Dead Clowns Never Cry
Save Me First
Is there any more to say? Oh Lord knows, I can't confine it
Who the hell am I to say? What gets us through the day
You know I can't define it
Mother, brother, it may be a Lover or some other
It may not be the way we planned
Reach out to understand
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I can't save you until you save me first
You've got it bad, but I've got it worse
Oh, I can't save you until you hit that nerve
Why don't you save me first, shape my universe
I could be a first
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We're not heads or hearts, we're the sum of the parts
Oh you may hold the brush but is it fine art
Oh I ain't saying that it's broke
But I can help you with that stroke
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Mother, brother, it could be that lover, or some other
Life may not be the way we planned it
Sometimes hard to understand it
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Oh I can't save you until you save me first
You've got it bad, but I've got it worse
Oh, I can't save you until you've hit that nerve
Oh why can't you save me first, shape my universe
Not 'til you've dived head first, do you seem so lonely
You don't have to be the only
You got time to get to know me, oh you can show me
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I can't save you until you save me first
(Until you) Hit that nerve
(Until you) Dive head first
(Until you) Made that swerve
(Until you) Done your worst
Not until you save me first​​​
Keep Digging
As slow as I can, if you don't mind
Not here for the view, or what I might find
Choices I've made were no choices at all, yeh..
Scripted from start to finish
If I had the chance, I'd go back in time
I'd speak to my younger like Marty McFly
The wise words would fall I'd think nothing at all
Scripted from start to finish
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My story won't end, as long as I keep digging
It's not like I'm winning at friends, oh my Lord
No I'm nowhere near six foot tall
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As slow as I can, if you don't mind
I'm not here for the views, or saving mankind
The choices I've made were no choices at all
Oh. I'm nowhere near six feet tall
I don't weigh much at all
Surprisingly small yeh...
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Oh I had a future, my well laid'n plans
From moving mountains, to taking a stand
It's all in the grip but it's out of my hands
Out of my hands
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I'm still alive, as long as I keep digging
I'm still alive with my fate in the sand
Oh I'm still alive if my arms keep on swinging
It's all in the grip, but it's not in my hands
Oh I'm still alive, as long as I keep digging
Oh I'm still alive with my faith in the sand
I'm still alive as long as I keep on swinging
It's all in the grip, though it's not in my hands​​​​​​​​
Opposite of Opposite
Who would have thought it?
Who would have bought it?
Nobody else thinks I can have you to myself.
Burn through the static, what's left is just pragmatic.
Laying low, waiting patiently
Cut all the bull and what's left is only me
Laying Low. Laying Low
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Oh, I punched everyone and everything to date
Growing out of anger management, now it's time
To punch above my weight
One day soon I'll have your attention
For now I'm laying low, one day set free
Cut all the bull and what's left is only me
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Whooooo......
You're the opposite of opposite you know
Ey oh ey oh ey oh ey oh yaaah....
You're the opposite of opposite you know
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I Hold you up, I bear you pain,
When you need a clown? And I won't complain
I'm your confidant, again and again
I carry you from time to time
You're my friend I hardly mind, the time we spend
Will this 'Friend Zone' ever end?
How much longer can we pretend?
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Whooooo......
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Whooooo......
You're the opposite of opposite you know
Whooooo... oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You're the opposite of opposite you know, you know, you know!
Laying Low. Laying Low
You're the opposite of opposite you know
Laying Low. Laying Low ey oh ey oh ey oh
You're the opposite of opposite you know​​​​​​​​​
Say Something Wonderful
Like a bullet to the head, when you said last night in bad
Oh it was dead for you. (Ain't that the truth?)
Oh I bled for you slowly. A ghost of myself
You control me. You drip-feed me with those trigger words
You've bigger words, to own me
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Blow after blow, don't 'ya know
Then you go and say something wonderful again
Oh to throw me off your scent
When the weekend starts with "Let's be friends"
By Monday we've made amends
When you say something wonderful
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Am I talking to myself? No? Yes I'm not. Maybe?
Oh it all gets kind of fuzzy. 'Bin known to talk to nobody
I bled, ever so slowly. A ghost of myself it's true
Oh you control me, you drip-feed me with those trigger words. Those bigger words, you own me ooh
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Blow after blow, don't 'ya know
Then you go and say something wonderful again
To throw me off your scent
Oh the weekend starts with "Let's be friends"
By Monday well I'm sure you comprehend
Ain't no artisan, but you sure as hell don't get a diagram
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Say something wonderful​​
Not one of my better days
(Not one of my better days)
Run run run running on empty Run girl run
(Running on empty oh) Better days
(Not one of my better days)
Run run run running on empty
(Running on empty oh) Better days
(Not one of my better days)
Run run run running on empty Boy you can run girl
(Running on empty oh)
(Not one of my better days)
Run run run running on empty
(Running on empty) Run run run girl, like you do
Those better days are few
An emotional boy, I’m your toy with the one piece missing
A familiar place, with a familiar look on your face.
Though who is the new boy that you’re kissing?
Obsession no just reminiscing………
(Not one of my better days)
Life in your rear view, cutting right though
Cutting right through 'ya
(Not one of my better days)
Run running on empty you swear that you know me
You've forgotten you, I've not forgotten too , so this is
(Not one of my better days)
Life in your rear view, cutting right through
Cutting right through 'ya
(Not one of my better days) One of my better days
Run running on empty you swear you're ok though you're
Crowded out with emptiness, past your best it's true
I've had better days with you
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Don't get the wrong impression
It may seem like you're my obsession
We can all feel the tension explode. So tell me who's the
(New boy that you're kissing) You're kissing
Slightly more than reminiscing
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(Not one of my...
Not one or my better days) Run run run run running on empty. Run girl like you do, cutting through, cutting in two
(Not one or my better days) Run run girl running on empty. Run girl like you do. So this is......
(Not one or my better days)
Not one of my, one of my, no not one of my better days
(Not one or my better days) Not one of my, one of my
I'm one of your best impressions. Some call it obsession
(Not one or my better days)Not one of my better days
You don't remember me...
And I try so hard not to upset you
Like I'd ever, as if I'd ever forget you​​
Father Time
Nothing wiser than Father Time.
Mother speaks highly of it. Stories every bedtime.
Nothing better to make your words simply rhyme.
Than Father Time.
Nothing better can help you feel sublime.
There’s Nothing more to make it all align.
It feels powerless from time to time when touched
By a mother’s smile
Let it heal your old wounds
Let it feel it’s way through
It’s just a long term memory
Forgiving you, forgiving me, oh yeh
There's nothing wiser than perfect sense
If you could be so happy, as happy as a perfect cadence
Nothing in your life should be that intense
Just take it in your stride
Don’t you ever sit on the fence.
There’s nothing wiser than Father Time….
When taken with your cigarettes. Washed down with your red wine
That cocktail’s mine.
Skip to the End
​I want you onside, ready to go,
tell me you know what I'm thinking (I'm sinking)
Oh you could just hide oh, take me aside, tell me it's no
What the hell have you been drinking?
We can decide, on our way home. No one need know
I don't do slow
The pressure aside, willing to blow, I take it you know
I'm ready, but not steady (No, not steady)
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If you could jump to the future not looking?
Won't you tell me what's cooking?
Break the rules don't bend, so we can skip to the end
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Won't you bury that pride? Bury it deep, don't let it keep you hungry (So hungry)
It's a natural appetite. So sweet. Proper discreet
You can take a backseat, but can you drive me crazy?
We should decide, on our way home, no one need know, I don't do slow
I'll meet you outside (Outside), for a ride (For a ride)
(Putting any differences aside)
We can eat, take it neat, feeling incomplete name the venue? We can extend the menu
As nature intends, it'll get you in the end
It's gonna get you in the end, end, in the end
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So why don't you jump to the future not looking?
Can you tell me what's cooking? Rules are meant to break not bend........ so let's skip to the end
Rules are there to break not bend. Oh break not bend
As nature intends (It'll get you in the end)
It'll get you. It'll get you in the end
Rules are meant to break not bend (It'll get you in the end)
It's coming to get you, get you in the end
As nature intends (It'll get you in the end)
Gonna get you in the end
Oh rules are meant to break not bend
(You can change you mind anytime but I got to many friends already)
Rules are meant to break not bend
(You're never giving it up first time but I'm glad you're on the mend)​
Words
Oh I know the words to your favourite song​​​​​​​
I feel the need to sing along
You said you loved me, you said you won't be long
(If that's true) If that's true
Why have I played that song many times through?
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No matter how much you hurt me, I would put that vinyl on
No matter how much you could do no wrong. And I've waited much too long
No matter how much you've hurt me I would put my best face on
I'll hide until the tears have gone. It's been years
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Oh I know the words to your favourite song​​​​​​​
I feel the need just to sing along
You said you loved me, you said you won't be long
(If that's true) If that's true
Why have I played that song many times through?
Oh I know the words to your favourite song​​​​​​​
And I feel the need, just to sing along
(You said you loved me and you won't be long
(If that's true) If that's true
Why have I played, why have I played that song many times through?
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Once worshipped like a true disciple, the record oh, it's long since gone
Shattered though, I've had time to adjust
While the player gathers dust
Years, rehearsing what to say to you
I need another verse, so I can prey for you
Did you pray for me? Would you prey for me?
'Cause I know the words
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(I know the words) I know the words to your favourite song
I feel the need just to sing along
You said you loved me, said you won't be long
(If that's true) If that's true
Why have I played that song many times through?
Many times through?
I fear the worst, but I can't break this curse
(If that's true)
Then why have I played that song many times for you?
