Danny Elfman

Life's been so good to me
Has it been good to you
Has it been everything
That you expected it to be
Was it as good for you
As it was good for me
And was it everything
That it was all set up to be
(now is that gratitude)

Now is that gratitude

Or is it really love
Some kind of reality
That fits just like a glove
Now is that gratitude
For everything i've done
Or is it something else
That's got me on the run

In the middle of a big tornado
On the tip of everyone's tongue
In the belly of a giant whale
All the girls just wanna have fun
In the look of a frightened neighbor
In a big warm bed at night
In a broken elevator
In the teeth of a dog that bites
In the middle of a revolution
In the look of a child's face
In the silence of the dinner table
In the stillness of disgrace

(i used to eat little girls i knew
For breakfast
I used to fly high up in the sky
I used to chew up rocks and
Spit out gravel
I had a heart as cold as ice)

But when i think of you
And what you've done to me
You took away my hope
You took away my fantasy
I once had lots of pride
The world was in my hands
I lived way at the top
Of castles made of sand


Ooh . . .
I dream of you sometimes
Ooh . . .
I dream of you sometimes

In the middle of a big tornado . . .

Life's been so good to me . . .

Sweet little girl, she's the high school queen
She lives tonight, in every school boys' dream
Oh, but nobody knows how she's cryin'
She's just a child goin' on seventeen

She gets so confused by her friends and their scenes
They don't mean what they say
They don't say what they mean
She reads the signs, reads between the lines
But it makes no difference
There's no reason or rhyme

Just hold on girl, as long as you can
In time you'll learn what you don't understand
It's the human condition, it's the nature of man

[Chorus:]
Everybody's crazy, everybody's crazy
Everybody's crazy, everybody's crazy

This city boy, he don't want no control
He just wanna party and play his rock 'n' roll
But here they come to turn the pressure on
Say'n son, your partyin' days are gone

The time has come now to be a man
Find your place in the world, gotta take what you can
You've got no ambition, take a look at yourself
When ya gonna straighten out, be like everybody else

The boy said listen dad, you're bringin' me down
I am who I am, I've had a good look around
There's one thing in the world I can tell you I've found

[Chorus]

There ain't no wonder things are so outta hand
Sooner or later, ya come to understand
The human condition, it's the nature of man

[Chorus]

(Ooh) What you want
(Ooh) Baby, I got it
(Ooh) What you need
(Ooh) Do you know I got it?
(Ooh) All I'm askin'
(Ooh) Is for a little respect when you get home
(Just a little bit) Hey, baby
(Just a little bit) When you get home
(Just a little bit) Mister
(Just a little bit)

I ain't gonna do you wrong
While you're gone
Ain't gonna do you wrong
(Ooh) 'Cause I don't wanna
(Ooh) All I'm askin'
(Ooh) Is for a little respect when you come home
(Just a little bit) Baby
(Just a little bit) When you get home
(Just a little bit) Yeah
(Just a little bit)

I'm about to give you
All of my money
And all I'm askin'
In return, honey
Is to give me my propers
When you get home
(Just a, just a, just a, just a) Yeah, baby
(Just a, just a, just a, just a) When you get home
(Just a little bit) Yeah
(Just a little bit)

Ooh, your kisses
(Ooh) Sweeter than honey
(Ooh) And guess what?
(Ooh) So is my money
(Ooh) All I want you to do for me
(Ooh) Is give it to me when you get home
(Re, re, re, re) Yeah, baby
(Re, re, re, re) Whip it to me
(Respect, just a little bit) When you get home, now
(Just a little bit)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, T-C-B

Oh
(Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect
(Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)
Whoa, yeah
(Just a little bit)
A little respect
(Just a little bit)
I get tired
(Just a little bit)
I keep on tryin'
(Just a little bit)
You're runnin' out of fools
(Just a little bit)
And I ain't lyin'
(Just a little bit)
(Re, re, re, re)
Respect when you come home
(Re, re, re, re)
Or you just might walk in
(Respect, just a little bit)
And find out I'm gone
(Just a little bit)

Run, and don't look back
Gotta keep our feet, on the right track
We're strong! And we never give up!
Cause we believe in a world of love

People will talk, saying "it's not meant to be",
But i think that we know differently!

We're doing what can't be done
Mind over Matter!
There's a battle that can't be won
Mind over Matter!

Fight! And never say die!
We've got a right to satisfy
With hope, to be so brave
When there's a will that's gotta be alright

Sometimes it feels like we're losing altitude,
But i bare a winners attitude!

We're doing what can't be done
Mind over Matter!
There's a battle that can't be won
Mind over Matter!
We never let dreams die young
Mind over Matter!
We're doing what can't be done
Mind over Matter!

People will talk, saying "it's not meant to be",
But i think that we know differently!
We're doing what can't be done
Mind over Matter!
There's a battle that can't be won Mind over Matter!
We never let dreams die young
Mind over Matter!
We're doing what can't be done
Mind over Matter!
There's a battle that can't be won
Mind over Matter!
We never let dreams die young
Mind over Matter!
We're doing what can't be done
Mind over Matter!
There's a battle that can't be won
Mind over Matter!
We never let dreams die young
Mind over Matter!