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They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To

Hoobastank

1998 Released
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1

Earthsick

03 : 50

2

Foot in Your Mouth

03 : 14

3

Karma Patrol

03 : 28

4

Stuck Without a Voice

03 : 32

5

Can I Buy You a Drink?

03 : 55

6

Naked Jock Man

03 : 26

7

Our Song

04 : 02

8

The Mirror

03 : 42

9

Educated Fool

03 : 49

10

The Dance That Broke My Jaw

09 : 05

Track Lyrics

Earthsick Lyrics

1 ContributorEarthsick LyricsEarthsick
Rotate your point of view
Concrete surrounds you
It used to be a field where we all played
Suspend your disbelief
This world became a thief
To the beautiful things that flourished in your day
That's why I say
Stop, stop the world I said
Stop, stop, stop the world
Because I want to get off
Want to get off
Want to get off
It's making me earthsick
Substitute what is now for what had used to be
Old or new, everybody's got to pick
It's making me earthsick
My head keeps spinning
Progress is winning
I don't recognize the place where I grew up
This is no fantasy
The ground beneath your feet
Will soon be a store with things that you don't need
That's why I plead

Foot in Your Mouth Lyrics

1 ContributorFoot In Your Mouth LyricsI recognize that typical, synical
Smile you wear in the front row
I can hear you tellin everyone 'bout the other show
You're the one with all of the friends
But none are real 'cause your a hypocrite
Just remember that you did it yourself, and you wonder how...
Just don't stick your foot in your mouth
You never thought before you spoke!
You tell me what i wanna hear
Turn around and tell another
Who you think you know
Did you really think it wouldn't get back to me?
Fabrications that you spun so well...
Always ready with a tabloid story to tell
So don't complain to me, shut your mouth and go quietly...
Cause it didn't have to be this way and you wonder how...
Just don't stick your foot in your mouth!
Didn't have to be this way...
You tell me what i wanna hear
Turn around and tell another
Who you think you know
But no one cares what you wanna say
Don't bug me or any other
Just shut your mouth and go!
How could you live with yourself?
Knowing all the lies that you tell
How could you live with yourself?
I know what you want and what you'll do
To get your foot in the door or to just break through but
You're never gonna get to where you want right now...
CAUSE YOU STICK YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH!
All you have to do is change...
You tell me what i wanna hear
Turn around and tell another
Who you think you know
But no one cares what you wanna say
Don't bug me or any other
Just shut your mouth and go!

Karma Patrol Lyrics

1 ContributorKarma Patrol LyricsStolen a bike, take it for a ride
Commit a crime, thought you got away
Pick on a kid, only half the size
Karma Patrol's gonna set it straight
Who's to say what's coming or going?
They're the ones who call the shots
And endless search for those who've not
Paid for their delinquent way
Cause personal catastrophes
There's a saying
A little better one than the previous
When you're mischievous
You'll get what you deserve
And it's a beautiful thing
All the liquid coming out the gutter cause
What's done is done
I can't change the past
Karma Patrol is gonna get me (last)
Something happened just the other day
You helped another from another
But there's nothing coming back your way
Nobody said that life was fair
So lift your head and understand
That doing good is fine
But don't expect to find your plate full
Because the Karma Patrol is blind to the fact
Except that no one's perfect all the time
Raining down, walking home
When they come, you will know
All looks good, mind your way
Now you're going to pay
(Better watch your back cause)
They've got a target on you
No matter what you do
And the water will come down
So jump to the side
Or you'll get soaked straight through
To the bone
That's what they've shown
They have no preference for the good or the evil
But I just know one day
They'll be coming my way

Stuck Without a Voice Lyrics

1 ContributorStuck Without A Voice LyricsIn just a minute
There's something here that was not here before
Clearheaded but confused
Because I thought that it would help me choose between
What I want and what I should
But I always end up playing the game
'cause I don't want that feeling inside of me
To get stuck without a voice
Then I have no choice
And I wonder
Is she the answer
To the feeling that's trapped inside of me
Can I touch her?
Why should I bother?
When all is said and done
Is she the one to answer my question?
And so I'm forced to ponder
The waiting's getting longer
The feeling eats at me
Intensity increases until I
Am bound to what they say
I will not play this game
'cause I don't want that feeling inside of me
To get stuck without a voice
Then I have no choice
And I wonder
Is she the answer
To the feeling that's trapped inside of me
Can I touch her?
Why should I bother?
When all is said and done
Is she the one to answer my question?
I don't want that feeling inside of me
Get stuck without a voice
Then I have no choice
And I wonder
Is she the answer
To the feeling that's trapped inside of me?
Can I touch her?
Why should I bother?
When all is said and done
Is she the one to answer my question?

Can I Buy You a Drink? Lyrics

1 ContributorCan I Buy You a Drink? LyricsOnce two individuals walk in a room
One likes the other
But he doesn't know what to do
He'd better figure out his plan so...
If he succeeds
He'll get what he needs
So he builds up with the nerve to go
And talk to the girl that he's been burning for
And he says, with a slightly boyish grin
"I know that this sounds weird but you've just got to hear"
"I've got this fantasy
Just between you and me
Where we can spend the night and all of the day
Doing all the things I just can't say
And in my fantasy
Your kiss is heavenly
So I'm trying to figure out any possible way
To make my fantasy come true one day"
She politely denies his invitation
Just then another one hits the floor
One down and one to go
This time he must be smooth or he'll be pulling rude
So he says
"Please, can I just buy you a drink
And I'll show you
That I'll do anything for one kiss
But before let me tell you this:"
"I've got this fantasy
Just between you and me
Where we can spend the night and all of the day
Doing all the things I just can't say
And in my fantasy
Your kiss is heavenly
So im trying to figure out any possible way
To make my fantasy come true one day...
Come true one day"
Come true one day... come true one day...
Yeah yeah yeah
"I've got this fantasy
Just between you and me
Where we can spend the night and all of the day
Doing all the things I just can't say
And in my fantasy
Your kiss is heavenly
So I'm trying to figure out any possible way
To make my fantasy come true one day...
Come true one day... come true one day... true one day
Come true one day"

Naked Jock Man Lyrics

1 ContributorNaked Jock Man LyricsNaked Jock Man
Me and my friends kickin' in the household
Tryin' to figure out thoughts start to unfold
Nothing to do or see I can't understand
Combine all our thoughts to come up with a plan
Car alarm system too expensive to buy
But not if you're gonna hire this guy
With a helmet on his head and a club in his hand
Cock in sock, it's the naked jock man
Naked, Naked, Naked, Jock
Naked, Naked, Naked, Man
Tall dark man going to break into my car
With Naked Jock Man he ain't gonna get far
Car alarm sounds, trunk lifts up
He jumps to the ground
What the fuck's that?
I can hear him scream in fright
Naked Jock Man just ruined his night
You can run, you can hide, just turn yourself in
Cause he'll get you in the end
He's the Naked Jock Man
And he's after Dan
Naked Jock Man
R-Y-A-N
Now months have passed since the birth of the jock man
Sally Jesse Raphael and David Letterman
Want the jock man to show his face
He's the next bitch on Melrose Place
Naked Jock Man was just a big joke
Now you'll see his ass on all the talk shows
The people want to know
They're willing to die
Who the fuck is that guy?

Our Song Lyrics

1 ContributorOur Song LyricsOur Song
For some reason
We've had the same dreams and acted on our own
Now look where we are
And the times we don't get along
Have only made us strong
I know we all will say
It was worth the pain
When we'll all be gathered around
Knowing the love that we gave's not a waste
You know they will know it's true
And when the day when we'll all be gathered around comes
And I know it's not far away I hope
We will know
And still today I wonder how it all became like this
As if drawn by unseen force
We arrived
In one specific place
For all our dreams to chase
And although we did not show
I think we all did know

The Mirror Lyrics

2 ContributorsThe Mirror LyricsIs it shame?
Is it greed?
Is it something that I need?
To make me feel so strong to the other ones
Is it real?
Is it true?
All the trouble I go through
Is it just a way, to show
(Trying so hard, but still I get nothing)
That I don't have the strength to show
But the mirror will always know
I've got to let go
Is it them?
Is it me?
I'm just too occupied to see
Afraid to look within to the real one
Can it be that I am scared
To share the parts I've never shared?
Or is it just a way, to show
(Trying so hard, but still I get nothing)
You won't get inside my head cause I won't let you go
To see that I'm crying out for you to
Know what I want to say
I've got to let you know
That I want to say
I've just got to tell you

Educated Fool Lyrics

2 ContributorsEducated Fool LyricsAs I roll over in my bed, the same old thoughts run through my head
What are you getting up for
I look outside, the night still rules, an incarcerated fool
And my prison cell is school
So I open the door to my new day, bad thoughts should go away
But the morning is so grey
How am I supposed to understand a word they're going to say?
My mind's just not awake
Today's the day I break away from this life of monotony
And I arrive and kick my way to class, sit down
Head down on the fake wood
Instructor starts to speak about the time when man was ape
And though I'm trying really hard, my mind won't cooperate
It tells me where I should be, in the sun where life is carefree
That's when I say, can I just go away and learn some other day?
Cause I can't live by the rules established by the school
An educated fool
People always say to me, go to school so you can be
Listen hard and fill your mind's potential, or lack there of
But sometimes I'm not in class just cause that I will not pass
He walks around and stops at me, my letter comes after "E"
A, D, doesn't matter much to me
A, D, doesn't say shit about me
A, D, doesn't matter much to me
Cause A or D is not me....

The Dance That Broke My Jaw Lyrics

2 ContributorsThe Dance That Broke My Jaw LyricsHey man, I saw you standing there
You were bobbing your head to the beat as your fists start to clinch
Oh so tight
"No Fear" in your eyes, and also on your shirt (and hat and pants)
It's your turn to show tonight, do your best to start a fight
Show us all that you can dance with your elbows and your hands
(Dancing with friends, keeping the peace, if you didn't know I'm being
Sarcastic)
When you feel the crowd start to move
Please try to resist the urge that you get
Try not to get upset and sock your neighbor right in the face
I know that coach meant well
But what's a dance to you is a fight to someone else
Keep your anger aside, kick back, enjoy the ride
And think how it could be if you showed some courtesy
Your hostility, it grows so easily
You're the next victim of the dance that broke my jaw
Please don't get near
You're the next victim of the dance that broke my jaw
Have some more beer, "No Fear Gear" is what you wear
Just because the music begins
Does not always mean a wrestling scene from WWF
Breaks out right to my left
And I got a ringside ticket
I'll challenge you or anyone anywhere
Sometimes I just want the football thrown in
Let the football game begin
And then say to myself as I think of someone else
That's not what we came here for, we'll take no more
What's going through your head?
To the point that someone is dead
Keep it up and you're out of here, you're out of here
And when you're outside by yourself and sitting all alone
Keep your head down
Cause we're the ones that warned you
You're the next victim of the dance that broke my jaw
Please don't get near
You're the next victim of the dance that broke my jaw
Can't we just be friends in here?
Go drink some more beer
Kick your neighbor's rear
Elbow to my ear
Can't we just be friends in here?
I was dancing by myself, and bothering no one else
When suddenly I was encountered by the beast
I ask so politely, "please just let me be"
But the next thing I remember, I'm staring at the ceiling
Someone please, help me call security
Was on my feet, but now I'm on the floor
That shithead doesn't show respect to me or to you
So now he's out the door
Not gonna hurt us anymore
That dance floor is free of hostility
And I'm so glad he's gone
It's our turn to have fun
My message was clear, "We're all friends in here"
But we're not allowed to do the dance that broke my jaw
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