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Jimmy Eat World (Bleed American)

"Bleed American" (3:01)
I'm not alone because the T.V.'s on, yeah
I'm not crazy because I take the right pills every day and rest
Clean your conscience
Clear your thoughts with speyside
With your grain
(Chorus) Salt sweat sugar on the asphalt
         Our hearts littering the topsoil
         Tune in
         We can get the last call
         Our lives
         Our coal
         Salt sweat sugar on the asphalt
         Our hearts littering the topsoil
         Sign up the picket line or the parade
         Our lives
         Our coal
I bled the greed from my arm
Won't they give it a rest now?
Now?
Now?
Now?
(Repeat Chorus)

"A Praise Chorus" (4:03)
Are you going to live your life wondering
Standing in the back, looking around?
Are you going to waste your time thinking
How you've grown up
How you missed out?
Things are never going to be the the way you want
Where's it going to get you acting serious?
Things are never going to be quite what you want
Even at twenty five you got to start some time
(Chorus) I'm on my feet
         I'm on the floor
         I'm good to go
         All I need is just to hear a song I know
         I want to always feel like part of this was mine
         I want to fall in love tonight
Are you going to live your life standing in the back looking around
Are you going to waste your time?
Got to make a move or you'll miss out
Someone is going to ask you what it's all about
Stick around nostalgia won't let you down
Someone is going to ask you what it's all about
What are you going to say for yourself?
(Repeat Chorus)
Crimson and clover
Over and over
Our house in the middle of the street
Why did we ever meet?
Starting my rock and roll fantasy
Don't don't don't let's start
Why did we ever part?
Kick start my rock and rolling heart
(Repeat Chorus)

"The Middle" (2:45)
Hey
Don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Just try your best
Try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away
(Chorus) It just takes some time
         Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
         Everything everything will be just fine
         Everything everything will be all right
Hey
You know they're all the same
You know you're doing better on your own
So don't buy in
Live right now
Just be yourself
It doesn't matter if that's good enough for someone else
(Repeat Chorus)
Hey
Don't write yourself off yet
It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
Do your best
Do everything you can
Don't you worry what their bitter hearts are going to say
(Repeat Chorus)

"Your House" (4:46)
When you're on, I swear
You're on
You rip my heart my out
I think the whole room can hear me clear my throat
You rip my heart right out
(Chorus) If you still care at all
         Please don't tell me now
         If you love me at all
         Don't call
Then out of nowhere you put me right back there
You rip my heart right out
We know what happens when we get to your house
You rip my heart right out
(Repeat Chorus)
I throw away everything I've written you
Anything
Just keep my mind off of thinking
How I had you once
No, I can't forget that
Sometimes I wish I could lose you again
You're winning me over with everything you say
You rip my heart right out
When I let you closer,
I only want you closer
You rip my heart right out
(Repeat Chorus)

"Sweetness" (3:39)
If you're listening, whoa
Sitting back, whoa
String from your tether unwinds, whoa
Up and outward to bind, whoa
(Chorus) I was spinning free, whoa
         With a little sweet and simple numbing me
Are you listening, whoa
Sitting back, whoa
Tell me what do I need, whoa
When words lose their meaning, whoa
(Repeat Chorus)
Stumble 'til you crawl, whoa
Sinking into sweet uncertainty
If you're listening, whoa
Sitting back, whoa
I'm still running away, whoa
I won't play your hide and seek game, whoa
(Repeat Chorus)
What a dizzy dance, whoa
The sweetness will not be concerned with me

"Hear You Me" (4:44)
There's no one in town I know
You gave us someplace to go
I never said thank you for that
Thought I might get one more chance
What would you think of me now?
So lucky
So strong
So proud
Never said thank you for that
Now I'll never have the chance
(Chorus) May angels lead you in
              Hear you me my friends
              On sleepless roads the sleepless go
              May angels lead you in
If you were with me tonight
I'd sing to you just one more time
A song for a heart so big
God wouldn't let it live
(Repeat Chorus)

"If You Don't, Don't" (4:33)
What's wrong baby?
Don't they treat you like they should?
Did you take them for it
Or every penny that you could?
We once walked out on the beach and once I almost touched your hand
Oh, how I dreamed to finally say such things
Then only to pretend
Don't you know what I'm thinking?
Driving 405 past midnight
You know I miss you
Ninth and Ash on a Tuesday night
I would write to you from Museum Mile
A toast to you:
Your whisper
Your smile
Up the stairs at Wheatherford
A ghost each place I hide
(Chorus) If you don't, don't know
              Why'd you say so?
             Would you mean this
             Please, if it happens
             If you don't, know
             Why would you say so?
             Won't you get your story straight?
             If you don't
            Well, honey, why'd you just say so?
            Because I need this now more than I ever did
           If you don't
           Well, honey, then you don't
I left you waiting
At the least could we be friends?
Should have never started
Ain't that the way it always ends?
On my life I'll try today
There's so much I've felt I should say but
Even if your heart would listen I doubt I could explain
(Repeat Chorus)
So here we are now
A sip of wine
A sip of water
Someday maybe
Maybe someday we'll be smarter
And I'm sorry that I'm such a mess
I drank all my money could get and
Took everything you let me have and then I never loved you back
(Repeat Chorus)

"Get It Faster" (4:21)
I don't care what you do
I'm getting out
No, nothing ever shames me
Don't want a thing from you
I'm going out
I don't care if you're angry
I should have thought things through
I'm holding out but not getting an answer
I want to do right by you
But I'm finding out cheating gets it faster

"Cautioners" (5:21)
The time I would spend with pictures I would not send
I watched you go from left to right
I followed you all night across my blinds
(Chorus) You'll change your mind come Monday
  And turn your back on me
  Take your steps away with hesitance
  Take your steps away from me
Making my peace
Making it with distance
Maybe that's a big mistake
You know I'm thinking of you
I miss you
(Repeat Chorus)

"The Authority Song" (3:37)
It's how the hustle goes
See what the jukebox knows
Put my last quarter on
I play "Authority Song"
(Chorus) Honesty or mystery?
Tell me, I'm not scared anymore
I got no secret purpose
I don't seem obvious, do I?
The DJ never has it:
JAMC, automatic
If those were Roy's headphones
You bet he'd play "What Goes On"
(Repeat Chorus)
Oh, well, I'm here
That means something doesn't it?
Won't you dance with me a little bit?
You don't notice
I guess the music is too loud

"My Sundown" (5:47)
I see it around me
I see it in everything
I could be so much more than this
I said my goodbyes
This is my sundown
I'm going to be so much more than this
(Chorus) With one hand high you'll show them your progress
  You'll take your time
  But no one cares
I need you to show me the way from crazy
I want to be so much more than this
(Repeat Chorus)
Good goodbye, lovely time
Good goodbye, tinsel shine
Good goodbye, I'll be fine
Good goodbye, good good night
All songs c. 2001 Turkey On Rye Music.