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DAG NASTY
Minority of one
01. Ghosts
02. Minority Of One
03. Bottle This
04. Broken Days
05. Your Words
06. Incinerate
07. Throwing Darts
08. White Flag
09. Twisted Again
10. Average Man
11. 100 Punks
GHOSTS (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Smalley)
Ghosts
Swirling all around you
Now I don't know what to do
And I don't know how to feel inside
I wish I could get off this ride
Everything I do, everywhere I go
I see a memory of what we used to know
I'm seeing ghosts everyday
They're no more real than the lies you used to say
And I'm not scared for me
I'm scared for you
But your ghosts won't let me be
So maybe I'm dead too
And I tried and tried but I just can't hide
Wish I could sleep tonight
Everything I do, everywhere I go
I see a memory of what we used to know
I'm seeing ghosts everyday
They're no more real than the lies you used to say
Can I escape?
Well not today
And I still see them even though I moved away
It's a bitter shade of gray
And it leaves a bitter taste
Everything I do, everywhere I go
I see a memory of what we used to know
I'm seeing ghosts everyday
They're no more real than the lies you used to say
Everything I do, everywhere I go
Everything I do, everywhere I go
Everything I do, everywhere I go
Everything I do, everywhere I go
I'm seeing ghosts
MINORITY OF ONE (Music & Lyrics: Smalley)
Look back on what they told you
And see what truth can't hide
The government controls you and brother that's not just a line
But don't trust them to tell you what is right
No one can tell you how to live your fucking life
Question priorities
Don't trust the majority
Question priorities
Don't trust the majority
Even when you're a minority of one
Now some will try to dictate and tell you what to say
They say that they control you but don't give yourself away
But don't trust them to tell you what to say
Burn free and bright and walk your path today
Question priorities
Don't trust the majority
Question priorities
Don't trust the majority
Even when you're a minority of one
Look back on what they told you
And see what truth can't hide
The world want to control you and brother that's not just a line
But don't trust them to tell you what is right
No one can tell you how to live your fucking life
Question priorities
Don't trust the majority
Question priorities
Don't trust the majority
Even when you're a minority
When you're a minority of one
BOTTLE THIS (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Smalley)
So tired of trying to keep up with someone else's pace
You got a new tattoo, but the same old face
Complacency is the enemy and I've been acting old
There's got to be more to life than doing what we're told
You can't bottle this - it always slips away
Shut out - of a dream we had not long ago
There's nothing to prove, nothing to show
We've been told all this before
So why am I still keeping score
Constraints are all around you every single day
When you're feeling overloaded you can't run away
And everywhere you go there's another wall in life
No matter where you look there's no end in sight
You can't bottle this - it always slips away
Shut out - of a dream we had not long ago
Nothing to prove, nothing to show
We've been told all this before
And I'm still keeping score
I understand you've got pressure's
But I can't accept your reaction
It's been a long road
Is it all a distraction?
Birth, school, work, death
These are things we all have to accept
And sometimes it feels like you're hitting a wall
I can't make sense of it all
Shut up!
It's another time and another place
Get a different view and a brand new take
It's a brand new day, it's a brand new day
Brand new day
It's a brand new day
Brand new day
BROKEN DAYS (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Smalley)
Now you really should be above all this
But in fact I can't avoid your Judas kiss
And I keep turning the other cheek for you to slap me down
It hurts when the knife's in deep, but I won't make a sound
Turn off the song of broken days
Burn through another masquerade
And I don't see it all as a blaze of glory
Fidelity is a timeless thing
I hold it dear - it's what I'm offering
It's priceless like a matter of faith
Time to pass it on hold the light in the darkness until it's gone
Turn off the song of broken days
Burn through another masquerade
And I don't see it all as a blaze of glory
And I keep turning the other cheek for you to slap me down
It hurts when the knife's in deep, but I won't make a sound
Broken days in the hourglass
Broken days in the hourglass
Broken days in the hourglass
Broken days in the hourglass
YOUR WORDS (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Smalley)
Mobilize, it's to realize
Energize, it's time we justify
This time around, there's no slacking
No wasted moments, or useless spaces
The nameless faces who try to put us down
They're still here, but they don't run this town
Your words
Launched a battle cry
We're here to prove you wrong
This is our town
This is our song
Mobilize, it's time to realize
Energize, I think it's time to justify
We never guessed we'd be put down
For moving out from under covered ground
We forged a path all our own
And we won't forgive your hostility
Your words
Launched a battle cry
We're here to prove you wrong
This is our town
This is our song
Your words
Launched a battle cry
We're here to prove you wrong
Well where were you in '82?
We weren't aware of the battle lines
So they were the saints and we were the sinners?
That's fine
Now it's our time
We're justified
INCINERATE (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
Incinerate the pictures we once had
I guess it's over with you
Obliterate
Every morning since we met
And every nighttime too
Explosive
Is how I feel when I hear your name
In my head now
Won't you get it out
Won't you tell me
That you're feeling sad
Won't you tell me so I feel so bad
Tell me tell me
That you cried and cried
But please don't tell me any of your other alibi's
See your face
In my head now
Won't you get it out
See your face
In my head now
Won't you get it out
(spoken part )
You know...you left me for dead...no matter how hard you try...I'll still be standing here...bloodied and battered...but I'll be standing...tired, dejected...but I'll be standing...
THROWING DARTS (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Smalley)
So sorry you think I'm not the best
I didn't know I had to pass your fucking test
You're throwing darts
But what a price I'm paying for all the stupid thing you're saying
You write in cheap shots everyday
Did you think I won't hear what you say?
It's pathetic - you never got the point
I shouldn't let my nose get out of joint
This is serious, it's not a game
Poured it on, and still you say we're lame
A sad state we're in
We worked so hard to make this real
I didn't think that you came with the deal
Faceless, nameless, safe behind a screen
But did you ever stop to think what words could mean?
It's pathetic - you never got the point
I shouldn't let my nose get out of joint
This is serious, it's not a game
Poured it on, and still you say I'm lame
It might be stupid, might be naive
But there are some things we can all believe
Throwing darts again
Throwing darts again
And I know to you I'm just a name but I wonder if you'd feel the same
Everything I stand for, you never got
So here I am with my heart exposed, take your best shot
Just put me up against the wall
Take off my blindfold
Put on yours
Line up - fire
You're throwing darts again and again and again
WHITE FLAG (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Smalley)
Detonate this illusion
Wave a white flag, now I see
Capitulate, I surrender
Wave a white flag, when will I be free?
I never wanted to believe what you told me
I thought I knew best, I was so sure
All the doorways you held open for me I just said thanks
Thought I was too pure
All the time I wasted gone
I can see it now, I can see it now
Detonate this illusion
Wave a white flag, now I see
Capitulate, I surrender
Wave a white flag 'til I'm free
Detonate this illusion
Detonate this feeling inside
Capitulate, I surrender
Wave a white flag, when will I be free?
Life goes in cycles of highs and lows that's only something that time can show
I've been up and now I'm down but I'm hoping we could rebound
O.k. here it is - I'm sorry I made mistakes, I'm not the only one
I broke it down - can we build it back again? can we build it back again?
Detonate this illusion
Wave a white flag, now I see
Capitulate, I surrender
Wave a white flag, when will I be free?
It's an illusion
Detonate this feeling inside
It's an illusion
Wave a white flag now I'm free
Wave a white flag now I'm free
Detonate this feeling inside me
TWISTED AGAIN (Music & Lyrics: Smalley)
I've been thinking up a storm but it doesn't mean my thoughts are clearing
Burning rage will keep me warm but you're too gone to hear it
Burning but I hesitate to burn this final bridge
Yearning for a better way than to say 'to hell with this'
I'm twisted again
Doubled in pain
A shell of myself is all that will remain
Everyday there's something new it just goes on and on
I try to take a different view still I'm doing something wrong
Burning but I hesitate to burn this final bridge
Yearning for a better way to say 'to hell with this'
I'm twisted again
Doubled in pain
A shell of myself is all that will remain
Bills spilling out onto the floor welcome to life my friend
Working but there's so many more will this shit never end?
Too much responsibility I just can't take much more
And when you act so cold it just points me to that door
I'm twisted again
I'm twisted again
Doubled in pain
A shell of myself is all that will remain
AVERAGE MAN (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Sears, Smalley)
He looks back to the days when the lyrics and chords meant everything
These days he stares at the screen so complacent and without dreams
Change, but he can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
He needs goods and services for which he pays a premium
Just a display for his neighbors dot-comers who earned a fortune
Change, but we can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
Take us to our cubicles today
And it's the hell we make o.k.
Nobody cares, nobody cares, no one cares about the average man
Burnt toast at 6 a.m. it's not gourmet, but it's adequate
Waste away precious hours in front of the flat screen monitor
Change, but you can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
Take us to our cubicles today
And it's the hell we make o.k.
Nobody cares, nobody cares, no one cares about the average man
Just when you think you've got everything you've got nothing at all
Take us to our cubicles today
Take us to our cubicles today
Take us to the hell we made
Take us to the hell we made
Can we escape? can we escape?
How can we escape the hell we've made?
Can we escape? can we escape?
WASTING AWAY (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Smalley)
This is the voice of something to believe in
A tattered flag, a change of a season
Everybody hooked on negativity
Won't you come along
So many people full of disillusion
It's time to re-think, make a new conclusion
I'm wasting
I'm wasting away
You get one shot - what you gonna' do?
So here's a call from a voice to you and me
Let's take a break from yawning apathy
Turn on, tune off, use your energy, just answer a call
Where are you ever really going here?
Is the destination ever clear?
I'm wasting
I'm wasting away
You get one shot - what you gonna' do?
The answers they offered - they never touched me and until I find one, I'll never really be free
So where's the voice of something to believe in
A tattered flag, a change of the season?
Everybody adrift in negativity
Won't you come along
I'm wasting
I'm wasting away
You get one shot - what you gonna' do?
You get one shot - what you gonna' do?
You get one shot - what you gonna' do?
100 PUNKS (Music & Lyrics: Generation X, altered slightly by Dag Nasty)
They customized their gear and synchronized
The flame out in the streets with flame in their eyes
Guerilla operator ain't heard of cool
Check out any wall - one hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
A hundred punks run with London town
Down Wardour Street to the Soho Sound
Don't sleep all week only when they fall down
A hundred Rumble boys and Tumble girls
Protected by steel in a private world
Tomorrow's next faces advertise today
And the studs on their backs say
One hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
A hundred punks run the loaded gun
They look so sharp they look like one
If you ain't got the look you'll never be one
A hundred punks run with total suss
A hundred good mates you know you’ll trust
There's never no bother and there's never no fuss
Check out any wall - one hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
Fat Mike's number 101 - knows one day he'll be one
Watch him - watch him Go!
A hundred punks run the leather army
Nobody's side not at home with TV
Even when I'm down I hear 'em sing for me
Check out any wall - One hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
Check out any wall - One hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule
I checked out all the walls - One hundred punks rule
One hundred punks rule O.K.
Four on the floor
01. Still Waiting
02. Going Down
03. Turn It Down
04. Million Days
05. Roger
06. SFS (Sound For Sound)
07. We Went Wrong
08. Down Time
09. Lie Down And Die
10. Mango
STILL WAITING (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
These are the toughest days
The time is slow and the skies are gray
Well this is the hardest time
To tell yourself to take your time
And it seems like a hundred years
Since I thought it would all work out
Seems like a hundred years
And I'm still here
I've got nothing but time
So I'm still waiting
Yeah I'm still waiting
One time my eyes were wide
I couldn't wait until I could drive
Everything in life was free
It was healthy, loud and honest
Well it seems like a hundred years
But I guess it's been only ten
It seems like a hundred years
And I'm still here
GOING DOWN (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
We're going down
Looking around this place man
I've got to get out of here
All those people here are crazy (gonna drive me nuts)
Looking at their race
I never wanted to be in
Where's the door, just get me out of here
We're going down
We're going down and out yeah down and out
Looking at all these cars
Now they're blocking my escape
L.A. Freeway , never free no way
15 miles an hour
The Clash tape up past ten
Ten more minutes and I can breathe again
"Do it right" - but how can I?
When I'm not even given the chance
To correct
The mistakes
I've already made
So hard to answer questions
When I don't even know what they are
How can they expect me to try things their way?
TURN IT DOWN (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
You can't believe it
Look at the mess you're in
And like a bottle of India ink that spilled
You can't clean it up
Just leave it alone
It's time to turn it down
You've got to turn it around
Your world starts spinning
Like a record in a groove
And like a bottle of beer you drink too fast
Just slow it down
Gotta slow it down (you can't put it down)
It's time to turn it around
You've got to turn it around
Don't let it kick you around
Tried so hard
To make it on your own
You tried so hard
You couldn't make it on your own
So you start thinking
You can walk right out of here
But like a bottle that washed up on the shore
Just look inside , take a look inside
There's something inside
MILLION DAYS (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
Look in the mirror
Who's staring at me
Reflections showing everything but the pain that's underneath
I turn around and walk away but the images stay in my mind
Wish I could see things clearly
Wish I could see through all this doubt
And if I had a million days
Would I find what I'm looking for?
Who I'm looking for?
If I had a million days...
Sometimes I feel like a coiled spring just waiting to be sprung
Sometimes I just feel angry
Or lonely
Or afraid
I'm looking for confidence inside
Looking for answers
I've got the questions
Seems all I ever have are questions
And if I had a million days
ROGER (Music: Baker, Marbury, Sears, Lyrics: Baker, Marbury, Sears, Smalley)
Who you gonna call? Roger
SOUND FOR SOUND (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
Sfs
It's only a song
Took five minutes and it's not that long
And it means more to us than it will to them
Just another stupid fast song again
Sfs - sound for sound
Sfs
It's more than a song
It's a sound that's inside us for so long
And it means more to me than it will to you
It's inside of me can't turn it off , no matter what I do
Sfs - sound for sound
Sound for sound
And it's a sound for our sakes
They may not like it
But it's the sound we make
Sfs - sound for sound
WE WENT WRONG (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
Just thinking of lies
I should have known about
Just thinking of times
I could have prevented
All those mistakes
Why didn't you set me straight ?
Depending on you
Is like walking off a fucking cliff
And I don't know if I can take it
I don't know where we went wrong
I don't know if I can take it
I don't know where we went wrong
Just thinking of lies
I should have known about
Just thinking of times
I could have prevented
All those mistakes
And the biggest one I ever made
Was thinking there was something there ,and there never really was
It's building up inside of me
I've got to let it go
DOWN TIME (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
You're gonna tear down the walls
You're gonna scream for change
You're gonna make a difference now
They're gonna hear it again
Well I don't believe it
And I can't see it
There is a will and a way I'm happy to say
But the answer's not in your basement
This time - down time
Your cover's blown you're on your own this time
Down time now you're on your own
Look around - up and down
There are people sleeping on the ground
There are problems way more real
Than a gang or a scene or a record deal
And I don't believe it
My eyes have seen it
Nothing you can say will make it go away
The answer's in your actions
When times go bad and we're so quick to run away
In the down time will you see it through?
LIE DOWN AND DIE (Music & Lyrics: The U.K. Subs)
I just got hit by a ton of bricks
But I won’t lie down
While I’m alive I’m gonna get my kicks
I won’t lie down
I’m old and dirty from the wrong side of town
I won’t lie down
Aint got no money to throw around
I won’t lie down
Doctor says I’m living on borrowed time
But I won’t lie down
Get so sick my baby cries
I won’t lie down
My head is spinning and my legs are weak
But I won’t lie down
I smoke and drink till my heart stands still
But I won’t lie down
I won’t lie down and die
No I won’t lie down and die
I won’t lie down and die
No I won’t lie down and die
Now I’ve seen heaven and I’ve seen hell
But I won’t lie down
Ain't ready to hear that old church bell
I won’t lie down
Fire your gun, drop your bombs
But I won’t lie down
I’m gonna be around till kingdom come
I won’t lie down
I won’t lie down and die
No I won’t lie down and die
I won’t lie down and die
No I won’t lie down and die
MANGO (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
I'm looking for the answers to my prayers
But I just can't seem to find them anywhere
See I've been hoping for
No war, no crime, all the people on the street have a place to sleep at night
Just looking for the answer to my prayer
You can't believe everything you read
Maybe what I'm looking for is inside of me
And I've been hoping that
Everybody's color blind - white pride, black pride, no one has to take a side
Just looking for the answers to a prayer
And if I can make it happen well, you know I will
I think we could make a difference still
Just looking for the answers to to our prayers
The more I look the more I think that
They're not there
What am I doing here?
I think the answers all too clear
Looking up when I know the answer's right here
85-86
01. Another Wrong
02. Circles
03. Can I Say
04. I've Heard
05. Never Go Back
06. Justification
07. Under Your Influence
08. Trying (live)
09. Moni-Q (live)
10. Fall
11. Trying
12. All Ages Show
13. Safe
14. Mule
15. My Dog Is A Cat
16. Another Wrong II
ANOTHER WRONG (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Brown)
No matter what I do
Or how I try
I can't redeem myself
Strip clean - pick up the pieces
Start over again
Who made the rules
Who decides
When I've made up
Paid up
Ten months this time
Twelve before
Few others could take much more
Do it right
How can I
When I'm not even given the chance
To correct the mistakes I've already made?
It's so hard to live up to standards
When you don't even know what they are
How can you expect me to change?
CIRCLES (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
I wouldn't speak my mind
I didn't want to make them mad
I looked up to them
For the courage I thought I didn't have
I never bothered to lift a finger to make my point
Now I'm spelling it out
And nobody's listening
It's hard to take it to heart
It hurts to be apart
But I can't watch and not be heard
The days go by and things get worse
But they say they can only get better
I try to make a dent
But it blends in with all the damage
I try to look the other way
But there's a mirror behind me
I see images of what can be done
It seems like I'm the only one
I wouldn't speak my mind
CAN I SAY (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
What can I say?
Why should I try?
I tried to love
What I knew I hated
I took a lie and I made a truth
I defended
What I should have denied
I never gave a second thought
I followed blindly part of the lot
I never gave a second thought
I never gave
I followed blindly part of the lot
How can I say I'm really free?
How can I say I'm really me?
What can I say?
I'VE HEARD (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
I heard this
I heard that
What do I believe?
It's hard to give
It's hard to get
And once you've lost it it's always gone
I know I shouldn't accept
One person's word as truth
Without at least
Giving you the benefit of the doubt
I get so mixed up
By the things you say
And the way you act
Too many times
This has happened before I always thought the wrong thing
I never gave you a second chance
Now it's happening all over again
NEVER GO BACK (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
Sometimes it gets so cloudy
It's hard to see
Everything gets distorted
It's all a dream
All these smiling faces
Have lost their shine
I guess I'm getting older
I just don't relate
Never go back
I wish I could learn
To never go back
There's something wrong inside
But I will never release my pride
I wish I could learn to never go back
I'm looking at pictures
And I'm thinking of those times
Those times have changed
And so have I
I stopped my dreaming
I know I can't go back
I started looking closer
And I know what it's become
I wish so bad it was the same
How could it ever be the same ?
Never go back
Never go back
I stopped my dreaming
I don't want to go back
I started looking closer
And I know what it's become
JUSTIFICATION (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
We have tried and failed
We have stumbled and fallen
We have tried a new taste and spit it back out
We have taken a left turn when we meant to turn right
We lost sight of our origins
But our past never lost sight of us
It's not emulation - cause that's not this hard
Not imitation - cause that won't take you far
Not digression - cause I'm falling straight up
It is progression - I'm not afraid to stand up
I don't know what is expected
But I expected it to be great
I said "I'm trying my hardest"
But he didn't like the tape
Take a look at what you're doing
And tell me I'm too late
You say we're walking backwards
Well, that dead horse sure can run
The truth
I know I can
I know I will
I know - I know what I have to do
And now you'll listen
And I hope it won't hurt
I've seen your poison
You've done your worst
I've seen your better
And I can't believe it's true
You've lost the truth that used to live inside of you
UNDER YOUR INFLUENCE (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
It's hard to hold
When the world is spinning
Learned nothing from the night before
Or the weeks before that
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - crossed my mind
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - you crossed my mind for the last time
Twelve ounces of courage
Makes the world look better
You love the attention
You never had it before
No safety comes from your numbers
Nothing said or gained
Shirking responsibility
True freedom from what?
From what?
FALL (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Cortner)
I can last a lifetime
Or be done with in a day
I can be picked up
I can be thrown away
Hope that I can bounce back after each and every fall
I'm supposed to bounce back
I am a rubber ball
Hope that I can bounce back after each and every fall
But it's easier to fall
I'm supposed to bounce back
I can't hit you hard enough to make you feel you're not alone
I can't touch you soft enough to make you feel you're flesh and bone
But I'll keep trying even though I'm not getting through
I'll keep trying
Trying to get to you
TRYING (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
You say it's the crossroads
The place we meet
All I'm seeing is a dead end street
Think of where you're going
Think of what you said
I used my heart 'till it was broken
Now I'm trying to use my head
We'll find our time and there we'll stay
For you it's tomorrow for me it's yesterday
ALL AGES SHOW (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Cortner)
I understand you
You've got a problem
Now understand me
It's your problem not mine
To find a reason, don't ask me
Don't ask (anyone) for a reason to live your life
Shake your head, left and right
Just like the old man who shows up here every night
What does he hear in this kind of music?
Why don't you ask him?
Find out what you need to know
All ages show
You haven't learned all there is to learn
How old is old?
How old is old?
All ages show
I get the feeling I've heard all this before
I spoke your words, I felt your feelings
But when I reached a dead end, I knew there was more
I guess I'm just too young to see it
But I've shorn* up some people
A little bit older
And they tell me the problems keep coming
But reasons to keep on trying keep growing
And they grow and they grow and they grow
All ages show
SAFE (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
One for all
Nothing for one
And the more on your side
The better for them
They taught you your place
I can't even see your face
I don't understand
And I can't accept that you feel safer blending in with the rest
And it think it's sad
That I should have to ask
Am I safe?
If I don't want to be with you
Did your new friends take the time to tell you what they're trying to prove
For the first time in your life people are afraid of you
And it makes me so mad
That I should have to ask
Am I safe?
Am I safe?
Am I face?
MULE (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Cortner with some help from BMO)
Came into town ready to play
But Matt said, "Sorry - the show's not today"
Went to some punks' house and heard GBH
But we were thrown out when their mother came home
Hopped in the Mule and drove through the swamps
Ran out of gas for the 15th time
Waited around, hitched a ride
We got a jug and put a gallon inside
Then we rode away on our yellow Mule
But Reardon fucked up and we ran out of fuel
Went to McDonalds on a Wednesday night
My friends were bored, their conversation trite
But I had come for a bite of a filet-o-fish (filet o fish)
Colin said that it couldn't eat meat
Lost his appetite smelling Roger's feet
Played a lousy show in B-Town
But we got to watch Gitter's place burn down
Then we rode away on our yellow Mule
But Reardon fucked up and we ran out of fuel
We - we rode in on a Mule
O mais oui
We rode a Mule
MY DOG IS A CAT (Music & Lyrics: BMO)
My dog's a cat
But he's really fat
And I shove him under the welcome mat
Doesn't know where he's going to
And he doesn't know where he's been
ANOTHER WRONG II (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Brown, Smalley)
No matter what I say
Or how I try
I can't contain myself
Strip clean - pick up the pieces
Start over again
Who made the rules
Who decides
When I've made up
Paid up
Ten months this time
Twelve before
Few others could take much more
No matter what I say
Or how I try
I can't redeem myself
Strip clean - pick up the pieces
Start over again
Who made the rules
Who decides
When I've made up
Paid up
Ten months this time
Twelve before
Few others could take much more
Do it right
How can I
When I'm not even given the chance
To correct the mistakes already made?
So hard to live up to standards
When you don't even know what they are
How can you expect me to change?
Field day
01. Trouble Is
02. Field Day
03. Things That Make No Sense
04. The Ambulance Song
05. Staring At The Rude Boys
06. 13 Seconds Underwater
07. La Penita
08. Dear Mrs. Touma
09. Matt
10. I've Heard
11. Under Your Influence
12. Typical (Youth)
13. Here's To You
14. 16 Count
15. Never Green Lane
16. You're Mine
17. All Ages Show
18. 12XU
TROUBLE IS (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
Be prepared
I know what's coming next
If she's entertaining doubts I guess that you know what is best
So I should
Be prepared
To make due with what is left
And if I can't prepare myself at least I know what to expect
My mind's made up about her
I couldn't live without her
So many times
So many times
I should have thanked god that I have her
And when I'm back home
Safe in her arms
Don't knock on her door
Don't pick up your phone
If she's entertaining doubts how do I explain
A grain of salt for her to take with the things that you say
Despite the distance give me trust
And I will bring it home to you
Give me till nothing's left but patience and I will bring it home to you
She only wants to spare you and I the time
We so faithfully invested
She throw it in our faces
You've been taken advantage of
Is that all I'm capable of?
(If it's just bitterness don't let it blind her)
FIELD DAY (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
Here on the beach
I've got the sun, I've got the surf, I've got Mexican food
Here on the beach
I stay indoors all day
I don't get my feet wet, I've got nothing to do
I can't believe I was excited
I thought I'd found the perfect place for someone as lazy as me
But now I'm lonely and I wish I had a friend who I could visit sometime
Or who might call on me
Here on the beach
My mind goes blank and all my money's gone
Here on the beach
The urge to get fucked up becomes overwhelming
(I guess I'll go back to sleep)
I should be writing songs
Powerful songs that'll make us money and put us on the charts
But I'm just so bored and I don't really care
About people or money or problems or anything at all
Except for going home
Anything at all
Except for when I'm out of here
Next time let's shake it inside out
Next time let's shake it inside out
Pay no rent
Rest in piece I'm back home tomorrow
This could be my last chance
To pass it by
Sleeping late, sleep alone
Back to work tomorrow
This could be my last chance
And I'll pass it by
Next time let's shake it inside out
THINGS THAT MAKE NO SENSE (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
How can I make this clear ?
It seems so simple yet
I could spend my whole life saying things that make no sense
Like life is so unfair
Yes and this is so unfair
But I didn't leave you behind
You're still ahead of me
If you doubt it let me remind you
I'm in love with you
At least it's clear to me
I just need to sip from the miraculous pitcher that holds water downwards
And the next time you make pie I'll be home for a slice
And spend my hours holding back
Because nice guy's finish last
If you doubt it
Let me remind you
I'm in love with you
So take your hand and dry my eyes
And when I doubt you know how...remind me too
(The first time I ever saw you I was about four - I was supposed to be sleeping - instead I was.......)
I'm so much more in love with the way
Than in way with the love
THE AMBULANCE SONG (Music & Lyrics: Cortner)
I need some sleep today
But there's another man's shoes beneath my bed
I could relax in my favorite chair
But the seat it still warm from another man
I need to walk through this door
But somebody stood here and looked at you
He kept his eye on you
That's what friends are for
Monday morning
My head is on fire
My heart feels like a stone
It's not a mystery to me
I should have never left you here alone
These dirty dishes and this long distance bill
I did my best to ignore
But you just swept me under the mat outside my own front door
I need some sleep
As the key turned
You must have heard
You knew the time had arrived
"Oh Brian's gonna find me out"
But I was there as you slept last night
I leave this note
I need a couple of hours
Maybe a J or two to calm down
But I'll be back soon boys and girls don't you be around
I need some sleep today
But there's another man's pants in my house
STARING AT THE RUDE BOYS (Music & Lyrics: The Ruts)
It's a very small world in the middle of a crowd
The room gets dark when the music gets loud
The rudies want to groove
But there's no room to move 'cause the floor is packed tight
A voice shouts loud
"We'll never surrender"
A voice in the crowd
"We'll never surrender"
A hand in the air fight propaganda
Never surrender, never surrender
Skins in the corner staring at the bar
The room starts dancing to some heavy heavy ska
The room is so hot people dripping with sweat
The punks in the corner, screaming like John Lisa
Staring at the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Dancing with the rude boys
Staring at the rude boys
A bunch of skins, marching on ten
While some stand there saluting the air (oi!)
They wanna be pirates but the sea is not calm
Tattooed crossbows on their arm's
The lights come alive in a blinding flash
The dance floor clears as the mutants clash
Everybody leaves as the heavy's arrive
Someone hits the floor, someone takes a dive
13 SECONDS UNDERWATER (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
Cray fish creep bridge and sky
And my life flashes before my eyes
Trying to see
What I'd never seen otherwise
LA PENITA (Music & Lyrics: Cortner)
Sitting here like forty ounces
Ready to be drunk
I always seem to want what I don't want
It's more than I can handle
Still I want another shot
Even without it, five minutes from now
I'll find I can't stand up
On the edge, I've been there
And it's just as crowded as back home
Though the waves are strong
It's easy enough to swim on back to the shore
Sometimes, couldn't my eyes just stay at home?
'Cause sometimes
Seeing doesn't see me through
Someday maybe someday
Couldn't we take all our mirrors down
'Cause sometimes seeing doesn't see me through
I'd love to believe you
When I say always and all ways :)
But from what I've seen
You can't see me through
There's a question in your head
Though you're thinking
"Not this time"
Don't be afraid to ask
Don't be afraid to care
DEAR MRS. TOUMA (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
Dear Mrs. Touma,
I walked upstairs into the kitchen
Saw a piece of birthday cake and I heard my mother crying
"Dressed in his black raincoat , black hat lying on the yellow line...he was run down..."
Your son was taken
And he spoke so often
With belief
With conviction
Never with righteousness
Of the day he'd go to heaven
And I will believe
If only for his sake
In father, son, and holy ghost
In whom he was so certain that he'd
Turned the other cheek to those who teased and hurt him
Leo is dead
It's not the end of the world
Sometimes I wish it was
I wouldn't wish it on anyone
Leo is dead
It's not the end of my world
Sometimes I wish it was
Sometimes I wish it was
And as for the man across the street
As he expresses sympathy (the fat, aging hypocrite)
Spit into his face with me
"When you heard he was gone, you couldn't wait to be the first to seem concerned.
Did you think we'd never learn?
You were lying to us
You laughed at him
You threw upon him your own vices
You lied to us about everything
You lied about your barfly conquests
Dying your hair to hide the gray
Masturbating bitterly on your front porch while the wife's away"
Leo is dead
It's not the end of the world
But sometimes I wish it was
MATT (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
When I look at the life in which I'm sinking
Naturally I find myself thinking
"What am I doing here?"
There's no doubt - It's been fun
Doing things I never should have done
But I'm not fooling anyone (except for maybe myself)
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
Tell me Matt - how do you do it?
You walk the line without ever losing it
You can rest assured
Another hit won't do you any harm
(Uhmm...I'm at 7129 Little avenue....there's no trouble...just some kids drinking beer in the pool...it smells like shit)
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
M-a-t-t
Matt
M-a-t-t
Matt
I'VE HEARD (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker)
I heard this
I'm jealous of everyone, why can't it be me (I heard that)
UNDER YOUR INFLUENCE (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
It's hard to hold
When the world is spinning
You learned nothing from the night before
Or the weeks
Or the weeks before that
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - crossed my mind
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - you crossed my mind for the last time
Forty ounces of courage
And I'm feelin' fine (what a jerk)
You love the attention
You never had it
You never had it before
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - crossed my mind
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - you crossed my line for the last time
No safety comes from your numbers
Nothing said or gained
Shirking responsibility
True freedom from what?
From what?
(spoken part - you know I walked by you on the street the other day.....you were going one way...I was going the other....and we both walked right by and we don't say a word.....baby baby...we used to be this close ..we used to be like brothers....but now 'cause of one time one word one phrase one time one word one phrase one time one word one phrase...baby baby baby it's all over...it's all over baby...yeah yeah...it's ancient history)
TYPICAL (YOUTH) (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Cortner)
Now that it's gone
Just admit it to yourself
It was nothing special
No more special than yourself
Now that it's gone
Won't you admit it to yourself?
Another typical youth you mistook for someone else
You brought your parents down
You had to face your doubts
You doubted everyone
Just like everyone
So disagreeable
Of course you hated school
You felt so all alone
And so did all of us
Now that it's gone
Just admit it to yourself
It was nothing special
No more special than yourself
Now that it's gone
Won't you admit it to yourself?
Another typical youth you mistook for someone else
(looking through your rebel - gray looks so good on you)
Now that it's gone
Now that it's gone
It's not the energy
It's not the extra time
Responsibility
It won't change everything
An average lifespan
Four times what's been and gone
What's unique is not your age
What's unique is still in there
HERE'S TO YOU (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Cortner)
Here's to you
Here's to me
May we never disagree
'Cause if we do
May old acquaintance be forgotten
Here's to me
Here's to me
New year, new start
Minutes past before it's ripped apart
What were you thinking?
And what should I think?
About time
One moment past repeated again and again in my mind
What can I say, why should I try
To choose between the love I shouldn't feel and hate for us both
How could you do it?
What made you do it?
Moments past before it's ripped apart
Just ripped apart
Here's to time gone by
Here's to you and I
We know we shared one sight but there's a sight you didn't see
Three lives
Three lives I tried to change
Four years building gone without a trace
Like it was never there
My choice is made
I cannot stay
The weakest link is gone build yourself a stronger chain
My choice is made
Why should I stay
The weakest link is gone
Back to the bottom again
16 COUNT (Drums & Lyrics: Baker)
(16 count...Lisel...Chicken sandwich...Batman)
NEVER GREEN LANE (Music: Baker, Carrion, Garrett, Lyrics: Cortner)
I won't remember your name
I can see it everywhere I go
I can't remember how you cut your hair
Some things you cut no longer grow
I'll forget where you came from
I'll walk those streets everyday but
I'll remember your mouth
(I can hear it now)
I'll remember your mouth
(I can hear it now)
I'll remember your mouth - you never kept it shut
I won't remember your name
I can see it everywhere I go
I can't remember how you cut your hair
Some things you cut no longer grow
I remember what you called me
I hope one day you'll eat your words
'Cause I remember your mouth
YOU'RE MINE (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Carrion, Cortner)
The last time I spoke to you
I was seconds away
From losing my face
But I'm much closer now, we're so much closer now
And I haven't stopped laughing since I
Learned to laugh at myself
When I fall down, and I'm much farther down
We're so much closer now that
You're mine
To have and to hold until the end of time
You're mine, you're mine
"I'm so tired of being alone" she said
"I don't wanna go back home - where the heart is"
And I feel like trash
The closer I get to you
But I can't turn my eyes away
The closer I get to you
'Cause you're mine to have and to hold
Until the end of time
You're mine, you're mine
ALL AGES SHOW (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Cortner)
I understand you
You've got a problem
Now understand me
It's your problem not mine
To find a reason, don't ask me
Don't ask for a reason to live your life
Shake your head, left and right
Like the old man who comes here every night
What does he hear in this kind of music?
Why don't you ask him?
Find out what you need to know
All ages show
You haven't lived all there is to live
How old is old?
How old is old?
All ages show
I get the feeling I've heard all this before
I spoke your words, I felt your feelings
But when I reached a dead end, I knew there was more
I guess I'm just too young to see it
But I've shorn* up some people
A little bit older
And they say the problems keep coming
But reasons to keep on trying keep growing
And they grow and they grow and they grow
All ages show
(* shorn = "slept with")
12XU (Music & Lyrics: Wire, altered slightly by Dag Nasty)
12xu...Saw you in a mag, kissing a man...I've got you in a corner...I've got the bun
Wig Out At Denko's
01. The Godfather
02. Trying
03. Safe
04. Fall
05. When I Move
06. Simple Minds
07. Wig Out At Denko's
08. Exercise
09. Dag Nasty
10. Crucial Three
THE GODFATHER (Music: Baker, Carrion, Lyrics: Cortner)
Always caring always mine
Still always reaching for what isn't there
It just isn't there at all
The smallest doubt can swell and grow
And all hope shrinks into indifference
It makes no difference to me
I was only five
When I heard the tale of the little train that said
"I think I can"
But what's hard to give is hard to get
And once you've lost it it's always gone
It's always gone
Sometimes I wish that I could cry
Instead of wondering what's on her mind
What was on my mind this time
For consolation there's always a next time
But will you take the time?
It will take some time
Don't misunderstand
Half the time I can
Don't misunderstand
Half the time I only think I can
I was only five
When I heard the tale of the little train that said
"I think I can"
But what's hard to give is hard to get
And once you've lost it it's always gone
It's always gone
Standing on the railroad tracks
I hear the whistle the godfather's call
The biggest train of all
It's speeding closer towards the bridge
I'm hoping it can show me how it's done
TRYING (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
You say it's the crossroads
The place we meet
All I'm seeing is a dead end street
Think of where you're going
Think of what you said
I used my heart 'till it was broken
Now I'm trying to use my head
We'll bide our time and there we'll stay
For you it's tomorrow for me it's yesterday
SAFE (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Cortner)
One for all
Nothing for one
And the more on your side
The better for them
They taught you your place
I can't even see your face
I don't understand
And I can't accept that you feel safer blending in with the rest
And it think it's sad
That I should have to ask
Am I safe?
If I don't want to be with you
Did your new friends take the time to tell you what they're trying to prove
For the first time in your life people are afraid of you
And it makes me so mad
That I should have to ask
Am I safe?
FALL (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Cortner)
I can last a lifetime
Or be done with in a day
I can be picked up
I can be thrown away
Hope that I can bounce back after each and every fall
I'm supposed to bounce back
I am a rubber ball
Hope that I can bounce back after each and every fall
But it's easier to fall
I'm supposed to bounce back
I can't hit you hard enough to make you feel you're not alone
I can't touch you soft enough to make you feel you're flesh and bone
But I'll keep trying even though I'm not getting through
I'll keep trying
Trying to get to you
WHEN I MOVE (Music & Lyrics: Cortner)
I'm not moved by anything
Don't wanna move for anything
'Cause it could be just anything
That starts me moving
And when I move
I won't stop for anything
Stop for anything
Why build me up
Just to tear me down
Why pick you up just to throw you down
'Cause it could be just anything
That starts me moving
I don't just waste my time
I waste everything inside
SIMPLE MINDS (Music: Baker, Carrion, Lyrics: Cortner)
All those years
Wanting to be here
All those tragedies
I screamed at and laughed at and threw in the trash
And still they stand their lives burn so bright
They've long since defined
What's wrong and what's right
Can't be sensitive it's been done
What's left to be said will be spoken in tongues
Rumors fly from simple minds
Simple minds
But no simple lies
Being here after all this time
Being laughed at being judged
Like being in bed with a porcupine a thousand pricks against one
All those years
Waiting to be here all those songs they laughed at ignored and called out of tune
And still they stand their lives burn so bright
They've long since defined what's wrong and what's right
Can't be sensitive it's been done
What's left to be spoken will be spoken in tongues
WIG OUT AT DENKO'S (Music: Baker, Carrion, Lyrics: Cortner)
This morning
What shadow
Would knock on my window
I might see it later
Can't deal with this flavor
It's there for
The taking
But my heart's just not in it
Just sleeping
Is touching
It's better
Than nothing
Let me know if you go there
Marks's having a hard time on orange and sunshine
Hal's spilling malt liquor on his minor threat sticker
I'm taking no chances
No troubles
No acid
Let's wig out at denko's
On coke and doritos
The T.V. is so loud but it's not outside
The stereo is too loud so take it outside
Let's wig out at Denko's someone let Yanni drive
EXERCISE (Music: Baker, Carrion, Lyrics: Cortner)
I'm irresponsible
I'm irrational
What are you gonna do?
And if it's in my head
And if I'm just paranoid
Well I guess it's just jealousy
When it comes to you
But you'll never guess
It's like exercising
When I try to disguise it
I avoid your eyes
You'll never know
Inside I can't stand it at all
When every word is a lie
But I go through it all
Lies are just exercises
And I can't help myself
Cause I've always lied to myself
I've had to fake so many things
What are you gonna do?
And if you see though it all
And I can't excuse myself
I think I need your help to see me through
What are you gonna do?
Lies are just exercises
DAG NASTY (Music: Baker, Carrion, Lyrics: Cortner)
I just wanna ride
So drive
I don't care where we're going to just go
Just drive
I don't care if we ever come back here
Just drive
I wanna lay back and close my eyes
Just let me close my eyes
Don't' hold my hand
It makes me afraid
Don't hold my hand
It's too late for that
I can see your head
I can see the fire
Just close your eyes
Fear is the law
Duty is pain
Shame is necessary
To grind the edges from our minds
Our minds
She's hurting now
She let the smooth taste fool her
Now when she opens up her eyes
Her head's on fire
She wanted to be
A fly on my wall
She thinks she'll see me change
But I don't change at all
And you wouldn't have to walk on water
If you could just swim like the rest of us
If for once in your life you just close your eyes
Put it in perspective
CRUCIAL THREE (Music: Baker, Carrion, Lyrics: Cortner)
Throw my books away into the fire
I'm never gonna need those words again
Page by stinking page
So the crucial three would understand
But I've lost all memory of them
I don't wanna lose anymore
Chained by the crucial three to where I stand
I stand sweating on the shaky ground below
If the chain is broken
Torn loose by the days
How would I ever know I don't see them anymore
I don't wanna lose anymore
Can I say
01. Values Here
02. One To Two
03. Circles
04. Thin Line
05. Justification
06. What Now/
07. I've Heard
08. Under Your Influence
09. Can I Say
10. Never Go Back
VALUES HERE (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
What'd you say
When I said we'll be here through tomorrow
In my heart and in my head
Fear of failure
Fear of reprimand
Two big problems
I've never had
I never doubted what I had inside...what I have inside
Values here in my heart
And we'll be here through tomorrow
Every day's a brand new start
Fear of failure
Fear of reprimand
Two big problems I've never had
I never doubted what I had inside...what I have inside
Fear of failure
Fear of reprimand
Two big problems I've never had
I never doubted what I had inside...what I have inside
ONE TO TWO (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
There are things I'd like to say
That I've said too many times before
Things I should have done
Instead of looking for a way to get out
You'll never know the sorrow I felt
Or the hours I've laid awake
Thinking about just what you said
How could you know how I felt?
I never took the time to figure it out
Or see how the problems arose
I tried to blame the two of you
I can only blame myself
For the pain we felt
There are words I should have spoken
But I kept my fucking mouth shut instead
Words would've made the difference
But they always stayed unsaid
Why won't you ever see?
Why won't you even see?
It's not just me
CIRCLES (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
I wouldn't speak my mind
I didn't want to make them mad
I looked up to them
For the courage I thought I didn't have
I never bothered to lift a finger to make my point
Now I'm spelling it out
And nobody's listening
It's hard to take it to heart
It hurts to be apart
But I can't watch and not be heard
The days go by and things get worse
But they say they can only get better
I try to make a dent
But it blends in with all the damage
I try to look the other way
But there's a mirror behind me
I see images of what can be done
It seems like I'm the only one
I wouldn't speak my mind
THIN LINE (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
There's a thin line
Between love and hate
I'm standing in a no-man's land and I'm afraid
To try and reach
The other side
How could you give back what you took and tried to hide?
I should have never trusted you
Left you by yourself
I watched for far too long
You made me think
You were in touch
And oh the pain I felt when I knew you'd moved on
I never realized
You were running in circles
I let you lead when I knew damn well you were blind
I trusted you
JUSTIFICATION (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
We have tried and failed
We have stumbled and fallen
We have tried a new taste and spit it back out
We have taken a left turn when we meant to turn right
We lost sight of our origins
But our past never lost sight of us
It's not emulation - cause that's not this hard
Not imitation - cause that won't take you far
Not digression - cause I'm falling straight up
It is progression - I'm not afraid to stand up
I don't know what is expected
But I expected it to be great
I said "I'm trying my hardest"
But he didn't like the tape
Take a look at what you're doing
And tell me I'm too late
You say we're walking backwards
Well, that dead horse sure can run
The truth
I know I can
I know I will
I know - I know what I have to do
And now you'll listen
And I hope it won't hurt
I've seen your poison
You've done your worst
I've seen your better
And I can't believe it's true
You've lost the truth that used to live inside of you
WHAT NOW? (Music: Baker, Lyrics: Baker, Smalley)
Silly boy
In over his head again
Silly boy
Doing his best again
Silly boy
Why don't you ever learn?
Silly boy you
Can't help getting hurt
Behind us- lying and hiding
Behind us - the lying and hiding
I'VE HEARD (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
I heard this
I heard that
What do I believe?
It's hard to give
It's hard to get
And once you've lost it it's always gone
I know I shouldn't accept
One person's word as truth
Without at least
Giving you the benefit of the doubt
I get so mixed up
By the things you say
And the way you act
Too many times
This has happened before I always thought the wrong thing
I never gave you a second chance
Now it's happening all over again
UNDER YOUR INFLUENCE (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
It's hard to hold
When the world is spinning
Learned nothing from the night before
Or the weeks before that
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - crossed my mind
Under your influence - right goes wrong
Under your influence - you crossed my mind for the last time
Twelve ounces of courage
Makes the world look better
You love the attention
You never had it before
No safety comes from your numbers
Nothing said or gained
Shirking responsibility
True freedom from what?
From what?
(spoken part - you know I walked by you on the street the other day.....you were going one way...I was going the other....and we both walked right by and we don't say a word.....we used to be this close ..we used to be like brothers....but now 'cause of one time one word one phrase one time one word one phrase...it's all over)
CAN I SAY (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
What can I say ?
Why should I try ?
I tried to love
What I knew I hated
I took a lie and I made a truth
I defended
What I should have denied
I never gave a second thought
I followed blindly part of the lot
I never gave
I never gave a second thought
I followed blindly part of the lot
How can I say I'm really free?
How can I say I'm really me ?
What can I say ?
NEVER GO BACK (Music & Lyrics: Baker)
Sometimes it gets so cloudy
It's hard to see
Everything gets distorted
It's all a dream
All these smiling faces
Have lost their shine
I guess I'm getting older
I just don't relate
Never go back
I wish I could learn
To never go back
There's something wrong inside
But I will never release my pride
I wish I could learn to never go back
I'm looking at pictures
And I'm thinking of those times
Those times have changed
And so have I
I stopped my dreaming
I know I can't go back
I started looking closer
And I know what it's become
I wish so bad it was the same
How could it ever be the same ?
Never go back
Never go back
I stopped my dreaming
I don't want to go back
I started looking closer
And I know what it's become |
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