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Extraordinary

You think that I go home at night,
Take off my clothes, turn out the lights,
But I burn letters that I write to you, to make you love me

Yeah, I’d drive naked through the park
And run the stop-sign in the dark,
Stand in the street, yell out my heart
To make, to make you love me

I am extraordinary, if you’d ever get to know me
I am extraordinary
I am just your ordinary, average, everyday, sane/psycho super-goddess

You may not believe in me
But I believe in you
So I still take the trash out, does that make me too normal for you?
So dig a little deeper, ’cause
You still don’t get it yet
See me licking my lips, need a primitive fix, and
I’ll make, I’ll make you love me

I am extraordinary, if you’d ever get to know me
I am extraordinary
I am just your ordinary, average, everyday, sane/psycho super-goddess

See me jump through hoops for you, you stand there watching me performing
What exactly do you do
Have you ever thought it’s you who’s boring
Who the hell are you?!

I am extraordinary, if you’d ever get to know me
I am extraordinary
I am just your ordinary, average, everyday, sane/psycho super-goddess

Red Light Fever

Lying wide awake in the dark
Trying to figure out where you are
Always going nowhere, afraid of going somewhere
And somewhere’s a place in your heart…

Sometimes when I think about you,
Why you’re always running away…
Sitting in your car, changing who you are
And drowning the thoughts of your life in the music

Scared the lights will turn green, you’ll have to be seen
You’ll be like anybody else
Scared the lights will turn red, you’re stuck in your head
Too scared to commit to even her, how are you gonna get through the year?

You can’t.
Playing on both sides of the net
Too many people want too many things,
And you only want to forget…

Scared the lights will turn green, you’ll have to be seen
You’ll be like anybody else
Scared the lights will turn red, you’re stuck in your head
Too scared to commit to even her, how are you gonna make it through?

You’re always listening, you’re always listening, you’re always listening to yourself
You’re always thinking, you’re always thinking you know what everybody else
Should do with their lives

Lying wide awake in the dark
Trying to figure out where you are…
Always going nowhere, afraid of going somewhere
And somewhere’s a place in your heart

Scared the lights will turn green, you’ll have to be seen
You’ll be like anybody else
Scared the lights will turn red, you’re stuck in your head
Too scared to commit to even her, how are you gonna get through the year?

Why Can’t I?

Get a load of me, get a load of you
Walking down the street, and I hardly know you
It’s just like we were meant to be

Holding hands with you when we’re out at night,
got a girlfriend, but you say it isn’t right
and I’ve got someone waiting, too

What if this is just the beginning? We’re already wet and we’re gonna go swimming…

Why can’t I breathe whenever I think about you?
Why can’t I speak whenever I talk about you?
It’s inevitable, it’s a fact that we’re gonna get down to it, so tell me
Why can’t I breathe whenever I think about you?

Isn’t this the best part of breaking up: finding someone else you can’t get enough of
Someone who wants to be with you, too
It’s an itch we know we are gonna scratch,
Gonna take a while for this egg to hatch,
But wouldn’t it be beautiful?

Here we go, we’re at the beginning
We haven’t fucked yet but my head’s spinning

Why can’t I breathe whenever I think about you?
Why can’t I speak whenever I talk about you?
It’s inevitable, it’s a fact that we’re gonna get down to it, so tell me
Why can’t I breathe whenever I think about you?

High enough for you to make me wonder where it’s going
High enough for you to pull me under
Something’s growing out of this that we can’t control
Baby, I am dyin’….

Why can’t I breathe whenever I think about you?
Why can’t I speak whenever I talk about you?
It’s inevitable, it’s a fact that we’re gonna get down to it, so tell me
Why can’t I breathe whenever I think about you?

It’s Sweet

Down on the Lower East Side
In the dirtiest apartment you could find
You took me up to your place
But the elevator threw me into space
And I really didn’t even ask
What time it was…
I could tell the way you draw the curtain back

It’s sweet
How you believe
You’re in love with me
You’re in love with me

You come round & open the gate
To a million empty bottles on the slate
You can over-think anything you want
But it really doesn’t matter

‘Cause it’s sweet
To believe
You’re in love with me
You’re in love with me

In the early light, I catch you staring
And you make a joke about it

It’s sweet
How you believe

You’re in love with me
You’re in love with me

Rock Me

Oh baby, you’re young, but that’s ok.
What’s give or take nine years, anyway?
I’ll bet your last cigarette you won’t regret my time
I want to be with a guy like you, so uncomplicated, so in tune
Just take off my dress, let’s mess with everybody’s mind. I’ve gotta tell you

Baby, baby, baby, if it’s alright
Want you to rock me all night
Baby, baby, if it’s alright
Want you to rock me all night
All night, yeah, rock… me… all… night

I want to play Xbox on your floor, say hi to your roommate who’s next door
You don’t have a dime, but I don’t mind. Who gives a damn?
Your record collection don’t exist. You don’t even know who Liz Phair is.
Pure potential with no credentials…
Your Mama taught you how to be a sensitive man
I’ve gotta tell you

Baby, baby, baby, if it’s alright
Want you to rock me all night
Baby, baby, if it’s alright
Want you to rock me all night, ALL night, yeah, rock… me… all… night

Yeah, I’ve been waiting all my life for,
Yeah, for this feeling.
Who’d have guessed you could rock me all night
Rock me all night!

You think I’m a genius, think I’m cool
I’m starting to think that young guys rule
Oh God, let me save you, life might change you, and I might change my mind…

Baby, baby, baby, if it’s alright
Want you to rock me all night
Baby, baby, if it’s alright
Want you to rock me all night
All night, yeah, rock… me… all… night

Take A Look

I don’t know what you’re after, wanting to know all the details of my disaster
Like an accident on the side of the road, and you’re driving past slow
But there’s nothing to see here

You wanna take a look? Take a look.
You wanna take a look? Take a look.
You wanna take a look? Take a look.
You wanna take a look? Take a look.

I am some kind of freak now, and you’ll never see me the same
What’s all the fuss about? Are you sure you want to find out?
’cause once you know the truth, you might wish you’d walked away

You wanna take a look? Take a look.
You wanna take a look? Take a look.
You wanna take a look? Take a look.
You wanna take a look? Take a look.

What if I’m not able
To put my cards on the table?
And would it liberate you
If you knew what I knew?

It’s been over a year now, and I never saw him again
The facts and the fiction collide as the bodies untangle and the traffic moves on like it did

You wanna take a look? Take a look.
You wanna take a look? Take a look.
You wanna take a look? Take a look.
You wanna take a look? Take a look.

Little Digger

Dig, little digger, don’t be shy
You saw your mother with another guy
You think you’ll tell her that she’s one of a kind,
You say, “my mother is mine.”
You put your trucks up on the bed next to him
So he can get a better look at them, you say, “this one’s my favorite one,
“this one, you can’t have. I got it from my dad,”
You say, “I got it from my dad.”

And now you’re thinking little thoughts about it
Taking every inch of him in
What does it mean when something changes how it’s always been?
And in your head, you keep repeating the line, “my mother is mine.”

I’ve done the damage. The damage is done.
I pray to God that I’m the damaged one,
and all these grown-up complications that you don’t understand
I hope you can, someday, I hope you can

And now you’re thinking little thoughts about it
Taking every inch of him in
What does it mean when something changes how it’s always been?
And in your head, you keep repeating the line, “my mother is mine.”

Firewalker

My hopes are like embers lying around inside a fire bed, and
Your mind is a firewalker. It steps on them like they are dead

But I can grow. In spite of all you know,
You might not recognize me tomorrow…
Yes, I can change, in spite of all they say
Become something strange and beautiful, like joy like joy

Me, I’m like a wild flame that catches on whatever’s near, but
Your mind is a firewalker. It sets its course and never veers

But I can grow. In spite of all you know,
You might not recognize me tomorrow…
Yes, I can change, in spite of all they say;
Become something strange and beautiful, like joy like joy

Take offers from every side and give my attentions about anywhere, well
Do I recognize my actions? I look like I’m so unaware, like I don’t care…

But I can grow. In spite of all you know,
You might not recognize me tomorrow…
Yes, I can change, in spite of all they say
Become something strange and beautiful, like joy like joy

Favorite

Don’t look sexy, but it just feels right. Not too dirty and it’s not too tight.
Why I never threw it out, I’ll never know exactly why
Keep it in the drawer beside my bed. It’s faded pink now, but it used to be red
Starting to fray at the seams, but I know that you’ll still love me
Like you did, like before, like we will be doing it once more

Oh Baby, know what you’re like
You’re like my favorite underwear
It just feels right
Oh Baby, know how you feel
You feel like my favorite underwear
And I’m slipping you on again tonight…

Leave you lying on the bedroom floor, leave you hanging on the bathroom door
Take you for granted, but I’ll always know exactly where you are
Lost you once, you were hard to find. Got you back, you didn’t look like mine
Thought we were falling apart, but you made me feel so pretty
Like you did, like before, like we will be doing it once more

Oh Baby, know what you’re like
You’re like my favorite underwear
It just feels right
Oh Baby, know how you feel
You feel like my favorite underwear
And I’m slipping you on again tonight…

Slipping you on again tonight…
Wrap me and roll me, hold me tight
Tear me apart and make me new
Like you always do

Oh Baby, know what you’re like
You’re like my favorite underwear
It just feels right, you know it

You feel, you’re like, this is what I want
You feel, you feel

Oh Baby, know what you’re like
You’re like my favorite underwear
It just feels right

You feel, you’re like, this is what I want
You feel, you feel

And I’m slipping you on again tonight

Love/Hate

I was a mess in my open-eyed youth, I grew up thinking
What’s good for one, oppresses the other
It’s my turn! My life! My way! Mine! Me!

It made me crazy. I couldn’t fight it. I couldn’t wait to get away.

It’s a war with the whole wide world. It’s a war with the boys and girls.
It’s a war, and nothing’s gonna change. Nothing’s gonna change.

It’s sister and brother, mother and daughter, father/son, husband/wife thing
It’s drugs. It’s hunger. It’s race, sex, and government.
Any way you look at it, you’re part of it, you know it.
The wrong inside you can’t get it right
You might as well get on the train

It’s a war with the whole wide world. It’s a war with the boys and girls.
It’s a war, and nothing’s gonna change. Nothing’s gonna change.

The screen is so white, and it’s so big
It’s hard to get over the feeling
You’re losing your mind
You offer the usher your ticket, you open the soda
See what guy you’re sitting behind
You get excited, the lights go down
You get it fed on a plate

It’s a war with the whole wide world. It’s a war with the boys and girls.
It’s a war, and nothing’s gonna change. Nothing’s gonna change.
It’s a war. All the give and take. It’s a war. All the love and hate
It’s a war, and nothing’s gonna change, nothing’s gonna change.

H.W.C.

Give it to me, don’t give it away
Don’t think about what the others say
My skin’s getting clear and my hair’s so bright
All you do is fuck me every day and night

You’re my secret beauty routine
Na na na na, what my body has seen!
I am looking good and I’m feeling nice
Baby, you’re the best magazine advice

Give me your hot, white cum
Give me your hot, white cum

I’m gonna pull you back down between the sheets
Everything is fresher when the day is sweet
In the morning light, when you’re already on the phone…

Face it one of these days, without you I’m just another Dorian Gray
It’s the fountain of youth, it’s the meaning of life
So hot, so sweet, so whet my appetite!

Give me your hot, white cum
Give me your hot, white cum

Face it one of these days, without you I’m just another Dorian Gray
It’s the fountain of youth, it’s the meaning of life
Baby, you’re the best magazine advice

Give me your hot, white cum
Give me your hot, white cum

My Bionic Eyes

I love my bionic eyes. I love my crystal vision.
If there’s anybody out there baby, I’m not gonna miss him

I’ve watched the years go by
These are the same old guys I never had any use for
Beyond the feeling of pleasure
Or the thrill of the fight
I scored again last night
I said, “thanks for the drinks. Nice party,” then I turned out the light

I’ve got timing and attitude
That can get to the baddest dude
That’s when I hypnotize him
With my bionic eyes

As I got older, I had to step out of the lines and make my own mind
As I got light as feather, they got stiff as a board
I can’t feel anymore, but I can fake it forever

It’s easy in the beginning when I can dazzle them all night

Make ’em do what you want ’em to
Get ’em running after you
It’s just the same old guys
Wearing the same old ties

As I got older, I had to step out of the lines and make my own mind
As I got light as feather, they got stiff as a board
I can’t feel anymore, but I can fake it forever

I love my bionic eyes
I love my bionic eyes
I love my bionic eyes
I love my bionic eyes

If there’s a parallel nation
And I’m a secret weapon
Show me a man you cannot break
And I will show you heaven

As I got older, I had to step out of the lines and make my own mind
As I got light as feather, they got stiff as a board
I can’t feel anymore, but I can fake it forever

Friend Of Mine

Not a lot of patience, you’re not a patient man
Don’t have the heart to stay with…
You get it while you can
Just because you can
Get out of it
And I wasted your time denying
That that’s the reason we fight all the time
It’s been so long since you’ve been a friend of mine

Gonna take a vacation
Stop chasing what I lack
Am I gonna get blown off as soon as I get back
On another track
Without you?
’cause I don’t have the heart to try
One more false start in life
It’s been so hard to get it right, it seems like
The moment I catch up, the farther you fly

And I wasted your time denying
That that’s the reason we fight all the time
It’s been so long since you’ve been a friend of mine…

And I wasted your time, didn’t I?
And that’s the reason we fight all the time

It’s been so long since you’ve been a friend to me
It seems like I dreamed and now I’m waking up to daylight
What happened? When did you let go of me?
I miss you so badly

Good Love Never Dies

For the rest of my days, I want you by my side
Tell me what can I say to keep you in my life?
‘Cause I can never relax
I’ve got to keep it exciting, make it attractive
Keep it alive, keep you coming back
I’m always so frightened you’ll see through my act

When the fire’s out
And I’ve given up
You come running out
And you build it up
You tell me good love never dies
It only hurts when we burn our eyes
From staring too long at the sun
You’ve got to throw your hands up, and let the night come

Tell me, what can I say to keep you in my life?
All the words slip away when I look in your eyes, because
I can never relax,
I’ve got to keep it exciting, make it attractive
Keep it alive
Keep you coming back
I’m already fighting to keep what I have

When the fire’s out
And I’ve given up
You come running out
And you build it up
You tell me good love never dies
It only hurts when we burn our eyes
From staring too long at the sun
You’ve got to throw your hands up, and let the night come
Take your chances, and let the night come


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