Gin Blossoms Album

Well we've been here once before
And we've stuck it out for more
When we come around we'll settle down
The cracks below the floor
Has it been eleven years
Since I've stood here with my peers
And we started out to conquer doubt and frisbee

I should've been a whole lot farther
I'm never going back to college
For just one good day job

You're not missing much for sure
Only everything that's yours
And at times it fails and we're full sail in the gutter
Is this home 'cause I forgot
If it is then thanks a lot
'Cause I can't pretend to know one end from the other

I should've been a whole lot farther
I'm never going back to college
For just one good day job

You're not missing much for sure
Only everything that's yours
At times it fails and we're full sail in the gutter
Is this home 'cause I forgot
If it is then thanks a lot
'cause I can't pretend to know one end from the other

I should've been a whole lot farther
I'm never going back to college
For just one good day job

I wanna take you so far
But they don't want to let us out
But they do, they do, they do
I don't wanna walk on that highwire
They ain't gonna let us down
But they do, they do, they do

What I could never believe in
I was never really even
And I forgot about the cost
And then I got lost, I got lost, I got lost, I got lost

Didn't really wanna live it over
Or even wanna live it down
But I do, I do, I do

What I could never believe in
I was never really even
And I forgot about the cost
And then I got lost, I got lost, I got lost, I got lost

Didn't really wanna live it over
Or even wanna live it down
But I do, I do, I do...

Did you see the sky, I think it means that we've been lost
Maybe one less time is all we need
I can't really help it if my tongue's all tied in knots
Jumping off a bridge, it's just the farthest that I've ever been

Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
Anyplace, but those I know by heart
Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
I'll follow you down, but not that far

I know we're headed somewhere, I can see how far we've come
But still, I can't remember anything
Let's not do the wrong thing and I swear it might be fun
It's a long way down when all the knots we've tied have come undone

Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
Anyplace, but those I know by heart
Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
I'll follow you down, but not that far
Whoooo!

How you gonna ever find your place
Runnin' in an artificial pace
Are they gonna find us lying face down in the sand
So what the hell, have we already been forever damned?

Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
Anyplace, but those I know by heart
Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
I'll follow you down, but not that far

Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
Anyplace, but those I know by heart
Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down
I'll follow you down, but not that far (follow you down)
I'll follow you down, but not that far (follow you down)
I'll follow you down, but not that far (follow you down)
I'll follow you down, but not that far (follow you down)

Looking all around the room
I see the clutter in the gloom
I'm not only back,
I'm not only numb

Changing shades within the evening
In a day then I'll be leaving
I'm not only back,
I'm not only numb

When the air at home is thin
Getting out then looking in
Yeah she knows, she knows, she knows

It ain't awful hard to tell
What it's like, my little hell
Yeah she knows, she knows, she knows

I'm now familiar with the tone
I hear in bed when I'm alone
I'm not only back,
I'm not only numb

In the shade below the eaves
Think I could chain smoke anything
I'm not only back,
I'm not only numb

When the air at home is thin
Getting out, then looking in
Yeah she knows, she knows, she knows
It ain't awful hard to tell
What it's like, my little hell
Yeah she knows, she knows, she knows
She knows, she knows, she knows

She sees all the cars around the parking lots
of bars we've played and stayed
Started laughing, looking down
upon the bed that we've made
We've made, we've made, we've made

The air at home is thin
When getting out, then looking in
I'm not only back,
I'm not only numb

Changing shades within the evening
In a day, then I'll be leaving
I'm not only back,
I'm not only numb

I'm not only back,
I'm not only numb
I'm not only back,
I'm not only numb

How can I find something
That two can take
Without stumbling as we
Walk into our future's wake
I'm like a broken record
That you can play
Repeating as if it matters
Everything I want to say

I'll be all right
As long as it matters
As long as you're here with me now

Forget that time
It's nothing we touch and see
All this is fine
Even as it crashes down on me
I'm looking around
There's nothing that I could want
More than to tell you
There's no more than we've already got

I'll be all right
As long as it matters
As long as you're here with me now...
Forget that our time is almost up I'll be all right...

It's our call
It sways, it stalls
I need a little extra time alone
Well maybe take the long way home
Just enough to get it wrong
Nothing like a bad decision
Says who you are

Fools rush in
For the grist in my
For the grist in my mill
Can't you see
When you're perfectly
When you're perfectly still

One big rout
We're all sold out
If nothing's off limits, we'll pay
Price tags on every other day
We're bankrupt here for now
But they can't take my anger
It can't be touched

Fools rush in
For the grist in my
For the grist in my mill
Can't you see
When you're perfectly
When you're perfectly still...

Outdated maps
Missed pull-out ramps
I won't contribute to our own demise
Pass up the consolation prize
It starts from here from now
Nothing like a bad decision
Says who you are
Fools rush in...

Katie Casey was baseball mad
Had the fever and had it bad
Just to root for the home town crew
Every sou, katie blew
On a saturday her young beau
Called to see if she'd like to go
To see a show but miss kate said "No,
I'll tell you what you can do..."


Take me out to the ball game
Take me out to the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack
I don't care if I never get back
So it's root, root, root for the home team
If they don't win it's a shame
For it's one, two, three strikes you're out
At the old ball game

Katie Casey saw all the games
Knew all the players by their first names
Told the umpire he was wrong
All along, good and strong
When the score was just two to two
Cagey casey knew what to do
Just to cheer up the boys she knew
She made the gang sing this song

Take me out to the ball game
Take me out to the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack
I don't care if I never get back
So it's root, root, root for the home team
If they don't win it's a shame
For it's one, two, three strikes you're out
At the old ball game

Streetlights on, the night air's cool
I'm driving right past my old school
I'm looking for my pack of cigarettes
I'm thinking back on things I've done
I can't forget the stupid ones
It seems I do my best by accident

What's that sound, what's that song
What's this street I'm driving on
In my car
In my car

I miss her feel, her touch, her taste
I feel the distance every place
This distance can't be taken casually
I take my time, just drive around
Feeling lost in my hometown
Every turn I take is comforting

What's that sound, what's that song
What's this street I'm driving on
In my car
In my car

I'll take a break from all their big plans
My first mistake was listening to them
I made a mess it's all been proven
Over and over again
Over and over again

Streetlights on, the night air's cool
I'm driving right past my old school
Looking for some face I can't forget
I take my time, just drive around
Feeling lost in my hometown
Every turn I take's an accident

What's that sound, what's that song
What's this street I'm driving on
In my car
In my car

What's that sound, what's that song
What's this street I'm driving on
In my car
In my car
My Car (What that's sound, what's that song)
My Car (What that's sound, what's that song)
My Car (What that's sound, what's that song)
My Car (What that's sound, what's that song)
My Car (What that's sound, what's that song)

It's like trying to light a cigarette
When the matches you got are soaking wet
Tallest buildings they got are bound to fall
When it's coming down like a wrecking ball

Slow down, Virginia
Don't make me wait
Slow down, Virginia
Don't make me wait
Virginia

It's everything that's cool rolled into one
Everything that's not is left alone
You can hear it ring from near and far
You can hear it scream like a fire alarm

Slow down, virginia
Don't make me wait
Slow down, virginia
Don't make me wait
Virginia

Sometimes it sounds like she's been crying
But when she lights, this whole dump is...
It's everything that's cool rolled into one
Everything that's not is left alone
You can hear it ring from near and far
You can hear it scream like a fire alarm

Slow down, Virginia
Don't make me wait
Slow down, Virginia
Don't make me wait
Virginia

This night never happened
If it's all right with you
Not a word of our weakness
So much as a clue
There's a place outside
I'm glad to play no part
The fairest arms can tally up the faintest stars

Wash away my weekend
Shatter my sight
C'mon sweet amnesia
You're needed here tonight
Take a seat in the shadows
Forget it as it goes
Dissipate in the morning air

All you know
If you find out
You'll find every lie you might
I was nowhere near last night
Whitewash everything in sight

These suspicions have been long drained dry
Our persistence holds them here
A maze of bars and rented rooms remain
Enough to make you almost look away
This night never happened
If it's all right with you

Another for the collection of things we didn't do
That private party is over
Thank god we get new starts
The fairest arms still tally up the faintest stars
When it comes down
In a clear and certain light
I was nowhere near last night
I was nowhere near last night
Whitewash everything in sight...

Who's to say what's right or wrong
If i stand out in the rain too long
Filling up my drinking cup
When i know i've had much more than enough
Write in the pages of my notebook
But they never sound the way they look
Kicking at this old tin can
And i wonder where the hell i am

I can't figure you out
I can't figure you out
When it seems so fine
When it's held to the light
I can't figure you out
I can't figure you out

They push and pull till it breaks in half
I never trust a guy with a nervous laugh
Worried 'bout the smallest things
While the world is coming crashing in

I can't figure you out
I can't figure you out
When it seems so fine
When it's held to the light
I can't figure you out
I can't figure you out

Hey, now it's all right
Hey now, it's fine, it's cool
Seems we've done our worst
It's time to head for school
And so we tripped upstairs
I seen the sun come up
Judging by your shape
I think you've had enough

It's memphis time
Just string that old guitar
Tune it up to Memphis time
Hey, now I couldn't know
Baby, I couldn't tell
Just what's going on

Inside of someone else
You know that this small world
Sometimes this big town
It can drag you up
As well as drag you down

It's Memphis time
Just string that old guitar
Tune it up to Memphis
You can't say that I've been right
I can't say that you've been wrong
We knew it all along

(Take cover Scotty)

So we tripped upstairs
I seen the sun come up
Judging by your shape
I think you've enough
It's Memphis time
Just string that old guitar
And tune it up to memphis time...

looking up i saw nothing
but blue in the bluest sky
and now it's creeping across my eye
going down in my mind, down in my mind

i'm high and i'm hopeless
so help me to get untied
fast asleep now i'm going blind
falling down in my mind, down in my mind

just fine
emulate the style
a competition smile

now i'm running, not looking
and opening up my brain
where it's easy to lose my name
looking dumb in the rain, dumb in the rain
i'm hoping you'll notice
that no one else helps me grow
oh, that's not easy to let you know
what i'm dying to show
dying until you know
pretending all the while
a competition smile

now i've thrown something far
and it haunts me like a curse
i'm like a stone falling hard
and i'm only getting worse

looking up i saw nothing
but blue in the bluest sky
and now it's creeping across my eye
and going down in my mind, down in my mind

i'm high and i'm hopeless
so help me to get untied
fast asleep now i'm going blind
falling down in my mind, down in my mind

just fine
pretending all the while
a competition smile
i'm hiding high...