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Aimee Mann |
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| Whatever, 1993. |
| 1. I Should've Known |
| 2. Fifty Years After The Fair |
| 3. 4th of July |
| 4. Could've Been Anyone |
| 5. Put Me On Top |
| 6. Stupid Thing |
| 7. Say Anything |
| 8. Jacob Marley's Chain |
| 9. Mr. Harris |
| 10. I Could Hurt You Now |
| 11. I Know There's A Word |
| 12. I've Had It |
| 13. Way Back When |
| I Should've Known |
| Album: Whatever |
| I should thank you almost no one could kill it off until you bled it but I got rid of that ghost 'though certain habits still remain imbedded with the shadow of a doubt but baby it was you who fed it and I don't know what else to say but I think you get it. |
| I should've known it was coming down to this I should've known you would betray me but without the kiss I should've known the kind of set-up it is. |
| And always isn't always when it's not your photograph that I've been keeping but you still live in those days when I'd stay awake just to watch you sleeping you delivered that blow but it left a mark on me that you're not seeing and I don't know what else you hear but it's not me weeping |
| I should've known it was coming down to this I should've known you would betray me but without the kiss I should've known the kind of set-up it is. |
| I should've seen the cracks in the ceiling and the mirror covered up with dust but I was busy talking on the phone I should've seen the obstacles but I said, this house was built for us hello? is anybody home? |
| I should've known the minute that we hit the wall I should've known the writing was upon the stall I should've known 'cause Rome was starting to fall |
| and I should thank you, almost. |
| Fifty Years After The Fair |
| Album: Whatever |
| Fifty years after the fair the picture I have is so clear underneath the clouds in the air rose the Trylon and the Perisphere and that for me was the finest of scenes that perfect world across the river in Queens |
| Fifty years after the fair I drink from a different cup but it does no good to compare 'cause nothing ever measures up I guess just for a second we thought that all good things would rise to the top |
| But how beautiful it was - 'tomorrow' we'll never have a day of sorrow we got through the '30's, but our belts were tight we conceived of a future with no hope in sight we've got decades ahead of us to get it right I swear - fifty years after the fair |
| Fifty years after the fair I live in tomorrow town even on a wing and a prayer the future never came around It hurts to even think of those days the damage we do by the hopes that we raise |
| But how beautiful it was - 'tomorrow' we'll never have a day of sorrow we got through the '30's, but our belts were tight we conceived of a future with no hope in sight we've got decades ahead of us to get it right I swear - fifty years after the fair |
| 4th of July |
| Album: Whatever |
| Today's the fourth of July another June has gone by and when they light up our town I just think what a waste of gunpowder and sky |
| I'm certain that I am alone in harbouring thoughts of our home it's one of my faults that I can't quell my past I ought to have gotten it gone I ought to have gotten it ... |
| Oh, baby, I wonder - if when you are older, someday you'll wake up and say, 'My God, I should have told her' What would it take? But now here I am and the world's gotten colder and she's got the river down which I sold her. |
| So that's today's memory lane with all the pathos and pain another chapter in a book where the chapters are endless and they're always the same a verse, then a verse, and refrain |
| Oh, baby, I wonder - if when you are older, someday you'll wake up and say, 'My God, I should have told her What would it take? But now here I am and the world's gotten colder and she's got the river down which I sold her. |
| Yeah, she's got the river down which I sold her. |
| Could've Been Anyone |
| Album: Whatever |
| It's so hard not to blame you it's hard not to put all the blame on you 'cause you knew from the start there was one little part you would not let through I'm sure there were even moments when you thought You might someday finish what you'd begun - |
| but that could've been anyone could've been anyone I lost my place in the sun well, never mind it could've been anyone. |
| So we all make mistakes it just figures you'd make me the biggest one I was saving it up now it's spent and I don't know what I spent it on now I find if you try hard enough you can wear it down 'til it's just about gone |
| 'til you could've been anyone you could've been anyone lost your place in the sun well, never mind could've been anyone. |
| Your pattern is different than what it implies - the words may be true but I realize it isn't deception so much as disguise. |
| Don't worry, you can learn to live without you've got a lifetime of that to draw upon and anyway |
| it could've been anyone you lost your place in the sun lost your place in the sun oh, you lost your place in the sun |
| well, never mind well, never mind it could've been anyone lost you're place in the sun never mind never mind could've been anyone could've been anyone well never mind you lost your place in the sun I feel that's enough now |
| Put Me On Top |
| Album: Whatever |
| I should be knocking on the door of the pearly gates why keep a poor man alive in a job he hates I've heard that good things will come to he who waits |
| I should be riding on a float in the hit parade instead of sitting on the curb behind the barricade another verse in the doormat serenade |
| Won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top) won't you put me on top, or change the odds won't you put me on top (oooh, put me on top) or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box |
| Oh, at least put some hope in the box for me 'cause it's only black and white and not a lot of each there's a remote on the shelf, but it's out of reach |
| Won't you put me on top won't you put me on top, or change the odds Won't you put me on top or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box |
| Put some hope in the bottom of the box for me --- I need it |
| (oo - put me on top) (ah - change the odds) (oo - put me on top) |
| Won't you put me on top (oo - put me on top) won't you put me on top, or change the odds Won't you put me on top (oo - put me on top) or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box |
| put me on (oo - put me on top) won't you put me on top again (change the odds) or at least put some hope in the bottom of the box put some hope in the bottom of the box |
| oh at least put some hope in the bottom of the box |
| Stupid Thing |
| Album: Whatever |
| Nothing was saving our day there was nothing to say, but you said something anyway claiming I stepped out of line which forced you to leave me, as if that idea was mine. |
| Oh, you stupid thing speaking of course as your dear departed oh, you stupid thing it wasn't me that you outsmarted oh, you stupid thing stopping it all before it even started |
| I bet you knew it would come that's just like you, to sit back and just play it dumb one word of warning would help but that sacrifice was made trying to save yourself |
| Oh, you stupid thing speaking of course as your dear departed oh, you stupid thing it wasn't me that you outsmarted oh, you stupid thing stopping it all before it even started |
| Maybe that's just how I am to fall where I stand, or I'm weak for that kind of man one who looks helpless and brave but you turned into a coward I don't care for the parts you saved. |
| Oh, you stupid thing speaking of course as your dear departed oh, you stupid thing it wasn't me that you outsmarted |
| Oh, you stupid thing speaking of course as your dear departed oh, you stupid thing it wasn't me that you outsmarted |
| Oh, you stupid thing. Oh, you stupid thing. Oh, you stupid thing. Oh, you stupid thing. |
| Say Anything |
| Album: Whatever |
| You see me as a judge though I deny it and hold me like a grudge then justify it But when you take such pains in searching for something that explains please take a good look at our remains |
| 'Cause if you were everything you say things would be different today and maybe there's room for compromise but signs that I get say otherwise say anything 'cause I've heard everything |
| As hopeless as it seems I wouldn't worry You'll get your chance to tell your side of the story while you're raising your right hand, whatever defenses you had planned, remember that when you take the stand |
| If you were everything you say things would be different today and though I'd be happy to believe I'd have to be much more naive |
| say anything, (I've heard everything) yeah say anything, (I've heard everything) Now I've heard everything (now I've heard everything) Now I've heard everything (now I've heard everything) |
| So why do I refuse the truth, when I clearly cannot use the comfort of one more lame excuse |
| 'cause if you were everything you say things would be different today and if you were everything you swear we wouldn't be beyond repair |
| If you were everything you say things would be different today and if there has got to be an if get it over with |
| say anything, 'cause I've heard everything now I've heard everything (now I've heard everything) |
| now I've heard everything |
| Jacob Marley's Chain |
| Album: Whatever |
| Well, today a friend told me this sorry tale as he stood there trembling and turning pale he said each day's harder to get on the scale sort of like Jacob Marley's chain. |
| But it's not like life's such a vale of tears it's just full of thoughts that act as souvenirs for those tiny blunders made in yesteryear that comprise Jacob Marley's chain. |
| Well, I had a little metaphor to state my case it encompassed the condition of the human race but to my dismay, it left without a trace except for the sound of Jacob Marley's chain. |
| Now there is no story left to tell so I think I'd rather just go on to Hell where there's a snowball's chance that the personnel might help to carry Jacob Marley's chain. |
| help to carry Jacob Marley's chain. carry Jacob Marley's chain. |
| Mr. Harris |
| Album: Whatever |
| So he's retired lives with his sister in a furnished flat he's got this suit that he'll never wear outside without a hat his hair is white but he looks half his age he looks like Jimmy Stewart in his younger days. |
| and honestly, I might be stupid to think love is love but I do and you've waited so long and I've waited long enough for you. |
| My mother's calling from where she's living up in Troy, Vermont she tries to tell me a father figure must be what I want I've always thought age makes no difference am I the only one to whom that's making sense? |
| And honestly, I might be stupid to think love is love but I do and you've waited so long and I've waited long enough for you. |
| The day I met him he was raking leaves in his tiny yard. |
| Of course I know that we've only got ten years, or twenty, left but to be honest I'm happy with whatever time we get depending on which book you read sometimes it takes a lifetime to get what you need. |
| And honestly, I might be stupid to think love is love but I do and you've waited so long and I've waited long enough for you. |
| honestly, I might be stupid to think love is love but I do and you've waited so long and I've waited long enough for you. |
| for you |
| I Could Hurt You Now |
| Album: Whatever |
| This is for the one who was false Who taught me about building walls One who could always turn it around To leave me here on shaky ground |
| This is for the one who made good In someone else's neighborhood One who was never anything but The shifty eye of sheer bad luck Once I thought that I would never forget And I have not quite done that yet |
| But I could hurt you now I could hurt you now |
| This is for the time that I lost The death of who I thought I was The things in which I cannot believe For fear I'll wear them on my sleeve Things I know that will never be returned But I crossed that bridge before it burned |
| So I could hurt you now I could hurt you now I could hurt you now (Listen, sonny boy you just don't get it, do you) I could hurt you now (Tell you what I'll do I'll get that message to you) |
| Maybe it leaves an invisible scar But I have not come quite that far |
| but I could hurt you now (listen, sonny boy you just don't get it, do you) I could hurt you now (tell you what I'll do I'll get that message to you) |
| I Know There's a Word For This |
| Album: Whatever |
| I know there's a word for this I know there's a word for the way I'm feeling I know there's a word for this I know it, and it's on the tip of my tongue and it won't go any further. |
| I know there's a word for this I know, 'cause it's in the dictionary and when I find what it is I'll write it down in case it comes up again I'll be certain to avoid it. |
| So, take this down: I just feel so beat and I think it's time to admit defeat I thought I got mine but that uphill climbing is never through. |
| I know there's a word for this I know 'cause we've all at sometime said it like when we were little kids we'd fight each other 'til someone would give in and you'd make him tell you 'uncle'. |
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So, take this down: I just feel so beat |
| I've Had It |
| Album: Whatever |
| We made it down to New York with everything intact but as for getting back - it was Boo who made the joke, they don't give you any hope but they'll leave you plenty of rope |
| And Dan came in from Jersey he went to get the drums and if Buddy ever comes we can get it off the ground I hope someone's coming down 'else I can't see hanging around |
| Oh, experience is cheap if that's the company you keep and a chance is all that I need and I've had it I've had it |
| So we all just started playing and then something strange occured not a person stirred oh, it started out one way but it turned out to be okay and I felt that somebody should say |
| Oh, experience is cheap if that's the company you keep and before you know that it's free you've had it you've had it |
| Like most amazing things It's easy to miss and easy to mistake For when things are really great It just means everything's in its place |
| When everything was over and we loaded up the van I turned and said to Dan Dan, I guess this is our prime like they tell us all the time were you expecting some other kind? |
| Oh, experience is cheap if that's the company you keep and I'll never get that disease 'cause I've had it I've had it |
| I guess I've had it woo hoo hoo woo hoo hoo ooo ooo |
| Way Back When |
| Album: Whatever |
| Well, I guess that this is now the end who'd have thought my old friend we signed the papers and we kept the pens |
| But I remember you from way back when 'Good evening, ladies and gentlemen welcome David-what's-his-name-again |
| Things change - the old cliche if we knew now what we knew yesterday oh, we couldn't give it away. |
| I was working at a record store I knew you, you knew the score some kind of deal is what we're looking for |
| Time came, and disappeared no one steered and it got weirder help was needed, no one volunteered. |
| Things change, you got to wait a bit what made me think that I could weather it? you're down before you even notice you've been hit |
| And through it all I wondered where the bus was taking you who knew? and even though my one and one was always making two I never thought that I was breaking you. |
| We were victims of the old taboo but people change we changed too just make it count before they get to you. |
| Things change - baby, hold the phone! they'll shoot you down like you was Al Capone Oh, you better go it alone. |
| Well, I guess that this is now the end the paper's signed - forget the pen wonder if we'll ever meet again? |