Aimee Mann - Bachelor No.2 - riječi pjesama

Album: Bachelor No. 2, soundtrack Magnolia

Once upon a time
Is how it always goes
But I'll make it brief
What was started out
With such excitement
Now I'd gladly end with relief
In what now has become
A familiar motif:

That nothing is good enough
For people like you
Who have to have someone
Take the fall
And something to sabotage
Determined to lose it all

Critics at their worst
Could never criticize
The way that you do
No, there's no one else, I find
To undermine or dash a hope
Quite like you do
And you do it so casually, too

'Cause nothing is good enough
For people like you
Who have to have someone
Take the fall
And something to sabotage
Determined to lose it all

Ladies and gentlemen
Here's Exhibit A
Didn't I try again?
And did the effort pay?
Wouldn't a smarter man
Simply walk away?

It doesn't really help
That you can never say
What you're looking for
But you'll know it when you hear it
Know it when you see it
Walk through the door
So you say
So you've said so many times before

But nothing is good enough
For people like you
Who have to have someone
Take the fall
And something to sabotage
Determined to lose it all

Nothing is - good enough

Red Vines

Album: Bachelor No. 2

They're all still on their honeymoon
Just read the dialogue balloon
Everyone loves you -
Why should they not?
And I'm the only one who knows
That Disneyland's about to close
I don't suppose you've give it a shot
Knowing all that you've got

Are cigarettes and Red Vines
Just close your eyes, 'cause baby
You never do know
And I'll be on the sidelines
With my hands tied
Watching the show

Will, it's always fun and games until
It's clear you haven't got the skill
in keeping the gag from
Going too far
So you're running 'round the parking lot
'Til every lightning bug is caught
Punching some pinholes
In the lid of the a jar
While we wait in the car

With cigarettes and Red Vines
Just close your eyes, 'cause baby
You never do know
And I'll be on the sidelines
With my hands tied
Watching the show

And tell me, would it kill you
Would it really spoil everything
If you didn't blame yourself
Do you know what I mean?

Cigarettes and Red Vines
Just close your eyes, 'cause baby
You never do know
And I'll be on the sidelines
With my hands tied
Watching the show

Watching the show
Watching the show
Watching the show

The Fall of the World's Own Optimist

Album: Bachelor No. 2

There's no charity in you
and that surprises me
I guess I thought you were a golden idol
cause I called you majesty
on the balustrade
you watched me hunt for tips I was obliged to pick up
from the passing trade

Hey, kids--look at this
it's the fall of the world's own optimist
I could get back up if you insist
but you'll have to ask politely
cause the eggshells I've been treading
couldn't spare me a beheading
and I'll know I had it coming
from a Caesar who was only slumming
Hey, kids--look at this
it's the fall of the world's own optimist

Well, I could have objections
which you could override
but what's the point--we're only flogging the horse
when the horseman has up and died
once I testified
and swore I'd never leave a stone unturned--
I bet you're really glad that I lied

Hey, kids--look at this
it's the fall of the world's own optimist
I could get back up if you insist
but you'll have to ask politely
yes, you'll have to ask politely
yes, you'll have to ask

Satellite

Album: Bachelor No. 2

Let's assume you were right
And play the game of charm and strange
and satellite
and when we've all had our fun
deflate the stars
and put away the Sun
and so we can call it a day

'Cause I'll never prove that my
motives were pure
so let's remove any questions of cure
'Cause even though you've made it pretty obscure
Baby, it's clear, from here
You're losing your atmosphere
From here, you're losing it

So let's assume it was true
'cause baby can't lift up a hand to swear to you
And what's the use of defense?
The hangers-on are too far gone for evidence
And that one was lost from the first

'Cause I'll never prove that my motives were pure
so let's remove any questions of cure
'Cause even though you've made it pretty obscure
Baby, it's clear, from here
You're losing your atmosphere
From here, you're losing it

So have it your way
Whatever makes the best resume
Whatever you can throw in
Wash, rinse, and spin
'til it's spun away - Okay
But I won't be sticking around

'Cause I'll never prove that my motives were pure
so let's remove any questions of cure
'Cause even though you've made it pretty obscure
Baby, it's clear, from here
You're losing your atmosphere
From here, you're losing it

Deathly

Album: Bachelor No. 2, soundtrack Magnolia

Now that I've met you
Would you object to
Never seeing each other again
'Cause I can't afford to
Climb aboard you
No one's got that much ego to spend

So don't work your stuff
Because I've got troubles enough
No don't pick on me
When one act of kindness could be
Deathly, deathly
Deathly

'Cause I'm just a problem for you to solve and
Watch dissolve in the heat of your charm
but will you do when
You run it through and
You can't get me back on the farm

So don't work your stuff
Because I've got troubles enoough
No don't pick on me
When one act of kindness could be
Deathly, deathly
Deathly

Definitely

You're on your honor
'Cause I'm a goner
And you haven't even begun
So do me a favor
If I should waver
Be my saviour and get out the gun

Just don't work your stuff
Because I've got troubles enoough
No don't pick on me
When one act of kindness could be
Deathly, deathly
Deathly

Definitely

Ghost World

Album: Bachelor No. 2

Finals blew, I barely knew
My graduation speech
And with college out of reach
If I don't find a job
It's down to Dad and Myrtle Beach

So I'm bailing this town
Or tearing it down
Or probably more like hanging around
Hanging around

Everyone I know is acting weird
Or way too cool
They hang out by the pool
So I just read a lot and rode my bike
Around the school

'Cause I'm bailing this town
Or tearing it down
Or probably more like hanging around
Hanging around

And all that I need now is someone
with the brains and the know-how
to tell me what I want... anyhow

12th of June, a gibbous Moon
Was this the longest day?
I'll walk down to the bay
and jump off of the dock and watch
the summer waste away

Then I'm bailing this town
Or tearing it down
Or probably more like hanging around

Hanging around
Hanging around
Hanging around
So tell me what I want

Calling It Quits

Album: Bachelor No. 2

He's a serious Mister
shake his hand and he'll twist your arm
With monopoly money
we'll be buying the funny farm
So I'll do flips and get paid in chips
From a diamond as big as the Ritz

Then I'm calling it quits
Calling it quits

Eyes the color of candy
lies to cover the handicap
though your slippers are ruby
you'll be led to the booby trap
And there's no prize just a smaller size
so I'm wearing the shoe 'til it fits

then I'm calling it quits
Yes I'm Calling it quits
Yes I'm calling it quits
Now he's numbering himself
among the masterminds (calling it quits)
'cause he's hit upon the
leverage of valentines (calling it quits)
lifting dialogue from
Judy Garland story lines
where get-tough girls turn into gold mines

But oh - those Polaroid babies
taking chances with rabies
happy to tear me to bits
well, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
Yes, I'm calling it quits
(now he's numbering himself among the masterminds)
Yes, I'm calling it quits
(cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines)
Yes, I'm calling it quits
(now he's numbering himself among the masterminds)
Yes, I'm calling it quits
(cause he's hit upon the leverage of valentines)

Driving Sideways

Album: Bachelor No. 2, soundtrack Magnolia

At least you knew you were taken by a pro
I know just how you feel
She talked a perfect game
Deflecting all the blame
You took the jack
And changed the flat
And got behind the wheel

Now you're driving sideways
Taken in by the scenery
As you're propelled along
And you're companion
Will not help you to navigate
For fear she may be wrong
For fear she may be wrong

And you will say thay you're making her wait
And put in overdrive
But you're mistaking speed
For getting what you need
And never even noticing you never do arrive

'Cause you're driving sideways
If you roll down the window you'll see
You're where you don't belong
And you're companion
Will not help you to navigate
For fear she may be wrong
For fear she may be wrong

And you're powered by
The hopeful lie
That is just around the bend
And when this, by default
Comes screeching to a halt
Let's hope that you
Know what to do
To start it up again

Driving sideways
Hitting scan on the radio
So she can sing along
And she'll sit
Thinking you're going to handle it
Until she's proven wrong
Until she's proven wrong
Until you prove here wrong

(Driving Sideways)

Just Like Anyone

Album: Bachelor No. 2

So maybe I wasn't
that good a friend
but you were one of us
and I will wonder
just like anyone
if there was something
else I could've done

So maybe it's true that
your cry for help
was oh, so very faint
but still I heard
and knew something was wrong
just nothing you could
put your finger on
and I will wonder
Just like anyone

just like anyone

Susan

Album: Bachelor No. 2

Oh, Susan, you were clued in
you knew just how this thing would go
a prognosis that was hopeless
from the very first domino
I guess I see it all in hindsight
I tried to keep perspective despite
the flash of the fuse, the smell of cordite

Now I'm in that place again
and I know he can't come in to get me
and someday he will live to regret me
Susan, I can see it now

Oh, Suzy - they get to me
they really can be wearying
but he threw me the rope and buoy
let me use his decoder ring
there must have been some kind of parade
we kissed for a while to see how it played
and pulled the pin on another grenade

Now I'm in that place again
and I know he can't come in to get me
and someday he will live to regret me
Suzy, I can see it now

Oh Susan, the hope of fusion
is that the halo will reappear
it may be pure illusion
but it's beautiful while it's here
I had some trouble with the goodbye
I checked my Roman candle supply
and watched the vapor trail in the sky

Now I'm in that place again
and I know he can't come in to get me
and someday he will live to regret me
Susan, I can see you now

Susan, I can see you now
Susan, I can see it now

It Takes All Kinds

Album: Bachelor No. 2

As we were speaking of the devil
you walked right in
wearing hubris like a medal you revel in
But it's me at whom you'll level your javelin

Wasn't that just our dear friend Ron?
Throwing your weight around the Sun
happier now that you've become
what you hated
what you hated

I'm surprised I even thought
I had half a chance
I was just one in a million of also-rans
who was sure to be your victim of
circumstance

Once you were just our dear friend Ron
selling the soul you swore upon
spreading the word that you've become
what you hated
what you hated

And if I don't understand...
Well, I guess it takes all kinds

I would like to keep this vision of you intact
when we'd hang around and listen to Bacharach
and you loved the world you lived in
and it loved you back

Once you were our dear friend Ron
now you look out for number one
who would've guessed that
you'd become
what you hated

And I guess it takes all kinds

You Do

Album: Bachelor No. 2, soundtrack Magnolia

You stay the night at his house
With no ride to work
And I'm the one who tells you
He's another jerk
But you're the one who can succeed
You've only got to prove your need

And you do
You do
You do
You really do

The sex you're trading up for
What you hope is love
Is just another thing that
He'll be careless of
But though there caveats galore
You've only got to love him more

And you do
You do
You do
You really do

Even when it's all too clear

You write a little note that
You leave it on the bed
And spend a little time dissecting
Every word he said
And if he seemed a little strange
Well, baby, anyone can change

And you do
You do
You do
You really do

You do
You do
You do
You really do

You really do
You really do