Marvelous 3 Album

I guess I met the devil, but I sure didn't know no better
You were cool as hell like e-mail, but still timeless like a letter
As I sit and I stare at the satanic glare, on the glass frame in front of your face
You're alone on my shelf, yelling, "look at yourself"
I feel like Bobby Brady breaking the vase

But now you're all screwed up

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You're so yesterday
Miles away
Promised myself on new years day
I'd take a bath today
And wash you away
As all of your little blonde hairs go down the drain

Your sister called me yesterday to tell me I was a loser
At least I haven't lost my mind, and at least I'm not a boozer
As I tried to heed to your wants and your needs
You were solemnly lost in space
So keep reading your books on "how to give dirtly looks"
Everytime I should be put in my place

Now you're all screwed up

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I guess I met the devil, but I sure didn't know no better
You were cool as hell like e-mail, but still timeless like a letter

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I spend a lot on all the clothes that I got
Cuz all the geeks that I meet, they all look cooler than me
What to do when they're all looking at you
Cuz you're the freak of the week, cuz you're on the TV

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Can you make me a promise
Stop it before we begin
Will you hold onto my head
If I ever lose it again

I've got a shrink, I swear he's Elvis I think
He wears the coolest suede shoes, when I come in with the blues
He thinks it's all about culture and art, but the truth of it is, that it rips me apart

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Tell me I sold out
Tell me I sold out go ahead

You traded all your tears so I could see a happy face
You sat alone and read the writing on the wall
You broke your heart and banged your cool up as you fell from grace
You should've hung the net before you took the fall

The lines are pretty long here, but you'll stand here anyway

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Until you see this ain't going over
There's nothing left to show for
Til you see
Time ain't gonna make up for the times you'd never wake up for me

I watched you build a castle on the beach one rainy day
I saw it fall apart and roll out with the tide
I think there's something metaphric that I'm trying to say
Open up your soap box and just crawl inside

The lights are on but no one's home
Stand there in the dark

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Don't ask me, I just crawled in here on my hands and knees
I can't see, from the fog on my glasses and sweating to death from the heat
It's alright, I've been shit on before, I've had other doors slammed in my face
But it's cool, I'll just go back to school
And learn how to lie to you better

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Let me write it on your hand
So you won't forget
Forget just what you had
Go and write it on your hand

13 rings, and I picked up my cell phone and you gave me hell for awhile
About stupid things, like hanging out with that guy, and why the hell does he always smile
It's alright, cuz my phone's out of range, ain't it funny and strange how you're fading away, I can't hear what you say
I guess you can write me a letter

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Turn the TV off, put down the cosmopolitan
I'd like to think that I'm not asking alot
Oh my god, this static is bad for my complexion
This town has turned you into someone you're not

And every other day I hear another brother say
That I'm standing in line

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Please, just let me go, just let me go
And if it's all over, just tell me so, just tell me so
Please, just let me go
And I won't be your shadow anymore

I passed the house last night, knowing it was my last time
I'd see the dent of anger kicked in your car
In the rear view mirror, thoughts of sex cross my mind
Looks like the drama queen is finally a star
And every other day I hear another brother saying that
I'm crazy, for lying to myself and you for trying

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You lost your mind, I lost my keys
Sometime last night, when I was on my knees
I miss the smile, that you traded for the cold piece of armor
Wrapped around you heart

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I was checked in by 4, put the sign on the door
Looked out the window of the 17th floor
Yelled to the city that knows me by name, and all the bad things I do.
I shed 5 bitter tears, into 5 bitter beers
Looked at my watch and said, "where have the years gone? I'm wasting away like a castle of clay, that's slowly crumbling into."

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Every Monday, I get this pain
Every Wednesday, it hits my brain
Every Friday I die, cuz everyday
I still think of you

I was fucked up by 5, talking nothing but jive
Told the bartender he'd never take me alive
All of this because my favorite show was cancelled last night on TV
So I called up marie, she'd have sex for free
But for ten bucks an hour, she'd listen to me
Talk about rockstars and models on dope, and how I can't cope with this scene

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She dreams about, the girl she used to be
She dreams about, someone else underneath the sheets
Well you can fly off to London with a coke and a smile
But give it 24 hours and 4000 miles and it's
All just another day away from one less day to cry

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How do you feel about that
How do you like it when they touch your face
And turn the page
Tell me now just how you feel about that

She hangs around, the strangest kings and queens
She gets around, but it only gets her clean
Well all the after school specials of the days of your life
And all the anti-drug commercials as you're high as a kite
But it's all just another day away from one less day to cry

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Every once in awhile, you should scream and let her out into the light
Every once in awhile, you should tell yourself that it's alright

She got the #27
Taken off her license plate
Cuz that was my basketball number
Back when we started to date

And I know, it's better to be unfaithful
To the people that you liked last year

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You're still the same
You'll never change
Always a change
You're still the same

She's got a pretty mod cd collection
In the glovebox of her car
All the Blur, and The Cure, and Oasis cases
Tell me you get struck by stars

And I know, it's better to be unfaithful
To the things that you liked last year

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I can't run, I can't hide, this ain't no Marco Polo
You've gone and give yourself away
And all this time, I just thought that I was crazy

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I'll get the door Mrs. Jackson
I'll get the press and reporters too
I'll wait outside your heart
You're not a throw-away filmstar
There's something different about you
And I'll wait outside your heart

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Cross my heart, I would die
Shove the needle in my eye
Be your sugar, I could try
Where's the papers, let me sign
All I want is to be wanted by you

How is your head Mrs. Jackson
How about a pain killer pill or two
I'll wait outside you heart
What in the hell are they saying
They'll never understand me or you
And I'll wait outside your garage, and your house, and your restaurant

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Did you ever hear this one, about the one that got away
It slipped right out the back door, it was on the news today
I was fishing for a hit song, when you woke me out of bed
Now I'm inspired, and my brain is tired, and my eyes are bloody red

Go ahead and eat your sucker, I won't say a word
He gave you the castle, you gave me the bird

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Everybody is grey (I'm turning blue)
Everything that I say (It's about you)
Don't take this wrong, I hope your arms are long
Cuz you're gonna need 'em when I'm going over your head

Hello, can I take your order? I've been waiting for days
I'd like a little compassion, with a side of mayonnaise
You never let the glue dry, when you broke me into
And I'm not some stupid little model car, that you can abuse

Go ahead and eat your sucker, I won't say a word
He gave you the castle, so I'll give you the bird

September '57, it was a very strange year
That's when I met heaven, and all the smoke came clear
I didn't see it coming, I was a very dumb kid
Nobody ever kissed me, quite like the way that you did

And now you know that I suck at this, and you suck at it too
And now we're nothing more than vampires in love

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And I'm wide awake, and you're wide awake
And I don't think that I'm getting tired at all

This is the brightest sunlight, my shade will do me no good
I ain't a morning person, but I'd be one if I could

And cuz of us I just stay up at night, and watch stupid movies 'til the tv is white
And now were nothing left but vampires in love

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You walked into the bathroom, to wash your troubles away 
You always seem to go in there about 20 times a day 
I dropped you off at your therapist, where you walked across the street 
To the neon lights with the purple door, where you passed out on your feet 
Don't think I don't see it all, the beautiful high and the sobering fall begin 
It's a kick ass day, wish you were here, send a postcard telling me when you're here again 
Cuz I can't get through to you 

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There's a lot I could say, there's a lot I could do 
If I had it my way, but I don't and you do 
Makes me throw up to say, that I cared at all 
I gave a lot, and now I'm shot 
And shit like that's like sour lemonade 

I tried to call your favorite bar, but I got a drunk Australian 
He talked a million miles an hour, but I can't tell what he's saying 
Something about a song by KISS, and how they watched you piss yourself away 
As the glass goes crashing to the floor, from the phone booth, I hear more delay 
Cuz I can't get through to you 

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