Everclear - Songs From An American Movie Vol. 1 : One Learning How To Smile (2000) by Everclear (보컬) on maniadb.com

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, ooh
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

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

No 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 give 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 now want to hear

Now I don't want you to make me
I do 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's 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 voices 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 back 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
*Repeat
**Repeat

Here we go again
Yeah here we go again
Aw baby here we go again
I know (here we go)
I know (here we go)
I know (here we go)
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Aw baby, baby can't you see?
I know you got some doubts
I know you don't believe
I know you think Im 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! (go!)
Here we go! (go!)
Here we go! (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

The VCR and DVD
We had none of that crap back in 1970
We didn't know about the World Wide Web
It was a whole different game being played
Back when I was a kid
You wanna get down in a cool way?
Picture yourself on a beautiful day
With the big bell bottoms and groovy long hair
Justa walking in style
With a portable 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
Cruising 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 damn 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!"

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 Zeppelin
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 I need to know
That I did not learn from the radio

Yeah when things get stupid
And I just don't know
Where to find my happy
I listen to the music from the AM radio

You could hear the music on the AM radio
You could hear the music on the AM radio

I like pop, I like soul
I like rock but I never liked disco(x2)
We like pop, we like soul
We like to rock but we never liked disco
I never liked disco
No I never like 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 hollows
Oh yeah playing a new game

Laughing and a running, hey, hey, hey
Skipping and a jumping, hey yeah
In the misty morning fog
Yeah baby, 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

*Repeat
**Repeat

Oooh, now that the years gone by
Yeah now that I'm on my own
Saw you just the other day yeah
Oh my baby, you have grown
I cast my memories back there, Lord
Sometimes I am overcome
Just thinking about it
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you
***Repeat

*Repeat(x2)
**Repeat

I sing along
When I hear it on the radio now (x3)

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 all them losers
They were laughing at us

*I will never let them break your heart
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 selling 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 running away

We were 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 everyday

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

**Ah baby we can leave and run away
(Hey, hey)
We can leave this place and run away
(Hey, hey)

We can leave it all behind
Like we do everytime
Yeah we both live for the day
When we can leave
And just go running away
*Repeat

Five miles outside of Vegas
Five years down the line
We got married in the desert
In the sunshine
I can 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
We are just learning how to fall
And climb back up again
I know there is nothing perfect
I know there's 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"
**Repeat(x4)

One, two, three
Two, two, three

*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
And then we got leid 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 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

*Repeat

We're on our honeymoon
We're on our honeymoon
The fun that day didn't start until
We left on our honeymoon

Yeah right!

Break down, 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 don't 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 even 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

Break up time is never easy to do
Nothing ever ends
The way you want it to
Nothing even makes 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 seem the same
Baby, without you, oh
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, oh
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 (x3)

Baby go to bed, and put out the light
We both know if we talk anymore
We are going to end up
In a green 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
Yes I need to slow down for a while

Yeah I wish we had never bought
A king size bed
The only damn thing
That it's ever been good for
Is plenty room for a 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 are headed
For a real big fall
Yes I think we are headed
For a bad time
I'm going to downstairs
I'm going to sit by myself
All alone in the middle of the night
*Repeat

I'm going to go downstairs
Smoke cigarettes in that
Thrift store chair you like
*Repeat

We need to slow down for a while (x3)

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

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 the 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 don't want to be (blind) (x3)

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
*Repeat(x2)
**Repeat
Oh I don't want to be blind

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 when I say)

That ever since 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
They look so pretty in your black hair
You look cool and alternative
With that different stare
You want people to think
That you just don't care

Hey you can be with me
'Cause I just might be the one
Who will treat you like you're perfect
Who will always make you come
You can be with me
I will always let you win
I will never be like those other guys
I will never be your unemployed boyfriend

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've heard you sleep with
That obnoxious guy
I know he is in that famous band
You look so sad when you are with him
I never see him reach to hold your hand

Yes 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
You can be with me
No I will never let you down
I will never make out with your girlfriends
When I know you're not around
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
Yes you can be with me
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

I close my eyes when it gets too sad
I think thought that I know are bad
Close my eyes and I count to ten
I hope when 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 makes 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

Tell me everything is wonderful now

**Na na na, na na na na na (x4)

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

*Repeat
When you tell me everything is wonderful now
**Repeat
I don't want to hear you tell me
Everything is wonderful now
**Repeat
I don't want to hear you tell me
Everything is wonderful now

I don't want to hear you say
I will understand someday
No, no, no, no
I don't want to hear you say
You both have grown in different ways
No, no, no, no
I don't want to meet your friend
And I don't want to start over again
I just want my life to be the same
Just like it used to be
Someday I hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
So please don't tell me
Everything is wonderful now
Please don't tell me
Everything is wonderful now
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
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 running out of time
To say the things I need to say
I call you on the telephone
You will not talk to me

*Yeah 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

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 want to make this world
Be just how you want it to be
*Repeat
**Repeat
Anna, you are never alone (x2)