The Maine - American Candy Album Lyrics

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Miles Away

I took a trip up the west coast
LAX to SFO
Was searching for a temp so low
And a summer high
The Sun swayed and set slow
Made waves with some friends I know
Got lost in the ebb and flow
Of the drifting tide
(And I)

I didn't ever want to come down
From that West Coast rush and summer high
And easy, peaceful sense of time
(I felt so alive)
Now I'm alone when I'm back home
It's cold and old
But in my mind
I
I am
Miles and miles
Away

Pretty pretty girls on two wheels
Dolores Heights and a laid back feel
We sat and drank for a while until
The city came alive
We were smoking with strangers
We were dancing with the lights on
I was singing to "The Angels"
See that's my favorite X song

In my mind I'm miles away

When the buzz ain't like it was
Well then it's time for a change
Just a subtle change
A tongue full of only tomorrow's
Will never quench your thirst for today
So what do you say we take a trip miles away

I don't ever want to come down
From this west coast rush and summer high
And easy, peaceful sense of time
(I feel so alive)
At the moment any place I go
Is beautiful
Because in my mind
I
I am
Miles and miles
Away

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Same Suit, Different Tie

Different tie
But I'm wearing the same suit
It's alright
Because the old can feel brand new
See I feel so fresh
I feel so new
And I'm through with my
With my miserable youth

All done up in my hand-me-down clothes
Shaking off the dust and assuming a pose
Well these threads are so old
But they'll never know
Oh no one will ever know
See darlin'
Dear you don't need high-priced designs
To feel dressed up, to feel dressed up
To the nines

Different stride
But I'm wearing the same shoes
It's alright
Because the old can feel brand new
I feel so fresh
(and electric)
I feel so new
(and improved)
And I'm through with
(Yes I'm through with)
My miserable
Oh that invisible youth

All done up in my hand-me-down clothes
Shaking off the dust and assuming a pose
Well these threads are so old
But they'll never know
Oh no one will ever know
See darlin'
Dear you don't need high-priced designs
To feel dressed up, to feel dressed up
To the nines

You don't need much of anything
To feel lush once in a while
No you don't need much of anything
Just a strut and a little style
Just a strut and a little style
Well these threads are so old

All done up in my hand-me-down clothes
Shaking off the dust and assuming a pose
Well these threads are so old
But they'll never know
Oh no one will ever know
See darlin'
Dear you don't need high-priced designs
To feel dressed up, to feel dressed up
To the nines

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My Hair

My hair is tired and it's falling out
But before it all does I think I will let it down
I'll grow it out like it's the 60s, man
Because I feel young enough and just because I can

Grow your hair out, let your hair down while you still can
Because it'll fall out, you'll go bald like an old man
Put the top down, let your locks blow around
Driving through town without a care
Grow it to the ground, let it all down everywhere
Grow out your hair

The other morning as I rolled on out
Of my bed I got tripped up by something on the ground
My curls had down all the way to the floor
I kinda like the way it looks
I'll grow it out some more

Grow your hair out, let your hair down while you still can
Because it'll fall out, you'll go bald like an old man
Put the top down, let your locks blow around
Driving through town without a care
Grow it to the ground, let it all down everywhere

Nobody's gonna tell me how to wear my hair
Not my momma or a big wig millionaire
I'll let it all down anywhere
I'll let it all down everywhere
See I don't care if you all care
It's on my head and it's not your hair

Grow your hair out, let your hair down while you still can
Because it'll fall out, you'll go bald like an old man
Put the top down, let your locks blow around
Driving through town without a care
Grow it to the ground, let it all down everywhere
Grow out your hair

Nobody's gonna tell me how to wear my hair

(Nobody's gonna tell me how to wear my hair)

Nobody's gonna tell me how to wear my hair

(Gotta cut loose!)

Nobody's gonna tell me how to wear my hair

(Let it all down)

Nobody's gonna tell me how to wear my hair

(Grow out your hair!)

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English Girls

The girls are crying
On the corner
Because the boys all left
And they've had too much to drink

We're in London
Mid October
He's convinced the blonde by the bar
Just gave him a wink
And the words he spoke
Left me in disbelief

He said,
"Smoke whatever you've got left,
It's getting late and
We don't have much to lose"
Well she said,
"English girls they just like sex"
I couldn't believe when he said,
"I've got news for you
American boys do too."

(American boys do too)

Her face went red as
The words left his tongue and
She rolls up a cigarette
And he strikes a paper match

I can tell his pouring honey
Into her ear as
Us teenage kids were getting pissed
On cider and black

Pins her against the wall
Tells her she's beautiful
She says she's going home
That's when he said...

"Smoke whatever you've got left,
It's getting late and
We don't have much to lose"
Well she said,
"English girls they just like sex"
I couldn't believe when he said,
"I've got news for you
American boys do too."

And that boy he is a drifter
Tomorrow he'll be far away
And the moment
Before he kissed her

Pins her against the wall
Tells her she's beautiful
She says she's going home
That's when he said...

"Smoke whatever you've got left,
It's getting late and
We don't have much to lose"
And then she said,
"English girls they just like sex"
I couldn't believe when he said,
"I've got news for you
(All these) American boys do too."

(American boys do too)
(American boys do too)

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24 Floors

24 floor
Up in some hotel room
Feeling solo
Thinking of jumping soon
I look up and see the stars
Look down at speeding cars
Think of my family
How they'll remember me
Eyes closed, I see your face
Breathe deep and hesitate
I hear the words you'd say
If you were here with me
You'd say,

"You don't wanna die tonight
Take one more breath to clear your mind
Every moment's relevant
Bittersweet and delicate
Tomorrow may not come again"

24 floors
Up in some hotel room
Feeling so low
And some kind of muted blue
The TV talks at me
Apocalyptically
Fosters the fear in me
But somehow I hear your plea
With eyes closed, I see your face
I breathe deep and hesitate
I hear the words you'd say
Feels like you're here with me
And you say,

"You don't wanna die tonight
Take one more breath to clear your mind
Every moment's relevant
Bittersweet and delicate
Tomorrow may not come again
Tonight is all there is"

Oh, if this is all there is
Yeah, if this is all there is

You don't wanna die tonight
Take one more breath to clear your mind
This moment is relevant
Bittersweet and delicate
Tomorrow may not come again
Tonight is all there is

If this is all there is

24 floors
Up in some hotel room

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Diet Soda Society

To be honest, I am full of shit
But that's alright
Because everyone else that I know is
It's just a tough thing
For us humans to admit
Yes, we all have the question but we don't know what the answer is
Oh, the brain is a funny place

Oblivion, is where I'm headed
My mind is on the brink of going supernova
Just shut up, that's when she said it
She told me, "Just shut up and drink your diet soda."

The bloody unknown
My every fear in essence
This neurotic head makes me believe danger is omnipresent
And all the crazies talk about
The world and how it's gonna end
I sit worried sick because I'm starting to believe them
And I've got an ugly little feeling
The brain is a funny place

Oblivion, is where I'm headed
My mind is on the brink of going supernova
Just shut up, that's when she said it
She told me, "Just shut up and drink your diet soda."

(Oh, the brain is a funny place)

Oblivion, is where I'm headed
My mind is on the brink of going supernova
Just shut up, that's when she said it
She told me, "Just shut up and just shut up"

I said,
Between you and me, the psyche and the soma
My mind is on the brink of going supernova
I asked her what she thought of person vs. persona
She told me just shut up
Your food is getting colder
Your words are getting older
Just drink your diet soda

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Am I Pretty?

You think I'm ugly
(Don't you?)
And I know you hate my body
If you don't like just what I do
Do what you like
So maybe then you'll want me
Maybe then you'll want me

Am I pretty?
Do people like me yet?
Is there a party?
Am I invited?
It's such a pity?
No one adores me yet
So make me up in a shade that fits me
Tell me love oh "Am I pretty?"

You make me feel like (like, like, like)
Confetti for the gathering
So I'll get used
To getting used
I'll do that for you
So maybe then you'll have me
Maybe then you'll have me

Am I pretty?
Do people like me yet?
Is there a party?
Am I invited?
It's such a pity?
No one adores me yet
So make me up in a shade that fits me
Tell me love oh "Am I pretty?"
oh "Am I pretty?"
yeah "Am I pretty?"

There's beauty and grace in the flaws of your face
All candor and style in the crook of your smile
There's beauty and grace in the flaws of your face
All candor and style

Am I pretty?
Do people like me yet?
Is there a party?
Am I invited?
It's such a pity?
No one adores me yet
So make me up in a shade that fits me
Tell me love oh "Am I pretty?"
yeah "Am I pretty?"
oh "Am I pretty?"
"Am I pretty?"
oh "Am I pretty?"

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(Un)Lost

I'm not looking for anything in particular
But I'm far more desperate than you think
I wonder what it's like to be the universe
Experiencing itself ironically
I need some space to run around
I'll always have the underground
I'll build my road despite the cost
I'm not looking to be found
No, not at all

Unaware of where I'm going
Or if I'm going anywhere at all
But I know I'll take the leap
If it is worth the fall
So long as the blood keeps flowing
I'll set a sail and swim across
I'm not looking to be found
Just want to feel (un) lost

With my eyes closed this feels like home
Adrift in my own head
And all I really know is
Whatever this is it doesn't get easier
So take it slow
Just take it slow
Between the silence and the sound
I'll never lose the underground
I'll build my road despite the cost
I'm not looking to be found
No, not at all

Unaware of where I'm going
Or if I'm going anywhere at all
But I know I'll take the leap
If it is worth the fall
So long as the blood keeps flowing
I'll set a sail and swim across
I'm not looking to be found
No, not at all

The world is ours
But for a flash
And you are not allowed to be anybody else
Control what you can
Confront what you can't
And always remember how lucky you are to have yourself

Unaware of where I'm going
Or if I'm going anywhere at all
But I know I'll take the leap
If it is worth the fall
So long as the blood keeps flowing
I'll set a sail and swim across
I'm not looking to be found
Just want to feel (un) lost

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American Candy

What will you do on the weekends
When your best friends
Become your dead friends?
From all the sugar
And all the sweetness
This little sweet tooth
It is your weakness

They've got american candy
You're sweet and sated, so sedated
For the american kids
You're hooked and baited, annihilated
Even if you wanted to
You couldn't stop it's just so sweet
But this american candy
It'll rot your teeth

Try to think back to back to a time when
You loved what you loved because you loved it
Before the sugar
And all the sweetness
Filled up your lungs now
It's all you breath in

They've got american candy
You're sweet and sated, so sedated
For the american kids
You're hooked and baited, annihilated
Even if you wanted to
You couldn't stop it's just so sweet
But this american candy
It'll rot your teeth

Sometimes I feel as though I'm going mad when
I get a touch of saccharine on my lips
I hate the taste on my tongue too damn sweet
I don't fancy american candy, american candy

They've got american candy
You're sweet and sated, so sedated
For the american kids
You're hooked and baited, annihilated
Even if you wanted to
You couldn't stop it's just so sweet
But this american candy
It'll rot your teeth until your gums they bleed

I hate the taste on my tongue too damn sweet
I don't fancy american candy, american candy
You're sweet and sated baby
I hate the taste on my tongue too damn sweet
I don't fancy american candy

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Another Night On Mars

This one goes out to my closest friends
The ones who make me feel less alien
I do not think I would be here if not for them
See all the nights in shitty bars
Throwing up in taxi cars
Or on our backs under the stars
As we sang, as we sing

What's another night on Mars?
With friends like ours
Anywhere is home

This one goes out to my closest friends
The ones who make me feel less alien
I do not think I would be here if not for them
See all the nights in shitty bars
Throwing up in taxi cars
Or on our backs under the stars
As we sang, as we sing

What's another night on Mars?
With friends like ours
Anywhere is home

The Earthlings crawl from bar to bar
Ignoring shooting stars
And grinding all the gears
The atmosphere here on Mars
Oh lord it's quite bizarre
And will remain this way for years and years and years
Yup

What's another night on Mars?
With friends like ours
Anywhere is home...