My Private Nation
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Calling All Angels
04 : 00
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All American Girl
03 : 16
3
When I Look to the Sky
04 : 02
4
Save the Day
04 : 03
5
My Private Nation
03 : 20
6
Get to Me
04 : 04
7
Counting Airplanes
04 : 19
8
Following Rita
03 : 43
9
Your Every Color
04 : 25
10
Lincoln Avenue
03 : 35
11
I'm About to Come Alive
04 : 05
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Track Lyrics
All American Girl Lyrics
[Verse 1]
To be that good, it must be taxing
No such thing as satisfaction
You're making things happen while I'm relaxing
Like a Sunday afternoon
My dad used to tell me I was lazy
I got dance moves like Patrick Swayze
I'm the left over turkey for the world's mayonnaisey
The star next to the moon
[Chorus 1]
Now I know I'm just here to amuse you
And I don't mean to abuse you
But if I could just use you one time
[Chorus 2]
Tell me what it's like
To be the queen of it all
The Neiman Marcus of the Mall
And tell me what it's like to be the one and only
All American Girl
[Verse 2]
Now I never had a supernatural feelin'
Not to mention a sexual healin'
But every now and then I get to the kneelin'
To thank him for it all
But you probably got some inside connection
So many numbers that you gotta rolodex them
So much muscle that you never gotta flex them
To catch you when you fall
[Chorus 1]
And I know I'm just here to amuse you
And I don't mean to confuse you
But if I could just use you one more time
[Chorus 2]
Tell me what it's like to be the house on the hill
The number one diet pill
And tell me what it's like to be the one and only
All American Girl
[Verse 3]
Now I bet you won't say you get crazy
Or that you don't shave your legs
When you're lazy
Or that you're just like everybody else in the world
You just got lucky, that's all
[Pre-Chorus 3]
And I know you're not here to amuse me
But you sure know how to confuse me
So if I could just ask you once again
[Chorus 2]
To tell me what it's like to be a star on the rise
A breakfast cereal prize
And tell me what it's like to be the one and only
All American Girl
The All American Girl
The all amazing crazy girl
When I Look to the Sky Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When it rains, it pours and opens doors
And floods the floors we thought would always
Keep us safe and dry
And in the midst of sailing ships
We sink our lips into the ones we love
That have to say goodbye
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And as I float along this ocean
I can feel you like a notion that won't seem to let me go
[Chorus]
And when I look to the sky
Something tells me you're here with me
And you make everything alright
And when I feel like I'm lost
Something tells me you're here with me
And I can always find my way when you are here
[Verse 2]
And every word I didn't say
That caught up in some busy day
And every dance on the kitchen floor we didn't have before
And every sunset that we'll miss
I'll wrap them all up in a kiss
And pick you up in all of this when I sail away
[Pre-Chorus 2]
While I float upon this ocean
I can feel you like a notion that I hope will never leave
[Chorus]
'Cause when I look to the sky
Something tells me you're here with me
And you make everything alright
And when I feel like I'm lost
Something tells me you're here with me
And I can always find my way
[Verse 3]
Whether I am up or down
Or in or out or just plane overhead
Instead, it feels like it's impossible to fly
But with you, I can spread my wings
To see me over everything
That life may send me when I am hoping
It won't pass me by
[Pre-Chorus 3]
And when I feel like there is no one
That will ever know me
There you are to show me
[Chorus]
When I look to the sky
Something tells me you're here with me
And you make everything alright, when you are here
And when I feel like I'm lost
Something tells me that you're right here next to me
And I can always find my way when you are here
[Outro]
And I can always find my way
Save the Day Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Ten pounds too much to the naked eye
I don't take the bus because she drives
Watermelon lipstick, and way too much
She got buttermilk smile and a thorny touch
Street smart, like a Courtney Love
Can't get enough Hollywood stories of
Anybody famous that can make her feel
Like they're all kinda friends in a way
No best friend, well one but she's crazy
Grew up to end up a Professor of lazy
The last of six kids that all left town
Seems nobody ever wanted them around
But she's cool like a soda can sittin' on ice
Always orders sushi, only eats the rice
Talks about J Lo like they're best of friends
I think she loves me, but it all depends
[Chorus]
Hey baby, I don't want to be your Superman
I just want to be your man and I'll be super, baby
You'll be standing in the sunshine
I'll be standing right here in the rain
You save me and I will save the day
[Verse 2]
I got a sweet gig raking in the cash with karaoke
I get the crowd going when I sing the hokey pokey
I shake it to the left
And then I shake it to the right
What's not to love, man I'm on tonight
I got the LA stylie with the New York trim
Keep my pants so low
It's like I'm going for a swim
I got the Coppertone tan, like in Mexico
Well, not now but when I go, yea
[Chorus]
Hey baby, I don't want to be your Superman
I just want to be your man and I'll be super, baby
You'll be standing in the sunshine
I'll be standing right here in the rain
You save me and I will save the day
You save me and I will save the day
[Bridge]
I know you don't see me like a movie star
And it can't help much that I don't have no car
But you're my favorite thing, by far
That's got to count for something
[Outro]
Hey baby, I don't want to be your Superman
I just wanna be your man and I'll be super, baby
And I can give you what you already gave me
A little bity old stuff to amaze me
You save me and I will save the day
Hey baby, I don't want to be your Superman
I just want to be your man and I'll be super, baby
You'll be standing in the sunshine
I'll be standing right here in the rain
You save me and I will save the day
You save me and I will save the day
You save me and I will save the day
You save me and I will save the day
You save me and I will save the day
My Private Nation Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Why you gotta treat me like I'm a low down dirty
Climbin' up on thirty
'Dress like a kid to make me feel young' punk
And talk junk
You musta fell out of your bunk
And smacked your head
Or your face or somethin'
[Chorus]
I don't need nobody flyin' in my jet stream
Take the bus
Go on and get yourself your own dream
Cuz this is my own life keepin' me down
Where I wanna be in my private nation
I'm alone all thinkin' life's a phone call
Here for just a while when in my private nation
You can ride or you can go
[Verse 2]
Why you gonna step on shoes
When you don't know whose been in 'em
Have you ever been more than a bump
On a rock that likes to roll
In the middle of a soup bowl in the sky
Use your eyes
It's all you got till you die
[Chorus]
I don't need nobody flyin' in my jet stream
Take the bus
Go on and get yourself your own dream
Cuz this is my own life keepin' me down
Where I wanna be in my private nation
I'm alone all thinkin' life's a phone call
Here for just a while when in my private nation
You can ride or you can go
[Bridge]
You can ride on, it ain't free
Leave a light on, so you can see
How to get back when you go
How to get, how to give
How to make ends meet
How to lose, how to win
How to stay on the seat
How to use momentum make the two wheels straight
How to wait after it feels like you waited so long
[Chorus]
I don't need nobody flyin' in my jet stream
Take the bus
Go on and get yourself your own dream
Cuz this is my own life keepin' me down
Where I wanna be in my private nation
I'm alone all thinkin' life's a phone call
Here for just a while when in my private nation, yeah
[Outro]
This is my own life keepin' me down
Where I wanna be in my generation, yeah
I'm alone all thinkin life's a phone call
Here for just a while when in my private nation
You can ride on, it ain't free (It ain't free)
Leave a light on, so you can see
How to get back
Get to Me Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well an airplane's faster than a Cadillac
And a whole lot smoother than a camel's back
But I don't care how you get to me
Just get to me
Parasail or first class mail
Get on the back of a Nightingale
Just get to me I don't care just get to me
Prokeds, mopeds take a limousine instead
They ain't cheap but they're easy to find
Get on the highway point yourself my way
Take a roller coaster that comes in sideways
Just get to me - yeah
[Chorus]
Go on hitch a ride on the back
Of a butterfly
There's no better way to fly
To get to me
I look around at what I got
And without you, it ain't a lot
But I got everything, with you, everything
[Verse 2]
Maybe you could pollinate over the
Golden Gate
Take a left hand turn at the corner
Of Haight
And then a sharp right
At the first street light
And get yourself on a motor bike
And if you think you'll get stuck in a
Traffic jam
That's fine, send yourself through a telephone line
It doesn't matter how you get to me
Just get to me
[Chorus]
Go on hitch a ride on the back
Of a butterfly
There's no better way to fly
To get to me
I look around at what I got
And without you, it ain't a lot
But I got everything, with you, everything
[Verse 3]
Cause after every day
The wind blows the night time my way
And I imagine that you are
Above me like a star
And you keep on glowing
And you keep on showing me the way
Shine, Shine, Shine
[Chorus]
Go on hitch a ride on the back
Of a butterfly
There's no better way to fly
To get to me
I look around at what I got
And without you, it ain't a lot
But I got everything, with you, everything
Go on hitch a ride on the back
Of a butterfly
There's no better way to fly
To get to me
I look around at what I got
And without you, it ain't a lot
But I got everything, with you, everything
[Outro]
And I got everything, with you, everything
And I got everything, with you, everything
Counting Airplanes Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I put ketchup on my scrambled eggs
And everybody thinks it's funny
I don't get mad
I don't laugh cause you don't shave your legs
But everybody thinks it's funny
No need to get mad
I don't spend my time with anyone
Who doesn't think I'm wonderful
Or somewhat cash refundable at times
[Chorus]
Now I'm out here counting airplanes
Trying to make sense of the change
And I don't wanna be just anybody
So don't try to figure me out
I won't try to figure you out
I don't wanna be some average anybody
[Verse 2]
Now I got friends that ride into the storm
And ride out of the storm with nothing
They rode into the storm with
And there seems to be a price for everything
You get what you pay for then you pay for
What you already thought you bought before
[Chorus]
Now I'm out here counting airplanes
Trying to make sense of the change
And I don't wanna be just anybody
So don't try to figure me out
I won't try to figure you out
I don't wanna be some average anybody
[Bridge]
When you're up between the new skyline
The city lights and the warm sunshine
It's a long way down
When you can count on one hand what you love
And can count on who you love to help you on your long way down
[Outro]
Well you end up counting airplanes
Trying to keep up with these changes
I don't wanna be with anybody else
So don't try to figure me out
I won't try to figure you out
I don't wanna be some average anybody
Yeah Heah
I don't wanna be with anybody else
When you're up between the new sky line
The city lights and the warm sunshine
It's a long way down
It's a long way down
It's a long way down
Lincoln Avenue Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Well I guess this is where I left my life
And all its operations
And I know that I will never get this twice
With all negotiations
This feels like the place between what is and might have been
So I guess this is where we both find out
If this was meant to be
[Chorus]
And I'll tell myself, I don't need you
I'll tell myself enough to get me through
But I'll finally show you how I should have been being with you every day
If you can take a little more
[Verse 2]
Now it takes me back to times on Lincoln Avenue
When you said you'd never get tired of the boy
That seemed to be so far from growing up
But we were different then
This feels like the place between being ready and being in the way
[Chorus]
And I'll tell myself, I don't need you
I'll tell myself enough to get me through
But I'll finally show you how I should have been being with you every day
If you can take a little more
[Bridge]
This feels like the time that I'm ready for you
Are you ready for me
'Cause I'll tell myself I'll make it through
I'll tell myself anything to get over you
[Outro]
And I won't blame you but I'm finally ready to show you
That I'm ready to show you, I'm ready to show you, yeah
I'll tell myself that I never needed anybody anyway, but anyway
I need you
I need you now
I need you now
I'm ready now
I'm About to Come Alive Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I can hear you downstairs crying on the phone
Telling someone that I'm here but you still feel all alone
Maybe we were too young
Goodbye, I've gotta go
I can hear the baby waking up
Got to get back to the life I know
I should have never believed him
Maybe I should just leave him
[Chorus]
Maybe I'm not but you're all I got left to believe in
Don't give up on me
I'm about to come alive
And I know that it's been hard
And it's been a long time coming
Don't give up on me
I'm about to come alive
[Verse 2]
No one thought I was good enough for you
Except for you
Don't let them be right
After all that we've been through
'Cause somewhere over that rainbow
There's a place for me
A place with you
[Chorus]
Maybe I'm not but you're all I got left to believe in
Don't give up on me
I'm about to come alive
And I know that it's been hard
And it's been a long time coming
Don't give up on me
I'm about to come alive
[Verse 3]
In every frame upon our wall
Lies a face that's seen it all
Through ups and downs and then more downs
We helped each other off of the ground
No one knows what we've been through
Making it ain't making it without you
[Chorus]
Maybe I'm not but you're all I got left to believe in
Don't give up on me
I'm about to come alive
And I know that it's been hard
And it's been a long time coming
Don't give up on me
I'm about to come alive
[Outro]
I'm about to come alive
(Don't give up on me
I'm about to come alive)
(Don't give up on me
I'm about to come alive)