Flip lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
(Flip)
I could be a little devil
Or I could be a little saint
I kind of like it in the middle
Is you is or is you ain't
Nothing's indelible
Everything is sellable
Whether you're an animal or vegetable or mineral
It's criminal to think
It drives a man to drink
Am I coming off like my hits don't stink?
C'mon flip
(Flip)
Bend a little bit
Maybe get wise to a new tip
C'mon flip
(Flip)
Take a little trip
See another side of the same ship
This is the church
This is the steeple
Turn up the lights
See all my people
C'mon flip
(Flip)
Take it for a rip
You're never gonna fly til you lose your grip
Am I living in a bubble?
Am I really out of touch?
Do you think I'll get in trouble?
If I talk too much?
Am I too cynical?
A bit too clinical?
Maybe that pinnacle's unwinnable, subliminal
Original sin
Yo, tell me where you been
Can we get a do-over and start again?
I can't understand it for you
But I'll try to explain
C'mon flip
(Flip)
Bend a little bit
Maybe get wise to a new tip
C'mon flip
(Flip)
Take a little trip
See another side of the same ship
This is the church
This is the steeple
Turn up the lights
See all my people
C'mon flip
(Flip)
Take it for a rip
You're never gonna fly til you lose your grip
Oohhh, look at the stars
Some of them are long gone
And yet, there they are
Oohhh, and so it goes
Because we believe it
It doesn't make it so
So?
So?
So?
C'mon flip
(Flip)
Bend a little bit
Maybe get wise to a new tip
C'mon flip
(Flip)
Take a little trip
See another side of the same ship
This is the church
This is the steeple
Turn up the lights
See all my people
C'mon flip
(Flip)
Take it for a rip
You're never gonna fly til you lose your grip
(Flip)
Good Life lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
Oh, it's a good life, good life, oh it's a good life
Oh, it's a good life, good life, oh it's, oh it's a good life
I did my best to write and sing
You know I wouldn't change a thing
With the benefit of hindsight I might
Not've had a fistfight that night
I made a family, I made friends
Made a mess, but made amends
I even made a little hot-white sunlight
At least I had the spotlight one night
It's alright!
It's a good it's a good it's a good life
Reliving that dream every night
We ain't gonna get another
Brothers and Sisters
You don't wanna live no other
It's a good it's a good it's a good life
Wasn't easy but it turned out alright
Wouldn't trade it for another
Brothers and Sisters
You don't wanna miss this mutha
Oh, it's a good life, good life, oh it's a good life
Oh, it's a good life, good life, oh it's, oh it's a good life
You ride a poem right to the top
You're in the moment, then you're not
You were everybody's favourite flavour
Pretty sweet, but now you've fallen out of favour
Was it hard to watch it go?
If you were there then you would know
Not much I miss about that fame game
Everybody knowing my face but not knowing my name
My name? What's my name?
It's a good it's a good it's a good life
Reliving that dream every night
We ain't gonna get another
Brothers and Sisters
You don't wanna live no other
It's a good it's a good it's a good life
Wasn't easy but it turned out alright
Wouldn't trade it for another
Brothers and Sisters
You don't wanna miss this mutha
It comes to pass
It doesn't come to stay
Let it all unfold
And just step out the way
It comes to pass
It doesn't come to stay
But let it all unfold
Just step out the way
Had the plate full, so I'm grateful, had the gatefold
States sold platinum, everywhere I'm at son
Arenas to the rafters, laughter, happily ever after
Now I'm sat here, looking back there
One Week, was a high peak, on the hot streak
Wasn't even funny, made money by the ton
We could've packed it up, then we had a Big Bang
Now after three decades it's still a good hang
It's a good it's a good it's a good life
Reliving that dream every night
We ain't gonna get another
Brothers and Sisters
You don't wanna live no other
It's a good it's a good it's a good life
Wasn't easy but it turned out alright
Wouldn't trade it for another
Brothers and Sisters
You don't wanna miss this mutha
Oh, it's a good life, good life, oh it's a good life
Oh, it's a good life, good life, oh it's, oh it's a good life
New Disaster lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
Hands are shackled
Feet are bound
Sinking in the icy water
Seems inevitable our protagonist will drown
There's no rescue
No way off this ride
If all the world's a stage
We're burning down the theater with everyone inside
It's in the presentation
It's prestidigitation
It's Kick the Can
Sleight of hand
Fear and outrage on demand
Here comes a new disaster
Here comes the end of days
Next up the sweet hereafter
We'll tell you all about it after this commercial break
Stay tuned for scary monsters
Watch out for rising tides
But first a word from sponsors
Might be a mess
But it's a hell of a good time
The river's dried up
The banks are broke
Our leaders lied to us
But if we pay attention
We can get in on the joke
Cause there's still laughter
There's still hope
We gotta pay the hangman
But that don't mean we gotta
Give him all this rope
The Devil's in the details
They're killing it at Retail
So cross promote
Now cast your vote
There's plenty of room on the lifeboat
Here comes a new disaster
Here comes the end of days
Next up the sweet hereafter
We'll tell you all about after this commercial break
Stay tuned for scary monsters
Watch out for rising tides
But first a word from sponsors
Might be a mess
But it's a hell of a good time
Midnight ticking down
Time to turn the ship around
Everybody feeding ya anti-social media
Fear fear disappear
We don't need you back in here
Save the forest
Save the whales
Throw the CEO in jail
Come together, come what may
Live to fight another day
Don't don't don't believe the hype
This is no way to live your life
Here comes a new disaster
Here comes the end of days
Next up the sweet hereafter
We'll tell you all about after this commercial break
Stay tuned for scary monsters
Watch out for rising tides
But first a word from sponsors
Might be a mess
Might be a mess
Might be a mess
But it's a hell of a good time
Here comes a new disaster
Big Back Yard lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
I always wanted a place with a big back yard
Where the grass is green and the summers are long
Rhubarb growing right behind the garage
I was always dreaming of a big back yard
All I ever wanted was a big back yard
Where me and my brothers could play our guitars
Gaze in wonder at the moon and stars
And sing all night in the big back yard
All I ever wanted was a big back yard
With a porch for your mother and a deck of cards
Eighteen chickens and a Saint Bernard
And a cat named Rudy in the big back yard
In the big back yard, yeah
The big back yard, oh yeah
I always wanted a place with a big back yard
With a neighbour who waves while mowing the lawn
A big oak tree with a swing for my son
And my daughter in the big back yard
All I ever wanted was a big back yard
Where we tell a ghost story by a marshmallow fire
A vegetable garden and a garden gnome
But now all I really want is a home
All I really want is a home
All I ever wanted was a big back yard
With a path to the river not very far
A tub that bubbles and a cue that barbs
And buffalo grazing in the big back yard.
In the big back yard
The big back yard
Oh yeah.
I always wanted a place with a big back yard
I've been living so long with this hole in my heart
I became a drifter and began to roam
Now all I really want is a home
All I really want is a home
All I ever wanted was a big back yard
All I ever wanted was a big back yard
A big back yard
Live Well lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
Look back at my childhood, what was he thinking?
Scrapbook highlights of
Smoking, driving and drinking
Packed with pets and games in the back of a wagon
Some white trash nonsense
Not to sound like I'm bragging
Cause I'm alive doesn't mean I lived well
Just means I got back up every time that I fell
I've got the scrapes, the cuts and bruises
I know the mistakes that it takes
You're a fool if you choose this
With some distance memories get a bit clearer
Watching licenses lost in a rearview mirror
Guess we held ourselves to a different standard
To lose your keys those days, you had to be hammered
Cause I'm alive doesn't mean I lived well
Means I got back up every time that I fell
I've got the scrapes, the cuts and bruises
I know the mistakes that it takes
You're a fool if you choose this
And I recognize I've done fine
Yeah, I realize I've got mine
There must be better ways to make men
Then the nonsense we did back then
Cause I'm alive doesn't mean I lived well
Just means I got back up every time that I fell
I've got the scrapes, the cuts and the bruises
I know the mistakes that it takes
You're a fool if you choose this
Flat Earth lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
I was talkin' to myself as I was walkin' in the shop
I told him, Take a little off the sides and leave a little on the top
Two chairs down from me, talkin' shit I can't help overhear
I couldn't help myself, I guess she caught me laughing in the mirror
Now she's shootin' from the hip and slingin' slack words
She's not speaking in reverse but everything is backwards
I can't fall for any more
Watch me walkin' out the door
If I'm gonna believe in her
I might as well believe in Flat Earth
I might as well believe in Flat Earth
She was talkin', I was mockin' and I guess I couldn't stop
My eyes were rollin' as she lit me up, I had to roll and drop
She said the day that I was born could tell her much about my mind
I said my sign was "Stop" and she should really quit while she's behind
Now she's shootin' from the hip and slingin' slack words
She's not speaking in reverse but everything is backwards
I can't fall for any more
Watch me walkin' out the door
If I'm gonna' believe in her
I might as well believe in Flat Earth
Time's a mystery
Entwined in history
That shines so brilliantly
But my epiphany
Is signs are missed on me
I was talkin' to myself as I was walkin' in the shop
I can't fall for any more
Watch me walkin' out the door
If I'm gonna believe in her
I might as well believe in Flat Earth
I might as well believe in Flat Earth
I might as well believe in Flat Earth
I might as well believe in Flat Earth
Here Together lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
Oxygen was gettin' thin
Made it from the bottom of the ocean
You said, don't miss me much
But I could never hold on to you long enough
And if I could remember
To feel the sun before it's gone
And while we're here together
I wouldn't miss a second of the fun
Nothing lasts forever
You just say whatever
And you change the song
Clear my eyes so I can see
The light that's bouncing off of you and onto me
If I could speak I would say
When you glide across the floor it takes my breath away
And if I could remember
To feel the sun before it's gone
And while we're here together
I wouldn't miss a second of the fun
Nothing lasts forever
Like stitches from my sweater
They came undone
Nothing lasts forever
You just say whatever
And you change the song
And if I could remember
To feel the sun before it's gone
And while we're here together
I wouldn't miss a second of the fun
Nothing lasts forever
We're changing like the weather
Still holding on
You just say whatever
One more time together
Let's change the song
Roll Out lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
We're gonna roll out
Take over this town
We're gonna kill it til the sun comes up
We're gonna roll out
It's bout to go down
If you think I'm kidding
You can kiss my dust
I can see you need a little loco in your vida, oh
Find ourselves a little terra incognita, yeah
We're gonna get it til the gettin's all gone
Keep calm carry on
Turn it up sing along
We're gonna roll out
Take over this town
We're gonna kill it til the sun comes up
We're gonna roll out
It's bout to go down
If you think I'm kidding
You can kiss my dust
Wouldn't it be righteous if we found a lovin' feelin', oh
A twistin' turnin' journey don't stop believin', yeah
Karaoke singer shy girl gone
Can I get a HEY get a HEY
Backstreet Boys song?
We're gonna roll out
Take over this town
We're gonna kill it til the sun comes up
We're gonna roll out
It's bout to go down
If you think I'm kidding
You can kiss my dust
We could drive around in circles
Drive around in circles
Drive around in circles
Drive around in circles
Drive around in circles
We could drive around in circles
Drive around in circles
Drive around in circles
Drive around in circles
Drive around!
We're gonna roll out
We're gonna roll out
Take over this town
We're gonna kill it til the sun comes up
We're gonna roll out
It's bout to go down
If you think I'm kidding
You can kiss my dust
Bylaw lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
I woke up, it was 7 a.m
It sounded like the walls were caving in
There was a man with a truck and
He was throwing stuff in
Scraps of rubble and aluminum
So I went outside and I said to him
Hey I'm trying to sleep, it's seven a.m
Then he looked at me with a mischievous grin
And said That is when I can begin
Cause there's a bylaw, a bylaw
And I can start work at seven
There's a bylaw and by law
It's time to wake up, Kevin
I was driving to a show
And I turned the corner nice and slow
I got pulled over by a cop
And she gave me a ticket for a rolling stop
Cause there's a bylaw, a bylaw
And I can start work at seven
There's a bylaw, it's a full stop
When you're turning at the 7-Eleven
7-Eleven, Eleven Seven
7-Eleven, Eleven Seven
7-Eleven, Eleven Seven
7-Eleven, Eleven STOP!
The last time I cried
There was a mackerel sky
And it wasn't so long ago
The last time we spoke
I was telling a joke
And you didn't laugh at all
You didn't laugh at all
There's a bylaw, a bylaw
And I can start work at seven
There's a bylaw and by law
It's time to wake up, Kevin
Time to wake up
Time to wake up
It's time to wake up
It's time to wake up
It's time
It's time
It's time
It's time to wake up
And greet a brand-new day
There's a soft summer wind
There are birds in the trees
There's a clear blue sky
And a bright shining sun
It's a beautiful day
In this wonderful world
God Forbid lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
I used to worry about typical things
It never kept me up at night
They never took the wind right out of me
Or brought me to my knees
I used to worry about typical things
I never bowed my head
I just didn't see the use
Now you're miles away from me
And if I had to
I know there's nothing I can do
Even if I wanted to
God forbid you and I
Ever find better words to describe
How we can't run and hide
From the fears in the back of our minds
And I know that it's not how we live
But we still say God Forbid
When it's too frightening to name
When you can't imagine how
That you could ever get out of bed again
Or carry on somehow
Something you cannot say out loud
Something you always think about
I used to worry about typical things
God forbid you and I
Ever find better words to describe
How we can't run and hide
From the fears in the back of our minds
And I know that it's not how we live
But we still say God forbid
And I know that it's not how we live
Though I do not believe he exists
I still say God forbid
Paul Chambers lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
Now that the table's set
Let's put a record on
It's easy to forget
Cause it's been so long
You roll your eyes at me
Cause I always put on Kind of Blue
You have always seen
What's beside you
I love the way you put your lemon on the glass
Remember all the nights when we would sit and talk in the bath?
Now as Paul Chambers plays the changes on the bass
Can we take all we've got
And walk through these changes together?
The fire's burning low
The coals are still alive
There's still so much to know
So much to find
Let's find a reason to stay
Let's play the other side
There's times we walked away
We've got to try
I loved the way you carried your drums through L.A.
Remember all the nights that you played Al's Bar back in the day?
Now as Paul Chambers plays the changes on the bass
Can we take all we've got and walk through these changes?
Can we find a deeper tone and set the melody free?
Now as Paul Chambers plays the changes
Can we take all we've got
And walk through these changes?
Walk through these changes together
The National Park lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
Far and away the time will slip
I'm so glad we went on that trip
With all the others afraid of the dark
Lying awake in the National Park
Hey, was that a rhinoceros?
The park ranger said, of course it was
One of the last left in the wild
And the wild is a thousand miles
Of National Park
Of National Park
National Park
Living in balance in a state of bliss
Was the world all once like this?
But now nature's like a work of art
An exhibition in the National Park
The National Park
Oh, the National Park
National Park
All the beauty in the light
The beauty in the darkness
Back to the city, I'm on my way
A shot of bourbon and urban decay
Putting the groceries in the shopping cart
At night I dream of the National Park
The National Park
Oh, the National Park
The National Park
The beauty in the light
The beauty in the darkness
The darkness
The darkness
Man Made Lake lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
I can open up this engine in any direction
I can never get away from shore
You can never lose sight of me even if I might be
Takin' on water on a man made lake
I used to lie in bed and still feel the motion
Only a stone's throw away
When I was a kid
I thought it was the ocean
Now I'm takin' on water on a man made lake
All of the trees beside it, every rock inside it
Somebody's dad decided where it all should go
When I was a kid
I thought it was the ocean
Now I'm takin' on water on a man made lake
I am just a boy I know, frozen in a picture
What was that smile I made?
I was on a need-to-know basis and I didn't need to know that
I didn't even know it was a man made lake
I remember you so clearly, drivin' home from a party
People never said shit those days
I'm laying in the backseat starin' at the headlights glarin'
Movin' the opposite way
I feel completely safe
All of the trees beside it, every rock inside it
Somebody's dad decided where it all should go
When I was a kid I thought it was the ocean
Now I'm takin' on water on a man made lake
I'm takin' on water on a man made lake
I'm taking on water
I'm taking on water
When I was a kid I thought it was the ocean
Now I'm takin' on water on a man made lake
Internal Dynamo lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
Everywhere she goes - an internal dynamo
Everything she knows - an internal dynamo
Dynamo - oh me oh my
Every time that I look at the sky
Uh! One time, c'mon!
That's right
It's dynamic
Gamma radiation
You wouldn't like me when I'm funky
C'mon, uh, uh!
Here we go!
Dynamo Dynamo Dynamo
She's always in control
Dynamo Dynamo
Someone's in the kitchen with Dynamo
Dynamo Dynamo Dynamo
Knocking me down like dominoes
Everywhere she goes - an internal dynamo
Everything she knows - an internal dynamo
Above the Sea of Cortez
I'm feather light
Caught in the tractor beam
All through the night
Way Of The Heart lyrics - Barenaked Ladies
If the way of the heart is a better way
Let the way of the heart show us the way
From over here to over there, to everywhere
Let the way of the heart show us all the way
There is light in the hallway of dark despair
And the world of the heart is as light as air
So don't hesitate to celebrate
And awaken the heart
To show us all the way
The house where we meet is no far away land
We speak in a language we all understand
In melodies
The way of the mind is fine most of the time
But often you'll find can be cruel and unkind
You'll find
There are names in the bark from so long ago
They're inside of a heart just to let us know
That love will live on in memory though we are gone
That's one way of the heart
So let the way of the heart be the only way
If the way of the heart is the better way
No matter if you go or stay
No matter what the people say
Let the way of the heart
Show us all the way
Show us all the way
Show us all the way
Show us all the way
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