Better Than Ezra Album

(Written by Kevin Griffin)

Well I'm watchin' Geraldo on TV
And I'm thinkin' about you and me
About you and me

But ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And ya think too hard
You were gonna tremble
Yet ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And ya think too hard
You were gonna tremble

Well you're dancing with the pole-ends and us
And I'm thinkin' about you and me
About you and me

Chorus

I believe in
I believe this thing
I can't take it anymore
This could be the end of something
This could be the start of something new
This could be the end of something...

Well I'm watchin' Geraldo on TV
And I'm thinkin' about you and me
About you and me

Chorus

Yet ya talk too much
And ya say too little
And your eyes are wide

Do you feel
That you know
Long ago I should have stopped to let you know

And who am I
To reveal
Now I wish I could have told you how I feel

I can see that now
That your long long gone
And your feet are tired
And now I won't look back but I know I'll miss your strange funny way
Your strange funny way

Did you think
I should remain
After all this time you know nothing has changed

There's a tree by the door
There's a dog in this house
Its been locked up so long I guess I'll let it out

I can see that now
That your long long gone
Your feet are tired
And now I won't look back but I know I'll miss your strange funny way
Your strange funny way

Here we go

Well your long long gone
And your feet are tired
And now I won't look back but I know I'll miss your strange funny way

You started running with your beat up suitcase
You hit the vision when the sun go down
I use to laugh when you sang along
Now the barrios songs long long gone

Oh Corrina
Come again
White boy trying to sing that song

Oh Corrina
Come again
The last I saw was your dust light the road

Come out and see us in your faded blue dress
Come out and show how us how to shake that thing
I start to loose you when the time go by
but the barrios songs long long gone

Oh Corrina
Come again
White boy tryint to sing that song

Oh Corrina
Come again
The last I saw was your dust light the road

Oh Corrina
Oh Corrina
Oh Corrina

Well I've been looking in your eyes
And you've been looking in my eyes
Well there's a reason you came to this tonight
There's a reason you came to this tonight

Can you tell me
(Can you tell me why things are falling apart)
There's a reason
There's a reason
Can you tell me
(Can you tell me why things are falling apart)
There's a reason
There's a reason

All the fish in the ocean
To all the birds in the sky
To all the hearts that are broken
Well there's a reason you came to this tonight

Can you tell me
(Can you tell me why things are falling apart)
There's a reason
There's a reason
Can you tell me
(Can you tell me why things are falling apart)
There's a reason
There's a reason

But this world is not our own
Though we thought that it could be
Yes this world is not my own
Though I wish that it could be

(can you tell me why things are falling apart)
There's a reason
There's a reason
Can you tell me
(can you tell me why things are falling apart)
There's a reason

You were standing on the corner
When it all came crashing down
On your black shoes and your black dress
You pulled your black hat round

I suppose you should feel sorry
But I see you dressed in silk
With your double cappuccino
And it's topped with dry-steamed milk
Well I guess you should feel sorry after all
But I'm not crying anymore

Yeah, and do you forget who you are
When you're the last one in the bar
And then morning unfurls
On the wallflower
Wallflower girl
On the wallflower girl

Well you're in and out
And up and down
And halfway in-between
You're Holly Golightly
Yeah I heard you played that scene
Well you say that you're an actress
And a painter on the side
Yeah you used to read the tarot cards
But you don't like what you find
Well, I suppose we both know your future anyway
Hey hey hey

Yeah, and do you forget who you are
When you're the last one in the bar
And then morning unfurls
On the wallflower
Wallflower girl
Wallflower girl

When you're climbing up a mountainside
Well you say it hurts your ears when they mock
But that's the price you pay
For being on top

Now the light is turning greener
And my thoughts are ringing true
And the reason that I'm so hard, girl
I see myself in you
And the mountain-tops and valleys
And the vantage points between
Yeah you used to read the tarot cards
But you don't like what you've seen
Well I suppose we both know your future anyway
Hey hey hey

Yeah, and do you forget who you are
When you're the last one in the bar
And then morning unfurls
On the wallflower
Yeah yeah

My friends
Feel its their appointed duty
They keep trying to tell me
All you want to do is use me
(Ah ha) but my answer (ah ha)
Yea to all the use me stuff

I-I-I and I wanna spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Oh you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Til you use me up

My brother
Sit me right down and he talked to me
(Oh oh) and he told me (ah ha)
That I ought not let you just walk on me
And I am sure he meant well
Yeah but when that talk was through
I-I-I said brother if you only knew
You would wish that you were in my shoes
Oh you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Til you use me up

(Oh oh) sometimes
Yeah its true you really do abuse me
(Oh) You get me in a crowd of high class people (ah ha)
And then you act real rude to me
Yeah (ah ha) but oh baby baby baby baby
When you love me I can't get enough

(Oh oh) and I wanna spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Oh you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
(Ah) til you use me up

Talking about you using me baby
It all depends on what you do
Its ain't too bad the way your using me
Cause I am sure am using you to do the things you do

Called a ride to you
From the phone both up the street
The words still burning
So breath it out breath it in
Close your eyes and count to 10
You blew it all this time
But that's just how ends that your not
Here are you now
The pride just leaves you dry
So where are you now
With the lies and the words
That are rarely spoken here

You were all and more
And all along
I thought that I would surely die with you
So pull it out put it in
It never stopped so why begin
Turn me on next time
Perhaps I'll never know if your not
Here are you now
The pride just leaves you dry
So where are you now
With the lies and the words
That are rarely spoken here

Stay here in me (yeah)
No storms cut you down cut you down

Pride just leaves you dry
So where are you now
With your lies and the words that are rarely spoken here
Rarely spoken
Rarely spoken

ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh

From the days when you were still in school
Pushed your finger tip til it turned blue
And you doubted everything you learned
Second guessed the best that you can do

Well you're growing older
And I think you would have learned
All you're getting over
Don't you know it will return

You silly fool
You must be blind
Oh you silly fool
You must be blind

Well you call yourself a realist
But its really just the fear that's holding you
So you separate and alienate
Anyone who tries to pull you through
And could you tell me something
When you lie alone at night
Do you ever wonder
If I feel the same inside

You silly fool
You must be blind
Oh you silly fool
You must be blind

Everyone can look for reasons
While filling up the seasons
You've got so much to give
Sometimes its hard to let you go

And you're growing older
And I think you might have learned
Everything you give in life
When you know it will return

You silly fool
You must be blind
Oh you silly fool
You must be blind
Oh you silly fool
You silly fool
You silly fool

Discarded, left behind
Paper-cups and sour wine
Candlewax, table cloth
Try to wash, it won't come off
Ticket stubs and movie scenes
Dustin Hoffman has gangrene
Ferris-wheel in the park
City lights after dark

Well I'm goin' home when I find the girl
Makes me forget what I should have done
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter
Lives are fallin' fast in line
The words make sense
But they don't seem to rhyme

Risin' tide, ocean breeze
Crashin' waves, askin' please
Listen to the radio
Singin' with the songs you know
Time passing, memory fades
Forget about the plans we made
Decisions wrap the coat up tight
We keep it safe from the light

But I'm goin' home when I find the girl
Makes me forget what I should have not
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter
Lives are fallin' fast in line
The words make sense
But they don't seem to rhyme

[Take it, Joel]

But I'm goin' home where I'll find the girl
That we won't forget what we should have not
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter coats
In winter
Lives are fallin' fast in line
Our words make sense
But we don't seem to rhyme
We don't seem to rhyme
We don't seem to rhyme

Oh, my head
Aches from each night we lie and fight
In your bed
Can we just sleep tonight
Now I quit
I give
Mercy
So I quit
I give
Mercy

So, suffer
Neither one giving in
You think
We lurk
Somewhere a compromise
Now I quit
I give
Mercy
So I quit
I give
Mercy

All those letters
Split them tonight
Each wanting less than the other would like
So I quit
I give
Mercy
Now I quit
I give
Mercy
Well I quit
I give
Mercy

Mercy
Mercy
Mercy
Mercy

Come outside and we'll take a walk
You can laugh out loud no one will talk
Go barefoot and never feel obscene
There's a girl over there by the windowsill
Ad it looks like she got some time to kill
And she says "Nothing ever matters and what if it did? "
But you don't think that its so strange
Yeah and don't act so surprised
Well she's quite content in a State Street state of mind

There's a house next door where they never sleep
And there's music coming from up the street
Its the song you know and so you sing the tune
And we try to talk above the den
About the world and the shape its in
And then we laugh
Cause nothing seems to matter today
But don't think that that its so strange
And worthless in your eyes
Well we're quite content in a State Street state of mind

And the words speak the joy
That underlies the pain
The pain
The pain
The pain

Well come outside and we'll take a walk
Years fly by, the plants trail off
And you think of a time before you lost your way
And the music played and the man displayed
And the girl over there by the window would say
Nothing really matters anyway
You don't think that its so strange
Yeah you don't act so surprised
Well she's quite content in a State Street state of mind
And he's quite content in a State Street state of mind

Hello Mr. Greaves
You were sleeping when you crashed your car
When the doctors get through your wife won't recognize who you are
I know that you're sick in your room
House pay insurance your mortgage too soon
Hello Mr. Greaves
You were sleeping when your daughter left
You never quite lived now you feel that you've sunk in a trap
In all of the the things you hold dear
A mortgage to you in 35 years
Hello Mr. Greaves
Hello Mr. Greaves
Hello Mr. Greaves