1.Redneck Girl
You buy my chew for me, you make sure it's fresh,
You take a plug while you are waiting in line,
You buy the beer, you know I like it Beast Light,
And if they don't have it you'll fight.
Redneck Girl.
You paid the bail to get me out of jail,
Even though you were the reason I was there,
Don't lie and tell me you didn't show 5-0 my rocks,
My brother saw it all on COPS.
Redneck girl, Nobody understands,
she just loves her man, so let me give it to you
Redneck Girl.
After the summer, Lord, I tried to get away,
But once you cross that line you know you've got to stay,
Her Daddy went and bought us a conversion van,
Well, hot damn...
She's my Redneck Girl.
2.Rock Band
There is a time, caught in a moment;
When all is right, and we all know it,
And in this place, there is a reason...
To watch the faces smiling under the sun.
So set 'em up, set 'em up, for the Rock Band,
Set 'em up, set 'em up, 'till they're falling down.
So set 'em up, set 'em up, for the Rock Band,
'till they're falling down.
There is a road that is worth traveling,
There is a heart that is worth loving,
This is the time to be spending...
On a world we should be mending now.
So set 'em up, set 'em up, for the Rock Band,
Set 'em up, set 'em up, 'till they're falling down.
So set 'em up, set 'em up, for the Rock Band,
'till they're falling down.
3.Where Are We Now？
I saw the angels falling from the sky,
I saw the buildings rising up to meet them,
I tried to find you but I was too late,
for any consolation,
Oh, where are we now？ Where are we now？
Good Lord what's happening here？
They say there's nothing to fear,
But the world is falling down.
I saw the people running for the streets,
I saw the fire falling all around them,
I knew we'd never be the same
when I heard them calling out your name,
Oh where are we now？ Where are we now？
Good Lord what's happening here？
They say there's nothing to fear,
but the world is falling down.
We've got the past slung over our shoulders,
but the future is clinging to our necks,
But we'll keep walking till we're out of breath,
and let the world figure out the rest.
Oh, where are we now？ Where are we now？
Good Lord what's happening here？
They say there's nothing to fear,
but the worlds falling down
4.Red Sun
I hear the talking, it's all around me
They're always talking.
I hear the shaking, of our foundation
I hear the shaking...over me.
All I ever wanted was, just an indication of
A sun that's coming up...
A sun that's coming up again.
But all I ever got from you
was a hand to pull me in the sinking sand
And a sun that's coming up...
A sun that's coming up red.
I hear the voices,
They're all around me
I hear the voices.
I feel them selling, they're always selling
I feel them selling...over me
5.Smashmouth
[Written after two of our friends in Topsail Island, NC,
accidentally busted out the front teeth of our other buddy while
they were loading up his boat, but instead of tending to the
needs of our friend, they let him go alone to the hospital while
they went back to his house and drank all of his beer and
watched his pornos.]
Smash wasn't his given name, no he earned in '96,
When he got caught on the 4th of July between a johnboat and a
wench.
Well Smash was never alone, he always had his friends around.
But when they saw that trailer fall, they hit the road and lit
it out of town.
They said, 'Smashmouth, this really wasn't how we planned it
out.
Just some grease on the side of the bow, now you're spitting out
teeth.'
Smashmouth, Smashmouth, sometimes guilt will keep you running
out,
So they dodged cars and headed out, out across the street.
Well, Smash was not a forgive-able man, so he chased them both
down,
You could see their bodies running through the night as the moon
stained the ground,
They said, 'Hell, you'd be runnin' to, if you could see the
shape you're in.
What you need is to fix yourself, not to take it out on your
friends.'
They said, 'Smashmouth, Smashmouth, tell us what you need and
we'll work it out.'
He said, 'Put my boat up, and take my dogs out, and call my
girl, too.
And promise me...' They said, 'We promise you!' 'That you won't
get into nothing that ain't made for you.
And If I find that you've been untrue...
I'm gonna kick you to the avenue!'
Some friends you win, and some friends you lose, and some they
don't give a damn,
And some friends will try to stand by your side, but are gone
when you are down again.
But Smash's friends were none of these, they just got tired of
sitting under the wind.
They heard that shutter slam, and told Smash to just a come on
in.
Smashmouth, Smashmouth, the boats in the water the dogs are in
the house,
One's on the floor, one's on the couch, watching porn videos.
Smashmouth, Smashmouth, they took his last case and they headed
south,
Cause sometimes friends will leave you nothing to choose,
But to kick them to the avenue, so he kicked them to the avenue.
6.Birds in Boston
What was stolen will come back to you,
And what was lost will be in memories,
Without a dream life is not worth living,
One day all you have will be given for it...
In a bright morning out in Boston,
when you've lost everything its hard to not feel free...
as the birds leaving Boston, when there's nothing left to see.
So take my arms straight from the sockets,
Take all my money from my pockets,
You can take it all, cause that's not what moves me,
It is the soul that rolls right through me...
Like a bright morning out in Boston,
When you've lost everything its hard to not feel free,
As the birds leaving Boston, when there's nothing left to see.
I've got to tell you, I'm feeling nothing at all,
Its really nothing at all, its only things and that's all.
Cause it's a bright morning out in Boston,
When you've lost everything it's hard to not feel free,
As the birds leaving Boston, when there's nothing left to see,
But the birds leaving Boston, with no reason to believe.
To believe.
7.Horse
I've got these feelings of inadequacy,
cause you keep saying that he's better than me,
But would he write you a sad country song.
He might write you a love sonnet,
Or a heartbreaking ribbonelle,
But what good what that do you in the fire pits of hell.
In my time of need, you were up and gone,
So fuck you, and the horse you rode in on.
You say he's short and handsome, with an alternative flair;
He's got a tattoo of Limp Bizkit, and Clorox in his hair.
But he can't play the guitar like me, or let that one blue note
ring,
As an expression of the sadness in my soul.
In my time of need, you were up and gone,
So fuck you, and the horse you rode in on.
These are sad days for me, cause your new man has got me down,
And I can't help but think about you when I walk around this
town.
I gave you my best and you took it all; I bought you rocks but
you just built a wall;
And all that I have found is that there's no tearing them down.
In my time of need, you were up and gone,
So fuck you, and the horse you rode in on.
In my time of need, you were up and gone,
So Fuck You.
8.Morning Light
Wash my face in the early morning light;
You better find your place, before they find you down.
I left the place where the summer sun stained my skin,
And I've tried my best to feel that way again.
Follow your way back up into the light...in the morning light.
I saw your face, it was rising in a pool of fire,
And I did not know what to say or do,
I've tried to erase all the things that I've said before,
But it all come back, it all comes back to roost.
Follow your way back up into the light.
In the morning light, I see you rising...
9.Favorite Friends
We couldn't leave the woods 'til the bottle was done,
Then we'd all go fishing in the dusk bitten sun.
Not old enough to drive, but we knew if we could,
We'd have all the women in our neighborhood.
But we never thought that one of us would go away,
No, we never dreamed that we might cry on teenage graves.
The fairytale ends with the loss of our favorite friend.
Well, the funeral was nice, or that's what you're supposed to
say,
We all sat together staring out into grey.
It was hard to believe that out of five faithful friends,
Four were left broken while one rode the wind.
And the nights out on the town fell few and far between,
Cause all we talked about was how great things used to be,
Our innocence ends with the loss of our favorite friend.
It seems like the best of us always fall to early grace,
And the road will keep rolling on, but angels are hard to
replace,
I guess it was crazy luck, to have someone like that to lose,
But he couldn't stay long, God must have missed him, too.
Now Charlie is in college, and I hit the road,
And Al is building churches in New Mexico,
Steve is running from the law, but that's nothing new,
We all say we'll meet back home but we never do.
And the woods burned down long ago, the old neighborhood is
gone,
And I can't get drunk no more, cause I hate drinking alone.
But I know in the end we'll get back to our favorite friends.
Cause life is much better when it is shared with our favorite
friends.
10.Miller
I saw the shadow shooting from the mirror,
And the glass falling to the floor.
I thought I asked you to talk much clearer,
before they threw you through the cellar door.
Did you ever think you'd ever rest your head on a bed next to a
jailhouse sink.
Tell me, Miller.
Mama says that you're a good person anyway,
And Papa says that you could change the world,
Your little sister, she never missed you 'till you went away,
Then she cried your name.
Tell me did you change when you saw the rain outside would never
touch your face？
Tell me, Miller.
Don't guess it ever mattered. I guess it never mattered.
I don't want to see a day where nothing's free,
And I don't want to hear that you have disappeared,
And I don't want to know what makes you think you'll show,
That there's a world worth bleeding for.
When you got out you headed for the hills,
With nothin' but the fear to keep you runnin',
Each time you hid, they would find you,
Each time you stood up, they would cut you down.
Tell me did you change when you saw the pain outside would never
touch your face？
Tell me, Miller.
I don't want to see a day where nothing's free,
And I don't want to hear that you have disappeared,
And I don't want to know what makes you think you'll show,
That there's a world worth bleeding for.
11.Fairweather Queen
She showed up on my doorstep, with teardrops in her eyes,
She said that she'd been lonely, and she'd like to stay the
night.
I said, 'This is the third time, that you've created such a
scene.'
But I can't close the door on my fair-weather queen.
Cause when the sun is out she is always there,
And when the grass is green she is dancing on air,
When my pockets are full, she is my everything,
But when it rains she is the first to leave,
When it rains she is my Fairweather Queen.
She emptied out her pockets, the air was stained with lent and
ash,
I knew she'd had her last dance before she thought about coming
back,
Well, I see a storm a brewin', the wind is blowing from the
east,
You got to take the rain with the sunshine, And if you can't...
You've got to leave.
Cause when the sun is out she is always there,
And when the grass is green she is dancing on air,
When my pockets are full, she is my everything,
But when I'm broke she is the first to leave,
When I'm broke she is my fair-weather queen.
And who's to say if she will be there,
When that wind comes tearing through,
I don't care, no I have said my peace,
And in the end, that's all a man can do...
When your Fairweather Queen comes to you.
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