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The Way We Are

1. Twinkle

2. I'm So Small

I'm so small
do you think I matter at all
when I call your name out loud
can you hear me in the crowd
when I look up into the starry sky
I think my oh my oh my
I get dizzy and weak and it makes me think
I have the life span of a fly

(chorus)
can you see me
breathing hear me
screaming
for you for you

I'm so small
but if I was a movie star
my youth would be sealed in a can on a reel
then I could be twelve feet tall
that's why I wear my hair so big
some people think it might be a wig
but it's all part of my plot
to prove I'm not a dot

can you see me
breathing hear me
screaming
for you for you

3. Shhh!

you had the prettiest blue-green eyes I'd ever seen
and I got a kick out of the way they looked at me
like I was a two-headed creature from another planet
that thrilled and delighted you but
you couldn't understand it

(chorus)
don't tell my ears 'cause they're not listening
don't tell my heart it doesn't know what it's missing
don't tell my eyes I know they won't believe
that you're not in love with me

we were inseparable you followed me around
and I got used to you this new friend that I found
I pictured us together I pictured us apart
and I knew from that moment that you were capable of breaking my heart

don't tell my ears 'cause they're not listening...

six months of being friends
was all that I could stand
so I mustered up the courage to hold your hand
you were bedazzled bewildered I guess it was just too soon
and when I finally kissed you you walked out of the room....sssh!

don't tell my ears 'cause they're not listening....

I know you love me just a minute
I wouldn't want you if you didn't
I've been patient and I've waited
come on come on just say it
you and me sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
you're not in love with me

4. The Pearl

oh look I found it oh I really found it how could such a thing be happening to me
oh please don't drop it I'd die if you lost it you see it means the world to me
now everything we've ever wanted lies within our reach
patiently anticipating now the world lies at our feet

chorus:
it could be the pearl
it could be our hope our dream our lives
it could be the pearl
the end of all our pain and strife could be the pearl 

run keep on running oh I hear them coming how could they try to take what is ours
please run faster oh they're right behind us how much farther can we go
it possesses me controls me it makes me run and it makes me kill
the very thing that made me strong has taken all my will

it could be the pearl...

I must take it and throw it in the ocean far far away from me
we were happy oh we were so happy
when things were the way they used to be

it could be the pearl...

or it could be a demon in disguise

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5. Comfortable

you know how to hold my hand
you know how to make me mad
you know everything about me
we've been together longer than
most of our friends have
but they don't know that it's not always a party

I gotta tell you how I'm feeling
in case you haven't noticed
the mystery is gone
infatuation's wearing off I gotta tell you how I'm feeling
I think that you'll agree that we've become predictable
but I really don't mind being this comfortable

sometimes I try to shake it up
tickle the passion wake it up
it's time to breathe a little fire
but you just put your arms around me and I let go of all my anxiety
you know you're my lazy boy recliner

I gotta tell you how I'm feeling
I hope you don't take it wrong
you know that I love you and I'm not giving up

6. Don't Let It Fade Away

don't let it fade away
be strong enough to tell me goodbye
don't let it fade away
just because you don't want to see me cry
if it's over now i'll be ok
just don't let it fade away

don't let it fade away...

you keep me dangling
from a string you cannot severe
it's time to end all indecision
curiosity is killing me

look me in the eye and tell me you don't love me
put me out of my misery
your silence is giving me too much hope

don't let it fade away

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7. The Way We Are

would I need ya if I got amnesia
would you be the one for me
if I lost my memory
and would I look at you the way that I used to
would I fall in love all over again
or would I have to pretend

are we gonna stay the way we are
are we gonna break and fall apart
are we gonna make it when our love is tested
are we gonna stay the way we are
I don't wanna break and fall apart
are we gonna make it through the shark infested water
hearts entrusted to each other

and I don't know what I'd do if I found out you were untrue
would I find it in my heart to forgive
would I be able to forget
will I be be beautiful or will I just be a fool
can you keep me fresh and young
what if I make you deaf and dumb

are we gonna stay the way we are are...

can we still have adventures when we're old and wear dentures
will you kiss me on the lips
do you think we'll dance with our plastic hips
and when you look at me will you see the girl you met when you were nineteen
will you see a lady with a limber heart
swimming in the water with the sharks

are we gonna stay the way we are are

8. Radiate

I've got this feeling that I can't contain
being with you
is like winning the publisher's clearing house sweepstakes
like a snow day and I get to sleep as late
as I want to you know
you turn me into goo

you radiate
warm fuzzy feelings

if everyone knew someone like you there wouldn't be any war
you glitter sparkle twinkle shimmer like a shining star
now I don't want to say anything mean
or hurt anybody's little heart again
next time I'll hold my breath and count to ten

I wanna radiate
warm fuzzy feelings
you radiate
warm fuzzy feelings

I radiate to you
you radiate to me
yeah we'll start a revolution
spread a warm fuzzy disease
you make me feel so good
I wanna wear dayglo
I'm feeling unicorns and rainbows
warm fuzzy feelings
warm fuzzy feelings
I've got a warm fuzzy feeling reeling deep down in my soul

9. Ugly Girl

When I saw you at the grocery store
you were sharing a shopping cart with her
and I couldn't turn and run away
I didn't know what to say
you introduced us for the first time
and I had to look her in the eye
but you could not imagine my surprise

can't you see you're leaving me for an ugly girl
does she talk about politics and all the stuff that used to make me sick
does she smoke cigars and stay up late oh she's so great
does she tell you what you want to hear
and I bet that she can grow a beard
I'd feel better thinking you were queer
it's not fair I can't compare to an ugly girl

ha ha ha the jokes on me
I feel jealous and I feel mean
is she so nice that it makes up for her face there's no way
do you have to keep your eyes closed
do you have to keep the lights down low
oh I bet you wish you had a blindfold can't you see
you're leaving me for an ugly girl

10. Sadder Day

you like to eat your grits with butter salt and sugar
you drink your coffee instant and black
I always loved the fact but thought that it was so peculiar
how you carried everything you owned in the back seat
of your 1983 canary yellow Z
you had a unique collection of fast food bags
and all the post-it notes with quotes stuck to your dashboard
reminding you life's not so bad

(chorus)
sad sadder day
since I heard you went away
sad sadder day
when I can't see your face

what about the day you took me to skatetown USA
it was raining and there wasn't anywhere we could play
we skated backwards while we held onto each other's hands
made up choreography to KC and the sunshine band
you got tired you said you couldn't sleep last night
you stayed up praying for everybody you know's souls
and you got misty eyed when you said you weren't afraid to die
but you were scared of being alone

sad sadder day....

faster my heart started beating
I've got the funniest most awful feeling
you were trying trying to tell me something
I didn't want to know

sad sadder day.

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11. Rain All Day

we've got nothing but tomorrow
to keep us from today
and we walk around in circles
like everything's okay
it's just a phase you're in a daze
maybe a melancholy day
don't try to fight
what's wrong is right
it's just a melancholy day

(chorus)
rain all day and i'll stay all day with you

the look upon your face
tells me all i need to know
and words will not convey
what somebody can show
there is no place on the face of the earth i'd rather be
nowhere in time no boat on the rhine
no place that i would rather be

rain all day and i'll stay all day with you... 

it's just a phase you're in a daze
maybe a melancholy day
don't try to fight
what's wrong is right
it's just a melancholy day

rain all day and i'll stay all day with you...

12. Devil's Food

he's got his finger on the trigger
it's not a gun it's something bigger
oh emotional warfare has been declared on you
see how he manipulates
berates you and humiliates
he wants you to see what it feels like to be him

(chorus)
oh that's not love pumping through his veins
you're like the sun shining on his shade
he's a parasite and he's trying to suck the life out of you

why are you taking up for him
no you can't save him from his sin
oh he's pulling you down he's gonna wrestle you into the ground
he'll make a mess out of you
he'll turn you into devil's food
get away while there's time your friends are making bets on your life

oh that's not love pumping through his veins...

you're devil's food
go go go go go go girl run run for your life

oh that's not love pumping through his veins...

he's a parasite and he's trying to suck the life out of you
you're devil's food
I'm just saying this cause I love you

13. Suppressed Emotions

tossing and turning all her thoughts are burning she can't go to sleep
thinks she is dreaming although she is scheming a secret to keep
years have flown by taking with them time she never had for her own
now she plays house while her husband stays out on the town

suppressed emotions

thoughts turning backwards she sees a young man with a gleam in his eye
both of them laughing and jumping as if they could reach to the sky
with love abounding her heartbeat is pounding a message
regrets is all that she gets if she opens her eyes

suppressed emotions
trying to hide feelings she keeps inside
suppressed emotions
eyes may reveal feelings she tries to conceal

no need to awaken her dreams have all taken her where she longs to be
without a care but the wave of her hair no responsibility
would she have done anything differently if she knew what she knows now
lost in delusions of a love that she never found

suppressed emotions

14. I Fall For You

a sleight of hand with fingers full of grace
work the magic that you do
disappear without a single trace
and once again I fall for you

(chorus)
I fall for you
and when I do
I can't seem to pick myself up off the ground

I think I've come to the conclusion
that it's all a bunch of bull
love is an optical illusion
and once again I've played the fool

I fall for you...

last night I had a dream I was your assistant it seems
I was dressed in ostrich feathers
you did that trick where you sawed me in half and then you laughed and then you left
without putting me back together

je tombe pour toi
je tombe pour toi
je tombe pour toi
e quand c'est fait je nepeaux plu me relever du sol

15. That's All I Know

Daddy's crawling around on his knees and hands
but all he finds is popcorn and rubber bands
And he says to me you had it last
you channel surfing maniac
it didn't just sprout legs and run out of the room
So I said go ahead interrogate me
if you must incarcerate me
But I already told you what I know

And that's all I know
So please don't ask me anymore that's all I know

Now he's combing through every ounce of trash
he thinks that I threw it out with his corned beef hash
And he says why can't you keep up with anything
you know you'd lose your head if it wasn't so big
And I say go ahead now scrutinize me
then why don't you hypnotize me
You'll see I'm telling you the truth

And that's all I know
So please don't ask me anymore that's all I know

Well I love you mom and I love you daddy
and I sure am glad that you had me
but is it worth it?
Over a stupid remote control?

That's all I know
The rest will fall in place I'm sure that's all I know
So please don't ask me anymore that's all I know

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16. The Hidden Track