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Sample Tracks from the new CD release Nobody Likes A Winner (Get Hip)
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NOBODY LIKES A WINNER
Nobody likes a winner, baby, nobody likes a star
Nobody wants the most popular kid in class to go too far
Cause if you wanna succeed you gotta go full speed
Ahead of everyone you're gonna need someday
On your way back down
Nobody likes a winner, baby, nobody likes a saint
Nobody needs reminding daily of everything they ain't
And if you wanna succeed…
Ooh and every friend you ever had will wanna see you fall someday
After misinterpretin' your drifting away
Ahh, too good for us, too good for us
You never shoulda gotten so much better than the way you were
Nobody likes a winner, baby, that's just the way it works
Don’t wanna envy people we could just as easily dismiss as jerks
And if you wanna succeed…
THE WORLD WILL CHANGE OUR LOVE
You say our love will change the world
You say our love will change the world
But the world will change our love
Yeah, the world will change our love
We'll get old and gray
And we won't have much to say
And our smiles will fade
And makin' lemonade won't cut it no more
You say our love will change the world…
When your work is a drag
And I'm drinkin' from a bag
No receipt for our dues
And you're hooked on TV news
And I'm readin' Camus
Camus
And what will you do when it all blows up on you
When it all falls through
You say our love will change the world
You say our love will change the world
But the world will change our love
Yeah, the world will change our love
If we let it
If we let it
HOW FAILURE SAVED ME FROM MYSELF
I could have you destroyed for saying that to me
Turn your friends against you one by one or two by three
But I guess I’m not the monster I might’ve liked to be
Failure saved me from myself
Saved me from myself
Now I’m no threat to me
With a wave of my arm I could win your love to me
Run off with your childhood friend maybe take her out to sea
But I guess I’m not the animal I might’ve liked to be
Failure saved me from myself…
I could dine every night on some rare endangered bird
Surround myself with sycophants to hang on every word
But I guess I’m not the asshole your cold heart might have preferred
Failure saved me from myself
Saved me from myself
Now I’m no threat to me
Not like I was wishin’ I could be
STRICTLY BIOLOGICAL HEART
She's got a strictly biological heart
Four chambers, some valves, a kinda regular beat
I'm sure it keeps her in blood out to her fingers and feet
I'm lookin' for a metaphorical heart, a metaphorical heart
She's got a strictly biological heart
Don't need a cardiogram to know there's something there
Don't need a hospital chart to compare
I'm lookin' for a metaphorical heart, a metaphorical heart
If I could reach inside I'm sure I'd find it warm
But baby that's just blood.
Don't make no difference to me
What I'm waitin' to see
Is an outward sign
She's got a strictly biological heart
And it keeps her alive or so I guess you could say
Unless you're talkin' in a less scientifical way
I'm lookin' for a metaphorical heart
A metaphorical heart
If I could reach inside I'm sure I'd find it warm…
13th ANGRY MAN
The veins are bulging in his head again
It must be something someone said again
Tossing and turning in his bed again
She swears he's off his meds again
She's gettin' ready for the war again
He says "You're such a stupid whore" again
And as she's headin’ for the door again
She swears she'll take no more again
Again
And her friends say "You should leave him"
But her friends don't understand
The way this world could turn the boy she knew
Into the 13th Angry Man
The 13th Angry Man
He's stuck in traffic at the mall again
He feels the engine start to stall again
Like Buford Pusser walkin' tall again
He’s got a bat but there's no ball again
She gets the call to bail him out again
She's got her hopes but there's no doubt again
The whole way home he's gonna shout again
She dreams of sneakin' out again
Again
And her friends say "you should leave him…"
When she was young he used to bring her flowers
Now he never even shaves or showers
He's always starin' at the wall for hours
Driftin' away from her
Day by day from her
The veins are bulging in his head again
It must be something someone said again
Tossing and turning in his bed again
She swears he's off his meds again
Again
And her friends say "You should leave him…”
THIS LITTLE TRAGEDY
This little tragedy that you wear on your sleeve
Don't seem so sad to me as the fact that you believe
You're really suffering when any schoolboy could see
Any fool could see through this portrait of you
And this little tragedy
This little tragedy that you wear like a crown
Don't seem so sad to me but don't let it bring you down
You've got your cross to bear and your makeup to do
All the world is a stage for your fake tears of rage
In this little tragedy
You were cryin' when I first met you
Some unspeakable crime
Now I see you crying all the time
This little tragedy that you wear like a rope
Don't seem so sad to me though I know you're losing hope
And I see you're suffering but this too it shall pass
And tomorrow you'll find a better use for your cryin'
Than this little tragedy
ANOTHER CANDLELIT NIGHT
Can't wait to see his face again
Counts down the hours until then
Although he's out of her reach, drivin' her out of her mind
Well, he's all the answer she'd been hopin' to find
Another candlelit night, another room with a view
Another shot at the life her mom and dad never knew
Doo doo doo doo doo...
Pledging his love as she's drifting off to sleep
She isn't answering the phone
Said she'd prefer to be alone
Although she's out of his reach, but he's willing to try
He's not a prince among men, he's just an ordinary guy
He says good morning at work, she doesn't know he's alive
He dreams of leaving together every day around five
Doo doo doo doo doo
Pledging his love as she's drifting off to sleep
He's tried bringin' flowers
He's tried listening for hours
To her talk about the love he's never seen
He says I know what you mean
Doo Doo doo Doo
Although she's not the perfect 10
She just can't deal with ordinary men
Although he's out of her reach, drivin' her out of her mind
He's all the answer she'd been hoping to find
Another candlelit night with her prince among men
And in the morning she'll rewind it again
Doo doo doo doo doo
BY A THREAD
He'll flog no horse before it's dead
Repeatin' every word he ever said
While relivin' all the wars he lost in high school
Aw, but that was 1964
It shouldn't matter to him anymore
Oh but he just wasn't made to let things go
Oh no
He's still dreaming that some day
Tides will turn, yeah, they'll learn to regret the day
They ever got inside his head
And it keeps him hanging on by a thread
The past don't follow him around
It tried escapin' but he tracked it down
And now every day just stings a little more
It's like a smaller coffin with bigger nails
He checks the paper but it never fail
The obituary column lets him down
And he frowns
He's still dreaming that some day…
Ba ba da da da, etc.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE REMEMBERED...
No one wants to be remembered
By the words they chose in anger
You won't stop remembering certain words I chose for you
You know it's not my fault you wanna live the way you do
You made me say those things and I've forgiven you
No one wants to be remembered…
I musta said I love you half a million times or so
Those aren't the words you're having trouble letting go
We used to talk for hours without one thing getting through
So why'd you wanna listen when I said those things I could never mean about you
No one wants to be remembered
By the words they chose in anger
Now I can't remember why I chose they words for you
I can't remember, etc.
LOWER EXPECTATIONS
He used to dream he'd date a movie star
Take her dancing in his foreign car
He'd work his fingers down to the bone
And drink the pressure off in bed alone every night
He spent his 20s in the passing lane
Eye on the prize, it drove him half insane
But now his life is better off it seems
And it's all because he threw those dreams away
And now his world don't seem so grey
Oh, he's got lower expectations
Ooh, such lower expecations
He's smiling more, He's crying less
Since giving up on happiness
He's got lower expectation
Ooh, such lower expectations
And now he'll never be so low again
She used to dream she'd be a movie star
The men would fight to bring her caviar
Her mother said your name'll be up in lights
She's waitin' tables, spendin' sleepless night by the phone
And now she feels so cold and alone every night
Da da da da
At 10 to 5 he puts his pencil down
Gets on the subway takes it into town
To catch a picture with his favorite star
They'll never meet, that's just the way things are in this life
Before the show, he stops across the street
A cup of coffee and a bite to eat
She calls him sugar as she fills his cup
He isn't much but things are looking up anyway
And as he throws a smile her way
Oh, she's got lower expectations…
THE DAY BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE
It's the day before the first day of the rest of my life
One more day to live this way before tomorrow
One more day before the first day I started handling everything right
One more time to change my mind about tomorrow
One more round we could celebrate the new day
Room spinnin' round we could laugh about the way things used to be
For you and me
We used to be so free
It's the day before the first day of the rest of my life…
We'll make tomorrow go away
We'll make tomorrow go away
We'll make tomorrow go and wait another day
Hey yeah (not Hey Ya)
It's the day before the first day of the rest of my life….
I DIDN'T MEAN TO WRECK YOUR DAY
I didn't mean to wreck your day
Things just have a way of gettin' to you
And I, I walk a minefield every day
Tryin' to find a way to make it through to you
And I know it's not my fault
Your open wound was craving salt
Before I knew you
Girl if I could see you smile for me
The way you used to smile for me
I, I didn't mean to wreck your head
I didn't mean those things I said to cut right through you
And you, you couldn't be more unimpressed
That any fool could think his best would ever do you
And I swear it's not my fault
Your open wound was craving salt
Before I knew you
Girl, if I could see you smile for me….
FORGET THE PAST
Forget the past, start repeatin' it
Forget the past, start repeatin' it with me
Start repeatin' it with me
We’ll hit rewind to when your love was blind
Pause awhile on the day your smile said you were in love with me
In love with me
Forget the past, start repeatin' it…
Decline and fall, we'll just erase it all
Restore the part where you swore your heart would always be there for me
You swore you'd always be there for me
Forget the past, start repeatin' it…
THIS DOESN'T MATTER
This doesn't matter, not anymore
Another sleepless night ain't gonna make it all right
It never did it before
I'm comin' out of the clouds now
It's gettin' plainer to see
Just gotta learn how to find a way to leave it behind
A way to set myself free
It's 3 a.m., my mind is racing, driving me insane
I gotta learn how to breathe again
I gotta learn to believe I'll make it through for you again
I wish I knew how it started
I wish it came with a book
I wish I knew how to find a little piece of my mind
Don't even know where to look
I swear I'm turning a corner now
It's gettin' better you'll see
Just gotta learn how to find a way to leave it behind
Get back to where I wanna be
There's too much left to live for, darling
Too much I could do
Too many ways I could love you, babe
Count the stars up above you as we're driftin' off to sleep
Good night, it's gonna be a good night
It's gonna be a good night tonight Tonight