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In the Summer (3:19)
Summer that's where I belong
You must agree that sunshine
Makes my world keep on
I know you'll see
In the summer when the sun is out
And I feel like staying out a lot
And home is just a place to go
When things are moving way too slow
In the summer when the sun is hot
I'll go spend all that I've got
And home is where I guess I'll go
When sun goes down and gets me cold again
Summer how can you go wrong
It's so easy to smile
When I feel the sun shine down on me
Now summer's almost gone
I never used to care about it
Now I almost swear about it
Please don't take my summer from me! Apologies (1:50) Originally written and performed by The Pointed Sticks (Part of the Noise) Trouble Sleeping (3:15)
I need a change in my life and I need it right now
Good or bad it doesn't really matter how
I gotta get away and work it out on my own
I'll pack some things and run away from home
You've had trouble sleeping lately
Yes I have, yes and plenty
Are you having problems at home
No I think the problem is I feel I’m all alone
Do you ever get the feeling everything you've ever done is all wrong
Do you ever wonder if there's any place up there you belong
I got to see what's been getting to me
Can't sleep too good these days but I gotta start now
I've got more on my mind that it would allow
Don't feel too good just yet but it's better somehow
I think I'll see what it's like above ground Better Than Before (3:35)
That style of life has ended
With you on your own
This time it won't be easy
To be on your own
Your friends do the best they can
But every time they try to help you
You say, "please leave me alone"
You think you just can't go on now that you have seen
How much life can mean
You think you'll never see anymore
Just try and hold on
I'll try hard to help you hold on
I know you'll come back better than before
Somehow it will be better than before What to Expect . . . Dirk's Car Jam (5:04)
Paging away a book in the car
I couldn't know how long it might be
The sun was on high
It was bright in my eyes
My mind walked around
Nothing kept it held down
I couldn't know what to expect
I like it now that I know what to expect
The last time through here made it hard to come back
I like it more now I know what to expect
Next time through here
I’ll know what I like best, just what is left?
Something or nothing or never again
I heard someone sing I tried hard just to sleep
I wish I had heard couldn't remember the words
Moving through a daze it's been so far away
No one remembers that I said I was o.k.
I filled up my dream with the view I had seen
I read it so well I can be there again Says Who? (4:14)
You will pay me this and I'll do that
Notice I said “you will”, I didn’t ask
You will give me, I won’t say thanks
I’ll take it all away and that is that
Says who?
You don’t tell me what to do!
Says who?
I won’t, and I don’t have to!
You will show up here at nine tonight
Won’t have another chance to get it right
Screw it up again, pal, don’t come back
If it’s out mistake then we’ll just laugh!
Says who?
Don’t ask us to help you out today
It’s too much trouble - what can I say?
You keep on doing what we tell you to
We’ll just keep on telling you what to do!
Says who? Last Night I Had a Dream That I Could Fly (5:09)
Today I just don't know how to feel
I couldn't say if I'm happy this way
But I know change is due some day
I could be dreaming but I think that it's true
I don't know what I'll find
Everyone's gone but me
Look at the way things change in a day
You can't be sure what's the right thing to say
Something you said takes on a whole new meaning
Than it did earlier today
Last night I had a dream that I could fly
Never looking back on my life
Looking back on decisions I've made
Decided to go when I should've stayed
Do you really want someone else to decide?
Do you want someone else to run your life?
Everyone gets put in places they don't know what to do
What happens is up to you
So you must be the one to choose I Won't Regret (3:24)
It seems so long ago things all seemed right
It's been so long since we would stay out all night
How much more of life can we miss out on now?
I won't regret the times we walked and watched the days run by us
Now that the hours move so slowly by
We looked together at the pictures of before
And now we won't have fun like that anymore
It's hard to face what we both know is so true
How could you think that we'd forget about the past?
How could you think that what we had would never last?
We only wanted more than we could ever have!
We run all day but there's still so much ground to cover
And we so rarely ever run into each other
You know I don't who we are anymore I Guess (2:42)
Two years ago today
I finished writing my first book and then hid it away
Didn’t have a lot to say
My train of thought derailed a lot
And then went its own way
I didn’t try to guess the future but I guess I did
It's more than just a premonition
Happens somewhere every-day
I let you see it yesterday
I told you to, you read it through, you said “It was okay”
When I gave the book to you
Everything I wrote back then started to come true
I guess they try to tell me this before
I know I'm not just guessing anymore
I wrote then with no regrets but it's different now
The more you read the stranger that it gets
I need a place to hide
If someone reads the final page I won't get out alive Always Tomorrow (4:39)
I did the same thing again
I started running again
I ran away I gave up
I can't get it I can't quit it
I am wrong again
I ruined everything again
I let them all down again
I ran away I gave up
I can't get it I can't quit it
I am wrong again
There's always tomorrow
There's always tomorrow
There's always tomorrow
I ruined everything again
I let them all down again
I ran away I gave up
I can't get it I can't quit it
I am wrong again
There's always tomorrow
There's always tomorrow
There's always tomorrow I'll Be Okay (5:12)
Please don't ask me how I am
I'd have to lie and say I'm fine
I just want to be alone for awhile understand me
I'm glad to know you're there I'll be okay
It seems so obvious the closer I get
The higher the wall is that I can't climb
Things don't get better it never changes
I don't care anywhere I want to be
I'll be okay soon so don't worry
I'll be on my way soon so don't worry
I'm glad to know you're there I'll be okay Everything I Don't Need (3:56) (A faster version of this song can be found on The Question Is No)
If you know that I'm not lying
You know how hard I'm trying
To live again as I lived back then never ending
But you won't know what I'm thinking as my happiness start sinking
I can't tell you and you'll never know I'm never ending
And you're everything that I don't need and you're everywhere I go
You don't know what you mean to me and I'll never let you know
And you won't know what I'm thinking as my happiness starts sinking
I can't tell you and you'll never know I'm never ending
I'll never say you'll never believe me
But you'll never leave me
Because you won't need me
I'll never say that I'll never tell you
The hell that I've been through
The words that I meant to say to you
