Grinning Streak (2013)












Limits lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

Today, is not the day
To get it done, or not to get it done
Today, I heard you say
That maybe it's OK
If everything looks grey

Hold on to your armrest
Don't be alarmed I'm gonna do my best
Cause it's a long haul and I'm in this
Once in a while I exceed the posted limits

Did you hear?
Was there a cheer?
Did it still make a sound, though I was not around?
Despite the tears, we made it here
But maybe that's the fear
Did it seem insincere?

Hold on to your armrest
Don't be alarmed I'm gonna do my best
Cause it's a long haul and I'm in this
Once in a while I exceed the posted limits

You do your best to deal with everything life throws
But diving in blind headfirst is a great way to break your nose
Everybody says, "everybody knows"
But knowing won't amount to much when pushing comes to blows

Hold on to your armrest
Don't be alarmed I'm gonna do my best
Cause it's a long haul and I'm in this
Once in a while I exceed the posted limits

Boomerang lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

Moving at the speed of sound
You'd think I'd be slowing down
But I'm not losing my momentum
There are ways to turn around
So I don't crash into the ground
I wish someone would invent them

Despite the pretty dress and curls
You don't throw like other girls
You follow through

But I'll come on back
Cause I know
Though you meant to let me go
I could always be your boomerang

I'll come on back
You will see
That all you said got through to me
And I would like to be your boomerang

Going down but no one knew
I was losing altitude
Should have landed and I tried to
I never took my eyes off you
But I got dizzy and you
threw me you were right to

But I'll come on back
Cause I know
Though you meant to let me go
I could always be your boomerang

I'll come on back
You will see
That all you said got through to me
And I would like to be your boomerang

I flew apart but they reattached me
I'm coming in hot, hope you'll catch me

I'll come on back
Cause I know
Though you meant to let me go
I could always be your boomerang

I'll come on back
You will see
That all you said got through to me
And I would like to be your boomerang

I'll come on back
Cause I know
Though you meant to let me go
I could always be your boomerang

I'll come on back
You will see
That all you said got through to me
And I would like to be your boomerang

Yeah, I would like to be your boomerang
Let me be your boomerang
I would like to be your boomerang

Off His Head lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

Any other night, I could leave you alone
Anybody might just believe I had flown
Maybe they were right when they said that
Everybody makes mistakes
But not everyone breaks hearts
Should have been a new start
Save me

When you don't know what to say
And you won't have any sway
You hold your own
And do it anyway

When you meet your match,
you can bow down or stand
Always there's a catch,
and it's soon out of hand
As you make a mess, make your best guess
Could it all end the same?
When you pour gas on a bonfire
Everything goes up in flames
What a shame

When you don't know what to say
And you won't have any sway
You hold your own
And do it anyway

And your Daddy's off his head
'Cause he just heard what you said
You're out of hope
And wishin' you were dead

It all gets lost in the translation
It's all in the details
What's the cost of the temptation?
You're gonna pay retail
Fingers crossed for a salvation
Or retaliation at least

And your Daddy's off his head
'Cause he just heard what you said
You're out of hope
And wishin' you were dead

When you don't know what to say
And you won't have any sway
You hold your own
And do it anyway
You hold your own
And do it anyway

Gonna Walk lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1:]
I've been sitting at the border of love,
When dots connect and there's an order above,
And there is no one that can touch me,
When it's the same thing coming again,
I feel I gotta say.

[Chorus:]
I'm gonna walk,
I won't quit,
Until I get,
To the bottom of your heart.
I'm gonna walk,
I won't quit,
Until I get,
To the bottom of your heart.
Woah-oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
To the bottom of your hea-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-art.

[Verse 2:]
Walking hour after hour, if I could,
Use a walking superpower, I would,
Use it just to come and find you,
Then it's the slow and steady again,
Never going away.

[Chorus]

Woah-oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
To the bottom of your hea-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-art,
To the bottom of your hea-a-aa-arrrt, aa-arrrt, aa-arrrt.

[Bridge]
If It's a puzzle I can solve, I'll find a way,
To find you, I wouldn't mind to,
I will muscle my resolve and every day,
I'm walking away, I'm never gonna stray.

[Chorus (x2)]gonna stray. [Chorus (x2)]

Odds Are lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

Struck by lightning
Sounds pretty frightening
But you know the chances are so small
Stuck by a bee sting, nothing but a bee thing
Better chance you're gonna buy it at the mall

But it's 23 or 4 to 1 that you could fall in love by the end of this song
So, get up, get up
Tell the bookie "put a bet up"
Not a damn thing will go wrong

The odds are that we will probably be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright, odds are we're gonna be alright tonight
The odds are that we will probably be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright for another night

Hit by the A-Train, crashed in an airplane
I wouldn't recommend either one
Killed by a Great White or a meteorite
I guess there ain't no way to go that's fun

But somewhere in the world someone is gonna fall in love by the end of this song
So, get up, get up
No it's never gonna let up
So you might as well sing along

The odds are that we will probably be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright, odds are we're gonna be alright tonight
The odds are that we will probably be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright for another night

Sure, things go wrong, but I'll take my chances
Odds are long, so why not play?

Struck by lightning, sounds pretty frightening
But you know the chances are so small
Hit by the A-Train, crashed in an airplane
Better chance you're gonna buy it at the mall

But it's 23 or 4 to 1 that you could fall in love by the end of this song
So, get up, get up
No I'm never gonna let up
So, you might as well sing along

The odds are that we will probably be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright, odds are we're gonna be alright tonight
The odds are that we will probably be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright, odds are we're gonna be alright tonight

The odds are that we will probably be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright, odds are we're gonna be alright tonight
The odds are that we will probably be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright
Odds are we're gonna be alright for another night

Keepin' It Real lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1:]
Everyone who sees it puts their face in the ground
And when nobody's watching, they can tear it all down
Friend or foe? Cause I can be either one
But if they come at me, then they better all run

[Chorus:]
The wood's all soaking, so fire won't burn
Now I'd keep talking, but you never learn
The cut's too deep, and so the wound won't heal
You won't keep nothing, you don't keep nothing by keepin' it real

[Verse 2:]
Long-toothed time is marching on as I sing
Just cut me down the middle and count my rings
Can't keep nothing; best to leave it alone
You die naked and they burn up your bones

[Chorus]

[Verse 3:]
What's the point in wishing there was somewhere to go
If when you get there, you can't let anyone know
When my time comes, I won't be leaving this Earth
And what I've done for people will determine my worth

[Chorus (x2)]

Give It Back To You lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Chorus:]
I don't care how long it takes,
I will atone for my mistakes,
I will hold your heart when it breaks,
And give it back to you,
I'll give it back to you.

[Verse 1:]
Out of everyone,
I should have known how,
Knots can come undone,
I should grown but,
I was on the run,
And the walls were crumbling,
And I was tumbling.

[Verse 2:]
Should have just fell down,
Instead of making,
Such a hole in the ground,
There's no mistaking,
I will wear the crown,
I'm the lord and master,
Of this disaster.

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
Anyone can walk on water,
Just before they drown,
Anyone can talk but they got
their story upside-down.

[Verse 3:]
Dust coats the floor,
With every move we,
Seem to find more.
I'm out to prove that,
What we're working for,
Is worth defending,
And all this mending.

[Chorus]

I'll give it back to you,
I'll give it back to you,
I'll give it back to you.

Best Damn Friend lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

Talk was cheap
'Till I started talking to professionals
Not my first leap
This atheist could have used confessional
Sown, so reap
Allow me to lead you in devotional
While you weep
Imagine a man who's more emotional

And we'll go

I'll be your hero
I'll be your man
I'll be your best damn friend 'till the end
Sixty to zero
Get up and then
I'll be your best damn friend again

Actions speak louder, but only when they're spoken to
It's not weak to remake amends the way I've chosen to
Hide and seek
And somewhere ahead we'll find a way to trust
It may look bleak
So I'll just imagine for the both of us

And we'll go

I'll be your hero
I'll be your man
I'll be your best damn friend 'till the end
Sixty to zero
Get up and then
I'll be your best damn friend again

I'll be your hero
I'll be your man
I'll be your best damn friend 'till the end
Sixty to zero
Get up and then
I'll be your best damn friend again

And we'll go

I'll be your hero
I'll be your man
I'll be your best damn friend 'till the end
Sixty to zero
Never again
I'll be your best damn friend

I am your hero
I'll be your man
I'll be your best damn friend 'til the end
Sixty to zero
Never again
I'll be your best damn friend

Sixty to zero
Never again

Sixty to zero
Never again

Did I Say That Out Loud? lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1:]
I know you're not to kiss and tell,
But maybe nobody has ever kissed as well as you do,
Don't know what's got a hold of me,
Alcohol or alchemy,
I know you're not to kiss and tell - oh well.

[Chorus:]
Anywhere you're gonna be, that's where I wanna be,
Right now, did I say that out loud,
Put your hands up in the air,
Wave 'em like you care and I'll be there,
Anywhere you're gonna be, that's where I wanna be,
Right now; did I say that out loud,
Woah-oh woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,
Woah-oh woah-oh--oh--oh--oh--oh.

[Verse 2:]
They tell you not to plan too far,
But I'm already miles ahead, and I intend to be wherever you are,
Don't know what's got a hold of me,
It's greater than gravity,
They tell you not to plan too far, but we are.

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
When you get close,
And my heart goes,
Boom-boom-pow!
Did I say that out loud?
When you kiss me,
And it hits me,
If I try to write about it,
Someone's gonna diss me,
Miss me miss me,
Now we got a history,
Is it such a mystery,
How I fell for you?
How I fell for you.

[Chorus]

I know you're not to kiss and tell, oh well.

Daydreamin' lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1:]
I might be a doctor
I might be a leader
Pilot a helicopter
Or be a beekeeper
All I wanna do
Is make it come true
All I'm trying to do
Is make it come true

[Chorus:]
I'm gonna get it right one day
And you'll be out of excuses
For telling me that there is no way;
That it's pointless, it's useless
That I'm dreamin'
I'm dreamin'
I'm dreamin'
I'm dreamin'
Daydreamin'

[Verse 2:]
Hold the phone
Turn off the fax machines
All I wanna do
Is make it come true
Yeah, all I'm trying to do
Is make it come true

[Chorus:]
I'm gonna get it right one day
And you'll be out of excuses
For telling me that there is no way;
That it's pointless, hopeless, useless
That I'm dreamin'
I'm dreamin'
I'm dreamin'
I'm dreamin'
Daydreamin'
Daydreamin'
Daydreamin'
Daydreamin'
Daydreamin'

Smile lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1]
When we were young, we got too old
Never did what we were told
I can have and I can hold
But I can't buy what I just sold

[Chorus]
Smile, won't you, won't you smile?
Haven't seen it for a while
Stay, won't you, won't you stay?
I don't mean that that way

[Verse 2]
We had fun, so time went fast
You don't hop on; it goes right past
The water's high; it's overcast
You're a rotten egg if you're in last

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Love, tell me that I'm wrong
And I'll leave you with this song
But please do come along
And bring your smile with you

[Verse 3]
So raise a glass to all that's good
To everything that we withstood
And there'll be walls, but I think we could
knock 'em down, and for firewood

[Chorus (x2)]
I don't mean that that way
I don't mean that that way
I don't mean that that way

Crawl lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

It's harder than it looks to move through water
First you've got to paddle like a pup
You see yourself, you're sure you're lamb to slaughter
So you take what was pure and muck it up

But I'll throw my hands up and drag myself through
And I'll kick my feet cause I've learned to crawl
It's really impressive, when I was just drowning
I'll crawl, might as well be a butterfly

I could hold my breath and just stay under
But now there's rings of fire on the lake
Lookin' back from here I have to wonder
Just how much did I think that I could take

So I'll throw my hands up and drag myself through
And I'll kick my feet cause I've learned to crawl
It's really impressive, when I was just drowning
I'll crawl, might as well be a butterfly
I'll crawl, it's really impressive, when I was just drowning
I'll crawl, might as well be a butterfly

Hand over hand over hand
Hand over hand 'til I believe that I can stand
I'll crawl

I'll crawl, it's really impressive, when I was just drowning
I'll crawl, might as well be a butterfly
I'll crawl, it's really impressive, when I was just drowning
I'll crawl, might as well be a butterfly

I'll crawl

Blacking Out lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

I'd be kidding myself to think that I'd be any use to you at all
Tell me something I don't know
Just another notch in your belt is all that I would end up being so
Tell me something I don't know

Any lesson you learn
Is gone in a moment
You know you'll probly get burned
But here you go like you own it

And you give it all that you're worth
Make it loud in hopes that you're heard
With your deepest guts just strewn and spilling out

With a little finesse I might have wound up somewhere better than the floor
Tell me something I don't know
I'm a bit of a mess but tucked in brushed off I look somewhat like before
Tell me something I don't know

Any lesson you learn
Is gone again with the moment
You call her name as she turns
You know you've already blown it

Still you give it all that you're worth
Say it loud in hopes that you're heard
With your deepest guts just strewn and spilling out

And you know that you'll never win
So you take your lumps on the chin
And you're still smilin' as you're blacking out

And you give it all that you're worth
Make it loud in hopes that you're heard
With your deepest guts just strewn and spilling out

Cause you know that you'll never win
So you drop your hands and you grin
And you're still smilin' as you're blacking out

Fog Of Writing lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

The fog of writing is like the fog war
You lie to yourself and you pretend you can do it so you can do it more
You make things right, you make some sense
You change the names to protect the guilty and you change the tense
Can I change your mind?

This song could be the one
To help you understand everything I’ve done
Maybe it’ll move you and you could see
I’ve been taking all my time to make the best of me

The proper lighting can make or break a room
So let’s bring a wall of LEDs in to illuminate the doom and gloom
We’ll let the sun brighten up the space
We’ll take time to make sure that every single thing is in its place
Then I’ll change your mind

This song could be the one
To help you understand everything I’ve done
Maybe it’ll move you and make you dance
Maybe if I take my time I’ll get one more chance to hold your heart
A chance to hold your heart
Not just stop and start
A chance to hold your heart

History’s written by the side that wins
They set the scene, tell the story, and determine all the outs and ins
But what goes down when both sides lose?
How will you be represented? Does it matter? Do you get to choose?
I want to change your mind

This song could be the one
To help you understand everything I’ve done
Maybe It’ll move you and you could see
I’ve been taking all my time to make the best of me
Yeah I’ve been taking all my time to make the best of me
I’ve been taking all my time, all my time, all my time
Yeah I’ve been taking all my time, all my time, all my time
Yeah I’ve been taking all my time, all my time, all my time,
all my time, all my time, all my time, all my time

Who Knew? lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

I could have changed my mind, but tried to change you
What do I have to do, what do I have to do?
I should have seen it coming, should have seen it through
What do I have to do, what do I have to do?

Who knew, did you have a clue?
That we'd be the ones to stand in the sun
Who knew, what we could do?
Carved out our names, close to the flame

I tried to land, I tried my hand at something new
What do I have to do, what do I have to do?
I'd rather turn away than sit and wait my turn
Will you return, will you return?

Who knew, a lot to prove
Without a doubt, dig our way out
Who knew, never talked it through
Remember the day, parting ways

How did I get enrolled?
Played my part, played along
With it all, all to lose
Here I stand, by you

Who knew, the best we could do
Let out the door, nothin' said nothin' more
Who knew, left with no clue
We were the ones to stand in the sun (We were the ones)
We were the ones to stand in the sun (We were the ones)
We were the ones to stand in the sun

compilation: Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before (2012)




















I Don't Get It Anymore lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Chorus]
I don't get it anymore,
I don't get it anymore.

[Verse 1]
It's a long way down,
From the airplane cabin to the ground.
Then my heart would pound,
As the earth spun round and round and round.

[Chorus]
I don't get it anymore,
I don't get it anymore.

[Verse 2]
I used to be afraid,
Doubted each decision that I made.
Whenever I went out,
I had a feeling I was talked about.

[Chorus]
I don't get it anymore,
I don't get it anymore,
I don't get it anymore.

[Bridge]
I ran into a friend of mine,
No one you would know.
It wasn't how the stars aligned,
I at once was lost, she told me where to go.

[Verse 3]
I used to get upset,
I would lose it every chance I'd get.
Until you called my bluff,
I had a feeling I wasn't good enough.

[Chorus]
I don't get it anymore,
I don't get it anymore,
I don't get it anymore,
I don't get it anymore.

[Outro]
I get aroused whenever you're around.
I once was lost in her lost and found.
I get aroused whenever you're around.
I once was lost in her lost and found.

Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1:]
Enough is enough is enough is enough is
Enough is enough is enough again
I called your bluff 'cause you think you're so tough
Because you can make enemies out of friends
I am getting sleepy, I'm in your command
Yes yes yes I understand
Yes yes yes I understand

[Verse 2:]
Over and over and over and over and
Over and over and over again
The experts concur so we're sure it occurred
We infer the sword is mightier than the pen
You are in Atlanta; I am in a band
Yes yes yes I'm in a band
Yes yes yes I understand

[Verse 3:]
A fact is a fact is a fact is a fact is
A fact is a fact to misunderstand
And all the detractors who question the cracks
Have been asked to retract or face reprimand
You are always lying
I am on the lam
Yes yes yes I understand

[Chorus:]
Repetition of suspicion
Takes a lie and makes it true

[Verse 4:]
Nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer and
Nearer and nearer to our demise
The fear we adhere to appears to be steering
Our ears to where we're only hearing lies
With us or against us, the line is in the sand
Yes yes yes I understand

[Chorus:]
Repetition of suspicion
Takes a lie and makes it true

Half A Heart lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

Drunk on wine, I'm amazing
Bitter Pill; it's my raising
News at five and at midnight
Caught on tape; serves me right

The crowd around me starts to grow
I can feel the undertow

Anyone with a half a heart would help me out
Before they ever let the other half find out
But if they could see how far I've let you down
Anyone with half a heart would let me drown

Flashing lights couldn't warn her
Paint myself in a corner
Bracing now for the impact
Losing hope, keeping track

Standing on a crumbling wall
Tethered to a cannonball

Anyone with half a heart would help me out
Before they ever let the other half find out
But if they could see how high I've built this wall
Anyone with half a heart would let me fall

In the space between sleep and sleeplessness
We redress all our wounds
If we replace all this hopeless hopelessness
Then we could rest

Anyone with half a heart would let me drown
Anyone with half a heart would pull me down
Anyone with half a heart would let me fall
Anyone with half a heart wouldn't care at all

Anyone with half a heart would help me out
Before they ever let the other half find out
But if they could see how far I've let you down
Anyone with half a heart would let me drown

The Old Apartment (Demo) lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1]
Broke into the old apartment
This is where we used to live
Broken windows, broke and hungry
Broken hearts and broken bones
This is where we used to live

[Chorus]
Why did you paint the walls?
Why did you paint the floors?
Why did you plaster over the hole I made in the door?
Where we used to live

[Verse 2]
Why did you steal the dish rack?
Why did you steal the mousetrap?
These things used to be mine
I guess they still are, I want them back

[Verse 3]
Broke into the old apartment
This is where we used to live
Broken glass, broke and hungry
Broken hearts and broken bones
This is where we used to live

[Outro]
Broke into the old apartment

Shake Your Rump lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1]
Now I rock the house party at the drop of a hat,
Yeah, I beat a biter down with an aluminum bat,
A lot of people may be Jonesin' 'cause they hear me rock the mic,
They'll be staring at the radio,
Staying up all night.
Like a pimp I'm pimpin',
Got a boat to eat shrimp in,
Nothing wrong with my leg just B-boy limpin'.
Got arrested at the Mardi Gras for jumping on a float,
My man MCA's got a beard like a billy goat.
"Oowah-oowah" is my disco call,
MCA hu-huh, get tough y'all.
Routines I bust rhymes I write,
I've been busting routines and rhymes all night.
Like eating burgers or chicken or you'll be picking your nose,
I'm on time homie that's how it goes.
You heard the style I think you missed the point,
It's the joint.

[Verse 2]
Mike D? Yeah? With your bad self running things,
What's up with your bad breath, onion rings?
Well I'm Mike D and I'm back from the dead,
And I'm chillin' at the beaches down at Club Med.
Make another record 'cause the people they want more of this,
Consumers they be saying they can find out David Horovitz.
Hurricane, you got clout.
Other DJ's, he'll put your head out.
A puppet on a string I'm paid to sing and rhyme,
I do my thing I'm,
In the lava lamp inside the brain hotel,
I might be freakin' or peakin' but I rock well.
The Patty Duke the wrench and then I bust the tango,
Got more rhymes than Jamaica's got Mangos.
I got the peg leg at the end of a stump-ah!
Shake your rump-ah!

[Bridge]
Full Clout y'all,
Full Clout y'all,
And when the mic is in my mouth I turn it out y'all,
A full Clout.

[Verse 3]
Never been dumped because I'm the most mackinest,
Never been jumped 'cause I'm known the most packinest.
Yeah we've got beef chief,
We're knocking out teeth chief,
And if you don't believe us you should question your belief Keith.
Like Sam the butcher bringing Alice the meat,
Like Fred Flintstone driving around with bald feet,
Should I have another sip? Nah, skip it.
In the back of the ride and bust with the whippet,
Rope a dope dookies all around the neck,
Whoo ha got them all in check-ah!
Cause I'm running from the law the press and the parents.
Is your name Michael Diamond?
No man, my name's Clarence.
From downtown Manhattan the village,
My style is wild and you know that it still is,
Disco bag schlepping and you're doing the bump,
Shake your rump-ah!
Ahhhh, oohhhhhh,
Disco bag schlepping,
Disco bag schlepping,
Disco bag schlepping,
Disco bag schlepping.

Same Thing lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

What does it mean to wake out of a dream and be
Wearing some else's shorts?
I've been around the block, at least on my bike
I was prepared for the news but not for
The Third World War

I found me an answer, in a grocery store
I found me an answer in the form of an old man with
a cardigan on, this guy's got thirty years on me but
he stops and smiles just to say "Hello,
didn't I see you on TV?"

Must've been the same thing
Must've been the same thing
Must've been the same thing
Charlie Brown went through

I'm in a comic store
Lookin' for some mistakenly priced comic I could make
A fortune on and in walks the Fantastic Four
I say "Don't go; That last issue was cool!"

Must've been the same thing
Must've been the same thing
Must've been the same

These things all end
Who asked you anyway?
You'll have to bend
Who asked you anyway?

I'm in a thunderstorm
Staying out from under trees never holding
Golf clubs, but still seem to be getting
Struck by lightning... must be
Something in my veins
My weathered veins

Must've been the same thing

One Week (Pull's Break Remix) lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Chorus]
It's been one week since you looked at me
Cocked your head to the side and said "I'm angry"
Five days since you laughed at me saying
"Get that together come back and see me"
Three days since the living room
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
but it'll still be two days till I say I'm sorry

[Verse 1]
Hold it now and watch the hoodwink
As I make you stop, think
You'll think you're looking at Aquaman
I summon fish to the dish, although I like the Chalet Swiss
I like the sushi
'Cause it's never touched a frying pan
Hot like wasabe when I bust rhymes
Big like LeAnn Rimes
Because I'm all about value
Bert Kaempfert's got the mad hits
You try to match wits, you try to hold me but I bust through
Gonna make a break and take a fake
I'd like a stinkin achin shake
I like vanilla, it's the finest of the flavours
Gotta see the show, cause then you'll know
The vertigo is gonna grow
Cause it's so dangerous, you'll have to sign a waiver

[Bridge 1]
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad
Trying hard not to smile though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt

[Chorus]
It's been one week since you looked at me
Threw your arms in the air and said "You're crazy"
Five days since you tackled me
I've still got the rug burns on both my knees
It's been three days since the afternoon
You realized it's not my fault
not a moment too soon
Yesterday you'd forgiven me
And now I sit back and wait til you say you're sorry

[Interlude]
Boom anime babes that make you think the wrong thing
Boom anime babes that make you think the wrong thing
Boom anime babes that make you think the wrong thing
Boom anime babes that make you think the wrong thing

[Verse 2]
Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford I'm getting frantic
Like Sting I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurasawa I make mad films
Okay, I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a Samurai
Gonna get a set a' better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing
Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon
'Cause the cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing

[Bridge 2]
How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad
Tryin' hard not to smile though I feel bad
I'm the kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean?
Well, you soon will
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of losing my shirt

[Chorus]
It's been one week since you looked at me
Dropped your arms to your sides
and said "I'm sorry"
Five days since I laughed at you and said
"You just did just what I thought you were gonna do"
Three days since the living room
We realized we're both to blame,
But what could we do?
Yesterday you just smiled at me
Cause it'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days till we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days till we say wasabi
Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie

[Outro]
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry [x8]

Teenage Wasteland lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Imrov Intro:]
[Ed:] No, we're gonna do a bunch of new stuff tonight. And, uh... But I'm gonna have to warn you, most of it's in German. So, I hope you've all attended your German classes in high school, because you're required to take, I think, it's at least two languages, aren't you?
[Steve:] In high school?
[Ed:] Yeah.
[Steve:] Yes.
[Ed:] Yes, two languages, and typing. That's all you need. And you get a high school diploma.
[Steve:] Is woodshop a language?
[Ed:] No, woodshop falls under typing.
[Steve: (Laughing)] Oh, okay. This next song is called "99 Luftballons".
[Ed:] Ah 1, 2, a 1, 2, 3...

[Verse 1:]
I first met Millie in art class in high school,
With her short brown bob, she was better than Bateman's best.
I never thought I'd ever see a miracle,
And who'd have thought it would be in an arcade?

[Chorus:]
Well she moved like an angel,
And she spoke like a memory,
And she smoked like a chimney,
And she completed Dragon's Lair on just one quarter,
On just one quarter,
On just one quarter,
On just one quarter.

[Verse 2:]
I called her up, but she wasn't home,
I knew she was downstairs, but her dad didn't like me.
I never thought I'd see a miracle,
I called her back in 10 minutes and disguised my voice.

[Chorus:]
I spoke like an actor,
And I moved like a burglar,
Then I lied like a carpet,
And I did a phony survey on her whole family,
On her whole family,
On her whole family,
On her whole family.

[Bridge:]
Nobody at school knew what I was trying to do,
But right after art class, I made history,
'Cause when you love someone,
Yeah, and you don't even know no one,

[Instrumental]

[Chorus/Outro:]
She moved like an angel,
She spoke like a memory,
Then she moved to Alberta,
I'm gonna visit her at grandma's,
Well, maybe next week,
Yeah, maybe next week,
Okay, maybe not next week,
Maybe never,
Maybe it doesn't matter,
Maybe it never did,
It didn't matter at all.

Long While (Demo) lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Chorus]
It's gonna be a long while
It's gonna be a long, long while
Gonna be a long while, living

[Verse 1]
A sad, sad day
When he finally goes away
There's gonna be a deli tray
And some tears
But it could be years

[Verse 2]
Everybody's lining up
To get a piece of grandpa's stuff
If you think that living's tough
Dying's worse

[Chorus]
It's gonna be a long while
It's gonna be a long, long while
It's gonna be a long while, living

[Verse 3]
It only takes a little slip
For him to fall and break his hip
And then it's just a downhill trip
To his grave
Embalmed and shaved

[Verse 4]
Sister wants the figurines
Brother wants the fax machine
Mother thinks it's all obscene
'Cause she'll be next

[Chorus]
But it's gonna be a long while
It's gonna be a long, long while
It's gonna be a long while, living

[Bridge]
Beneath the chatter no one heard
The old man's final dying words
He lay alone so pale and small
And whispered, "How I hate you all"
His life is not what I would call living

[Verse 5]
Wait until
The lawyer finally reads the will
Circling above their kill
Everyone will be stunned

[Verse 6]
He gave it all to charity
Dangled like a carrot, he
Decided not to share it, we
Should have known

[Chorus]
Grandpa's gonna be a long while
Gonna be a long, long while
Gonna be a long while, living
Grandpa's gonna be long while
Gonna be a long, long while
It's gonna be a long while, living
Long while,
Gonna be a long, long while, living
Long while,
Oh he's gonna be a long, long while,
Gonna be a long while, living.

Second Best (Demo) lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1]
Everything's a lie
We're all gonna die
Before we say goodbye, let's attack

[Verse 2]
I admit it's bleak
But I give it a week
Until our friends the meek give it back

[Chorus]
Is it true? Well it's true enough I guess
It's good to see you in this wilderness

[Verse 3]
What's left of you that's real
A mutated ideal
With limited appeal, I suggest

[Verse 4]
There's a sale on body parts
You're filling up your cart
Is that still your own heart?
Meet that chest.

[Chorus]
Is it you? Well it's you enough I guess
You're a statue of Los Angeles
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess
Sometimes it's better to be second best
Second best [x7]

[Verse 5]
Perhaps it's just as well
That I still look like hell
At least the world can tell us apart

[Chorus]
Is it true? Yes it's true enough I guess
Morning often finds me unimpressed
Is it true, yes it's true enough I guess
Sometimes it's better to be second best
Second best [x15]

I Can, I Will, I Do lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1]
Friend, this shouldn't be the way things end
But then, a break is just around the bend.
And when you tell me as I leave
You're scared you'll never see my face again
Well, I'm not sure it's the truth

[Pre-Chorus]
You don't think I can love you
You don't think I can love you
You don't think I can love you

[Chorus]
But I can, and I will, and I do

[Verse 2]
You write, I read your letters every night
All right, I skim them just to be polite.
I fight embarrassment and shame
The mention of your name makes me turn white
But guilt still makes me refrain

[Pre-Chorus]
You don't think I can love you
You don't think I can love you
You don't think I can love you

[Chorus]
But I can, and I will, and I do

[Bridge]
I imagine you think I don't think of you
You know you couldn't be more wrong
If good intentions paved the road that gets me through
Then I've got a six-lane highway
And I intend to someday
Do all the things I say

[Chorus]
I can, and I will, and I do

[Verse 3]
Hey - it's hard for me to go away
Okay, I know it's not adult
It's just as difficult for me to stay
And anyway you say

You don't think I can love you, mmm
You don't think I can love you, oohh
You don't think I can love you, love you, love you, love you

[Chorus]
I can, and I will, and I do
I can, and I will, and I do
A do do do do do do do do
Do do do

Adrift (Outtake) lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

[Verse 1]
Ever since we said our goodbyes
The onion rings, the phone makes me cry
Something isn't right
Like the Deep Blue without the Great White

[Verse 2]
In the morning open your eyes
The waterfalls, the fire flies
You're an abacus
And my heart was counting on us

[Chorus]
Your mind's got a heavy load
There's still a long way to go
Keep your eyes on the road

[Verse 3]
Crescent moon sings me to sleep
The birches bark, the willows weep
But I lie awake
I'm adrift without a snowflake

[Chorus]
Your heart's got a heavy load
There's still a long way to go
Keep your eyes on the road
Your heart's got a heavy load
There's still a long way to go
Keep your eyes on the road

Barenaked Ladies other songs:


 

Get In Line lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

 (from "King Of The Hill" soundtrack)


Everywhere I go, someone's trying to by my girlfriend's best friend

I'm trying to pretend I'm relaxed but I'm playing castanets with my knees

I try to be cool and give her space

But a guy's always there ready to jump right up and take my place

Everyone in this room seems to want to make a big fool out of me


Everybody open your mouth (Everybody, everybody)

Everybody just say "ah" (Ah, ah, ah)

Everything'll be all right

If you play along


Everywhere I go, there's someone in a trenchcoat staring at me

When I'm not at home, I'm sure someone's rummaging through my trash

Whatever could they want from me?

Is it just a part of a giant government conspiracy?

I gotta go see my doctor about this itchy pentagram-shaped rash


Everybody open your mouth (Everybody, everybody)

Everybody just say "ah" (Ah, ah, ah)

Everything'll be all right

This won't hurt at all (Turn it up)


Everybody get in line (Everybody, everybody)

Everybody turn and cough (Ah, ah)

Everything'll be all right

If you just lay off


Dictate a memo to myself

Try to find if I'm the only one in complete health

Consult contemporaries if there are some to see

There really isn't anyone who's in my league

But me


Every night at a lane, someone thinks they've got a fine bead on me

I try to take three deep breaths as I lock in on my minivan

Everyone says I'm looking great

But it's hard to stand up, let alone to try to concentrate

I wish that everyone that I knew hadn't sold out to The Man


Everybody open your mouth (Everybody, everybody)

Everybody just say "ah" (Ah, ah, ah)

Everything'll be all right

This won't hurt at all


Everybody get in line (Everybody, everybody)

Everybody turn and cough (Ah, ah)

Everything'll be all right

If you just lay

Everything'll be all right

If you just lay (Ah, ah)

Everything'll be all right

If you just lay off (Ah, ah, ah)

It's Only Me (The Wizard Of Magicland) lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

 Urgh!


Speaking as a guy who's really got it going on

It's only natural! - It's only me!

Take it from a fella who's been round the block so many times

He knows the only parking spot that's free,

It's only me.


You can say I've tried everything,

I save on my wedding ring,

Who knows me half as well as me?!


I'm not antisocial, and it's nothing that's reproachful

It's just natural! - It's only me!

I can't think of anybody else I'd rather spend some one on one time with

It's not that hard to see,

It's only me.


I'm the me in monogamy,

I'm not asking a lot of me,

I give me are. E. S. P. E. C. T.


And if you're heart is broken,

You can just do what you do best,

You can just do what you do

When you're heart is broken,

Trust in the one who will love you

Never put others above you


I thought I was using me to get to you,

But this is true and natural!

It's only me!

They say you'll never love another 'till you love yourself

Well brother, I'm in love with everyone I see

It's only me.


You can say I've tried everything,

I save on my wedding ring,

Who knows me half as well as me?

I'm the me in monogamy,

I'm not asking a lot of me,

I give me are. E. S. P. E. C. T.


Whooo!

Aaaaaaaaaa Yeah!


Landed On My Head lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

 (from "The Super Bob Einstein" soundtrack)


You know my face, not my name

It's funny all the same

They won't know what hit these fools

I'm gonna rewrite the rules

Set the trap, lay in wait

The payoff will be great

It's subtle and dry and slow

I won't telegraph the blow


Hell no, I'm not asking for attention

Seems though you may have misread my intentions

Let go, maybe we won't need to mention

How I landed on my head


Don the suit, hit the ramp

Take it like a champ

Then a tremendous fall, or maybe a wrecking ball?

I brought the Funk, just in time

Enthusiasm's fine

Consider yourself told

After they made me, they broke the mold


Hell no, I'm not asking for exemptions

Seems though I may have messed with your conventions

Let go, maybe we won't need to mention

How I landed on my head


Wake me up when we land

I'll never understand

Man, it can get so dull

Let's make it uncomfortable


Line you up for the kill, then stay completely still

You won't see it coming then

I'm making you laugh again


Hell no, I'm not asking for attention

Seems though I may have increased all the tension

Let go, maybe we won't need to mention

How I landed on my head

Landed on my head

How I landed on my head

Lazer Team lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

 (from "Lazer Team" soundtrack)


When there's an interplanetary menace,

Who will defend us against atack?

They could've struck in Tokyo or Venice,

And they depended we'd not fight back.

They might've thought the planet was defenceless,

Then someone befriends us and we're on track.


Make way for the Lazer Team,

It's not a dream,

The most important battle that the planets seen,

It's the Lazer Team,

More than they seem,

Not just a four man alien kicking ass machine.


A champion was chosen for the battle,

He was to be paired with the suit of power.

But like a snake without a rattle,

We were impaired but we would not cower.

They thought they'd slaughter us like cattle,

They weren't prepared for our finest hour.


They weren't prepared for the Lazer Team,

It's not a dream,

The most important battle that the planets seen,

It's the Lazer Team,

More than they seem,

Not just a four man alien kicking ass machine.


I don't think anyone expected them to save the day for you and me.

I don't think anyone expected them to spell Lazer with a "Z"


It's the Lazer Team,

It's not a dream,

The most important battle that the planets seen,

It's the Lazer Team,

More than they seem,

Not just a four man alien kicking ass machine.


It's the Lazer Team,

It's not a dream,

The most important battle that the planets seen,

It's the Lazer Team,

More than they seem,

Not just a four man alien kicking ass machine.


It's the Lazer Team,

It's not a dream,

A multi-cultural alien kicking ass machine,

It's the Lazer Team,

More than they seem,

Okay, bi-racial alien kicking ass machine.


Make way for the Lazer Team,

It's not a dream,

The most important battle that the planets seen,

It's the Lazer Team,

More than they seem,

Not just a four man alien kicking ass machine.


Lazer Team

Lazer Team

Lazer Team

Lazer Team

One Little Slip lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

 (from "Chicken Little" soundtrack)


It was a recipe for disaster

A four-course meal of no sirree

It seemed that happily ever after

Was happy everyone was after me


It was a cup of good intentions

A tablespoon of one big mess

A dash of overreaction

I assume you know the rest


One little slip

One little slip

It was a fusion of confusion

With a few confounding things


I guess I probably took the wrong direction

Well, I admit I might have missed a sign or two

I ran a light past your affection at Humiliation Avenue

I took a right turn at confusion

A left, when I should have gone straight on through

I ran ahead with my assumptions

And we all know what that can do


One little slip

One little slip

It was a fusion of confusion

And a few confounding things


I get the feeling in this town

I'll never live 'til I live down

The one mistake that seems to

Follow me around

They'll forget about the sky

When they all realize

This guy's about to

Try to learn to fly

Or hit the ground


It was a cup of good intentions

A tablespoon of one big mess

A dash of overreaction

I assume you know the rest


One little slip

One little slip

It was a humble little stumble

With a big ungraceful...

One little slip

One little slip

It was a fusion of confusion

With a few confounding things

Our Blue Dot lyrics - Our Blue Dot

 This blue dot is the only shot we've got

If it turns from blue to grey there'll be no way

To turn it back, that's not okay

It's our hometown, we won't let it burn down

It's only fair, let's dream to dare fresh water, food and air

Let's look after our blue dot


If you could stand back far enough and take a look from outer space

You'd see that our atmosphere is paper-thin, with 7 billion people and all life within

But how do you get someone to believe in something that they can't see?

We all believe our Earth is spherical, and evolution is as proven as our gravity


This blue dot is the only shot we've got

If it turns from blue to grey there'll be no way

To turn it back, that's not okay

It's our hometown, we won't let it burn down

It's only fair, let's dream to dare fresh water, food and air

Let's look after our blue dot


Our blue dot

As far as we can see

Our blue dot

There is no planet B

Our blue - Our blue dot


This blue dot is the only shot we've got

If it turns from blue to grey there'll be no way

To turn it back, that's not okay

It's our hometown, we won't let it burn down

It's only fair, let's dream to dare fresh water, food and air

Let's look after our blue dot

Our blue dot

Let's look after our blue dot

Our blue dot

Our blue dot

Thanks That Was Fun lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

 I'm learning, I'm yearning

I'm burning all your stuff

But that's not enough

I'm faking, that I'm aching

Mistaking lust for love


Thanks, that was fun

Don't forget, no regrets

Except maybe one


Did I scare you

When I dared you?

I stared you in the eye

And told you goodbye

You mocked me

It shocked me

When you walked me to the bus


Thanks, that was fun

Don't forget, no regrets

Except maybe one

Made a deal not to feel

God, that's dumb


Everybody knows the deal fell through

I was hoping I could just blame you

When was it that I became so soft?

This sentimentality doesn't look good on me

I thought that you would be begging to be with me

I'm the one on my knees blubbering please

Let me stay


Deflated, and jaded

I hate it when you call

Which isn't at all

I've spoken, though broken

Here's a token of my love


Thanks, that was fun

Don't forget, no regrets

Except maybe one

Made a deal not to feel

God, that was dumb

Don't forget, no regrets

Except maybe one

Made a deal not to feel

Thanks, that was fun

The Big Bang Theory Theme lyrics - Barenaked Ladies

 Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,

Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...

The Earth began to cool,

The autotrophs began to drool,

Neanderthals developed tools,

We built a wall (we built the pyramids),

Math, science, history, unraveling the mystery,

That all started with the big bang (bang)!


"Since the dawn of man" is really not that long,

As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.

A fraction of a second and the elements were made.

The bipeds stood up straight,

The dinosaurs all met their fate,

They tried to leap but they were late

And they all died (they froze their asses off)

The oceans and Pangaea

See ya wouldn't wanna be ya

Set in motion by the same big bang!


It all started with the big bang!


It's expanding ever outward but one day

It will pause and start to go the other way.

Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it won't be heard

Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!


Australopithecus would really have been sick of us

Debating how we're here, they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)

Religion or astronomy (Descartes or Deuteronomy)

It all started with the big bang!


Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology

It all started with the big bang!

It all started with the big... bang!

"All In Good Time" (2010)

You Run Away Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

You run away
You could turn and stay
But you run away from me.

I tried to be your brother
You cried and ran for cover
I made a mess, who doesn’t
I did my best but it wasn’t enough

You run away
You could turn and stay
But you run away from me.

I’ll give you something can cry about
One thing you should try it out
Hold a mirror shoulder high
When you’re older look you in the eye
When you’re older look you in the eye

I tried but you tried harder
I lied but you lied smarter
You made me guess who was it
I did my best but it wasn’t enough

OOOOHHHHHHHOOOHHH

You run away
You could turn and stay
But you run away from me

You run away (I tried to be your brother)
You could turn and stay (You cried and ran for cover)
But you run away from me (I made a mess, who doesn’t, I did my best but it wasn’t enough)

But that’s not something to cry about (crrryyyy!)
It’s not something to lie about

You run away (I tried to be your brother)
You could turn and stay (You cried and ran for cover)
But you run away from me (I made a mess, who doesn’t, I did my best but it wasn’t enough)

Summertime Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Saving it up
Savoring every ounce of sunlight
What comes to be, gradually
Feels like overnight

So, bundle up
And hunker down
See you on the other side
Mercury falls so

How, how do we make it through the days?
How do we not cave in, and bottom out?
Well, you have to understand that
Soon enough we'll wake up from such a daze,
thanks to all the many ways
We're all pushing through, for Summertime

We cover it up, we bottle it in,
But that won't make it feel right
Toppin' it off, rubbing it in
There's always a big mess of white

So, bundle up
And hunker down
Here it comes again
Just one more round
See you on the other side
Mercury falls so

How, how do we make it through the days?
How do we not cave in, and bottom out?
Well, you have to understand that
Soon enough we'll wake up from such a daze,
thanks to all the many ways
We're all pushing through, for Summertime
Our love pushing through, for Summertime

How, how do we make it through the days?
How do we not cave in, and bottom out?
Well, you have to understand that
Soon enough we'll wake up from such a daze,
thanks to all the many ways
We're all pushing through, for Summertime

Another Heartbreak Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak

Soaking in another rainy day
I stopped to watch the long parade
Winding slowly through the maze
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak

I lost my way in the summer breeze
I fell down to my hands and knees
And now I am searchimg
Through the autumn leaves

Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak

And here you stand in front of me
In all of the complexity
That I had Mistaken for simplicity

Hold on, here comes another heartbreak
Hold on, here comes another heartache
Too bad, but it's still a chance I had to take
Hold on, here comes another heartbreak

Hold on

Four Seconds Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Goes to show
It's not what you know
(But) who you know
So's, you know
I can go with the flow
Build my note
Then throw to snow
Before the show
Stay low
Play it on a Dobro
Oh, I tiptoe to and fro
From Ontario
My stereo's blue like the rodeo
Growing like a freak show free throw
It's just the intro
Keep dropping like dominoes

One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four

Now rewind
What'd you have in mind?
Could we unwind?
I'm fine
We can find a streamline
Recombine - intertwine
If I'm gonna headline
Tryin' to be moving all the behinds
Line to line
Try to shine
Redesigned - redefined
Keeping up the spellbind
Gotta make it worth the grind
Just in time to have another close encounter of the third kind

One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four

I've been away for years and a day
You'd be thinking I'd be lonely
But I'm out here to stay
Wouldn't have it any other way

Oh flip, the light is turning orange
Coat ripped when I caught it in the door hinge
I slip when the lady in the four-inch
Bought it in a store in Germany
You wore it like a makeshift snowdrift
Had to get a gift
Saw the red shift rift
Gretta got an eyelift
Oh sure, that one's obscure
Maybe piss-poor, but I had to take a little detour

I've been away for years and a day
You'd be thinking I'd be lonely
But I'm out here to stay
Wouldn't have it any other way

One Mississippi
Two Mississippi
Three Mississippi
Four

On The Lookout Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Roll this one from the top

On the lookout
The wind stopped
We chose this spot
To begin

When we looked out
The waves crashed
Smashing our past
Moving fast
Nothing Lasts
Make it last

This all will pass
Just like us
Just like this spot
Don't miss this
We've only got one shot

Hold on this rock face
It's dried and cracked
But grab on
Don't wait long
Longing to
Look out for you

This all will pass
Just like us
Just like this spot
Don't miss this
We've only got one shot

On the lookout
On the lookout
On the lookout
On the lookout

Ordinary Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Don't you know we lost?
Sunk so low, we just called it off
How an ordinary moment gets tossed
A more than ordinary woman's cost

Believe me
Believe me

Thought I understood
Fought to buy the whole neighborhood
You ought to try, "I told you so", it feels good
Bought it high, and sold as low as I could

Believe me
Believe me

It's come undone
Done
It's come undone
Done

Have another look, another look around
Have another look around

I can't stay too long
Can only play a handful of songs
How a melody can make up your mind
Take a memory and leave it behind

Believe me
Believe me

It's come undone
Done
It's come undone
Done

I Have Learned Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

No, don't know everything
There's known unknowns
Too long just wondering
Lazybones

Spare me the parlor tricks
That impress your fans
Waving your candlesticks
In your burned hands

I have learned to live with livin' with
Every choice we made
But I would love to live with giving this
Shaky voice some shade

I don't think you're comfortable
Until you're not
When things get wonderful
You get hot

Can you forgive me for
What I had to do?
I'd use a metaphor
But I'm done with you

I have learned to live with livin' with
Every choice we made
But I would love to live with giving this
Shaky voice some shade

Same sun
Same fun
Whole new world

I have learned to live with livin' with
Every choice we made
But I would love to live with giving this
Shaky voice some shade

I have learned to live with livin' with
Every choice we made
But I would love to live with giving this
Shaky voice some shade

Every Subway Car Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

My backpack was faded black
But now it's all blue
It looks whack, but it's compact
And works like brand new

I had found an old Greyhound
But it wasn't my scene
I'm underground at the turnaround

Warehouses above
All I'm thinking of
You gave your heart to me
Soon the world will see
Our graffiti love
Spray paint on my glove
They'll wonder who you are
On every subway car

I'm on my own, I'm Sly Stallone
I did it for you
I've outgrown my wings, and flown
Into something brand new
I show restraint, I'm the Patron Saint
Of urban gardens in bloom
If I don't faint ingesting paint
Breathing all of these fumes

Warehouses above
All I'm thinking of
You gave your heart to me
Soon the world will see
Our graffiti love
Spray paint on my glove
They'll wonder who you are
On every subway car

On every subway car you look amazing
While streaming out of bars their glasses raising
Systematically refused
Then chemically removed

Our graffiti love
On every subway car

Jerome Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

When you walk in Jerome
You never walk alone
'Cause the ghosts dance all around you
All around you, in Jerome

Take the Bloody Basin Road
Through Black Water Canyon
Up the twisted road
To Mingus Mountain
Then you'll know you are home
In the ghost town called Jerome
Where the ghosts dance all around you
All around you, in Jerome

Bar brawlers and drifters
Gamblers and gun fighters
Ladies of the evening, and copper miners
They kept the jailhouse filled
'til it fell down the hill

When you walk in Jerome
You'll never walk alone
'Cause the ghosts dance all around you
All around you, in Jerome

All around you, in Jerome, in Jerome
All around you, in Jerome, in Jerome
All around you, in Jerome, in Jerome
They're all around you, in Jerome, in Jerome
They're all around you, in Jerome, in Jerome

How Long Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

So, give it up for anger
It makes us strong
I maybe just meant to thank her
Strong and wrong

Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long

We never discuss the notches
We just fight away
Even a busted watch is right twice a day

Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long
Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long

I know you know how it feels
I know you know it's for reals
I know you know I know you... so don't say it

That's what it takes to go there
On and on
You make a good case for nowhere
So that's where I've gone
Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long

Don't say how long
Don't say how long
How long
Don't say when
Don't say where
Don't say how long

Golden Boy Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Hey golden boy,
Don't let the darkness in to take you away from yourself,
Nobody else, there's nobody left to make you run,
Somebody knew, maybe it's you, only left to be needing,
One of these days you're gonna wake up wondering how it went down,
Then in that daze you're gonna make up something and wallow around in your room,
Maybe it's soon, maybe it won't be for some time,
I hope you'll be, thinking of me, and I hope you won't be lonely,

[Chorus:]
Hang your head, don't let your hair fall out,
Hang your hat, at somebody else's house,

Game set and match, I have to give that to you, you are the man,
But wait, there's a catch, everyone sees right through you but that was the plan all along,
Cause tell me I'm wrong, tell me you wanted something else,
Went to the cone, made you a splone (?) now I hope you won't be lonely any more,

[Chorus:]

No no no, you're not a quitter,
So don't don't don't you be bitter,
Go go go where you glitter away.........

[Chorus: x2]
Somebody else's house, somebody else's house.

I Saw It Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

I saw
I saw it
We all did
It hurt
I heard it
We all hid

You took what we all hide
We all hide from
The hooks went right inside
That's where they hung

In the park
By the playground
I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
I won't let you

You weighed and waited
You kept steady
You'd count, and recount it
Now you're ready

You took what we all hide
We all hide from
The hooks went right inside
Then the feeling numbs

I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
From this point on
I won't let you down

You say you deserve it
I won't stand and observe it
From this point on
We won't allow this, brother
If we don't end this now
There'll be others

I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
From this point on
I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
From this point on
I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
From this point on
I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
From this point on
I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
From this point on
I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
From this point on
I won't let you down
In the park
By the playground
From this point on

The Love We're In Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Why aren't we making the love we're in?
It could be the last time
You never want to throw that away
Why aren't we making the love we're in?

Less heart to heart, and more brain to brain
If you're feeling tender, I'm Novacain
Lets crash the party, I'll crash the plane

Why aren't we making the love we're in?
It could be the last time
You never want to throw that away
Why aren't we making the love we're in?

Even a beggar must have to choose.
They say you shouldn't wager more than you can lose
Make mine a double, just hold the booze

Why aren't we making the love we're in?
It could be the last time
You never want to throw that away
Why aren't we making the love we're in?

In, in
Anyone can make it but we're
In, in
Some will even fake it but we're
In, in
Why don't we just make the love we're in?
Why don't we just make the love we're in?
Why don't we just make the love we're in?

Watching The Northern Lights Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Floating like a dream cloud above the lake
Drifting in and out of sight
Forty miles above us
Watching the Northern Lights

Watching the Northern Lights
Watching the Northern Lights
Watching the Northern Lights

In the true northern darkness
Far from the sleeping towns
We lay there in silence
Young and free, half asleep, spellbound

We were watching the Northern Lights
Watching the Northern Lights
Watching the Northern Lights

In my mind after all this time
The memory is still clear
All I find I leave behind
The song is my souvenir

Watching the Northern Lights
Watching the Northern Lights
Watching the Northern Lights
Watching the Northern Lights

All In Good Time Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

In time we move so fast
In time away from the past
In time the pain heals at last
All in good time

In time the minutes dance
In time we trust a romance
In time we'll go live in France
All in good time

The clock has two hands
Strong to hold you tight
You can't buy another chance
To get things right

In time we learn to choose
In time we gain what we'll lose
In time we'll all sing the blues
All in good time

There is time, don't worry
Sometimes you won't care
And in time you won't hurry,
you're not going anywhere

In time we walk until
In time over the hill
In time we pay the bill
All in good time

All in good time
All in good time
All in good time

Moonstone Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Haven't said my point of view
I really don't want to bother you
I will see this whole thing through
I really don't want to bother you

I Will
Shoulder the winter snow
I Will
Hold her and let her go

Tattered posters ??
They wrote your name there on the wall
Numbers meaningless to me
What will it do to disagree

I Will
Shoulder the weight he'll need
I Will
Hold her and let her bleed

Moonstone has never shaw so bright
Never in its history
Cold water will wave you goodbye
But you never gone from me

I Will
Shoulder the winter snow
I Will
Hold her and let her go

"Snacktime!" (2008)

7 8 9 Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

1, 2, 3 and 4 more makes 7
6 is afraid of 7 'cause 7 ate 9

9 was minding his business
Talking to 10 about Gordy Howe's clothes
Why 7 ate 9 nobody knows

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
What about 9?
7 ate 9

Oh, the cat'll have to live with 8 lives now
Ronaldo will have to make do
Ever since 7 ate 9 it seems
I've got an extra finger and an extra toe too
7 ate 9

Once upon a time in our solar system
We couldn't make do without 9
But Pluto's not a planet now
So 8 will do fine

Oh, the cat'll have to live with 8 lives now
The Chinese will be out of luck
Vampires will have to think of some other method
'Cause without their K 9's how will they suck?
7 ate 9

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
What about 9?
7 ate 9, 7 ate 9, 7 ate 9
Oh, 7 ate 9

The Ninjas Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

I woke up this morning and everything was different
Something was strange in the air
I woke up this morning and everything was different
I knew that the ninjas had been there

I looked all around my bedroom, underneath the dresser
Behind the bed, but nothing could be found
There was nothing left behind them, nowhere that I could find them
No fingerprints or crumbs on the ground

The ninjas are deadly and silent
They're also unspeakably violent
They speak Japanese, they do whatever they please
And sometimes they vacation in Ireland

The ninjas are deadly and silent
They're also unspeakably violent
They speak Japanese, they do whatever they please
And if you tear off their masks they'll be smiling

Pollywog In A Bog Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

In a puddle by the trail
Flips its tiny tail
Just like a great big whale
But smaller than a snail

It's a pollywog in a bog
Swims under soggy logs
One day he'll be a frog
Pollywog in a bog

Overhead a cedar tree
Gives the shade he needs
Munching while he feeds
On lily pads and weeds

Knows not where he's from
Or how his life had begun
He's not the only one
And soon he'll breathe through lungs

It's hard to believe
With the arms you'll receive
You'll lift your head
Above the water and breathe

Gills shrink away
And may there come a day
When you reach the shore
With a whole world to explore

Ribbit, ribbit, a tadpole exhibit
It's a transformation no one can inhibit
Amphibian change may seem strange
Take them gills and the tail and they all rearrange

Out come the legs for the jump, jump
Hope to the top of the stump, stump
Out come the legs for the jump, jump
Hope to the top of the stump, stump

Where the mud is deep
Frost will soon creep
And without a peep
A frog is fast asleep

It was a pollywog in a bog
Swam under soggy logs
In the morning fog
Pollywog in a bog

Pollywog in a bog
Swam under soggy logs
In the morning fog
Pollywog in a bog

Pollywog in a bog
Swam under soggy logs
In the morning fog

Raisins Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Raisins come from grapes, people come from apes
I come from Canada
I came in first place in a nonexistent race
To rebuild the Parthenon

The Parthenon's in Greece or was it in Grease 2?
I can't keep my movies straight
When I make mistakes I use a lot of salt
'Cause salt makes m'steaks taste great

I don't want to be a bother
But I think the phone's for you

I've got orange pants, I wear them when I dance
But I don't get out that much
You are just too loud, I passed you in a crowd
Thank you and keep in touch

I don't speak Chinese, not even words like please
Thank you or how are you
But I can parle FranA ais, I parled a bit today
It seemed like the thing to do

I don't want to be a bother
But I think you're in my seat

Eraser Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Eraser, eraser, eraser

I draw it with a pencil because it's just a stencil
And if I do retry it, well then I can't deny it
I'm gonna need my little eraser

Eraser, eraser, eraser
Eraser, eraser, eraser
Eraser

I might have to redo it, I might have to work through it
But I try not to chew it 'cause I just shouldn't do it
'Cause I might need my little eraser

If I wrote you a letter but I made an error
I could fix it and make it better
If I make an error I can always make it better with my eraser
Eraser, eraser, eraser

Eraser, eraser, eraser
Eraser, eraser, eraser
Eraser, eraser, eraser

Erasure, erasure, erasure, erasure
Erasure, erasure, erasure, erasure

I Can Sing Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

I can sing, I can sing, I can sing better
I can knit a scarf but you can't knit a sweater
When I'm underwater I couldn't be wetter
Never go swimmin' in a mohair sweater

I can dance, I can dance, I can dance faster
I tried to keep up but it was a disaster
One more move and I'm gonna be the master
So crank it up loud on the ghetto blaster

I can eat, I can eat, I can eat more
And when it's not fresh from the local store
There's a little town in Labrador
Where she sells seashells by the shoe store

I can speak, I can speak, I can speak quicker
Imagine I made a way to make everyone currently frowning snicker
And on the guitar he could be a little slicker
Jimmy always said I was a good flat picker

Louis Loon Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Dive down, dive down
Into the cool green water
Swim around, swim around
By the fish and otters

Louis Loon
Louis Loon

Flap your wings, flap your wings
You're picking up speed
Soon you'll spring, soon you'll spring
High above the trees

June the beaver
Below you'll leave her
Gnawing on sticks, gnawing on sticks
With another dam to fix

Louis Loon

She hears your song
Echoing over lakes and hills
Lonely and long
Sometimes it's high, sometimes with a trill

Wherever you are
You are admired from afar
But just around the bend
You can always call your friends, call your friends

Splash, splash, splash, splash
Come on in and land
In a flash, in a flash
You're under water again
Looking to see when you surface where you'll be

Won't you stay? Won't you stay?
Your friends want to play
Won't you stay? Won't you stay?
Your friends wanna play

Won't you stay? Won't you stay?
Your friends wanna play
Won't you stay? Won't you stay?
Your friends want to play

Won't you stay? Won't you stay?
Your friends wanna play
Won't you stay? Won't you stay?
Your friends wanna play

Food Party Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Food party, food party
Food party, food party
Food party, food party
Food party, food party party tonight yeah!

Hey, great party!
Oh yeah, everybody's here!
Oh yeah, good to see you guys
Yeah, thanks for coming

By the way I'm Sweet
I'm like a chocolaty treat
Sweet, can I get you guys anything?
You can get me a lemon 'cause I'm Sour

Who are you?
I'm Spicy! I'm hot!
Hey! Bam! I'm exciting!
I am Spicy!

I'm crunchy!
You know, like uh, carrot sticks and cookies and peanuts?
Who invited the textures?
People like me! 'C-cause I'm crunchy!

People like me because I'm smooth
Like silk, like a glass of milk
I'm Smooth, how ya doin'?

Well I'm Bitter, I'm bitter like bitter greens
And radicchio and orange peels
I'm Bitter and I don't even want to be here

I'm bland
I'm bland

Well hey, I'm salty
I can help, I'm salty

Hey guys, how's it goin??
Who's that?
I'm Umami
Umami?!

That was the final movement of Antoine Korbajin's "Food Party"
Featuring Ed Shaganoozy on claves
Next up on Radio CAKE, Borrenecade Latios
With The Canadian Snacktime Trilogy

Canadian Snacktime Trilogy: Snacktime Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

I wake up in the morning, I got to sleep at night
But a day without snack time that just isn't right
Oh snack time, oh snack time

How I love the vision of people everywhere
In harmony together and each one has their share
Oh at snack time, oh snack time

Snack time, snack time, talkin' 'bout snack time
Snack time, snack time, oh snack time

Oh snack time, oh snack time
Oh snack time

Canadian Snacktime Trilogy: Popcorn Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Mama put the popcorn kernels in the pot
She turned up the heat
now the pot is getting hot.
And then those popcorn kernels start to
pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,.... POPCORN!

Canadian Snacktime Trilogy: Vegetable Town Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

The houses are built with leafy lettuce.
The light posts are all rubbery asparagus, in Vegetable Town.
The roads are paved with sautéed onions.
Community hall is a hollow pumpkin, in Vegetable Town.
Won't you walk with me down to Vegetable Town?
Won't you walk with me down to Vegetable Town?
Where we can ride the zucchini subway,
or watch the carrot planes land on the runway.
In Vegetable Town. In Vegetable Town.
Would you walk with me down to Vegetable Town?
Would you walk with me down to Vegetable Town?
In Vegetable town. In Vegetable Town.
Would you walk with me down to Vegetable Town?

Drawing Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

There's a blueberry pancake flying in the sky
I can see it, I can see it
And there's a castle in the cloud and it's floating on by
Can you see it? Can you see it?

With my imagination I can see it
With my pencil crayons I can draw it
On a piece of paper I can show it to you
I can show it to you

There's a purple hippopotamus riding on a bike
I can see it, I can see it
There's a spaceship over my house at night
I just know it, I just know it

With my imagination I can see it
With my pencil crayons I can draw it
On a piece of paper I can show it to you
I can show it to you

Draw, draw, drawing, na na na na na
Draw, draw, drawing, na na na na na
Na na na na na, na na na na na
Na na na na na

My imagination, my imagination
My pencil crayons, my imagination

Humungous Tree Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

I'm gonna plant this seed, this little tiny seed,
and it is gonna grow into a giant tree.
A gigantic tree. A ginormous tree.
A humungous tree for all the world to see.

You've gotta love the trees,
they even help us breathe.
They give us oxygen.
They give us scenery.
When I see a healthy trunk it makes me want to jump.
But I feel the opposite when I see a stump.

Help me plant this seed, this little tiny seed.
And let us watch it grow into a giant tree.
One gigantic tree here for you and me.
For our children's children's children's children's children to see.

My Big Sister Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

I like my big sister
But I don't wanna wear her coat
Maybe black, it may fit perfect
But you and I both know, it's a girls coat

Now I can handle some hand me downs
Shirts and sandals are out of bounds
Balls and games and such, I don't mind
But a coat, over the line

Allergies Lyrics – Barenaked Ladies

Ow, hi, do you have a cold?
Uh, no man, I just suffer from

Allergies, allergies
Allergies, allergies

Allergic to cats, allergic to bees
Allergic to dust, allergic to trees
Allergic to mold, allergic to weeds

My little brother is allergic to meat
My friends' mother is allergic to wheat
Allergic to meat?
Allergic to wheat?
Gotta be tricky finding something to eat

Allergies, allergies
Allergies, allergies

Allergic to dogs, allergic to frogs
Allergic to nuts, I hate the guts
Allergic to smoke, it makes me choke
Allergic to shrimp, I'll blow up like a blimp

I get all itchy, and I start to wheeze
Even if I see a slice of cheese
A slice of cheese? I stat to wheeze
Hang on fellas I'm about to sneeze
Aaa, aaa, aaa, achoo!

Allergies, allergies
Allergies, allergies

Allergic to dogs, allergic to frogs
Allergic to eggs, allergic to legs
Allergic to heads, allergic to beds
Allergic to bark, it makes me snark

Allergic to face, allergic to bass
Allergic to guitars, allergic to the stars
Allergic to you, allergic to me
Allergic to birds, allergic to bees

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