Barenaked Ladies Lyrics: October 2024

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

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