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
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