Ben Kweller Album

Over hill
Over dams
I run with you
If it works
If it fails
I run with you

Since fifteen
I have ran
Everywhere
You can run
But together is much better
So let's run let's run let's run

Empty hands
Tired feet
I run with you
On the sand
Over concrete
I run with you

Since fifteen
I have ran
Everywhere you can run
But with you
It's much more fun
So let's run let's run let's run

It doesn't matter that they say we'll never make it
It's so strong that nothing can ever break it
You and I can tackle anything of any size
All anyone can ever want is a co-pilot
Someone to leave this town and
Up and start a secret
And when you sneak out at night
I'll kiss you right between your eyes

Over hills, over dams
I run with you
Down the mountain
Through the trails
I run with you

Since I was fifteen
I have ran
Everywhere you can run
I'm not done with my traveling
So let's run let's run let's run
I'm not done with my traveling
So let's run let's run let's run
I'm not done with my traveling
So let's run let's run let's run

Like sun though the night
Just to get it right
A battle ground at my feet
An unwinable fight
The words we say won't matter anyhow
Let's focus on tomorrow
Instead of right now

Nothing happening
It's all illusion
It's all illusion
Nothing happening
It's all confusion
It's all confusion

All around this room tonight
Now there's nothing we can do
To make each other feel alright
Instead of trying to tell me how to be
Just focus on tomorrow instead of on me

Nothing happening
It's all illusion
It's all confusion

If we want to keep this love we found
We've got to focus on tomorrow
Instead of right now

Nothing happening
It's all illusion
It's all illusion
Nothing happening
It's all confusion
It's all confusion
It's all confusion
Nothing is happening
It's all illusion
It's all illusion
Nothing is happening
It's all confusion
It's all confusion
It's all confusion
It's all confusion
It's all confusion
It's all confusion

Everybody's trying to be the best
What about the girl with loneliness
I like your sundress
I like your sundress
What about the girl with loneliness
From the inside out
You're so beautiful
I want to hold you in my hand

I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to do

I want to start going on a morning walk
What about the days when we used to talk?
I don't need a smile from a mannequin
I just want to hold you in my hands

I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to do

From the inside out
You've changed, girl
You know you have
Don't make a good thing bad
Just let me hold you in my hands

I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to do
I do everything everything everything
I do everything you want me to
I do everything you want me to do
Do do for you

I gotta move,
While the streets ahead are sunny
Fall in love with some honey.
Oohh mama, I gotta move.

I just can't sit still,
In this small town,
There's nothin more here I hit the ceiling,
So in the morning I'll hit the highway.
Ooohh, I just can't stay

I gotta move,
While the streets ahead are sunny
Fall in love with some honey.
Oohh mama, I gotta move.

Its time I broke out into the open,
You know I'll settle down again some day,
I need some new land, and form a rock band.
Oohh, I just can't stay.

I gotta move,
While the streets ahead are sunny,
Fall in love with some honey.
Oohh mama, I gotta move.

And when you wake up and I'm not around you,
My eyes will be racing into the sun, I run, yeah I run,
And all the people start to bring me down yeah,
I need new atmosphere to pick me up,
Roxxane, understand?, yeah,yeah,yeah,
Oohh, I'm on my way.

I gotta move,
While the streets ahead are sunny,
Fall in love with some honey.
Oohh mama, I gotta move.

Whoa, I gotta move,
While my futures bright ans sunny,
Make some noise and make some money,
Oohh mama, I gotta move.

Whoa, I gotta move,
Whoa, I gotta move,
Whoa, I gotta move,
Oohh mama,
I gotta move

We've been in the rain
We've been on the mountain
We've been round the fire

In fancy hotels
Drank water from farm wells
We sang with the choir

I kissed your dry lips
We jumped off the high cliffs
And splashed down below

Skin to skin
In the salty river
Made love in the shadow
Woooah ooh

Read books to each other
Read the mind of the other
Flew one thousand (jets?)

We laughed and we cried
At movies and real life
In our ridiculous beds

We danced in the moonlight at midnight
We pressed against back doors and wooden floors
And you never faked it

And frequently
We ignored our love
But we could never mistake it
Oooh ooh

We met on the front porch
Fell in love on the phone
Without the physical wreck

You gave me the necklace
That used to hang
Around your mothers neck

We questioned religions
Fed bread to the pigeons
We learned how to pray

We stood by the ocean
Turned our hearts in to one
We laid in bed all day
Heeey

We skipped on the sidewalk
Skipped stones on the water
We skipped town

We've seen the sunrise with new eyes
We've seen the damage of gossip and true lies
We've seen the sun go down

Had passionate makeouts
And passionate freakouts
We built this world of our own

It was in the back of a taxi
When you told me you loved me
And that I wasnt alone

I'm just a penny on the train track
Waitin' for my judgement day
Come on baby girl let me see those legs
Before I get flattened away

I wait
Yeah, I wait
For something good, for something great

Stoppin' in somebody's old home town
Gotta get that midnight meal
If you can't get behind your own life
Get behind the driving wheel

And go, just go
Find a place that you don't know

Ran into a friend just the other night
Got a badge, he's a local cop
Haven't seen that boy in over seven years
Since out of high school I dropped

I see, I see
All the things that I should be

Oh baby dance with me!

Even lucky man has a bad day
And pretty girl has a scar
After that train comes and takes me away
Pick up that guitar

And play, just play
Play that rock and roll for me

He's in the yard just washin' his car
Thinkin' 'bout his pretty wife
Makin' lemonade with the kitchen aid
Makin' him a perfect life

And it's grim, so dim
When you wish that you were just like him

I'm just a penny on the train track
Waitin' for my judgement day
Come on baby girl let me see those legs
Before I get flattened away

I wait, I wait
For something good, for something great

And I try, oh I try
I can't stop, I don't know why

Check me out.
Im losing control.
I wanna rock and roll.
But everything I planed just sliped right through my hand.
I dont know why.

Im a nice guy.
I wanna take it easy baby
But every time I start my world falls apart.
I dont know why.

The world is feelin' like it's passin' me by i'm fixin' to lose it but I dont
know why.

Check me in.
I wanna be your friend.
I wanna be your lover baby
But everything I say comes out the wrong way
I dont know why.

So I guess i'll let it slide by.
I wanna take it slowly honey.
I'm feelin' like a fake every move I make.
I dont know why.

The world is feelin' like it's passin' me by i'm fixin' to lose it but I dont
know why.

Again and again and again and again I try. im fixin to lose and I dont know why

The world is feelin' like it's passin' me by i'm fixin' to lose it but I dont
know why.

Half moon
Crossed eyes
Fear is disguised
She carries sadness in her lung
I can hear her
I can run

She'll never be in second place
She'll never be in second place

I see it in her
I hear it in
I feel it in her
I know it's in her
She's magic

Always
Trusting
Everyone
In what they say
Walk down
Every road
I'm never sick
Of growing old

She'll never be in second place
She'll never be in second place

I see it in her
I hear it in her
I feel it in her
I know it's in her
She's magic
Magic

Always alright

She'll never be in second place
She'll never be in second place

I see it in her
I hear it in her
I feel it in her
I know it's in her
I see it in her
I hear it in her
I feel it in her
I know it's in her
I know it's in her
I know it's in her
I know it's in her
I know it's in her
She's magic
She's magic

I'm losing speed
Trying to keep up with you
I'm losing speed
Worrying about you

How long will it take
'Til I can have your heart to break?
Red eye
I'm asking you

Your beautiful fear
Is the Holy Ghost town
Let's close in the road
We used to drive down

How long will it take
'Til I can have your heart to break?
Red eye
I'm asking you

You know I hate the way
Your love don't stay
Red eye
I'm asking you

Your eyelids don't shut
But you don't see me here
When I need to be saved
The queen disappears

How long will it take
'Til I can have your heart to break?
Red eye
I'm asking you

You know I hate the way
Your love don't stay
Red eye
Do you have to have to fly all night
Just to feel all right?
Red eye
I'm asking you
I'm asking you

I'm so sorry I'm so paranoid
It's something in my head
That I can't avoid
And I want to be with you
And always will
Until I die
Until I die
Until I die

I'm so sorry that I've been like this
You're the one thing in this world
I don't want to miss
And I want to be with you
And always will
Until I die
Until I die
Until I die

Frost on the window
I'm in for the night
You've got a phone
Keep me in mind
Just give me a try

I'm so sorry that I've been so sad
But you are the best friend that I've ever had
And I love you
And always will
Until I die

Frost on the window
I'm in for the night
You've got a phone
Give me a try
It's still on my mind

So sorry I'm so paranoid
I'm so sorry I'm so paranoid
I'm so sorry I'm so paranoid
I'm so sorry I'm so paranoid
And I want to be with you
And always will
Until I die
Until I die

I'm a soldier on a battlefield
Got an army on the battlefield
Outnumbered like the Alamo
I don't even want to go

This is war
Yeah yeah yeah
This is war

Always stuck in a daydream
Can't focus on the other team
Hunted you all day and night
Now I'm ready for a fight

This is war
Yeah yeah yeah
This is war

I can't be your friend
Cuz I got to knock you out

Are you ready for a surprise?
I don't even think you even realize
They say that you're the best
You gotta follow all the rest

This is war
Yeah yeah yeah
This is war

I can't be your friend
Cuz I gotta knock you out
So I can win.