ROBIN ZANDER
Every girl I ever had a crush on had a bigger crush on you
Robin Zander, Robin Zander
They'd chew upon their pencils reading Tiger Beat
Yeah, the girls were sweet on you
Robin Zander, Robin Zander
Had I been cooler then I'm sure I would have found
A shrine to you
Above the bed
Of every girl in school
Robin Zander, Robin Zander, Robin Zander
Every girl I ever had a crush on had a bigger crush on you
Robin Zander, Robin Zander
Your name across their notebooks
In those little schoolgirl hearts I never knew
Robin Zander, Robin Zander
I said your name today
And everyone just stood and stared
The conversation stopped
And everyone just stood and stared
It was like they didn't know you
Like they'd never heard of you
That's when I said 'You know, the one with all the long blond hair
In Cheap Trick."
And they remembered you then
Yeah they remembered you then.
Every girl I ever had a crush on had a bigger crush on you
Robin Zander, Robin Zander
If all you are's a footnote
Won't you tell me where does that leave you know who?
Robin Zander, I wanna go back in time with you
Robin Zander, go back in time with you.
THE SUMMER OF JOYCELYNN MAY
It was the summer of Joycelynn May
I used to sit around and dream about her every day
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
I'd try to kiss her every single night
But I could never ever get the feeling just right
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Sitting on the curbside of you culdesac
Yeah, yeah, yeah
That's where you said it's a dead end
yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ooh and if I'd had the chance to win you back
Yeah yeah yeah
Ooh, I would have struck right out again
With Joycelynn May, Joycelynn May, J-J-J-Joycelynn May
It was the summer of Joycelynn May
I used to sit around and dream about her every day
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
She and her friend Kelly Heatherington
They'd be together every night, I couldn't get the job done
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Sitting on the curbside of your culdesac
Yeah, yeah, yeah
That's where you said it's a dead end
yeah yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh and if I'd had the chance to win you back
Yeah yeah yeah
Ooh, I would have struck right out again
With Joycelynn May, Joycelynn May, J-J-J-Joycelynn May
INTRODUCTION TO GIRLS
Three years of Latin could not talk you into bed with me
Two years of chemistry... now, there's no chemistry
I've found no integer nor fraction to give you satisfaction
Now you're gone and I'm repeatin' history
Well, I know state capitals from Maine to nearly Idaho
I know the square root of the square root of the square
Yet I can think of no occasion
Where a Cliff Note or equation
Ever helped me run my fingers through your hair
Now I would gladly clear my head
Of every book I ever read
Just to have taken
Introduction to Girls
No words of Hemingway could make you stay and love me true
No existentialist could prove that I exist
And I have found no application for the history of our nation
That would make me any harder to resist
I've been through galleries, heard symphonies, read poetries
I know philosophies from Socrates to Sarte
Yet found no guesswork nor conjecture
In a textbook or a lecture
To explain this blinding pain here in my heart
And I would gladly clear my head
Of every book I ever read
Just to have taken
Introduction to Girls
I'd trade three languages I speak
To have sat in for just one week
You know, I wish I had taken
Introduction to Girls
NEVER WANTED TO BE YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT
I Never Wanted to Be Your Disappointment
Repeat
Oh yeah
Doo Doo Doo Doo
I COULD PUT YOU BEHIND ME
I could put you behind me
Any day now
Any day now
Got all my friends to remind me
They're remindin' me how
Remindin' me how
You invaded my soul
Invaded my heart
You had me thinkin' that we'd
Never ever part
Then you left me with my friend
You know the one, I even introduced you baby
Near the end
Now, now, I could put you behind me but I don't know how
I could put you behind me any day now.
I could put you behind me any day now, any day now, any day now
THE NEW RONNIE SPECTOR
You oughtta see her smile, yeah
I seen it shinin' for a million miles, uh-huh
And the way she sing, now
Oh yeah, I never heard her sing
But she's the new Ronnie Spector
The new Ronnie Spector
The new Ronnie Spector
She's all right
She got no record deal, no
Ooh yeah, uh, but the girl is for real, uh-huh
The smile and everything, yeah
Oh yeah, I never heard her sing
But she's the new Ronnie Spector
The new Ronnie Spector
The new Ronnie Spector
She's all right
Oh when she looked at me
I want the whole wide world to see, yeah
She's the one after all these years
She don't need no Mouseketeers, no
The girls is music to my ears and I say
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Baby I love you, yeah
You oughtta see her smile, yeah
I seen it shinin' for a million miles, uh-huh
And the way she sing, now
Oh yeah, I never heard her sing
But she's the new Ronnie Spector
The new Ronnie Spector
The new Ronnie Spector
She's all right
She's all right
SHE DOESN'T KNOW SHE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO LIKE ME YET
I saw it comin' from the very start, oh yeah
Now I'm still waitin' for the broken heart, oh yeah
And every time we kiss it's like I can't believe my lips
And every time we touch I have to pinch my fingertips
Tell me if I'm dreamin'
Why's it seemin' so real
She doesn't know she's not supposed to like me yet
She doesn't know she's not supposed to like me yet
Like me yet
Like me yet
I saw it comin' but it never came, oh yeah
This winnin' streak is really screwin' up my game, oh yeah
Now every time we kiss it's like I can't believe my lips
And every time we touch I have to pinch my fingertips
Tell me if I'm dreamin'
Why's it seemin' so real
She doesn't know she's not supposed to like me yet
She doesn't know she's not supposed to like me yet
Like me yet
Like me yet
I lie awake and I watch her as she's sleeping
I pull her close and I wonder what's been keeping
What's been keeping her here with me
Whoa-oh yeah
She swore she'd never leave again last night, oh yeah
I only wish I could convince her that she might, oh yeah
And every time we kiss it's like I can't believe my lips
And every time we touch I have to pinch my fingertips
Tell me if I'm dreamin'
Why's it seemin' so real
She doesn't know she's not supposed to like me yet
She doesn't know she's not supposed to like me yet
Like me yet
Like me yet
HE'S BURNIN' THE DYNAMITE AT BOTH ENDS
He's burnin' the dynamite on both ends
He's on the phone to you
He's on the phone to me
He's got his paper and his pen now
And he's scriptin' out our next scene
He's on the phone to you
He's on the phone to me
Oooh, and it makes him happy
To be a part of everything
Don't know why I'm givin' him the satisfaction
Don't know why you're waitin' for the phone to ring
Ahh ahh and now every little thing you said
Ahh ahh He's got it runnin' on a tape loop in his head
And he's searchin' for clues
And he's spreadin' the news
He's the instigator
He's the instigator
He'll be phonin' you later
He's burnin' the dynamite on both ends
He's on the phone to you
He's on the phone to me
He's got his paper and his pen now
And he's scriptin' out our next scene
He's on the phone to you
He's on the phone to me
Oooh, and it makes him happy
To be a part of everything
Don't know why I'm givin' him the satisfaction
Don't know why you're waitin' for the phone to ring
Ahh ahh and now every little thing you said
Ahh ahh He's got it runnin' on a tape loop in his head
And he's searchin' for clues
And he's spreadin' the news
He's the instigator
He's the instigator
He'll be phonin' you later
SHE DOESN'T LIKE THAT ANYMORE
I draped my jacket across the chair
A trail of records everywhere
The way I did when we first met
She doesn't like that anymore
She doesn't like that anymore
I stayed out drinkin' with my friends
Until the sun came round again
The way I did when we first met
She doesn't like that anymore
She doesn't like that anymore
I haven't changed
The only thing that's changed is her reaction
I've rearranged what things I could
But couldn't do it to her satisfaction
Went out and drank myself half blind
Then saw her friend and spoke my mind
The way I did when we first met
She doesn't like that anymore
She doesn't like that anymore
FAVORITE SHORTS
You don't like my favorite shorts
And I don't like your friends
And you don't like my Endless Summer record
And I really don't like your friends
Lyin' here missin' you I wish you liked a thing or two
About me
And I hate your friends
You don't like my favorite shorts
All yellow red and blue
And I don't like the friends you like
They all just wanna make love to you
Getting' drunk
Feelin' blue
I wish you liked a thing or two
About me
And I hate your friends
Oh every time I see you through the window of your room
My tears they stain your trellis as I wish you could have understood
The mystery and the magic of my shorts
My favorite shorts
You don't like my favorite shorts
I wear them just the same
And I don't like the way your friends
All wanna call me by your old boyfriend's name
Seein' them
Holdin' you
I wish you liked a thing or two
About me
And I hate your friends
SHE'S USING WORDS LIKE HURT AGAIN
She's using words like hurt again
I only said what's on my mind
She said I thought you were my friend
My friend, the truth was never kind
I should have kept it deep inside
Like I did those nights I lied
To you
It's true
She's using words like hurt again
That's one more truth I have to face
I did my best to be a friend
My best just led me to this place
I should have kept it deep inside
Like I did those nights I lied
To you
It's true
Ba-ba-ba-ba
Now as you turn to walk away
Ba-ba ba ba
I only wish I could say the things you wish that I could say
Like I mean it
To you
She's using words like hurt again
I wouldn't blame her if she did
I swore I'd be true to til the end
I don't know who I's tryin' to kid
I should have kept it deep inside
Like I did those nights I lied
To you
It's true
EVERYBODY'S SEEN YOU TALKIN' TO THAT BOY
Well, everybody's seen you talkin' to that boy
Everybody's seen you talkin' to that boy
I don't wanna see you talkin' to that boy
I don't wanna see you talkin' to that boy
Well, everybody's seen you talkin' to that boy
Everybody's seen you talkin' to that boy
I don't wanna see you talkin' to that boy
I don't wanna see you talkin' to that boy
Unless you talk about me and you
And how you wish that you
Could have me back again
I guess it's all right then
Well, everybody's seen you talkin' to that boy
Everybody's seen you talkin' to that boy
I don't wanna see you talkin' to that boy
I don't wanna see you talkin' to that boy
NEVER WANTED TO BE YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT (REPRISE)
I Never Wanted to Be Your Disappointment
Repeat
Oh yeah
Doo Doo Doo Doo
I WANNA TAKE YOU TO THE CORN PALACE
I saw the sun rise over Happy Chef today
And I wonder how I ever let you drift so far away
Remember all the years we used to laugh about this place
Hey hey
I wanna take you to the Corn Palace
Forget about the trouble, baby, we been through
See me standin' in the shadow of the mighty Corn Palace
The only thing missing, girl, the only thing missing is you
Remember drivin' west that summer
Girl, just me and you
And we dug Wall Drug
And you bought that mug
At the Ghost Town Petting Zoo
And the only tears we knew were tears of laughter every day
Hey hey
I wanna take you to the Corn Palace
Forget about the trouble, baby, we been through
See me standin' in the shadow of the mighty Corn Palace
The only thing missing, girl, the only thing missing is you
I never been to Memphis but I know I'd rather stay
Stuck inside of Mitchell, South Dakota, USA,
South Dakota you're OK.
I saw the sun rise over Happy Chef today
And I wonder if your new love ever made you feel this a-way
And I hope this picture finds you wishin' you could run away
Cause I would meet you today
I wanna take you to the Corn Palace
Forget about the trouble, baby, we been through
See me standin' in the shadow of the mighty Corn Palace
The only thing missing, girl, the only thing missing is you
I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE SUN
I don't give a damn about the sun
I don't give a damn about the forest or the tree
There's nothin' for to see
If I can't have you
If I can't have you
If I can't have you
If I can't have you
I don't give a damn about the sun
I don't give a damn about the breathin' or the air
Oh, why should I care
If I can't have you
If I can't have you
If I can't have you
If I can't have you
Why should I care about the sun
I've got no one to share
This sunny day with
Did you have to run away with
Everything that mattered to me.
I don't give a damn about the sun
I don't give a damn, It could be winter could be spring
What could a change of season bring
If I can't have you
If I can't have you
If I can't have you
If I can't have you
HE WANTS HIS WORLD BACK (BABY)
He's got another letter in the news today
He's takin' on the values of the youth today
And all the filth in the city and he's thinkin' it's a pity what we've
thrown away
And now he can't stop whinin' bout the fall and declinin' of the western way
And it's all so black and white
What's new is wrong
What's old is right
Oh yeah
All right
He's got another letter in the news today
He's so convinced the world he knew has gone away
With all the sex and the violence and he's wishin' he could silence the
profanity
He's seen the way the girls are dressin' on the cable and it's messin' with
his sanity
And he'd go back if he could
To the garden before Eve invented Hollywood
Oh yeah
All right
Uh huh
And it makes he want to cry
This old world has passed him by
He was the apple of her eye
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa yeah
He wants his world back baby
He wants his world back baby
He wants his world back baby
Tonight
Well, all right