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All my punk rock friends like techno now
I guess it's all okay
but somehow
the energy's all gone
like one unending song
hey, nevermind...
And if I'd just shut my mouth
I might be out there having fun
not sitting here alone
writing stupid songs like this one
but I would want to deprive anyone
that would just be dumb
So turn it up!
Break it down!
Call your friends and hit the town!
Turn it up 'cause you like the sound!
Break my heart 'round and 'round!
Turn it up!
Break it down!
Call your friends and hit the town!
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2. |
Watch her go!
03:46
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I had a girl
I loved her so
I don't know why
I let her go
She was only sixteen
and I was sixteen too
I didn't know that she'd been crying all the time
So what's a boy suposed to do?
I had a girl
She loved me so
She cried so hard
the night I told her
And I guess, I guess I see
that you don't know what you got until it's gone
I didn't know her heart would break so easily
oh well, I guess I'm wrong
And on my TV screen
and every passing night I dream
I see her face and in my heart I know
The moon was full outtside
and it was cold when our love died
I didn't want to wait for her
Now all that I can do is watch her go
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3. |
New York on a train
01:53
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I've been crying every day
since you left for New York on that train
every night I hear that whistle blow again
but you're not by my side,
you're off in New York
with your new guy
Someone tell me
is it wrong to pray for train wrecks?
Or for New York to be destroyed
by hurricane?
Someone tell me
is it wrong that I should be crying still
or that I should want my baby back again
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4. |
I wanna dance with you
01:45
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My, oh my
I'm burning inside
I'm burning alive
but this stupid town won't get me down
'cause I won't cry and waste all of your time
'cause baby I want you around
and I wanna dance with you
I wanna dance
'cause there's nothing else to do
I just wanna know you
I've got my heart on my sleeve
come over here and dance with me
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5. |
Lucy
04:31
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Lucy, it was years ago
since I last held you in my arms
and all your friends ignored you
'cause they thought I was a bore
and maybe they were almost right
we didn't go out dancing very much
'cause we were just too punk rock for the bars
But down around your corner
was a place we used to go
and watch the streetlights
shining distantly
underneath the blue suburban stars
now I drink like a sailor
who might never sail again
but the wind still blows the way it did back then
Lucy do you ever dream
of when we were both young
and do you ever think of me at all?
And if you do just call me up
when you are aon your own
maybe thins will be much better,
now we'ver grown
Lucy it was years ago
since you last said goodbye
and though I don't admit it
I guess it came as no suprise
you were drawn to the sea
to cast your sorrows to the waves
and maybe wash away your pain
I guess it's just the way it had to end
we were both too young
to know any better, baby
but if we did,
then maybe I'd be waking up with you
the world spins rapidly
grows older every day
and sometimes I still think about you, babe
Lucy, do you ever dream
of when we were both young
and do you ever think of me at all?
And if you do just call me up
when you are on your own
maybe thinks will be much better,
now we've grown
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6. |
My gothic girlfriend
01:47
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My gothic girlfriend
let's get out of here
the moon is full
the sky is clear
and the dress you wore tonight
is black and really tight
Yeah, time is on our side
the world is slowly dying
and your face is wet from crying
but the make up
running down your eyes
is beautiful tonight
so take my hand
and maybe we can dissapear
just like a mist
in the chilled October sky
the stars went out tonight
I guess it's just the way it goes
when the world goes out of style
so let's go out tonight
it doesn't matter where we go
'cause with you it's outta sight!
but it's cold as death out there
and I see you everywhere
and the perfume in your hair
is more than I can bear
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7. |
Prom school queen
01:37
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Yeah you are just sixteen
my high school queen
my punk rock baby
you've got all the latest magazines
my little prom school dream
high fashion overload
give me just a taste and I want more
you've been lied to
the lied to me too!
Yeah I love you!
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8. |
This ugly town
03:17
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This ugly town feels like a coffin
this ugly town has no life
just work and drink
and screw and sleep
and maybe wake again tomorow
so maybe there are stories locked in cellars
and maybe things have always been this way
yeah, no one knows
why heaven holds here secerets
this ugly town
is ugly just the same
I passed you by down at the station
you were with all your new friends
you cut your hair
but it used to suit you better
but I don't care
'cause I've got songs to write
about a boy who used to love you
about the way the sun hangs in the sky
so live it like you love it, baby
or it's all just a waste of time
I saw a movement in the corner
a ghostly flicker
just out of my sight
I turned to look but it was over
the ghosts had dissapeared into the night
so if you see me think it over
another man would have tried to hide
so live it like you love it, baby
'cause tomorrow soon will pass us by
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9. |
Got a new dance
02:55
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Got a new dance
it goes like this;
Stand against the wall
don't do nothing at all!
Stand against the wall
don't do nothing at all!
It's the dance sensation
it's sweeping the nation
Stand against the wall
don't do nothing a all!
Sand against the wall
don't do nothing at all!
The kids are rocking
you just can't stom them
put the devil in the back seat
and hear your daddy knocking
Stand against the wall
don't do nothing at all!
Stand against the wall
don't do nothing at all!
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10. |
I want my baby back
02:51
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If you go to New York City
just wear a flower in your hair
and if you go to New York City
you're going to find my baby there
And if you wanna go
out where the streetlights glow
like fireflys,
baby that's alright
I want my baby back
Mary never trusted Johnny
said he didn't care if she was gone
and so she cried
and cut her arms up in the bathroom
thought he didn't care
but she was wrong
Now Mary's all alone
the lower east side's cold
at Christmas time
or on a Friday nigth
I want my baby back
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11. |
The kids of Columbine
03:08
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We met at a soda shop
I asked her for the time
she just smiled at me, oh yeah!
So we drove to the beach
and she was sadder than
she'd ever been before
in her life
And all the kids of Columbine
looked on with tired eyes
she never gave a reason'she just cried
And there at the soda shop
drank 'till I fell in love
drank 'till I kissed the floor
then I drank some more
and the only time I opened up my heart
to anyone at all
I found all its secerets
written on the bathroom wall
And all the kids of Columbine
prayed silent 'round the flagpoles
and the fires of their ever broken hearts
And all the kids of Columbine
just quietly walked by
she never really looked at me at all
she just wanted me
to watch her cry
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