also known as - allegra geller
omaha (black coffee) (lyrics by jeremy)
i can wash these sheets in bleach and drown my beliefs in liquor
i'm still going to miss her that's for sure
she's selfish and she is spoiled
this machine is oiled but it still breaks
i keep on trying to fix it cause she's my world
now there's nothing to fucking eat and i wouldn't even if there was
i'm way too busy placing odds
it's five to one says she'll come back
but what do i do when i lose this bet
can i keep on blaming myself for what we've become?
i didn't want this anyway
it was just something clever to say
something to make friends laugh
get my parent off my back
it's just a song i heard them play
we decided not to get drunk in omaha
i knew that i'd call you and live out the lines of someone else's songs
in the morning i took off my cursive shirt
i didn't know what to sing but i knew it was time to write songs of my own
i wanna take ecstasy
i wanna meet a suicide girl
i want anything that keeps me from missing her
i didn't want this anyway
it was just something clever to say
something to make friends laugh
get my parent off my back
it's just a song i heard them play
we decided not to get drunk in omaha
i knew that i'd call you and live out the lines of someone else's songs
andrew ridgeley (lyrics by george)
pretty-boy on my cassette sleeves
didn't make it to my cd's
i hear you're surfing in the south of england
living off royalties
poster-boy for pop savagery
fodder for late-night comedy
forever cast-off as the other guy
exiled in your stone-washed jeans
people can be so cruel when they're through with you
pretty-boy on my cassette sleeves
didn't make it to my cd's
the road to hell is paved with good intentions
at least the drinks are free
people can be so cruel when they're through with you
whoever loved that loved not at first sight (lyrics by jeremy)
do you remember me, i gave you a heart
and the sound of the bugs outside
and the cars and i'm ready to start
all these bottles are memories i don't want anymore
so i'm taking out the trash then i'm bringing you home
cause you're waterproof
i wanna take drugs with you
i wanna take drugs with you
i wanna lose control with you
i wanna take drugs with you
cause i'm not afraid of you
please don't disappear now that i've found you here
i sang out, "they took the gold"
but they moved it to another coast and you're my proof
i wanna take drugs with you
i wanna take drugs with you
i wanna lose control with you
i wanna take drugs with you
cause i'm not afraid of you
a delay in you (lyrics by jeremy)
i'm watching you while you're looking - you're looking at her
you're thinking she's pathetic while i'm thinking you're fucking evil
you took the girl from the suburbs
you lured her in with your clever verse
praised her like the holy virgin then turned her out like a common whore
she's exposed
she is broken
leave her alone
i'll take you on just leave her to ruin
i've heard all your protests
they're not quite songs but they're stuck in my head
you think you've got it bad - well i think you must have gone blind
you took the good from the goldmine
locked it up in a cage of clever lies
pushed her to find her own life
then turned around and asked her to be your wife
you're exposed
lost control
so leave her alone
she'll take you on and leave you in ruin
everything she said was true
everything she didn't say a lie
she never said she didn't love you
she just said it was time to say goodbye
we've been kissing goodbye since we began (lyrics by george)
listen to my hands
they reach beyond my head
to express what i can't begin to say
we've been kissing goodbye since we began
i can't help but surmise you'll become vegetarian
'cause you're perfect and i'm gone
we've been kissing goodbye since we began
i can't help but surmise we'll be together again
in a long, long time
for a long, long time
los angeles (acoustic version) (lyrics by jeremy)
these streets remind me of home
mickey mouse and the fashion show
i've always known there was nowhere else for me to go
she comes over and i'm a little less alone
we make out in front of the stereo
while ben sings words that seem too much like our own
the cracks in the pavement cry out
"you don't have to look down at us anymore"
put your eyes straight ahead
smell the salt in the air again and laugh because
this is home, this is home
sun baked streets taste like broken lives
my hearts back east with my spanish sky
she stuck around to make sure that i'd survive
but once i did she turned and left me to die
the cracks in the pavement cry out
"you don't have to look down at us anymore"
put your eyes straight ahead
smell the salt in the air again and laugh because
this is home, this is home