Wee Pick Up Where You Left Off

Relesed: January 1, 2003

Outrageous

Why are you the only one who looks the way you do?
We'll hug like we're friends, you smell like your shampoo.
I can't get you out of my head.
Sometimes I'm better off dead.
But every time it's cold I get homesick to the bone.
The other day I heard that you were home.
And it explains why I'm waitin' by the phone.
Well I'll shake the world upside down.
Just to keep you hangin' around.
Of all the billions I know, why are you the only one so close?
You make my world so small.
But I'm still waiting for your call.
All afternoon
And all night long.
Another smoke.
I'm still waiting for your call&helip;and the phone is by my bed.

Stop

I never felt political.
I never believed in something.
Til I fell in love with you.
The struggle that I won, it took me oh so long,
But now I know what sacrifice is;
All that dirt upon my hands.
Picture us in conversations up all night.
Somebody pissed you off I'll tell you it's alright.
Impressing you has taken it all out of me.
My friends say.
The best way.
Is to just stop everything.
Just stop everything and be yourself.

Cotton

Is someone talking to me? Is something crawling through me?
Digging holes in my brain, deconstructing my frame
Haven't peed for three days, some say I should hydrate
But I won't start the flood, revive my dried-up blood
If we could only leave our bodies, find some place to keep from rotting
Asking me too much of me, hiding out behind the scenes
In the dark corners, wait for morning, in the sun we'll find our glory
Is shaking all night worth the party, next time stop before the heartache
I read the warning label, "DO NOT PLUG-IN UNSTABLE"
I plugged-in anyway, I didn't feel the shock wave
Invited people over to add to the disorder
They filed up in lines, annihilate my plans

Running Time

I used to be so big and strong.
My head grew into my ears, now I don't belong.
Just what the hell am I supposed to do?
Should I stand here wondering and tryin' to act cool?
I'll hang my jacket on the chair.
Hopin' sometime tonight there'll be someone right there.
There's somethin' strange about this place.
That's just a good excuse not to show my face.
And there's nothing that I need to stop.
My legs go our walkin' with my heart up the block.
Eyes glued to the concrete.
Someone that I might meet.
It's somethin' I'm drinkin' too much and I head for the door.
Surround me.
Surround me.

Going, Going

Since you've been gone dear, days seem much longer
Looking for something that I can find nowhere
I curse myself for making all this difference
I thank myself for causing such a fuss--it changes much
Bulldoze my hill into a mountain
Everyday I climb up then roll back down again
My schedule's wide open, opportunity's gone
Can I fill the spaces? I tear out the pages
I'm paid by the hour. Can't punch in my time card.
Four-week vacation and now I'm in the yard
You're nothing like unfair and I wish I'd go there
I'm missing out hard-core. There is no one better.

Em City

Don't you worry about things you can't control.
When you're stuck in this place you've gotta be bold.
Never let your weakness through if you wanna make it out of here.
Whine about me you'll brag about me I'll take it with me and burn it down.

What if?

I could have leaned in, then you'd lean in and I'd be the leader
I could have called you, then you'd get the message and you'd call me later
I could have told you, then you'd tell me that you felt the same
I could have been cool, but I guess I wasn't--I'm just lame
Link arms or join hands, put me in a trance
I won't be the first one for once in romance
Where you put me it's rough, on the edge here it's tough
Push me over or save me, choice easy enough
I would have tagged you, but you'd tag back before I got to base
I would have sat with you, but you would already have saved my place
I would have invited you, but I knew that you're a regular
You would have stood me up and I would have said, "Oh well, the hell with her!"
Just you make the move, I've got nothing to prove
I know we can win and that no one will lose
I hang up to dry, on this here clothesline
Fold me up or wear me just give me a try
I should have had you, didn't take me long to figure this out
It should have scared you, that I've done nothing but sit around
I should have, could have, would have been something, done something, followed
through But haven't you always wanted someone to take the first step toward you
I'm just swimming around, got this hook in my mouth
Reel me in and then later you throw me back out
Roll the dice just to see, take a gamble on me
Do yourself a favor--take one for my team
Say yes or say no, where you put me it's low
I feel like I'm drowning in your undertow
I want nothing else, I'm do-it-yourself
Till you buy me I'll just sit here on the shelf

Extra

They'll take my double any day.
'Cause he's the one who knows what to say.
Or not at all, I keep chasin' that dream.
When I finally find it, it just won't matter anymore.
I'm just a stand-in in my own life.
A movie walk-on. A rubber knife.
You can take my clothes.
You can take my heart.
But I'm not the one who was dead from the start.
Well I left your office the other day.
I combed my hair and I shaved my face.
It was all smiles and handshakes, it went okay.
But when I start to read it,
The trust and the heart went away.

Livertoast

Take off your socks you've kept them on
Turn off the pause been stopped too long
Don't trim your claws they're sharp you've won
Why? Because. Who's growing fond?
How long since lit, burned at the edge
I'll give my gift, recite my pledge
Show me your tits, prove you're clever
Speak not what's writ, pages do tear
I'm still imagining.
Unlock the door I'm in the hall
Save love no more, throw out your thoughts
Plan your own tour, see you next fall
Forget secure (earthquakes and shots)
Improv design, no plans to pave
You don't feel fine, became the slave
Please don't rely or come to take
Am I benign? Is torture fake?
You've got the strangest sting.
Wait till it's late set the alarm
Come up and play--it's not that far
In here we're safe, in our small jar
At least till day escape from harm
I miss you much forget the rest
Long for your touch, we wake up dead
So what's the rush? We haven't met

Strepsils

Well I'm fighting a cold again.
My clock laughs it's half past ten.
But I've gotta get up and I've gotta go to work.
My life in new places seems so far away.
"Take me out tonight," she said.
When all I want is my own bed.
But I've gotta go out.
Or I'll make my friends shout.
About me, so sappy, so lame. So old.
I never understood why we can't have a rest.
Stuck in this no-man's land and both sides are the best.
We've got Peter and Jason and Max for you.
Three punk-ass kids with lots to do.
Take two of these,
Call me in the morning.
As Billie Joe said, "Live life without warning."

High Crime

You took mine and I took yours
We hid them in our chest of drawers
You broke my arm and I broke your skin
You broke the rules and I cheated to win
You asked the judge and I called the cops
They told us both it was none of our faults
Our bodies tangled and no one to blame
No wonder we get off just playing this game
And when there's nothing left, you point at me and you say, "theft"
With my eyes on the ceiling, you accuse me of stealing
I'm stuck inside the cell, how'd you like to bail me out
This goal is hard to tackle, now you're locked up in the shackles
I took my chances, you took my luck
I lost my reason, your fingers got stuck
Slamming the door was my only intention
If I had some gloves I would have some protection
Shrunk in the machine, my sweater's not mine
Thank you, public servants, for wasting my time
Searching in anger to find all the yarn
When you read the papers your feelings get learned
You're kicking me, I'm helpless on the floor and in a ball
If you don't stop it soon I'll give in give my whole life long
The bruises that you gave me are all in the shape of hearts
But they hurt worse than all the others shaped like guns and knives and darts
Well it's a crush and it's a threat

Next Step

I left my bag in the back of a cab.
I've been losin' shit ever since I met you.
Seein' you that night at the bar,
God, you look just like that one I've always pictured.
What's my next step?
What's this process?
And I know how happy you could be
If you just took a second to notice me
Too many "no's" to settle now
With you stuck in my head don't slow down.
I like movin'
I'm right for it.
I got
A place for you.
I'm sick to death.
Of putting up with all the other choices.
Saturday, all day.
I spent it talkin' to myself.
Balancing, all the things
That make what I do right.
Now I can't let it go.
I checked the options and still don't know.
If we'll fly
Hand in hand
Or if I could be the better man.

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