Matthew Sweet Album

Started with a rose,
Ended up a millionairess queen
In your new electric chair,
Sweetly sitting there building up steam.
Watch your mind little bit,
Or you're gonna have to make believe.

Flew into LA,
Caught a screening of your lifelong dreams.
Blew it in LA,
Now you're desperate to
Create your own scenes.
But watch your mind little bit
'Cause you're heading into the machine.

Come to California.
Come to California.
Come to California.
Come to California.

Come to California,
Baby, let it all hang out.
Come to California,
Tell us what it's all about,
But watch your mind little bit
'Cause the future is beginning now.

Come to California.
Come to California.
Come to California.
Come to California.
But watch your mind little bit
'Cause you're headed into the machine.
Come to California.
Come to California.
Come to California.
Come to California.

You come looking for protection
A revolver in your hand
And that puts it in a language
That I think I understand.
Don't need to concentrate
To push it through.
You know you've sent it
'Cause I'm coming back to you.
Anybody with a brain will tell you
That you cannot win,
But just ask the brainless wonder
Living underneath my skin.
I'll tell you anything
But what is true.
No sense in giving in,
I'm coming back to you,
Back to you.

(Solo)

Anybody with a brain will tell you
That you cannot win,
But just ask the brainless wonder
Living underneath my skin.
I'll tell you anything
But what is true.
No sense in giving in,
I'm coming back to you,
Back to you.

Instead of running,
Stay and keep it coming.
You're getting your kicks
Right at the source.
You're taking your guidance
From the force.
But where do you get love?
Down below or from somewhere above?
Got a scary feeling I know
Where you get love.
Am I the whore
You're working for?
I'm here if you want to keep me near
Much further away than I appear.
Where do you get love?
Down below or from somewhere above?
Got a scary feeling I know
Where you get love.

Instead of running,
Stay and keep it coming,
Stay and keep it coming,
Stay and keep it coming, coming.
Where do you get love?
Down below or from somewhere above?
Got a scary feeling I know
Where you get love.
Where do you get love?
Down below or from somewhere above?
Got a scary feeling I know
Where you get love.

Capture
The spirit of adversity.
Be sure to put the lid on tight
And watch it carefully.
Sew shut
The mouth of the river slut,
The entrance of a place discussed
But hardly there for you.
Hollow:
An evil bigger than you could know
Has taken root.

Rapture:
So what do you care?
You know if it was up to me
I'd take you anywhere.

Hollow:
An evil bigger than you could know,
An evil bigger than you could know,
An evil bigger than you could know,
Has taken root.

(Solo)

Hollow:
An evil bigger than you could know,
An evil bigger than you could know,
An evil bigger than you could know,
Has taken root.

I haven't been a good friend
For a long, long time.
You know I wasn't happy
Behind the smile.
Anywhere you look
A reason to believe.
But think of what it took
To bring me to my proper place.

And I haven't been a good friend
For a long, long time.
I haven't been a good friend
While you've been mine.

Now am I by side
Or standing in your way?
'Cause if this is a sign
I don't know what it's supposed to mean

And I haven't been a good friend
For a long, long time.
I haven't been a good friend
While you've been mine.

(Solo)

I have seen my perfect day
I have watched it fade away.
You know I'm fighting to believe.
I haven't been a good friend
For a long, long time.
You know I wasn't happy
Behind the smile.

Hanging onto your pride,
Trying not to decide
Who could take you.
Do you hold it inside,
Let it fall by the way?
I'll feel the way you feel
And tell you after.
But how long will it take?
How long until you break,
To talk you into space,
How long until you break?
Put an end to your day,
Turn the light out and say.
But first I'll get to know
And love you after.
Just how long will it take?
How long until you break,
To talk you into space,
How long until you break?

Solo

I'll feel the way you feel
And love you after.
Just how long will it take?
How long until you break,
To talk you into space,
How long until you break?
Just how long will it take?
How long until you break?
To talk you into space,
How long until you break,
Til you break..

You're over it.
You're not angry anymore
Because you're over it.
No big deal unless you make it one.
You don't even have to fake it now.
You're over it.
You're over it.
And in a way you should never have to feel
You didn't get your say.
If you're looking all around you
And there's nothing that's profound
You know you're over it
I won't ask you what you think of me
'Cause I'm exactly what I want to be
Not like me.
You're over it.

(Solo)

I won't ask you what you think of me
'Cause I'm exactly what I want to be
Not like me.
You're over it.
You're not angry anymore
Because you're over it.
You can go back to being normal
'Cause I guess this makes it formal now.
You're over it.
You're over it.
You're over it now.

When it shines the sun is hot,
And what you need you ain't got.
Heaven and Earth
Are hardly worth it.
We'll begin the race by living in ecstacy.
You may have your mind to show
But you've got no place to go.
Heaven and Earth
Are hardly worth it.
We'll begin the race by living a life of ecstacy.
We'll begin the race by living in ecstacy.

(Solo)

Will you share with me to live
What nobody wants to give?
Heaven and Earth
Are hardly worth it.
We'll begin the race by living a life of ecstacy.
We'll begin the race by ripping a rib for you from me.
We'll begin the race by living a life of ecstacy.
We'll begin the race by living in ecstacy.

Bad blood set you up for a fall
Think you're so smart that you're fooling us all
But it seems, there must of been something wrong
Say you'll get back if you have to crawl

Well it's a fat chance that you'll make it at all
And it seems, you must of done something wrong

And I remember what you said
It was all over my head
But now it's coming back to me

You don't have the system beat, no
You're traveling down a one way street


Like the rest of us
You must of done something wrong

And I remember what you said
That it's all over my head
But now it's coming back to me
And I remember what you said
It was all over my head
But now it's coming back to me

You must of done something wrong
It was all over my head
You must of done something wrong
It was all over my head

Tell me what you want me to do
Tell me what you want me to say
When nothing I do or say is enough
Everything fits but the size of my love
Out of proportion and into your drug
Into your drug

Now how can I give you the world
Painted on the side of a pearl
When neither the pearl nor the world's big enough
Everything fits but the size of my love
Out of proportion and into your drug
Into your drug

(Solo)

Nothing I do or say is enough
Everything fits but the size of my love
Out of proportion and into your drug
Into your drug

Everything is perfect in a way
But not today
What could tomorrow bring
Even when I beg you
Will you please be good to me
You're running free

Just make believe you believe me
And I'll try harder than before
Cause it's a real love
That keeps us coming back for more

If anything
Anything I question can be used
Against my will
And it will be till you
Understand the question is
A cup that can't be filled
By what you feel

I'll make believe I love you
And I'll try harder than before
Cause it's a real love
That keeps us coming back for more

(Solo)

Just make believe you love me
And I'll try harder than before
Cause it's a real love
That keeps us coming back for more.

Do you realize what they have done
Showed me I am not the only one
Planted something in my mind
Now I've begun to find
Missing time
I want back
I'm afraid that I can feel
Missing time
I want back

Didn't realize they took from me
Everything my eyes had lived to see
Even when they touched my heart
I felt I could not move
Missing time
Holds the key
Something they left here with me
Missing time
I want back

(Solo)

Is there something I can almost see
Cause you know they're coming back for me
Even as you watch us go
Finally you will know
Missing time
Holds the key
Something they left here with me
Missing time
I want back
I'm afraid that I can feel
Missing time
I want back
I'm afraid that I can feel
Missing time
I want back