forgive me, sir, forgive me, m'am
this isn't who i really am
you would see my kindness, my coolness, my wisdom
under better conditions
cuz there's something in the water here
that makes me desperate, makes me selfish
something about the atmosphere
that makes me lose it, i just can't help it
please accept my apologies
i'm sorry
this planet
brings out the worst in me
can't stand it
this planet
brings out the worst in me
the toxic sun, the stubborn wind
it's dangerous, this environment
and don't get me started on all of the creatures
and all of their frightening features
every new day i spend here
i get crueller, i get colder
something about the outlook here
makes me weak as i get older
so i'm saying, sincerely
i'm sorry
this planet
brings out the worst in me
goddamnit
this planet
brings out the worst in me
guilty, guilty, i confess
i don't know which would bring out the best
and as to this one at times it is an alright place to be
and they still say it will someday decide to set me free
but goddamnit
this planet
brings out the worst in me
can't stand it
this planet
brings out the worst in me
i gotta hand it
to this planet
it brings out the worst in me
and now i'm stranded
on this planet
which brings out the worst in me
two curious eyes that fear they'll never see the light of day
one eager mouth that knows it's never found the words to say
a hundred little hairs lying on the cutting room floor
someday we'll make a face they've never seen before
a dozen orchids waiting for that sweet spring to arrive
your morning glory drowning under unfair summer skies
seven dried up roses on another window sill
someday we'll make a garden that blooms and never wilts
but hope is not a medicine
an injection or a pill
hold still, my love
hold still
two thousand and six, another number, big and bound to grow
so we'll see what sticks & try not to watch the hours come and go
i see three figures picking flowers on a hill
someday we'll make a family, just tell me that we will
cuz hope is not a medicine
an injection or a pill
hold still, my love
hold still
hold still, my love
hold still
you're unlike anyone
like anything
like you don't ring ring a bell
you're unlike anyone
like anything
i've ever felt
hey you don't remind me of anybody
not the way that you look or move or think
how you talk to me, how you sing
what's happening
oh yeah you're turning my skin into silly putty
make it nice and nutty
i just wanna study
all your angles up above me
you're unlike anyone
like anything
like you don't ring ring a bell
you're unlike anyone
like anything
i've ever felt
you're not like those girls on the crimson carpet
sailing over the same adoring crowds
feet in hell, head up in the clouds
no adults allowed, no no
you're not too healthy, too sick or too heavy-hearted
not too crazy, not too guarded
or selfish or selfless i guess
you're unlike anyone
like anything
like nobody else
you're unlike anyone
one of a kind
i've never felt
look up there in the sky
it's not a bird, it's not a plane
it's getting wet, it's getting high
it's getting harder to explain
three months and i swear that i can't remember
what my life was before you came
every day must've been the same
what a crying shame
but now, this weary old world
well i'd recommend her
again and again
from january
to december
you're unlike anyone
like anything
like you're gonna make me melt
you're a fun one of a kind
one of a kind
i've never felt
one by one
words leave your tongue
and make their way
across the table
sailing smoothly
ready to be
understood
with any luck at all
making your lips move up and down
turning your feelings into sounds
learning to talk again
the first ones
might not come out right
but don't give up
say what say what
i mean to say
with each new day
another word
another phrase
making your lips move up and down
turning your feelings into sounds
learning to talk again
now sound out
this short biography
we were, we are
we will always be
and as soon as we speak fluently
when silence falls
it'll be an altogether different kind
than the one we left behind
making our lips move up and down
turning our feelings into sounds
learning to talk again
i'm finally dressed for yesterday's weather
finally ready to fight last weekend's war fearlessly
finally know how to spend all the years behind better
and i'm finally feeling for you what you once felt for me
finally come to the door that used to be open
empty handed but for a few memories
finally know what words should've been said and which were best left unspoken
back when what i feel now for you, you still felt for me
but if age is only a number
and time's an illusion
then love won't you call me tomorrow
whenever you're free
cuz i'm finally dressed for yesterday's weather
and i'm wondering if you might ever feel what you felt yesterday for me
run your fingers along the fence
run your fingers along the fence
you don't have to cross over
you don't have to make sense
run your fingers along the fence
run your fingers along the fence
run along
don't need a wife, don't need a dog
don't need some snappy dialogue
you were born in the country
you were born in the fog
so run your fingers along the fence
run your fingers along the fence
when the dark's too familiar
and the light's too intense
run your fingers along the fence
run your fingers along the fence
run along
the grass is greener than it oughta be
it's crying out "somebody water me
i got drowned in pesticide
i got no more friends to hide
i just stood here while they died
and now i grow at their expense"
so run your fingers along the fence
run your fingers along the fence
you don't have to cross over
you don't have to make sense
what if it peels or starts to rust
what if it shocks you in disgust
you were born out of wedlock
you were born out of lust
so run your fingers along the fence
run your fingers along the fence
run along
now what's the point, you be the judge
your honor guilty to the touch
it's only time you're up against
and at your feet's the evidence
so run your fingers along the fence
run your fingers along the fence
run along
some escape undercover, some escape overboard
some escape in the light of the television
some in the light of the lord
some they shut their eyes and suddenly disappear
meanwhile i can't find a single way outta here
some escape in a needle, some escape in a glass
some escape just by running around in a circle
some just by sitting on an ass
you may leave out of boredom, you may leave out of fear
meanwhile i can't find a single way outta here
i just can't seem to find a single way
i once knew a cat, let's call him ernest
ernest just couldn't seem to find his way
he tried suicide, lotta good it did him
lakes wouldn't drown him, cars wouldn't hit him
eventually poor ernest had to teach himself to stay
some escape in the country, some escape in the crowds
some i know well lose themselves in a grand piano
some jump the gates of the clouds
for him it's just a hobby, for her it's a career
meanwhile i can't find a single way outta here
how come i can't find a single way outta here
gotta give a lotta credit
and hopefully not much blame
for the things a child learns
to the ones who chose his name
and the person he becomes can often easily be traced
to those folks who first stared him in his little shriveled face
i'm saying all this, sir, as a way of explaining
why i'm pretty sure your children are
assholes in training, assholes in training
i know you don't hit them, and congratulations, too
the only crime that you commit is teaching them to think like you
and here is the kicker, if i may be blunt
well you are a dick, sir, and your wife she is unkind
and it makes me sick, sir, but i'm not complaining
i'm just trying to tell you why you've got
assholes in training, assholes in training
another day, another lesson
class in session, always in session
and heaven forbid the kid forgets
he's the teacher's pet, the teacher's pet
and must be grateful for
this hateful education he's obtaining
he's an asshole in training
this is how to treat a stranger
this is how to treat a friend
here's what to expect of ladies
here's what to expect of men
this is how the game begins and
this is how the story ends
this is how the world works
before you try to hang me from the highest rope around
i should probably tell you now that there's still hope to be found
cuz your kids they could drop out before it's too late
and try to find some other teachers who teach love instead of hate
and if they were gone, the only ones left remaining here
would seem to be the trainers of the assholes in training
the assholes in training
below the ocean's deep
above the hills so high
and up in every building
that grows towards the sky
beyond this spinning stone
and deep within our bones
before the night arrives
there is life
oh jamie, your words are no different
from your blood and your sweat
you give what you can give
take what you can get
there's always someone above
always someone below
you love what you can love
and let the rest go
behind the smallest door
beneath the biggest rock
in every sketchy figure
who stares but won't talk
in all that's left unsaid
in every aching head
in all that's left unseen
there are dreams
oh jamie, your words are no different
from your blood and your sweat
you give what you can give
take what you can get
there's always someone above
always someone below
you love what you can love
and let the rest go
let the rest go
i find it easy to picture you walking down a red dirt road
and so easy to picture you moving through the city snow
and i can see you clearly leading me through a dance hall
or leading me through a bedroom door
but no matter how hard i try
shake my head and rub my eyes
i can't picture a single thing
without you anymore
i find it easy to picture you with a ring among your charms
and so easy to picture you with a little one in your arms
and every time you turn i seem to unearth
a new side i know i never saw before
and no matter how hard i try
close my heart and close my eyes
i can't picture a single thing
without you anymore
i find it easy to picture you when you make it home today
and so easy to picture you when the years have turned us gray
i can imagine they may blow us some miles away
from where we thought we'd hit the shore
but no matter how hard i try
push the tears out til i'm dry
i can't picture a single thing
without you anymore
i can't picture a single thing
without you anymore
hola senorita
si te digo que me gusta tu sonrisa
sonaria tonto, digame
porque no necesito decirlo
hola mi amiga
si te digo que me gusta como me hablas
sonaria falso, digame
porque no necesito hacerlo
pero te equivocaste
cuando me tocaste la mano
si pensabas que
no quisiera cogerte la tuya
hola mi chica favorita
es posible que te amo ya
por favor no des una respuesta
porque yo no se lo que seria
te equivocaste
cuando me robaste el corazon
si pensabas que tu podrias
darle solo esperanza
gracias a dios
ahora eres mi novia
y si te digo que eres mi vida
supieras que no te miento
que es totalmente la verdad
bunch of dumb cows on a hill by the highway
don't even know what country they're in
could be sudanese for all they know
could be swiss or american
where's their sense of history
where's their sense of pride
bunch of dumb cows, bunch of dumb cows
bunch of dumb cows on a sunny irish hillside
bunch of dumb cows, can't they hear that i'm hollerin'
don't even know who they're making milk for
could be jerks or the lactose-intolerant
could be terrorists at war
where's their sense of justice
dumb and dewy-eyed
you could come at them with a butcher knife
and they'd barely try to hide
bunch of dumb cows, bunch of dumb cows
bunch of dumb cows on a sunny irish hillside
those environmental freaks want to censor this song
"cows are people too" they say
"moo moo people moo" they say
but those environmental freaks wouldn't know a good song
if it was burning a hole in the ozone layer
bunch of dumb cows
on a hill by the highway
don't even know what happened last week
couldn't even say if sometime friday
they got tipped over by someone like me
where's their sense of progress
so damn satisifed
bunch of dumb cows, bunch of dumb cows
bunch of dumb cows on a sunny irish hillside
sometimes i wish i was a cow on a hill by the highway
wish i didn't know who i'm making milk for
wish i couldn't remember what happened last friday
wish i couldn't say my country's at war
moo moo moo moo, moo moo moo moo
moo moo moo moo, moo moo moo moo