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Riches To Rags
03:04
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Looking for a ride down easy street
On a coattail, take me off my feet
I didn’t have a dime, but I knew how to have a good time
And I’d call you but you were still, going out going downhill
Isn’t life a drag when you’re riches to rags
Yeah
Looking for a ride won’t ya pick me up
Take me out get me all shook up
Funny how time flies, in the middle of the night
Ya threw it away for a joke, maybe someday you’ll have a hope
I pity you and you’re riches to rags
Throw it out
I can still remember you, all the stupid things you used to do
It’s just a memory that was way before my time
And I’d call you but you were still going out, going downhill
Isn’t a life a drag when you’re riches to rags, driving bitches to fags, sold your guitars for bags
Throw it out
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2. |
Gotta Find A Way
03:00
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A dreamers just a dreamer, until they become believers
A lover or a hater, taker or receiver
Sitting thinking waiting all your life, why not start now? What are you waiting for?
You got the power and the desire, all you lack is confidence
Go out and take a chance
Life’s too short, but it hasn’t started yet
Why count the years? Stuck on your teenage tears
I’ve got to find, a way to end this pain
I can’t go on, like this another goddamn day
Sitting thinking, waiting all your life
Why not start now, what are you waiting for
Preacher or a sinner, richer or poorer
fucked up or sober, even a beginner
I’ve got to find a way to end this pain
I can’t go on like this another goddamn day
You’ve got the power and the desire
All you lack is confidence, go out and take a chance
I’ve got to find a way to end this pain
I can’t go on like this another goddamn day
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Imagination
03:03
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Well I was standing at the edge of dawn
I knew you’d come along
I didn’t have to say a word
You already knew
Honey is it my imagination
All these things that they say you did
Well I don’t care about your reputation
I’m in love and girl it’s you alright
The rumors spreading round ever since you’ve been back in town
Well I’m tied to the tracks can’t get back
They said you’re bad news
Driving that ship of fools
Well I guess it’s sink or swim now
And I’m jumping in
The rumors spreading round ever since you’ve been back in town
Well I’m tied to the tracks can’t get back
Honey is it my imagination
All these things that they say you did
Well I don’t care about your reputation
I don’t really care about you
And honey is it my imagination are you singing out of key
Well honey well if it’s true, is it me or is it you?
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Guilty
03:09
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I don’t know what you’re trying to say
Everything you’re saying sounds the same
I was 21 you were 17, I never subscribed to Spin Magazine
Guilty the rest of my life
You know what it takes to get by
I don’t know what the hell you’re trying to prove
Nothing I do seems to satisfy you
Come on girl won’t you hear me out?
I do t wanna scream and I don’t want to shout
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100 Ways
04:18
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I’ve been living on the rocks
Hard knocks and dirty socks
Ever since our last dance there’s been a hundred one night stands
Oh God I might die trying
In the end I might find a hundred way to live without you.. in my life
I’ve been living in a haze, the years pass by without a trace.. oh why
They say that love is blind, you struck me between the eyes
Oh God I might die trying
In the end I might find a hundred way to live without you.. in my life
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Gone
02:20
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Haven’t seen you in a couple days
When I do don’t have much to say
When I see you I just wanna look away
Too afraid to look in your eyes or ask you what went wrong
But the silence tells me that might not last that long
You might be here today where will you be tomorrow?
Gone
Gone going on
Gone
Gone away
If I close my eyes I can hear your footsteps walking away
I don’t know why I need you in this way
You smile and you wink at me tell me everything you want to be
But who’s gonna be there to catch me when I fall?
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Tonight
03:14
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Can’t get high without falling down
Can’t sustain I don’t want hit the ground
It used to be so easy to do, everything kept fallin through
Hell Tonight - I don’t care
I ain’t going anywhere
Tonight - I might walk away
I can’t even think straight
If you won’t I will, take a drink now take pill
You used to follow me on my heals
Tonight tonight you better make a deal
Hell Tonight - I don’t care
I ain’t going anywhere
Tonight - I might walk away
I can’t even think straight
I know what it’s like to have nothing
I know what it’s like to have it all
Hell Tonight - I don’t care
I ain’t going anywhere
Tonight - I might walk away
I can’t even think straight
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8. |
Happy Yet
02:25
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Where were you when where are you now?
Prolly sleeping on someone’s couch
Where were your when I needed a friend
You didn’t even pay the rent
I’m not happy yet, I’m as happy as I’m gonna get
Yours older than your years, cried too many tears no one even cares
You sold my records for beer and now I can’t stand living here I just can’t avoid it
I’m not happy yet, I’m as happy as I’m gonna get
I’m so broken down, kicked by the clown
Circus ain’t even in town
Now everything I got is falling apart
I see you at the liquor store it just breaks my heart
And even though I try to forget about the past I can’t find my Kiss records I just got to laugh
I’m not happy yet, I’m as happy as I’m gonna get
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Poker Face
04:22
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I’ve been watching you for hours
Watching your eyes a glaze
You stare at the table and you watch the cards fall down and I feel like I’m in a cage
Sue come home, I’m all alone
Why won’t you leave this place
I need you to pull me through
Take off your poker face
And I made up my mind, I’m leaving you this time
You got the fever but to you it’s just a game
Don’t you see the players have all changed
I know that it’s true you got a lot to prove
I do t know what went wrong but I could see it all along
And I’m sorry that I tried, sorry I made you cry
I’ve been watching you for days
Watching your eyes a glaze
Poker chips they turn to towers you think I should be amazed?
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What Do You Want
03:04
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What do you want what do you need
I’d give it to you if you just tell me
I’ll give you anything your Bleedin heart desires
I’ll give you anything that money can’t buy ya
Damned if I do, damned if I don’t
What do you want I just don’t know oh no
What do you want what do you need I’d give it to you if you’d just tell me
I’m tired of guessing trying to read your mind
When nothings good enough I’m wastin my time
Damned if I do, damned if I don’t
What do you want I just don’t know oh no
What do you want what do you need I’d give it to you if you just tell me
Just give me a hint, give me a clue
Ah cmon baby cuz I don’t know what to do
Damned if I do, damned if I don’t
What do you want I just don’t know oh no
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Know It All
02:33
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Always have the answers, never have a clue
Act so responsible, tell me what to do
You’re not my mother, get off my back
Gonna go have some fun, give ya a heart attack
I am only twenty-two, and I’m not asking you
For you’re point of view
You know it all
Know it all
See it all
Always have the answers to questions no one wants to know
Been to all the places no one ever goes
Been around the world now, I was there too
I don’t care who you are don’t care what you do
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12. |
Right As Rain
02:57
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Well I’m not dumb but I don’t know why
First you made me laugh made me cry
You say you love me then walk away
Save it for another day
I used to be as right as rain
Rained on my parade
I guess I learned to play it safe
Learned from my mistakes
I used to be so innocent
You replaced it with bitterness
Well maybe I gave you too much trust?
Was it love or was it lust
Well I don’t know what changed the tide
Was it the things you kept inside?
And I’m so lonely I can’t stand
I wanna touch you with my hand
Maybe you just need some time
Let me know when you decide
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Something Never Comes
03:04
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You’ve been waiting to long
For something that’ll never come
You’ve been diggin for gold
Ain’t found none
You’re hopes were high
So were mine
You let me down time after time
Waiting too long for something never comes
Waiting too long something never comes
You’ve been waiting too long
For something that never comes
You’ve been praying too long
Damage is done
You’ve been around, up and down
You’re minds as cloudy as the sky
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