SONGS FROM AN AMERICAN MOVIE, VOLUME 1: LEARNING HOW TO SMILE (2000)
The only thing that ever made sense to me
Is the words to a song from an American movie
The only thing that ever made sense in my life
Is the sound of my little girl laughing
Through the window of a summer night
I sit alone in the backyard
Wishing I could be inside
Just the sound of my little girl laughing
Makes me happy just to be alive
It makes me happy just to be alive
It makes me happy just to be alive
It makes me happy just to be alive
Here we go again
Here we go again
You know I like to watch you sleep
No, I don't want to touch you, you'll get mad at me
No, I don't want to think about the bad times
Aw, anyone could have a bad year
Now I don't want you to show me
I do not want you to know me the way I used to be
All these good things we have would not mean a damn to me
And I don't want to hear those words you feel you have to say
When you find out how I used to be back in the day
Yeah, you know I like the way you slide
Yeah yes I like it when you do that slow glide
Now please don't bad talk all those good times
Aw, don't ask for answers, baby that you do not want to hear
Now I don't want you to make me
D not need you to break me of all my childish ways
I'm still the same you know, dumb rock hard and good to go
I still hear them voices calling me from back in the day
Aw baby, can't you see there ain't no place I'd rather be
Then watching dirty movies in that happy room with you
Sleeping on a mattress in the corner eating Chinese food
I hear that voice in my head say "Here we go again"
Now here we go again
I know you like the way I rock
Sometimes I just need to drown out all that bad talk
I could not care less what your friends say
Someone's always talking shit about the old days
You do not need to remind me that I left it all behind
Those things I used to do
I don't want that other life 'cause I am so in love with you
I can barely hear it calling me from back in the day
Aw baby, can't you see there ain't no place I'd rather be
Then watching dirty movies in that happy room with you
Sleeping on a mattress in the corner eating Chinese food
I hear that voice in my head say "Here we go again"
Yeah, here we go again
Aw baby, here we go again
Aw baby can't you see
Yes, I know you got some doubts, I know you don't believe
I know you think that I'm crazy and I know you're just like me
When I hear that voice inside, It makes me want to jump right in
Saying
Here we go, here we go, here we go
Here we go again
Let's go watch some dirty movies
Yes, in that nasty little room
Sit right on the mattress while we eat that greasy chinese food
I hear that voice in my head say "Here we go again"
Oooh, baby here we go again
Portions of todays programming are reproduced
by means of electrical transcriptions or taperecordings
The VCR and the DVD, there wasn't none of that crap back in 1970
We didn't know about a world wide web
It was a whole different game being played back when I was kid
You wanna get down in a cool way?
Just picture yourself on a beautiful day
With the big bell bottoms and groovy long hair
Justa walking in style with a protable CD player
No, you would listen to the music on the AM Radio
Yeah, you could hear the music on the AM Radio
Flashback to '72, another summer in the neighborhood
Hanging out with nothing to do
Sometimes we'd go driving around in my sister's Pinto
Crusin' with the windows rolled down
We'd listen to the radio station
We were too damn poor to buy the 8 track tapes
There wasn't any good time to want to be inside
My mom would want to watch that TV all god dame night
I'd be in bed with the radio on
I would listen to it all night long
Just to hear my favorite song
You'd have to wait but you could hear it on the AM Radio
Yeah, you could hear the music on the AM Radio
I can still hear mama say "Boy, turn that radio down!"
Oh mom, not that show again, I don't wanna watch that show
Can't we watch good times ... or something cool
Turn it off
Things changed back in '75
We were all growing up on the in and the outside
We got in trouble with the police man
We got busted getting high in the back of my friend's van
I remember 1977, I started going to concerts and I saw the Led Zepplin
I got a guitar on Christmas day
I dreamed that Jimmy Page would come to Santa Monica and teach me to play
There isn't any other place that I need to go
There isn't anything that I need to know
That I did not learn from the radio
Yeah when things get stupid and I just don't know and if I'm not happy
I listen to the music from the AM Radio
I like pop and I like soul, I like rock but I never liked disco
We like pop, we like soul, we like to rock, but we never liked disco
I never liked disco, no I never liked disco
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
I hear a song, it makes me think of a girl I used to know
I sing along when I hear it on the radio now
Hey now where'd we go?
Oh yeah, days when the rains came
Way down in the hollow
Oooh yeah, playing a new game
Laughing and running, hey hey hey
Skipping and jumping, yeah
In the misty morning fog
Oh baby, yeah my heart's a thumping you
My brown eyed girl my brown eyed girl, my brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl
Do you remember when? do you remember when?
Yeah, we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
I hear a song, it makes me think of a girl I used to know
I sing along when I hear it on the radio now
Oh, now that the years gone by
Yeah, now that I'm on my own
I saw you just the other day
But my baby, you have grown
I cast my memory back there Lord
Sometimes, I am overcome just thinking about it
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you
My brown eyed girl my brown eyed girl, my brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl my brown eyed girl, my brown eyed girl
Yeah, you my brown eyed girl
Do you remember when? do you remember when?
Yeah, we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la la la
I hear a song, it makes me think of a girl I used to know
Hey, hey, hey, hey
I sing along when I hear it on the radio
Hey, hey, hey, hey
I sing along when I hear it on the radio now
I sing along when I hear it on the radio now
I sing along when I hear it on the radio now
Five miles outside of Vegas when we broke down
Threw my keys inside that window and we never looked back
We got all drunk and sloppy on a Greyhound bus
We passed out cold so all them losers they were laughing at us
I will never let them break your heart
No, I will never let them break me
We got lost in Phoenix, seemed like such a long time
Seven months of living sweaty on those thin white lines
I did some time for sellin' acid to the wrong guy
Life just keeps on getting smaller and we never ask why
Why there is no perfect place
Yes I know this is true
I’m just learning how to smile
And that’s not easy to do
I know there will come a day
When we can leave
And just go runnin' away
We was broke outside of Philly when the storms came
I was working in New Jersey hitching rides in the rain
You was happy talking dirty at that phone sex place
Life just keeps on getting weirder for us every day
You say there is no perfect place
I say I know this is true
We are just learning how to smile
And that’s not easy to do
We both live for the day
When we can run away
Aw baby we can leave and run away
Yes, We can leave this place and run away
We can leave it all behind like we do everytime
Yes, we both live for the day when we can leave and just go runnin' away
No, I will never let it break your heart
No I will never let it break me
Five miles outside of Vegas, five years down the line
We got married in the desert in the sunshine
I can’t handle all the hell that happens everyday
When you smile and touch my face, you make it all just go away
Yes I know there ain’t no finish line, I know this never ends
But I’m just learning how to fall and climb back up again
I know there is nothing perfect, I know there is nothing new
We are just learning how to live together, me and you
You know I live for the day
When you say "baby let’s just run away"
Aw baby we can leave and run away
Yes, we can leave this place and run away
Baby we can leave and run away
We can leave this place and run away
We can leave this place and run away
Yes, we can leave this place and run away
We can leave this place and run away
We can leave this place and run away
You know I love you baby
And I know you love me too
But the fun that day didn’t start until
We left on our honeymoon
We stepped off the plane into a warm sunny day
An then we got laid together!
The sun shines down on a Hana lei town
Where the fish all smile 'cause they know us
Our wedding day was warm and sunny
Our friends and family came from out of town
We said I do then ate some food
And smiled until the sun went down
We’ll take the Zodiac Cadillac around the north shore
Then we’ll head back, the sea turtles come to greet us
So let’s get loaded tonight
We’ll drink on the flight
Back home, the honeymoon is over
You know I love you baby
And I know you love me too
But the fun that day didn’t start until
We left on our honeymoon
We’re on our honeymoon
We’re on our honeymoon
The fun that day didn’t start until
We left on our honeymoon
Break down and shake for me
Nothing ever is the way you want it to be
Nothing even tastes right now that it's over
Break down and shake for me
Don't write words unless you want me to read them
Nothing really matters now that it's over
Maybe we can be friends
Now that we're older
We can have fun like we did in the early days
Now that it's over
Yeah right!
Break down and shake for me
Nothing ever seems the way it ought to be
Nothing ever seems right now that it's over
Yeah, now maybe we can be friends
Maybe we can be closer
We can have fun like we did in the old days
Now that it's over
My bad dreams just don't seem the same, baby without you
I wish you were willing to accept the blame
Yeah, for everything you do
My nightmares just don't scare me now, baby without you
I wish that I could find the words to tell
In the best way possible
You and your friends to go to hell
Yeah right!
Break up time is never easy to do
Nothing ever ends the way you want it to
Nothing seems to make sense now that it's over
Yeah, now maybe we can be friends
Yeah, now that you're leaving
You can be nice to me, maybe I'm dreaming
I am a lot better now than just OK
Maybe I am just waking up in my own way
Now that it's over
Now that it's over
My bad dreams just don't seem the same, baby without you
I wish you were willing to accept the blame
Yeah, for all the shitty things you do
Nightmares just don't scare me now, Baby without you
I wish that I could find the words to tell
You to politely go fuck yourself
Yeah now that it's over
Now that it's over
Now that it's over
Now that it's over
Congratulations, you're a fetish,, and a obsess.,
You will be very happy together
Baby go to bed and put out the light
We both know if we talk anymore
We are gonna end up in a great big fight
You can have your way again
Yeah you believe what you want to believe
You can walk all over me tomorrow
But tonight can't we both just pretend to sleep
I think we’re headed for a big fall
I think we’re headed for a bad time
I'm going to go downstairs and sit in that chair you like
I want to put a John Prine record on
I think we need to slow it down for awhile
Yeah, I wish we never bought a king size bed
The only damn thing that it’s ever been good for
Is plenty room for the real good sex
I lay in bed in the dark and all that I can see
Is the distance that grows between us
You seem so far from me
I think we’re headed for a real big fall
Yes, we are headed for a bad time
I'm going to go downstairs
I'm going to sit by myself all alone in the middle of the night
I'm going put a John Prine record on
I guess we need to slow down for a while
I'm going to go downstairs smoke cigarettes
In a thrift store stair you like
I'm going to put a John Prine record on
Yeah, we need to slow down for a while
We need to slow it down for a while
We need to slow down for a while
Yeah, We need to slow it down for a while
Do you remember when we were hungry
Do you remember when we were cold
Do you remember when we were happy
Do you remember, do you remember
Do you remember when we were lucky
We were living the life almost every night
I would wrap you in my thin white arms
We'd sit and watch the stars die
Ayayayayayayayayayay
Do you remember when we were the losers
Do you remember when we were the lame
Do you remember when we were the lovers
Do you remember, do you remember
Do you remember when we were strung out
Eating top ramen and macaroni and cheese
We would get so lost in that basement room
And let Otis Redding sing us to sleep
I wish I had one more life
I don’t want to be wasted
I don’t want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don’t want to be wasted, I dont want to be blind
I don’t want to be wasted
I don’t want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don’t want to be wasted, I don’t want to be
I don’t want to be wasted, I don’t want to be
I don’t want to be wasted, I don’t want to be blind
I wish I could be like all my heroes
I wish I could be like all yours too
I wish I could sing like Otis Redding
I wish I could play this guitar in tune
Do you remember when we were hungry
Do you remember when we were cold
Do you remember when we were happy
In a way, no one outside could ever know
I wish I had one more life
How I wish I had one more life to live
I don’t want to be wasted
I don’t want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don’t want to be wasted, I don’t want to be blind
I don’t want to be wasted
I don’t want to live inside this daydream anymore
I just want to be happy again
I don't want to be wasted, I don’t want to be
I don't want to be wasted, I don’t want to be
I dont want to be wasted, I don’t want to be blind
I don’t want to be blind
I don’t want to be blind
Hi, this is Peggy. Leave me a nice message or I kill you
He baby, it's me. You are never gonna believe what happened to me today
I am sitting at the unemployed office, waiting on my loser of a case .. on one of those nasty chairs
Then from out of nowhere this total stranger walks right up to me, sits down, then leans over and says
something likes "This is gonna sound a little obsessive"
This is gonna sound a little obsessive
This is gonna sound a little bit strange
I have one thing to say before I turn and I walk away
This is gonna sound a little impulsive
This is gonna sound a little insane
I know you don’t know me yet but you and I we will be together someday
Someday
I know, I know, I sound like I’m on drugs
But listen to me now when I say
That ever since when I first saw you sitting on your car outside
You asked for a cigarette
I couldn’t stop staring at your eyes
Ever since when I first saw you looking bored in that plastic chair
With the lights of the office around you
Those blond streaks they look so pretty in your black hair
You look cool and alternative with that disaffected stare
You want people to think that you just don’t care
Hey you can be with me, yeah, 'cause I just might be the one
Who will treat you like you’re perfect
Who will always make you come
He, you can be with me
Yes, I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend
Can you believe he said that to me. To me of all people.
I can't even remember the last time a guy picked me out for a date and actually paid for
This is gonna sound a little bit out there
This is gonna sound a little insane
But I keep having the same dream
That you will be the mother of my children someday
Someday
I heard you sleep with that obnoxious guy
I know he is in that famous band
You look so sad when you are with him
Yes, I never see him reach to hold your hand
Yeah, you can be with me
Yes I will treat you like a queen
I will go to all those chick flick movies
That I really don’t want to see
Yeah, you can be with me
No I will never let you down
I will never make out with your girlfriend
When I know you’re not around
Yes, you can be with me
Yeah I just might be the one
Who will treat you like you’re special
I will always make you come
You can be with me
Yes, I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend
Can you believe this. I mean, can this be for real.
Then he takes my hand, writes down his number and just walks away.
I mean, wow, but you know what the weird thing is, he is actually kinda cute in a really intense way.
Kinda like Harry Barrow, you know, intense but sensitive.
Anyway I told my bitchy sister about it,
She just laughed at me. I told her I'm really excited about this.
That I have a really good feeling about this guy.
I close my eyes when I get too sad
I think thoughts that I know are bad
I close my eyes and I count to ten
I hope it's over when I open them
I want the things that I had before
Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door
I wish I could count to ten
And make everything be wonderful again
I hope my mom and I hope my dad
Will figure out why they get so mad
I hear them scream, I hear them fight
They say bad words that make me want to cry
I close my eyes when I go to bed and
I dream of angels who make me smile
I feel better when I hear them say
Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything
When you're little and the world's so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
And tell me everything is wonderful now
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
I go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that it's all OK
I laugh a lot so my friends won't know
When the bell rings I just don't want to go home
I go to my room and I close my eyes
I make believe that I have a new life
I don't believe you when you say
Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything
When you're little and the world is so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
When you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't wanna hear you say I will understand someday
I don't wanna hear you say you both have grown in a different way
I don't wanna meet your friends and I don't wanna start over again
I just wanna my life to be the same, just like it used to be
Somedays I hate everything, I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't want to hear you tell me
I don't want to hear you tell me everything is wonderful now)
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
Oh yeah, everything is wonderful now
Oh yeah, everything is wonderful now
Everything is wonderful now
I see you roll your eyes
You know it makes me smile
You are like the sun to me
All bright as liquid fire
I feel so powerless
To hold you up above the world
You are quite a lot of trouble
For such a pretty little girl
Such a pretty little girl
You know I'm never home
I'm always miles and miles away
I feel I'm runnin' out of time
To say the things I need to say
I call you on the telephone
You will not talk to me
Yes, you just don't understand
You are my everything
Anna Anna, tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
Anna Anna, you are never alone
You are never alone
Anna Anna, tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
Anna Anna, you are never alone
You are never alone
I like to watch you play
When you don't know I'm there
I see you in your sleep at night
Reach out and touch your hair
I wanna make this world
Be just how you want it to be
Yeah, you just don't understand
You're my everything
Anna Anna, tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
Anna Anna, you are never alone
Anna, you are never alone
Anna Anna, tell me what you want
Tell me what you need
Anna Anna, you are never alone
Anna, you are never alone
Anna, you are never alone