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Seems my friends and me are full of jealousy
No one else is taking life seriously
Just us
Just me
All the girls our age are into older guys
Rumor is that Mazza had two at one time
Yeah right
I heard it was three
And we end up at the diner puffing cigarettes
We talk about the girls we could never get
Not now
Maybe eventually
We're bursting at the seams
Waiting for something
But nothing ever happens
When we're on the scene
I want to kiss someone
I want to fall in love
But I'm afraid I'm going to waste
in the Garden State
Playing roller hockey in the cul-de-sac
Jamming out at PJ's cranking Fender amps
We're huge in our dreams
Jay he plays a murderer in a show
And scouts are watching David pitch
He might go pro
Who knows
Could be
Tonight there was a party up at Cathy's house
We were gonna crash but we chickened out
Got stoned
And went to sleep
Andrew hung himself from a backyard tree
Now there is an empty chair next to me
I cried
It could have been me
I'm bursting at the seams
Ready for something
But nothing ever happens
When we're on the scene
I want to have some fun
I guess I'll do some drugs
I'm afraid I'm going to waste
in the Garden State
It's time for me to send my applications out
My grades are high but that's not what I care about
Beth won't sleep with me, she says we're such good friends
It's something that my one-track-mind can't comprehend
And Danny's tripping, listening to my guitar
Convincing everyone that I'm some kind of star
I stay up late, I'm videotaping MTV
I swear that one day soon I'll be just like Eddie
I know
I believe
I'm bursting at the seams
Starving for something
But nothing ever happens
When we're on the scene
I’m restless and I’m numb
I guess I'll fall in love
I'm afraid I'm going insane
Such a shame I'll never escape
from the Garden State
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I Am A Middle Child
03:40
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Four babies in a row
My mother had lost in utero
I arrived just in time
deep in the winter of '79
My folks spoiled me
At least that's what my sisters see
Then my brother came along
Taking my place as the youngest one
And I see it now today
How I fit into my place
I am a middle child
A little bit tame and a little bit wild
I am a middle child
Keep everyone happy, gotta please both sides
I am a middle child
Don't know what it means but it's me all right
I'm always in between
Stuck in the center of two extremes
Half laughing, half in tears
A little bit straight and a little bit queer
I went to college, got a degree
Then shoved it in a drawer and tried to live free
I keep trying to take the lead
But the blowback sends right me back into the weeds
Oh well
I am a middle child
A little bit tame and a little bit wild
I am a middle child
Keep everyone happy, gotta please both sides
I am a middle child
Don't know what it means but it's me all right
The middle has become a thing of shame
You’re either left or right, sane or insane
I gotta stop trying to hide
Cuz I am what I am what I am
What am I?
I am a middle child
A little bit chaste and a little bit vile
I am a middle child
Always trying to make everyone just smile (cry)
I am a middle child
Trying to broker peace but starving for a fight
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'I think it's time,' she says,
'for you to put to rest all the fears in my head.
I'm not getting any younger.
I'm not the kind of girl who's gonna wait here forever.'
'What's the rush?' I say.
'You know how much I love you.
The rest gets in the way.
I don't want to make you wonder.
But everything is sunny.
Why you wanna make it thunder?'
Oh no, I'm not ready
I was finally smooth and steady
Can we wait just a little bit longer?
When I'm more sure and stronger?
None of this is what I planned
Life keeps coming, it's all out of my hands
I think I finally get it
It falls into place if you let it
'I think it's time,' she says.
'Put our money in a house instead of blowing it all on rent.
It'll be an investment.
We'll even have a room to put all our guests in.'
'I don't know,' I say.
'I'm always on the move, I don't if I want to stay.
How about California?
If the acting gets slow never say I didn't warn ya.'
Oh no, I'm not ready
I was finally smooth and steady
Can we wait just a little bit longer?
When I'm more sure and stronger?
None of this is what I planned
Life keeps coming, it's all out of my hands
I think I finally get it
It falls into place if you let it
'I think it's time,' you say.
'My body's getting older, I'm ready for a baby.
Stop the pills I'm taking.
It might not even happen, so quit your bellyaching.'
'Not again,' I say.
'I'm barely treading water.
A kid'll just add more weight.'
But you always convince me.
I'm really glad you do
No matter what I say
Or else I'd never change
Oh no, I'm not ready
I was finally smooth and steady
Can we wait just a little bit longer?
When I'm more sure and stronger?
None of this is what I planned
Life keeps coming, it's all out of my hands
I think I finally get it
It falls into place if you let it
It falls into place if you let it
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4. |
Boys
05:33
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We all heard the story
They tied his arms up to the quad
And dragged him through the woods
And left him there
And someone older warned me
If I came to high school I would likely not get out alive
I believed him
My sister got a beat down
From a kid who grew into a man
Who shot his best friend dead
While they were hunting
The sky is blue
The grass is green
I'm not safe
And no one's safe from me
The boys are bored
And bloodthirsty
They’re everywhere
They are me
There was an old lady
We rang and ran a thousand times
She hobbled after us
And begged for mercy
We broke into this one house
And urinated on the carpet
Just because we could
It was funny
I jumped onto a mattress
Off the roof, my brother followed,
Tripped and broke his arm
I could’ve killed him
The boys are out
They’re on the streets
I’m not safe
And no one’s safe from me
In my home
In my dreams
They’re everywhere
They are me
Aimless rage
Such energy
I’m not safe
And no one’s safe from me
Did we ever have security?
I know you’re scared
And you should be
I was at rehearsal
My mother called and asked me home
To pull my father out of the backseat
I grew a paranoia
From all the trouble we would find
I never knew much peace in the suburbs
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I was always stuck inside
A relationship that was fight
I always felt like I had to have someone
Even when it was clear that she wasn’t the right one
They could tell I wasn’t there
And I wondered if I’d ever care
But then I met the one who knew how to reach me
She was a lot like me but the opposite completely
I was all alone
I was all alone
But now I’m not
You were born way too soon
The oceans had obeyed the moon
All the nurses claimed it wasn't happenstance
There was a tsunami all the way in Japan
They told your mom and I, 'Go live your lives.
She's gonna have to stay here thru the night.'
And for the next three weeks that was your home
All the tubes sticking to your itty-bitty bones
You were all alone
You were all alone
But now you're not
We went to Vegas as wedding guests
We saw the sites of the great Southwest
We slept real late, there wasn’t no rush
Cuz the world was only the two of us
But that was now ten years ago
Baby, there’s gray in your hair but you still got a glow
Now our car’s so full we drive in the slow lane
We have nightmares of losing all that love we gained
We were all alone
We were all alone
But now we're not
I cannot believe
How the heart the heart can keep expanding
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