[MATCHBOOK-strung out]

i can see it in your eyes, i can hear it in your voice. the signs are obvious that all we had has run its course. i don't mind giving up the upper hand in this little charade cuz i've spent too many nights here on the floor waiting for something inside you to change. don't look back in anger that is all that you can see. cuz anger's all I got to keep me warm when you're away and i know that this is nothing new but tonight is all i know. disconnect myself from your memory and never feel anything at all. to justify with all your words don't mean anything to me cuz i've cut you off so here we stand and face each other we've got nothing to say. a flashback to another time when silence was a welcome friend. now i'm sorry i can never really say all the things going on inside my head. silence is a justified expression of my war now. nothing's like it was before don't look back in anger. now is that all that you can say? cuz anger's all i got to keep me warm when you're away and all your words and all our actions don't mean anything to me cuz I've got you off. don't look back in anger, don't look back in anger, don't look back in anger, it's just a memory and it's easy to forget your face and it's easy to survive in this place without you, without you i just comb my hair and wash my face. keep straight ahead and keep my pace don't think about nothing i might never be alright. well i got my friends i got my pen. i got a million distractions to keep me warm and i know is that i'll be alright. i'll be alright



[HIGHSCHOOL PSYCOHPATH-screeching weasel]

i really hated high school it was such a drag everytime i walked the halls the kids would call me a fag i didn't care for physical ed and i didn't care for history i wanted to blow up my high school and take my g.e.d. i was a high school psychopath i needed therapy i was a high school psychopath with an overload of energy there was a teenage wasteland in my brain from staying after school i didn't wanna pledge allegiance because i thought it was so uncool each and everybody hated me they thought i was such a jerk with my leather jacket my ripped blue jeans and my ramones t-shirt.



[EVERY NIGHT-screeching weasel]

i'm not feeling human anymore half connected all the time each night i document the things i've done the pointless points i've made for stupid reasons every night i'm always the same you're pounding on my brain tonight and every night i lie down clenching up my teeth trying to fall asleep i've sat and smoked a billion cigarettes and wished to hell that you were here my stained and calloused fingers hold a pen scratching apologies to you too late too little every night i pay off my debts trust me i don't forget tonight and every night i will analyze everything and make myself count the ways i fucked up today



[TOTALLY-screeching weasel]

totally cool that your hair is blue i totally drool when i think about you totally neat totally sweet totally knocked me off my feet totally rad but it's too bad you're not aware of all my plans i totally lust when i see you around the belmont bus takes me right by your house totally neat totally sweet totally knocked me off my feet totally lame that you won't say you'll hang out with me every day i totally love everything about you



[HANG UP-the parasites]

i didn't really want to go to another show but i got in for nothing. i saw you go across the room and i knew that i was there. after the second crappy band, you grabbed my left hand and pulled me over to you. and ever since you walked away i need psuchiatric care. i've gotta hang up. i can't hang up whe i talk to you.i've called you up a thousand times, spent a thousand dimes but you dont ever answer. i wish that you would decide is it him or is it me. you're always putting me on hold and that's kinda cold, but i could wait forever. and if it takes a million times i'll get you naturally. i've been in love before a couple other times, but no one wanted me. i know i sometimes i say things you dont wanna hear, but i'll whisper in your ear until you see. i gotta hang up. i can't hang up when i talk to you. i didn't really want to go to another show but i had to tell you something. i nearly did a double take when i seen both of you there. after the second crappy band you grabbed his left hand and walked past me smiling. but if you think i'm giving up you need psychiatric care. i know you know right now that you cant be with me. i hope someday to see you fall. i know you sometimes say things i dont want to hear but i want to make it clear that love goes on. i gotta hang up. i cant hang up when i talk to you.



[RISE ABOVE-black flag]

JEALOUS COWARDS TRY TO CONTROL
RISE ABOVE
WE'RE GONNA RISE ABOVE
THEY DISTORT WHAT WE SAY
RISE ABOVE
WE'RE GONNA RISE ABOVE
TRY AND STOP WHAT WE DO
RISE ABOVE
WHEN THEY CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES
WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR ABUSE
TRY TO STOP US IT'S NO USE
SOCIETY'S ARMS OF CONTROL
RISE ABOVE
WE'RE GONNA RISE ABOVE
THINK THEY'RE SMART
CAN'T THINK FOR THEMSELVES
RISE ABOVE
WE'RE GONNA RISE ABOVE
LAUGH AT US
BEHIND OUR BACKS
I FIND SATISFACTION
IN WHAT THEY LACK
WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR ABUSE
TRY TO STOP US IT'S NO USE
WE ARE BORN WITH A CHANCE
RISE ABOVE
WE'RE GONNA RISE ABOVE
I AM GONNA HAVE MY CHANCE
RISE ABOVE
WE'RE GONNA RISE ABOVE
WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR ABUSE
TRY TO STOP US IT'S NO USE
RISE ABOVE
RISE ABOVE
RISE ABOVE
WE'RE GONNA RISE ABOVE
WE'RE GONNA RISE ABOVE
WE'RE GONNA RISE ABOVE




[DEPRESSION-black flag]

RIGHT HERE, ALL BY MYSELF
I AIN'T GOT NO ONE ELSE
THE SITUATION IS BLEEDING ME
THERE'S NO RELIEF FOR A PERSON LIKE ME

DEPRESSION'S GOT A HOLD OF ME
DEPRESSION-I GOTTA BREAK FREE
DEPRESSION'S GOT A HOLD OF ME
DEPRESSION'S GONNA KILL ME

I AIN'T GOT NO FRIENDS TO CALL MY OWN
I JUST SIT HERE ALL ALONE
THERE'S NO GIRLS THAT WANT TO TOUCH ME
I DON'T NEED YOUR GODDAMN SYMPATHY

DEPRESSION'S GOT A HOLD OF ME
DEPRESSION-I GOTTA BREAK FREE
DEPRESSION'S GOT A HOLD OF ME
DEPRESSION'S GONNA KILL ME EVERYBODY JUST GET AWAY
I'M GONNA BOIL OVER INSIDE TODAY
THEY SAY THINGS ARE GONNA GET BETTER
ALL I KNOW IS THEY FUCKIN' BETTER
DEPRESSION'S GOT A HOLD OF ME
DEPRESSION-I GOTTA BREAK FREE
DEPRESSION'S GOT A HOLD OF ME
DEPRESSION'S GONNA KILL ME
DEPRESSION'S GOT A HOLD OF ME
DEPRESSION-I GOTTA BREAK FREE
DEPRESSION'S GOT A HOLD OF ME
DEPRESSION'S GONNA KILL ME



[STUPID KID-alkaline trio]

There are things that used to make me smile
One of them was you for just a little while
You left me for dead so far away
I replaced you with fear and shame
You'll be happy on the day I die
There are things that used to make me laugh
But now they're deeply buried in the past
I left them there so far away
Replaced my humor with my pain
I'll be happy on the day it dies
Remember when I said I love you
Well forget it I take it back
I was just a stupid kid back then
I take back every word that I said
There are things that used to make you cry
One of them was me for just a little while
Why is it that you had to say
Goodbye in your special way
You slashed the tires on my car




[UNTITLED-social distortion]

I'm heading down a lonely highway
I'm runnin' down a one way street
All I wanna know are you going my way?
Is there someplace quiet where we can meet?
And friends they come and friends they go
But you were always by my side
And where it all ends I don't know
Don't cry no more just hold on tight
There was a time when I was desperate
Living in a town without a name
And when things got so dark and desolate
You taught me how to hide my shame
And kings and queens and millionaires
May never know what I have known
And think the stars I'm the lucky one
Thanks for the lessons that I've been shown
Chorus:
I fel rich, I feel power and security
And when I'm weak you are strong
Once in a lifetime, twice in eternity and guess what?
Nothing else matters anyway



[DEAR LOVER-social distortion]

Loving, over and over again
It ain't nothing girl, til you've felt the pain
Up against the wall, why does love always hurt?
Your scratches run across my back and then a tear
Chorus:
Dear lover, I can't take the pain no more
Dear lover, I pick my heart up from the floor
Dear lover, I can't believe its come to this
Dear lover, give me one last painful kiss
There ain't nothin in this world for free now
So how high of a price will you pay?
Hear the screams so loud, wake up to the broken glass
Its a scene from bad to worse and then more tears
Chorus:Dear lover, I can't take the pain no more
Dear lover, I pick my heart up from the floor
Dear lover, I can't believe its come to this
Dear lover, give me one last painful kiss



[PERFECT GOVERNMENT-nofx]

even if it's easy to be free
what's your definition of freedom?
And who the fuck are you, anyway?
Who the fuck are they?
Who the fuck am I to say?
What the fuck is really going on?
How did the cat get so fat?
Why does the family die?
Do you care why?
'Cause there hasn't been a sign
of anything gettin' better
in the ghetto
people's fed up
but when they get up
you point you're fuckin' finger
you racist, you bigot
that's not the problem, now is it?



[SO MUCH FOR THE AFTERGLOW-everclear]

this is a song about susan
this is a song about the girl next door
this is a song about the everyday occurrences
that make me feel like letting go
yes i think we got a problem
so much for the afterglow
this is a song about susan
this is a song about the way things are
this is a song about the scary things
you see from the corner of your eyes
don't you wonder why?
we never talk about the future
we never talk about the past anymore
we never ask ourselves the questions
to the answers that nobody
even wants to know
i guess the honeymoon is over
so much for the afterglow i remember we could talk about anything
i remember when we used to want to hangout
i remember we could talk about anything
i remember when we used to want to hangout
i remember we could talk about anything
i remember when we used to want to hangout
i remember when we used to want to hangout
i remember we could talk about anything
i remember i remember i remember
we never talk about the future
we never talk about the past anymore
we never ask ourselves the questions
to the answers that nobody needs to know
oh well oh well oh well
so much for the afterglow
oh well oh well oh well
so much for the afterglow
oh well oh well oh well oh well
yes i guess we need the drama
(so much for the afterglow)



[PUNKS NOT DEAD-the exploited]

Said so near the punk is dead
Here was you a modern tend.(of tendention)
Don't let it losing don't any worse
and all cruise up tha the punk is dead
Punk's not dead at all *4
We're all punks and we don't care
That was price to do out here
Blow the trapist in the face
with about tone of noise



[ALWAYS HATE HIPPIES-nofx]

You are a hippie
You smell like skunk
I'm your arch-enemy
A middle class punk
Get out
Get a life
Get a job
Everyone's smoking grass
Everyone is an ass
Can't you afford to cut your hair?
Cause Frank and I will cut it off for free
Never trust a hippie
They'll sell you bad drugs



[IN LOVE THIS WAY-the descendants]

i'm lonely today,
won't you come out to play
when i'm with you all the world goes away
your smile and your eyes,
they keep me alive
your voice is a bell that massages my mind
and it makes me wonder
and it makes me sad
and it makes me nervous
and it makes me oh-so-mad
because i think about you every night and day
and when i could have asked, i let it slip away
i've got to get to know you,
but i'm so afraid
well it's so hard to be a friend
and be in love this way
oh talk to me please,
you've brought me to my knees
only your words melt my twenty year freeze
i've known you so long,
i've known you all along
but suddenly my thoughts of you have been so strong
because i wonder if i'm more than just a friend
did i really see a fire - or just inside my head
sometimes i know you just want me to go away
well it's so hard to be a friend
and be in love this way
karen, may i see your blue eyes
karen, may i tell you tonight
that it makes me wonder . . .






[JEHOVAH'S WITNESS-blanks77]

here they come knocking at my door
don't wanna hear it,
can't take it no more
i'm still sleeping,
can't you see jehovahs witness, bothering me
we don't want no pamphlets
no donation from me,
you brainwashed tons o' people but you'll never fool me
get your hand outta the collection plate!
save that for the god you create!
chapels are made of silver and gold
your teaching is a scam for the money you hold
why can't people just think for themselves
organized religion's a joke believe what they say,
don't question the word
i can't take it no more!
you drink his blood and eat his flesh
sounds pretty sick to me
why don't you just shut your mouth
why don't you just let me be!






[STICK THE FUCKING FLAG UP YOUR GODDAM ASS, YOU SONOFABITCH-propagandhi]

my father told me
"son, it's futile to resist,
you can topple ideology
but not the armies they enlist."
i questioned the intentions of the boy scouts chanting war.
"well that's the sound of freedom, son" he said.
(free to say no more.)
but wait a minute dad, did you actually say freedom?
well, if you're dumb enough to vote,
you're fuckin dumb enough to believe him.
cuz if this country is so goddamn free,
then i can burn your fucking flag wherever
i damn well please.
i carried their anthem, convinces it was mine.
rhymeless, unreasoned conjecture kept me in line.
but then i stood back and wondered what the fuck had they done to me.
made accomplice to all that i'd promised
i would never fucking be. never be.
you carry their anthem convinces that it's yours.
invitation to honor.
invitation to war.
better midler now assumes sainthood.
romanticize murder for moral.
tie a yellow ribbon round the oak tree my friend,
and "gee wally,
that's swell!"
fuck the troops to hell!





[BROKEN PROMISE RING-the ataris]

i really wanna call you, but i know that it's not right. i probably shouldn't tell you but i dreamed of you last night. i guess i'm not
prepared to say... goodbye, so long, farewell, i won't be seeing you again until next time that he goes away. you told me that
you loved me, i started tearing down those walls. i really started to trust you but you set me up to take the fall. i guess i'm not
prepared to say... goodbye, so long, farewell, i won't be seeing you again until next time that he goes away. i guess that i'm
wrong for falling in love, but you're still the one that i'm dreaming of. i guess that it's you i want to hold onto, but you're holding
onto someone else.





[CARVE YOUR INTIALS IN MY HEART-the parasites]

Oh I've been waiting for a long, long time. I'm feeling worse than I could feel. Always the wrong place at the wrong time but, this time I know that it's for real. When you talk I don't know what to say. But I think that I will be OK if I carve your initials in my heart. And I know it helps when things get rough. your picture's not enough so I will carve your initials in my heart. And find the best way that I can, to make sure you begin to understand. So many thoughts are swimming 'round my head. I sometimes wish that I would drown. Or maybe think of something else instead. But that would only bring me down. So I'll take a knife and hold it steady. 'Cause I know that I'm more than ready to carve your initials in my heart. I'll hold my pillow to my head. Until it's you instead then I will carve your initials in my heart. And I don't care how much it hurts, 'cause me here without you is even worse. I really love you and I always will. For you will always be around. And if it takes some time I'll wait until, until the stars come crashing down. It gets so lonely when there's no one else. I've done the best that I can do. And so I'll sit right here beside myself. Until I'm sitting beside you. And I'd give it all up in a minute. If I had a life and you were in it. I'll carve your initials in my heart. I'll hold my pillow to my head. Until it's you instead then I will carve your initials in my heart. And dream about the day that you cut my initials into your heart too.






[MXPX-tomorrow's another day]


I don't want to let my life fly by
Do you ever stop-- Stop to wonder why?
Time flies by when everything is okay
It just turns out that life ain't that way
Big decisions overwhelm me
And I know nothing's free
When I don't think of, think about much
People die and we don't know why
I could use some understanding
Human contact
Sign that contract
I don't want to let my life fly by
Did you ever stop to wonder why?
Ever stop to wonder wonder why?
Well time stands still
When no one understands you
And you don't quite understand yourself
Just know this that God is faithful
Even if you don't have faith yourself
There's nothing quite like being sure of what's inside your heart
It's mostly simple, but not so easy
To know just where to start
I don't want to let my life fly by
Did you ever stop to wonder why?
Ever stop to wonder wonder why?
Today didn't have to be this way
Tomorrow is another day
Another chance to make things right
A chance to make sense of last night
Today didn't have to be this way
Tomorrow is another day
Another chance to make things right
A chance to fully live your life
Only I don't want to
I don't want to
I don't want to
You don't want to
I don't want to
I don't want to
I don't want to
You don't want to
You don't want to
You don't want to






[MXPX-the final slowdance]

Taking all the space up in my head
With all the things that we could do
And all the things that could be said
It's hard for me to try and understand
The way I feel about you
And the way it made me feel to hold your hand
Am I running out of time?
Or am I at the starting line?
I know I missed the mark
And I just need some sort of sign
My words don't come out easily
So I will tell you honestly
No one wants to spend eternity alone
(repeat from beginning)






[MXPX-cold and all alone]


I know I'm mean, but I'm real sorry
I didn't mean to make you cry
I feel so bad, by then it's too late
You're hurt, I'm mad
Is this goodbye?
(2x)
I've dug down far too deep now
I've dug down far I'm losing sleep
You know it's hard
You know I'm trying
To understand
To do what's right
I don't like to see you crying
I don't like it when we fight
I've dug down far too deep now
I've dug down deep I'm losing
Cold and all alone
Out there on your own
Cold and all alone
Living on your own
I've dug down far too deep now
I've dug down far I'm losing sleep