep stining me in my ear
We're never gonna be the same
Sunshine, fading, and black sheets
Raining down on me
The cover up everything

NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE

Nothing Left to Lose
Except you and your baby blues
microphone check this rhyme
Pancho Villa was a friend of mine
I get fucked up, holla back ya'll
and I kick it like Jackie Chan
with my kung fu style
I'll get rid of you in a while (yeah)
Hey Hey Hey all the bitches in the back
C'mon C'mon get up get up (whoa)
I know you know its never forever
C'mon C'mon get up get up (whoa)
You wanna hear I'm sorry, whatever
Now that your gone
I'm moving on
You wrecked it all
there's nothing left to lose
except for you
Hell yeah!
Get my teenage kicks
Pullin' down boards like Rodman
All the lipstick chicks sing
NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA
I get fucked up, holla back now ya'll
and I rock it like Jackson Browne
let me tell ya right now what?
I like stippers better anyhow (yeah)
Hey Hey Hey all the bitches in the back
C'mon C'mon get up get up (whoa)
I know you know its never forever
C'mon C'mon get up get up (whoa)
You wanna hear I'm sorry, whatever
Now that your gone
I'm moving on
You wrecked it all
there's nothing left to lose
except for you
Hell yeah!

TEENAGE ALIEN NATION

I want it all
No matter what thought you heard me say
No matter what you know you can't escape today
...
So what if you don't like me
I don't give a fuck if you don't like me
I can change my lock
It seems that I'm rotten to the core
Forget about tomorrow
You and me we're going down in sorrow
Youth of the nation going nowhere
Station to station
Teenage alien nation (woah)
Teenage alien nation (yeah)
It's all wrong
I guess that some of us have come and gone
I guess we kinda shudda known it all along
Never going anywhere
Sometimes you gotta pick it up and roll the dice
Your looking back and you don't think twice
Bout feeling lonely everyday
Forget about tomorrow
You and me we're going down in sorrow
Youth of the nation going nowhere
Station to station [x3]
Teenage alien nation [x4]

RISE

I don't know what I can take
Can you feel the pressure break
I've been getting by on nothing
How long so long
Feeling like I lost my vision
Transmission full of dead ambition
Kinda sorta gotta get it together
I can't wait forever
Rise out of the atmosphere
I gotta disappear
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
Rise up and outta here
Into the stratosphere
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
I could never be that clever
Even though it's now or never
Counting down the seconds till it blows
4, 3, 2, 1
Disappear without a trace
Could I be in outer space
Staring at the sun till I get how high so high
Rise out of the atmosphere
I gotta disappear
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
Rise up and outta here
Into the stratosphere
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
Did I break down
Can we slow down
I wanna get out
I don't wanna be so bored
Rise out of the atmosphere
I gotta disappear
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
Rise up and outta here
Into the stratosphere
I gotta get out of here
You got the best of me
You got the best of me [x8]

THIS IS THE SOUND

Empty hearts can fill an empty room
Because of you
The sky above remaining clear and blue
It's nothing new
The radio keeps playing static of favorite songs
Why does everyone keep on bringing me back to you?
And this is the sound
Of the broken down
And this is the last train home
The home beyond your ground
And this is the fall
Don't catch me if I fall
Just catch me when I fall
Back to the ground
Lightning crashes all around me now
I hear it's sound
Broken wings can carry us
To where people stare
Fall asleep against the window pane
Outside the rain covers everyone
Now we're never gonna see the sun
And this is the sound
Of the broken down
And this is the last train home
The home beyond your ground
And this is the fall
Don't catch me if I fall
Just catch me when I fall
Don't catch me if I fall
Back to the ground
If you wanted to stay
I'll have you any day
And if you wanted to stay
I'll have you any way
And this is the sound
Of the broken down
And this is the last train home
The home beyond your ground
And this is the fall
Don't catch me if I fall
Just catch me when I fall
Back to the ground
And this is the sound
This is the sound
And this is the fall
Don't catch me if I fall
Just catch me when I fall
Don't catch me if I fall

THE GOLD RUSH

She caught the gold rush
I could never get enough
She's been in magazines
What a little beauty queen
She'll stay a stick around a while
With such a winning smile
She could be in black and white
I'm colour blind I'll make it right
Her head keeps spinning round
I'm in over my head
There's an art to falling down
Hey hey I got a message for ya
You're gonna blow it girl
Stuck in your little world
Fight fight till we get it right
I got you right where I want you
She caught the goldrush
I must of lost my touch
She's on the movie screen
Acting like a rocket queen
She'll so the long mile
With such a winning smile
Break it down forever
I don't want her anyhow
Her head keeps spinning round
I'm in over my head
There's an art to falling down
Hey hey I got a message for ya
You're gonna blow it girl
Stuck in your little world
Fight fight till we get it right
I got you right where I want you
Golden girl
She's just a golden girl
My little rocket queen
On the movie screen
Hey hey I got a message for ya
You're gonna blow it girl
Stuck in your little world
Fight fight till we get it right
I got you right where I want you
Hey hey I got a message for ya
You're gonna blow it girl
Stuck in your little world
Fight fight till we get it right
I got you right where I want you

BUILT FOR SPEED

She's on fire like a rocket spinning out of control
Try to stop her but you just don'tknow
How to keep it inside
Can you keep on turning out
I'll wait for my turn
Same old story coz you never learn
Gotta make it in time
She don't know what she does to me
The girl got soul and rhythm in between
I crash and burn like every other time
She's my little rock n roll queen
I got a girl like that
My baby's built for speed
Shoot to kill built to spill
Got a mind take your pills
But your never gonna get to what thrills
All of us inside
Can you put the pedal to the metal this time
You gotta want it like I want it alright
We gotta start tonight
She don't know what she does to me
The girl got soul and rhythm in between
I crash and burn like every other time
She's my little rock n roll queen
I got a girl like that
My baby's built for speed
She's on fire like a rocket spinning out of control
Try to stop her but you just don'tknow
How to keep it inside
She don't know what she does to me
The girl got soul and rhythm in between
I crash and burn like every other time
She's my little rock n roll queen
I got a girl like that
My baby's built for speed
I got a girl like that
My baby's built for speed
Yeah my baby's built for speed [x2]

HAPPY

I see you in a daydream
Turn it on now make a big scene
You kiss you kiss when you want something
Fake a smile now
You got it all
And that oughta get you nowhere
What you say to me
I know how to stay outta focus
Keep your head down till the bitter end
Make believe that you my best friend
You trade passion for fashion
Nothings cool like when we were cool
And that oughta get you nowhere
What you say to me
I know how to stay outta focus
You fall through to cracks of the city street
You can't see straight
You can't see straight
I see you in a daydream
Turn it on now make a big scene
It makes you happy
It makes you happy
It makes you happy
It makes you happy
And that oughta get you nowhere
What you say to me
I know how to stay outta focus
And that oughta get you nowhere
What you say to me
You fall through to cracks of the city street
You can't see straight
You can't see straight
You can't see straight