Flowers
We were good, we were gold
Kinda dream that can't be sold
We were right 'til we weren't
Built a home and watched it burn
Mm, I didn't wanna leave you
I didn't wanna lie
Started to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don't understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Paint my nails, cherry red
Match the roses that you left
No remorse, no regret
I forgive every word you said
Ooh, I didn't want to leave you, baby
I didn't wanna fight
Started to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours, yeah
Say things you don't understand
I can take myself dancing, yeah
I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
Oh, I
I didn't want to leave you
I didn't wanna fight
Started to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers (oh)
Write my name in the sand (mmh)
Talk to myself for hours (yeah)
Say things you don't understand (never will)
I can take myself dancing, yeah
I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby (oh)
Can love me better
I can love me better (than you can), baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I
Jaded
I don't wanna call and talk too long
I know it was wrong but never said I was sorry
Now I've had time to think it over
We're much older and the bone's too big to bury
Oh, isn't it a shame that it ended like that?
Said goodbye forever but you never unpacked
We went to hell but we never came back
I'm sorry that you're jaded
I could've taken you places
You're lonely now and I hate it
I'm sorry that you're jaded
You're not even willing to look at your part
You just jump in your car and head down to the bar till you're blurry
Don't know when to stop, so you take it too far
I don't know where you are and I'm left in the dark till I'm worried
Oh, and it hurts me
And it's a f*cking shame that it ended like that
You broke your own heart but you'd never say that
We went to hell but we never came back
I'm sorry that you're jaded (jaded)
I could've taken you places (places)
You're lonely now and I hate it
I'm sorry that you're jaded
I won't lie, it won't be easy
When somebody new's on your body
I'll change my number but keep your t-shirt
I don't mind it's torn up and faded
I'm sorry that you're jaded (jaded)
I could've taken you places (places)
You're lonely now and I hate it
I'm sorry that you're jaded
I'm sorry that you're jaded
Rose Colored Lenses
Sunrise got us up early
So we put on our shades
Somehow, the bed sheets are dirty
Like sticky sweet lemonade
Never wanna leave this room
Daydream, déjà vu
If I had control over you
We could stay like this forever
Lost in wonderland
With our head above the clouds
Fallin' stupid like we're kids
Wearin' rose colored lenses
Let's just play pretend
Wearin' rose colored lenses
Pretend we'll never end
Naked in conversation
Drown me in your delight
Endless summer vacation
Make it last till we die
My baby got looks that kill (kill)
Make a mess of a nice hotel (hotel)
If I had control over you
We could stay like this forever
Lost in wonderland
With our head above the clouds
Fallin' stupid like we're kids
Wearin' rose colored lenses
Let's just play pretend
Wearin' rose colored lenses
Pretend we'll never end
Let's stay like this forever
Let's stay like this forever
Let's stay like this forever
Let's stay like this forever
We could stay like this forever
Lost in wonderland
With our head above the clouds
Fallin' stupid like we're kids
Wearin' rose colored lenses
Let's just play pretend
Wearin' rose colored lenses
Pretend we'll never end
Let's stay like this forever
Let's just keep pretending
Let's stay like this forever
Let's stay like this forever
Let's just keep pretending
Let's stay like this forever
Let's stay like this forever
Let's stay like this forever
Let's stay like this forever, oh
Let's stay like this forever
Let's stay like this forever
Let's stay like this forever
Thousand Miles
Amazing, I'm driving around town
In a beat up old Mercedes
You think I'm crazy
You might be right
But when he smiles, I don't care about the past
Just like that
I told myself I closed that door
But I'm right back here again
I know half of what I'm saying don't make no sense
So don't ask me where I've been
I'm not always right
But still, I ain't got time for what went wrong
Where I end up, I don't really care
I'm out of my mind
But still, I'm holding on like a rolling stone
A thousand miles from anywhere
I look in the rearview
I was talking to you 'fore I realize it's madness
Before the sadness
Oh, I pick up the phone and I call back home
But all I get is a dial tone and instead of hangin' up
I hang my head
I told myself I closed that door
But I'm right back here again
I know half of what I'm saying don't make no sense
So don't ask me where I've been
I'm not always right
But still, I ain't got time for what went wrong
Where I end up, I don't really care
I'm out of my mind
But still, I'm holding on like a rolling stone
A thousand miles from anywhere
I told myself I closed that door
But I'm right back here again
I know half of what I'm saying don't make no sense
So don't ask me where I've been
I'm not always right
But still, I ain't got time for what went wrong
Where I end up, I don't really care
I'm out of my mind
But still, I'm holding on like a rolling stone
A thousand miles from anywhere
You
I've seen love go by my door
It's never been this close before
Never been so easy or so slow.
Been shooting in the dark too long
When somethin's not right it's wrong
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go.
Dragon clouds so high above
I've only known careless love,
It's always hit me from below.
This time around it's more correct
Right on target, so direct,
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go.
Purple clover, Queen Anne lace,
Crimson hair across your face,
You could make me cry if you don't know.
Can't remember what I was thinkin' of
You might be spoilin' me too much, love,
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go.
Flowers on the hillside, bloomin' crazy,
Crickets talkin' back and forth in rhyme,
Blue river runnin' slow and lazy,
I could stay with you forever
And never realize the time.
Situations have ended sad,
Relationships have all been bad.
Mine've been like Verlaine's and Rimbaud.
But there's no way I can compare
All those scenes to this affair,
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go.
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm doin',
Stayin' far behind without you.
Yer gonna make me wonder what I'm sayin',
Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin' to.
I'll look for you in old Honolulu,
San Francisco, Ashtabula,
Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know.
But I'll see you in the sky above,
In the tall grass, in the ones I love,
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go.
Handstand
We met each other on the neon dinghy
Past the manta rays and palm trees
Glowing creatures beam down from great heights
Electric eels and red venom
In the sky, we can see the riders on horseback, on comets
Coming toward us, kicking up with laughter
My friend Big Twitchy rode the boat into the light, surfed the north break
We danced until there was nothing left
Just me and Twitchy 'cause that's all we knew
You're questioning the science 'cause you don't understand
How I'm doing what I'm doing in a f*cking handstand
You found it so impressive that I do it again
My other one is busy, so I use my left hand
We took it kinda fast but you put it in slow
I see your mother's calling and you're hitting ignore
It's like you saw a unicorn, you don't understand
How I'm doing what I'm doing in a f*cking handstand
I wish I could crawl inside your heart
Take you captive and then sail away
I wish I could know that it's forever
Take me captive and then sail away
You're questioning the science 'cause you don't understand
How I'm doing what I'm doing in a f*cking handstand
You found it so impressive that I do it again
My other one is busy, so I use my left hand
We took it kinda fast but you put it in slow
I see your mother's calling and you're hitting ignore
It's like you saw a unicorn, you don't understand
How I'm doing what I'm doing in a f*cking handstand
River
I got a new dress just to meet you downtown
Will you walk me through the park just to show it off?
I can pull my hair back in that tight way that you like
If you wrap me in your arms and you never stop
Heart beats so loud that it's drowning me out
Living in an April shower
You're pouring down, baby, drown me out
Oh oh ooh, you're just like a river
Oh oh ooh, you're just like a river
Oh oh ooh, you go on forever
You're just like a river
Blowing bubbles in the bath, I can't stop from thinking lately
You could be the one, have the honor of my babies
Hope they have your eyes and that crooked smile
Was a desert 'fore I met you, I was in a drought
Heart beats so loud that it's drowning me out
Living in an April shower
You're pouring down, baby, drown me out
Oh oh ooh, you're just like a river
Oh oh ooh, you're just like a river
Oh oh ooh, you go on forever
You're just like a river
You're never running dry, oh
I feel you everywhere
Your face is all in my hair (hair)
Covered up in your sweat
It turns me on that you care, baby
Your love, it flows just like a river
You're just like a river (that's what you are)
You're just like a river (that's what you are)
You're just like a river (that's what you are)
You're just like a river
You're just like a river
Heart beats so loud that it's drowning me out
It's just like a river
Living in an April shower (you go on forever)
You're pouring down, baby, drown me out
You're just like a river
Violet Chemistry
When the floor is wet
And the lights come on but you don't wanna leave
And your phone is lost
But the car's outside, waitin' out on the street
Tonight we'll just be wrong (wrong)
Ain't done this in so long (long)
We ain't gotta talk, baby, we'll keep the stereo on
When the floor is wet
And the lights come on but you don't wanna leave
Stay awhile, stay awhile with me (oh, oh)
Stay awhile, don't deny the violet chemistry (oh, oh)
Stay awhile, stay awhile with me (oh, oh)
Stay awhile, put your arms around me
Put them around me
When the floor is wet
And the lights come on but you don't wanna leave
Can I bum a cigarette? (A cigarette)
We could paint our names in black on the marquee
Tonight we'll just be wrong (wrong)
Ain't done this in so long (long)
We ain't gotta talk, baby, we'll keep the stereo on
When the floor is wet
And the lights come on but you don't wanna leave
Stay awhile, stay awhile with me (oh, oh)
Stay awhile, don't deny the violet chemistry (oh, oh)
Stay awhile, stay awhile with me (oh, oh)
Stay awhile, put your arms around me
Put them around me
Fingers start to dance along the figures and the shapes
Mixing all the colors like we're making a Monet
There's something between us that's too major to ignore
May not be eternal but nocturnal, nothing more
Fingers start to dance along the figures and the shapes
Mixing all the colors like we're making a Monet
There's something between us that's too major to ignore
May not be eternal, but nocturnal, nothing more
Tonight we'll just be wrong (wrong)
Ain't done this in so long (long)
We ain't gotta talk, baby, we'll keep the stereo on
Stay awhile, stay awhile with me (oh, oh)
Stay awhile, don't deny the violet chemistry (oh, oh)
Stay awhile, stay awhile with me (oh, oh)
Stay awhile, put your arms around me
Put them around me
Stay with me awhile, stay with me awhile
Stay with me awhile, stay with me awhile
Stay with me awhile, stay with me awhile
Stay with me awhile, stay with me awhile
Muddy Feet
I don't know who the hell you think you're messing with
Get the f*ck outta my house with that shit
Get the f*ck out of my life with that shit
And I don't know who the hell you think you're messing with
Get the f*ck outta my house with that shit
Get the f*ck out of my life with that shit
You smell like perfume that I didn't purchase
Now I know why you've been closing the curtains, ah
Get the f*ck out of my house
You're coming 'round with your muddy feet
I'm about to something about it
Yeah, I'ma have to do something 'bout it
You keep coming 'round with your muddy feet
Yeah, I'ma have to do something 'bout it
I'm about to something about it
Back and forth, always questioning my questioning
Get the f*ck out of my head with that shit
Get the f*ck out of my bed with that shit
You've watered the weeds and you killed all the roses
Worthy arrives when the other door closes, ah
So get the f*ck out of my house with that shit
You're coming 'round (coming 'round, baby) with your muddy feet
I'm about to something about it (what I do)
Yeah, I'ma have to do something 'bout it (what I do)
And I don't know who you're messin' with
Yeah, I'ma have to do something 'bout it (what I do)
I'm about to something about it (what I do)
Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa, you're coming around
You're coming around, baby (what I do, what I do)
The f*ck out of my house with that shit
Wildcard
Do you wanna play house? I could be your wife
Go and meet your mom in a dress too tight
Maybe I could stay and not break your heart
But don't forget baby, I'm a wildcard
I love when you hold me
But loving you is never enough
And don't wait for me
'Cause forever may never come
I'm a wildcard, ooh
Loving you is never enough
I'm a wildcard, ooh
Forever may never come
I walk in the door with my lips stained red
Pillows on the floor and the flowers dead
Make the music stop before it starts
'Cause don't forget baby, I'm a wildcard
I love when you hold me
But loving you is never enough
I'm a wildcard, ooh
Loving you is never enough
I'm a wildcard, ooh
Forever may never come
And ooh, bet your lovin'
I want all in
I want all or nothing
Ooh, it'll cost ya
I want all in
I want all or nothing
I love when you hold me
But loving you is never enough
I'm a wildcard, ooh
Loving you is never enough
I'm a wildcard, ooh
Forever may never come
Island
I'm on an island, dirty dancing in the sun
So close to heaven but so far from everyone
Yeah, I've got treasures buried underneath the sand
But I'm still wishing for the love that I don't have
Mama told me, "Girl, smoke 'em if you got 'em"
Left my lighter back at home with all my problems
So I'm sitting here, wondering all day long
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed in paradise?
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed in paradise?
I can paint my toenails while I'm soaking up the sea
The only thing that's missing here is you and our TV
And I won't lie, it sure gets lonely here at night
But no one here needs nothing from me and it's kind of nice
Mama told me, "Girl, smoke 'em if you got 'em"
Left my lighter back at home with all my problems
So I'm sitting here, wondering all day long
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed in paradise?
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed in paradise?
I hear your voice like a song on the radio
All day long 'cause, boy, I be missing ya
I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah
I hear your voice like a song on the radio (paradise)
All day long 'cause, boy, I be missing ya
I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah (paradise)
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed in paradise?
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed in paradise?
Am I stranded on an island? (I hear your voice like a song on the radio)
(All day long 'cause, boy, I be missing you)
Or have I landed in paradise? (I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah)
Am I stranded on an island? (I hear your voice like a song on the radio)
(All day long 'cause, boy, I be missing you)
Or have I landed in paradise? (I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah)
Am I stranded on an island? (I hear your voice like a song on the radio)
(All day long 'cause, boy, I be missing you)
Or have I landed in paradise? (I hear your voice like a song on the radio, ah)
Am I stranded on an island?
Or have I landed-
Wonder Woman
She's a wonder woman
She knows what she likes
Never know she's broken
'Cause she's always fine
She's a million moments
Lived a thousand lives
Never know she's hopeless
Only when she cries
When her favorite record's on and she's dancing in the dark
She can't stop her eyes from welling up, up
She makes sure that no one's 'round to see her fall apart
She wants to be the one that never does
She's a won't stop woman
Hours on her hands
All the pain is polished
All the tears are planned
But when her favorite record's on and she's dancing in the dark
She can't stop her eyes from welling up, up
She makes sure that no one's 'round to see her fall apart
She wants to be the one that never does
She's a wonder woman
She knows what she likes
Never know she's broken
Only when she cries, mmm
Flowers (Demo)
We were good, we were gold
Kinda dream that can't be sold
We were right 'til we weren't
Built a home and watched it burn
Mm, I didn't wanna leave you
I didn't wanna lie
Started to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don't understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Paint my nails, cherry red
Match the roses that you left
No remorse, no regret
I forgive every word you said
Ooh, I didn't want to leave you, baby
I didn't wanna fight
Started to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours, yeah
Say things you don't understand
I can take myself dancing, yeah
I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
Oh, I
I didn't want to leave you
I didn't wanna fight
Started to cry but then remembered I
I can buy myself flowers (oh)
Write my name in the sand (mmh)
Talk to myself for hours (yeah)
Say things you don't understand (never will)
I can take myself dancing, yeah
I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than
Yeah, I can love me better than you can
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby (oh)
Can love me better
I can love me better (than you can), baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I