Aimee Mann Album

(one two)

In our endeavor we are never seeing eye to eye
No guts to sever so forever may we wave goodbye
And you're always telling me that it's my turn to move
When I wonder what could make the needle jump the groove
I won't fall for the oldest trick in the book
So don't sit there and think you're off of the hook
By saying there is no use changing 'cause

That's just what you are
That's just what you are

Acting steady always ready to defend your fears
What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears
By suggesting that a change might be a thing to try
Like it would kill you just to try and be a nicer guy
It's not like you would lose some critical piece
If somehow you moved point A to point B
Maintaining there is no point changing 'cause

That's just what you are
That's just what you are

Now I could talk to you till I'm blue in the face
But we still would arrive at the very same place
With you running around and me out of the race

So maybe you're right, nobody can take
Something older than time and hope you could make
It better, that would be a mistake
So take it just so far

'Cause that's just what you are
That's just what you are
That's just what you are

Acting steady always ready to defend your fears
What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears
You're like a sleepwalking man, it's a danger to wake you
Even when it is apparent where your actions will take you

That's just what you are
And that's just what you are
That's just what you are
That's just what you are

(one two three once again go)

There is nothing that competes with habit
And I know it's neither deep nor tragic
It's simply that you have to have it

So you can make a killing
Oh you can make a killing
Oh you can make a killing

I wish I was both young and stupid
Then I too could have the fun that you did
Till it was time to pony up what you bid

So you could make a killing
Oh you could make a killing
Oh you could make a killing

I could follow you and search the rubble
Or stay right here and save myself some trouble
Or try to keep myself from seeing double

Or I could make a killing
Or I could make a killing
Oh I could make a killing
Yeah I could make a killing
I could make a killing

I don't know how to break the news, but
It's pretty clear you'll be asked to choose between
What you lack and what you excuse in this
Tug of war

You can't say that they didn't warn you
Though you'd rather that they just ignore you
'Cause your devices are not working for you
Anymore

What you want
You don't know
You're with stupid now

You don't know how to manufacture
Sturdy bones with a hairline fracture
The crazy will of a Margaret Thatcher that
They've all got

And though you pay for the hands they're shaking
The speeches and the mistakes they're making
As they struggle with the undertaking of
Simple thought

What you want
You don't know
You're with stupid now
What you know
You don't want to know
You're with stupid now

-guitar solo-

What you want
You don't know
You're with stupid now
What you know
You don't want to know
You're with stupid now
So on with the show

It's not
What you thought
When you first began it
You got
What you want
Now you can hardly stand it though,
By now you know
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up

You're sure
There's a cure
And you have finally found it
You think
One drink
Will shrink you 'til you're underground
And living down
But it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up

Prepare a list of what you need
Before you sign away the deed
'Cause it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
It's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop
So just...give up

Verse 1
You asked me to dinner 
You brought me stuff
Now what do I make of that
You made me an offer
I called your bluff
Now you're an amnesiac

Chorus:
Driving with one hand on the wheel
Ordering luck with every meal
Feeding on hope again never mind how
Small a portion

Verse 2:

I said like we do
Like we'd like to think
I'll take care of myself
And who would've thought that
Initial drink
Would clear an entire shelf

Chorus:

Driving with one hand on the wheel
Ordering luck with every meal
Feeding on hope again never mind how
Small a portion

Bridge:
You should look at it realistically
I know you couldn't be in love with me

Verse 3:

You sat there as dumb
As a dog or cat
Just hoping it's for the best
As if anything ever
Comes from that
Except an appalling mess

Chorus

Driving with one hand on the wheel
Ordering luck with every meal
Feeding on hope again never mind how
Small a portion

Verse 4

Now you didn't bank
On the alchemy
That flattery turns to love
But you took that obstructions (Cause with top-heavy structures)
Will always be (There'll always be)
The danger of falling off (The danger of falling off)

Driving with one hand on the wheel
Not knowing how or what to feel
You only knew that it was enough to be
Feeling something

(Five six seven fifty) 

You fucked it up
You should've quit
Till circumstances
Had changed a bit

You fucked it up
You jumped the gun
I swore you off but
You climbed back on

And when you said
Of course you know
Could I be blamed
If I'd wished it so
I don't think so

-guitar solo-

You fucked it up
Or was it you
'Cause when you said it
I said it too
What of it

And all that stuff
I knew before
Just turned into
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me more
Please love me...

(And if this is one of your ten thousand dollar hours
Don't forget to write it down
Help is on the way)

Skip the cloak and dagger bit
Don't you know we're sick of it
As much as I would like to stay
The message light just blinks away
And while I'm here you won't push play

So you leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no

Option to indulge in this
Exercise in cowardice
Ignorance without the bliss

'Cause you leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no

-guitar solo-

'Cause I know where this boat will go
Pulled down by the undertow
It's lucky I know
How to row

So row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
I hope you drown and never come up

'Cause you leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no choice in the matter
You leave me no

Verse 1:
In the dark, I like to read his mind
but I'm frightened of the things I might find
Oh, there must be something he's thinking of
to tear him away
when I tell him that I'm falling in love
why does he say

Chorus:
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Uh-uh

Verse 2:
I try so hard not to get upset
because I know all the trouble I'll get
oh, he tells me tears are something to hide
and something to fear
and I try so hard to keep it inside
so no one can hear

Chorus:
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Uh-uh

He wants me
but only part of the time
He wants me
if he can keep me in line

Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Hush hush shut up now voices carry
Hush hush keep it down now voices carry
Oh hush hush, darling, she might overhear
Hush, hush - voices carry
He said shut up - he said shut up
Oh God can't you keep it down
Voices carry
Hush hush voices carry
I wish he would let me talk.

Verse 1:
I'm taking it back I'm making a pact
I will make you indispensable
I spoke to myself, oh I might as well
And let you just be made sensible

Tell me your thoughts so I can 
love you in spite of them
But now I'm happy if I 
never lose sight of them

Chorus:
I'll take it back - I never said it did
and that's a fact - as of a month ago
But now that the worst is over
I can just take it back

Verse 2:
Oh lovers they come, another call from
a phone booth somewhere in "Lovertown"
it isn't so bad those others I've had
it isn't as if I'm losing ground

I'm getting better when I
annex myself from you
it ought be another
country I'm moving to

Chorus:
I'll take it back - I never said I did
and that's a fact - as of a month ago
But now that the worst is over
I can just take it back

Verse 3:

I'd like to throw myself a
million miles an hour
I'd like to feel before the 
feeling goes sour

Chorus:
So take it back - I never said I did
and that's a fact - as of a month ago
But now that the worst is over
I can just take it

But now that the worst is over
I can just take it
But now that the worst is over
I can just take it back

You see me as a judge
though I deny it
and hold me like a grudge
then justify it
But when you make such claims
in searching for something that explains
please take a good look at our remains

'Cause if you were everything you say
things would be different today
and maybe there's room for compromise
but signs that I get say otherwise
say anything, 'cause I've heard everything

As hopeless as it seems
I wouldn't worry
You'll get your chance to tell
your side of the story
And, raising your right hand,
whatever defenses you had planned,
remember that when you take the stand -

If you were everything you say
things would be different today
and though I'd be happy to believe
I'd have to be much more naive -
say anything, 'cause I've heard everything
now I've heard everything
now I've heard everything

So why do I refuse
the truth, when I clearly cannot use
the comfort of one more lame excuse

'cause if you were everything you say
things would be different today
and if you were everything you swear
we wouldn't be beyond repair
If you were everything you say
things would be different today
and if there has got to be an if -
get it over with
say anything, 'cause I've heard everything
now I've heard everything
now I've heard everything

Well, today a friend told me this sorry tale 
As he stood there trembling and turning pale
He said each day's harder to get on the scale sort of like Jacob Marley's chain. 

But it's not like life's such a veil of tears 
It's just full of thoughts that act as souvenirs 
For those tiny blunders made in yesteryears that comprise Jacob Marley's chain. 

Well, I had a little metaphor to state my case 
It encompassed the condition of the human race 
But to my dismay, it left without a trace except for the sound of Jacob Marley's chain. 

Now there is no story left to tell 
So I think I'd rather just go on to Hell 
Where there's a snowball's chance that the personnel might help 
To carry Jacob Marley's chain.

I'm told the case is now closed 
So I can come to my senses 
But when the question is posed 
I'll have this meager defense 

I was hoping that you'd know better than that 
I was hoping but you're an amateur 
I was hoping that you'd know better 
But I've been wrong before 
Despite conclusions I drew 
There was a chance you'd surprise me 
And you'd be better than you 
'Cause I'd have left otherwise 

I was hoping that you'd know better than that 
I was hoping but you're an amateur 
I was hoping that you'd know better 
But I've been wrong before
So I wasn't thinking clearly 
So you didn't think at all I thought that was protocol 

-piano/guitar solo- 

I was hoping that you'd know better than that 
I was hoping but you're an amateur 
I was hoping that you'd know better 
But I've been wrong before
I was hoping that I was hoping but you're an amateur 
I was hoping that you'd know better 
But I've been wrong before

Though I let you steer
You a cavalier
Inch became a lightyear
It was pathetic
Oh you can write the play
And every word I say
But I don't have to stay
To see the credits

'Cause it's all over now
Yes it's all over now
And I'm free

I was one of few
Who'd stick up for you
And so you never knew
You were a punch line
I could not convince or trust you
To pick up on my hints, must you
Leave your fingerprints
On everything I called mine

Well that's all over now
Yes it's all over now
And I'm free
Yes I'm free

From your interference
Which had the appearance
Of making it clear that
It's got nothing to do with me

-guitar solos-

It's got nothing to do with me
It's got nothing to do with me
It's got nothing to do with me

-fuzztortion solo-

And I warn you now
The velocity I'm gathering

(Pete Ham)

Verse 1:
Guess I got what I deserved
Kept you waiting there too long my love 
All that time without a word 
Didn't know you'd think that I'd forget
I'd regret

Chorus:
The special love I had for you
My Baby Blue

Verse 2:
All those days became so long
Did you really think I'd do you wrong
Dixie, when I let you go
Thought you'd realize that I would know
I would show

Chorus:
The special love I had for you
My Baby Blue

Bridge:
What can I do?
What can I say?
Except I want you by my side
How can I show you?
Show me a way 
Don't you know the times I've tried

Verse 3:
Guess that's all I have to say
Except the feeling just grows stronger every day
Just one thing before I go
Take good care baby, and let me know
Let it grow

Chorus:
The special love you had for me
My Dixie dear

Verse 1
You know just how I feel
you know when love is real
it changes the life that you're living
and now I've found it here
it overcomes my fear
of holding back instead of giving
but, when I hear the phone ring
your voice pulls me in 'til I'm far away
it's easy 'cause everything's different now

Chorus
Everything's different now
Seems long ago that our love was unknown
but it's just yesterday
Everything's different now
Everything's different now
and when I look in the mirror and talk to myself
I can't pretend it's the same

Verse 2
Well, soon I'll say your name
and then I'll go insane
I won't understand what I'm thinking
I'll look down at my shoes
I'll wonder what I'll lose
if I feel this consciousness sinking
and we both know what that means
returning to what we knew before
forgetting that everything's different now

Chorus

Everything's different now
Seems long ago that our love was unknown
but it's just yesterday
Everything's different now
Everything's different now
and when I look in the mirror and talk to myself
I can't pretend it's the same

Bridge
What we created
has separated
a past we hated
from what we are feeling today
'cause everything's different now

Chorus

Everything's different now
Seems long ago that our love was unknown
but it's just yesterday
Everything's different now
Everything's different now
and when I look in the mirror and talk to myself
I can't pretend it's the same
'cause everything's different now

Candellabras light your ancient eyes
well hope may live but passion lies
upon your lips scratched out in blue
all loves lies are impromptu
but all of the stars in the darkness-

give me a sign, a sign of love
give me a sign, a sign of love

Twenty thousand midnight trains will run
past your window, tears will come, do you
whose eyes refuse to see, pass the test of history
but all of the stars in the darkness- 

give me a sign, a sign of love
give me a sign, a sign of love
give me a sign, a sign of love
give me a sign, a sign of love

The heavens are spinning, they're shooting down at us across the sky
but still you are looking, and pointing
you don't know why, the signs are in the sky, that's love!

But all of the stars in the darkness
give me a sign, a sign of love
give me a sign, a sign of love
give me a sign, a sign of love
give me a sign, a sign of love
give me a sign, a sign of love
give me a sign, a sign of love....

Verse 1:
Shall we agree that just this once
I'm gonna change my life
until it's just as tiny or
important as you like
and in time, we won't even recall that we spoke
Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
like smoke, disappears in the air
there's always something smouldering somewhere

Chorus:
I know it don't make a difference to you
but oh, it sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance, I hope
at the other end
at the other end of the telescope

Verse 2:
There was a time not long ago
I dreamt that the world was flat
and all the colours bled away
and that was that
And in time, I could only believe in one thing
the sky was just phosphourus stars hung on strings
and you swore that they'd always be mine
when you can pull them down anytime

Chorus:
I know it don't make a difference to you
but oh, it sure made a difference to me
You'll see me off in the distance, I hope
at the other end
at the other end of the telescope

Bridge:
There, there baby now, don't say a word
lie down baby, your vision is blurred
Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
I don't want to hurt you now
but I think you're shrinking (I think you're skrinking)

Verse 3:
You're half-naked ambition and
you're half out of your wits
and though your wristwatch always works
your necktie never fits
Now its so hard to pick the receiver up
and when I call, I never noticed you could be so small
the answer was under your nose
but the question never arose

I know it don't make a difference to you
but oh, it sure made a difference to me
When you find me here at the end of my rope
when the head and heart of it finally elope
You can see us off in the distance, I hope
at the other end
at the other end of the telescope

Verse 1:
he's infinitely wise
but he infinitely lies 
we're no longer just plain folks 
no, we're old and sad and bored 
and we're not funny anymore 
we're like Jimmy Hoffa Jokes 

Verse 2:
well I couldn't do a thing
couldn't even set the spring
couldn't see you through the spokes

now it's not exactly new
and so we're infinitely blue
we're like Jimmy Hoffa Jokes

Verse 3:
I appeal to my belief 
won't you put us on relief
so we'll know it's not a hoax
but we're barely worth the wait
we're just slightly out of date
we're like Jimmy Hoffa Jokes

Nothing was saving our day
there was nothing to say,
but you said something anyway
claiming I stepped out of line
which forced you to leave me,
as if that idea was mine.
Oh, you stupid thing
speaking of course as your dear departed
oh, you stupid thing
it wasn't me that you outsmarted
oh, you stupid thing
stopping it all
before it even started.
I bet you knew it would come
that's just like you to sit back
and just play it dumb
one word of warning would help
but that sacrifice was made
trying to save yourself
Oh, you stupid thing
speaking of course as your dear departed
oh, you stupid thing
it wasn't me that you outsmarted
oh, you stupid thing
stopping it all
before it even started.
Maybe that's just how I am
to fall where I stand, or I'm
weak for that kind of man
one who looks helpless and brave
but you turned into a coward
I don't care for the parts you saved.
You stupid thing
speaking of course as your dear departed
oh, you stupid thing
it wasn't me that you outsmarted
Oh, you stupid thing.

I should thank you almost
no one could kill it off until you bled it
but I got rid of that ghost
'though certain habits remain imbedded
with the shadow of a doubt
but baby it was you who fed it
and I don't know what else to say
but I think you get it.

I should've known
it was coming down to this
I should've known
you would betray me but without the kiss
I should've known
the kind of set-up it is.

And always isn't always
when it's not your photograph that I've been keeping
but you still live in those days
when I'd stay awake just to watch you sleeping
you delivered that blow
but it left a mark on me that you're not seeing
and I don't know what else you hear
but it's not me weeping

I should've known
it was coming down to this
I should've known
you would betray me but without the kiss
I should've known
the kind of set-up it is.

I should've seen the cracks in the ceiling
and the mirror covered up with dust
but I was busy talking on the phone
I should've seen the obstacles but I said,
this house was built for us
hello
is anybody home?

I should've known
the minute that we hit the wall
I should've known
the writing was upon the stall
I should've known
'cause Rome was starting to fall

and I should thank you, almost.