lyrics from Take A Vacation!

[corbae]

Re-posted from young_veins with permission.


Change

She was acting pretty, thought she owned the city
Someone should have told her that pretty ain't a job
But now she begs for money, no one calls her honey
As she bothers shoppers in the parking lot

Gets her karma with a catch
Forgets superstition by wearing it backwards
Lives under ladders and sleeps with black cats

Some people never change
They just stay the same way

I swear this like a sailor, love is not a favor
I find it’s just a concept that we live inside
And if you can agree with me and Mr. Twain
In matters of opinion our rivals are insane

Forgets superstition by wearing it backwards
Lives under ladders and sleeps with black cats

Some people never change
They just stay the same way

Some people never change
They just stay the same way

Some people never change
They just stay the same way

Change change change
Change change change
Change change change
Change change change



Take a Vacation

I need to take a vacation
If this is settling down
Then why aren’t you here?

I want a big celebration
The night we get back in town
And I hope you’re all there

We'll Leave the waves at the ocean
And keep them all in a picture
We'll leave the cold where we came from
Our loneliness will keep us warm

We’re going going going very far

I need to take a vacation
If this is settling down
Then why aren’t you here?

I want a big celebration
The night we get back in town
And I hope you’re all there

We'll leave the past out to pasture
And take the days as they come
And leave the sand in a suitcase
So we don’t forget the fun

We’re going going going very far
We’re going going going very far

I need to take a vacation
If this is settling down
Then why aren’t you here?

I want a big celebration
The night we get back to town
And I hope you’re all there
And I hope you’re all there
And I hope you’re all there



Cape Town

Took you in the vineyard
A couple hours after I met you
Didn’t need my passport
Said I’d let you keep it forever

I hardly knew a thing about you
I got lost in Cape Town
In Cape Town

I saw you, I met you, I loved you, I left you
In Cape Town

Woke me in the morning
Asked me if I meant it (I didn’t)
Asked to be her husband
She already had one (In prison)

I hardly knew a thing about you
I got lost in Cape Town
In Cape Town

I saw you, I met you, I loved you, I left you
In Cape Town
In Cape Town

Ran a lot of paper, lost it all in Pontoon
When I was in Asia, I forgot how to call you
Went out to a graveyard to bum a couple flowers
To give to you
When I got back to Cape Town
To Cape Town



Maybe I Will, Maybe I Won’t

Maybe I will, maybe I won’t

I don't wanna find my home
Just wonder what happened to it
My hands all cotton stones
Who stole all my bones?

All my forgotten poems
Are a joke,
What do I know, baby wood rose?
Doesn’t it show?
People get old when they're alone

Maybe I will, maybe I won’t

Seven days over the sea shells
Sunk so many leagues
Will you come visit me?
Find me fighting sleep
We'll swim around in dreams,
Stay afloat

Maybe we will, maybe we won’t
Doesn’t it show?
People get old when they're alone

Maybe I will, maybe I won’t
Maybe I will, maybe I won’t

The weather is impeccable
Riding to a festival
When suddenly it’s grey

Do not be afraid
For the wind it doesn’t stay
It blows and goes away
It blows and goes but never shows its face

Doesn’t it show?
People get old when they're alone
What do I know?
Maybe I will, maybe I won’t

Maybe I will, maybe I won’t (maybe I will, maybe I won’t)
Maybe I will, maybe I won’t (maybe I will, maybe I won’t)
Maybe I will, maybe I won’t (maybe I will, maybe I won’t)



Young Veins (Die Tonight)

Is young a word for dumb
A word for fun?
We have the time of our lives every night
Like it’s our job to lose our minds every night

But if I were to die tonight
Would you cry or deny my place in your life?

I’m aware that you’re scared of my heart
But it’s there

Is young a word for dumb
A word for fun
We have the time of our lives every night
Like it’s our job to lose our minds

Every night is the same
Go to sleep with our blame
And the shame is enough to separate us
But we can’t help ourselves

We’re in love
And it really hurts when it’s wrong

Is young a word for dumb
A word for fun?
We have the time of our lives every night
Like it’s our job to lose our minds

And it’s every night
We have the time
Like it’s our job
To lose our minds
Every night



Everyone But You

A part of you left the room
I am left talkin' to the apples

She comes to me when I dream
I’m tired of counting sheep to see her
I sleep because I need her
And everybody knows it but you

A wedding ring is just a thing
That weighs you down and occupies your finger
I know it sounds a little down
But love is all I’m really after

She comes to me when I dream
I’m tired of counting sheep to see her
I sleep because I need her
And everybody knows it but you, but you
Everybody knows it but you

I hope you're all listening
I’m pouring out my heart for paper
A part of me still believes
That love is all I’m really after

She comes to me when I dream
I’m tired of counting sheep to see her
I sleep because I need her
And everybody knows it but you, but you
Everybody knows it but you

Everyone but you knows
Everyone but you
Everyone but you knows
Everyone but you



The Other Girl

Don’t wait around for love
You’re not what he’s thinking of
When he’s with the other girl

Don’t bother waiting up cause he,
He’s not where he’s supposed to be
When he’s with the other girl
When he’s with the other girl

You, you were right
I was wrong
Like I always am
And you always are

You were right
And I was wrong
Like I always am
And you always are

Don’t have much to say right now
Cause I’m trying to figure out
Why he’s with the other girl

Life is not a fairy tale
They will send him straight to jail
Where he’ll die and go to hell
With the other girl
With the other girl

You, you were right
I was wrong
Like I always am
And you always are

You were right
I was wrong
Like I always am
And you always are

You, you were right
I was wrong
Like I always am
And you always are

You were right
I was wrong
Like I always am
And you always are



Dangerous Blues

All I do is lie by the ocean side
Why do the clouds all turn gray for you?
I’ve never bloomed such a beautiful blues

And step outside your door and go down to the shore
And why do your eyes feel like shells in a dune?
And what makes a crowd turn away from a tune?

I’ve never bloomed such a beautiful blues

Even the tide gets high at night
Even the truth is wrong sometimes

All I want to do is dig a hole with you
Feet are no stranger to the undertow
Wind won’t decide which way to blow

But we will never leave
You’re all that’s left for me
This is a home we just don’t have a door
Euphoria is a risk on the floor

My words keep on crawling from under the rug
Who knew that love was a dangerous drug?

Even the tide gets high at night
Even the truth is wrong sometimes, sometimes

Who knew that love was a beautiful blues?
Who knew that love was a dangerous drug?
Now I know love is a beautiful drug
I know that drug is a dangerous love
I know now love is a dangerous blues




Defiance

There was a hope when we found the bridge
Of a place we’d never been
In defiance

And ever since I was a kid
They said just stay away from there
Boy don’t you ever live
In defiance
Defiance, yeah

From the outside looking in
I sure do make an easy target
It’s nice to think that you are always wanted

And I’m not afraid to laugh
And I don’t mind taking a photograph
Cause you don’t ask for my autograph
In defiance
Defiance

Yet she said it was rust and lead
That love could never live again
But they found a way to make it stay

In defiance she asked
Defiance, she asked

Can’t we just be friends?
This kind of thing always happens
I fell in love again
With defiance
In defiance
Of defiance, yeah

Defiance
Defiance
Defiance



Lie To The Truth

When I started out writing you this song
I was heels over head in love

But you had your doubts ‘cause it took too long
To finally see what I, what I’d been doing wrong

I tried to love you but you still love him so
I’ll ignore my heart and lie to the truth
I’ll lie to the truth

A love of mine once said,
The best part about you
Was me so now who
Is judging who?

I know I broke your heart, mine is broken too
Now if we’re even then why are we both blue?

I tried to be true but you still love him so
I’ll lie in silence and feel like a fool
I lied to the truth

I think that I have had enough
I guess that I have had enough of you
I think that I have had enough
I know I’ve finally had enough of you

We tried to be true but you still loved him so
I’ll keep my distance and lie to the truth
I lied to the truth
I’ll lie to the truth ‘cause you lied to it, too



Heart of Mine

If I could ask for anything, I’d only want my girl
I’ve seen a lot of things going on all around the world

I had to leave her all alone
I wrote this down so I could let her know
That I only want to see her

You should take this heart of mine
She's always had that heart of mine

If I could win the lottery, we’d sail across the world
Travel to the Philippines and buy an island just for you and me

Girls on the equator could never even compare
I only want to see her

You should take this heart of mine, she always had that heart of mine
You should take this heart of mine, she always had that heart of mine

You should take this heart of mine, she always had that heart of mine
You should take this heart of mine, she always had that heart of mine

Always had that heart of mine
Always had that heart of mine
Always had that heart of mine

(Happy Birthday, Ryan!)



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